The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]

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Title: The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
Author: Harry Watkins
Editor: Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
Print Source: Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard Library Viewer (opens in new tab)
Date: July 22, 1853
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07 June 1854

Wed (Wednesday) 7 —Pleasant—Steamer behind time in reaching her port—9 A.M. found Mother well—took breakfast at home—how good—cleaned up and took a walk down town [sic downtown] —P.M. called on Wemyss At Bowery Theatre 7 P.M.—it has been splendidly fitted up since I left the city, and is now one of the handsomest Theatres in the Union—Theatricals are dull in New York at present