Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0140

Abstract

Handwritten letter from Robert Hawke, of the office of Philip B. Low, Rigger, to Captain Thomas Melville. Hawke mentions that he was recently informed by a sailor that Captain James B. Bell, formerly of the ship "William Tapscott" and lastly of a ship named after himself, had recently died at Sailors' Snug Harbor. Hawke asks Melville to inform him whether or not this is the case, as an old friend of Captain Bell's.

Name

Name: Hawke, Robert
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Philip B. Low, Rigger

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

Type Of Resource

Texts

Note

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

Origin Info

Date Created: December 28 1878
Place: New York (N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 25.2 x 20 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital