Daniel M Tredwell the Man Who Wrote a Diary The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sun Jan 19 1908

Daniel Melanchthon Tredwell (July 26, 1826 – November 10, 1921) was an American attorney, businessman, book collector, and author. The son of Daniel Tredwell and Susan Ellsworth, Tredwell was a native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia before it was Columbia. His first job out of college was as a reporter for the '' Brooklyn Daily Freeman'', a newspaper edited by

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

. Tredwell initially worked as a lawyer and chief clerk of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn. A bibliophile and book collector, in his spare time he wrote several books, often about the history and natural history of the greater New York area, with a focus on

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and

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. In later life he worked as an executive for various title insurance companies. He died in Brooklyn at the age of 95 and is buried in Greenfield Cemetery at Hempstead, Long Island. Tredwell was predeceased by his wife and survived by a daughter, Ida Tredwell Butler. There is a painting of Tredwell by

William Merritt Chase William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons School of Design. ...

in the collection of the

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