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Topics: Cornell family genealogy and history; Civil war: contributing supplies; coal oil business; Tompkins County agricultural surveys (report); Farmers Club (Ithaca) Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Wood, Otis E.; Wood, M.B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents January 10, 1862. O.H. Perry Cornell to Ezra Cornell and Mary Ann Cornell: "I write to ask forgiveness for one or two rather quick speeches in my last letter and to ask you to write to me at least if nothing more for I have done nothing as yet that I deserve to be thus treated by you, to be sure I married very young but Dear Parents Louise is more than twice worthy of me she is good and she is pure and all you can say is she is poor." January 13, 1862. [Barnard] to Ezra...

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Topics: Forest Park farm; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents and others; Civil War; cattle; agriculture; New York State Agricultural Rooms; Western Union Telegraph Company Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Franklin C.; Cornell, N.P.; Egbert, J.D.; Robertson, H.D.; Chester, E.W.; Finch, Jane Cornell; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Wood, O.S. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y.

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Topics: Civil War; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; Forest Park farm; coal oil business; sheep Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, W. Irving; Curtiss, George Geography: Albany, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents March 10, 1862. Ezra Cornell to O.H. Perry Cornell: "I will receive you and your wife as members of the family and trust to the future to determine the wisdom of my decision. I advise you to prepare to move out to the Danby farm which I have possession of on the 1st of Apl next." Topics: Sodus Canal; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; Danby farm; Forest Park farm; coal oil business; Cayuga Inlet; Vassar College; Western Union Telegraph Company: benefits; American...

Scope and Contents March 23, 1862. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "I am sorry to hear that Frank maintains ill feelings towards Perry. I want to see this feeling dispated, and see you treat each other like brothers." March 27, 1862. O.S. Wood to Ezra Cornell, telegram: "Grandfather died at five this evening. Funeral day after tomorrow at one." March, 1862. Draft of a speech by Ezra Cornell to New York State Assembly. Topics: Cayuga Inlet; Forest Park farm; New York Legislature: legislation; telegraph...

Scope and Contents April 22, 1862. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "Our appropriations are all right yet, and I think will remain so, but it is something like a band of robbers dividing spoils to get any thing. To see the way new or yearling members are kicked & cuffed about in those scrambles extants vows from many that they will never be caught at Albany again as a Member." Topics: Death of Elijah Cornell; coal oil business; New York State Legislature: legislation, bills passed for Tompkins County;...

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Topics: New York State Legislature: legislation; Sodus Canal; Forest Park farm; telegraph industry; transcontinental telegraph line; International Exhibition (London); European agricultural societies. Personal names: Cobb, Emory; Sibley, Hiram; Cornell, J.W.; Ritso, Frederick. Geography:

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Topics: Tompkins County agricultural surveys; Forest Park farm; agriculture; wheat.; coal oil business; New York State Canal Commissioner's Office; Cayuga Inlet; secession Personal names: Chace, Alonzo; Cornell, Ezra E.; Cornell, D.B.; Barnard, D.; Wood, O.S.; Robertson, Mary C.; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, Paul J.; Pew, W.P. Geography: Gloversville, N.Y.; DeRuyter, N.Y.; Coshocton, Ohio

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Topics: New York State Legislature: letters and petitions from constituents, legislation; Forest Park farm; New York State Agricultural Rooms; coal oil business; Western Union Telegraph Company; agriculture; New York State Agricultural survey; New York State Agricultural Society; diphtheria. Personal names: Wood, M.B.; Cornell, Franklin C.; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Albany, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.