February 6, 1947. Letter from Vincenzo Vivo to Giuseppina Vivo

February 6, 1947. Letter from Vincenzo Vivo to Giuseppina Vivo

Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- History, Italian letters, Italians -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Vincenzo is happy that all of Rosina's family and his wife's sister's family is well. He heard his wife had a cold and a hard cough. He bought some towels for Maria, which he had to go to New York to buy and they cost four dollars. He is also sending coffee and planning to send more. He gives her an address of a company in Napoli to go in August for her travel arrangements to America. As with the other letters in the collection, this one is characterized by linguistic parculiarities including spelling and grammatical errors ("Subbito" = subito, "anno" = hanno, "a prendere" to mean "apprendere")

Vincenzo Vivo

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, City University of New York

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, City University of New York

1947-02-06

Talya Dunleavy

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, City University of New York

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