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Blank No. 1
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
The rules of this Company require that all messages received for transmission, shall be written on the message blanks of the Company, under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message.

THOS. T. ECKERT, Gen’l Sup’t, WILLIAM ORTON, Pres’t, NEW YORK
NEW YORK GEO. H. MUMFORD, Sec’y,

Dated Portland Oregon Oct 12 1872

Received at N.E. cor. 14th St. and Penna. Ave. 7???
c/o Chairman Light House Board

Naihn???

Forty cases containing lens etc invoiced April seventeenth reached San Fran—from Col-Woodruff if Lantern is not included in that invoice it has not been received-

Robert-

32 paid Gnl rate
write Woodruff and ask if the Lantern was included??? in the invoice
Eng’r 3rd Dist written to Oct 15/72.