Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Robert R. Rigby, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, September 6, 1890
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-322Abstract
Handwritten letter from Robert R. Rigby, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor residing in the Hudson River State Hospital, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, stating that he has been in the hospital for four months and does not know why he was sent there. He wishes to return to the Harbor as soon as possible.Name
Name: Rigby, Robert R.Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Name: Trask, Gustavus D. S. (Dunham Smith), 1837-1914
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 6 1890Place: Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.3 x 24.3 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospital patients