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| | Cornell, Ezra. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Westchester Landing, N.Y. Cornell, who began life as a laborer, was of an ingenious mechanical bent and had a shrewd business mind. |
 | | He was founder, director, and for a time the largest stockholder of the Western Union Telegraph Company, which was formed in 1855 to end cutthroat competition in the field. |
 | | His interest in agricultural education led to his association in the New York senate with Andrew Dickson White, and together they mapped and secured legislation for founding (1865) Cornell Univ., with a charter embracing many of Cornells ideas. |
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