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Title	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Four
Full Title	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Four
Description	Includes descriptions of looking for drawing and writing work among New York publishers, boarding house living, visits to Mrs. Kidder and her daughter Lotty, the start of the 'Lantern' publication and joining the 'Lantern Club,' attending a ball on Governors Island, attending a lecture by E. H. Chapin, visits to Staten Island, and a visit to Niagara Falls.
Date Text	1852
Subject	Boardinghouses; Books and reading; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Military; Publishers and publishing; Theater; Travel; Women
MHM Subject	Art and Literature; Business, Industry and Finance; Theater and Dance; Travel; Women
Collection	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Creator	Gunn, Thomas Butler
Coverage	New York, New York; Niagara, New York
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	2011-02-07
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 Four: 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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