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Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated November 4, 1864.
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    • Creator: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873.
    • Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence, George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center


    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


      Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 October 9
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        • Creator: Fletcher, Ruth.
        • Description: Topics include a local religious conference and subsequent baptisms and the various sales of farms.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family



        Letter from HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated February 9, 1864.
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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 HIRAM POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated November 9, 1864.
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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 February 16, 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


              Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to HIRAM POWERS, dated December 12, 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


                Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, May 6, 1864 - September 22, 1864
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                  • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
                  • Date Created: 1864
                  • Description: Negotiations between Italy and France regarding the “Roman Question” and the placement of Italy’s capital spark violent protests in the streets of Turin. The Marshes go on several trips in this diary, visiting nearby landmarks as well as hiking into the Alps. Between trips, the Marshes gather the latest news on the American Civil War, including the details of the Battle of the Wilderness, and receive visits from the Estcourts and American diplomat David H. Wheeler, among others. Topics in this diary include the September Convention, Italian art and patronage, tourism in Italy, Italian funerary practices, relations between the Italian social classes, King Victor Emmanuel and the royal family of Savoy, the treatment of women in Italy, the Italian silk industry, George Perkins Marsh’s diplomatic duties, Greek War of Independence, differences in behavior and manners between Americans and Europeans, and the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This diary covers several topics relating to religion, as well, including Catholic royal marriages, convents and religious orders, conversion, and French Protestants.
                  • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries


                  Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, December 23, 1864 - February 21, 1865
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                    • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
                    • Date Created: 1864-1865
                    • Description: This six-page diary records the Marshes’ final days in Turin and their move to Florence in 1865. Topics in this diary include King Victor Emmanuel, Italian art and music, and tourism in Italy.
                    • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries