Scope and Contents March 10, 1855. from Albion: "Last saturday one of the cars got thrown off the track in which was four of my men, one of them was so injured that he died yesterday. He leaves a wife, who will soon have an heir." March 15, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell: "Tell mother & Emma that I look at their daguerratype frequently and think it is the prettyest picture." March 17, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "?it was a California show, going to California, a panorama of an over...

Scope and Contents April 12, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "He may escape as there is not one in twenty who have been vaccinated that take the small-pox on exposure." April 22, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "Calista was on her way to Windsor Canada to teach in a school of fugitives. They are sent to Canada as teachers by some society who have the educational welfare of the blacks in Canada under their keeping." April 29, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "I see a lot of boys in front...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: refinancing of stock, office operations, western lines, Morse telegraph patent; transfer of lines; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Telegraph Company; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company.; Southern Michigan Telegraph Company; House Company; smallpox. Personal names: Kendall, Amos; Chester, E.W.; Hopkins, P.A.; Cornell, E.B. Geography:

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May 13, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell: "Homeopathy seems to do verry well when there is nothing the matter. It is so nice to take but when I am sick it seems to require the old ugly doses of the 'old butchers' to cure me." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, transfer of lines, western lines; Southern Michigan Telegraph Company Personal names: Wood, O.S.; Wood, M.B.; Faxton, Theodore; Smith, F.O.J. Geography: Michigan

Scope and Contents June 7, 1855. Mary Ann Cornell to Ezra Cornell describing unsatisfactory family conditions in Ithaca: "I wish if money is plenty at the west that you would send me some, as Alonzo is so hard up that I can't get any of him, and I can't well get along without some?I think Ithaca will not hold me long if they go west to live, if your business keeps you there, there is nothing in Ithaca worth living for, and I wish you would sell everything you own here?but if you do come here and try living as...

Scope and Contents July 7, 1855. Ezra Cornell to E.W. Chester describing his railway accident in which his arm was broken and mutilated. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, transfer of lines, western lines, stock payments due; Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Telegraph Company; Southern Michigan Telegraph Company; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company.; Ezra Cornell's broken arm. Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Chace, Rebecca; Cornell, E.B.; Cornell, Mary Emily; Wood, M.B.;...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines; New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Company Personal names: Chester, E.W. Geography:

Scope and Contents August 8, 1855. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell from Detroit: "I came to De this morning to attend meeting leaving mother at Al. Our meeting has resulted in an agreement with House folks to consolidate, they taking $350,000 and we $150,000, we putting in the E&M line, and they putting in the House line 920, the Lake Erie line 600, the House & Morse Patent, and all other interest they have in the west?" Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations,...

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, consolidation of lines Personal names: Curtiss, George Geography:

Scope and Contents October 18, 1855. Mary Ann Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "I think you will recollect of giving me fifteen dollars before you left home. I have used it very prudently?and it is all gone but fifty cents." Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, office operations, western lines, consolidation of lines; New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Company; Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company. Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Cornell, Mary Ann Geography: Rochester,...