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Golden Gate, San Francisco, from Telegraph Hill - Smillie, Jas, D. , New York, D. Appleton & Company.
James Stewart was born in Scotland in 1818 or 1819. He spent 47 years at sea. James served nine years on the man of war ships and 38 years on merchant ships. James's main port of departure was the Port of San Francisco. James's last place of residence was New York. James would enter Sailors Snug Harbor on December 29, 1879. He would remain at the Harbor for fifteen years and one month. James died on May 30, 1898, and is buried in Sailors Snug Harbor Cemetery. James is in Plot 10, Row 1, and grave 2. From the cemetery map, James is buried in grave 2550. James left behind family in Edinburgh, Scotland but was single at the time of his death.
Naval Asylum, Philadelphia PA. Watercolor by Augustus Köllner, 1847 Library Company of Philadelphia, URI: http://militaryhonors.sid-hill.us/honors/hon-13c.htm .
James Stewart was kicked out of Sailors Snug Harbor in the early 1890s for drinking. James took a steamship back to Scotland to see his widowed sister. Since leaving Sailors Snug Harbor, James could not assist his sister financially. He realized on his visit that she was in a bad financial state, and the only way he could help her was to return to Sailors Snug Harbor. James could then send the sister half of his pension, which he was doing when at the Harbor. James wrote his plea to Governor Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask on December 15, 1893, from the U.S. Naval Home in Philadelphia (From a Handwritten copy of a letter from James Stewart, to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Suny Maritime collection, on permanent loan from Trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor)
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Fighting the Wind, Bailey, J.M. - The Danbury news man, They all do it, Lee and Shepard Publishers, pg. 220.
While James was at Sailors Snug Harbor, he borrowed books from its lending library. According to the library leger, one book that James checked out was "They all do it" or "MR. MIGGS of Danbury ( Danbury Connecticut) and his neighbors." The book is composed of short fictional stories of the people that lived in Danbury in the mid-19th century. The stories deal with class, married life, seasons, new inventions, and the difficulty with these inventions – such as the camera and remaining still for a reasonable amount of time. Other stories smack of the sea. For example, Migg's Julia, the book's first story, introduces a woman named Melville who behaves similarly to Herman Melville's Ahab in Moby Dick or the Whale.
Bailey,J.M. - The Danbury Newsman. They all do it or MR. Miggs of Danbury and his neighbors, Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston, 1877.
Copy of a Letter to Captain Gustavus D. S. Trask, Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, from James Stewart, December 15, 1893. Date Created: 1893, Place: New York (State)--New York--Staten Island, publisher: The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor,The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College. The. Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor,
Melville, Herman.Moby Dick,The Easton Press , Norwalk Connecticut, 1977, Medium: Text.
Sailors' Snug Harbor Library Borrowing Register, 1884 - 1886.Date Created: 1884 - 1886, Place: New York (State)--New York--Staten Island, publisher: The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor,The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College. The. Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, URI:https://maritimedigitalcollections.com/Detail/objects/195 .
Stewart, James. SSHRegisterA_Inmate 1240_James Stewart, Date Created: December 29 1877, Place: New York (State)--New York--Staten Island, publisher: The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor,The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College. The. Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor.
The Golden Gate (From Telegraph Hill). Artist: Smillie, Jas D, Medium: Black and White steel engraving 9-1/4 x 12-3/8", Date created: 1878, Published by D. Appleton and Co., New York. Print originally came from Picturesque America; Or The Land We Live In, Edited by William Cullen Bryant, Location: Private Collection North Haven Connecticut, USA.
For Furter Research - The United States Naval Home Philadelphia Records are at the Nimitz Library, URI: https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_247 .