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January 20, 1861. Ezra Cornell to I.R. Elwood: "The great question of the day is, have we a National Government? I have always thought we had, I think we have still." Topics: Possible dissolution of the Union; slavery; Tompkins County agricultural surveys; New York State Canal Commissioner's Office Personal names: Cornell, O.H. Perry; Robertson, H.D.; Cornell, D.B.; Rowell, Mary; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, Angeline Geography:

Scope and Contents February 21, 1861. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "Tuesday I was coming down Broadway just before 3 P.M., and the gathering crowd along that popular thoroughfare reminded me that the Prest Elect was to arrive in the city at 3 and triumverate through Broadway to the Astor, I therefore turned into the Musuem when I reached that curiosity shop and got a window commanding the Astor from which I could notice the progress of the Nations Hope from Chamber Street to the Astor. At that distance I...

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Topics: coal oil business; Civil War; New York State Agricultural Rooms; Family correspondence; Forest Park farm Personal names: Wood, M.B.; Curtiss, George; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Wood, O.S.; Robertson, Mary C.; Smith, F.O.J.; Finch, James; Finch, Jane Cornell Geography:

Scope and Contents April 22, 1861. Paul J. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "Your predictions, concerning our state, I am ashamed to confess, are?to be realized for the disunionist have or are about to?our good old state into this unholy war against our wishes & better judgment, it is hard for us to fight against the star spangled banner, that which our fathers suffered, bled, dide and won for our enjoyments. The negrows are volunteering there servises all over the state to fight against the north, thay are not...

Scope and Contents June 4, 1861. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "The death of Douglass which we have just heard will be regretted by the Nation at this critical juncture. If he had poped off before hatching his Squatter Soverign herricy his death would have been a National blessing." Topics: coal oil business; Forest Park farm; telegraph business correspondence; Civil War: Battle of Bull Run, prisoners (John W. and Ezra E. Cornell). Personal names: Chace, Miller; Wood, O.S.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.B.;...