Box 13
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Correspondence, 1852-06-26 - 1852-07-08
File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
June, July 1852. J.J. Speed's experiments and speculations concerning telegraph science.
June 27, 1852. reflecting on years of marriage.
July 4, 1852. Ezra Cornell to Jeremiah S. Beebe pleading that he refrain from drinking to avoid losing his employment:
"Total abstinance is the only rallying cry under which victory is sure."
Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, transfer of lines, patents and contracts; New York and Western Union...
Dates:
1852-06-26 - 1852-07-08
Correspondence, 1852-07-09 - 1852-07-23
File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
July 10, 1852. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell:
"Wood has just come in and I read him your letter. He says you can crawl through a small hole with a whole skin than any other live man."
Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, transfer of lines, consolidation of lines; New York and Western Union Telegraph Company.
Personal names: Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Beebe, Sarah P.T.; Speed, J.J.; Wade, J.H.; Cobb, Emory
Geography: New York City;...
Dates:
1852-07-09 - 1852-07-23
Correspondence, 1853-01-03 - 1853-01-18
File — Box: 13, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
January 6, 1853. Speed/Faxton contract.
January 16, 1853. Ezra Cornell to J.J. Speed:
"O'Reilly sent round to me yesterday to borrow $10, which I did not have?"
Ithaca.
Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, consolidation of lines, western lines, transfer of lines, patents and contracts; Telegraph Convention; New York and Erie Rail Road; New York and Western Union Telegraph Company.
Personal names: Gordon, D.P.; Speed, J.J.;...
Dates:
1853-01-03 - 1853-01-18
Correspondence, 1853-01-19 - 1853-02-28
File — Box: 13, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, materials and supplies, consolidation of lines, transfer of lines, patents and contracts, western lines, New Orleans and Ohio Line. Personal names: O'Reilly, Henry; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, John H.; Gordon, D.P.; Delano, W.J.; Mann, Donald Geography:
Dates:
1853-01-19 - 1853-02-28