Death and Legacy
Although he lived in New York City during his latter years, Cornell died in Ithaca, New York, aged 72, and was interred with his father and mother in Sage Chapel on the Cornell University campus. He wrote a biography of his father in 1884. His papers are held in Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
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