Papers, 1815-1858.

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Papers, 1815-1858.

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Correspondence of Elias Kent Kane with his wife and children while he was serving in Washington, includes letters from Maria and Elias K. while they are at school. Kane gives his feelings about the workings of Washington, D.C. Family letters between Felicite and her children including a letter from Elias K. from Chihuahua, Mexico. The majority of the letters are from Maria and Elizabeth and discuss family and friends and Maria gives news of acquaintances in Belleville. In several letters they discuss their servants "the Irish girls" and "the Dutch girls. Elizabeth states she has "not fallen in love with Springfield."

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Kinney, Maria (Maria Kane)

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Bissell, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Kane)

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Kane family.

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Kane-Bissell.

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Prominent Kaskaskia, Ill. lawyer and politician, Elias Kent Kane married to Felicite Peltia, had four children survive to adulthood, one of whom, Elizabeth, married William Bissell who was elected governor of Illinois in 1856. Elias K. Kane served at the first Illinois constitutional convention, as Illinois Secretary of State, 1818-1822 and in the U.S. Senate from 1825-1835. His sons, Elias K., served in the Mexican War and Louis, as private secretary to Governor Bissel. Daughter, Maria married ...

Kane, Elias Kent, 1794-1835

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Bissell family.

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