Identifier

SC-0016-I-D-1-B-321

Abstract

Handwritten statement by George Mitchell, inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor, regarding a threat he heard made by his roommate, Alexander Hodge, against Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask. Mitchell states that Hodge expressed a desire to blow up Trask and his two small children. Mitchell goes on to say that he defended Trask and Hodge then told him that he and McClellan "had often wished that they had a bomb to blow him (Gov. Trask) to hell..." Written while Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask was the governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor.

Name

Name: Mitchell, George, -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: September 4 1890
Place: New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

affidavits

Physical Description

extent: 13.8 x 19.6 cm
Digital Origin: Reformatted digital