June 25, 1864. Mrs. Paul Cornell (Keturah M.) to Ezra Cornell from Portsmouth, N.C. describing her losses in the war. July 11, 1864. Paul J. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from Portsmouth, N.C. requesting loan from Ezra Cornell to reestablish himself in business in the South, possibly by speculating in cotton. July 19, 1864. John W. Cornell to Ezra Cornell describing conditions in a naval hospital in Chelsea, Mass. Topics: cattle; Montezuma Swamp; New York State Legislature; Massachusetts "cattle plague"; New York State Agricultural Society; telegraph business correspondence: Russian Telegraph stock; Western Union Company: stocks. Personal names: Palmer, O.H.; Spalding, Henry C.; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, Paul J.; Chester, E.W.; Cornell, J.W.; Cornell, Keturah Geography: