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Topics: Civil War; Ithaca real estate; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; Forest Park farm; Banking Law; request for donation for Sabbath School and lecture room. Personal names: Howard, J.M.; Sage, H.W.; Wyckoff, W.O.; Elwood, I.R.; Clark, A.B.; Cornell, Franklin C.; Esty, Edward S.; Wood, Phebe; Wood, Daniel; Sherwood, S.P. Geography: Albany, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Contents February 9, 1863. F.H. Moor to Ezra Cornell from Boston offering his services in preparing a plan for the proposed Cornell Public Library. Topics: New York State Agricultural survey; Cornell Public Library building; New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; request for donation to Ithaca Academy; Danby War Committee; Civil War; Western Union Telegraph Company Personal names: Moor, F.H.; Boardman, Douglass; Clark, A.B.; Cornell, J.W.; Curtiss, E.L.B.; Wood, W. Irving; Pew,...

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February 20, 1863. Arad Joy to Ezra Cornell from Ovid requesting Ezra Cornell to have a bill introduced for appropriating lands to the New York State Agricultural College. Topics: New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; subscriptions and bounties; salt; New York State Agricultural survey; cattle; agriculture; Cornell Public Library Personal names: Cornell, O.H. Perry; Joy, Arad; Macy, Philander; Finch, F.M.; Schuyler, G.W. Geography:

Scope and Contents March 2, 1863. Ezra Cornell to F.M. Finch concerning the design of the library building and suggesting that all architects from Ithaca be given an opportunity to submit plans for "an edifice from which the rays of light and knowledge was to eradiate to her present and future generations." March 2, 1863. M.B. Wood to Ezra Cornell discussing national politics. March 2, 1863. Paul J. Cornell to Ezra Cornell about conditions in North Carolina Topics: Cornell Public Library; Civil War;...

Scope and Contents March 11, 1863. D. B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from camp at Providence, La.: "You may rest assured Brother that I will never turn my back to the enemies of our country. I enlisted as a private and sought no higher position but our Lt. Col?.appointed me colour bearer. I felt proud of the confidence he placed in me but would rather he had not appointed me to that position yet inasmuch as it his pleasure I would not express the least wish or word to the contrary, and I know that I will never...

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Topics: New York State Legislature: letters from constituents; cattle; Cornell Public Library; Western Union Telegraph Company; land grant appropriations; response to address before the New York State Agricultural Society. Personal names: Cornell, Franklin C.; Van Rensselaer, R.H.; Mumford, G.H.; Curd, John; Chace, Miller; Curtiss, George; Finch, F.M.; King, J.H.; Wood, W. Irving; Macy, Philander; Glenny, G. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y.