Letter from Three Italian Immigrants Requesting to Return to Italy
6/16/1915
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This letter was translated on behalf of three Italian immigrants requesting to return to Italy as soon as possible after it was determined they were unfit to work. It comes from a file about European war, German refugees, deportation of Italians, and alien deportations from 1914–1915.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2014 Summer Workshop in Washington, D.C.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2014 Summer Workshop in Washington, D.C.
Transcript
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
ELLIS ISLAND
As we have now made up our mind to return to Italy, we beg you to send us back, as soon as possible, as we have children, who perhaps are dying of hunger; take pity of us, fathers of family, and we ask to be deported to Italy, as you think we are not able to work.
Respectfully,
(Sig.) Mondo Domenico
" " Giovi Giuseppe
" " Fioretto Luigi
Translated from
Itailan by U.S. Interpreter A. Viglezz (sp?)
June 16, 1915
This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
National Archives Identifier: 29915427
Full Citation: Letter from Three Italian Immigrants Requesting to Return to Italy; 6/16/1915; 53854/39I; European War - German Refugees - Deportation of Italians - Alien Deportations, 1914 - 1915; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 - 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives at Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-italian-immigrants, April 17, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.