January 15, 1852. Ezra Cornell to J.J. Speed reporting the sale of the New-York & Erie line: "I shall soon get the N.Y.&E. in good shape, and get up a good feeling, and I must have a chance at the western business." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: New-York & Erie line, office operations, finances. Personal names: Smith, C.M.; Munn, Stephen B.; Speed, J.J.; Livingston, Johnston; Dunham, J.; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, Alonzo B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.