Today marks the 200th birthday of preeminent Victorian explorer, and prolific author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Burton had an amazing aptitude for languages and for blending in with foreign cultures, which he honed as a young English army officer. He served as an interpreter and spy in India, where he learned Arabic, Persian, and …
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April 20, 2020 by Ryan K. Lee •
autobiography,
biographies,
Civil War,
Elizabeth Kane,
Kane family,
Pennsylvania,
Thomas L. Kane,
travel accounts,
Twelve Mormon Homes,
Ulysses S. Grant
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection:Elizabeth Wood Kane writings (Vault MSS 792, Series 6, Subseries 4). This is part of the sixth series of the larger Kane family papers (Vault MSS 792), which primarily relate to Thomas and Elizabeth Kane. This subseries contains autobiographical and …
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