Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0088

Abstract

Handwritten letter from William H. Starr, Commissioner of Charities, New London, Connecticut, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding Jonathan Chappell and Jeremiah Beebe, inmates of Sailors' Snug Harbor, who were previously residents of New London. Starr explains that Chappell and Beebe return occasionally to New London, "under pretense of visiting their friends," then visit saloons, spend their return fare money, and request money from Starr to return to Sailors' Snug Harbor. Starr asks that Governor Melville revoke the inmates' privilege to visit New London until they agree to pay their own expenses for travel. 

Name

Name: Starr, William Holt, 1808-
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Office of the Commissioner of Charities, New London (Conn.)

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

Type Of Resource

Texts

Note

The Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College.

Origin Info

Date Created: June 1878
Place: New London (Conn.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 26.7 x 20.2 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital