Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0145

Abstract

Handwritten file copy of a letter from Governor Thomas Melville to Mrs. Mary Cushing, accompanying a watch and seals left by her deceased father, Captain William Cushing. He requests that she sign the enclosed receipt. Melville also states that he left $17.50, which will be used to purchase a stone for his grave.

Name

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

Name: Cushing, Mary
Role: Addressee

Type Of Resource

Texts

Note

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: January 22 1879
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital