February 24, 1832. Ezra Cornell's response to expulsion from Quaker Church due to his marriage to Mary Ann Wood: "I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice?" March 6, 1834. Ezra Cornell to Elijah Cornell: "I informed thee when thee was out that I had got out of debt and a little to spare but not being able to enjoy sound sleap while I remained in that situation (that some would call happy) I have remedied the evil by running in debt for the large house and lot?" January 13, 1836. Reference to "distressing conflagration" in New York City. May 15, 1836. Ezra Cornell to Elijah Cornell discussing Ithaca's potential, mentioning the New York and Erie Railroad and the Sodus Canal. Topics: Family correspondence; birth of son Charles and daughter Elizabeth; death of son Charles; finance and real estate speculation; mills and women mill workers; national politics and financial situation. Personal names: Merritt, Nehemiah; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, M.B.; Wood, Benjamin; Wood, O. S.; Bristol, John S.; Bristol, Elmira; DeWitt family; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: Fall Creek (Ithaca); DeRuyter; Rochester, N.Y.; Michigan