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Ezra Cornell Correspondence: February 16, 1844 - March 31, 1844 (Box 1/Folder 9)

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Title:
Ezra Cornell Correspondence: February 16, 1844 - March 31, 1844 (Box 1/Folder 9)
Collection:
Ezra Cornell Papers
Date:
February 16, 1844 - March 31, 1844
Issue Date:
1844-02-16 - 1844-03-31
Subject:
Laying of the test cable
conversion to telegraph posts from trench pipe
government involvement in the project
F.O.J. Smith's view of Mr. Vail and the difficulties he causes the project, and Smith's account of other conflicts in the telegraph project
patents
manuscript patent application
description of Mount Vernon and the Princeton Steamship catastrophe
Ezra Cornell attends lecture by Daniel Webster
Ezra Cornell studies in the United States Patent Office Library
Ithaca affairs
Ithaca fire
family finances
instructions and advice on child rearing
family news
business matters
plow business
Extent:
60
People:
Cornell, E.B.
Slater, Justus
Morse, Samuel F.B.
Cornell, Elijah
Smith, F.O.J.
Beebe, A.
Vail, Alfred
Gale, Leonard
Cornell, Mary Ann
Places:
Washington, D.C.
Format:
Folder

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