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Box 18

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Thomas L. Kane's notebook while in Mexico, 31 July 1873-December 1876

 Item — Box: 18, Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Material contain sketches, notes on Spanish vocabulary and pronunciation, financial records, and notes from interviews with Mexicans about the land, people, government and religion. Kane writes about Don Quixote, the shooting of Apparicio Cardenas, and writes a Catholic prayer called "Bendito"; he also talks about putting railroad lines in Mexico and a landgrant. Topics of Mexican history and politics are throughout. Dated from 1873 to 1876.

Dates: 31 July 1873-December 1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the American West and politics / Thomas L. Kane correspondence, manuscripts, and other material on Mexico and Alaska

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