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I. Ezra CORNELL papers, 2,800 pieces, comprising corre- spondence and other documents bearing on the beginnings of the telegraph business in the United States. Included are letters from Samuel COLT, George CURTIS, L. C. DRAPER, Cyrus FIELD, C. M. GILCHRIST, Amos KENDALL, O. H .. PALMER, J. D. PARK, W. P. PEW, J. E. STRONG, T. TILLOTSON, and many others.
J. George WASHINGTON Mss., including: carly surveying exercises beginning with his 14th year; letters; military plans drawn during the Revolutionary War; document of his later years citing the terms under which he was willing to let his farm lands at Mount Vernon; checks payable to E. C. CLAYTON, H. THOMPSON, and Oliver WOLCOTT (1798,1799); and a small collection of auto- graph signatures.
K. Papers relating to the Revolutionary War, including: maps of the Revolutionary period annotated by George WASHINGTON; British headquarters maps and sketches used by Sir Henry CLINTON (photo- static copies of 72 maps in the William L. Clements Library of American History, University of Michigan); orderly book of SULLIVAN'S cam- paign, kopt by Thomas GEE, quartermaster ser- goant in Col. John LAMB'S New York Regiment of Artillery, Aug. 27 - Oct. 26, 1779; and Mrs. Charles L. WALKER'S record of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Tompkins County. L. Simeon DEWITT papers, including: map of the "Military Lands in the Western part of the State
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of New York" drawn by DEWITT in the closing years of the 18th century; receipts for survey of military lots; and letters (16) and power of attorney to Francis A. BLOODGOOD, dated Albany, 1822-31, relating to DEWITT'S property and personal affairs in Ithaca.
M. School Records, including: papers of Ezra CORNELL, 1865-74, relating to the early history of Cornell University; diaries of I. N. KNAPP (1871-72, 2 v.) and William Perry STURGESS (1875, 1 v.), written while they were students at Cornell; William Channing RUSSEL'S "A brief sketch of the beginning of Cornell University" (1880); catalogue of the Cornell Univer- sity Museum of American Archeology, 1844-45; L. C. BEMENT'S record of the names and sentiments of old students revisiting Cornell; Nelson W. CODY'S notes on the agricultural lectures of John Stanton GOULD, Cornell University, 1874; records of the Grove Literary Society (1869-72, 1 v.), the Modern Language Club (1910-17), and Sigma Xi Fraternity (2 v. and 13 envelopes), all of Cornell University; letters and documents (364), including a manuscript sketch by H. HOWARD, of the history of the movement for the establishment of technical schools in New York State; student's notes of lectures on philosophy, physics, ethics, and metaphysics at the University of Trier, 1758, probably given by S. J. KNEPPER; Jacob PATTISON'S notes on Dr. BLACK'S lectures on chemistry (Edinburgh, 17807); original mathematical treatises by Robert RODGER of Glasgow, 1809-10, 3 v .; lectures on the Calculus of Variations of Professor Karl Theodor WEIERS- TRASS, 1888 (in German); and notes on lectures of various professors on midwifery, pathology, systematic anatomy, practice of medicine, surgery, physiology, mental diseases, and histology, compiled by S. SIMPSON while studying at Edinburgh University, 1895-99, 78 v. Public Records, including: trustees' account book, School district No. 8, Town of Lodi, N. Y., 1850- 1933; poll lists (3), Dryden, N. Y., 1888; records of meetings of the Town Of Ulysses, the corporate unit which included what is now Ithaca before the latter was established as an independent village in 1821(photostatic copy); and drafts and certificates showing moneys loaned by the Commissioners of the Loan Office, Tompkins County, 1837.
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o. Justice register of Henry D. BARTO, of Trumansburg, Sept. 1817 - Nov. 1826, comprising a record of cases in which he was an attorney.
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P. Justice Joshua FERRIS papers, including memorandum of suits and judgments, Oct. 1830 - May 1831, and letter copybook, Feb. 1845 - Oct. 1847. Charles F. MULKS Collection, of manuscript notebooks and scrapbooks, containing much material relat-
ing to the early history of Tompkins County.
