June 7, 1855. Mary Ann Cornell to Ezra Cornell describing unsatisfactory family conditions in Ithaca: "I wish if money is plenty at the west that you would send me some, as Alonzo is so hard up that I can't get any of him, and I can't well get along without some?I think Ithaca will not hold me long if they go west to live, if your business keeps you there, there is nothing in Ithaca worth living for, and I wish you would sell everything you own here?but if you do come here and try living as I have this thirteen years and then you would be able to judge something about it." June 10, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "I will pay your expenses out, that is to say, if you can get some body to advance your expenses out I will refund the money." June 15, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "The next great question of the Day is the Know Nothing convention at Phil. that is of great political moment, not because of its Hindooism but because there is some hundreds of ordinarily inteligent men from all sections of the country and they may be persueded to reflect to some extent the feeling of their several communities feelings on the great issue of the day, liberty, or slavery. The Telegraph announces a split in the convention on that question -- this is a favourable sign, it shows that the concience of the north is being quickened, and may be regarded as the death knell to Southern Slave drivers, and Northern dough faces." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, transfer of lines, western lines; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Telegraph Company Personal names: Cornell, Mary Ann; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wells, Henry; Curtiss, George Geography: Indiana; Ithaca, N.Y.