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Letter to Eunice Crafts, May 16, 1824
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    • Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853.
    • Description: Topics include May 11, 1935 editorial in the New York Times about Austin's criticism of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


    Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, May 16 - July 24, 1862
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      • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
      • Date Created: 1862
      • Description: The Marshes travel extensively in this diary, passing through Biella and other Alpine towns as they hike and explore the region. On a trip to Florence, the Marshes reconnect with Hiram Powers, who sculpts a bust of Caroline Crane Marsh over several sittings. At one point between trips, the Marshes receive a visit from Lady Caroline Estcourt and her sisters in Turin. Topics in this diary include tourism and hospitality in Italy and the Alps, agriculture and rural industry in Italy, Italian court etiquette, relations between the Italian social classes, Italian marriages, Mexican politics, the Crimean War, and the effects of the American Civil War on Italy. This diary also covers several topics relating to religion in Italy, including persecution, legal protection, religious neutrality in diplomacy, religious celebrations, charitable works, and religious orders.
      • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries




      Thirty-Hour Work Week: Minority Views of the Committee on the Judiciary to Accompany S. 87., March 13, 1935
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        • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
        • Description: Topics include Spending Bill amendment on preventing corruption in the use of money defeated.
        • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress



        Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, October 10, 1862 - January 20, 1863
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          • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
          • Date Created: 1862-1863
          • Description: This diary records the events leading up to the resignation of Urbano Rattazzi and his ministry in Italy, as well as the events that follow the 1862 elections and the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. While the Marshes search for a new place to live, they sightsee in Como, hike Mount Bisbino, and settle into a temporary residence in Pegli (a seaside neighborhood in Genoa), where they befriend the Tebbs and Strettell families. Topics in this diary include Giuseppe Garibaldi, renting and occupying real estate in Italy, Italian art and architecture, Italian etiquette, Italian marriages, the education of women in the 19th century, tourism in Italy, the culture, climate, and industries in Genoa; Italian agricultural practices, public religious celebrations, the “Roman Question,” Christianity among the English and their attitudes towards Catholicism, crime and punishment in Italy, and Caroline Crane Marsh’s reasons for keeping a diary.
          • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries