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Summary Information
Manuscript
collections,
Cornell Public Library (Ithaca,
N.Y.),
1818-1905,
1818-1887 (bulk)
216
items.
Abstract:: Ezra Cornell papers include minutes of a
citizens' meeting (February 5, 1863), at which Cornell's proposal for building
the Cornell Public Library was considered, and letters to Cornell, 1863-1874,
from William Hodgins, the library architect, and John Henry Selkreg, Francis
Miles Finch, and others concerning the operation of the library; records of the
Ithaca & Owego Railroad, 1834-1845, later the Cayuga Division of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, include a letter from William Ross
Humphrey to his father, Charles Humphrey, discussing some of the problems that
were faced in starting the railroad, correspondence, financial statements,
vouchers, bonds, and minutes of Board of Directors' meetings; land records
include War of 1812, Black Hawk, and Seminole Wars bounty warrants, 1851-1864
and letters patent for lands in Illinois and Dakota Territory, 1818-1887;
records concerning the Edward H. Rulloff murder trial and appeal, 1847-1860,
include copies of indictments, briefs, notes on the selection of jurors,
testimony, writs of error, New York State Supreme Court opinions, and letters
from Rulloff to Douglass Boardman and Francis Miles Finch; the "Nautical
Journal from River Plate [La Plata] to Pacific Ocean on Board Brig Laura of
Salem" (ca. 150 pp.) contains a narrative of John Holman's voyage along the
coast of South America, 1822-1824, and includes a sketch of the LAURA laying to
off Cape Horn in a tremendous gale.
2594
Language: Collection material in English
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
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