Mentions a call on the James Parton and Fanny Fern in Brooklyn and a letter from Alf Waud about the progress of the engravings for Gunn's book. Transcription: 1857 January. 1. Thursday. Down town to the Office, and remained there till 1, in company with the Colonel. Then to Brooklyn and [James] Parton ?s where I arrived just after he and [Jesse] Haney had started for New York. Stopped and talked with ?ǣFanny [Fern], ? her daughter and Miss J [Louisa Jacobs] till towards sunset, and then returned per Gouverneur St Ferry to New York. The wintry streets full of ?ǣcallers. ? Met [Frank] Pounden.
Mentions a call on the James Parton and Fanny Fern in Brooklyn and a letter from Alf Waud about the progress of the engravings for Gunn's book. Transcription: 1857 January. 1. Thursday. Down town to the Office, and remained there till 1, in company with the Colonel. Then to Brooklyn and [James] Parton ?s where I arrived just after he and [Jesse] Haney had started for New York. Stopped and talked with ?ǣFanny [Fern], ? her daughter and Miss J [Louisa Jacobs] till towards sunset, and then returned per Gouverneur St Ferry to New York. The wintry streets full of ?ǣcallers. ? Met [Frank] Pounden. A late dinner at our place (6 1/2.) Did not stir abroad subsequent, dropped in at [William] Levison ?s &c, and to bed earlyish. 2. Friday. A letter from Alf Waud. All right. Dilatoriness the cause of his lack of response. All the drawings sent for my book are engraved, more demanded. Andrew busy and wants me to catch him two wood-peckers for Boston consumption. Wurzbach returns from Germany in summer. Alf has had a row with [Charles] Damoreau originating in ?ǣa good-humored ? push of the former ?s. They fought a round or so, coats off. Andrew wants me to collect a debt from the Appleton ?s. / Down town. Sent off a fresh lot of drawings per express, to the Pic Office, met [Edwin A.] Weed (told him of the demand for wood-peckers) then to Office. Evening dropped in at Jewell ?s, and wrote to Alf. 3. Saturday. A book from Andrew arrived Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 8, page 133, January 1-3, 1857 . 1 January 1857. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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