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The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company. (search)
The Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company, in the Confederate States, held in the city of Augusta on the 9th of August, 1862--present: Hon. R. R. Cuyler, Elam Alexander. Jas. Tait, T. H. Wynne, W. B. Johnson, John Davis. W. Wilkinson, L. Delling, Hon. W. D. Porter, H. Gourdin, J. C. Butler, and — King. On motion of Mr Cuyler, Elam Alexander, Esq., was called to the Chair, and H. Gourdin appointed Secretary. R. R. Cuyler and James, Tait were appointed to examine and verify proxies; and having done so, reported that there were represented, by person and by proxy, 2,297 shares, which, being a majority of the shares held in the Confederate States, the meeting proceeded to business. Hon. R. R. Cuyler offered the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, Dr. W. S. Morris, Mr. T. H. Wynne, and Mr. J. R. Dowell, who at present manage the telegraph lines belonging to the Washi