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Box 3

 Container

Contains 81 Results:

Ann G. Thomas letter to Elizabeth K. Shields, 1868 February 20

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Dates: 1868 February 20
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

Ann G. Thomas letters, 1873

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

In same envelope (included): Letter from Ann G. Thomas, Pen-y-Bryn, to Alida Kane Constable, while in Philadelphia, news of various people, dated June 25, 1873; Letter from Harriet A. Kane [Thomas L. Kane’s daughter] to Ann G. Thomas, giving an account of her trip to Niagara Falls, dated June 21, 1873.

Dates: 1873
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

Evan W. Thomas letter to Sam [Govey?], 1790 February 22

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Evan W. Thomas, while in Philadelphia, to Sam [Govey?], a “relation,” expresses sympathy for Sam’s loss, [his parents died?], now Sam finds himself the head of a large family, dated February 22, 1790.

Dates: 1790 February 22
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

Evan W. Thomas letter to “My dear”, 1810 April 16

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Evan W. Thomas, while in Havre de Grace, to “My dear,” on the journey, faith in God, dated April 16, 1810.

Dates: 1810 April 16
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

M. Thomas letter to Evan W. Thomas, 1803 February 20

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from M. Thomas to Evan W. Thomas, at Havre de Grace, Maryland, written to him while he is away business, mentions their children and news of others they know, dated February 20, 1803.

Dates: 1803 February 20
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

Financial records, 1835

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Financial records, record of bills, expenses, etc., mentions “Father’s estate,” and “bills since Mother’s death,” dated 1835.

Dates: 1835
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

Anna M. Pierrepont letter, 1852 December 28

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Anna M. Pierrepont to her brother, torn in half, makes reference to Alida (Constable?), refers to many 19th century Christmas customs, dated December 28, 1852.

Dates: 1852 December 28
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

Anna Washington letter to John Constable, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Anna Washington to her father John Constable, expresses her concern over William’s economic welfare, she desires him to have some employment and to be independent, implores her father to “give him a nice farm without delay and insist upon Alida’s signing off her right to his and Gilbert’s,” date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
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

Robert Harvey diary, 1789-1790

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Bound Diary of Poor Robert Harvey, consisting of approximately 180 pp. with hard tan cover. The contents are essentially divided in half. The first half consists of a travel log for two separate journeys--the first is a round trip across England in 1789 and the second is a short trip from Norwich to Ipswitch and back in 1790. The second half contains a few lines of poetry followed by the makings of a dramatic play. Dated June 28, 1789 through August 2, 1790.

Dates: 1789-1790
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

Memorandum of E.D. Kane, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

“Memorandum of E.D. Kane relating to Gen. Washington’s occupation of John Kane’s house as headquarters in 1778,” date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
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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