Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0050

Abstract

Copy of a handwritten letter to Charles H. Marshall from Captain Thomas Melville, stating that he is replying to Marshall's inquiry about the "colored" inmates of Sailors' Snug Harbor. He states that Isaac [Isaiah?] Hunter was the first admitted after the Snug Harbor was opened to colored inmates on August 1, 1833. Hunter was born in Winchester, Virginia. Melville states that the second colored inmate was admitted in September 1842, the next in August 1843, and that there have been over one hundred admitted since. 

Name

Name: Melville, Thomas, 1830-1884
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)

Name: Marshall, Charles H.
Role: Addressee

Type Of Resource

Texts

Note

The Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College.

Origin Info

Date Created: January 20 1877
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 25.2 x 19.2 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital