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Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to Simon Cameron, approximately 1872

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Image of Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to Simon Cameron
Image of Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to Simon Cameron

Scope and Contents

Draft of letter from Kane to Cameron describing to him the likely to happen if the Mormons are driven out of Utah, asks him to use his influence to help Utah become a state irrespective of polygamy, comments on the virtues of the Mormon people.

Dates

  • Majority of material found in approximately 1872

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.

Extent

4 sheets ; 26 x 21 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS792.xml

General

Holograph, signed.

Subjects

Digital Material

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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