Full Title:
Jay Brown Letter to Ezra Cornell. Ithaca, New York, October 6, 1868.
Excerpt:
Jay Brown Oct. 6, ‘68
Dear Sir.
You will probably be surprised at receiving this from an entire stranger but I think that circumstances are such as will justify me in doing so.
I came to this village with the expectation of working my way through the University which under the existing state of things I find impossible.
The wages amounting to $3.15 per week while the actual expenses cannot be less than $5.00 per week. Your letter in the N. Y. Tribune brought me hither and many others also. If I have a wrong idea of this matter please inform me of the fact.
Your Ob’ed’t Servant,
Jay Brown
Source Citation:
Brown, Jay. 2006. Jay Brown Letter to Ezra Cornell, October 6, 1868 (On Affording College Expenses). Letter. The Ezra Cornell Bicentennial. https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ezra/exhibition/exertions/REX027_112.pdf