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Article: History of Snug Harbor
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- January 18, 2001
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JUDIE GLAVE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-18-2001
History of Snug Harbor
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sailor's Snug Harbor was established in 1833 with a multimillion-dollar endowment from the trust of Robert Richard Randall.
Randall's son, Thomas, one of the nation's original Sons of Liberty, founded the site as ``an asylum or home for aged, decrepit seamen.''
Robert Richard Randall made his fortune as privateer in the mid-1700s and instilled both a love of the sea and a philanthropic spirit in his children.
At its peak between 1880 and 1910, the self-sustaining Snug Harbor housed more than 1,000 retired seamen. It contained 60 buildings, including two hospitals, two mansions and a cathedral. ...
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