SUNY Maritime Digital Archive : Text : Letter to Sailors' Snug Harbor, from James O. Elliott, former inmate, Sailors' Snug Harbor, June 6, 1887 [SC-0016-I-D-1-B-098]

Letter to Sailors' Snug Harbor, from James O. Elliott, former inmate, Sailors' Snug Harbor, June 6, 1887

Identifier

SC-0016-I-D-1-B-098

Abstract

Handwritten letter from James O. Elliott, former inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor writing from the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie, stating that he wants to be discharged from "this horrid Hole" and that he does not ask to return to the Harbor, just to be discharged from the Asylum, as he is of a sane mind. Received while Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask was the governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor.

Name

Name: Elliott, James O., -1901
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

Type Of Resource

Texts

Note

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 6 1887
Place: Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Physical Description

extent: 20.4 x 25.2 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital

Related Objects

Related Collections

Sailors' Snug Harbor Records
Sailors' Snug Harbor--Inmates--Administration and Correspondence