June 1, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "This act of perfidy of Speed & W[ade] will lead to new combinations, whether the plans they had formed will all mature, or whether the frosts of treachery may not nip some of them in the bud remains to be seen, I should not be surprised if the latter was the fact." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines; Speed's unapproved sale of telegraph stock and lines Personal names: Cornell, Mary Ann; Speed, J.J. Geography: