A handwritten Greek letter dated “Εν Νέα Υόρκη τη 23 Οκτωβρίου 1926” (“In New York, October 23, 1926”), signed with the flourish “Λάζαρος Γιαννόπ…” — almost certainly an outgoing letter draft retained as a copy in Lazaros’s working files. It is the first preserved sample of his own handwriting in this archive batch.
The Greek cursive is fluent and legible, consistent with a man with an Athens medical degree and three years of Paris postgraduate training. The body discusses Karamitrou-side matters (likely property or compensation business managed at distance for Eftyhia’s family), references a figure called “Μέγας Αλέξας” — “Great Alexander” — who may be the same “Uncle Alekos” surfaced in the 1937 Mytilene law-office correspondence, and mentions a γαμβρός (son-in-law or bridegroom) and a priest.
The letter was written about two and a half years after Lazaros’s arrival in the United States on the SS Themistocles, during the period when the family was settling into New York while continuing to manage their Greek-side affairs — refugee compensation claims, family correspondence, and the steady remittance of dollars back to relatives still in Greece. The recipient is not yet identified.
