Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Frederick Pratt, former inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, December 9, 1889
Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-260Abstract
Handwritten letter dictated by Frederick Pratt, former inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor and written by his nephew, John J. Pratt, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, explaining that Frederick Pratt spoke with Captain Ambrose Snow to ask about readmission to the Harbor and Snow told Pratt to contact Trask. Pratt explains that he was not permitted in the gate when his suspension ended on September 6 and that he then returned to New York. He asks Trask for a note to be sent to Snow.
Name
Name: Pratt, Frederick, -1899Role: Author
Name: Pratt, John J.
Role: Scribe
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: December 9 1889Place: New York (N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)Physical Description
extent: 31 x 19.9 cmDigital Origin: Reformatted digital