August 30, 1858. Ezra Cornell to the President of the Republican County Convention naming Alonzo B. Cornell as Ezra Cornell's substitute for the position of delegate from Ithaca and speaking of the importance of the coming election and counseling "wisdom and harmony in the deliberation and action of the convention." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers, finances. Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Curtiss, George; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, E.S.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Elwood, Isaac R.; Wood, M.B.; Cornell, Jane; O'Reilly, Henry; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Pine River.