September 2, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Detroit: "It is very sickly about Albion for such as have defective constitutions or shattered health, and many deaths have occurred?" Family news. September 3, 1854. Amos Kendall to Ezra Cornell reporting on telegraph business in New York and possible consolidation of lines. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: office operations, finances; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company.; cholera Personal names: Cornell, Mary Ann; Kendall, Amos; Cornell, Molly; Cornell, Alonzo B. Geography: Detroit; Albion