R. Records of Mercantile and other Business Transac- tions, including: account and memorandum books of Benjamin FOWLER (1807-20), Henry J. GRANT (1850-60, 8 v.), A. O. ARMSTRONG (1857, 5 v.), and L. B. TERRY (1859); register of Clinton House, Ithaca, N. Y., S. B. THOMPSON, proprietor, 1860-63; William Henry MILLER'S account books concerning the construction of the Fiske house in Ithaca, 1880-82, 10 v., William H. PERRY'S monthly time book for the construction of the Fiske house, and Mrs. Jennie McGraw FISKE'S book of accounts with GAUNTLETT & BROOKS, Ithaca, 1880-82; box office receipts, lists of perform- ances and performers, and other records of the Lyceum Theatre, Ithaca, N. Y., 1893-1924, 10 v .; checks (8) showing the cancellation methods of the Baltimore Branch of the United States Bank, 1791-1804; indenture of slave boy, Will CAROLINE, 1798; indenture of apprenticeship of David HALL, 1803; and miscellaneous drafts, notes, and other papers of early Ithaca merchants.
S. Goldwin SMITH papers, including: Ms. of his Remi- niscences, comprising the original autograph notebook, the first dictated copy, the first typewritten copy, and the final typewritten copy; autograph manuscript of the diary kept by SMITH during his first visit to America in 1864; addresses and correspondence; and notebooks and miscellaneous papers, including drafts of orig- inal pooms, metrical translations from the clas- sics, and other literary material.
T. Bayard TAYLOR papers, 1847-78, including notebooks and letters (3,145) from many distinguished men. U. Moses Coit TYLER papers, including a complete set of annotated copies of his published works, with several volumes of manuscript and printed discus- sions of the same, a collection of his corre- spondence, 1854-1900, and volumes of manuscripts and other data collected by him.
V. Governor William SULZER papers, 1889-1913, including letters, telegrams, scrapbooks, and other docu- ments dealing with the period when he was inter- ested in the affairs of New York State.
W. Justin Smith MORRILL papers, including letters (307), speeches and notes (80), autograph album, and other documents of the author of the act which established land grant colleges in 1862.
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x. Correspondence of Ebenezer E. COOK, member of the land speculating and banking firm of COOK and SARGENT of Davenport, and of COOK, SARGENT and DOWNEY of Des Moines, Iowa, 1842-92, 78 pieces.
Y. Medieval and Renaissance Mss .: see Seymour DE RICCI and W. J. WILSON'S Census of Medieval and Ronais- sance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York, 1935-40, 3 v. ), II, 1223-54.
* Z. Cornell University Official Archives, comprising: 1. Papers of the Western Land Business of Cornell University, relating to the acquisition, manage- ment, and sale of the 511,000 acres of land in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Kansas which Ezra CORNELL acquired with "land script" donated by the Federal Government for the establishment of an agricultural college. Included are: corro- spondence, 1869-1904, involving H. C. PUTNAM, William A. WOODWARD, Grant ROBERTSON, William A. BAILEY, KNAPP, STOUT & Co., Chippewa Logging Co., the Beef Slough Co., Frederick WEYERHAEUSER, and numerous other lumbermen, loggers, land agents, and settlers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas, 20 v .; letters relating especially to the lands in Kansas and Minnesota, 3 v .; correspond- once of H. C. PUTNAM, 1859-70, 2 v .; letters of H. C. PUTNAM to Ezra CORNELL, 1866-70, 1 v .; lot- tors of William A. WOODWARD to Ezra CORNELL, 1865- 71, 1 v .; letterpress copies of correspondence of the treasurer with the Wisconsin agents of Cornell and the purchasers of Cornell lands, 12 v .; note and plat books containing descriptions and memo- randa of various land examiners, 39 v .; tax ro- coipts, abstracts of titles, accounts, and docu- ments relating to trespass, 1 cu. ft .; miscella- neous ledgers and account books, some of which relate to University affairs other than the land business; and most of the sales books, tax books, plat books, ledgers, and other account books ro- lating to the cost of administering and the ro- coipts derived from the sale of the Cornell lands. 2. Treasurer's Papers, Cornell University, 1872-1930, 51 v. and 548 cu. ft. of correspondence relating to the investment of endowment funds, farm mort- gages, stock and bond purchases, purchases of supplies, and employment of members of the fac- ulty and other members of the staff.
The total quantity of manuscripts cannot be estimated. The Accessions Book contains 1,353 entries, which represent 100 linear
* Materials are available in Prudence Risley Hall and in the Treasurer's Office, Morrill Hall, and may only be used with the approval of the President of the University.
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feet and five vertical, steel correspondence filos of material. Lettor collections have been arranged chronologically for the most part, and other manuscripts are catalogued and shelved by. subjects. The holdings, except for correspondence, are cata- logued by author where possible, and kept on slips in alphabet- ical order. The catalogue gives the number, title, description, size, and brief of the manuscript item. There is a manuscript index to the correspondents in the Bayard Taylor letters. Mate- rial is available to qualified rosearchers upon application to the librarian and subject to the rules and restrictions of the library. Photostatic copios may be obtained at $0.20 to $0.25 per page.
In addition to the cataloguos cited above, see: Annual Report of the President of Cornell University, 1885-86, p. 132; The Library Bulletin of Cornell University (3 v., Ithaca, 1882- 96), II, 97-98, 247-48; Cornell University Library Annual Reports, 1887 -; Catalogue of the Library of Jared Sparks ( Cambridge, Mass., 1871), pp. 207-212; and Catalogue of Collections of Latin Manuscripts, Containing Works of the Church Fathers, compiled by Henry H. King (2 v., typed, Ithaca, 1934).
88. ITHACA. - DEWITT HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TOMPKINS
COUNTY, Court and Tioga Streets. President, John G. Brooks. Custodian, Nellie T. Smelzer. Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursdays; other days by appointment.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1863 as the Ithaca Historical and Scientific Society and reorganized in 1899 and again in 1935 as the DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County. Its purpose is to discover, collect, and preserve historical materials relating particularly to Ithaca and Tompkins County. No manuscripts are purchased, sold, or exchanged, but gifts and conditional de- posits. are accepted. The Society is housed in the County Courthouse, a three-story, fire-resistant, brick and concrete building, erected in 1932, with inadequate facilities for the storage and use of its manuscripts. Removal to a new location is expected shortly.
Holdings
A. Public Records, comprising:
1. Record of Strays, Town of Lansing, 1818-60.
2. Road Tax List, Village of Ithaca, 1842.
3. Ithaca Assessment Rolls, 1847, 1876, 1889, 1890, 1893, 7 v.
4. Election Returns, Town of Ulysses, 1825.
5. Canvass of District No. 1, Ithaca, for the Pres- idential Election of 1844.
6. Canvass of the 3d Ward, Ithaca, for the Presi- dential Election of 1856.
7. Election Returns, Town of Ithaca, Apr. 2, 1860.
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8. List of Republican olectors of the Town of Ithaca to be at a meeting at Deming Hall for the purpose of organizing preliminary to the spring election and the ensuing Presidential canvass, Feb. 1, 1860.
9. Poll List, District No. 1, Town of Lansing, Nov. 2, 1869.
10. Register of Electors of Election District No. 1, Town of Lansing, 1868 and 1869, 2 v.
11. Schedule of the Real and Personal Estate in Tompkins County as revised by the Board of Supervisors, Nov. 28, 1863.
12. Account of mails received at the Mayville Post Office by Jedediah TRACY, postmaster, Oct. 2, 1826 - Juno 4, 1827.
13. Account book of E. H. MILLS, postmaster at Brooktondale, Tompkins County, Aug. 12, 1885 - Sept. 30, 1888.
14. Common Pleas Register of JOHNSON and WALBRIDGE, Ithaca attorneys, Nov. 1830 - May 1847.
15. Abram TANNER'S Justice Docket Books, 1845-63, 4. v.
16. Record of Supreme Court cases of Murray E. POOLE, Ithaca attorney, 1887-1915.
17. Miscellaneous materials, including road warrants, certificates of appointment, pormits, sheriffs' sales, pension certificates, legislative peti- tions, patents, extracts of laws, court papers, and other data.
B. Military Records, including:
1. Photostatic copy of John HANCOCK'S commission to George WASHINGTON as Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies, June 19, 1775 (original on file in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.).
2. Copy of Orderly Book of Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas GEE, kept at Fort Sullivan, N. Y., from Aug. 27, 1779 - Oct. 26, 1779 (original in Cornell University Library).
3. Civil War Records, including: letters (6) con- cerning the mustering of troops in Tompkins County; muster rolls (3) of enlisted men from Ithaca and Enfield, Fob. 22, 1864; Newfield enlistment roll, 1861-68; record of enrollment of persons liable to military duty in Co. B, 50th Regiment, New York State Militia, July 1, 1862; and certificates of appointment and dis- charge, general orders, and other papers.
