March 10, 1862. Ezra Cornell to O.H. Perry Cornell: "I will receive you and your wife as members of the family and trust to the future to determine the wisdom of my decision. I advise you to prepare to move out to the Danby farm which I have possession of on the 1st of Apl next." Topics: Sodus Canal; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; Danby farm; Forest Park farm; coal oil business; Cayuga Inlet; Vassar College; Western Union Telegraph Company: benefits; American Telegraph Company Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Chester, E.W.; Curtiss, George; Boardman, T.; Pew, W.P.; Cornell, Franklin C.; Cornell, Benjamin; Wood, M.B.; Speed, J.J.; Cornell, O.H. Perry Geography: Albany, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.