November 25, 1867. W. Newcomb to Ezra Cornell: "Our mutual friend Colo. E. Jewett has repeatedly written to me in relation to the disposition of my Collection in Conchology to the Cornell University. My chief inducement in parting with the labor of over thirty years in collecting?is that they may have a permanent and secure resting place?. I would much prefer that it should go to my Native State of New York." Topics: Photo-lithography business; Western Union Telegraph Company: stock; Smith versus Cornell suit; Missouri lands; agricultural machinery; Cornell University: natural history collections Personal names: Rooker, Thomas N.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Cornell, John H.; Smith, F.O.J.; Palmer, O.H.; Wood, O.S.; Cornell, D.B.; Chace, Miller; Newcomb, Wesley Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.