Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Cyrus Tabor, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, September 15, 1888
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-178Abstract
Handwritten letter from Cyrus Tabor, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, stating that he was "fearfully abused" by "one Pearsall" [William Pearsall?] and asking for Trask's intervention. He names as witnesses Captain [Hiram M.] Chaffe [sic], [George W.?] Bartlett, Antone Silvia, and Treigg. There is a pencil notation with the number 1423, Tabor's inmate number, written in the lower right part of the page.
Name
Name: Tabor, Cyrus, -1889Role: 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: September 15 1888Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 17.3 x 11.1 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital