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Topics: Forest Park farm; agriculture; American Terraculture Company; Tompkins County agricultural survey; New York State Agricultural Rooms; telegraph business correspondence Personal names: Todd, S.E.; Smith, Ezra; Wood, M.B.; O'Reilly, Henry; Robertson, Mary C.; Cornell, D.B.; Chace, Miller; Millspaugh, John H.; Wood, O.S. Geography:

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Topics: Telegraph business correspondence: proposed California line; agriculture; Tompkins County agricultural surveys; meteorological instruments; Cayuga Inlet Personal names: Cornell, E.S.; Wood, M.B.; Millspaugh, John H.; Sibley, Hiram. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents January 1861. Letters from Paul J. Cornell to Ezra Cornell discussing Cornell family genealogy and stating the position of the South versus the North regarding slavery and states' rights. January 8, 1861. Ezra Cornell to Paul J. Cornell discussing Cornell family genealogy and slavery. Topics: cattle; Tompkins County agricultural surveys; coal oil business; Cornell family genealogy and history Personal names: Cornell, Paul J.; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Wood, M.B.; Millspaugh, John H.; Wood,...

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April, 1859. O.S. Wood to Ezra Cornell providing an account of the telegraph industry's development and his role in it. Topics: Forest Park farm; telegraph business correspondence: stock transfers; coal oil business Personal names: Wood, James; Beebe, Jeremiah S.; Wood, M.B. Geography: Coshocton, Ohio