Letter to Captain Preston (September 2, 1891)
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Title
Letter to Captain Preston (September 2, 1891)
Subject
Preston, Samuel Truman (1840-1912)
S.T. Preston & Son Ship’s Chandlery
Sea Captains
Ship chandlers.
Greenport (N.Y.)
Correspondence
S.T. Preston & Son Ship’s Chandlery
Sea Captains
Ship chandlers.
Greenport (N.Y.)
Correspondence
Description
A letter written to Captain Preston by a man looking to hire on "good men" from Shelter Island, presumably to serve aboard a ship.
Source
Capt. Samuel Truman Preston Papers
Publisher
Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
Date
September 2, 1891
Contributor
Michael Curtis
Rights
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
Letter
Language
English
Files
Collection
Citation
“Letter to Captain Preston (September 2, 1891),” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed June 11, 2026, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/3850.
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