January 27, 1849. Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "The people are not, in this part of the country, a quarter so much excited about the Cholera as the Gold fever." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines, proposed line (Cuba), disputes concerning western lines, O'Reilly's proposed lines; cholera; gold fever. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Wood, O.S.; O'Reilly, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Bristol, John S.; Hoyt, Byron B.; Nutter, J.; Tillotson, D.T.; Cornell, Alonzo B. Geography: Detroit; Cleveland