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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 therein, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message.

O. H. Palmer, Sec'y  4  Wm. Orton, Pres't.

Dated Cleveland Depot Ohio Dec 30 186'8
Received at Richmond Dec 30.
To Genl O Brown

FB.

I am enroute to Richmond my father is dead.

E. S. Ewing
Bvt Maj. U S A

9H 210 Paid

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. *
RECD HD QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER DEC 31 1868 [[/stamp]]