Scope and Contents August 20, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Indianapolis reporting on his health and discussing the treatment received for his condition. August 27, 1854. Ezra Cornell, Mary Emily Cornell, Mary C. Robertson and M.B. Wood to Mary Ann Cornell from Albion sharing family news. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: office operations, finances, consolidation of companies, Ohio, Indiana & Illinois line. Personal names: Cornell, Mary Ann; Curtiss, George; Pew, W.P.; Robertson, Mary...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: Erie & Michigan line, finances, Ohio, Indiana & Illinois line, Southern Michigan line, western lines, office operations Personal names: Cornell, Franklin C.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Elwood, Isaac R.; Kendall, Amos; Wood, O.S.; Draper, J.S. Geography: Albion; Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents September 8, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Michigan City: "Speed and Wades effort at my distruction by their diabolical sale to the enemy has proved a signal failure on their part, and will produce them a harvest of curses from the verry men who were to reap the golden apple of their treachery." Ezra Cornell's health, telegraph business, and reflections upon his persevering and succeeding in the business despite Mary Ann's father's advice to pursue other things. Topics: Telegraph...

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October 6, 1854. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Chicago concerning family news from Michigan, telegraph business, and New York politics with reference to "fusion." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: office operations, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois line, finances, new western lines. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Pew, W.P.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Tillotson, D.T.; Hopkins, P.A.; Faxton, Theodore Geography: Indiana; Ohio; Illinois