April 1, 1865: F.M. Finch to Ezra Cornell: "This week I received a telegram from Senator White threatening to drop the bill if a delegation did not appear. I think five or six will be there. I have spared Boardman with great difficulty: I must now do his work & mine too but I have told him to stay till the last minute you desire." April 7, 1865. Elizabeth Blackwell to Ezra Cornell: "My attention has been called to a newspaper paragraph which mentions your wish to form a Medical College for Women. As I have been for twenty years deeply interested in the medical education of women; and as, with my colleagues, I am now engaged in raising $100000 for this object, I feel a profound interest in your philanthropic purpose?" Topics: New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents and others; Cornell University: founding legislation; letters of support for the passage of the "Cornell University" bill; Cornell Public Library Personal names: Finch, F.M.; Boardman, Douglass; Kelly, William; Blackwell, Elizabeth; Roosevelt, Mary W. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y.