Letter from Morais, Leon to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Jan 1894
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Leon to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Jan 1894
- Date Created
- 16 January 1894
- Format
- 1 page on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 7, Folder 5
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3cz32q7t/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3cz32q7t
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx7FF5_6.xml
- content
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The
Rossmore Hotel
WABASH AVE. NEAR 18TH ST.
CHICAGO USA.
200 ROOMS AMERICAN PLAN.
HAUK & LEE
PROPRIETORS.
Chicago Ills. Jan 16th 94
Dear Father
I received your letter with the Five Dollars this makes thirty five dollars that you have advanced me so far.
How I do wish I was at work for with all my wickedness I am not lazy and would do anything to make an honest living, if I were in a city where I knew no one I would even clean streets, drive a horse car or sell papers.
I was compelled to take a room last week here for $3 for one week as the papers warned people against lodging houses where there was no ventilation and so many men, and as I had a few dollars left after the $15 you sent me I resolved to come here for a week as I thought by that time I would be through with Chicago, but my rent is up tomorrow and I shall go to the cheaper places again being as careful as I can, here I had the benefit of a splendid bath.
I dont know why I even was born, for God knows I have been the "block shelf" of a good family, but do please Father help to raise me up to what I was when I was in Kansas City not long ago.
I anxiously await another letter from you. Yours most penitent Leon
c/o General Delivery. Post Office Chicago Ills. - Identifier
- p3cz32q7t
- identifier
- SMBx7FF5_6
Part of Letter from Morais, Leon to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Jan 1894
Morais, Leon and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Morais, Leon to Morais, Sabato. Chicago, IL; Jan 1894”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88521