October 11, 1848. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "In politicks the Free soilers brag the most but I have the utmost confidence that Old Zach will carry the county of Tompkins & State of N.Y. and hope he will sweep the stakes in Ohio." October 12, 1848. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell from Detroit: "?I wanted their thousand dollars to silence some of the men who are bawling about their pay for poles & board bills; but I can fight them off as I have done. I hardly think they will cut our poles down, altho they threaten to do so, and I think they have actually cut the wire a number of times?" Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, Connecticut & Vermont line, Erie & Michigan line, finances, construction of lines, Canadian lines, Troy & Whitehall line. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, E.B.; Bristol, John S. Geography: