December 30, 1845. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "I thank you for your wish of a 'merry Christmas' and can inform you that I made it merry with work." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: technical matters, conflict with Vail and others, question of Ezra Cornell's employment, stock subscriptions offered to Ithaca businessmen. Personal names: O'Reilly, Henry; Wood, O.S.; Vail, Alfred; Kendall, Amos; Faxton, Theodore Geography: New York City; Ithaca, N.Y.