Referring to [Benito] Mussolini and the finding of [Giacomo] Matteotti's body. 1 s. (1 p.) On same page: quotation from Tom Paine, and poem by Robert Whitaker.

About  his hunger strike to protest Judge Webster Thayer's delay in deciding about the motions argued seven months earlier. 3 s. (3 p.) In Felice Guadagni's hand.

Announcing the beginning of his hunger strike. 1 s. (1 p.) On same sheet: first part of Vanzetti's letter to Balckwell dated 3 June 1924. [Copy edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson, and used for publication.] [Published in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 123-124.]

1 s. ( 1p.) In Italian.

On first page: Vanzetti's T.N. (copy) to Blackwell dated 1 June 1924. [Copy edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson, and used for publication.] [Published, in part, in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 124-125.] See Item3 in this folder.

Mentioning V[irginia] A. M[ac]M[echan]. 1 s. (1 p.)

Thanking her for her support. 1 s. (1 p.)

Thanking her for her support. 1 s. (1 p.)

Thanking her for brithday greeting. 1 s. (1p.)

1 s. (1 p.) In Italian.

Translation:

“How are you . .. your mother . . . your children . . . Am fine, strong and more committed than ever  . . . Love to all.”

1 s. (2 p.) In Italian.

Thanking him for his letters. 1 s. (1 p.) In Italian.

Translation:

Thanks him warmly for the beauty and goodness of his letters. Knows of loss of Mottorino’s mother. Is also writing in the name of Nicola who sends him loving greetings. Admires his work in Italy. Hopes he will be well.

1 s. (1 p.)

Referring to Webster Thayer, the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, and failure of Italian workers in effectively counterattacking facists. 1 s. (2 p.) Together with another copy. [One of the letters collected by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson for publication, but not used.]

Telling him to keep up hope and to take care of himself. 2 s. (2 p.) In Italian.

Translation:

Vanzetti has just heard of his whereabouts; hopes this finds him better. Keep up hope for you, for me, and for the cause.

2 s. (2 p.) In Italian. [Published in Bartolomeo Vanzetti's Non Piangete la Mia Morte: Lettere Familiari (Roma, 1962). pp. 114-115.]

Regarding Nicola Sacco's hostile behavior toward her and others. 2s (2 p.) [Copy edited by Marion D.Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson, and used for publication.] Together with another copy. [Published, in part, in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 126-127.]