Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, western lines, stock subscriptions, materials and supplies, Canadian lines, Troy & Canada Junction line, finances; New-York & Erie Telegraph Company; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Speed, J.J.; Tillotson, D.T.; Allen, Oliver E.; Cutter, Isaac H.; Smith, F.O.J.; Hale, Henry; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Livingston, Caroline. Geography: Troy; Vermont; Montreal; Quebec; Buffalo