April 29, 1847. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "?we were out last evening on an experiment, Merrit 12 miles west of Boston on a (hill) and I was 10 miles East of Boston on another, and the result was OK notwithstanding the clouds were thick enough to obscure the full moon, and terra firma was thinly veiled with fog. I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon?" May 2, 1847. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell discussing telegraph business and proposing idea of telegraph lines outside of this country, in Cuba, Jamaica, and other islands. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: subscription sales, O'Reilly contract dispute, patent rights, lines (Troy & Montreal); visual telegraph. Personal names: Brown, F.A.; Johnson, C.F.; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, O.S.; Wood, M.L.; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Boston