Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858

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role

Collector

dates

1795-1858

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

other cities

Albany, NY; New Haven, CT;

sex

M

historical notes

John Kintzing Kane was a collector, lawyer, politician, jurist, an associate of Presidents Jackson and Polk, and served as the President of the American Philosophical Society (1856-1858).

Kane married Jane Duval Leiper in 1819, and had six children, of which two were famous in their own right; Elisha Kent Kane was a naval officer, physician and explorer, and Thomas L. Kane was an attorney, abolitionist and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War.

Kane’s collection included a commissioned portrait by Thomas Sully.

decades
of activity

1840-1850
1850-1860

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11/24/2025 10:11:49

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Dartmouth College Rauner Special Collections Library	William Parker Snow correspondence	see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania	Musical Fund Society Records, 1820-1994.	see details...
Dartmouth College Rauner Special Collections Library	Margaret Elder Dow papers	see details...
American Philosophical Society Library	John Kintzing Kane Papers, [ca. 1800]-1892.	see details...
American Philosophical Society Library	John Kintzing Kane and Robert Patterson Kane Legal papers, 1824-1919	see details...
American Philosophical Society Library	Elisha Kent Kane Papers, 1830s-1860s.	see details...
Hagley Museum and Library Manuscripts & Archives Dept.	Papers of Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1806-1865	see details...
University Archives and Records Center University of Pennsylvania	Kane Family Papers, 1802-1911.	see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania	Letter, 1854.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	John Kintzing Kane Papers, 1826-1860.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Henry C. Dubois collection, 1776-1927.	see details...