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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Detroit, Chicago & Milwaukee line, Troy & Canada Junction line), materials and supplies, Irish workers; negotiations with British North American Electric Telegraph Association. Personal names: Livingston, Charles; Wells, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Tillotson, D.T.; Whitney, H.H.; Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, M.L. Geography: Vermont

Scope and Contents October 29, 1847. Ezra Cornell to D.T. Tillotson, concerning western lines: "I am using all my wits - my industry and my friends, to get the material and get it forwarded to you, and I hope you will use corrisponding exertion to collect the subscriptions and forward the work there." O'Reilly conflict. October 30, 1847. Formal letter of protest concerning Ezra Cornell's work on Canadian lines;. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Erie & Michigan line),...

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November 5, 1847. Zook and Barnes to Ezra Cornell concerning House's Printing Telegraph. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Troy & Canada Junction line, Erie & Michigan line), materials and supplies, Canadian lines; conflict in Quebec with British North American Electric Telegraph Association; Johnson's telegraph invention. Personal names: Wood, M.L.; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, E.B.; Johnson, C.F.; Tillotson, D.T. Geography: Canada.

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November 11, 1847. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell on delays in receiving materials: "We are flat on our asses for want of some glasses?" Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, construction of lines (Erie & Michigan line, Troy & Canada Junction line), objections to lines passing people's properties, O'Reilly conflict. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cornell, E.B.; Tillotson, D.T. Geography:

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Troy & Canada Junction line, Erie & Michigan line), materials and supplies, Canadian lines; Montreal Telegraph Company.; Ezra Cornell's ill health Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Bristol, John S.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.L. Geography: Vermont

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: Canadian lines, construction of lines (western lines), materials and supplies; Ezra Cornell's ill health; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Griffin, David; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, E.B.; Bristol, John S.; Tillotson, D.T.; Wood, Otis E. Geography:

Scope and Contents December 4, 1847. J.J. Speed concerning his wounded knee: "My knee is still sore, and the doctor says I must keep quiet. Yesterday he put on some serpents or as he called them leeches, and they sucked out a great deal of blood - today it is a little better." December 5, 1847. J. Haviland to Ezra Cornell from Detroit: "On Monday last this city was put in communication with Ypsilanti & the line works well. It seems to be completely insulated & a battery of 10 cups is sufficient &...

Scope and Contents December 9, 1847. H. Wells & Company to Ezra Cornell concerning Ezra Cornell's finances: "Your ill health has certainly got you in a fog about your money matters & if you will come down here we will talk the matter over?" December 10, 1847. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "What are your notions respecting N.Y. and Erie line? When, and where, can we get enough subscribed to build it?" December 11, 1847. E.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell concerning competition from O'Reilly's line. December 11,...

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December 15, 1847. L. Morrell to Ezra Cornell discussing feed for livestock. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (western lines, delays and shortage of wires), finances, materials and supplies. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Faxton, Theodore; Bristol, John S.; Morrell, L.; Wood, M.B.; Tillotson, D.T.; Cornell, E.B. Geography: Detroit; Chicago

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines, Canadian lines, stock subscriptions. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Speed, J.J.; Wells, Henry; Cutter, Isaac H.; Tillotson, D.T.; Haviland, J.; Wood, O.S. Geography: Buffalo; New York; Quebec; Chicago; Vermont; Detroit; Montreal