Found 2 collections related to Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs

Adriance Van Brunt kept this diary and journal on his farm near Brooklyn, New York, from June 8, 1828 through March 20, 1830. Entries include details of farm activities; prices of farm products; stock on farm; wages paid employees; church and Sunday school interests (mentioning names of ministers and other details); trips to Brooklyn and Red Hook, New York; teas and other social gatherings; an account of the death of his mother on June 23, 1829; and references to the Cortelyou, Beekman, and other New York families less

Daniel Melancthon Tredwell (1825-1921) was an American businessman and bibliophile from Brooklyn, N.Y., who wrote about life and history on Long Island. Collection contains two holograph manuscripts by Tredwell. One manuscript, 1914, is a history of the book trade in Brooklyn during the 19th century. The other consists of his reminiscences in diary entries from 1840 to 1881, with notes dating as late as 1892, and concerns people and events in Brooklyn, Queens and Hempstead, Long Island, New York. less