July 4, 1866. Andrew Dickson White to Ezra Cornell: "I have heard of a new candidate for the Presidency of the University -- a Massachusetts judge of high standing. I confess that I would prefer some such man to a clergyman." Topics: Photo-lithography business; Cornell University: buildings; telegraph business correspondence: stocks; Minnesota lands; Wells College Personal names: Page, John R.; White, Andrew Dickson; Kelly, William; Greene, J.N.; Rooker, Thomas N.; Miller, Stephen; Wells, Henry; Chester, E.W.; Bell, J.E.; Read, J.M., Jr.; Gould, Sara E. Geography: