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Charles Bertrand Lewis (February 15, 1842 – August 21, 1924), better known by the pen name M. Quad, was an American journalist and humorist.

Charles Bertrand Lewis
Born	(1842-02-15)February 15, 1842 Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio
Died	August 21, 1924(1924-08-21) (aged 82) Brooklyn, New York
Pen name	M. Quad

Lewis was born at Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, and attended the Michigan State Agricultural College. He was a volunteer soldier in the northern army during the Civil War.

He joined the staff of the Detroit Free Press in 1869, and became known as a writer of sketches under the pen-name of M. Quad. His accounts of the proceedings of a supposed society of colored people, to which he gave the name of Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club, were very popular. His published works include: Sawed-Off Sketches (1884), Field, Fort and Fleet (1885), Under Fire (1886), and The Lime-Kiln Club (1887).[1][2][3]

Charles Bertrand Lewis died at his home in Brooklyn on August 21, 1924.[4]

References

External links

• Works by or about M. Quad at Internet Archive

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