. Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. the es-tablishment of a wState Normal School in Westfield. He wrote many of the reportsof the Board of Education, one of which, made in 1845, contained the first officialrecommendation in favor of using the Bible in the common schools. For many years Mr. Bates was the president of the Board of Trusteesof the WestfieldAcademy. He was president of the Westfield Bank from its incorporation in 1850till it became the First National Bank of Westfield in 1864, and he continued his ser-vices as president until his resignation in 1872. He was also p
. Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. the es-tablishment of a wState Normal School in Westfield. He wrote many of the reportsof the Board of Education, one of which, made in 1845, contained the first officialrecommendation in favor of using the Bible in the common schools. For many years Mr. Bates was the president of the Board of Trusteesof the WestfieldAcademy. He was president of the Westfield Bank from its incorporation in 1850till it became the First National Bank of Westfield in 1864, and he continued his ser-vices as president until his resignation in 1872. He was also president of the West-field Savings Bank. In 1853 he was appointed district attorney for the four westerncountiesof Massachusetts, and the labors which so large a district involved were ex-ceedingly arduous. In 1859 his splendid physique yielded to the touch of paralysis, and for more thantwenty years he was never free from bodily infirmity. Through all this period ofweakness his never-failing patience and fortitude were the admiration of all. It was.
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