Joshua Bates (financier)
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- See also: Joshua Bates for the clergyman and educator.
Joshua Bates (1788-1864) was an American financier, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
In 1828 he became associated with the great house of Baring Brothers & Co. of London, of which he eventually became the senior partner. He was umpire of the commission convened in 1853 to arbitrate the claims of American citizens arising from the War of 1812.
In 1852 he founded the Boston Library by giving $50,000 for that purpose, with the provision that the interest of the money should be expended for books of permanent value, and that the city should make adequate provision for at least 100 readers. He afterward gave 30,000 volumes to the institution, the main hall of which is named "Bates Hall" in his honor.
[edit] Publications
- Memorial of Joshua Bates (Boston, 1865)
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
