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Form No. 1.

The Western Union Telegraph Company.
Incorporated
21,000 Offices in America. Cable Service to All the World

This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.

Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors of delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim in not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filled with the Company for transmission. 

This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. 

THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. 

NUMBER 45
SENT BY [[signature]]G V D [/signature]
REC'D BY [[signature]]HPW[/signature] 
CHECK 230 

RECEIVED at 990 Sixth Ave., N.Y., bet. 55th and 56th Sts.
8/8 1896
Dated  Newport  R28
To H. P. Whitney 
2 W 57
Splendid at last hurrah

G. V. 

CABLE OFFICE.
Open until MIDNIGHT, including SUNDAYS.
DIRECT WIRES.

Transcription Notes:
Unable to determine signature on Sent by and Rec'd by and check. Appears to be GV, D, H P Whitney