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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, materials and supplies, office operations, New-York & Erie line. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Munn, Stephen B.; Hopkins, P.A. Geography: Cleveland; Narrowsburgh, N.Y.

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December 21, 1851. John S. Bristol to Ezra Cornell expressing condolences on the death of Ezra Cornell's son Ezra. 1851. Petition for renewal of Patent for "Cornell's improved pipelayer." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: office operations, finances, materials and supplies, New-York & Erie line, consolidation of lines. Personal names: Munn, Stephen B.; Livingston, Johnston; Speed, J.J.; Bristol, John S.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, Ezra (son of the Founder). Geography:

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January 15, 1852. Ezra Cornell to J.J. Speed reporting the sale of the New-York & Erie line: "I shall soon get the N.Y.&E. in good shape, and get up a good feeling, and I must have a chance at the western business." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: New-York & Erie line, office operations, finances. Personal names: Smith, C.M.; Munn, Stephen B.; Speed, J.J.; Livingston, Johnston; Dunham, J.; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, Alonzo B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents February 10, 1852. Ezra Cornell to Edmond Coffin of Tarrytown, New York: "If your self and friends should still be desirous of securing the facilities of an office at Tarrytown either with or without branches extending to your dwellings, I should be hapy of an interview with you on the subject." February 15, 1852. Ezra Cornell to Orrin S. Wood: "In regard to my affairs, it is difficult for me to place an estimate upon them. I may be worth an hundred thusand dollars if I live a year or two...

Scope and Contents March 20, 1852. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell discussing western business and Speed's proposal of a printing telegraph. March 22, 1852. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "What say you to making one desparate effort to retrieve the past, and provide for the future by going to California & building a line?." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: New-York & Erie line, office operations, finances. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Wood, Otis E.; Wood, Benjamin; Hopkins, P.A. Geography:...