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Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Six |
Full Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Six |
Description | Includes descriptions of Gunn's writing and drawing work in New York, a visit to the Catskill Mountains, attending the wedding of his friend Charles Damoreau (Brown), a visit to the Crystal Palace in New York, his friend Lotty's difficult marriage to John Whytal, a sailing trip around Lake Superior, a visit to Mackinac Island in Michigan, a visit to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, and a journey by horseback from Kentucky to Louisiana with friends. |
Date Text | 1853 |
Subject | African Americans; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Marriage; Native Americans; Publishers and publishing; Slavery; Travel; Women |
MHM Subject | African Americans; American Indians; Art and Literature; Business, Industry and Finance; Slavery; Travel; Women |
Collection | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries |
Creator | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
Coverage | New York, New York; Michigan; Wisconsin; Ohio; Kentucky; Mississippi; Alabama; 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, 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. |
Type | Document |
Format | Text |
Language | Eng |
Scan Date | 2011-02-02 |
Rights | Copyright 2011 Missouri History Museum. |
Publisher | Missouri History Museum |
Collection Number | A0632 |
Institution | Missouri History Museum |
Title | Page 001 |
Full Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Six: page one |
Description | Front cover. |
Subject | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
Collection | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries |
Creator | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
Type | Document |
Format | Text |
Language | Eng |
Scan Date | 2011-02-02 |
Rights | Copyright 2011 Missouri History Museum. |
Publisher | Missouri History Museum |
Collection Number | A0632 |
Institution | Missouri History Museum |
Fulltext | [front cover] |
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