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| | Guide to the Ezra Cornell Papers, 1746-1888 |
 | | Cornell University: founding legislation; letters of support for the passage of the "Cornell University" bill; Soldiers Home; New York State Legislature: legislation, letters from constituents and others; agriculture; Cascadilla Institute; Ithaca flood; Wisconsin lands; Land Grant Act. |
 | | Cornell University: founding, establishment of Library, trustees; telegraph industry; New York State canals; geological specimens; Wisconsin lands; railroad line to Ithaca from Pennsylvania coal region (Ithaca and Towanda Rail Road Company). |
 | | Handwritten draft by Ezra Cornell discussing the Cornell University legislation, the conditions of his $500,000 gift, the nature of the University, the financing of the University, and the selection of its trustees and president. |
| cidc.library.cornell.edu /cornell/ezra16.htm (4663 words) |
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