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n.d. Ezra Cornell's itinerary for trip to Europe. Topics: Family correspondence; New York State Agricultural Society; letters of introduction for upcoming trip to Europe; Western Union Company; agriculture; sheep Personal names: Barnard, D.R.; Wright, Avis; Smith, F.O.J.; Cornell, John H.; Cornell, J.W.; Sibley, Hiram Geography:

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Topics: New State Agricultural Society; travel (England, Scotland); sheep Personal names: Dagwell, John; Sherwood, S.P.; Cornell, Mary Ann; Cornell, Alonzo B.; Webb, Jonas; Wood, Daniel Geography: England; Scotland.

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Topics: agriculture; Family correspondence; New York State Agriculture Rooms; real estate; New York State Agricultural Society; sheep; finances; cattle; Cornelian Oil Company Personal names: Fink, J.; Cornell, E.S.; Wilcox, A.; Chester, E.W.; Wood, Phebe; Robertson, Mary C.; Cornell, J.W. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albion

Scope and Contents November 1, 1862. J. Curd to Ezra Cornell from Lexington, Kentucky discussing the Confederate presence in Kentucky and the impact on his life and farm: "Well, you may say the Confederate troops were at my door for they were encamped in my front lot for more than a month fifteen hundred or two thousand, just because I was known to be an unconditional union man they tormented me nearly out of my life?" Topics: New York State Agricultural Society (Road law); cattle; sheep; New York State...

Scope and Contents November 12, 1862. J. M. Haight to Ezra Cornell discussing payment for a collection of stuffed birds in cases. November 17, 1862. H.J. Raymond to Ezra Cornell discussing state politics, possibility that Cornell's name will be thought of as Speaker in the New York State Assembly, and reporting news of the war. Topics: New York State Agricultural Society; sheep; Ezra E. Cornell sick with typhoid fever in Lockport; New York State Legislature; cattle; women's education; agriculture; New York...

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Topics: agriculture; sheep; New York State Agricultural College (Ovid); New York State Legislature; cattle; Montezuma Swamp and Sodus Canal; Western Union Telegraph Company Personal names: Fink, J.; Curtiss, George; Smith, F.O.J.; Geddes, George; Sibley, Hiram; Joy, Arad; Wood, Daniel Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents Topics: agriculture; sheep; cattle; telegraph business correspondence; death of Ezra E. Cornell; People's College (Havana, New York); Land Grant Act; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents (Captain in Union army requesting Ezra Cornell's assistance in obtaining promotions for Tompkins County officers); Western Union Company Personal names: Pew, W.P.; Smith, F.O.J.; Johnson, B.P.; Sibley, Hiram; Cushman, J.B.; Elwood, I.R.; Randall, H.S.; Cornell, Ezra E.; Wyckoff, W.O.;...

Scope and Contents 1862. Listing and description of soldiers sent from London (one Prussian, two Germans, four Hungarians, one Polish). January 4, 1863. Capt. Isaac S. Tichenor to Ezra Cornell concerning policies followed in promoting officers. January 7, 1863. Phebe Wood to Ezra Cornell and Mary Ann Cornell concerning war news, family news, and including a photo album from "Santa Claus." Topics: Western Union Telegraph Company; agriculture; telegraph business correspondence: Pacific line, stock, dividends;...

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Topics: New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; Western Union Telegraph Company: stocks, dividends; cattle; New York State canals (Sodus Canal); People's College; Ithaca real estate; Family correspondence Personal names: Ramsey, A.B.; Wyckoff, W.O.; Thomas, E.N.; Folger, C.; Robertson, Mary C.; Cornell, E.S.; Elwood, I.R.; Cornell, E.B.; Wood, M.B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albion

Scope and Contents January 19, 1863. W. Irving Wood to Ezra Cornell from Army hospital in Alexandria, Va. describing where he is and where he has traveled with the Union Army. January 26, 1863. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from Army camp in Louisiana, about 12 miles above Vicksburg describing life in the camp and discussing the family and farm he left in Illinois: "There has been a great deal of trouble about our getting our mails since we left Jackson Tenn, Nov, and in fact about the amount of what do get...