(NEW YORK) Commonplace book of steamship employee James L Je

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(NEW YORK.) Commonplace book of steamship employee James L. Jessup, including letters from Union College. [78] manuscript pages. Folio, original 1/2 calf, worn, vermin damage to lower backstrip extending slightly into inner margins; some pages torn out, contents clean and legible. Vp, 1841-44

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James Lewis Jessup (1825-1863) of Newburgh, NY was employed on the Hudson River steamer Highlander, which apparently gave him time to write or transcribe essays and poetry into this volume. Two of his apparently original essays, "The Mechanic" and "On the Steam Engine," reflect his work. Perhaps most interestingly, Jessup transcribed 7 long letters from his cousin James Robert Graham (1824-1914), then a student at Union College in Schenectady, NY (and later a prominent Presbyterian minister). The letters, which fill the last 30 pages of the book, discuss hazing of freshmen, studies, and the local sights.