January 27, 1854. Mary C. Robertson to Ezra Cornell: "Jane says Brother E.B. is in the lottery business some this winter which surprises me very much. I don't know but its honorable business in N.Y. State." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, adjudication of telegraph disputes, transfer of patents; smallpox.; American Telegraph Confederation. Personal names: Robertson, Mary C.; Wood, M.B.; Morse, Samuel F.B.; Speed, J.J. Geography: