Topics: Cornell family correspondence: letters to Elijah and Eunice Cornell from their children in Michigan and New York with news of religious conversions, children, illnesses, pottery, and family life; letters to Mary Ann Cornell from E.B. and Betsy Ann Cornell; letter to John Cornell from Elijah concerning Mary Ann and Ezra Cornell's trip to Michigan; M.B. Wood to Phebe Wood while he is away from home building telegraph lines. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, Elijah; Cornell, Eunice; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, D.B.; Cornell, John H.; Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Betsy Ann; Cornell, Mary Ann; Chace, Thomas; Robertson, Mary C.; Wood, M.B.; Wood, Phebe Geography: Union Springs, N.Y.; Homer; Albion; Nantucket.