Box 5
Contains 77 Results:
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 12
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that the committee will report next week, there have been some skirmishes in the House, the United States Senate adjourned a couple days ago so Elias Kent Kane (his cousin and Illinois state senator) should be in Philadelphia soon. Dated March 12, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 14
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that the committee has reported in favor of Judge Seth Chapman's impeachment. Dated March 14, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 15
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that the report about Judge Seth Chapman has been printed. He says that he had a minor illness yesterday, William Strickland (an architect and engineer) is leaving for Liverpool (to investigate public transport in England), and the bill about married women's deeds has passed stage one of examination. Dated March 15, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 17
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that the House will adjourn the first week of April. He includes a postscript for his son Elisha that asks if he is being a good boy and if he can read yet. Dated March 17, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 22
Love letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane celebrating the seventh anniversary of their engagment, when John proposed to Jane. Dated March 22, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 22
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that he is recovered from his illness and that the Judge Walter Franklin trial will push adjournment of the Congress back to April 20. Dated March 22, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 25
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that another vote came up on the bill about married women's deeds and that it passed. He says Matthew Carey arrived to address the legislature on canals. Dated March 25, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 March 27
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that the bill about women's deeds was amended from its original form and that Rembrandt Peale's bill (lobbying Congress for a commission to pay an equestrian portrait of George Washington) passed by a good majority. Dated March 27, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 April 1
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that Dunlop (probably James Dunlop) has returned to work on the Rembrandt Peale bill (Peale was lobbying Congress for a commission to pay an equestrian portrait of George Washington) and that a resolution to adjourn on the twelfth has passed. He also says that a canal bill has also passed, which will allow for a water route between New York and Baltimore. Dated April 1, 1825.
John K. Kane letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1825 April 5
Letter from John K. Kane to Jane Duval Leiper Kane saying that he will return home that weekend. Dated April 5, 1825.