Mentions taking back five blocks from the Lantern in place of $20 they owe him. Transcription: With [John] Watson to the Whig Review Office, where I saw Mr [John] Priestley. Got the five ?ǣHistoric Tableaux ? of mine which have appeared in the ?ǣLantern, ? taking them as $20 off what they owe me. We found the blocks up in the top room, amid a wilderness of others. / To the ?ǣLiterary World ? Office, saw [Cornelius] Mathews & Holly, once of the Democratic Review. He was a rabid democrat, a ?ǣmanifest-destiny ? & [Stephen A.] Douglas man then (now, having left the Review, he don ?t think it so
Mentions taking back five blocks from the Lantern in place of $20 they owe him. Transcription: With [John] Watson to the Whig Review Office, where I saw Mr [John] Priestley. Got the five ?ǣHistoric Tableaux ? of mine which have appeared in the ?ǣLantern, ? taking them as $20 off what they owe me. We found the blocks up in the top room, amid a wilderness of others. / To the ?ǣLiterary World ? Office, saw [Cornelius] Mathews & Holly, once of the Democratic Review. He was a rabid democrat, a ?ǣmanifest-destiny ? & [Stephen A.] Douglas man then (now, having left the Review, he don ?t think it so ?ǣshure ? ?[Franklin] Pierce will be elected! Hey ho! cap and bells again! / To the woodpeckers, leaving one huge drawing & two little two column cuts for them. Got 8th no of ?ǣBleak House. ? Return to room. Down town again, Lantern Office & [Thomas W.] Strongs, where I met Mrs Norman & Mrs Ebury, [William] Barth ?s acquaintances, they purchasing things for their store. I like the latter lady, quiet and gentle-faced ? Don ?t like the old woman, ? slightly dictatorial I fancy. Recieved from her a comprehensive no-meaning ?ǣyou ?ll call on us &c and replied with the necessary insincerity. Back. Dined at the Shades. Met that fellow boarder of Wilkins who I directed to [John B.] Holmes some days back. Introduced to others, ? [words crossed out] Dined. To room & work. Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 5, page 74, October 20, 1852 . 20 October 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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