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    Camillo Paolo Fillippo Giulio Benso di Cavour

    Birth: 8-10-1810

    Death: 6-6-1861

Biography

Count Camillo Benso di Cavour was an influential native of Turin when William Henry Seward visited in November of 1859. The count served as Prime Minister of Sardinia before participating as a proponent of Italian unification, and ultimately becoming the 1st Prime Minister of unified Italy. Mentioned in 18590531CharlesSumner_WHS: "At Turin I saw the Count de Cavour, the statesman who is now organizing this great contest for Independence."

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 3, 1859

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Count Camillo Benso di Cavour was an influential native of Turin when William Henry Seward visited in November of 1859. The count served as Prime Minister of Sardinia before participating as a proponent of Italian unification, and ultimately becoming the 1st Prime Minister of unified Italy. Mentioned in 18590531CharlesSumner_WHS: "At Turin I saw the Count de Cavour, the statesman who is now organizing this great contest for Independence."
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