November 5, 1848. E.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "I think it a pretty hard case that after a person earns money it is such hard work to get it. I don't want to complain but I feel as though I ought to have my pay just as promptly as any of the hands." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, Connecticut & Vermont line, construction of lines, New-York & Erie line. Personal names: Allen, Oliver E.; Cornell, E.B.; Bristol, John S. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.