Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Ambrose Snow, of Snow & Burgess, July 13, 1878
Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Ambrose Snow, of Snow & Burgess, July 13, 1878

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Ambrose Snow, of Snow & Burgess, July 13, 1878


Identifier
SC-0016-III-A-1-0091
Abstract
Handwritten letter from Ambrose Snow, of Snow & Burgess, to Captain Thomas Melville, explaining that he had a visitor, Thomas McCormick, who told him of a man named Adam Lake, who is very ill, in Richmond County. Snow states that he does not personally know Lake but asks if Melville will consider accepting him into the Sailors' Snug Harbor to "smoothe the way of his decent [sic] to the Grave."
Name
Name: Snow, Ambrose, 1813-1895
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Snow & Burgess

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: July 13 1878
Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence), letters of recommendation
Physical Description
extent: 22.9 x 14.4 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital