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[[printed letterhead for draft telegram]]
New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company
Having telegraphic Communication with all the Principle Cities and Towns in the United States and British Provinces
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OFFICE HOURS FROM 9 A. M. TILL 8 P. M.
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Write plainly, use no figures except for date, and - ANSWER QUICKLY.
Messages strictly confidential.  All dilligence will be used in forwarding messages, but the Company will not be responsible for delays or errors on lines not its own, and over which it has no control. - No despatches sent to be collected, unless in answer to those marked - answer prepaid.
A. M. MACKAY, Superintendant
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St.Johns, Aug 25 1861 [[2]]
By Telegraph from Cincinnati 23d
To C. F. Hall
[[message]]
Your wife and children well. wld like to hear from you -
Jones & Hamlin
[[/message]]
[[note bottom left of page]]
Recd.at St. Johns)
PM of Aug. 25/62 )
Thank God -      )
[[Initialed monogram]] FH [[/[note]]
[[note in blue ink bottom right margin]]
Copy of the penciling opposite Recd at St John's PM of Aug 25/62 Thank God FH [[/note in blue ink]]
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Transcription Notes:
Jones & Hamlin may be the following doners (page 586 of Hall's book: George T. Jones & Thomas H. Newell, Cincinnati, O., 2 blank journal books made of bank-note paper. Hamlin & Smith, Cincinnati, O., 1 dirk and a tooth extractor. Probably friends of the Hall family.