Scope and content
Letters from Benjamin Cornell to his parents and brother; from his son, Benjamin F. Cornell to various family members; and other family correspondence.
Includes letters regarding family, schooling, teaching, farming, financial matters, travels to Michigan, the United States Civil War, and more. Correspondents include Ezra Cornell, Elijah Cornell, and others. Also included is one letter to Anna Love, Benjamin F. Cornell's wife, from her cousin Lieutenant Love, and three letters from her friend Hattie. There is also one letter from Miss Dorothy Cornell to a cousin regarding the collection of letters.
Dates
- 1835-1876.
Creator
- Cornell, Benjamin, 1811-1842. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Cornell was a younger brother of Ezra Cornell.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Agriculture -- New York (State)
- Cornell family.
- Cornell, Elijah.
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Michigan -- Description and travel.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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