Cornell western lands papers [microform], 1859-1926.

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Cornell western lands papers [microform], 1859-1926.

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Records related to Ezra Cornell's land business in Wisconsin, including correspondence from Eastern speculators and Cornell University officials, including Ezra Cornell, Jeremiah W. Dwight, Henry W. Sage, W. A. Woodward, and J. W. Williams, and of the Cornell land agent in Wisconsin, Henry C. Putnam. Related tax registers, contracts, survey notes, plat books, and other legal and financial records are also included.

36 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6715136

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Williams, J.Whitridge (John Whitridge), 1866-1931

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Woodward, W. A.

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Woodward was the resident business manager for Cornell University when it opened. From the description of W. A. Woodward accounts, 1868-1871. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64059959 ...

Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874

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Born 1807 in New Britain, N.Y., Cornell helped organize the Western Union Telegraph Co. and was a founder of Cornell University. Died 1874. From the description of Selected letters to Ezra Cornell pertaining to the Russian Extension Company in the Ezra Cornell papers [microform], 1864-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42067275 Telegraph magnate, philanthropist. From the description of Letter to F. Allen, 1868 April 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122535706 ...

Dwight, J. W. (Jeremiah Wilbur), 1819-1885

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Sage, Henry W.

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Putnam, Henry W.

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Putnam was a businessman who invested in the Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis Railroad Company and was also involved in an irrigation project in Escondido, California. Putnam received a patent in 1876 for inventing a machine to make barbed wire. From the description of Papers, 1844-1898. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 46837471 Secretary of the Commission on Summer Playgrounds and Vacation Schools. From the description of Lett...