C. C. Parks and Company to Richard Yates

The American Telegraph Company. PRINTING AND MORSE LINES. DIRECT TO ALL STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES, OFFICES. - 432 Pennsylvania Av., U.S. CAPITOL and Willard's, the Metropolitan and National Hotels, Washington, D.C. TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH THIS AND ALL MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION. In order to guard against errors or delays in the transmission or delivery of messages, every message of importance ought to be REPEATED by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while the Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for errors or delays in the transmission or delivery or repeated messages beyond FIFTY dollars, unless a special agreement for insurance be made and paid for at the time of sending the message, and the amount of risk specified on this agreement; nor is the Company to be responsible for any error or delay in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrepeated message, BEYOND FIVE DOLLARS, unless in like manner specially insured and amount of risk paid for at the time. No liability is assumed for any error or neglect by any other Company over whose lines this message may be sent to reach its destination. No liability for any error in cipher messages. CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, Sec'y E.S. SANFORD, Pres't. 145 BROADWAY, N.Y. 145 BROADWAY, N.Y.

33 Dated Chicago Dec 7, 1863. Rec'd Washington Dec 7, 1863, 5 o'clock, min. P.M. To Richd Yates Gov of Ill Care of J. N. Arnold MO Have just recd dispatch as follows : Change bank account as my Check is not good signed N. B Taylor" - If you send check to us at once unless we have more positive order to the contrary will pay it & place amount to your credit this is strictly over

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