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Topics: Cornell family genealogy and history; telegraph business correspondence: legal conflicts (wool suit), stock sales and transfers. Personal names: Rowell, Mary; Wood, M.B.; Curtiss, George; Cornell, John H.; Smith, F.O.J.; Cornell, E.S.; Cornell, Angeline M.; Cornell, D.B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albion, Mich.

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December 6, 1858. Ezra Cornell to Peter Cooper giving an account of his experiences with submarine telegraph cables. Topics: telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers Personal names: Elwood, Isaac R.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, M.B.; Wood, O.S.; Chace, Miller; Cooper, Peter. Geography: Albion, Mich.; Ithaca, N.Y.

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January 19, 1859. Jas. W. Haight to Ezra Cornell concerning stuffing animals for Ezra Cornell. Topics: agriculture; coal oil business; cattle; telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers; finances Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Cornell, John H.; Chester, E.W.; Cornell, Jane; Curtiss, George; Wood, O.S.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Cornell, E.S. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Pine River.

Scope and Contents February 16, 1859. Ezra Cornell to John H. Cornell concerning family genealogy with details concerning the families of Elijah Cornell and Eunice Barnard. Topics: coal oil business; Cornell family genealogy and history; agriculture; telegraph business correspondence Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Wood, M.B.; Dunham, Emily; Cornell, John H.; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Chester, E.W.; Shaffner, T. P.; Haight, J.W.; Chace, Miller; Cornell, E.S. Geography: Albion, Mich.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Pine...

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March 28, 1859. Jane Cornell to Ezra Cornell announcing her plans to be married. April 19, 1859. B.P. Johnson of the New York State Agricultural Rooms to Ezra Cornell concerning the Ithaca Farmers Club and its library. Topics: cattle; telegraph business correspondence: stock sales and transfers; coal oil business Personal names: Chace, Miller; Sibley, Hiram; Cornell, Jane; Curtiss, George; Chester, E.W. Geography: