Daniel Ludlow (1750-1814) was a New York City merchant who lived at 6 Wall Street. His father sent him to Amsterdam to acquire business skills with the firm of Crommeline & Son in 1765. Upon his return, he went into business with his father. After the war, he was a partner in the firm Ludlow & Goold at 47 Wall Street, with his fellow New York Society Library member Edward Goold. The partnership dissolved in 1790 and Ludlow founded the firm Daniel Ludlow and Company at Great Dock. He later went into partnership with his nephew Gulian Ludlow and moved to 42 Wall Street. He was the first president of the Manhattan Company, the predecessor of the Bank of Manhattan Company, from 1799 to 1808. He married Arabella Duncan in 1773.