Scope and Contents December 23, 1847. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell from Chicago: "You speak of trying to get wire from Buffalo to Cleveland. Had we better not finish this end? I have repeatenly written you that it is utterly impossible to collect our subscriptions until we get the line down?" December 24, 1847. E.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from Erie: "?there is no probability of getting any more wire shipped to Detroit this winter as all the harbours are closed up tight along the lake, the sleighing is good now...

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December 28, 1847. B.B. French, President of the Magnetic Telegraph Company to Ezra Cornell regarding shares issued as dividend payments and current operations of eastern lines. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines, office operations. Personal names: French, B.B.; Haviland, J.; Speed, J.J. Geography: Troy; New York City; Michigan; Chicago; Vermont

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines, stock subscriptions. Personal names: Tillotson, D.T.; Speed, J.J.; Pinkham, F.W.; Beaumont, R.J.; Morse, Samuel F.B.; Cornell, E.B.; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Vermont; Troy; Chicago

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Robertson, Mary C.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, E.B.; Wood, Benjamin Geography: Chicago; Vermont