4. Papers of the DEWITT Guards, Ithaca, N. Y., in- cluding record book, 1866-75, and roll of fines, 1863-70.
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5. Record of Ithaca's World War National Guard Unit, comprising a brief sketch of Company D, 4th New York Infantry, organized in Ithaca soon after the United States entered the World War. 6. Miscellaneous materials, including Delinquent Return of the Reserve Militia, Co. F, 50th Rogimontal District, 1866, certificates of appointment, rogimental orders, pension claims and certificates, militia warrants, Mrs. Nellie T. SMELZER'S record of Tompkins County soldiers in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, and other data.
c. Church Records, comprising:
1. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Cayuta (Newfield), Tompkins Co., N. Y., 1817- 1904, including brief history of the church, articles of faith, membership rostor, and records of baptisms.
2. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Nowfield, 1829-1909.
3. Record book of the First Presbyterian Society of Mocklonburgh, N. Y., 1833-1928.
4. Record book of the Evangelical and Lutheran United. Congregations, Milton and Scipio, Lansing Town- ship, Tompkins County, N. Y., 1796-1845, contain- ing list of Communicants, minutes of trustees' meetings, and records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths (translated from the German by Mrs. George BROWN and her daughter, Emelie BROWN).
5. Miscellaneous materials, including: diaries of Rev. Daniel ELMORE, of Trumansburg, 1850-87, 37 v., and his momoranda of his building of the Baptist Church, Trumansburg, 1851; pew doods ex- ccuted by the First Presbyterian Society and the Methodist Episcopal Church in Drydon, the First Presbyterian Congregation, Town of Ulyssos, the Lansing and Groton Baptist Society, Town of Lansing, and the Dutch Reformed Church and Methodist Episcopal Church, Ithaca; constitu- tion and list of members of the Newfield Sew- ing Society; brief sketch of the Enfield Methodist Church, taken from The Sentinel, Trumansburg, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1877; John G. BROOKS' historical sketch of the MILLERITES; and other papers.
D. School Records, including:
1. Records of school meetings hold in the Town of Ulysses, 1814-1912, 2 v.
2. Minute book of the Willow Glon School, Town of Drydon, 1816-1906.
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3. Account book of the Board of Education, Ithaca, 1874-99; includes also record of school tax collections for 1900.
4. Reports of Trustees, School District No. 7, Caroline and Berkshire, Tompkins County, Oct. 10, 1876 and Aug. 20, 1888.
5. David. F. HOY'S report on term's work to Profes- sor H. S. WILLIAMS, Cornell University, 1890- 91.
6. School books of Douglas BOARDMAN ( geometry books and surveying notes, 1835-36), Ellen C. BOARD- MAN (English composition book, 1863), Phoebe PECK (cyphering book, 1815-16), George R. WILLIAMS (English composition book, 1857), Thomas ROBERTSON ( example book, 1820-21), and others.
7. Miscellaneous materials, including: essays of Douglas BOARDMAN, while attending Hobart Col- lege; petitions (4) from citizens of Lima, Adams, Warsaw, Middleport, and West Shelby to the State legislature, asking for financial assistance in the endowment of Geneseo College and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, Feb. 12, 1864; papers concerning the maintenance and financial status of Cascadilla School in Ithaca, incorporated in 1893; petitions for State aid to Ovid Agricultural College, 1864; letter to Elijah CORNELL from his grandson, Benjamin CORNELL, touching on studies and life at the Agricultural College at Ovid, Dec. 15, 1860; letters, pay rolls, bills, receipts, and other papers concerning the building of McGraw Hall, Cornell. University, 1869-72, 75 pieces; letters to E. L. WILLIAMS, Treasurer of Cornell University, 1865-1910, from Willard M. FISKE, Stewart L. WOODFORD, Francis Miles FINCH, and others; article: on education written by J. B. TERRY, Dec. 25, 1843; data on the life and work of Martha VAN RENSSELAER, founder of the New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell University; and other papers.
