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Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, June 7 - September 30, 1861
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- Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
- Date Created: 1861
- Description: This diary covers the Marshes’ first months in Italy and describes their first impressions of the country and its people. During this period, the Marshes befriend the Abbe Giuseppe Filippo Baruffi, astronomer Barone Giovanni Plana, and the Tottenham family, among others. They also meet the rest of the diplomatic corps in Turin, as well as many preeminent Italians, including King Victor Emmanuel II, Bettino Ricasoli, and Urbano Rattazzi. They learn much about Italy’s most recent prime minister, the Count of Cavour, who dies the day before the Marshes arrive in Turin. After the Marshes settle into the Casa d’Angennes (their home in Turin), they go on several sightseeing trips, hiking in the Alps and visiting Lago Maggiore and Villarbasse. Topics in this diary include the “Roman Question,” the Pope, and Catholicism; negotiations between Italy, the United States, and Giuseppe Garibaldi; the treatment of Garibaldi and Garibaldian soldiers by Italian government, the Torinese elites and their customs, rural life and rural industries, such as winemaking; the American Civil War, especially slavery and foreign enlistment; Ottoman politics, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s death, and the Great Comet of 1861.
- Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
Part of: Diaries
Letter from CHARLES ELIOT NORTON to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated 5th April, 1861.
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- Creator: Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, dated September 16, 1861.
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- Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, dated January 7, 1861 [1862]
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- Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
State of the Union / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1861.
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- Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
- Date Created: 1861-02-18
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Part of: Congressional Speeches
Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, dated March 30, 1861.
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- Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, October 1 - December 31, 1861
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- Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
- Date Created: 1861
- Description: Political unrest across Europe, the Trent Affair, and accusations of French interference in Italian politics serve as the backdrop for the events in this diary. The Marshes continue to meet Italian elites and politicians, including the Duchess of Genoa, the Marchesa Doria, and Carlo Poerio, and befriend various diplomats and expatriates in Turin, including the Pulszkys, the Benedettis, and Mrs. Stanley. The Marshes travel to Florence to attend the National Exposition, and George Perkins Marsh takes part in two royal hunting excursions at Racconigi and Stupinigi. Topics in this diary include Rome, the Pope, and Catholicism; Victor Emmanuel, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Italian nationalism, the treatment of Garibaldian soldiers by the Italian government, rural industry and the everyday lives of Italian peasants, the behavior and manners of Italians, especially Italian women; relations between the Italian social classes, the American Civil War, especially slavery and foreign enlistment; the Suez Canal, and spiritualism.
- Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
Part of: Diaries
Moses S. Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher\, 1861 September 13
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- Creator: Colton, Moses Shepard., Jagua, Betsey Verona.
- Description: Topics include Moses and his family's farm, the poor economy because of the war, the death of a little girl (Carseldana's?), Betsey Verona's brother (and Moses' son) Lyman's preaching in the Free Mission Baptist Church, and the health of Betsey Verona's and Seth's daughter Sarah Eveline.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Part of: Fletcher Family
Letter from ALBERT G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 4, 1861.
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- Creator: Peirce, Albert G.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Albert G. Peirce Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Letter from CHARLES ELIOT NORTON to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated November 9, 1861.
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- Creator: Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
- Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Charles Eliot Norton Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center