Blurred nationalities across the North Atlantic : traders, priests, and their kin travelling between North America and the Italian Peninsula, 1763-1846

Foreword by Olga Zorzi PugliesePreface and AcknowledgementsContentsAbbreviations Introduction: "Contributors" and the "Enlightened" or, the Invention of ItaliannessColombo, Caboto, Verrazzano: Allegiance to What?From Bressani the Jesuit to Castiglioni the TravellerWere Travel Reports Trustworthy and Influential?The "Contribution School": The Illusory Search for CompletenessThe "Enlightenment School": Were They All Real Italians? 1. Early Relations between the Italian Peninsula and North America: Cod Fish, Leghorn, and Genoa, 1744–1839The Cod Fish Networks, 1766–85Leghorn, 1744–88Genoa, 1759–1839 2. Early Relations between the Italian Peninsula and North America: Naples, Turin, Venice, Trieste, and Milan, 1761–1825Naples and Sicily, 1778–1809Turin and Piedmont, 1777–1825Venice and Trieste, 1761–96Milan and Lombardy, 1784–1824 3. Rome, the Italian Peninsula's Most International Capital: Students, Consuls, and Distinguished Visitors, 1788–1848Two American Young Men in the Eternal City, 1788–97Sartori's Double Allegiance: Roman and American Consul, 1793–1841Cicognani: Rome's Trusted American Consul, 1810–48Literary Legacy: Thayer, Plessis, and Grassi, 1783–1820 4. Rome: Priests across the Ocean and the Extent of Romanization, 1801–36Rome's Catholic Priests Go to North America: Their Background and Heritage, 1801–30North American Priests in Rome: Competing Networks, 1815–30The Moulding of a North American Catholic Élite: The Urban College, 1815–36The Moulding of a North American Catholic Élite: The Roman College, 1818–29 5. North Atlantic Networks of Trade and Religion: Leghorn and Filippo Filicchi, 1788–1816F. Filicchi's and A. Filicchi's Role in Leghorn's Political and Economic Life, 1788–1840F. Filicchi's Early Life and Career, 1763–85F. Filicchi's Two Visits to the United States, 1785–8, 1789–90F. Filicchi: Leghorn's Trusted American Consul, 1794–8  Networks of People and Interests: The Seton-Bayley-Curson Extended Family, 1784–1857Networks of People and Interests: F. Filicchi, A. Filicchi, and the American Catholics, 1785–1842 6. Antonio Filicchi's Business and Personal Networks across the North Atlantic, 1816–47People, Goods, and Ideas in A. Filicchi's Activities, 1816–47The Entrepreneur: Vito Viti, 1828–41The Scientist: Carlo L. Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano, 1828–39Merchants and Traders, 1828–41Artists and Kin, 1828–41 7. Angelo Inglesi, from Rome with Love: The Ultimate Scoundrel Priest in North America, c.1795–1825Inglesi's European Background and Arrival in Quebec City, 1795–1819Louisiana: Inglesi Enthrals Bishop Dubourg, 1819–20Louisiana: Early Doubts Creep In, 1822–3Europe: Inglesi's Fundraising Tour, 1820–1Rome: Inglesi, a Man Sent by Providence, 1821Rome and Umbria: Suspicions and Reality, 1821From Tuscany to France: Inglesi Retraces His Steps, 1822–3Philadelphia: Joining the Hogan Schism, 1823Philadelphia to Haiti: Inglesi's Ignominious End, 1824–5Inglesi's Last Supporters: Father Rese and Consul Deabbate in Defence of a “Son of Italy”, 1823–4 Conclusion: Lives of Non-Illustrious Men TablesCod (Stoccafisso), Salted Cod (Baccalà), and Salmon Imports from North America to Leghorn, 1766–99Arrivals (50) in Leghorn of Ships from North America, 1770–4Roles of the Crews of Six Leghorn Ships That Voyaged to North America Listed by Hierarchical Standing, 1779–85Ships in Genoa, 1785–94Ships in Genoa, 1815–7Ships and Atlantic Crossings from and to Leghorn, 1792–5Registered Visitors to the Consulate of the United States in Rome, 1824–35North American Students at the Urban College, Rome, 1788–1842Alabaster and Marble as Mentioned in the Documents of the Lettere Series in the Archivio Filicchi, 1828–41 BibliographyPrimary SourcesArchival SourcesReference WorksBooksPeriodicalsSecondary Sources Index