Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861
Item
Dublin Core
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--1860-1870
Women--1860-1870
Telegraph
Mothers and sons
Natchez (Miss.)
Phipps, Henry M.
Description
1861 telegram from a Natchez, Mississippi widow, Susan Phipps, to Governor Pettus. Mrs. Phipps asks for her only son, Henry M. Phipps, to be released from the Adams Light Guards. Although not yet eighteen, Henry had enlisted in the 16th Infantry Regiment.
Creator
Phipps, Susan
Source
Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi -Sample Documents
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1861-05-06
Contributor
Ural, Susannah J.
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Relation
Is Part Of Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection, Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi - Sample Documents
Format
Telegram
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
mdah_760-948-01-40
http://www.susannahjural.com/cwrgm/items/show/5
Coverage
Natchez (Miss.)
1861
Text Item Type Metadata
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
Original Format
Telegram
Citation
Phipps, Susan
, “Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861,” HUM 502, accessed October 19, 2026, https://kkbrawley.com/hum502/items/show/7.