Box 21

Papers of Josiah Butler Williams, banker, businessman, and New York State Senator, contain business, political, and personal papers, accounts, legal documents and correspondence, 1809-1883. Subjects include banking, canals, the lumber business, railroads, and real estate; also, Cornell University, Ovid Academy, the New York and Erie Telegraph Company, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad Company, the Ithaca Cotton Mills, the Merchants and Farmers' Bank, Ithaca, and the Sodus Canal.

Includes correspondence and documents relating to the New York and Erie Telegraph Association and mentions of Ezra Cornell's leadership, as well as a letter from Ezra Cornell.

Includes "Report of Commissioners relative to Draining Cayuga Marshes" and notes from the commissioners. Also included is a printed pamphlet describing the Academy at Ovid.

Includes printed Senate Acts and information on canal and railroad construction and petitions.