Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from J. [Joseph] R. Wilson, August, 24, 1872
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-A-074Abstract
Handwritten letter from J. [Joseph] R. Wilson, writing from the N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane on Wards Island, to Captain Thomas Melville, asking whether Wilson has been expelled from Sailors' Snug Harbor. Wilson has spoken to Dr. Lafferty at the asylum, who said that he could ask Melville about returning, and expresses a strong desire to return to the Harbor so that he may see his friends again, as well as Mr. [Charles J.] Jones, the Harbor chaplain.
Name
Name: Melville, Thomas, 1830-1884Role: Addressee
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Name: Wilson, Joseph R., -1885
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane
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: August 24 1872Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 19.6 x 12.9 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Lafferty, James Delamere, 1849-1920N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Jones, Charles J. (Charles John), 1818-1907
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospital patients
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