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Collection Reference Number GLC02475.07
From Archive Folder Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists 
Title Elisha Kent Kane to Mr. Ticknor with thanks
Date 17 March 1853
Author Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857)  
Recipient Ticknor, [?]  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that he has noticed "that you have made no charges against our little party for the host of troublesome commissions connected with my lectures" and considers it "a direct contribution to the object of our Expedition." Offers his thanks.
Subjects Polar Exploration  Finance  Science and Technology  Frontiers and Exploration  
People Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Biography: Elisha Kent Kane was a scientist and explorer. He was appointed surgeon and naturalist for the Grinnell expedition in 1850, an unsuccessful search for Sir John Franklin. His narrative of the expedition was published in 1854, as The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. He lectured to obtain funds to continue the search.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859