Identifier

SC-0016-I-D-1-B-077

Abstract

Handwritten letter from J. [John] B. Tullock, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, regarding a debt of ten cents that he is owed by another inmate, "Volsky" [William Volske], known as "Billy the Baker," who purchased a quart of blackberries from Tullock on credit and has not paid him back. Tullock asks for Trask's help in recovering the debt and states that even Volske's roommate, Mr. Barber, has stated Volske will not pay back the money. Tullock also claims that Volske, who came from the Seamen's Retreat via Dr. [C. Henry] King, had not served enough time to qualify to be an inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor, based on the word of "Captain Rogers," presumably also an inmate.

Name

Name: Tullock, John B., -1902
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

Texts

Origin Info

Date Created: December 1 1886
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 35.6 x 43.3 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital