Letter from John Hamilton, Inmate, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, April 29, 1890


Identifier
SC-0016-I-D-1-B-292
Abstract

Handwritten letter from John Hamilton, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, alleging that waiter William Smith is taking various items of food and drink out of the dining hall home to his wife, including meat, fish, bread, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, pickles, vinegar, pepper, mustard, and molasses. Received while Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask was the governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor. 

Name
Name: Hamilton, John, -1891
Role: Author
Institutional Affiliation: Sailors' Snug Harbor (Institution)
Type Of Resource
Texts
Note
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: April 29 1890
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Physical Description
extent: 16.7 x 19.7 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital