October 6, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Chicago concerning family news from Michigan, telegraph business, and New York politics with reference to "fusion." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: office operations, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois line, finances, new western lines. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Pew, W.P.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Tillotson, D.T.; Hopkins, P.A.; Faxton, Theodore Geography: Indiana; Ohio; Illinois