Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from George A. Downing, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, October 10, 1886
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-066Abstract
Handwritten letter from George A. Downing, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor residing at the Sailors' Snug Harbor Hospital, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask regarding an incident he claims occurred between a man "they call Martin, a black man" and himself. He claims Martin threatened him and names several witnesses to the argument. Below the letter is a notation from October 16, 1886, with notes on what was said by each of these witnesses, including John Freeman, Thomas Davis, Joseph Evans, and Charles Pierson. [Cataloger's note: The letter is undated but the filing notation states that the date was October 10.]
Name
Name: Downing, George A.,Role: 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: October 10 1886Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
dateModified: October 16 1886
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.4 x 24.7 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
Subjects
Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)Freeman, John
Davis, Thomas,
Evans, Joseph, -1900
Pierson, Charles