"Daniel M. Tredwell, the Man Who Wrote a Diary" (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 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,[1] Tredwell was a native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia before it was Columbia.[2] His first job out of college was as a reporter for the Brooklyn Daily Freeman, a newspaper edited by Walt Whitman.[2] Tredwell initially worked as a lawyer and chief clerk of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn.[2] 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 Long Island and Brooklyn.[2][3] In later life he worked as an executive for various title insurance companies.[3] He died in Brooklyn at the age of 95 and is buried in Greenfield Cemetery at Hempstead, Long Island.[1][4] Tredwell was predeceased by his wife and survived by a daughter, Ida Tredwell Butler.[5]

There is a painting of Tredwell by William Merritt Chase in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]

Selected works

  • Tredwell, Daniel M. (1874). Literature of the Civil War.
  • Tredwell, Daniel M. (1912). Personal reminiscences of men and things on Long Island. Brooklyn: C.A. Ditmas. OCLC 692139379.

References

  1. 1 2 "Daniel M. Tredwell, 10 Nov 1921", New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, FHL microfilm 2,027,685 – via FamilySearch
  2. 1 2 3 4 "D.R. TREDWELL DIES AT 95.; Brooklyn's Oldest Business Man Was a Lawyer and Author". The New York Times. 1921-11-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  3. 1 2 "Daniel M. Tredwell". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1921-11-11. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Daniel M. Tredwell Buried in Hempstead Cemetery". Times Union. 1921-11-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Daniel M. Tredwell, 96, Brooklyn's Oldest Lawyer". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1921-11-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  6. ↑ "William Merritt Chase - Portrait of Daniel M. Tredwell". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
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