Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from J. [Joseph] W. Stevens, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, May 26, 1887
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-093Abstract
Handwritten letter from Joseph W. Stevens, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, explaining that J. [John] W. Smith, who died several days earlier, had given Stevens a small amount of money before his death, to which Stevens believes he is entitled. He mentions that this was given in the presence of two witnesses, the nurse and the other "the Patient Harvey" [William Harvey?] and that immediately afterward, he informed "Mr. [Frank?] Jeffers" of the facts.
Name
Name: Stevens, Joseph W., -1891Role: 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: May 26 1887Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 24.8 x 19.6 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
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