Box 36
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Cornell family correspondence, 1860-03-01 - 1863-01-03
File — Box: 36, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
July 7, 1860. E.B. Cornell to Elijah Cornell from Ithaca discussing local news and family news, including a 'baloon assension' in Ithaca and the work he is doing for Ezra Cornell.
December 15, 1860. Benjamin Cornell to Elijah Cornell from Agricultural College in Ovid:
"I'm well at present & going to College at Ovid with Perry?. The College to where we go is intended to give a student a good thorough education in English languages & cemistry & also other branches to numerous to...
Dates:
1860-03-01 - 1863-01-03
Cornell family correspondence, 1863-01-11 - 1874-12-08
File — Box: 36, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
December 8, 1874. Mary Ann Cornell to E.B. Cornell:
"Ezra received your letter of the 6th this morning and requested me to answer it as he is unable to write?he is very feble indeed but we hope he will get about again soon, he has about finished the business of settleing with the University and that is a great load off his mind. I hope he will get his matters in shape so he can give more attention to geting his health restored and less to business, the boys are all doing all they can to...
Dates:
1863-01-11 - 1874-12-08
Cornell family correspondence, 1874-12-13 - 1878-09-05
File — Box: 36, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
January 24, 1875. D.B. Cornell to J.H. Cornell from Colorado:
"Yours of 16th recieved this morning, in which you say that Brother Ezra was very much embarassed during the last year of his life & you express the fear that there will not be much left &c. I am not surprised at the information as E had wrote to me in the summer that if his R.R. project failed I would probably be better off than he would be. I was however in hopes that he would make a success of that as he had intimated...
Dates:
1874-12-13 - 1878-09-05
Cornell family correspondence
File — Box: 36, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
n.d. Mary Cornell to Eunice Cornell:
"I dont know what the[e] will say at my staying to Ithaca to work in the paper mill but there is a good chance [?] I can make more then I can to work at housework?"
n.d. Jane Cornell to Eunice Cornell from Michigan:
"I want to learn how to Telegraph for I think it would be a much pleasenter and more proffitable business. Phebe thinks I will be very foolish if I do not improve the opportunity. She says she will give me $2.00 per week if I will stay and...
Dates:
1746 - 1878