Identifier

SC-0016-III-A-1-0221

Abstract

Handwritten letter from Mrs. Lizzie L. [Elizabeth Luce] Ames, requesting information on the health of her husband, Alonzo [C.] Ames, as he writes her that his health is improving but she believes that it is not. She asks that he not be told about her letter. Received while Captain Thomas Melville was the governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor.  In the upper left corner is an embossed seal with domed buildings and the header "CONGRESS" and the paper appears to have been torn from a larger sheet.

Name

Name: Ames, Elizabeth Luce, 1844-1899
Role: Author

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: March 19 1882
Place: Cottage City (Mass.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 20.5 x 12.7 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital