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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The rules of this Company require that all messages received for transmission, shall be written on the message blanks of the Company, under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message.

O.H. PALMER, Sec'y.  34  J.H. WADE, Pres't

Dated, Mobile July 17 1867
Received at Montgomery July 17
To Maj Gen Wager Swayne

Received telegram from Southern Relief Commission Referring to your & myself as to whether I shall leave the balance of Corn here which will damage if kept long on boards in my opinion better do so. what say you? 

J.H. Stringman
Actg Master Comdg Purveyor
39 My 332 Collect JL
chg to Bureau acct