Letter from John Silvestro to Sacco-Vanzetti National League, December 27, 1928

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Silvestro to Sacco-Vanzetti National League, December 27, 1928
Title (alt.):
John Di Silvestro Letters
Description:
John Di Silvestro served as the leader of the Sons of Italy in America, located in Philadelphia PA. In this letter to the Sacco-Vanzetti National League, Di Silvestro states that he did not know Bartolomeo Vanzetti personally, but knew his father and grandfather. The letter recounts a recent visit to Villafalletto, Italy. The Sacco-Vanzetti trial challenged and shed light on issues within the American justice system. Throughout the trial and even after, citizens from all over the country and abroad supported the National Sacco-Vanzetti League in hopes of getting Sacco and Vanzetti exonerated.
Correspondent:
Di Silvestro, John
Addressee:
Sacco-Vanzetti National League
Date:
1928 (created)
1928 (issued)
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Genre:
letter
Personal correspondence
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Special Collections Storage; Mrs. Walter Frank Collection: Box 1 Folder 64 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Sacco and Vanzetti Collection
Series:
Series I. Sacco-Vanzetti National League (New York, NY)
Subjects:
Di Silvestro, John--Correspondence
Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts--Dedham
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921
Trials (Murder)--United States
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927
Sacco-Vanzetti National League
Extent:
1 letter (1 page) ; 28 cm. x 22 cm.
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10192/53474
Terms of Use:
Open Access
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Place of origin:
Winfield, NY
Language:
English
Notes:
Signed by the correspondent.
On Providence Washington Insurance Co. letterhead
Notes (funding):
Digitization made possible through the Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Identifier:
MWalB02190_063