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Title
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Capt. Samuel Truman Preston Papers
Subject
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Preston, Samuel Truman (1840-1912)
S.T. Preston & Son Ship’s Chandlery
Sea Captains
Ship chandlers.
Greenport (N.Y.)
Correspondence
Description
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The collection is composed largely of letters written to Preston between 1881 and 1898 from men looking for work on fishing boats.
Creator
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D.W., M.O’C
Source
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Capt. Samuel Truman Preston Papers
Publisher
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Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
Date
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1881–1898
Contributor
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Michael Curtis
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Title
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Letter to Captain Preston (January 16, 1885)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Preston, Samuel Truman (1840-1912)
S.T. Preston & Son Ship’s Chandlery
Sea Captains
Ship chandlers.
Greenport (N.Y.)
Correspondence
Description
An account of the resource
A letter written to Captain Preston inquiring whether he'd like to be included in a directory of the Atlantic Coast to be published by the R. L. Polk & Co. Directory Publishers.
Creator
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R. L. Polk & Co. Directory Publishers
Source
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Capt. Samuel Truman Preston Papers
Publisher
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Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
Date
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January 16, 1885
Contributor
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Michael Curtis
Rights
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Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
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Letter
Language
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English
business correspondence
Captain Samuel Truman Preston Papers
Greenport
R.L. Polk & Co. Directory Publishers
Samuel Preston
ship captains
ship outfitter