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 be repeating a message
back to the sending station, for comparison, and the company will not hold itself liable for
errors or delays in the 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 60 days after sending the message.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by the request
of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THOS. T. ECKERT, General Manager. NORVIN GREEN, President.
NUMBER 73P
SENT BY As
REC'D By R
CHECK 12 Paid
Received at
541PM 5/31 1889
Dated Boston Mass 31
To
Walt Whitman
328 Mickle St
Your many friends give thanks for your brave and generous seventy years.
A.H. Spaulding