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I agree with Emma about liking the tone of the piece. Most tales or accounts of people immigrating to the United States around this time usually are filled with bad tales, deaths, sicknesses etc. It was interesting to point out the fact though that maybe she was not being 100% truthful about it to ease her family's worry. -Amy Van Ness | I agree with Emma about liking the tone of the piece. Most tales or accounts of people immigrating to the United States around this time usually are filled with bad tales, deaths, sicknesses etc. It was interesting to point out the fact though that maybe she was not being 100% truthful about it to ease her family's worry. -Amy Van Ness | ||
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| + | I agree that the tone of these letters were a nice change of pace. However, I also find it hard to believe that immigration was full of happiness and sunshine. Especially since every other story that I have heard was a lot more negative. I think that the immigrants that wrote these letters were lying to try to keep their families from worrying about them. -Katelyn Lease | ||
== William Sanger, New York Prostitutes, 1858 == | == William Sanger, New York Prostitutes, 1858 == | ||
