June 20, 1870. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Saratoga: "There are comparatively few people here yet, the heat of summer not having been intence enough to drive the denizens of the cities and the fools from good country homes to this retreat of fashion, folly, and flirtation?. Hotels are thick and large and very many private families take boarders during 'the Season'?. I think we must utilize the 'Cascadilla Place' in the same way. Fix up the grounds and fit up and furnish the house, and open it for a Summer Hotel from July 1st to Sept. 15th. Fill it with 200 guests for that time at $3. per day would amount to $47,000 half of which would be profit. If only $10,000 per vacation could be realized from its use it would be a great help. This trip to Saratoga has opened up this subject to my mind with more fource than it has ever before been presented." July 29, 1870. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann from Eau Claire, Wisconsin: "Since you were here they have got two fine bridges. One over the Chippewa where the Ferry was and the other over the Eau Claire. The town has grown decidedly in the time and the R.R. will add much more to it. This addition of R.R. facilities will add to the value of our lands and increase the sales." Topics: Minnesota lands; temperance; Cornell University: Cascadilla Place, faculty housing; Industrial Exhibition Company; Wisconsin lands Personal names: Emery, F.M.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Gould, John Stanton; White, Andrew Dickson; Fiske, Willard Geography: Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Eau Claire; St. Paul, Minn.