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Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, April 8 - June 14, 1863
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    • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
    • Date Created: 1863
    • Description: The Marshes explore Piobesi Castle and its gardens in this diary. George Perkins Marsh commutes from the castle to Turin to attend to diplomatic business and meets for a second time with King Victor Emmanuel. Caroline Crane Marsh continues to receive updates on the latest battles in the American Civil War, as well as the rising tensions between England and the U.S., France’s interference in Mexican affairs, and the “doings” of Richard M. Blatchford and J.C. Hooker in Rome. Topics in this diary include funerary practices in Italy, Catholicism and religious celebrations in Italy, the everyday experiences of the Italian peasantry, Italian marital norms, the behavior and treatment of women in Italy versus the United States, Italian medical practices, Italian agriculture, relations between the elites of Naples and those of Savoy, Turin court life and etiquette, and life as an expatriate in Italy.
    • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries


    Letter from ALBERT G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 15, 1863.
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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 May 9, 1863.
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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


        Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, November 1 - December 31, 1863
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          • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
          • Date Created: 1863
          • Description: The Marshes and their friends speculate on the likelihood of a “European” war breaking out in the spring, following the death of the King of Denmark and years of tense relations between France, Italy, and their neighbors. After months of tense negotiations with their Torinese landlady, the Countess Ghirardi, the Marshes finally move back into the Casa d’Angennes. Once there, Caroline Crane Marsh begins hosting dance lessons for her niece Carrie and others her age in the neighborhood, befriending the Countess Gigliuicci (Clara Novello) at the first lesson. George Perkins Marsh attends another royal hunting trip to Racconigi and begins attending public lectures in Turin. Topics in this diary including renting and occupying real estate in Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, medical care in Italy, charity work in Italy, Italian funerary practices, English politics and diplomacy, reading habits in the nineteenth century, nineteenth-century attitudes towards Jews, Wallachia (Romania), Catholicism, etiquette, the Suez Canal, and the Taiping Rebellion.
          • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries


          Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE POWERS MARSH, dated August 2, 1863.
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            • Creator: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873.
            • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center


            Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to HIRAM POWERS, dated March 31, 1863.
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              • Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
              • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center


              Letter from ALBERT G. PEIRCE to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 29, 1863.
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                • Creator: Peirce, Albert G.
                • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Albert G. Peirce Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center


                Enos Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, [1863?] March 23
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                  • Creator: Fletcher, Enos.
                  • Description: Topics include Enos' friendship with a Corporal in his Company in the Army, and the death of his brother Elias.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                  Charles Hogan to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1863 March 25
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                    • Creator: Hogan, Charles.
                    • Description: Topics include Charles' recent illness, his religious activities in his Company during the War, his friendship with Enos Fletcher, and the situation of their camp near Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family