Identifier

SC-0016-I-D-1-A-043

Abstract

Handwritten letter from Rev. Chas. [Charles] J. Jones, Chaplain of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding a complaint Jones has about an inmate named Joseph Wilson. According to Jones, Wilson has been disturbing the prayer meetings that Jones holds, and notes this is his third offense. Jones asks Melville to do something about Wilson's behavior, and provides a list of names to act as witnesses of the incident, including Cornelius Stevens, Evan Jones, Josiah B. Fitch, Thomas Colder, John Parrott, John Wilson, John Fisher, and John Boyd. 

Name

Name: Jones, Charles J. (Charles John), 1818-1907
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)

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: March 18 1871
Place: Staten Island (N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 27.6 x 42.7 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital