Handwritten letter from William Hilt, inmate, Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Thomas Melville, regarding [Edwin] Barlow, who he accuses of assaulting a number of Harbor inmates. In the letter and notes on the back are names including Buckley, Warbeck, Calder, Dave Jone, Brittan, Patterson, Calder, Parrott, Jerry [Jeremiah] Latour, Captain Frank Smith [F. L. A. M. Smith?], William Ward, Lewis, and Wheaton, "or any old Inmate.] Hilt requests that a warrant be procured for Barlow's arrest. There are pencil notes on the back regarding a number of these incidents.
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.