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

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dates 1795-1858
city Philadelphia
statePA
other citiesAlbany, 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.
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1850-1860
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Correspondence, 1850-1860. see details...
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Musical Fund Society Records, 1820-1994. see details...
Dartmouth College
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Papers, 1827-1914. see details...
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John Kintzing Kane Papers, [ca. 1800]-1892. see details...
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John Kintzing Kane and Robert Patterson Kane Legal papers, 1824-1919 see details...
American Philosophical Society
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Elisha Kent Kane Papers, 1830s-1860s.
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Hagley Museum and Library
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Papers of Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1806-1865 see details...
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center
North Arcade, Franklin Field
Kane Family Papers, 1802-1911. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
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Letter, 1854. see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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John Kintzing Kane Papers, 1826-1860. see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Henry C. Dubois collection, 1776-1927. see details...