Mentions hearing T. Starr King preach at church. Transcription: felt like a thief. [Frank] Cahill up in my room in the evening. I at work till 11. 9. Friday. Writing all day till 1 A. M. Courier article. Only out for twenty minutes, in Washington square, having a pipe with [James] Morris. 10. Saturday. Writing till noon. Down town, hither and thither, Courier, Carrington ?s, Pic and Post Offices, dining at Goslings at 3, then to Bowery, anon back to [132] Bleecker, used up, nervous, headachy, ill. Drawing big Pic cut at night. Cahill in Bob Gun ?s room, which is now that (or those) once occup
Mentions hearing T. Starr King preach at church. Transcription: felt like a thief. [Frank] Cahill up in my room in the evening. I at work till 11. 9. Friday. Writing all day till 1 A. M. Courier article. Only out for twenty minutes, in Washington square, having a pipe with [James] Morris. 10. Saturday. Writing till noon. Down town, hither and thither, Courier, Carrington ?s, Pic and Post Offices, dining at Goslings at 3, then to Bowery, anon back to [132] Bleecker, used up, nervous, headachy, ill. Drawing big Pic cut at night. Cahill in Bob Gun ?s room, which is now that (or those) once occupied by [William] Leslie. Drinking hock till midnight. When Cahill left he ? as we learnt afterwards ? went to the tavern. 11. Sunday. Some drawing, nursing headache and reading Adam Bede the rest of the day. After tea to 16th St. Out with [Jesse] Haney, met [Thomas] Nast in Union Square. Left them at Edwards ?, I to Chapin ?s, who didn ?t preach, his place being supplied by [Thomas] Starr King of Boston. Frank Hillard and his wife accosted me on quitting, walked with them as far as Edwards. [Edward W.] Serrell and young [Charles] Honeywell there in addition to Haney and Nast. Honey well near Matty [Edwards], Nast adjacent to Sally [Edwards]. Nast ?s portraits of the girls on table ? only Sally ?s done decently, Matty ?s very poor. Haney got to reading Eliza [Edwards] ?s ?ǣthemes ? written two years ago, I talked to Matty and a little to Sally. Violent rain storm with thunder and lightning. That passing we all Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 11, page 111, September 8-11, 1859 . 8 September 1859. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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