July 20, 1856. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "Mary and Jane went to Methodist [church], and H[iram] to the Spiritualist, and Phebe railed about it, and says she don't want any of her friends to call and see her who will go to a Spiritual meeting, so goes the world - and so it always went. Oh! dear me, will it ever be better?" August 20, 1856. Ezra Cornell's letter to the American Citizen of Ithaca: "As for the Pope, I am to old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, consolidation of lines, stock transfers, O'Reilly lines; New York and Erie Railroad; Western Union Telegraph Company Personal names: Barbour, Lucian; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: