May 19, 1849. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "?our operators here had been supoened to give evidence in relation to private business sent over the line." May 28, 1849. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "?as I have got Fall Creek, I shall have to stay at home and attend to it, and you will have to become Captain General of the lightning." June 6, 1849. Ezra Cornell to D.T. Tillotson: "?after talking with O'Reilly a short time, Mann said he became convinced that they wished him to engage in a swindling operation to fleece his neighbours & friends?" Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, western lines, stock subscriptions, conflict with O'Reilly's lines, Canadian lines. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Jackson, Tower; Lee, John J.S. Geography: Milwaukee; Ithaca, N.Y.; Indiana; Ohio