Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0215

Abstract

Handwritten letter from Charles Orr, M.D., of the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding payment of a bill for Sailors' Snug Harbor inmate Horace Curtis, who stayed at the Infirmary for four weeks while receiving treatment for his eyes. The superintendent of the Infirmary, "Miss C. E. De Treville" presented a bill to Mr. [Thomas?] Greenleaf, who stated that as Curtis's permit to leave the Snug Harbor was for only one week, only one week of his board would be paid. Orr explains that treatment required four weeks, as Curtis's eyes were "seriously afflicted" and that the attending surgeon, Dr. [Peter] Callan deemed four weeks necessary for treating him. Orr requests payment of the full amount of board for the four weeks. 

Name

Name: Orr, Charles, 1850-1895
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

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: February 10 1882
Place: New York (N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence), business letters

Physical Description

extent: 20.4 x 13.3 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital
Note: first page
; extent: 20.4 x 13.5 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital
Note: second page