per Telegraph Operator
28 January 1884 • 2nd of 3 (MS, copy received: LNT, UCCL 10713)
Boilerplate telegram header omitted
form no. 1.
the western union telegraph company.
this company transmits and delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of unrepeated messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after sending the message.
this is an unrepeated message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
thos. t. eckert, general manager. norvin green, president.
number sent by rec’d by check
92 Ba 15 Coll 38
received at stamped: s.e. cor. broad & chestnut sts 1/28 1883 4
dated Hartford Conn
to J B Pond
Lafayette
Cables doctor sent that telegram Cable is better but cant leave his bed today
References
- Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, copy received, LNT.
MicroPUL, reel 2.