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with him and Ben Haun, Bergen wards. Trees in all the
inexpressibly beautiful hues of Autumn. Of a deep purple, light
yellow, green of all shades slate and amber tinted rocks all
lovely. Leaves falling with a quiet, deliciously mournful sound ;
Wandered across the little burial place, where a child-brother of Ben
lay. / Afternoon and rest of the day, rain setting
in sans intermission, did not stir out. Evening; all fumigating
around the stove in the kitchen, Rankin, Sandy, Ben, Wing,
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22. Monday. Drawing till Evening. Then a bit of a walk, and
backgammon with Wing. Joe unwell and consequently sulky.
23. Tuesday. Drawing in the morning. Sent off a letter to Mr
Hart, apropos of the Cholera Series . Afternoon to New York, to
Baker s; to the Bubble office, to the American Tract Society the
two last calls necessary to be done again, as there was nobody visible. /
Backgammon and fumigation with Wing, at Night.
24. Wednesday. Drawing all day. Joe off for Middletown
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| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume One: page forty-three |
| Description: | Comments on the beauty of Autumn. |
| Date: | 1849-10-21 |
| Subject: | Autumn; Baker; Boardinghouses; Greatbatch, Joe; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Hart (publisher); Haun, Ben; Rankin, John; Sandy; Wing, Jabez |
| Coverage (City/State): | New York, [New York]; [Jersey City, New Jersey]; Middletown, [Connecticut] |
| Scan Date: | 2011-02-07 |
| Volume |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume One |
| Description: | Details Gunn's first year living in the United States, including his experiences with boarding house living in Jersey City and New York City, looking for work as an artist and a writer, publishing his first book ""Mose Among the Britishers"" and brief visits to Philadelphia and Boston. |
| Subject: | Boardinghouses; Books and reading; Drawing; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Publishers and publishing; Theater; Travel |
| Coverage (City/State): | New York, New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts |
| 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-two 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 2011 Missouri History Museum. |
| Source: | Page images, transcriptions, and metadata of the Thomas Butler Gunn diaries have been provided by the Missouri History Museum. |
