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Box 7

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Correspondence, 1848-05-14 - 1848-05-23

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines, Canadian lines, stock subscriptions. Personal names: Haviland, J.; Tillotson, D.T.; McFarland, John H.W.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, E.B.; Allen, Oliver E.; Dunham, J.; Wood, M.B.; Cobb, Emory Geography: Massachusetts; Detroit; Ohio

Dates: 1848-05-14 - 1848-05-23

Correspondence, 1848-05-24 - 1848-05-31

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: construction of lines, finances, materials and supplies, western lines, Canadian lines, stock subscriptions.; "transcriptions of telegraph talk." Personal names: Morgan, E.G.; Edwards, E.; Wells, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Jackson, Tower; Cornell, E.B.; Allen, Oliver E. Geography: Salem, N.Y.; Aurora, N.Y.; Milwaukee; Illinois; Ohio; Connecticut

Dates: 1848-05-24 - 1848-05-31

Correspondence, 1848-06-01 - 1848-06-12

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents June 6, 1848. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell from Detroit: "Wilson is fighting the Pirates in good stile, but I much doubt his ability, or any one else, to get the Stock taken for us from Chicago to St. Louis. O'Reilly has a tribe of agents travelling all over the West, setting up meetings and talking to all who will listen to them in favor of their piratical schemes." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, construction of lines, disputes concerning western lines, materials and...
Dates: 1848-06-01 - 1848-06-12

Correspondence, 1848-06-12 - 1848-06-21

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, western lines, materials and supplies, stock subscriptions, Canadian lines. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Curtis, N.T.; Wood, O.S.; Cutter, Isaac H.; Wilson, William Duane; Tillotson, D.T.; Ely, Charles Geography: Detroit; Illinois; Montreal

Dates: 1848-06-12 - 1848-06-21

Correspondence, 1848-06-23 - 1848-07-03

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

July 1, 1848. Statement of costs, Detroit to Buffalo. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, stock subscriptions, disputes concerning western lines, materials and supplies, Canadian lines, New-York & Erie line; Connecticut & Vermont Telegraph Company; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Kendall, Amos; Smith, F.O.J.; Wood, O.S.; Allen, Oliver E.; Griffin, David Geography: Massachusetts; Jefferson (Watkins Glen), N.Y.; Montreal

Dates: 1848-06-23 - 1848-07-03