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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 have been agree to by the sender of the following message.
THOS. T. ECKERT, Gen'l Sup't, New York.
WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't } New York.
O. H. PALMER, Sec'y, } 

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Dated: Covington Ky June 23 1871
Received at: 12 29
To: Maj Gen O O Howard

We respectfully ask that the order relieving Genl Runkle be suspended until after the August election it would be greatly in the interests of the party.

S.W.G. Terrell
Chairman
L.R. Hawthorn
Secy Head Quarters
6th Cong Dist

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[[image]] THIS TELEGRAM HAS JUST BEEN RECIEVED AT THE OFFICE IN
Under Nat'l Hotel Of Ky
WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.

Direct Wires.

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I had a lot of trouble transcribing this, there was an absolutely tricky page fold here