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Contains 13 Results:

Correspondence, 1853-12-22 - 1854-01-12

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents January 5, 1854. describing a train trip to the west: "I received an invitation from Mr. Tubbs to go to the 'Grand Concert of Madame Sontag' who was to appear for the first time on the Cleveland 'boards' -- I accepted, the house was crowded, and the audience have marked evidence of their satisfaction. The pieces were Italian and French excepting 'Home Sweet Home' which was so distorted by artistic skill that it made me nervous." Ezra Cornell's account of the origins of the Cornell-Speed...
Dates: 1853-12-22 - 1854-01-12
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-01-14 - 1854-01-26

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines; smallpox. Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; O'Reilly, Henry; Cornell, E.S. Geography: Indiana; Ohio

Dates: 1854-01-14 - 1854-01-26
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-01-27 - 1854-02-20

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

January 27, 1854. Mary C. Robertson to Ezra Cornell: "Jane says Brother E.B. is in the lottery business some this winter which surprises me very much. I don't know but its honorable business in N.Y. State." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, adjudication of telegraph disputes, transfer of patents; smallpox.; American Telegraph Confederation. Personal names: Robertson, Mary C.; Wood, M.B.; Morse, Samuel F.B.; Speed, J.J. Geography:

Dates: 1854-01-27 - 1854-02-20
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-02-21 - 1854-03-11

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
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March 5, 1854. describing a journey west, and plans for the farm in Ithaca. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines; House Line. Personal names: Cornell, Franklin C.; Wood, Phebe; Cornell, John H.; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: Indianapolis

Dates: 1854-02-21 - 1854-03-11
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-03-12 - 1854-03-26

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents March 19, 1854. Mary Ann Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "?I most sincerely hope that you will finally succeed in geting together enough of this worlds goods so that you can finally make up yuir mind to settle down on some nice spot and enjoy the comforts of 'home sweet home' with your family. Oh, how happy I should be if it could be so, my dear little do you know the many lonely hours I have passed in your twelve years of absence from home, the cares and anxieties of home all resting on me and the...
Dates: 1854-03-12 - 1854-03-26
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-03-27 - 1854-04-12

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

April 9, 1854. from Chicago, describing conditions aboard a crowded train, and the benefits of wholesome air. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, patent rights, transfer of patents. Personal names: Wood, Phebe; Kendall, Amos; Cornell, Ellen. Geography: Michigan; Indiana

Dates: 1854-03-27 - 1854-04-12
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-04-13 - 1854-04-22

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, transfer of lines and stock Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Speed, J.J. Geography: Indiana

Dates: 1854-04-13 - 1854-04-22
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-04-23 - 1854-05-20

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, transfer of lines and stock; Speed's unapproved sale of telegraph stock and lines Personal names: Speed, J.J.; Kendall, Amos; Livingston, Cambridge Geography: Indiana

Dates: 1854-04-23 - 1854-05-20
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-05-21 - 1854-05-30

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, transfer of lines and stock Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Wood, M.B.; Speed, J.J. Geography: Indiana

Dates: 1854-05-21 - 1854-05-30
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

Correspondence, 1854-06-10 - 1854-06-23

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines Personal names: Wood, Otis E.; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Read, James H. Geography:

Dates: 1854-06-10 - 1854-06-23
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 1-1-1, Ezra Cornell papers / Series I: Correspondence / Ezra Cornell Correspondence

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