E. Records of Mercantile and other Business Transactions, 1784-1932, 154 v. and over 800 picces, including: 1. Account books, daybooks, ledgers, cashbooks, and memorandum books of: Jabez BEERS, of the Town of Danby (1784-1833, 1 v.); Abraham BLOOM (1788-1810, 1 v.); Phillip BRADY, tailor (1855- 65, 1 v.); Elijah CORNELL, potter (1840-42) ; CULVER, HALSEY & Co., dry goods concern (1841- 42, 1 v.); Caleb DEMETT, Hector farmer (1832- 65, 1 v.); Clarence DICKERMAN, of Trumansburg (1897-1932, 1 v.); George DUDLEY, Newfield
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storekeeper (1830-31, 1 v.); Rev. Daniel ELMORE, builder of Trumansburg Academy (1854-55, 1 v.); James M. FORD, of Lansingville, N. Y. (1870-89, 1 v.); H. J. GRANT & Co., Ithaca tobacconists (1849-62, 49 v .; also 79 orders, 70 letters, and 1 license); C. P. GREGG, produce dealer and forwarder of Trumansburg (1861-66, 1 v.); Pliny HALL, storekeeper in Peruville, Town of Groton (1840-45, 1854-56, 1858-62, 4 v.); Nicholl HALSEY (1817-48, 1 v., including items pertaining to the time when he was sheriff of Tompkins County, 1819-21, and data on mills which he owned in Halseyville); Joseph Foster HIXON (1868-89, 3 v.); A. S. HIXON (1882-88, 2 v.); L. S. HUESTUS & Co., operators of a machine shop and furnace in Ithaca (1844-47, 1 v.); James C. HYATT, Ithaca carpenter and builder (1833-52, 1 v.); James MCLALLEN, of Trumansburg (1856-72, 1 v.); Edward H. MILLS, of Brooktondalo, Tompkins Co. (1866-1904, 36 v.); James MULKS (1829-30, 1 v.); Stephen B. MUNN, of Ithaca (1835-40, 1 v.); Silas K. NEWTON, of Ludlowville (1836-71, 1 v.); Mur- ray E. POOLE, Ithaca attorney (1877-1923, 1 v.); H. B. POOR & Co. (1870, 1 v., comprising blotter of construction accounts with the Ithaca and Cortland Railroad); David QUIGG (1811-12, 1 v.); SANDERS family, of the Town of Ulysses (1827-50, 1 v.); Satinet Factory (1839-50, 1 v., comprising accounts with the Ithaca Falls Woolen Company); M. SMITH, of Trumansburg (1826-51, 1 v.); George STOUT, operator of a blacksmith and repair shop in Lansing Village, Tompkins Co. (1888-92, 1 v.); Benjamin TABER, of Ithaca (1841-44, 1848-75, 3 v.); Martin VANDERZEE, Hector farmer (1857- 66, 1882-89, 1 v.); and Thomas VERMILYA, Es- quire of New York City (1828-33, 1 v.).
2. Registers of Cornell House, Trumansburg, N. Y., E. W. PRAGER, proprietor, 1906-11, 4 v., and of Ithaca Commercial Hotel, 1916-18, 1923-29, 5 v.
3. Account books of general stores (ownership in- determinable) in: Bloomfield and Canandaigua, Ontario County, 1839-45; Town of Caroline, 1822-51; Town of Dryden, 1839-51; Enfield, 1896-1915, 5 v .; Jacksonville, Town of Ulysses, 1828-32, 1843-45, 1850-51, 3 v .; Newfield, 1830-61; Trumansburg, 1827-28; Town of Ulysses, 1822-39; and Ithaca, 1832-34; also daybook of an early Ithaca company, 1835-36; account book of a monument dealer in Uhricksville, Ohio,
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1844-88; account book of a shoomaker in Cortland County, 1862-77; doctor's account book, Jacksonville, Town of Ulysses, 1849-53; and printer's account book, 1888-1917.
4. Miscellaneous materials, including: letters (258) from C. P. WILLIAMS & Co. to Henry T. B. SCHUYLER, 1843-56, regarding the lumber business; letters (4) from Ezra LATHROP, of Norwich, Conn., to Allyn BOARDMAN, 1817-18, regarding shipments of flour; correspondence of the Ithaca Falls Woolen Company, 229 pieces; letters and accounts of Hermon CAMP, of Trumansburg, 1869-76; paper on Ithaca manu- facturing statistics, 1841; constitution of the Ithaca and California Mining Company, Feb. 10, 1849; canal and railroad papers; and agreements, bank certificates, bonds, certif- icates of incorporation, correspondence, in- dentures of apprenticeship, judgments, stock certificates, and other data.
