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Box 2

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Elisha Kent Kane letter to Alida Kane Constable, 1849 February 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elisha Kent Kane to Alida Kane Constable, Philadelphia, a farewell note, includes envelope, dated February 2, 1849.

Dates: 1849 February 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Draft of the paper “Esquimau”, approximately 1854-1856

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Draft of paper on “Esquimau,” written as a diary entry, tells of meeting Eskimos, dated approximatley April 10-12, 1854, also some writing and notes by Thomas L. Kane, [he was helping Elisha with his book in 1856, this may be part of it], some sketches, dated approximately1856.

Dates: approximately 1854-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1854 August 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Printed pages from "Report of the Secretary of the Navy," by Elisha Kent Kane, which contains an incomplete, damaged, account of his Arctic explorations, notes made in pencil and ink, includes page 59-60, 63-66, dated August 6, 1854.

Dates: 1854 August 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Elisha Kent Kane Last Will and Testament, 1856 October 11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Last Will and Testament of Elisha Kent Kane, leaves $5000 to his brothers (Thomas L. Kane and Robert P. Kane), leaves the rest of his estate to his father (John K. Kane) to divide as he saw fit, Robert Patterson named as an executor and trustee, dated October 11, 1856.

Dates: 1856 October 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

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