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Diaries, 1849-1863

Gunn, Thomas Butler. Diaries, 1849-1863. Missouri History Museum, 1849.
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Type: 
manuscript
Genre: 
personal record
Abstract: 

The diaries that Thomas Butler Gunn maintained in the period between 1849 and 1863 contain a wealth of information about the New York literary scene in general and the Pfaff's bohemians in particular. The anecdotes that Gunn records come from first-hand observation as well as second- or even third-hand accounts, so readers should exercise caution in taking everything that he says at face value. Note: The Missouri Historical Society has assigned numbers to the volumes that do not always match up with the handwritten numbers that Gunn himself notes on the first pages of a given volume of the diary. Below is a list that matches the Missouri numbers with Gunn’s numbers and their corresponding date ranges as follows:

Missouri  Gunn  Date Range
1 1 July 17, 1849 – October 8, 1850
2 3 October 9, 1850 – September 30, 1851
3 4 [October 1851] – December 30, 1851
4 5 January 1852 – July 1852
5 6 August 1852 – July 3, 1853
6 7 July 4, 1853 – December 31, 1853
7 9 February 1855 – April 12, 1856
8 10 April 12, 1856 – October 1857 [Sept.]
9 11 October 1, 1857 – November 5, 1858
10 12 November 12, 1858 – May 31, 1859
11 13 June 1, 1859 – [December 1859]
12 14 January 1, 1860 – [May 1960]
13 15 June 1, 1860 – September 22, 1860
14 16 September 23, 1860 – December 31, 1860
15 17 January 1, 1861 – February 28, 1861
16 18 March 1, 1861 – June 14, 1861
17 19 June 15, 1861 – October 10, 1861
18 20 October 11, 1861 – February 28, 1862
19 21 March 1, 1862 – May 22, 1862
20 22 May 23, 1862 – September 13, 1862
21 23 October 1, 1862 – February 12, 1863
22 unnumbered January 1863 – April 7, 1863.

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AUTHOR(S) OF - Diaries, 1849-1863

Gunn, Thomas

Born and raised in England, Thomas Butler Gunn first worked as an illustrator for the famous British satirical journa