Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861
Title
Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861
Subject
Confederate States of America. Army; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 16th; Families of military personnel.; Military discharge; Mississippi. Governor; Mississippi. Militia; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867; Widows.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Susan Phipps at Natchez, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus release her son Henry from service with the Adams Light Guards as she is a widow.
Creator
Phipps, Susan
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1861-05-06
Contributor
Funding for this project provided by The Dale Center for Study of War and Society-USM, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Digital Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Watson-Brown Foundation
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Language
English
Identifier
mdah_760-948-01-40
Coverage
1861
Text
South-Western Telegraph Company.
THE PUBLIC are notified, that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission 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 orginally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while this company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated mes-sages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination.
All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
N. GREEN, Prest., Louisville, Ky.
May 6th, 1860
By telegraph from Natchez 6th 1860
To Gov Jno J. Pettus
Jackson
My only son—& I am a widow—name Henry M. Phipps, not eighteen years old, has enlisted with the Adams' Light Guards—Please release him
Answer by telegraph—
Susan Phipps
Paid
THE PUBLIC are notified, that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission 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 orginally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while this company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated mes-sages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination.
All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
N. GREEN, Prest., Louisville, Ky.
May 6th, 1860
By telegraph from Natchez 6th 1860
To Gov Jno J. Pettus
Jackson
My only son—& I am a widow—name Henry M. Phipps, not eighteen years old, has enlisted with the Adams' Light Guards—Please release him
Answer by telegraph—
Susan Phipps
Paid