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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.
Full Title
Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen
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Creator: Gunn, Thomas Butler
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Publisher
Missouri History Museum
Date Issued
1861
Language
English
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2010-06-08
Identifier
A0632
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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, 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.
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Converted from Dublin Core to MODS during migration from CONTENTdm to Islandora
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Gunn, . T. B. (1861). Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-sixteen
Gunn, Thomas Butler. 1861. “Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-sixteen.
Gunn, Thomas Butler. Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Sixteen. 1861, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-sixteen.
