July 10, 1852. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "Wood has just come in and I read him your letter. He says you can crawl through a small hole with a whole skin than any other live man." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, transfer of lines, consolidation of lines; New York and Western Union Telegraph Company. Personal names: Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Beebe, Sarah P.T.; Speed, J.J.; Wade, J.H.; Cobb, Emory Geography: New York City; Ithaca, N.Y.; Chicago