Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0154

Abstract

Handwritten letter from Samuel H. Hall, of the American Seamen's Friend Society, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding former inmate Richard Rosseau [Rousseau]. Hall acknowledges that Rousseau abused his privileges and left the harbor, "only to fall under his old tempter." Hall asks Melville to readmit Rousseau, so that he can be in a situation where he has restraints, "[f]or his poor mother's sake and for the sake of his Father, Gen. Rousseau of Kentucky, who gave his life for his Country..." 

Name

Name: Hall, Samuel H. (Samuel Haight), 1819-1890
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: American Seamen's Friend Society

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

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: May 12 1879
Place: New York (N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 21.1 x 13.8 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital