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Letter from ALBERT G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 25, 1864.
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    • Creator: Peirce, Albert G.
    • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Albert G. Peirce Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center



    Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, January 1 - March 1, 1864
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      • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
      • Date Created: 1864
      • Description: Mounting political and military tensions between the major powers of Europe serve as the backdrop for this diary: the Second Schleswig War breaks out, four Italians are arrested in Paris for allegedly plotting to kill Napoleon III, and “war fever” whips the rest of Europe into a frenzy. George Perkins Marsh’s brother, Charles, arrives unexpectedly in Turin and settles in with the Marshes for an extended stay. Caroline Crane Marsh closely follows the decline and death of the Marchesa Doria and Barone Giovanni Plana, two of her earliest acquaintances in Italy. The Marshes attend public lectures with their friends, and Caroline Crane Marsh collects autographs from the lecturers and other famous Italians for the U.S. Sanitary Fairs. Topics in this diary include the Count of Cavour, death and funerary practices in Italy, etiquette, the theory of evolution, women and marriage in the nineteenth century, Catholicism in Italy, the royal family of Savoy, and nineteenth-century British authors, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Charles Lamb.
      • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries


      Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to HIRAM POWERS, dated November 6, 1864.
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        • Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
        • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center


        Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 August 19
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Ruth.
          • Description: Topics include Ruth's distress at hearing of her son's plans to enlist in the war, the death of a cousin Laura, the health of his sister Ella, and the visit of Edson and his family.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


          Andrew Craig Fletcher to Family\, 1864 December 4
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
            • Description: Topics include arrests in St. Albans and his plans to go to school.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


            Andrew Craig Fletcher to Family\, 1864 August 21
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
              • Description: Topics include Andrew Craig's decision not to enlist and his work and other activities in St. Albans, Vermont.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


              Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher\, circa August 1864
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                • Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona.
                • Description: Topics include prices of cloth, a draft which may take her husband, Seth, to the war, and the effects of a dry summer.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1864 April 19
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                  • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
                  • Description: Topics include the birth of her son, their work on the farm, and school teachers and qualification in Iowa.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                  Letter from ALBERT G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 27, 1864.
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                    • Creator: Peirce, Albert G.
                    • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Albert G. Peirce Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center