Letter to Captain Thomas Malvill [Melville], Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from John Steers, [Undertaker, Staten Island Cemetery], March 23, 1869


Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-A-023
Abstract

Handwritten letter from John Steers, undertaker of Staten Island Cemetery, to Captain Thomas Malvill [Melville], regarding the cost of burying the dead of Sailors' Snug Harbor, [presumably at the Staten Island Cemetery which Steers was affiliated with]. Steers notes that the cost will be eight dollars.

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

Name: Steers, John
Role: Author
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: March 23 1869
Place: West Brighton (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence), business letters
Physical Description
extent: 20.4 x 12.4 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital