Describes a conversation with Matty Edwards. Transcription: from running. That ?s why I broached matters to-night. September. 1. Thursday. Working hard till 4 or later, at Pic matters, editorialization and drawing; then down town. Found [George] Arnold, [] Shepherd, [Frank] Cahill and Bob Gun in the sanctum, with a bottle of brandy, (which Arnold had got from a man he writes advertisements for.) Working in the evening. Arnold in Gun ?s room. 2. Friday. Writing Courier article, finishing it by sunset. Then abroad, first to [Frank] Bellew ?s, (he out) then to 16th St, then to Edwards ?. Mat
Describes a conversation with Matty Edwards. Transcription: from running. That ?s why I broached matters to-night. September. 1. Thursday. Working hard till 4 or later, at Pic matters, editorialization and drawing; then down town. Found [George] Arnold, [] Shepherd, [Frank] Cahill and Bob Gun in the sanctum, with a bottle of brandy, (which Arnold had got from a man he writes advertisements for.) Working in the evening. Arnold in Gun ?s room. 2. Friday. Writing Courier article, finishing it by sunset. Then abroad, first to [Frank] Bellew ?s, (he out) then to 16th St, then to Edwards ?. Matty [Edwards] and Eliza [Edwards] had just returned from a visit to the Central Park, under convoy of [Edward W.] Serrell, and were at a late tea. Serrell soon left. Stayed till the usual hour, 11, most part of the time getting confidential with pretty Matty. There has been a tiff with [Charles] Honeywell, who played sulky on a recent occasion, on encountering the girls in Broadway. When he came to bid them good bye, on the occasion of going out of town temporarily, Matty ran up stairs and wouldn ?t speak to him. The girl resents being considered merely ?ǣpretty, ? is irked at Sally [Edwards] ?s presumed superiority of intellect. She thinks but poorly of her self, says she has ?ǣno brains ? ? were Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 11, page 108, August 31-September 2, 1859 . 31 August 1859. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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