Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three

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Includes descriptions of looking for drawing and writing work among New York publishers, visits to Mrs. Kidder and her daughter Lotty, boarding house living, theater acquaintances, and Lajos Kossuth's visit to New York.
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three
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Missouri History Museum
Date Issued
1851
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English
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2011-02-07
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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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Gunn, . T. B. (1851). Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-three
Gunn, Thomas Butler. 1851. “Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-three.
Gunn, Thomas Butler. Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Three. 1851, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-three.