Simon Hirschbach to John S. Loomis

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 the 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 of 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 errors in cipher messages.

CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, Sec'y.

E. S. SANFORD, Pres't.

145 BROADWAY, N. Y. 145 BROADWAY, N. Y.

11 Dated Springfield ILL Mch 17 1864.

Rec'd, Washington, Mch 17 1864, o'clock, min. M

To [Col?] John B. Loomis

Govr Yates left Chicago Monday Evening for Cairo & N Orleans

Simon Hirschbach

10/25

Springfield Illinois

Mar 17' 64

Hirschbach Col Simon

Governor Yates left Chicago Monday Evening for Cairo and N Orleans.