HONORABLE WILLIAM H. TAFT,
President Red Cross,
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Mr. Taft:
I was this morning received in audience by the Pope, to whom my sponsor, Monsignor Ugolini, explained in succinct form the generous activity of the American Red Cross in connection with the sufferers in the recent earthquake in Calabria and Sicily. The Pope then gave his blessing to the American Red Cross, and while expressing his gratitude and high appreciation of the work of the Association, desired that his benediction might be known to its members. In seeking to fulfill this request, I know of no better method than to thus simply state the fact to you.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) SAMUEL L. PARRISH.
AMERICAN RED CROSS RECEIPTS BY STATES
For Italian Earthquake Relief to March 13, 1909, with Per Capita Contributions According to Census of 1909.
Attention is particularly invited to the remarkably generous contribution of California.
| | Mills per
capita |
| New York | $316,836.57 | 43.53 |
| California | 200,996.82 | 135.34 |
| Illinois | 97,475.04 | 20.21 |
| Missouri | 40,809.42 | 13.13 |
| Connecticut | 39,459.66 | 43.43 |
| Massachusetts | 37,061.45 | 13.21 |
| New Jersey | 31,417.38 | 16.67 |
| Wisconsin | 26,934.83 | 13.01 |
| Rhode Island | 24,048.65 | 56.11 |
| Pennsylvania | 19,416.51 | 3.08 |
| District of Columbia | 16,538.90 | 59.33 |
| Maryland | 16,496.16 | 13.88 |
| Ohio | 14,343.97 | 3.45 |
| Washington | 13,734.76 | 26.50 |
| Michigan | 12,450.49 | 5.10 |
| Iowa | 10,749.98 | 4.81 |
| Indiana | 9,285.00 | 3.68 |
| Utah | 6,506.00 | 23.50 |
| Virginia | 5,892.95 | 3.17 |
| Maine | 4,269.75 | 6.14 |
| New Hampshire | 4,054.84 | 9.85 |
| Alabama | 3,907.77 | 2.13 |
| South Carolina | 3,902.32 | 2.91 |
| Texas | 2,109.68 | .69 |
| Nebraska | 2,002.30 | 1.87 |
| Nevada | 1,955.92 | 46.20 |
| Louisiana | 1,864.00 | 1.34 |
| Montana | 1,781.71 | 7.32 |
| Minnesota | 1,777.16 | 1.01 |
| Kansas | 1,652.00 | 1.12 |
| West Virginia | 1,222.59 | 1.27 |
| Vermont | 1,153.90 | 3.35 |
| North Carolina | 1,148.35 | .60 |
| Delaware | 1,076.00 | 5.82 |
| Arizona | 794.27 | 6.46 |
| South Dakota | 778.82 | 1.93 |
| Colorado | 653.95 | 1.21 |
| Kentucky | 407.90 | .18 |
| Tennessee | 395.57 | .19 |
| Oregon | 381.67 | .92 |
| New Mexico | 309.75 | 1.58 |
| Oklahoma | 238.00 | .59 |
| Florida | 222.48 | .42 |
| Georgia | 205.86 | .09 |
| Mississippi | 123.36 | .07 |
| Arkansas | 83.04 | .06 |
| North Dakota | 77.00 | .24 |
| Idaho | 19.73 | .12 |
| Wyoming | 16.26 | .17 |
| Porto Rico | 5.00 | |
| “Anonymous,” not credited to States | 11.25 | |
| Quebec | 10.00 | |
| Mexico | 5.00 | |
| British Columbia | 1.00 | |
| Nova Scotia | 1.00 | |
| “Christian Herald,” New York | 55,000.00 | |
| Total | $1,034,073.74 | |