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Box 26a

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Thomas L. Kane letter, 1857 September 7

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Thomas L. Kane, stating that he worked to find a suitable route for the Sudbury and Erie Railroad only to discover opposition. Dated September 7, 1857.

Dates: 1857 September 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to William Wood, approximately 1857

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to her father, William Wood, updating him on Harriet who is learning to talk at sixteen months, and the rest of the family. Dated approximately 1857.

Dates: Majority of material found in approximately 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Letter from Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth Wood Kane to William Wood, [1857?] March 23

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth Wood Kane to William Wood, providing a family update, and mentioning their hopes of visiting next week. Dated March 23, approximately 1857.

Dates: [1857?] March 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to William Wood, 1856 March 17

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to her father, William Wood, thanking him for allowing Nellie (her sister Helen Kane Wood) to visit them. She also provides an update about weather and activities. Dated March 17, 1856.

Dates: 1856 March 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to William Wood, 1857 November 12

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to her father, William Wood, comforting him about his financial difficulties and giving him religious counsel as well. Dated November 12, 1857.

Dates: 1857 November 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Plot of Fern Rock, the family estates of the Kanes, 1854 March

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Pencil drawing of the plot forming the Kane family estates at Fern Rock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No indication of creator on item. D dated March 1854.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1854 March
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

Elizabeth Wood Kane letter to William Wood, 1857 January 7

 Item — Box: 26a, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elizabeth Wood Kane to her father, William Wood, which discusses scarlet fever and illness. She also mentions that all the Democratic celebrities stop there, including James Buchanan and Sam Houston. Dated January 7, 1857.

Dates: 1857 January 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane journals

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