Daniel Melancthon Tredwell
Attorney, historian of New York
About Daniel Melancthon Tredwell
Lived 1826 – 1921 (aged 94–95).
"Daniel M. Tredwell, the Man Who Wrote a Diary" (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1908) Daniel Melanchthon Tredwell (July 26, 1826 – November 10, 1921) was an American attorney, businessman, book collector, and author.
The son of Daniel Tredwell and Susan Ellsworth, He died in Brooklyn at the age of 95 and is buried in Greenfield Cemetery at Hempstead, Long Island. Tredwell was predeceased by his wife and survived by a daughter, Ida Tredwell Butler.
There is a painting of Tredwell by William Merritt Chase in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Who was Daniel Melancthon Tredwell?
attorney, historian of New York (1826–1921)
When was Daniel Melancthon Tredwell born?
Daniel Melancthon Tredwell was born in 1826.
When did Daniel Melancthon Tredwell die?
Daniel Melancthon Tredwell died in 1921.
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