Mentions a visit to the Crystal Palace with Henry Hart. Transcription: whither at 10 came Mr [Henry] Hart and a young Londoner [Yatman], newly arrived. Down town together. 15. Wednesday. Came [Charles] Welden, bidding me to a journey up the river, champagne dinner &c. But time not serving, could ?nt accompany him. Dunsier called, Supple called & then Mr Hart. I worked on till 1, then dined at Erford ?s with Hart, and together by the 6th Avenue cars to the Crystal Palace. Progressing. Return, and parted. I to Fulton Street with drawings &c. Called at Vesey Street & sat awhile with [Alfred] Wau
Mentions a visit to the Crystal Palace with Henry Hart. Transcription: whither at 10 came Mr [Henry] Hart and a young Londoner [Yatman], newly arrived. Down town together. 15. Wednesday. Came [Charles] Welden, bidding me to a journey up the river, champagne dinner &c. But time not serving, could ?nt accompany him. Dunsier called, Supple called & then Mr Hart. I worked on till 1, then dined at Erford ?s with Hart, and together by the 6th Avenue cars to the Crystal Palace. Progressing. Return, and parted. I to Fulton Street with drawings &c. Called at Vesey Street & sat awhile with [Alfred] Waud. Evening to the Gymnasium together; he out parading with the Cadets, I exercising till 10, when coming from bath, Mr Hart, Dillon [Mapother] & the Londoner came. Erford ?s. 16. Thursday. Drawing till 2. Down town. Brooklyn. Evening to Wood ?s Minstrels. Met Dillon, Mr Hart & the Londoner at Erford ?s subsequently. 17. Friday. Drawing. Mr Hart with me part of the day, & we dined together at Erford ?s, a summer storm with thunder lightning and rain [word crossed out] raging with almost tropical fury chancing while we were there, and afterwards. Evening close hotly dank, and the alianthus trees giving out an oppressive perfume as I walked to Beach Street. Lotty [Kidder] opened the door to me, and we entred [entered] parlor and talked. Presently [Arthur] Mason called, complaining of rheumatism, talking of his now living in Brooklyn Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 5, page 220, June 14-17, 1853 . 14 June 1853. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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