Handwritten letter from Henry Macy, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Thomas Melville. Macy offers to take charge of the library, reading room, church, and storeroom in the new building, so long as Melville is able to hire someone else to take charge of the coal oil lamps.
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.