February 12, 1858. Henry O'Reilly to Ezra Cornell requesting any documents and papers he may have connected to the establishment of the telegraph for a collection O'Reilly was arranging. February 28, 1858. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann with news of his travels, telegraph business, and the various responses his "RR Moddle" received. Topics: cattle; coal oil business; finances; telegraph business correspondence Personal names: Wood, O.S.; Curtiss, George; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, John H.; O'Reilly, Henry; Cornell, E.S.; Sibley, Hiram Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.