Letter to Sailors' Snug Harbor from former inmate Andrew Jackson, Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, August 9, 1882
Identifier
SC-0016-III-A-1-0251Abstract
Handwritten letter from former inmate Andrew Jackson, of Sailors' Snug Harbor, presumably to Captain Thomas Melville, informing him that the reason Jackson had not returned when his pass expired was that he had been duped into getting drunk and was arrested and taken to the Tombs [prison], where the presiding judge, Justice Gardner, sent him to prison for three months. Jackson begs for assistance. There is a note in blue pencil at the top of the note that is mostly illegible, apart from the word "Brooklyn."
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: August 9 1882Place: Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.4 x 12.8 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Melville, Thomas, 1830-1884
Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary (New York, N.Y.)
Manhattan Detention Complex (New York, N.Y.)