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Box 1

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to Mrs. Cerise Jack; [Dedham], 29 December 1922

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

On receiving basket of apples and photograph of her garden, and on his feelings of hopelessness. 1 s. (1 p.) Togheter with another copy. [One of the letters collected by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson for puplication, but not used.]

Dates: 29 December 1922

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. A.L.S. to Aldino [Felicani] and "compagni e amici carissimi"; [Dedham, February 1923]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Dicsussing talks with Fred H. Moore, hunger strike, need for action, etc.  2 s. (6 p.) In Italian.

Dates: February 1923]

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. Printed extract; [Dedham, 23 November 1923]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Clipping from Elizabeth Glendower Evans' pamphlet "Outstanding Features of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case" to Elizabeth Glendower Evans. Together with handwritten footnote on separate sheet. [Published in Elizabeth Glendower Evans' "Outstanding Features of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case (N.Y., 1924), p; 45, and in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 9-10.]

Dates: 23 November 1923]

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to Mrs. [Cerise] Jack; [Dedham], 12 January 1924

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Discussing the pain he has under his heart and in his stomach during the night, and feeling weak but in good spirits. 1 s. (1 p.) [One of the letters collected by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson for publication, but not used]

Dates: 12 January 1924

Sacco, Nicola, 1881-1927. T.L. (copy) to Mrs. [Cerise] Jack; [Dedham], 26 February 1924

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Writes about pacing his cell every night while thinking and reminiscing. 2 s. (3 p.) Together with an incomplete copy. [Published in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 14-17.]

Dates: 26 February 1924

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. A.L.S. to Aldino [Felicani]; [Dedham], 7 August 1924

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Requesting copy of "La Notizia", and asking him about the meeting at which his wife (Rosina Sacco) should have read his statement. 1 s. (2 p.) In Italian. Signed "Fredinando Sacco".Translation:Sacco asks for an issue of Notizia in which there was to have been some protest on their behalf; he has received the wrong issue. Why has there been nothing in the American press. He wants to know...
Dates: 7 August 1924

Jackson, Gardner, 1896-1965. Ms. footnote; [n.p.], 6 June 1925

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Regarding Margaret Surtleff (Mrs. Arthur A. Shurtleff), relative to Nicola Sacco's letter to the same of 6 June 1925. Accompanying letter missing [published in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928) pp. 27-28.]

Dates: 6 June 1925

Debs, Eugene V., 1855-1926. T.L. (copy) to Nicola Sacco; Terra Haute, 5 September 1925

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Acknowledging receipt of his letter, and praising him and Vanzetti for their sacrifices and unfaltering faith in the cause of freedom. 2 s. (2 p.)

Dates: 5 September 1925

Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee, New York. T. cable (copy) to Nicola Sacco; New York, 10 July 1926

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Sending greetings from conference representing 500,000 workers, held in New York on July 9. 1 s. (1 p.)

Dates: 10 July 1926

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to Mrs. [Cerise] Jack; Dedham, 12 November 1926

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Expressing regret for not having been able to properly learn English - a failure caused by his being in prison and removed from his family. 1 s. (1 p.) Together with another copy. (2 s./ 2 p.)  [Published, in part, in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardenr Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 25-36.]

Dates: 12 November 1926

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Dedham, 2 Febuary 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Writes about images that crowd his mind - particularly one of home, his children and wife - and referring to "Boncetta" (i.e. Concetta Di Lillo?], a visit from Elizabeth Glendower Evans and Jessica Henderson, his son (Dante), and Vanzetti's pamplhet ["Background of the Plymouth Trial"]. 2 s. (2 p.) From "Ferdinando" (i.e. Nicola Sacco). Together with another copy. [Published, in part, in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited...
Dates: 2 Febuary 1927

Evans, Elizabeth Glendower, 1856-1937. T.N. (copy) to Nicola Sacco; Boston, 8 March 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

About Anna Bloom sending him a copy of Fleix Frankferter's book [The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti]. 1 s. (1 p.) On p. 1-2: T.L. (copy) from Anna Bloom (secretary to Mrs. Evans), referring to Gertrude L. Winslow and the Community Church in Boston.

Dates: 8 March 1927

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to [Leonard D.] Abbott; Dedham, 1 April 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Mentioning "the interview by Esther Lowell in the last issue of the Sacco-Vanzetti bulletin". [Published, in part, in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928), pp. 49-50.]

Dates: 1 April 1927

Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee (Cleveland). T. cable (copy) to Nicola Sacco; Cleveland, 4 May 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

On behalf of the international protest meeting held in Cleveland on May 3, expressing utmost faith in innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti. 2 s. (2 p.)

Dates: 4 May 1927

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. T.L. (copy) to "Auntie Be"; Charlestown, 5 July 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

On the illusions of his comrades, Abraham Lincoln's letters, and Fleix Frankfurter's speaking tour in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti. 2 s. (2 p.) Together with another copy. [Published in The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti, edited by Marion D. Frankfurter and Gardner Jackson (N.Y., 1928). pp. 64-65.]

Dates: 5 July 1927

Thomas, Norman M. [ 1884-1968]. T.L.S. to Nicola Sacco; N.Y., 4 August 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Regarding Governor Alvan T. Fuller's statement and his hope that the Governor will ultimately grant him clemency. 1 s. (1 p.)

Dates: 4 August 1927

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927. Ms.L.  (in B. Vanzetti's hand) to Nicola (in Italy); Dedham, 27 Arpil 1922

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents On being shut in, being tired of legal practices, and lack of faith in Webster Thayer or new trial. 2 s. ( 3p.) In Italian.Translation:“It has been two years that I have been shut into a small cell, always shut in, except for visiting time . . .” “Only after the trial did I get one hour a day in the courtyard, and if I feel fairly well, I owe it to exercise in my cell . ..” He goes on to say that he is tired of being a prisoner, sick of...
Dates: 27 Arpil 1922