Mentions an incident in which a boy was run over by an omnibus. Transcription: drawings till 7, then out to supper at Van Name & Bushs. A glass at the Shades, then return to finish my father [Samuel Gunn] ?s letter, wrote on till midnight & completed it. 13. Friday. Randall came for minor cuts. Work on the others. Down town at 1, dined at French ?s, left block at Randall ?s, called at Sachem & Lantern Offices & Post Office, sending off letters & papers. Return, work on wood till 6, then to Goslings for supper, where I met the elder [Albert] Brown, who told me the particulars of his leaving Be
Mentions an incident in which a boy was run over by an omnibus. Transcription: drawings till 7, then out to supper at Van Name & Bushs. A glass at the Shades, then return to finish my father [Samuel Gunn] ?s letter, wrote on till midnight & completed it. 13. Friday. Randall came for minor cuts. Work on the others. Down town at 1, dined at French ?s, left block at Randall ?s, called at Sachem & Lantern Offices & Post Office, sending off letters & papers. Return, work on wood till 6, then to Goslings for supper, where I met the elder [Albert] Brown, who told me the particulars of his leaving Beach Street, where he is now excommunicated by Bell book & Candle. Walked out with him, up Broadway far as Grand Street, (where a luckless boy chanced to be run over by an omnibus;) ? being perched behind one vehicle, & stumbling, another passed right over him. We saw the rush & throng into a doctor ?s shop. There ?ll be some mother ?s heart aching with sorrow to-night.) Left Brown, ? he ?s prosy &c ? nothing in him. At Mr [Joseph] Greatbatchs [174 Mulberry St.]. Arranged with Joe [Greatbatch] about a sea-side journey on the morrow. 14. Saturday. Goslings at breakfast. Met Long. Return to room, drawing on wood. Down town ? about the room of Randall &c being delayed till 1/2 past 3 for blocks, owing to the sullen laziness of bare necked b ?hoy-looking Banker. Called at the Lantern Office and at Lockingtons. To [Cornelius] Mathews & to Reveille Office with cuts. Return, (Joe had started.) Called at Mr Greatbatchs. Then to South Ferry, per omnibus. Crossed to Brooklyn. Met Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 5, page 16, August 12-14, 1852 . 12 August 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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