Letter to the Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from William Blake, Out Door Poor Department, Department of Public Charities and Correction, New York, N.Y., March 30, 1882
Identifier
SC-0016-III-A-1-0225Abstract
Handwritten letter from William Blake, Superintendent, Out Door Poor Department, Department of Public Charities and Correction, New York, N.Y. to the Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, regarding an individual named George Davidson, who claims that he was expelled from Sailors' Snug Harbor for being drunk. Blake explains that his department has cared for Davidson, that he believes Davidson to be genuine in claiming that he will behave better, and asks if Davidson can be readmitted to Sailors' Snug Harbor. Received while Captain Thomas Melville was governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor.
Name
Name: Blake, William W., 1837-1897Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Charities and Correction
Type Of Resource
TextsNote
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 30 1882Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence), letters of recommendationPhysical Description
extent: 28 x 21.7 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital