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Box 32

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Contains 26 Results:

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to Simon Cameron, approximately 1872

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Draft of letter from Kane to Cameron describing to him the likely to happen if the Mormons are driven out of Utah, asks him to use his influence to help Utah become a state irrespective of polygamy, comments on the virtues of the Mormon people.

Dates: Majority of material found in approximately 1872
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 letter to Simon Cameron, 1872 December 29

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Draft of letter from Kane to Cameron describing the Mormon women and their loyalty to their faith, they should let the Mormons keep polygamy and it will die of itself, but if it isn't left alone, the Mormons will cling to it and leave Utah if they have to, dated December 29, 1872.

Dates: 1872 December 29
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 letter to Simon Cameron, 1873 January 1

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 3
Scope and Contents note

Draft of letter from Kane to Cameron sending an extract from a letter to her sister about the Mormons [not there] dated January 1, 1873.

Dates: 1873 January 1
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

St. George accounts, 1872-1873

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Dated journal entry type accounts with revisions; some are paginated with pages missing; appear to be drafts or the original entries of her St. George diary. Mostly on the Indians, Jacob Hamblin's comments on different tribes, quote from Brigham Young,

Dates: Majority of material found within 1872-1873
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

Interview with Jacob Hamblin, 1873 January 2

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Records an interview with Hambling dealing with Indians in Southern Utah, records some Indian legend, aspects of their way of life, mostly deals with Navajo and Moquis Indians, dated January 2, 1873.

Dates: 1873 January 2
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

Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth Wood Kane notes, 1872 December 9

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 11
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous notes on the Indians in Utah; account of raising the Liberty Pole in Far West; notes on Joseph and Emma Smith; Wahker, the Indian chief; Joseph told [Dimick Huntington?] to take his family and meet him in Texas a week before he was killed.

Dates: 1872 December 9
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

Argument, 1872-1873

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Note written by Elizabeth Wood Kane regarding the Mormons saying they have revived the Old Testament.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1872-1873
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

Notes of Kanosh's interview with K., taken at Fillmore, 1872 December

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 13
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

“Notes of Kanosh’s interview with K. Taken at Fillmore, dated December 17, 1872,” in Elizabeth Wood Kane’s handwritting, dated 16 December 1872; additional note included on Mrs. Meary’s grain mill.

Dates: 1872 December
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

Section from Sevier Pass going south, 1873 February 14

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Notes made by Thomas L. Kane. Dated February 14, 1873.

Dates: 1873 February 14
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

Dimick B. Huntington account, 1872 December 2

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Account given by Huntington and recorded by Elizabeth Wood Kane describing why he lived among the Indians and learned their language; events leading to Joseph Smith's death; seeing Joseph's body three and six months after his death; Joseph wanted to go to Texas to escape the trouble, but Emma refused to leave her home, dated December 2, 1872.

Dates: 1872 December 2
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

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