Bates, Daniel, 1779-1799.
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Daniel Bates was born in Boston on December 4, 1799. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797 and died two years later, in 1799.
William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1778. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797, an A.M. in 1800 and an S.T.D. in 1842. He also received two degrees from Bowdoin College: an S.T.D. in 1825 and an L.L.D. in 1862. Jenks served as pastor of churches in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bath, Maine before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College as professor of Oriental and English literature. He later returned to Boston, where he founded a mission for seamen and took an active part in several of the city's humanitarian reform organizations. He served as a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College from 1832 to 1845. He was also a founder of the American Antiquarian Society and the American Oriental Society. William Jenks died in Boston on November 13, 1866.
From the description of Letters from Daniel Bates to William Jenks, May 1795-September 1798. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 589226980
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