20
Bellew dislikes England.
looking goodhumored, sat in the direction
of Haney, Polhemus on the near side. Which
young man is rather a slow coach in con-
versation, having a talent for silence.
Presently Nast invited Eliza to the
theatre, of course after Sally. All left
at 11 ; a very cold night. Scribbling
till 2 or so.
18. Monday. To Bowman s boarding-
house in Laight Street,x a semi-vegetarian
one, Boweryem with me. Got a bundle
of Tribunes &c. for consultation for my
present task, then down-town, to the
Evening Post offie. Saw Godwin and
Maverick, anon Henderson, getting $5
for last article. Returning up Nassau
Street, met Banks, who had a recently-
received letter from Bellew. He rails at the
climate of England, says it doesn t agree
with him, talks of returning, speaks of
Bob Gun s American Agency, and magni-
ficent reading rooms, and of poor weak Cahill
with nothing to do in this merciless metropo-
lis. Return; in-doors writing all the rest
of the day till 11 P.M; Boweryem copying
my M. S. for me. Yesterday evening
x Where I boarded afterwards from Jan. to the first week in April, 1873 Eheu!| Page |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen: page twenty-seven |
| Description: | Mentions a letter from Frank Bellew to Banks in which Bellew complains about England. |
| Date: | 1861-03-17 |
| Subject: | Banks, A.F.; Bellew, Frank; Boweryem, George; Bowman, Amos; Cahill, Frank; Edwards, Eliza; Edwards, Martha; Edwards, Sally (Nast); Godwin, Park; Gun, Robert; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Haney, Jesse; Henderson; Maverick, Augustus; Nast, Thomas; New York evening post.; Polhemus |
| Coverage (City/State): | [New York, New York]; England |
| Coverage (Street): | Laight Street; Nassau Street |
| Scan Date: | 2010-05-24 |
| Volume |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen |
| Description: | Includes Gunn's descriptions of the scene in New York at the commencement of the Civil War, boarding house living, visits to the Edwards family, Mort Thomson's engagement to Fanny Fern's daughter Grace Eldredge, Frank Cahill's return to New York from London, Frank Bellew's dissatisfaction with living in England, Thomas Nast's engagement to Sally Edwards, the scene in New York during the departure of the 7th New York Regiment for Washington, attending the wedding of Olive Waite and Hamilton Bragg, a visit with Frank Cahill to the camp of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers and the 2nd Regiment of New York State Militia on Staten Island, the death of Charles Welden, and his reporting work. |
| Subject: | Boardinghouses; Bohemians; Civil War; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Journalism; Marriage; Military; Publishers and publishing; Women |
| Coverage (City/State): | New York, New York |
| Note: | Thomas Butler Gunn was born February 15, 1826, in Banbury, England, and came to New York in 1849. During the Civil War he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune and the New York Evening Post. He returned to England in 1863, and died in Birmingham in April 1903. The collection includes twenty-one volumes of his diaries, including newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, sketches, and various other items inserted by Gunn. Diary entries date from July 7, 1849, to April 7, 1863, and include his experiences with the New York publishing and literary world, his descriptions of boarding houses, his travels throughout the United States, and his experiences traveling with the Federal army as a Civil War correspondent. |
| Publisher: | Missouri History Museum |
| Rights: | Copyright 2010 Missouri History Museum. |
| Source: | Page images, transcriptions, and metadata of the Thomas Butler Gunn diaries have been provided by the Missouri History Museum. |
