Mentions his work and an illness. Transcription: [William] Boutcher and M [Mary Bilton] to the Post Office. Return. Two Porcupinish sketches. Walk on the Battery at night in company with Mr Johns and [Dillon] Mapother, on getting back fumigation and beer in the room of Mr [Henry] Hart. [Frank] Royal joining us. 22. Wednesday. Drawing in the morning. Afternoon to [Jonathan F.] Badeau ?s ? At night drawing, (political caricature,) ? Mapother in the room with me, & Joe [Greatbatch]. The latter sometime writing, sometime snoring. The former reading aloud the to-day-published number of [Charles]
Mentions his work and an illness. Transcription: [William] Boutcher and M [Mary Bilton] to the Post Office. Return. Two Porcupinish sketches. Walk on the Battery at night in company with Mr Johns and [Dillon] Mapother, on getting back fumigation and beer in the room of Mr [Henry] Hart. [Frank] Royal joining us. 22. Wednesday. Drawing in the morning. Afternoon to [Jonathan F.] Badeau ?s ? At night drawing, (political caricature,) ? Mapother in the room with me, & Joe [Greatbatch]. The latter sometime writing, sometime snoring. The former reading aloud the to-day-published number of [Charles] Dicken ?s [David] Copperfield. Rain out of doors and nobody abroad. Veritably [unclear word], in time to come recollect these evenings. 23. Thursday. Drawing ?ǣThe California Question ? till Evening. Then Mapother and Mr. Johns coming into my room start the proposition of jug o ?punch and fumigation; ? the which is carried out, Mr Royal joining us. / While Joe and I were undressing we see big fire over the house tops. 24. Friday. To the ?ǣAtlas ?Office where I dispose of the Californy sketch, gross fat man, and another there. To Wells and Webb for block. Drawing on it during the afternoon. Internal disagreables all day. Evening, a bit of a walk on the Wharf ? saw the to-day arrived Ohio (bringing the Cuba news). Back took emetic, ? wretched retching ? purging, ?all sorts of stomach agonizations. [25. Saturday through 26. Sunday] Drawing. Jalaping, castor oil-taking, throat gurgling, neck bandaging to any extent. Royal playing the part of Good Samaritan to me; ? the man is a true Christian if there ever was one in the world. Wrote to Bridgens. 27. Monday. Somewhat better. Drawing Californy caricature in Mr. Hart ?s Room. In the evening a long Broadway ramble with Mapother. 28. Tuesday. At bar room in Broadway, there expecting to find [Hardin] Andrews Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 1, page 119, May 21-28, 1850 . 21 May 1850. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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