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Box 32

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Founding of Kane and our family life there, volume II, approximately 1869-1870

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include a typescript copy of Elizabeth Wood Kane's 1869 manuscript (Box 31, folder 2). The typescript was created by Kane's son, Elisha Kent Kane, and has some of his notes and underlining on it. Dated approximately 1869-1870.

Dates: Majority of material found within approximately 1869-1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings on settlement and development of Kane, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to Harriet and Elisha Kane, Alida Constable, and Ann G. Thomas, 1872 November 20-1872 November 23

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letters from Elizabeth Wood Kane to Harriet Kane, Elisha Kane, Alida Constable, and Ann G. Thomas describing her trip across the country to Utah. The letters are grouped together, but there are three distinct sets of letters. The first is dated November 20, 1872; the second is dated November 22-24, 1872; and the third is dated November 25-29. Dated November 20-29, 1872.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1872 November 20-1872 November 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings from Utah trip

Elizabeth Wood Kane writings about Ulysses S. Grant visit, 1869 August 13-1869 August 15

 Sub-Series — Box: 32, Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include a manuscript written by Elizabeth Wood Kane describing Ulysses S. Grant's visit with the Kane family; there are details about their activities, discussions, and her impressions of the presidential party. Many of their conversations were about politics, religion, and race relations. Dated 1869.

Dates: 1869 August 13-1869 August 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings

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