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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: distribution of lines to Smith and Kendall; meteorological observations in Maine in preparation for a visual telegraph, Maine to Nova Scotia Personal names: Brown, F.A.; Speed, J.J. Geography: Maine

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Topics: telegraph business correspondence Personal names: Geography: Maine

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: subscriptions for western lines; meteorological observations in Maine in preparation for a visual telegraph, Maine to Nova Scotia; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Brown, F.A.; Wood, M.B.; Tillotson, D.T.; Wood, O.S.; Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Betsy Ann; Park, J.D. Geography: Maine; Michigan; Milwaukee; Montreal

Scope and Contents July 8, 1847. O.S. Wood to Ezra Cornell from Montreal: "I do not regret getting away from here as there is a fearful contagion raging here among the emigrants and many of the citizens now have the Typhus Fever. Should you conclude to come here keep upon the upper deck as much as possible and not visit the emigrants den of filth. I have been but once to visit the sheds and shall not go again very soon. Between 30 & 40 die daily at the sheds between the lines & canal." July 11, 1847....

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July 25, 1847. Account of a trip from Ithaca to Ypsilanti, Michigan. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: patent rights, rights of way and permissions, Canadian lines. Personal names: McRea, W.C.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, O.S.; Thatcher, J.D.; Wood, M.L.; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Michigan; Kingston, Ontario; Montreal; Chicago; Quebec

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: patent rights. Personal names: Tillotson, D.T.; Selden, Samuel L.; Speed, J.J.; Rice, H.F. Geography: Milwaukee

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: disputes concerning western lines, Canadian lines; Montreal Telegraph Company. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Wood, O.S.; O'Reilly, Henry Geography:

Scope and Contents August 27, 1847. Circulars by H.B. Ely denying Ezra Cornell's right to erect telegraph lines on the Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee line: "My attention has been called to the movements of Mssrs. Speed, Cornell, and others connected with them?And in order to correct any misapprehension or erroneous impression in the minds of the public?Mr. O'Reilly and his associates have made no arrangement with Mssrs. Speed, Cornell and company in relation to the line. Topics: Telegraph business...

Scope and Contents September 8, 1847. M.L. Wood to Ezra Cornell: "The bold assertion that O'Reilly has the exclusive right to put in opperation Morse's Telegraph upon this line has taken the subscribers rather aback and created much distrust and anxiety for the safety of their investment." September 11, 1847. Byron Kilbourn to Ezra Cornell and J.J. Speed: "I have been notified that you have not the exclusive rights to erect a line of the Telegraph from Buffalo to Detroit?" Printed appeal from citizens of the...

Scope and Contents September 13, 1847. Samuel F.B. Morse to Ezra Cornell: "Yours is received with its enclosures. The outrageous conduct of O'Reilly and his associates is to me inexplicable, on any other construction than determined and persevering fraud. I am not prepared to make the arrangement you propose. By my arrangement with Mr. Smith he is bound to make me good in this controversy with O'Reilly. It became by that agreement his affair & not mine, and I cannot see why I should put money due out of my...