October 22, 1860. Circular letter from Otis E. Wood: "It is with no little pain that I announce to you my determination to quit the farm?" [in Etna]. October 22, 1860. Ezra Cornell's printed form: "I have had blanks prepared for the purpose of having the Agricultural Statistics of the County of Tompkins taken this Fall, to show the crop of the growth of the year of 1860." October 23, 1860. J.J. Speed to Ezra Cornell thanking Ezra Cornell for his gifts of books and the Cornells' visit, and describing the welcome accorded the Prince of England in Portland. October 27, 1860. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "We are now having a series of political mass meetings in this section of country, the Hon. John P. Hale is stumping the state for Old Abe. I heard him last wednesday, we expect to give him a rousing majority in this state - Douglas stock is down low and still declining." Topics: coal oil business; Forest Park farm; cattle; telegraph business correspondence; national politics; New York State Agricultural Rooms; Tompkins County agricultural survey Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Cornell, Jane; Wood, M.C.; Cornell, Elijah; Pew, W.P.; Tillotson, D.T.; Speed, J.J.; Hale, John P. Geography: