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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Robertson, Mary C.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, E.B.; Wood, Benjamin Geography: Chicago; Vermont

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Detroit, Chicago & Milwaukee line, Troy & Canada Junction line), materials and supplies, Irish workers; negotiations with British North American Electric Telegraph Association. Personal names: Livingston, Charles; Wells, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Tillotson, D.T.; Whitney, H.H.; Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, M.L. Geography: Vermont

Scope and Contents October 29, 1847. Ezra Cornell to D.T. Tillotson, concerning western lines: "I am using all my wits - my industry and my friends, to get the material and get it forwarded to you, and I hope you will use corrisponding exertion to collect the subscriptions and forward the work there." O'Reilly conflict. October 30, 1847. Formal letter of protest concerning Ezra Cornell's work on Canadian lines;. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Erie & Michigan line),...

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November 5, 1847. Zook and Barnes to Ezra Cornell concerning House's Printing Telegraph. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines (Troy & Canada Junction line, Erie & Michigan line), materials and supplies, Canadian lines; conflict in Quebec with British North American Electric Telegraph Association; Johnson's telegraph invention. Personal names: Wood, M.L.; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, E.B.; Johnson, C.F.; Tillotson, D.T. Geography: Canada.