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St. Mary's Schoolship

Image of people in uniforms in a group.

Cadets and Staff, New York Nautical School

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St. Mary's Dockside

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St. Mary's Dockside

The paper is divided in half with a vertical fold. On the left is the letter and on the right, in the upper right corner, is a note presumably written at SSH for organizational purposes with the sender, date, and subject information.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Grinnell Minturn & Co., August 30, 1875

This handwritten letter is on Seamen's Retreat Hospital letterhead, consisting of cream-colored paper with blue lines. The ink is brown and the letter itself has a lighter rectangular void on the left side, perhaps left by another piece of paper in contact with that of this letter.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from C. [Charles] Henry King, Seamen's Retreat Hospital, October 1, 1875

Handwritten letter on cream-colored paper in dark brown ink. The paper has the letterhead of the "Law Office of Townsend & Mahan".

Letter to Captain M. Thompson, Sailors' Snug Harbor, from the Law Office of Townsend & Mahan, October 30, 1875

This letter is handwritten on Phelps, Doremus & Corbett letterhead, which is on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper. The writing is fine, in brown ink.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Chas. [Charles] B. Reynolds, of Phelps, Doremus & Corbett, November 4, 1875

The letter is on cream-colored paper with the letterhead of the "Office of Seamen's Fund and Retreat" and blue lines. The handwriting is in brown ink in a loose script that is difficult to read.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from William C. Thompson, Office of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat, November 1, 1875

This letter is handwritten in dark brown ink on cream-colored paper with the header of "Jos. H. Thompson & Co. Tobacco Commission Merchants."

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Jos. [Joseph] H. Thompson, of Jos. H. Thompson & Co., December 27, 1875

This letter is handwritten in dark brown ink on cream-colored letterhead paper from the "Office of Walter L. Livingston, Counsellor at Law." The last two lines of the letter and signature are written vertically across the paper, over the vertically-oriented main body of the letter.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Walter L. Livingston, of the Office of Walter L. Livingston, Counsellor at Law, January 14, 1876

This letter is handwritten with brown ink on Phelps, Doremus & Corbett letterhead, which is on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Chas. [Charles] B. Reynolds, of Phelps, Doremus & Corbett, January 4, 1876

The letter is written on cream-colored paper with light blue printed lines and has been folded in half. On the right half of this side of the sheet is the first part of the letter, handwritten in fine script with brown ink. On the left half, in the upper corner, is the name of the sender and the date, possibly for filing purposes.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melvin [sic], Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Thomas D. Fay, former inmate, Sailors' Snug Harbor, January 2, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on James Macbeth, Manufacturer of Signal, Machinery & Cylinder Oils letterhead. There is a prominent vertical fold and the portion of the cream-colored paper under the printed letterhead has light blue printed lines.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from James Macbeth, manufacturer, January 17, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper with faint blue lines. It has been folded in half; on the right half of this side of the paper is the first part of the letter. On the left half is a notation in the upper corner with the name of the sender, date, and subject of the inquiry, probably for filing purposes.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Lieutenant E. [Edward] Hagerup, of the Royal Norwegian Navy, January 26, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored Evening Telegram letterhead, with pale blue lines below the printed header.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from William E. Hall, of the Evening Telegram, January 31, 1876

The letter is handwritten in black ink on cream-colored letterhead with the Quebec and Gulf Ports S.S. [Steamship] Co. heading above with faint blue lines.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from A. Emilius Outerbridge, of The Office of The Quebec and Gulf Ports S.S. [Steamship] Co., February 4, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper with faint blue lines. In the top left corner is an embossed seal with domed buildings and the caption "CONGRESS".

Letter to the Superintendent of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from S. Graham, of Brooklyn, New York, February 16, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper with faint blue lines. In the upper left corner is the A.T. Stewart & Co. heading.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from A.T. Stewart & Co., February 19, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper with faint blue lines. In the upper left corner is the embossed image of a bell. The paper has brown staining, particularly where it has been folded.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Thomas Rockliff, of Sailors' Snug Harbor, February 21, 1876

The letter is handwritten in dark brown ink on cream-colored paper with faint blue lines. At the top is the heading of the office of the U.S. Shipping Commissioner of the Port of Baltimore, Maryland.

