Handwritten letter from George A. Cocks to Captain Thomas Melville, informing Melville that Harbor inmate Silas Allen [Allain?] has been suffering from dysentery in the Memorial Hospital in Orange, N.J. since October 14th, and will return to the Harbor as soon as he is well.
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.