December 18, 1868. Ezra Cornell to R.R. Williams, Ithaca Fire Chief: "I also deeply sympathize with [the firemen] in the hardships and vexation arising from the false alarm of the other evening which called them forth at midnight, and regret exceedingly that the folly of thoughtless youth should thus multiply their labors?. Please accept the enclosed hundred dollars for the firemen of Ithaca as a small token of my regard." Topics: Cornell University: opening of the University, students, faculty, Library; Western Union Telegraph Company; Ithaca Fire Department; women's education; Russian Extension Telegraph drawings. Personal names: Allen, William F.; Wood, Corydon; Cailiff, Cornelia; White, Andrew Dickson; Chace, Thomas; Wood, O.S.; Williams, R.R. Geography: