Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from F. [Frederick] R. Wishman, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, June 19, 1886
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-053Abstract
Handwritten letter from Frederick R. Wishman, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, expressing embarrassment at the actions surrounding his departure from the Harbor, his intention to seek employment, and returning a key and blank, signed passes. He recommends Thomas Cufflin, Captain of House A, to fill his place. He explains that Ernst Pepper should not be given the position, who took $15 from Henry Brown, and who may intend to harm Captain [Hiram] Chaffee.
Name
Name: Wishman, Frederick R., -1893Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Name: Trask, Gustavus D. S. (Dunham Smith), 1837-1914
Role: Addressee
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
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: June 19 1886Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 25.5 x 20.4 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Cufflin, Thomas, 1844-1924
Chaffee, Hiram M., 1823-1897
Pepper, Ernest Fred, 1834-1916
Brown, Henry, -1885
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