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Letter of Safe Passage

Letter of Safe Passage

Signed by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, and James Madison, then Secretary of State and later the fourth President of the United States
Engraved by Edward Savage (1761-1817)
Ink on vellum, 1800
The Collection of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor in the City of New York

Portrait of Governor Thomas Melville Third Governor of Sailors’ Snug Harbor, 1867-1884

Portrait of Governor Thomas Melville Third Governor of Sailors’ Snug Harbor, 1867-1884

George Gerhard (1830-1902) 
Oil on canvas, 1894
Thomas is the brother of the American writer, Herman Melville.
The Collection of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor in the City of New York

Bust of Robert Richard Randall

Bust of Robert Richard Randall

Robert Eberhard Schmidt Von Der Launitz (1806-1870) 
Marble, 1840
The Collection of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor
in the City of New York

A View of Upper Bay

A View of Upper Bay

Artist unknown
Oil on canvas, c. 1850
The Collection of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor in the City of New York

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Letter of Safe Passage
Portrait of Governor Thomas Melville Third Governor of Sailors’ Snug Harbor, 1867-1884
Bust of Robert Richard Randall
A View of Upper Bay

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The Noble Maritime Collection
1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D
Staten Island, NY 10301

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