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Box 5

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Correspondence, 1847-09-28 - 1847-10-06

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: technical matters, materials and supplies, disputes concerning western lines, Canadian lines; Troy Turnpike and Rail Road Company permission. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Park, J.D.; Speed, J.J.; McRea, M.C. Geography: Chicago; Detroit

Dates: 1847-09-28 - 1847-10-06

Correspondence, 1847-10-07 - 1847-10-14

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents October 8, 1847. Ezra Cornell to D.T. Tillotson: "For Hevens sake push on that work. Off with your coat and at it, let us have action as well as talk. The line must be at work from Buffalo to Milwaukee before the 1st of Jan next." October 11, 1847. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "Your account of the Fair represents a meager affair. I am sorry there is no more spirit in the Farmers of Tompkins. I shall have to go at farming again and steer them up. "I understand that Mr. Eddy wants you to...
Dates: 1847-10-07 - 1847-10-14

Correspondence, 1847-10-15 - 1847-10-18

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: technical matters, materials and supplies, western lines, Canadian lines; British North American Electric Telegraph Association. Personal names: Bristol, John S.; Cornell, E.B.; Tillotson, D.T.; Speed, J.J.; Johnson, C.F. Geography: Milwaukee; Detroit

Dates: 1847-10-15 - 1847-10-18

Correspondence, 1847-10-19 - 1847-10-20

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: technical matters, materials and supplies, western lines, Canadian lines Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cornell, E.B.; Wood, M.B. Geography: Detroit; Montreal

Dates: 1847-10-19 - 1847-10-20