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Eleanor M. Comb letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1858 May 7

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 3
Image of Eleanor M. Comb letter to Thomas L. Kane
Image of Eleanor M. Comb letter to Thomas L. Kane

Scope and Contents

Letter from Eleanor M. [Comb?/McLean?] to Thomas L. Kane, “My children have been wrung from me by the hand of unrelenting tyranny and are now held by religious bigotry that cannot be penetrated by truth or reason,” “I believe you Sir to be one inspired by God to stand in the defence of oppressed innocence,” encloses poem “The Voice of an Infant Captive.” Dated May 7, 1858.

Dates

  • 1858 May 7

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Kane family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Extent

3 folded sheets (11 pages) ; 17 x 28 cm folded to 17 x 14 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS792.xml

General

Holograph, signed.

Subjects

Digital Material

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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