Ezra Cornell papers, 1746-1888, 1844-1870 (bulk).

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Ezra Cornell papers, 1746-1888, 1844-1870 (bulk).

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Accounts, broadsides, correspondence, estimates, memoranda, maps, newspaper clippings, and other papers. The earliest papers, 1828-1843, cover the years when Cornell worked in Ithaca and travelled for Barnaby and Mooers plows. They include letters, accounts, and other papers concerning his employment by Jeremiah Beebe, the owner of a flour and plaster mill on Fall Creek in Ithaca, N.Y. and his other business interests in Ithaca. Family letters contain information about his work, plans and opinions; news about his growing family; and reports of events in Ithaca. After 1838, there is considerable detail about Cornell's travels in Maine and Georgia, selling Barnaby and Mooers plows. Papers, 1843-1860, relate to the promotion, construction, and investment in telegraph lines in the eastern and midwestern United States and Canada, and include contracts, lists of stockholders, briefs of legal cases, accounts, financial statements and reports, broadsides, pamphlets, and sketches; a series of letters from Samuel F.B. Morse; material relating to the construction of the first telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore; and material relating to Cornell's construction and operation of other lines. The papers reveal the difficulties of construction and maintenance, and the conflicts between investors. Of particular interest is the material dealing with the beginnings of Western Union (1854-1855). There are also papers relating to Cornell's agricultural interest in purebred stock and in the Tompkins County and New York State Agricultural Societies; his interest in coal lands and coal oil in Pennsylvania; his building of the Cornell Library in Ithaca; his interest in the Casacadilla health resort; and to his promotion of the growth of Ithaca. After 1860 the papers relate to local, state, and national politics; his election to the New York State Legislature; the Albany Agricultural Works; the development of railway lines including the Utica, Ithaca, and Elmira Rail Road, the Geneva & Ithaca Rail Road, the Ithaca & Cortland Railroad, and the Erie Railroad; correspondence with and relief efforts for Civil War soldiers. Correspondence, drawings and maps, and other papers pertaining to the conception, founding, and construction of Cornell University, with particular reference to Andrew Dickson White, the first President. Diary/memo books include information ranging from the weight of cattle to genealogical tables, personal accounts, and notes on western lands, as well as his legislative career and the founding of the university. Includes glazed pitcher and two large pots crafted by Elijah Cornell, father of Ezra Cornell. Major correspondents include Mary Ann Cornell, Alonzo B. Cornell, Daniel B. Cornell, Samuel F.B. Morse, Jeremiah Beebe, J.J. Speed, D.T. Tillotson, Amos Kendall, F.O.J Smith, Andrew Dickson White, Hiram Sibley, F.M. Finch, and Phebe Wood.

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Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869

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Sibley, Hiram, 1807-1888

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The New York State Senate Chamber underwent a large detailed restoration project in the late 1970's as part of an overall project to restore the entire State Capitol building. From the description of New York State Senate Chamber restoration project press kit, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486861 ...

Cornell, Mary Ann.

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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

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The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...

Wood, Phebe.

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Items that were deemed to be insignificantly small and not noticeably attached to other manuscript collections were placed in this collection. From the description of Miscellaneous papers : collected in the County of Oswego, 1863-1925. (SUNY Oswego). WorldCat record id: 29860122 The New York State Agricultural Society was formed by a convention held in Albany in February 1832; but for several years received no support from the state and held no regular fairs. In 1841, the So...

Cornell, Paul J.

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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 ...

Beebe, Jeremiah.

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Erie Railroad Company

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Cornell family.

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Cornell, Elijah.

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Tillotson, D. T.

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Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904

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Governor of New York. From the description of Alonzo B. Cornell papers, 1830-1904. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935485 Alonzo Cornell was a governor of New York and the eldest son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. From the description of Letter, 1871 October 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122488115 Alonzo Cornell was the son of Ezra Cornell, who founded Cornell University. Alonzo proposed publishing these remi...

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Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907

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Speed, John J. (John James)

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Cornell, Daniel B.

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