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Form No. 4.
THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CO.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT,
Under Control and Supervision of United States Military Telegraph
CONNECTING ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE UNITED STATES, 

Terms and Conditions on which this and all Messages are received by this Company.
In order to guard against and correct as much as possible some of the errors arising from atmospheric and other causes appertaining to telegraphy, every important message should be REPEATED, by being sent back from the station at which it is to received to the station from which it originally sent. Hald the usual price will be charged for repeating the message, and while this Company in good faith will endeavor to send messages correctly and promptly. It will not be responsible for errors or delays in the transmission or delivery, nor for the non-delivery of REPEATED MESSAGES beyond TWO HUNDRED times the sum paid for sending the message, unless a special agreement for insurance be made in writing, and amount of risk specified on the agreement, and paid for at the time of sending the message. Nor will the Company be responsible for any error or delay in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of ANY UNREPEATED MESSAGE, beyond the amount paid for sending the same, unless in like manner specially Insured, and amount of risk stated heron, and paid for at the time. No liability is assumed for errors in cipher or obscure messages: nor is any liability assumed by the Company for an error or neglect by any other OCmpnay over whose lines this message may be sent to reach its destination, and this Company is hereby made the agent of the sender of this message to forward it over the lines extending beyond those of this Company. No agent or employee is allowed to vary these terms, or make any other or verbal agreement, nor any promise as to the time of performance, and no one but a superintendent is authorized to make a special agreement for insurance. These terms apply through the whole course of this message on all lines by which it may be transmitted. 
CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, Sec'y. MARSHALL LEFFERTS, Eng. E. S. SANFORD, Pres't.

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Dated War Dept Jany 17 1865.
Received at Richd Jany 17
To Col O Brown
Asst Comr

Send two (2) complete files of all your circular & general orders & such special orders of Public interest as you have issued 

by order of Major Genl. Howard Comr
Max Woodhull
AAG

29 pd

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