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Box 24

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Correspondence, 1864-01-18 - 1864-01-24

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Topics: Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; Ezra Cornell's will; Cascadilla Institute; Ladies Aid Society; Civil War; Ezra Cornell's charitable contributions; Family correspondence; New York State Legislature: legislation Personal names: Finch, F.M.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, Phebe; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Cornell, E.B. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Dates: 1864-01-18 - 1864-01-24

Correspondence, 1864-01-25 - 1864-02-01

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 2
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January 30, 1864. William Glenny letter describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents; Civil War; gun stock; agriculture; New York State canals; Cornell Public Library Personal names: Cornell, Alonzo B.; Chester, E.W.; Glenny, William; Cornell, John H. Geography:

Dates: 1864-01-25 - 1864-02-01

Correspondence, 1864-02-02 - 1864-02-08

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 3
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February 6, 8, 1864. William Glenny letters describing life and Army politics in camp in Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: New York State Agricultural survey; Wisconsin lands; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents; Civil War; New York State canals; Forest Park farm Personal names: Parker, Amasa J.; Finch, F.M.; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Wood, W. Irving Geography:

Dates: 1864-02-02 - 1864-02-08

Correspondence, 1864-02-09 - 1864-02-17

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents February 11, 1864. Douglass Boardman to Ezra Cornell describing a tableaux theatrical presentation in Ithaca. February 14, 1864. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from convalescent hospital where he is a nurse: "If I were doing any thing to help crush the rebellion I would not murmer, but to have been shot in the way I was, and that too within three minutes after getting in sight of the Devils for the first time, and then not being premitted to go back to the field when I could actualy do more...
Dates: 1864-02-09 - 1864-02-17

Correspondence, 1864-02-18 - 1864-02-24

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 5
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February 18, 22, 24, 1864. William Glenny letters describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: Civil War; New York State canals; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents Personal names: Smith, F.O.J.; Wood, M.B.; Pew, W.P.; Beebe, Jessie C.; Boardman, Douglass Geography:

Dates: 1864-02-18 - 1864-02-24

Correspondence, 1864-02-25 - 1864-02-29

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents February 26, 1864. William Glenny letter describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. February 28, 1864. Franklin C. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "Perry moved last week his stock that he left to danby looks hard I don't think I ever saw a lot of calves that looked worse than his do?" Topics: New York State canals; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents; Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; Forest Park farm; Danby farm;...
Dates: 1864-02-25 - 1864-02-29

Correspondence, 1864-03-01 - 1864-03-11

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 7
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March 3, 10, 1864. William Glenny letters describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents; Civil War Personal names: Spaulding, Henry C.; Sibley, Hiram; Wood, Phebe; Chester, E.W.; Glenny, William Geography:

Dates: 1864-03-01 - 1864-03-11

Correspondence, 1864-03-12 - 1864-03-19

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 8
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March 12, 1864. William Glenny letter describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents and others; agriculture; Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; New York State canals Personal names: Cornell, E.B.; Pew, W.P.; Glenny, William Geography:

Dates: 1864-03-12 - 1864-03-19

Correspondence, 1864-03-21 - 1864-03-29

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 9
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March 21, 1864. William Glenny letter describing life and Army politics in camp near Germania Ford, Virginia. Topics: Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; Cascadilla Place; Saratoga Race Course; New York State Legislature: legislation; Ezra Cornell's donation to Ithaca band; New York State Agricultural College (Ovid) Personal names: Nivison, S.S.; Curtiss, George; Speed, J.J.; Glenny, William Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.

Dates: 1864-03-21 - 1864-03-29

Correspondence, 1864-03-30 - 1864-04-12

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Topics: Telegraph industry: western lines; Western Union Telegraph Company: dividends, stock; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents and others; Steam cultivation; Wisconsin lands; national legislation; Cornelian Band (Ithaca); New York State canals Personal names: Sibley, Hiram; Wood, M.B.; Lee, W.; Beebe, A.; Speed, J.J.; Beebe, Jessie C. Geography:

Dates: 1864-03-30 - 1864-04-12