Kane (Pa.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Kane family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3190
Abstract
The Thomas L. and Elizabeth W. Kane family collection, 1835-1931, contains a series of materials relating primarily to Thomas, Elizabeth, and three of their four children: Harriet Amelia Kane, Elisha Kent Kane, and Evan O'Neill Kane. Among these is an American Civil War pocketbook kept by Thomas L. Kane; an original patriarchal blessing given to Thomas at Council Bluffs by Mormon patriarch John Smith and recorded by Wilford Woodruff; a letter sent from Brigham Young to Thomas when the latter...
Dates:
approximately 1835-1931
Kane family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792
Scope and Contents
Materials contain the papers of the Kane family of Philadelphia and Kane, Pennsylvania. Includes papers created and collected by John K. Kane and his wife, Jane Duval Kane; and their children, specifically Thomas L. Kane and his wife, Elizabeth Kane. Contains letters to and from several important American political and historical figures, including Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, John Hancock, Andrew Jackson, Horace Greeley, and U.S. Grant. A large portion of the collection also deals with...
Dates:
1690-1982
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Kane family papers