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MS 1346, Taylor, John 1808-1887. John Taylor collection 1829-1894

Title: MS 1346, Taylor, John 1808-1887. John Taylor collection 1829-1894

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Kane, Robert Patterson, 1827-1906. Papers, [ca. 1830]-1900.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1830]-1900.

This collection includes letters, letterbooks (1853-1860, legal matters), notebooks on legal cases, etc. Much of this relates to Kane's legal practice in Philadelphia with his father, J. K. Kane, but there is also family correspondence, and much that relates to the Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor (1850-1851). One miscellaneous item is the "Recollections" of Joshua Francis Fisher (his life and family).

ArchivalResource: ca. 2000 items (2.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540757 View

Darrington, Jana. Ancestors and descendants of Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane collection, 1999.

Title: Ancestors and descendants of Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane collection, 1999.

This collection is a progessional compilation of genealogical information on Thomas L. Kane, his wife Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, and their ancestors and descendants.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (200 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51605534 View

Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858. Legal papers, 1824-1919.

Title: Legal papers, 1824-1919.

This is a collection of father and son's legal briefs, correspondence, etc. relating to numerous and varied cases in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. For example, there is information on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, the Delaware breakwater, various ships, as well as the controversy with Margaret Fox. There is even material on Thomas Sully vs. the Saint George Society, concerning a portrait by Sully of Queen Victoria.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122589123 View

Kane family papers 1798 -1887 1851-1866 Kane family

Title: Kane family papers 1798 -1887 1851-1866 Kane family

The Kane family papers contain letters from a large family and document various family matters.

ArchivalResource: 230 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1718kan?rgn=main;view=text View

Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857. Papers, 1830s-1860s.

Title: Papers, 1830s-1860s.

This collection contains many types of material: correspondence; letterbook; sketches of arctic and other scenes (there are many sketches scattered throughout the numerous bound volumes); notebooks of polar exploration; medical notebooks; journals of trips to North Carolina, Philippines, Africa, Asia Minor, Egypt, Mexico; logbooks; lectures; lecture notebooks on medicine, geology, mineralogy, geometry, etc.; medical notebook; and a journal kept while a resident physician at Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: ca. 5000 items (7 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616028 View

Ancestors and descendants of Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane collection, 1999

Title: Ancestors and descendants of Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane collection 1999

ArchivalResource: 1 v.; (200 pages)

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202212 View

Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883. Papers, [ca. 1840]-1878.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1840]-1878.

These letters and documents relate primarily to family matters, mostly for the 1850-1860 period, but there is material pertaining to Kane's expedition to Utah to help avert war between the Mormons and the U.S. There is also a portion of the manuscript of his book, "The Mormons," published in 1850.

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items.

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Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953

Title: Elisha Kent Kane Papers Bulk, 1843-1857 1810-1953

The most stellar member of a stellar family, Elisha Kent Kane was among the most popular American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, a hero in the tragic mode. Born in Philadelphia in 1820, the son of John Kintzing Kane and Jane Duval Leiper, Kane studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania before earning a commission as a naval surgeon. While in the Navy, Kane embarked on the succession of voyages to exotic locales that became the basis for his extraordinary fame. In 1843, he attended Caleb Cushing's first diplomatic mission to China as ship's physician, and subsequently traveled to the Philippines and Western Africa. Distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, Kane's greatest fame came from two expeditions to the arctic, aiming to locate the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin and to explore for evidence of the open polar sea. Kane died in 1857 while attempting to organize a third arctic voyage. Part of the Kane Family Collection, the Papers of Elisha Kent Kane contain a mix of personal and family correspondence with correspondence relating to all of Kane's explorations. Intelligent, articulate and very much a romantic, Kane's letters are expressive and passionate. The collection provides fine documentation of youth, his relationship with the Spiritualist Margaret Fox, and of course his travels to China and off the coast of Africa in 1846. Kane's two expeditions to the arctic are particularly well documented, with correspondence, notes, logbooks, diaries, and sketches, as well as Kane's post-expedition notes, writings, and lectures recounting his experiences.

ArchivalResource: 6.75 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132-ead.xml View

Kane Family Papers, 1745-1955

Title: Kane Family Papers 1745-1955

A collection of letters, legal papers and financial records of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia family. Spanning 1745-1955, detailed are the legal cases and political advocacy work of John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858), Robert Patterson Kane (1827-1906), and Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955). Also includes correspondence, architectural drawings, and photograph albums of the Cope family. Robert Patterson Kane's daughter Eliza Middleton Kane (1863-1952) married the Philadelphia architect Walter Cope (1860-1902) in 1893. The APS papers of Elisha Kent Kane are in call no. B K132.

ArchivalResource: 56.0 lin. feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.115-ead.xml View