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Box 14

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Jeremiah S. Black letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1858 August 16

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Judge Black, Attorney General, saying he hopes to preserve their friendship. Dated August 16, 1858.

Dates: 1858 August 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

William Cumming to Thomas L. Kane, 1858 August 8

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Cumming to Kane saying that he hopes that recognition attends those who deserve it. Dated August 8, 1858.

Dates: 1858 August 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

G. Ord letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1858 September 2

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Ord written in San Francisco to Kane in Philadelphia. Mentions Dr. Osborne, offers congratulations on the success of his Utah mission, dated September 2, 1858.

Dates: 1858 September 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

John M. Bernhisel letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1858 December 8

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Bernhisel to Kane praising Kane for his work in the Utah Expedition. Dated December 8, 1858.

Dates: 1858 December 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

James C. VanDyke letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1859 March 28

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Letter from VanDyke to Kane recalling his conversation with John Bernhisel in December 1857 about Kane's planned mission to Utah, relates the details of Bernhisel's views. Also includes copy by George Q. Cannon with a postscript by Bernhisel authenticating VanDyke's account of their conversation.

Dates: 1859 March 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

Extract of letter dated Bridger, Utah Territory, 1858

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 6
Scope and Contents

“Extract of Letter dated Bridger, Utah Territory, 1858,” photocopy from American Philosophical Society, business interests, “whatever they may have felt, Thomas L. Kane and Governor Cumming were under great obligations for their personal safety and comfort to Colonel Johnston and the efficient and generous officers under his command.” Dated approximately 1858.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

Thomas L. Kane note, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Note written by Thomas L. Kane, “I hope they will not find out whose language alone has weight with the Mormons,” his correspondence with Attorney General Black is over. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

Thomas L. Kane notes on the Utah Expedition, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 8
Scope and Contents

Notes giving brief circumstances of the army and the Mormons from the Mormon perspective. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

Letter fragment, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 9
Scope and Contents

Letter not in Thomas L. Kane's hand but representative of his views, recommendations and plans regarding the Utah situation.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition

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