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caprices that may take the courts. The trial will be by Judge Nelson, of New York, who has 

 the reputation of an able man. Should I fail in this suit, I shall at least establish full proof 

 to the world that all the most important improvements in cannon that have been made for the 

 last twenty-five years have been derived from me, and most of them reduced to practice by me. 



1 have mislaid your address, so that I must send this to you directed mei'ely at Philadelphia. 

 I wish you, immediately on rcceij)t of it, to retui-n an answer, enclosing the direction lo your 

 street and number. I wish you to do this, as I have something to send you by mail, and it 

 will be important to you that it should not miscarry. I will enclose it as soon as I receive an 

 answer to this, and your address. 



Wishing you continued health and comfort, I remain, very truly, your friend and servant, 



Daniel Treadwell. 



P. S. Let me know how Mr. Ashmcad flourishes in these times. 



To Dr. William Sweetsek. 



CAJrBRiDGE, April 15, 186.5. 



My dear old Friend, — You cannot thinlc how much I rejoiced, some three months ago, in 

 the account which I received of you from my friend and neighbor, Mr. Charles Folsom. From 

 the correspondence between Mrs. Treadwell and Mrs. Swectser, likewise, and from Miss 

 Langdon, I have I'eceived constant accounts of your recovered health. This has been a very 

 great source of satisfaction to me, for I can say, with the utmost truth, that there is no person 

 left in the wide world whose welfare I so sincerely desire as yours. I will not say a word 

 about my neglect in not writing to you, as you know my idiosyncrasy about mere friendly 

 correspondence and must lay my conduct to that fault. The world has gone on with mc 

 during the past winter much in the old way. My health has been uncertain, sometimes quite 

 comfortable, sometimes feeble, but witliout any particular disease, except the weight of years, 

 which has told upon me very much since I last saw you. I feel myself much alone in the 

 world. I feel the loss of Ware very much, and I yet miss the relief I used to find in the 

 company of old T. I see more of Mr. Folsom than anybody else, as he lives near me, and 

 usually calls in two or three times a week. But my dear old fellow, if I ouly had you within 

 speaking distance, to go over the old memories with, and discuss the questions and liumhuys 

 of the day with, it would be wortli all else that is left to me. My mind remains very active, 

 and although I avoid putting it to very laborious and long-continued Avork, yet I find myself 

 capable of pursuing my old subjects of investigation with satisfaction, and as / tltink with 

 vigor. 



Accept Mrs. Treadwell's best remembrance and love to Mrs. Sweetser, and from me to 

 Mrs. Sweetser all kind regards. 



Ever truly yours, 



Daniel Treadwell. 



At the annual meeting of the Academy, in May, 1865, when Professor Treadwell 

 declined a re-election to the Vice-Presidency, to which he had been annually chosen 

 since 1852, Professor Jeffries Wyinan moved the following vote, which was unani- 

 mously adopted : — 



" Voted, That the thanks of the Academy are hereby respectfully tendered to 

 Profes.sor Daniel Treadwell, for the constancy with which he has devoted him- 



