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Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to HIRAM POWERS, dated August 14, 1862.

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Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center

Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, July 24 - October 10, 1862

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Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
Date Created: 1862
Description: Political unrest in Italy punctuates the events in this diary: Garibaldi’s failed attack on Rome (the Battle of Aspromonte) ends with his injury and surrender and the arrest of Ferenc Pulszky; demonstrations break out across Italy and martial law is declared in Sicily, and France refuses to give a definitive answer on the “Roman Question.” In the United States, President Lincoln announces that he will issue the Emancipation Proclamation in early 1863. These months prove eventful for the Marshes, as well. They move out of the Casa d’Angennes and take a trip to Switzerland, passing in and out of the Alps as they tour the country. After a quick trip to London to see his publishers, George Perkins Marsh rejoins his wife and niece in Switzerland and returns with them to Italy, stopping for a time in Como. Topics in this diary include education at Italian universities, political sentiments among Italian elites, relations between the Italian social classes, Italian etiquette, agriculture and rural industry in Italy and Switzerland, tourism and hospitality in Italy and Switzerland, Alpine avalanches, the English Colonial Society and English church services in Switzerland, the Fugitive Slave Law, and the marriage of Princess Maria Pia.
Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries

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

Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, dated June 12, 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

Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated April 7, 1862.

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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 May 1 1862.

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Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center