| | 1 | Author: | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Elisha Kent Kane Papers
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1843-1857 | | | | Abstract: | This large collection contains the papers of Elisha Kent Kane, a prominent Philadelphian who led the U.S. Exploring Expedition. The collection is well-described and inventoried in MOLE.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.K132 | | | | Extent: | 6.75 Linear feet | | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | Exploration. | International Travel | Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Africa | Arctic Indians | Arctic regions-Pictorial works | China--Foreign relations--United States | Colonization, repatriation | Exploration | Explorers--United States | Geometry--Study and teaching | Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 | Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 | Hospitals--Pennsylvania | Indians of North America--Nunavut | Inuit--Canada | Inuit--Greenland | Inuit--Nunavut--Baffin Island | Medicine--Practice--Pennsylvania | Medicine--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania | Meteorology--Arctic Regions | Mineralogy--Study and teaching | Northwest Passage | Obstetrics | Plantations | Slave trade--Africa | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | United States--Foreign relations--China | United States. Navy | |
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