Handwritten letter from Henry Macy, inmate and librarian at Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask and family, congratulating them on the rescue of Trask's son on August 12, and describing circumstances in which Macy saved two men from drowning, one a schoolmate and the other a sailor Macy encountered in the Sandwich Islands.
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.