November 1, 1862. J. Curd to Ezra Cornell from Lexington, Kentucky discussing the Confederate presence in Kentucky and the impact on his life and farm: "Well, you may say the Confederate troops were at my door for they were encamped in my front lot for more than a month fifteen hundred or two thousand, just because I was known to be an unconditional union man they tormented me nearly out of my life?" Topics: New York State Agricultural Society (Road law); cattle; sheep; New York State Agricultural Rooms; Western Union Telegraph Company; real estate; Cornelian Oil Company; agriculture Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Cobb, Emory; Chester, E.W.; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, E.E.; Osborne, D.M.; O'Reilly, Henry; Chase, Edward. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Coshocton, Ohio; Kentucky