Request for financial help to the Minister of the Interior by Filippo Codispoti, a former Italian migrant to Cairo, who had to flee Egypt with his family in 1882
| Title | Request for financial help to the Minister of the Interior by Filippo Codispoti, a former Italian migrant to Cairo, who had to flee Egypt with his family in 1882 |
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| Publication Date: | Reggio Calabria, 21 September 1882 |
| Type | belge |
| Language | Undetermined |
| Digital | Yes |
| Manuscript | Yes |
| Library: | Museum With No Frontiers |
| Record ID | AWE_it_98 |
| Library Location | State Archives of Reggio Calabria |
| Date | Reggio Calabria, 21 September 1882 |
| Notes | In this letter Filippo Codispoti explained to the Italian Minister of Interior that he was born in Reggio Calabria (a town in Southern Italy) and was 17 years old before he migrated to Egypt. After years of hard work he had been able to reach a comfortable position and was running a wine and liquor shop, while his son was working as a shoemaker, and his daily pay was five and a half lire.He further explained that the civil war in Egypt had forced him to flee the country together with his wife and three children, leaving all his belongings in Egypt. He was now penniless and reduced to utter misery, and asked the government for financial help.According to governmental statistics, in 1882 there were 18,665 Italians in Egypt. The number of foreigners in Egypt totalled 90,886. |
| Bu sayfanın künyesi | Prepared by:Fortunata CHINDEMI,Maria Fortunata MINASI |
