Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Jas. [James] E. Cole, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, May 4, 1886
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-045Abstract
Two handwritten letters of the same date, handwritten on the same page, from James E. Cole, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask. In the first, Cole suggests that the large maps in the reading room be made more accessible. In the second, Cole proposes that an "octangular or circular" building be erected with an aquarium in the middle and the outside a "cosmorama where sea views and prominent sea ports" be displayed. 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: May 4 1886
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.4 x 25.5 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital
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