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ther. His mother lay then on her
death-bed and conjured him to stay.
She dying of cancer, Mann, at the
instigation of a sister-in-law (whom the
negroes seem to hate) moved over the
river. Howell and I, taking an
observation, resolved on domesticating
ourselves in the big front room, in
which were two beds, and into which
we carried a table, chairs, mattrasses,
coverlets, a clothes press and drawers.
Presently arrived Shaw and H. Hills,
whom we had previously invited
to sojourn with us. Hills took posses-
sion of our yesternight s bed-room, (Shaw
tarrying with him as guest) and the
opposite parlor to ours. Arranging
matters and talk. Monies confided
to darkeys to buy things. Nat
in again once, questioned and
questioning by of me. Lunch. Sit-
ting out luxuriating on piazza in the
sunny, tranquil afternoon, listening to
| Page |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Twenty-Two: page twenty-one |
| Description: | Describes settling into Mann's house in Baton Rouge. |
| Date: | 1863-01-11 |
| Subject: | Civil War; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Hills, A.C.; Howell; Mann; Mann, Mrs.; Mann, Nat; Shaw, Charles P.; Slaves |
| Coverage (City/State): | [Baton Rouge, Louisiana] |
| Scan Date: | 2011-01-03 |
| Volume |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Twenty-Two |
| Description: | Includes Gunn's descriptions of his experiences as a war correspondent for ''The New York Tribune'' at New Orleans, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as his preparations in New York for going back to England. |
| Subject: | Boardinghouses; Civil War; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Journalism; Military; Travel; Women |
| Coverage (City/State): | New York, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 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 2011 Missouri History Museum. |
| Source: | Page images, transcriptions, and metadata of the Thomas Butler Gunn diaries have been provided by the Missouri History Museum. |
