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OBITUARY. Tribune July 17 1890
BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL T. VAN BUREN.
Brigadier-General Daniel T. Van Buren died suddenly, at Plainfield N. J., yesterday morning. The immediate cause of death was heart failure. General Van Buren, after the close of the war, was advised by his physician to avoid business pursuits and to shun excitement of all kinds. This advice he strictly followed and his quiet home life and the exchange of courtesies with General Stirling, who lived near by, were his chief enjoyments. About two years ago, his son, Frank Van Buren, met a sudden and violent death, and his friends assert that since that time the veteran soldier steadily failed in health. A wife and two sons survive him.

General Van Buren was born near Kingston, N. Y., in 1823. In 1843 he entered West Point. Being graduated in 1847, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of artillery. On February 14, 1849, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy. He resigned from the regular service on March 31, 1855. For about six years, until the outbreak of the Civil War, he pursued the profession of civil engineer. He was one of the first to volunteer his services to his country, and on August 3, 1861, he was made Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. On June 1, 1862, he was detailed as Assistant Adjutant-General and Aide-de-Camp to General Dix, at Fortress Monroe. He served with General Dix throughout the war, and was everywhere recognized as an efficient officer. He was made Brigadier-General March 13, 1865. He was mustered out of the regular service March 20, 1866. General Van Buren inherited much wealth. His wife was a daughter of Gouverneur Morris. He was a Democrat and took great interest in his party.
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Saturday July 19" 1890. So cold this morning that a fire would have been very comfortable and has been all day more like October than July. Mr. & Mrs Cross and Julia Dillon and Gertrude Tremper came to breakfast by invitation at 1 o'clock. John McEntee was also invited but did not come. The breakfast was very pleasant and successful and they remained all the afternoon, I think, all having enjoyed it greatly. We built a fire in the parlor after breakfast and found it very agreeable. Calvert came about 9 o'clock in the evening to meet with John and me and Sam this afternoon to decide on his offer to buy the place.

Sunday 20" It was so cold this morning that I built a fire and we kept it up all day. Calvert and I went down into the garden to discuss a new arrangement of the South end of the property in case we sell the rest to Sam. The result was that Calverts brusque manner irritated me and I marched away and refused to talk about it; But he is very forgiving and came after me and we finally were able to discuss it calmly. Sam came up about 2 o'clock and John soon after, and we went about looking at the property and discussing and the result is that we have sold him my place and a designated portion of the Homestead for $22.500 or $22,500. Less than we thought we ought to get, but still a sale which I think will be mutually advantageous. It will relieve me of a great weight of responsibility which I feel I am no longer able to have while it deprives me of my pretty little place in which I hoped to spend my days and I am not sure we will be able to remain here. But I am satisfied with the sale, as we all are. Calvert went home [[strikethrough]] last [[/strikethrough]] tonight and he and Marion are to sail on Wednesday. We talked until 6 o clock. Sam has engaged Calvert to build him a large house and to lay out the place.

Monday 21. Another cool and perfect day. I went down to see Sam, at his request and took the maps with me. He seems perfectly satisfied. Will assume the two mortgages, $4000 on my place and $10.000 on this place and release the rest of the property if Booth is willing and pay us the balance as we wish it. I went to Kingston to see Kenyon. I left the Van Gaasbeck papers with him and then talked on the subject of the sale. I think I shall have to have it all surveyed again and have written John Van Eltan to come and do it. I also inquired if Calvert could delegate his powers as Executor in his absence so that the deeds can be signed &c, but Kenyon says he cannot. I wrote him to that effect from Kenyons office and put a special delivery stamp on it as I agreed to do. I did not get home until 2 o'clock when we had dinner and I have been writing and tracing out the boundaries ever since. It is an elaborate affair to make the deed owing to the obliterating of streets &c, and Kenyon is extremely careful and cautious. I have written to Wm. H. Van Gaasbeck who lives in Jersey City, the only one who has not signed the release. I wrote a note to John Van Eltan and sent it to the office by Charlie after tea, asking him when he could come and do some surveying for me and telling him I would not be able to let him have the lot he came to buy a week ago. He drove up shortly after and said he had seen in the Freeman this evening a notice of the sale. He was greatly disappointed as he felt if he could not get that lot he could have one beyond this place. But I told him we could not sell them now as all that plan was changed and we had not yet considered new ones. He said he was more disappointed than he could express. I said he should have accepted our offer of some time ago, but he said he was not prepared then; and I really felt sorry to break up his hopes. He is to come on Thursday and do my surveying. Sara had a letter from Mrs. Church today wanting us to come and make them a visit, but she was obliged to write her we could not now as she was going to N.Y. and I was very busy at present.
Tuesday July 22. The mercury indicated 48° is morning at 7 oclock on our back piazza and I was told ice formed in the mountains yesterday morning. It has