Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Henry C. Burch, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, February 17, 1888
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-129Abstract
Handwritten letter from Henry C. Burch, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, complaining about Mr. [J.] O'Brien, a waiter at table No. 17, lower east dining room. Burch describes several hostile encounters between O'Brien and himself and states that "Mr. Brooks who works for Doctor Bogart" will vouch for Burch's account of an incident that involved kicking.
Name
Name: Burch, Henry C., 1829-1895Role: 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: February 17 1888Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 40.5 x 31.4 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
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