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Title	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Eight
Full Title	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Eight
Description	Includes descriptions of the process of publishing his book, 'The Physiology of New-York Boarding Houses;' his poor mental state upon returning to New York from England; meeting Walt Whitman; visits with Fanny Fern, James Parton, and Harriet Jacobs' daughter Louisa who is living with them; a visit to the Catskill Mountains with the Edwards family; moving into the boarding house at 132 Bleecker Street; working on the publication 'European' with Colonel Hugh Forbes; the death of publisher William Levison and his daughter Ellen in his boarding house; visiting the scene of the murder of a dentist to get a sketch of the suspect; visiting Newport, Rhode Island, on assignment to sketch for Frank Leslie; and the death of his brother-in-law, Joseph Greatbatch.
Date Text	1856
Subject	Boardinghouses; Bohemians; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Journalism; Medical care; Mental illness; Publishers and publishing; Travel; Women
MHM Subject	Art and Literature; Travel; Women
Collection	Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Creator	Gunn, Thomas Butler
Coverage	New York, New York; Newport, Rhode Island
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 Eight: 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
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