May 14, 1869. Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from New York regarding the hiring of Scotch English or German immigrants to work as less expensive laborers at the University: "My instructions are to select only such men as will be likely to vote right when they become voters." Topics: Cornell University: buildings; portraits; telescopes; English workmen Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, Ella F.; Caldwell, G.C.; Cropsey, J.F.; White, Andrew Dickson; Wood, M.B.; Wood, O.S.; Lee, Lavinia Shaw; Rooker, Thomas N.; Wells, Henry Geography: