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We found ourselves in a dire situation, and having used all the little money
we took to America from Italy, in various quarrels
against that rascal to obtain a justice never found,
we thought of migrating again to America to New York, where
we are since a year ago, abandoning so our ungrateful homeland
with all that live there…

My children in Buenos aires wrote [asking] that we visit them,
all together with my brother, his wife and family: we replied no,
preferring to stay away from everybody, that if they wanted to help
their Beloved Parents thay could send something, that we would accept very gratefully . . . . they did not reply ever again, God forgive them!

Now, in name of God and Jesus Christ and of the Saint Church of the
Latter Days Saints, I pray the kindness of you
sir, most excellent, if you could give me an aid,
I ask this as a gift and charity after 40 years on the next 3 of March,
that I belong to the Mormon Religion.

I ask this, my most excellent sir, because I find myself without any job,
reduced to be a cook, a good profession, but
because I do not understand the English language, I am not accepted in any place
this is such a sad situation for me with my 59 years!