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Box 6

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1834 May 10

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1b
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Item 36
Scope and Contents

Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying he ran into President Andrew Jackson after the big horse race and telling her that chances are slim of an amiable arrangement with France. Dated May 10, 1834.

Dates: 1834 May 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane family correspondence

John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1833 December 1

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1b
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Item 32
Scope and Contents

Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying he listened to some candidates for the place of Chaplain to Congress, he visited with William Rives and William Taylor, both United States senators. He also tells her about the current scandal in which Silas Enoch Burrows will be tried again for the crime of seducing Mary Carew. Dated December 1, 1833.

Dates: 1833 December 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane family correspondence

John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1833 June 20

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1b
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Item 16
Scope and Contents

Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that she made the right decision and she didn't need to doubt herself. He says he completed 113 memorials today and he expresses concern about Jane's health. Dated June 20, 1833.

Dates: 1833 June 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane family correspondence

John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1833 June 19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1b
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Item 15
Scope and Contents

Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane asking her to come visit him, saying that work has improved, discussing what to do with the house, and describing a visit to Mr. Louis McLane's home (McLane was the twelfth Secretary of State). Dated June 19, 1833.

Dates: 1833 June 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane family correspondence

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