Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
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Title - Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
Date Created - 1864
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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’Angennes 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.
Subject - Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
- Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882.
- Savoy, House of.
- Ambassadors' spouses -- Italy -- Turin -- Diaries.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Italy.
- Ambassadors' spouses.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American.
- Manners and customs.
- Turin (Italy) -- History -- Sources.
- Turin (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- Italy -- Turin.
- Italy.
- Diaries.
- Catholicism.
Extent - 70 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2021-08-17, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - diaries
Form - nonprojected graphic
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - University of Vermont Library, Special Collections
Access Conditions - No Copyright - United States
Access Conditions [Local] - For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libaries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
Identifier [Local] - CCM_Volume_16
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 400 ppi
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