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Box 42

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Contains 164 Results:

Thomas L. Kane autograph letter signed to Mr. Biddle, 1860 May 8

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas L. Kane to Mr. Biddle, $100,000 would be required for a road “which may bring up capitalists and settlers from the crowded East as well as put us in communication with the hungry old counties of Northwestern Pennsylvania,” the coal subscription, what to do in case “the Bill” either carries or fails next winter, 1 p., folded, written on 4 sides, 8 May 1860.

Dates: 1860 May 8

Hibberd Yarnall autograph letter signed to Thomas L. Kane, 1864 September 10

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Hibberd Yarnall to Thomas L. Kane, Biddle resigned, new appointments (with Thomas L. Kane as “Special Agent”), various policies, Thomas L. Kane’s pay, business considerations, 1 p., folded, written on 4 sides, 10 September 1864.

Dates: 1864 September 10

Frederick Fraley autograph letter signed to Thomas L. Kane, 1867 September 11

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Frederick Fraley to Thomas L. Kane, business decisions made after meeting with Collins and Yarnall, 4 pp., 11 September 1867.

Dates: 1867 September 11

Thomas L. Kane correspondence, 1867 December 22

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Copies of 2 letters: from Thomas L. Kane to “My dear Sir,” “I accept the position in the ‘reorganization’ of the Company,” various company policies, 1 p., folded, written on 3 sides, 14 September 1867; from Thomas L. Kane to Frederick Collins, inquires as to his rights “under our agreement of September,” 1 p., 22 December 1867.

Dates: 1867 December 22

Committee report, approximately September 1867

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Report by the Committee on the reorganization of the Company, 4 pp., n.d. [ca. September 1867].

Dates: approximately September 1867

Business papers, 1867 September 16

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

“Copy of Resolutions passed by Directors of the McKean and Elk Land and Improvement Co.,” 1 p., written on both sides, 16 September 1867.

Dates: 1867 September 16

Frederick Fraley autograph letter signed to Thomas L. Kane, 1867 September 27

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Frederick Fraley to Thomas L. Kane, sends a copy of the resolutions by the committee “which fully explain the new plans,” Thomas L. Kane was voted as one of the officers of the Company, 1 p., folded, written on 2 sides, 27 September 1867.

Dates: 1867 September 27

Thomas L. Kane letter to Frederick Fraley, 1867 September 28

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Letter, from Thomas L. Kane to Frederick Fraley, copied in Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane’s hand, has perused the resolutions which “strike me as excellent,” asks to be notified if any inconsistency arises between his offer and its acceptance, 1 p., 28 September 1867.

Dates: 1867 September 28

Fred Collins autograph letter signed to Thomas L. Kane, 1867 October 28

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Fred Collins to Thomas L. Kane, seeks to reduce the area of the Company’s lands through sales which “should not be delayed, but promptly and rigorously applied,” 1 p., folded, written on 3 sides, 28 October 1867.

Dates: 1867 October 28

Fred Collins autograph letter signed to Thomas L. Kane, 1867 December 24

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Fred Collins to Thomas L. Kane, will present the subject of Thomas L. Kane’s commission to the Executive Committee, 1 p., 24 December 1867.

Dates: 1867 December 24