February 10, 1843. and children: "?I have got 57 cents left but there is always a way when there is a will and I will get along somehow. I shall have to let you pay the postage on letters?" March 11, 1843. and children: "I arrived at this place last evening very much fatigued with a walk of 150 miles from Charleston through snow and rain?" April 2, 1843. and children giving instructions on family deportment, an account of a murder trial, and comment on Mesmerism, religion, personal faith versus organized religion, and the difficulties in selling plows. April 9, 1843. providing extensive observations of slaves and slavery, race relations, and fatherly advice and concern. April 18, 1843. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one? "I find that a well-formed, healthy negrow can get as many wives as he wants if it is 3 or 4 at a time but a decrepid fellow can't get the first one by the consent of (her) master or mistress. why is it sow. plain enough 'like begets like' they wish to improve their stock. "?but the American slaves are all illegitimate. I don't know as it can be different were people are bred as stock and sold in the market a cattel." May 16, 1843. and children concerning superiority of Northern farmers, praise of Southern land, Southern idleness, details of route walked, and gold mines. Topics: Personal finances; life insurance; plow sales and patent arrangements in Maine and Georgia; travel conditions (first class travel versus second); hardships of the times; Bankruptcy Act; Philadelphia Mint and markets; steamer travel; account of a rough crossing of Chesapeake Bay; observations of Southern landscape and agricultural practices; business ventures; plans for trench digging and pipe laying machine. Personal names: Lincoln, A.B.; Chandler, J.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Mooers, Henry; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Norfolk, Va.; North Carolina; Wilmington, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Augusta, Ga.