F. Real Estate Records, 1791-1895, 385 items, con- sisting mainly of deeds, but including mort- gages, loases, surveys, agreements, abstracts of titles, and other papers involving real estate transactions in Tompkins County and vicinity. Family names appearing in these roc- ords include ACKLEY, ALBRIGHT, BEERS, BIGGS, BOUGHT ON, BURDICK, BURRITT, CLARK, COBB, CUEN ( CUATT), DE COUDRES, DEWITT, ELLIS, FERRIS, GAUNTLET, GODDARD, GODFREY, GRISWOLD, HANFORD, HAYNES, HOLLISTER, HUTCHINGS, LACEY, MCELHENY, MCGRAW, OSBORN, POWERS, PUMPELLY, QUIGG, SCHUYLER, SMITH, VAN SCHAICK, WHEELER, WILLIAMS, and many others.
G. Genealogical Records. Large collection of Bible records and other genealogical data relating to the following families: ALEXANDER, BARBER, BARKER, BATES, BEARDSLEY, BLOODGOOD, BOARDMAN, BOWER (BAUER), BURGESS, BURT, CAMPBELL, CANTINE, CODDINGTON, DEAN, DEWITT, DISBROW, ESTABROOK, FERRIS, GOODWIN, HEDDEN, HOLT, HOPKINS, HORTON, HOYT, HUMPHREY, HUNGERFORD, JUDSON, KELLER, LEWIS, LOTT, LUTHER, MARKHAM, MCWHORTER, OGDEN, PAINE, PINCKNEY, ROOT, SCOVELL, SEAMAN, SIMPSON, STUBBS, SYDNEY, THORP, TILTON, TOWNLEY, VAN DYKE, VAN SCHAICK, VIRGIL, WEAVER ( WEBER), WESTERVELT, WINCHELL, WISNER, WOODFORD, and many others.
H. Ezra CORNELL papers, 1829-75, 1,000 items, including: accounts kept by him at Beebe Mill at Fall Creek, Ithaca, where he was engaged in the construction of a tunnel, 1829-32; letter of introduction of Ezra CORNELL, who proposed to visit the Eastern
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States for the purpose of directing the attention of manufacturers to the abundant wator power of the village of Ithaca, Mar. 16, 1841; lottors, agreements, contracts, maps, statements of earn- ings and expenses, and timetables of various railroad companies in which CORNELL was inter- ested, 1852-73, estimates and agreements with railroad companies regarding the construction of tolograph lines; letters (642) to CORNELL concerning the telegraph system in the United States and Canada, in which ho owned an interest, 1847-57; CORNELL'S notos on telegraphic commun- ications; roports of tolograph companios, 1852- 56; tolograms, 1848-54; CORNELL'S speech boforo the Committee of the Whole Senato of the State of New York on the question of a ship canal con- necting Cayuga Lake with Lake Ontario, Mar. 14, 1864; letters (43) to CORNELL from his wife, Mary Ann, his son, Alonzo B. CORNELL, and other members of his family, while he was in the tele- graph business in the west, 1853-55; letters (60) to CORNELL from Thomas N. ROOKER doscrib- ing various developments in the lithographing procoss, 1866-69; lottors (89) to CORNELL from prominent Ithacans and friends, somo touching on politics during the period CORNELL sorved in the Assembly and Sonate, 1862-67, and others ro- lating to education and the carly history of Ithaca; and doods, contracts, agroomonts, ab- stracts of title, and other data.
Miscellaneous materials, including: proclamation of the Ithaca Moral Society, Jan. 22, 1790; let- ters (37) to Douglas BOARDMAN, judge of Tompkins County, concerning education, law, politics, and personal matters; list of Ithaca citizens who contributed money for the benefit of the desti- tute operatives of the cotton manufacturing districts of England, Dec. 11, 1862; record book of the Harmonia Club, Ithaca, 1865-73; agricul- tural statistics of Tompkins County, 1862-63; record of subscriptions for the orection of the Ithaca Medical Institute ( "Cascadilla Place"), 1864-65; constitution, bylaws, and list of mem- bers of the Ithaca Young Men's Association, 1886; treasurer's books (4) of the Ithaca City Club, 1894-1919; William M. BEAUCHAMP'S notes on Indians and Indian sites of Tompkins County; Rev. Edward T. HORN'S paper on "The Account Book of Abraham BLOOM 1788-1810 and The Light it Throws on the Early History of Tompkins County; " notes on the Agricultural and Horticulture Society of Tompkins County; deeds and correspondence of
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