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Moses Yale Beach (January 15, 1800 – July 18, 1868)[2] was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who founded the Associated Press, and is credited with originating print syndication.[3][4] His fortune, as of 1846, amounted to $300,000, which was about 1/4 of the fortune of Cornelius Vanderbilt at the time, and was featured in a book that he published named the Wealthy citizens of the City of New York.[5]
His newspaper, the New York Sun, became the most successful newspaper in America, and was a pioneer on crime reporting and human-interest stories for the masses.[6][7][8][9]
Biography
Moses was born in
His father was a plain farmer, and gave him an ordinary education. As a boy, he was a
He was among the first to invest in
The invention was widely used, but Moses derived no pecuniary benefit due to his tardiness in applying for a
In 1835, he acquired an interest in the paper from George W. Wisner, an early founder who had been in charge of reporting police news and writing police reports, being the first to do so in the industry.[21] His brother was Gov. Moses Wisner, a member of the family of Patriot Henry Wisner, a gunpowder manufacturer for George Washington during the Revolutionary War. After selling his shares, he would go back to Michigan and found his own journal. The Sun was then small, both in the size of its sheet and circulation, and with a $40,000 payment, Moses soon became sole proprietor, acquiring the shares of Benjamin Day and Mr. Wisner.
New York Sun
The
The "
According to historian Elmo Scott Watson, Moses invented
In 1842, he published the first directory of wealthy Americans called the Wealth and Pedigree of Wealthy Citizens of New York City.[40] In the 1846 edition, Moses Yale Beach was featured with a fortune of US$300,000, which translates to 3.3 billions dollars in 2022 money in relation to GDP, and was featured along with Cornelius Vanderbilt at 1.2 million, and John Jacob Astor at 25 millions, the richest man in the world at the time.[41] In 1846, only fourteen individuals were millionaires in New York, with a population of about 500,000 people, making Moses Yale Beach among the richest men in the city.[42]
From 1843 to 1847, Moses grew the newspaper, employing 8 editors and reporters, 16 pressmen, 12 female folders, and 100 newsboy.[45] In the same year, he was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico, and named Special Diplomatic Agent by U.S. President John Tyler. He was also a representative of New York's bankers for the war mission, and a director of several New York banks, carrying with him $50,000 to establish a National Bank in Mexico.[46]
He cofounded the
Mexican-American War
During the
As he already had a personal relationship with the former foreign minister of Mexico,
He took meetings with them and tried to organize a resistance. His resistance would prove successful as the Bishops were able to raise an army of 5,000 men. The financing provided also prevented the Mexican army to counterback U.S General Winfield Scott. Following the Polkos Revolt, President Santa Anna would post a reward to capture Moses and declared that anyone found with a copy of his paper, the New York Sun, would be punished as a traitor.[57] The negotiations were eventually broken off by a false report announcing the defeat of General Zachary Taylor by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Moses returned back home, along with General Scott, and eventually the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo would be settled, in 1847, where the territories of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, along with parts of Texas and Arizona, would be obtained by the United States.[58] Gov. Sam Houston declared that Texas owes much to the work of Moses Yale Beach during the war.[59]
Gold Rush
During the
As a result, they converted the ship into a warehouse and a
Moses was a partner in a mining venture to extract gold and quartz with
Personal life
Moses retired in 1857 with an ample fortune, and left the paper to his sons. He then returned to
Moses Yale was featured in the
Moses Yale Beach was married twice and left six sons and two daughters :
- Alfred Ely, entrepreneur who invented New York City's first subway system, opposed by John Jacob Astor III, owner of the Scientific American magazine, founder of a school for freed slaves after the American Civil War, joined the Union League
- Czar Alexander II of the House of Romanov, supported Abraham Lincoln's policies
- As well as Eveline Shepherd, Mary Ely Day, Henry Day, Joseph Perkins, Moses Yale Beach (b. 1862), and
Moses's nephew, Clarence Day Sr., owned Gwynne & Day, a Wall Street brokerage firm seated at
His granddaughter Emma Beach married to artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, who pioneered the creation of the first effective forms of military camouflage, and his grandson, Charles Yale Beach, became a real estate investor. Thayer was a member of the Boston Brahmin Thayer family, and his work was mocked by Theodore Roosevelt. Emma was also the aunt of the Dean of Harvard Divinity School, William Wallace Fenn, and was a friend and possible lover of Mark Twain, and was featured in his book The Innocents Abroad.
His grandson,
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Moses Yale Beach died suddenly Sunday morning at Wallingford, Conn,, where he was born, Jan. 7, 1800. In 1814 he was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in Hartford, Conn., whom he served for four years, and then, purchasing his freedom, went into the cabinet business on his own account at Northampton, Mass.
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