Correspondence, 1868-03-10 - 1868-03-23
Scope and Contents
March 10, 1868. Maria Mitchell to Ezra Cornell from Vassar College regarding the admission of women to Cornell and other universities: "?I will say some things to you which I must request?be considered confidential in relation to the 'woman' subject. I have no fancy for the agitation on the subject?" March 14, 1868. A.W. Cornell to Narcissa Peters: "There is a rumour afloat that there has been a legacy left in England to the Cornells of New York and Connecticut supposed to amount to Sixty Millions of dollars." March 15, 1868. from Washington: "I have already got the foundation laid for a large amount of business for Photo Lathography, if we can do the work as well and cheaper than by Old processes?I have also launched a move to remove various restrictions from our college Land Scrip Entries, and to get certain importations for the Cornell University free of duty, And to get a waggon road provided for from [Brurette] Falls to Lake Superior to be paid for by a grant of pulic lands along the route?. I judge by what I see with my eyes & ears that "Andy" was thoroughly alarmed as to his situation when he got the reports of the first days proceedings of the Impeachment Court. Previously he regarded himself safe from conviction?. Andrew Johnson is a bad man, and the American people know it." Topics: Vassar College; women's education; Cornell University: buildings, professorships, announcements; Cornell family genealogy and history; Cornell family English legacy; cattle; photo-lithography; Michigan lands Personal names: Mitchell, Maria; Rooker, Thomas N.; Cornell, James G. (Mineola, NY); Cornell, A.W.; Cornell, Mina; Cornell, Gideon; Cornell, Mary Ann; White, Andrew Dickson; Holbrook, Frederick; Fagan, Susan P.A.; Chace, Thomas; Peters, Narcissa. Geography:
Dates
- 1868-03-10 - 1868-03-23
Creator
- From the Collection: Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874. (Person)
Extent
apx. 62 cubic feet.
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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