1914 Oct 22

New York The 22^nd Day

I got the letter from you and don’t worry, my beloved Bronia I am, thank God, healthy[1] [and] on [my] legs, and you, don’t worry Bronisia, because I don’t know if we’ll see our parents anymore because my boss[2] got a card from our parents. To travel together with [other] people they escaped as far as Hungary, then they left from there but I don’t know how far away[3] from us they’re going to arrive, because then he says that he doesn’t have anything left to travel to the country with, but let’s pray to the Lord God, perhaps we will still see our parents. He finishes his writing [saying] I greet you[4] warmly, until I fondly see you[5] and I greet Pawloski, a write me, Pawlisio, how you like America

Pa, Pa….. Bronia also to you Paw, pa, pa, pa Until I see you[6] again

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[1] Male form

[2] Based on my notes, in the postcard referring to seeing “our parents” again, the word translated as “our” is a general Polish possessive meaning “his, her, their, our, mine, your (etc.)” according to the context. While the context of the card fairly clearly dictates the reading “our” in most cases, the phrase following “my boss got a card” could be translated as “from his parents,” who would then be the people escaping to Hungary, with concern about the writer’s and addressee’s parents implied indirectly by analogy, or perhaps more directly as people traveling in the same group. This reading might help explain the reference to “Pawlisio,” as someone more closely related to the boss’s family [?].

[3] Literally “how much”

[4] plural

[5] plural

[6] singular