Thomas L. Kane correspondence on territorial appointments, approximately 1869-1875

Sub-Series

Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 4 Sub-Series 3

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Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence by Kane with federal officials to be appointed as territorial governor in Utah or Washington. Materials date approximately from 1869 to 1875.

Dates

approximately 1869-1875

Creator

Kane (Family : Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883) (creator, Family)

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Kane family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical / Historical

Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) was an American statesman and politician.

Hamilton Fish was born August 3, 1808 in New York City, New York to Colonel Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant. Fish graduated from Columbia University in 1827 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1830. On December 15, 1836 he married Julia Kean in New York. He served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1869 to 1877 under President Ulysses S. Grant. He died in Garrison, New York on September 7, 1893.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883) was a lawyer, abolitionist, Civil War soldier, frontiersman, and Mormon advocate.

Thomas Leiper Kane was born January 27, 1822 in Philadelphia to Judge John Kintzing Kane and Jane Duval Leiper. He attained the bar in 1846, after studying law with his father. He served as clerk in his father's court until 1850, at which point he resigned due to a moral conflict with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. He went on to become an active member of the Underground Railroad. Kane became interested in the Mormon migration to the West, and was crucial in securing government aid for the movement. His friendship with Brigham Young is credited with the non-violent resolution of the Utah War. At the advent of the Civil War Kane organized a volunteer Union Army regiment known as the "Bucktails" and served as lieutenant-colonel of that outfit. He later was brevetted the rank of major-general for his service at Gettysburg. After his military service he retired to found the town of Kane, Pennsylvania. In 1853 Kane married Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood, and together they had four children: Harriet Amelia Kane (1854-1896); Elisha Kent Kane (1856-1935); Evan O'Neill Kane (1861-1932); and Thomas Leiper Kane, Jr. (1863-1929). Kane died of pneumonia in Philadelphia on December 26, 1883.