March 24, 1868. Mina Cornell to her cousin: "You asked me if I thought there was money coming to us. Indeed I think there is for it is not likely that Ezra Cornell would be so anxious to enquire out the relatives and desire all the information possible according to the laws of England." April 3, 1868. E. Samson to Ezra Cornell regarding the founding of Cornell University: "Your sentiment as expressed by Prof. White. I say Amen to 'An institution where any person can find instruction in any study.'" April 8, 1868. Andrew Dickson White to Ezra Cornell from Paris: "Have tried to shake of thoughts of the University -- but -- 'Distance lends enchantment to the view' & I think of little else?. Have decided to go personally & make the purchases of Apparatus & Chemicals at Heidelberg, Darmstadt? & Berlin." Topics: Cornell University: establishment of Library, announcements; Cornell family genealogy and history; photo-lithography; Michigan lands; Wisconsin lands; Cornell family English legacy; Andrew Dickson White's European tour Personal names: Cornell, Mina; Spelman, Naomi; Rooker, Thomas N.; Tyler, Moses Coit; Samson, E.; White, Andrew Dickson; Cornell, D.B.; Millspaugh, John H.; Fagan, Susan P.A. Geography: