January 4, 1856. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "I reached here at 7:30, after the coldest night ride I ever recollect of having since stage coachs went out of fashion. I sat next to the stove all night, and my feet suffered with cold." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, consolidation of lines; newly patented register, patent rights, transfer of lines; New York and Western Union Telegraph Company. Personal names: Sholes, C.C.; Kendall, Amos; Chace, Rebecca; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: