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November 29, 1848. D.T. Tillotson to E.B. Cornell: "The office at Jefferson was opened today, and the two Lakes kiss each other by 'Lightning'." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, stock subscriptions, materials and supplies, New-York & Erie Telegraph Company. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Speed, J.J.; Smith, F.O.J.; Wood, Phebe; Risley, William; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Tillotson, D.T. Geography: Cleveland; Ithaca, N.Y.; Fredonia, N.Y.

Scope and Contents December 4, 1848. Samuel F.B. Morse to Ezra Cornell: "You cannot complain that I have been hard with you, as surely I am not to blame for the unprincipled conduct of those pirates who are leaving no stone unturned to rob me in every way. Please send me the number of miles you and Speed have erected I wish it to oppose to O'Reilly's boast." December 10, 1848. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell on the settlement of the O'Reilly controversy. December 12, 1848. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell on the...

Scope and Contents December 14, 1848. Horace Palmer to Alonzo B. Cornell concerning women, "theatres," and lost love. December 18, 1848. Douglass Boardman to Ezra Cornell: "The operator at Jefferson was directed by some one to teach no one the art of Telegraphic writing while at Jefferson. Believing this to be against the future interests of the Company I directed him to teach any one all he knew about it and no member of the Company would object." December 20, 1848. J.H. McFarland to Ezra Cornell: "The New...

Scope and Contents December 31, 1848. Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "I see the cholera is approaching the Lakes on every side, both east and south. It is now in Cincinnatti & all the way up the Miss. now." December 31, 1848. Jane Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "Ezra I believe you belong to the "Sons of Temperance" and if so I will inform you that there has been a society organized in Albion called "Daughters of Temperance" and that Phebe and I have joined and like it first rate." January 2, 1849. Jane...

Scope and Contents January 17, 1849. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell: "We must have a line from St. Louis to Fort Independence, and ultimately to the great Commercial Emporium on the Pacific, at the bay of San Francisco. If the 'gold diggins' are what they are cracked up to be, there will be a city at San Francisco of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants in less than ten years, Whitneys RRoad will be built and the telegraph along side of it." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and...

Scope and Contents January 27, 1849. Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "The people are not, in this part of the country, a quarter so much excited about the Cholera as the Gold fever." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines, proposed line (Cuba), disputes concerning western lines, O'Reilly's proposed lines; cholera; gold fever. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Wood, O.S.; O'Reilly, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Bristol, John S.; Hoyt, Byron B.; Nutter, J.;...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, new lines, patent rights, western lines, Connecticut & Vermont line; gold fever. Personal names: Bristol, John S.; Bulkley, Charles S.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Tillotson, D.T.; Speed, J.J.; Smith, F.O.J.; Wood, O.S. Geography: Massachusetts; New York City; Detroit; Montreal

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March 10, 15, and 17, 1849. J.J. Speed's experiments and speculations concerning telegraph science. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines, conflict with O'Reilly's lines, new lines, stocks. Personal names: Bristol, John S.; Smith, F.O.J.; Briggs, Amos; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Dunham, J.; Cobb, Emory Geography: Detroit; New York City; Ithaca, N.Y.; Fredonia, N.Y.

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March 28, 1849. J.J. Speed on telegraph technology and Morse's patent. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines. Personal names: Tillotson, D.T.; Speed, J.J.; Park, J.D.; Cornell, Jane; Pew, W.P. Geography: Fredonia, N.Y.; Detroit

Scope and Contents April 13, 1849. J.J. Speed's experiments and speculations concerning telegraph science. April 15, 1849. Jane Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "Mary has left of doctoring with a Botanic Doctor, and is taking Myres Sarsaparilla Dandelion & Wild-cherry extract?" Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: materials and supplies, finances, western lines, conflict with O'Reilly's lines, Erie & Michigan line. Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cornell, Jane; Briggs, Amos; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, John...