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Miniature of The following instructions will be observed by those who have the care or possession of arms, belonging to the State of Vermont : cleaning and care of arms
The following instructions will be observed by those who have the care or possession of arms, belonging to the State of Vermont : cleaning and care of arms
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    • Creator: Vermont. Adjutant and Inspector General's Office., Washburn, Peter T. (Peter Thacher), 1814-1870.
    • Date Issued: 1864
    • Description: How to clean firearms including the barrel and the lock.
    • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
    Miniature of To the selectmen of the several towns in the state : to recruiting officers; ... patriotic and loyal citizens: state ... commenced to raise ... Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers ... four hundred men are lacking ... towns ... are in arrears of men ... government ... until 1st March pay a bounty of three hundred dollars
    To the selectmen of the several towns in the state : to recruiting officers; ... patriotic and loyal citizens: state ... commenced to raise ... Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers ... four hundred men are lacking ... towns ... are in arrears of men ... government ... until 1st March pay a bounty of three hundred dollars
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      • Date Issued: 1864
      • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
      Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, March 1 - May 6, 1864
      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‚Äôs 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
        Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, May 6, 1864 - September 22, 1864
        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 ‚ÄúRoman Question‚Äù and the placement of Italy‚Äôs 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
          Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, December 23, 1864 - February 21, 1865
          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‚Äô 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
            Miniature of The following quotas of towns (sub-districts) in the first congressional district for the draft : ... by direction of the President of the United States are hereby announced ... T.G. Pitcher Brig.General, C.R. Crane Captain
            The following quotas of towns (sub-districts) in the first congressional district for the draft : ... by direction of the President of the United States are hereby announced ... T.G. Pitcher Brig.General, C.R. Crane Captain
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              • Date Issued: 1864
              • Description: List of towns in Addison, Bennington, Rutland and Washington counties with the number of eligible men for military service.
              • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
              Miniature of General order no. 6 ... whereas requisition has been made upon the Governor of the State of Vermont for two companies of Cavalry to serve in the service of the United States in said regiment: --and whereas, in view of the recent occurrences in Canada, and the action of the Canadian Government, it has become of the greatest importance that the said two companies be raised with the utmost rapidity
              General order no. 6 ... whereas requisition has been made upon the Governor of the State of Vermont for two companies of Cavalry to serve in the service of the United States in said regiment: --and whereas, in view of the recent occurrences in Canada, and the action of the Canadian Government, it has become of the greatest importance that the said two companies be raised with the utmost rapidity
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                • Creator: Vermont. Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
                • Date Issued: 1864
                • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
                Miniature of Loss of U.S. 7-30 treasury notes with coupons and coupon bonds : taken from the first National Bank of St. Albans, Vt., by raiders on the 19th of October, 1864
                Loss of U.S. 7-30 treasury notes with coupons and coupon bonds : taken from the first National Bank of St. Albans, Vt., by raiders on the 19th of October, 1864
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                  • Date Issued: 1864
                  • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
                  Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
                  Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
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                    • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
                    • Date Created: 1864
                    • Description: The Italian ministry dissolves and reforms in this diary amid countrywide protests against the September Convention treaty and debates over proposed bills for the suppression of monasteries and tax hikes on salt and other goods. The Marshes acquire the lower floors of the Casa d‚ÄôAngennes during this period and the offices of the American Legation move into those rooms shortly after. Caroline Crane Marsh continues collecting items for the U.S. Sanitary Fairs and has an audience with the Duchess of Genoa.

                      Topics in this diary include Italian law enforcement, slavery in the United States, differences between Turin and Florence, Italian art, Italian grief and funerary practices, convents, Italian medicine, relations between the Italian social classes, crime in Italy, political relations between Italy, France, and Rome; Catholicism, marriage, traveling and tourism in Russia, the Greek War of Independence, and the royal family of Savoy.

                    • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
                    Miniature of General order no. 8 ... There are remaining due from towns in this State, upon their several quotas under the deficiency of the draft, Eight Hundred and eighty-nine Men. These men are now required to be raised; and they are assigned to the Seventeenth Regiment
                    General order no. 8 ... There are remaining due from towns in this State, upon their several quotas under the deficiency of the draft, Eight Hundred and eighty-nine Men. These men are now required to be raised; and they are assigned to the Seventeenth Regiment
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                      • Creator: Vermont. Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
                      • Date Issued: 1864
                      • Parent Collections: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera