MEMOIR OF DANIEL TREADWELL. 



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in middle life improved, but was never firm. During his most active periods he had 

 attacks which often stopped him in the midst of his labors, and compelled him to re- 

 main at rest for weeks together. The summer heats exhausted him ; for relief he took 

 frequent journeys in the country, especially through the valley of the Connecticut, and 

 in the spring, to escape the chilling east winds of New England, he twice journeyed to 

 the South. In later years he suffered from severe bodily pains; they weakened and 

 depressed him ; still he was interested in what was going on, and kept himself informed 

 of the progress in science and the discoveries and improvements in the arts. His pain- 

 ful attacks still pursuing him, he withdrew from his club, and went but little abroad 

 except for exercise in his carriage. On the night of the 26th of February, 1872, his 

 sufferings were more severe than ever; his remedies gave partial relief, so that he fell 

 asleep. From this sleep he never awoke to full consciousness, and died early in the 

 morning of February 27th, in his eighty-first year. 



Three days later, after simple and solemn religious rites in the presence of his 

 relatives and many friends, he was borne to Mount Auburn. 



The will of Daniel Treadwell is dated November 7, 1863, and contains the fol- 

 lowing public bequests. The inventory of the property amounted to $55,674. 



" 1 give, devise, and bequeath to my -native Town of Ipswich, in the County of Essex and Com- 

 monwealth of Massachusetts, all my real estate situated in the said town, to have and to hold the same 

 forever, the income whereof, together with the sum of four thousand dollars, which I hereby give and 

 bequeath to the said town for the same purpose, shall be appropriated by the said town for the purpose 

 of founding a Library, to contain a collection of the standard works of the best authors, ancient and 

 modern, but to the exclusion of the cheap literature and party newspapers of the day, for the use of 

 the inhabitants of Ipswich and the neighboring towns ; and it is my wish that the building for the said 

 library shall be erected upon the land purchased by me near ; The Stone Bridge' a few 3-ears since, 

 that it shall be made fire-proof, and used exclusively for the purposes of a library." 



" It is also my will that my wife shall have and use all my pictures, but that at her decease five 

 of the copies in oil of the pictures of famous Italian Painters shall be given to the Town of Ipswich, to 

 be placed in the Library above provided for. And I further devise that all my papers and manuscripts, 

 not necessary for the settlement of my estate, shall be deposited in the said Library in the Town of 



Ipswich/' 



All the remainder of the library, after his wife shall select such books as she may desire, " I give 

 and bequeath to the Town of Ipswich, for the Library above provided for." 



All the residue of the estate is placed in the hands of the executors in trust for the benefit of his 

 wife, and at her decease to be divided equally among the following institutions : The President and 

 Fellows of Harvard College, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Boston Athenaeum, the 

 Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, and the Town of Ipswich for the Library. 



44 In order more surely to carry out the intentions of my legacies above made to the Town of 

 Ipswich, I would express my wish and desire that the Trustees of the Public Library of the City 

 of Boston for the time being should from time to time visit the Library at Ipswich to inspect the same 

 and the accounts of the estate, both real and personal, bequeathed by me for its establishment and 

 benefit, and to see, if occasion requires, that the proper steps be taken to prevent or remedy any misuse 



of the trust." 



