Luigi Monti letter

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{"value"=>"MssCol 17884", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1869", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1869"}

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1869

date_inclusive_end

1869

keydate

1869

unittitle

{"value"=>"Luigi Monti letter"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letter from Luigi Monti, instructor of Italian at Harvard University and United States Consul to Italy, to William (no last name given), dated at Palermo, March 19th, 1869. Letter relates to an anticipated visit from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his quality of life in Palermo; concerns over the education of his daughter; and his consular work, diplomatic conditions, and interest in a position in Marseilles. References to Mrs. Parsons suggest that the recipient may be the poet Thomas William Parsons, Monti's brother-in-law."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Luigi Monti letter, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Monti, Luigi", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Letter from Luigi Monti, instructor of Italian at Harvard University and United States Consul to Italy, to William (no last name given), dated at Palermo, March 19th, 1869. Letter relates to an anticipated visit from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his quality of life in Palermo; concerns over the education of his daughter; and his consular work, diplomatic conditions, and interest in a position in Marseilles. References to Mrs. Parsons suggest that the recipient may be the poet Thomas William Parsons, Monti's brother-in-law.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchase, Wormser, 1934.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1869

date_end

1869

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