Letter to the Superintendent of Sailors' Snug Harbor from R. B. [Robert Bennet] Forbes, of Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston, November 27, 1869
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-A-027Abstract
Handwritten letter from R. B. [Robert Bennet] Forbes, of Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston, to the Superintendent of Sailors' Snug Harbor, regarding man named George W Bowle, [name unclear], who has recently entered the Harbor in Boston on probation. Forbes has learned that the man was at the Harbor on Staten Island, and is writing to get all the information on him that the Staten Island Harbor has. The annotation on the back has a different name to the one on the front, reading G. [George] W. Balls. Received while Captain Thomas Melville was governor of Sailors’ Snug Harbor.
Name
Name: Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors’ Snug Harbor of Boston
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: November 27 1869Place: Boston (Mass.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 24.7 x 19.6 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston
Melville, Thomas, 1830-1884
Balls, George W.