May 13, 1864. Petition by members of New York State Senate to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton: "The undersigned respectfully request a pass for Hon. Ezra Cornell to go within the lines of our Army to render assistance to the wounded." May 18, 1864. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "I am going out into the State of Missouri recruiting for the 29th Ill. Colored Regt." May 20, 1864. John W. Brown to Ezra Cornell describing at length activities in and battles of the Union Army. Topics: Steam cultivation; New York Steam Agriculture Company; telegraph industry; Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; national legislation Personal names: Selkreg, J.H.; Sibley, Hiram; Cornell, D.B.; Brown, John W. Geography: