Thomas L. Kane diary, 1858.

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Thomas L. Kane diary, 1858.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77529110

Pocket diary kept by Kane beginning in June 1858, apparently while he was in Utah negotiating between the Mormons and government during the 1857-1858 Utah War. It appears to be the third in a series; the first two diaries are held by Stanford University.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883

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Thomas Leiper Kane was a law clerk and Army officer. From the description of Thomas Leiper Kane papers, 1846-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387534 In 1852, Thomas Kane traveled to the West Indies to improve his health and to study the effects of the emacipation of slaves there. This pocket diary contains his observatioins in both writing and sketches. In July 1859, Kane asked Brigham Young to give information to the US Attorney General J. Black, an account of his ac...