January 5, 1850. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "We miss our dear Elizabeth verry much from our family circle our recollections of her innocent mirth, and cheerful good nature with hopes for her eternal happiness is our only consolation - and her sudden departure should admonish us all to be ready for a like event, and may we all in the end meet her in happiness." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: stock subscriptions, finances, Zanesville line, Zanesville & Wheeling-Pittsburgh line, Ithaca area lines (Auburn, Palmyra); New-York & Erie Telegraph Association. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Tillotson, D.T.; Jackson, Tower; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Boardman, Douglass; Eddy, J. Geography: Cleveland; Ithaca, N.Y.