April 23, 1849. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "O'Reilly now refuses to take coms from us to go South from any place where they have an office. Shall we refuse to take coms from them going West? If anything is left to my discretion I give you notice now, that my propensities are decidedly for war." Also, April 23, 27, 28, 30, 1849: J.J. Speed's speculations concerning telegraph science. April 29, 1849. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell on temperance. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines, conflict with O'Reilly's lines, new lines. Personal names: McFarland, J.H.; Wood, O.S.; Speed, J.J. Geography: