April 27, 1868. Andrew Dickson White to Ezra Cornell from Paris describing his efforts to gather books and other materials for the University: "?the election of Weaver is first rate. He is a true man. Knows what education should be & knows what we are striving to be?. I have been hard at work every day & have saved several thousand francs by prowling around the books shops of the Latin Quarter instead of buying of Agents?. If it is possible ie if it is not absolutely impossible I want the Univ. to put 5000 dollars more at my disposal?. There are elaborate models of every important organ -- an ear for example two feet long -- price 150 fr by wh. a hundred students can learn more in an hour than from text books in a month." May 3, 1868. from Washington: "I met Prof. Henry and Baird of the Smithsonian Institute yesterday, they hail the Cornell University with joy. Their building is nearly restored from the ravages of the fire and will soon be in full beauty and usefulness again. The Patent Office is becoming a miracle of groth and expose of inventive talent. The buildings are six or eight times larger than when I worked there in 1844 and they are more crowded now than then. There was some 17,000 patents issued last year, and will probably be 20,000 issued this year. This shows the great inventive wealth of this country." May 3, 1868. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "?sorry to hear that you are sorely pressed for funds. I can hardly realize what satisfaction it can be to be wealthy and at the same time hard up, yet there are other & perhaps more simple problems that I have failed to solve." May 3, 1868. listing the twelve rules of wealth. Topics: Cornell University: announcements, establishment of Library, law books; telegraph industry; Andrew Dickson White's European tour; geological collections; Photo-lithography business; Smithsonian Institution; United States Patent Office. Personal names: White, Andrew Dickson; Rooker, Thomas N.; Cornell, D.B. Geography: England; France; Washington, D.C.