Arctic with nationalism and nation-building, adding a northern frontier for the United States to conquer in the pursuit of scientific progress. Personal life In 1852, Kane met the Fox sisters, famous for their spirit rapping séances, and he became enamored with the middle sister, Margaret. Kane was convinced that the sisters were frauds, and sought to reform Margaret and paid for her education. She would later claim that they were secretly married in 1856 – she changed her name to Margaret Fox Kane – and engaged the family in lawsuits over his will. After Kane's death, Margaret converted to the Roman Catholic faith, but would eventually return to spiritualism. Death and legacy After visiting England to fulfill his promise to deliver his report personally to Lady Jane Franklin, he sailed to Havana in a vain attempt to recover his health, after being advised to do so by his doctor. He died there on February 16, 1857. His body was escorted to New Orleans by the governor of Cuba and carried by steamboat and a funeral train to Philadelphia. His funeral was the largest in American history until it was surpassed by that of Abraham Lincoln. After lying in state at Independence Hall, he was transported to Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery where he was placed in the hillside family vault. Kane received medals from Congress, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Société de géographie. The Geographical Society of Philadelphia created the Elisha Kent Kane Medal in his honor. In 1851, Kane was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. He was also elected to the American Antiquarian Society in 1855. The Anoatok historic manor at Kane, Pennsylvania, was named to honor Kane's Arctic expeditions. The destroyer was named for him, as was a later oceanographic research ship, the . A lunar crater, Kane, was also named for him. In 1986, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 22 cent postage stamp in his honor, depicting his route to the Arctic. The waterway between Greenland and the northernmost Canadian islands, previously named Peabody Bay, was renamed Kane Basin in his honor. Cape Kane in Peary Land was named in his honor at the time that it was the nearest land to the North Pole that had been put on the map. In popular culture In 2010, a young adult book, Tombstone Tea, by Joanne Dahme takes place in Laurel Hill Cemetery