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Form 1202 [right hand corner]

[left header] CLASS OF SERVICE [dividing line] SYMBOL Day Message Day Letter Blue Night Message Nite Night Letter N L If non of these three symbols appear after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Other- wise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.

[center header] WESTERN UNION Western Union TELEGRAM NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

[right header] CLASS OF SERVICE [dividing line] SYMBOL Day Message Day Letter Blue Night Message Nite Night Letter N L If non of these three symbols appear after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Other- wise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.

[double line]

RECEIVED AT 257 Water St., Augusta, Maine. [line] 191 [line]

NUMBER 10 BNE RECEIVED BY [blank] CHECK 62 COLLECT NL

DATED HALIFAX NS DEC 17 17 TO GEN GEO MC L PRESSON STATE HOUSE, AUGUSTA ME

TYPED LETTER THIS DATE TWO PREVIOUS THOSE WERE PLAN AT ONE OCLOCK AT NINE OCLOCK MEDICAL COMMITTEE WANTS US TO CARRY ON AND WILL BE SATISFIED WITH THREE YOUNG DOCTORS TO DO WARD WORK AND WILL TAKE OVER OFFICE THEMSELVES IF PUZZLED ASK SPAULDING PRESIDENT MAINE MEDICAL TO FIND THEM LETTER FOLLOWS ANSWER WHEN TO EXPECT THIS DETAIL TO RELIEVE US GILBERT M ELLIOTT

735 AM [handwritten]