September 13, 1847. Samuel F.B. Morse to Ezra Cornell: "Yours is received with its enclosures. The outrageous conduct of O'Reilly and his associates is to me inexplicable, on any other construction than determined and persevering fraud. I am not prepared to make the arrangement you propose. By my arrangement with Mr. Smith he is bound to make me good in this controversy with O'Reilly. It became by that agreement his affair & not mine, and I cannot see why I should put money due out of my hands?" September 19, 1847. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell with advice, instruction, and entreaties concerning the latter's study habits. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, disputes concerning western lines, Canadian lines, response to and effects of Ely's circular. Personal names: Wood, M.L.; Speed, J.J.; Smith, F.O.J.; Wood, M.L.; Cornell, Alonzo B. Geography: Quebec; Montreal; Chicago