Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from D. D. D., Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, November 22, 1866 [sic]
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-072Abstract
Handwritten letter from an inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor who intentionally identifies himself only as D. D. D., to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, explaining that he has read an article in the World of November 17, 1886 in which Trask expresses his interest in hearing suggestions from the inmates. The writer states that many of the inmates are elderly and that as they get up quite early, the rooms are cold and the inmates struggle. He states that in previous years the steam was turned on earlier, so that this was not a problem, and asks that this happen again.Name
Name: D. D. D.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: November 22 1886Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.2 x 24.9 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital