October 1849. George B. Prescott's answer to the bill of complaint by Ezra Cornell. October 7, 1849. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell, regarding Speed's new circuit connector: "You say work the telegraph as it is, and not allow myself to chase Jack-O-Lanterns. I answer yes, if I cannot make the public believe that my Jack-O-Lantern is a real bonafide lighthouse - and induce them to pay me their money to help build it." October 9, 1849. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell reprimanding him for closing his telegraph office early on an election night: "This will not do and if it cant be reformed we will have some turnouts." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, New-York & Erie line, Cleveland & Cincinnati line, office operations. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Benedict, E.D.; Wade, J.H.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Wheeler, M.; Allen, T.F.; Jackson, Tower Geography: Cleveland