Box 18
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Correspondence, 1857-03-06 - 1857-03-27
File — Box: 18, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
March 8, 1857. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell detailing the purchases of cattle and other agricultural staples for the Ithaca farm. Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: finances, stock transfers; Ithaca farm (including purchase of cattle, equipment, and other materials pertinent to its establishment); trial of Morse and Vail versus Smith. Personal names: Kendall, Amos; Cornell, Angeline M.; Wood, Eunice. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.
Dates:
1857-03-06 - 1857-03-27
Correspondence, 1857-04-01 - 1857-05-05
File — Box: 18, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Topics: Ithaca farm; telegraph business correspondence: finances, stock transfers, office operations. Personal names: Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, D.B.; Curtiss, George Geography:
Dates:
1857-04-01 - 1857-05-05
Correspondence, 1857-05-06 - 1857-05-30
File — Box: 18, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
May 13, 1857. Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell:
"As to names, I am not decided yet what it shall be, 'Forest Home' I like but don't want to rob F.O.J.S. 'Cascadilla' is good but is so Old that it has lost all the sweetness of originiality, 'Mount Evergreen' Seems discordant 'Forest City Farm' is too long 'Forest Retreat' don't respond in harmony to the proper chords, 'Cascadia' is short and appropriate, 'Cornelia' is the name that Gov Seward gave my old place at fall Creek, and I like it...
Dates:
1857-05-06 - 1857-05-30