Mentions his drawing work. Transcription: now haven ?t time to disentangle the skein of details, so shall lump them. Did the usual Reveille work, all by Wednesday, letting the woodpeckers get them. Did two or three things for the Lantern on Monday. And the rest of the week here and there, or at work on a big carefully studied subject on wood to take to the Harpers. Block split, and marred my labour on Saturday afternoon. Called at Fagans, & Dunsiers new abode on Wednesday. At Mrs [Rebecca] Kidders on Thursday even, till near upon 12. Talking with Lotty [Kidder]. Divers confabs with [Alfred] W
Mentions his drawing work. Transcription: now haven ?t time to disentangle the skein of details, so shall lump them. Did the usual Reveille work, all by Wednesday, letting the woodpeckers get them. Did two or three things for the Lantern on Monday. And the rest of the week here and there, or at work on a big carefully studied subject on wood to take to the Harpers. Block split, and marred my labour on Saturday afternoon. Called at Fagans, & Dunsiers new abode on Wednesday. At Mrs [Rebecca] Kidders on Thursday even, till near upon 12. Talking with Lotty [Kidder]. Divers confabs with [Alfred] Waud, civil enow, though in the hard manner he has adopted to all the world. Saturday Lantern and Reveille Offices. 20. Sunday. After dressing, doing chores &c till nigh upon 11, intended to start for Governors Island, but [William] Barth arriving preven- Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 4, page 141, June 14-20, 1852 . 19 June 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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