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Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, March 1 - May 6, 1864
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    • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
    • Date Created: 1864
    • Description: European political relations remain tense in this diary, while rumors of an imminent rapprochement between Garibaldi and the Italian government precede Garibaldi’s departure for England. In Turin, the Marshes receive a visit from Lady Caroline Estcourt and her sisters and continue to attend lectures and sightsee in and around the city. Topics in this diary include charity in Italy, relations between the Italian social classes, etiquette in Italy, Italian royalty and nobility, death, grief, and memorialization in Italy; Italy’s literary circle, Italian art, spiritualism, democracy, slavery in the United States, and Catholicism.
    • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries