June 6, 1848. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell from Detroit: "Wilson is fighting the Pirates in good stile, but I much doubt his ability, or any one else, to get the Stock taken for us from Chicago to St. Louis. O'Reilly has a tribe of agents travelling all over the West, setting up meetings and talking to all who will listen to them in favor of their piratical schemes." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, construction of lines, disputes concerning western lines, materials and supplies, stock subscriptions, Canadian lines. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Wilson, William Duane; Cornell, Alonzo B.; McFarland, John H.W.; Morgan, E.G.; Humphrey, William R.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, E.B. Geography: