Topics: New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents and others; Land Grant Act; tax exemptions; Wisconsin lands; animal cruelty; agriculture; Western Union Telegraph Company; Ithaca and Towanda Rail Road Company; Ezra Cornell portrait; Cornell University: buildings, plan; Cascadilla Place Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Cornell, W.J.; Nivison, S.S.; Pinkham, F.W. Geography: