Scope and Contents May 28, 1858. Phebe Wood to Ezra Cornell: "I recieved your letter and read it more in sorrow than anger. Now how a man who never wrote a letter in his life without misspelling some of his words can have the brass to ridicule others is more than I can see?if I applied to my wife for information or kept some one running to the dictionary as often as you do no doubt I would spell better?" Also: discussion of the Rulloff murder case. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and...

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Topics: Cornell family genealogy and history; telegraph business correspondence: legal conflicts (wool suit), stock sales and transfers. Personal names: Rowell, Mary; Wood, M.B.; Curtiss, George; Cornell, John H.; Smith, F.O.J.; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, Angeline M.; Cornell, D.B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albion, Mich.

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December 6, 1858. Ezra Cornell to Peter Cooper giving an account of his experiences with submarine telegraph cables. Topics: telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers Personal names: Elwood, Isaac R.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.B.; Wood, O.S.; Chace, Miller; Cooper, Peter. Geography: Albion, Mich.; Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents June 26, 1857. Ezra Cornell to E.W. Chester describing the damage caused by a flood in Ithaca. July 1, 1857. Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from New York: "There is another grand gathering of Telegraphy in town?I suppose it is an attempt on the part of the WU Co. or some one else to form a 'grand confederation'?" "How do you like the name of 'Forest Park' --How does mother like it?" Topics: Ithaca farm; Forest Park farm; cattle; telegraph business correspondence: stock dividends,...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, stock transfers; cattle Personal names: Curtiss, George; Hopkins, P.A.; Speed, J.J.; Craig, D.H.; Cornell, E.S.; Wood, Phebe; Cornell, Jane; Smith, F.O.J.; Chester, E.W.; Kendall, Amos Geography:

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, Pacific line; cattle; Tompkins County Agricultural Society; coal oil business Personal names: Wood, Deborah C.; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, John H.; Curtiss, George; Chester, E.W. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents February 12, 1858. Henry O'Reilly to Ezra Cornell requesting any documents and papers he may have connected to the establishment of the telegraph for a collection O'Reilly was arranging. February 28, 1858. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann with news of his travels, telegraph business, and the various responses his "RR Moddle" received. Topics: cattle; coal oil business; finances; telegraph business correspondence Personal names: Wood, O.S.; Curtiss, George; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, John H.; O'Reilly,...

Scope and Contents August 30, 1858. Ezra Cornell to the President of the Republican County Convention naming Alonzo B. Cornell as Ezra Cornell's substitute for the position of delegate from Ithaca and speaking of the importance of the coming election and counseling "wisdom and harmony in the deliberation and action of the convention." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers, finances. Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Curtiss, George; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, E.S.; Beebe, Jeremiah...

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March 28, 1859. Jane Cornell to Ezra Cornell announcing her plans to be married. April 19, 1859. B.P. Johnson of the New York State Agricultural Rooms to Ezra Cornell concerning the Ithaca Farmers Club and its library. Topics: cattle; telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers; coal oil business Personal names: Chace, Miller; Sibley, Hiram; Cornell, Jane; Curtiss, George; Chester, E.W. Geography:

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October 12, 1857. M.B. Wood to Ezra Cornell discussing finances, western lines, and national politics, including his response to the Dred Scott decision. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: patent rights. Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Kendall, Amos; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Chester, E.W.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.B. Geography: