Regarding his Uncle William Butler and his Aunt Mary Butler. Transcription: now [John Mapleson] does nothing towards her [Annie Mapleon ?s] support or that of her children. Another brother, a roue in Italy, died here in New York some eight years ago, or less. My uncle William [Butler], very kind loving fellow, was fairly persuaded into wedding Mary Mapleson by the sisters, my aunts Bessy and Fanny. (I remember the latter perfectly, ere her death by consumption in Mary St.) They were always singing her praises, how good and how kind she was. She fell in love with him and probably set ?em at i
Regarding his Uncle William Butler and his Aunt Mary Butler. Transcription: now [John Mapleson] does nothing towards her [Annie Mapleon ?s] support or that of her children. Another brother, a roue in Italy, died here in New York some eight years ago, or less. My uncle William [Butler], very kind loving fellow, was fairly persuaded into wedding Mary Mapleson by the sisters, my aunts Bessy and Fanny. (I remember the latter perfectly, ere her death by consumption in Mary St.) They were always singing her praises, how good and how kind she was. She fell in love with him and probably set ?em at it. She was very far from good looking. But she made him an excellent wife, and became the mother of a family of eleven. Charley [Gunn], who visited Guildford at my uncle ?s invitation, reported the establishment as conducted on the pride-and-meanness principle. He shocked the boys by getting a tavern meal of bread and cheese or something akin to it, as my defunct aunt ?s tremendous gentility kept him hungry. I think they did the starved flunkey or footboy-in-livery business. My uncle William I always liked, a careworn, kind spoken, grayish haired gentleman, touchingly reminding me of my dear old grandfather. He was, too, my mother ?s youngest brother, she loved him, and I do, therefore. Charley said he ?d have been happier ? my uncle I mean ? with more leg-of-mutton comfort and less gentility. I suspect Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 11, page 139, November 22, 1859 . 22 November 1859. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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