October 24, 1848. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, auxiliary lines, finances, Erie & Michigan line, stock subscriptions, New-York & Erie line, construction of lines, Canadian lines, O'Reilly conflict. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cutter, Isaac H.; Tillotson, D.T.; Cornell, E.B.; Bristol, John S.; Wood, O.S. Geography: Detroit