June 21, 1847. British North American Electric Telegraph Association to Ezra Cornell thanking him for assisting in instruction of operators and offering him the contract for crossing the St. Lawrence. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: line extended from Boston to Portland, proposed line (Quebec & Halifax - Cornell contracted for first section), O'Reilly contract dispute; observations in Maine for visual telegraph. Personal names: Tillotson, D.T.; Dunham, J.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.L.; Thatcher, J.D. Geography: Maine; Blue Hill, Me.; Grand Manan Island.