January 6, 1853. Speed/Faxton contract. January 16, 1853. Ezra Cornell to J.J. Speed: "O'Reilly sent round to me yesterday to borrow $10, which I did not have?" Ithaca. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, consolidation of lines, western lines, transfer of lines, patents and contracts; Telegraph Convention; New York and Erie Rail Road; New York and Western Union Telegraph Company. Personal names: Gordon, D.P.; Speed, J.J.; Faxton, Theodore; Wood, O.S.; O'Reilly, Henry Geography: