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Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Thomas L. Kane asking him to come and see her and saying that she would like to kiss him. She says she went to a lecture and that her father has become an American citizien. She includes a note saying that she wrote the letter about family worship. Dated December 4, 1852.

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Letter from Thomas L. Kane to Elizabeth Wood Kane saying that his mother is superstitious about marriage in May and that he hasn't found a house for them to live in yet. He says he lost his job at Laurel Hill. Dated December 22, 1852.

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Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Thomas L. Kane saying that she wants to write to his mother but is afraid to do so. She tries to comfort him about his first Christmas without his brother William, asks when they are to be married, asks him not to work at night, and says she wants him to take a trip to the West Indies to improve his health. Dated December 23, 1852.

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Letter from Thomas Leiper Kane to Elizabeth Wood Kane asking her to keep writing him while he is away and saying that he might go to the opera with his father. Dated approximately 1852.

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Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Thomas L. Kane about their marriage and the letter she wrote to Jane Duval Leiper Kane. Dated December 24, 1852.

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Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that Tom purchased a house near Jane's home, discussing how she and Tom want to married in April, and saying that she has so many questions about servants and kitchens. Dated December 24, 1852.

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Letter from Thomas L. Kane to Elizabeth Wood Kane thanking her for the Christmas note she sent. He says he is definitely going to the West Indies for two to three fortnights and asks her to come stay with his sister and mother while he's gone. Dated December 27, 1852.

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Letter from Thomas L. Kane to William Wood asking if William or his son, Walter Wood, can get him passage on the ship Petrel. He also asks if they know anyone in the Windward Islands. No date on item. Dated approximately 1852.

Scope and Contents Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Thomas L. Kane saying that she is disappointed that he is not coming for New Year's Day. She mentions his refusal to marry her before he sails and worries that he will marry someone in the West Indies. She says she wants to go to Brattleboro instead of Newport after they are married, wishes she could go to Philadelphia to see their house, and says she wants to have "colored servants". She also discusses more things they need for their house. Dated December...

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Letter from Thomas L. Kane to William Wood saying that he and his father, John K. Kane, will be coming to dinner. Dated January 5, 1853.