February 10, 1852. Ezra Cornell to Edmond Coffin of Tarrytown, New York: "If your self and friends should still be desirous of securing the facilities of an office at Tarrytown either with or without branches extending to your dwellings, I should be hapy of an interview with you on the subject." February 15, 1852. Ezra Cornell to Orrin S. Wood: "In regard to my affairs, it is difficult for me to place an estimate upon them. I may be worth an hundred thusand dollars if I live a year or two longer or I may not be worth a cent - it all depends upon the manner in which the Telegraph war which has raged so fiercely in the states the past three years is ended?I however do not despair my confidence is as firm as ever in the future of my enterprises?" Also Ithaca real estate, Ithaca's growth. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: New-York & Erie line, office operations, finances. Personal names: Hopkins, P.A.; Coffin, Edmond; Wood, O.S.; Speed, J.J. Geography: Narrowsburgh, N.Y.