April 29, 1846. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "I left the city of NY last eve With the floating Palace Hendrick Hudson. I brought up with me half a dozen flowering trees. I think you had better set them in your nice little dooryard." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: technical matters, establishment of new lines. Personal names: Smith, F.O.J.; Carter, Samuel P.; Wood, O.S.; Faxton, Theodore; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: Boston; New York City; Albany, N.Y.; Utica