1859 · Naples, Italy
by HALL, Gustavus
Naples, Italy, 1859. Very Good. ALS. Quarto bifolium, 1p. Napoli, December 3, 1859. Folded with postmark ink stamps and postal delivery note “per Liverpool” in manuscript. The upper right corner is partly creased, else near fine. In this letter to his father, the confident young Bostonian Gustavus Hall explains his decision to abandon college and become an opera singer, noting that he has secured work as a teacher, and that he will be studying under two Italian masters:
“I wrote to you weeks ago giving you my reasons why I could not enter the college! I now wish to explain what I am doing. I have got Maestro [Domenico] Scafati & I have (truncated)
“I wrote to you weeks ago giving you my reasons why I could not enter the college! I now wish to explain what I am doing. I have got Maestro [Domenico] Scafati & I have (truncated)