April, 1863: "Received of E. Cornell seventy three dollars for support of families of Colored Volunteers of Albany County." Topics: telegraph business correspondence; Land Grant Act; New York State Legislature: legislation; Cornell Public Library; Family correspondence; Danby farm; Civil War; Montreal Telegraph Company. Personal names: Pew, W.P.; Wood, O.S.; Curtiss, George; Finch, F.M.; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Torrey, William A.; Cornell, Franklin C. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.