Telegram from Assistant Treasurer A. J. Guirot to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 21, 1863
Title
Telegram from Assistant Treasurer A. J. Guirot to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 21, 1863
Subject
Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from A.J. Guirot, Assistant Treasurer of the Confederate States in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if General Johnston has issued a draft for 20,000 dollars payable in gold.
Creator
Guirot, Anthony J.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1863-06-21
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_762-948-09-10
Coverage
1863
Text
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South-Western Telegraph Company.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jackson, Miss.
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 originally sent. Half the usual price for the transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to insure 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 messages 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 message will hereafter be recived by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
JNO. VAN HORNE, Pres't.
June 21 1863.
By Telegraph from Mobile 21 1863.
To Gov J, J, Pettus
Has Genl J. E. Johnston issued a draft on me in your favor for twenty thousand dollars payable in gold Please answer
A. J. Guirot
22 pd Asst Treasr CS
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A J Guirot
21 June 1863
answerd 21 June
Pettus
[?]
South-Western Telegraph Company.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jackson, Miss.
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 originally sent. Half the usual price for the transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to insure 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 messages 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 message will hereafter be recived by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
JNO. VAN HORNE, Pres't.
June 21 1863.
By Telegraph from Mobile 21 1863.
To Gov J, J, Pettus
Has Genl J. E. Johnston issued a draft on me in your favor for twenty thousand dollars payable in gold Please answer
A. J. Guirot
22 pd Asst Treasr CS
Page 2:
A J Guirot
21 June 1863
answerd 21 June
Pettus
[?]