Transcript: FH Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Oct 13 1861. By Telegraph from Charleston Va 11 1861. Via Gallipolis 13 Your Proclamation for the election of judge of the eighteenth circuit justices of the peace & other county officers for the twenty fourth inst would save much expense & promote public convenience Jas S Wheate [Wheat] 32W138&227
