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1846-1883
Special Collections M058
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Title: Thomas Leiper Kane Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1846-1883
Collection number: Special Collections M058
Creator:
Kane, Thomas Leiper
Extent:
.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased, 1934.
[Identification of item] Thomas Leiper Kane Papers, M058, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Thomas Leiper Kane was a law clerk and Army officer.
Note
Note: for a biographical sketch, see the first folder in the collection.
The Thomas L. Kane papers primarily cover his two trips West in 1846-1847, and again, in 1858. There is some material covering
the period between these trips and some after 1858. The collection contains letters, diaries, agreements, clippings, notes
for articles and lectures, drafts, sketches and some diagrams.
Most of the subject matter relates to the Mormons, their history, migrations, persecutions, and characteristics. Kane also
describes in detail the country through which he passed along the Missouri River, across the Isthmus of Panama, and between
San Bernardino, Calif., and Salt Lake City, Utah. He also describes the difficulties of a long sea voyage.
A small amount of material relates to the Free Soil question, democracy, and state sovereignty. There is also an account of
an Indian massacre, a quasi-biblical history, a "Plea of a condemned man," and a geneology of a branch of Kane's wife's family.
Note
NOTE: Much of this material is in the form of loose notes and drafts and some of it is not in KaneÕs hand.