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Ezra Cornell Correspondence: August 24, 1843 - February 5, 1844 (Box 1/Folder 8)
- Title:
- Ezra Cornell Correspondence: August 24, 1843 - February 5, 1844 (Box 1/Folder 8)
- Collection:
- Ezra Cornell Papers
- Date:
- August 24, 1843 - February 5, 1844
- Issue Date:
- 1843-08-24 - 1844-02-05
- Subject:
- Family correspondence
advice and admonition concerning the children, particularly regarding their education
descriptions of travel in Maine, including an account of a rough trip by steamer to New York
character of the Maine people
phrenology
business and finance
Ezra Cornell's "new enterprise"
a proposal including a description of manufacturing possibilities in the South, and an offer by Ezra Cornell to manage a company if $100,000 were invested
plows
Wool factory (Ithaca)
fires in Ithaca
the laying of the test telegraph pipe between Washington D.C. and Baltimore
rejection of Ezra Cornell's initial patent claim for trench cutter, the Patent Office suggesting amendments
description of sights in Washington D.C., including extensive discussion of the Capital
- Extent:
- 62
- People:
- Lincoln, A.B.
Cornell, E.B.
Bristol, Eliza
Smith, F.O.J.
Morse, Samuel F.B.
Cornell, Mary Ann
- Places:
- Augusta, Me.
Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
Ithaca, N.Y.
- Format:
- Folder
