Form No. 1.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
Incorporated
21,000 Offices In America.
Cable Service to All The World.
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 with in sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an Unrepeated Message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager.
Number J [1] /
Sent By K /
Rec'd by Wi /
Check 10 Paid
Received at 120pm
4/7 1896
[2]
Dated New York N Y 7
Sheridan, Wyo
Are you ready for sturips expects stumps experts [3] kind regards every one.
W F CodyNote 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West occupied its winter quarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from November 3, 1895, through mid-April 1896, before their opening in Philadelphia on April 18, 1896. [back]
Note 3: "Stumps experts" inserted, but there is no information on the identity of "Stump." [back]