Letter to the Superintendent of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Henry Tyson, U.S. Shipping Commissioner, Baltimore, MD, February 24, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored Sailors' Snug Harbor letterhead, which has faint blue lines. It is marked "Copy" to the left of the empty signature area.

File copy of letter from Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, to Henry Tyson, United States Shipping Commissioner, Baltimore, MD, February 26, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper. It has been folded in half; on the right half of this side of the paper is the first part of the letter. On the left half is a notation perpendicular to the center fold with the name of the sender, date, and subject of the inquiry, probably for filing purposes. There is also a pencil notation that appears to read "Answered April 3d/75 [sic]"

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from the Consul, Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, New York, April 3, 1876

The letter is handwritten in brown ink on cream-colored paper. It has been folded in half; on the right half of this side of the paper is the letter, including the sender's signature. Above the text of the letter is an embossed seal with the letter "L". On the left half, oriented upside-down to the letter text is a notation in the upper corner with the name of the sender, date, and subject of the inquiry, probably for filing purposes, along with the note "Answered."

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from [Abbot] Augustus Low, of A. A. Low & Brothers, March 4, 1876

This letter is handwritten with brown ink on Young and Elliott, Seedsmen and Florists letterhead, which is on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from William Elliott, of Young & Elliott, March 6, 1876

This letter is handwritten with brown ink on cream-colored paper with blue lines. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Francis A. See, of Croton Landing, New York, March 9, 1876

This letter is handwritten with brown ink on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The sheet appears to have been torn from a larger piece of paper, as the bottom edge is rough, and has been folded several times, with the creases still evident on the paper.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Brooks Brothers, March 22, 1876

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from C. [Charles] Henry King, of Seamen's Retreat Hospital, March 15, 1876

The letter is written in blue ink on Myhan, Schenck, & Co letterhead, which is printed on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The paper has been folded several times.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Myhan, Schenck, & Co., March 29, 1876

The letter is written in dark brown ink on Office of the Chief Clerk, Richmond County Police letterhead, which is printed on cream-colored paper with blue lines below the header. The paper has been folded several times.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from George H. [Howard] Hitchcock, of the Office of the Chief Clerk, Richmond County Police, March 23, 1876

The letter is written in pencil on cream-colored paper with blue lines. The paper has been folded several times and the most prominent fold divides the sheet approximately in half vertically.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from J.M. Hawkins, of New Brighton, March 29, 1876

The invoice is handwritten in brown ink on a pre-printed form from A.A. Low & Bros.

Invoice for purchase of tea by Sailors' Snug Harbor, from A. A. Low & Brothers, March 30, 1876

The invoice is written in dark brown ink on a Lawrence Cement Company form, which is printed on cream-colored paper with blue lines. The paper has been folded several times.

Invoice to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Lawrence Cement Company, April 14, 1876

This letter is handwritten with black ink on Manson & Knox letterhead, which is on cream-colored paper. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper. On the right side is the first page of the letter. The left side is blank, except for a notation (possibly unrelated?) in pencil at the top of the page and, oriented perpendicularly to the letter's text, a pen notation with the name of the sender and date, along the left edge, presumably for filing purposes.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Kilburn Knox, of Manson & Knox, May 1, 1876

The note is written on a narrow scrap of cream colored paper with blue lines.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from Dr. John P. [Purdue] Gray, of the New York State Lunatic Asylum, May 4, 1876

This letter is handwritten with brown ink on cream-colored paper with blue lines. The sheet has a distinct vertical fold down the length of the paper. On the right half is the first page of the letter; the left half is blank, except for a notation, oriented perpendicular to the letter's text, with the name of the sender, date, and subject, presumably for filing purposes.

Letter to Captain Thomas Melville, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from R. A. Woodruff, May 8, 1876

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