Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from John Lockwood, September 19, 1882
Identifier
SC-0016-III-A-1-0257Abstract
Handwritten letter from John Lockwood, gas and hydraulic engineer, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding a previous conversation between the two about gasworks in New Brighton. Lockwood mentions that he is starting an "opposition gas works" to reduce the price for providing gas, and offers to provide a proposal to furnish Sailors' Snug Harbor with gas for five years.
Name
Name: Lockwood, John, 1814-1891Role: Author
Name: Melville, Thomas, 1830-1884
Role: Addressee
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Type Of Resource
TextsNote
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: September 19 1882Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence), business letters, commercial correspondencePhysical Description
extent: 25.4 x 20.5 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Gas companies--United States
Gas companies--Rates--United States
Gas
New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)