Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from C. [Charles] W. Deshon, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, August 29, 1888
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-174Abstract
Handwritten letter from Charles W. Deshon, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, accompanying a set of books by Henry George, "Progress and Poverty," which Deshon was given by a fellow inmate. Deshon recommends them to Trask for their "justice and truth" and asks that Trask pass them on to someone else once he has read them.
Name
Name: Deshon, Charles W., -1893Role: 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: August 29 1888Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 20.2 x 24.9 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital
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