Introduction

Biography

Daniel was the son of Da­ni­el P. Coles­wor­thy and An­na Col­lins.

He be­came a print­er, hav­ing served an ap­pren­tice­ship in the of­fice of Ar­thur Shir­ley, starting at age 14.

Early in his life, Da­ni­el be­came ed­it­or and pub­lish­er of a young peo­ple’s pa­per first known as The Sab­bath School In­struct­or, and af­ter­wards the Mo­ral Re­form­er, and Jour­nal of Re­form, which did not last ma­ny years.

In June, 1840, he be­gan pub­lish­ing a small se­mi-month­ly pa­per called The Youth’s Mo­ni­tor, which he con­tinued for about two years.

In 1841, he be­gan print­ing a week­ly li­ter­ary paper, the Port­land Tri­bune. In June, 1845, sold his in­ter­est in the pa­per to John Ed­wards, pub­lish­er of the Port­land Bul­le­tin. The two unit­ed pa­pers were called the Trib­une and Bul­le­tin.

Colesworthy kept a book store on Ex­change Street, and for a while in the base­ment of the old Mar­in­ers’ church build­ing on the cor­ner of Fore and Moul­ton Streets. He af­ter­wards, and be­fore 1851, moved to Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, and opened a book­store on Corn­hill. He was al­so pro­pri­etor of an­oth­er near­by store, hav­ing his home in Chel­sea.

Daniel’s son, Will­iam Gib­son Coles­wor­thy (1851–1907), en­tered his fa­ther’s bu­si­ness in 1877 and car­ried on his fa­ther’s book­store at 66 Corn­hill un­til his own death.

Colesworthy was a vo­lu­mi­nous writ­er, both in prose and verse, seek­ing to in­struct as well as amuse his read­ers.

Works

• The Op­en­ing Buds
• A Group of Child­ren
• The Year
• School Is Out, 1876