Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from J. H. H. [James Henry Hobbs] Hewett, May 6, 1880


Identifier
SC-0016-III-A-1-0187
Abstract
Handwritten letter from J. H. H. [James Henry Hobbs] Hewett, attorney, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding Hewett's client, Captain John Patterson, an inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor. Hewett explains that he is Patterson's attorney and executor and understands Patterson to be ill and not expected to recover, so requests a telegram be sent to him upon Patterson's death. Hewett also wishes Patterson's remains to be sent to him at the request of Patterson's children.
Name
Name: Hewett, James Henry Hobbs, 1836-1909
Role: Author

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 6 1880
Place: Thomaston (Me.)
Genre
letters (correspondence), business letters
Physical Description
extent: 25.3 x 20.3 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital