June 29, 1856. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "?had a lovely passage to Detroit, arriving at 3 P.M. yesterday, One of those floating Hotels is the greatest luxury of the hot season and nothing could have rendered the sojourn of a day on the 'Rock' more pleasant except your company and Emma's & Mary's." July 4, 1856. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "The anniversary of Our Independence is being celebrated in various ways but not so as to attract any special notice. I feel more interest just now in knowing how it is being celebrated in Kansas. That has become the second battle ground of freedom, and the day that secures freedom for Kansas will become notable in the annals of history, as the second birthday of freedom." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, consolidation of lines, stocks; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Telegraph Company; Western Union Telegraph Company Personal names: Curtiss, George; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: