| 词条 | Joseph Balestier |
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In 1849, he was appointed Envoy and Diplomatic Agent of the United States to South Eastern Asia.[3] Born in France, Balestier was appointed Consul in Rhiau in the 1830s, and later as the first US consul in Singapore when American ships were given equal trading rights with the East India Company. In Singapore, he had a large house on a 1,000 acre sugar-cane and cotton plantation, with a plant to manufacture sugar and rum. He served until 1852, although he actually left the country due to ill-health in 1848. He was a friend of James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, from his visit to Singapore in 1839, and wrote an article supporting him when opposition arose in America.[4] He married Maria (1785–1847), the daughter of Paul Revere, in Boston, Mass. in 1814. She donated the Revere Bell to St. Andrew's Church in 1843. He died in York, Pennsylvania. The area of Balestier in Singapore is named after him and is the site of his sugar plantation. References1. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70256151 Dates] {{DEFAULTSORT:Balestier, Joseph}}2. ^Joseph Balestier in Singapore Infopedia {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214164835/http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_951_2004-12-23.html |date=2012-02-14 }} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Robert Hopkins|authorlink=|title=The United States and Vietnam, 1787-1941|url=http://digitalndulibrary.ndu.edu/cdm4/|date=|origyear=|publisher=National Defense University Press|location=Washington, DC|isbn=|oclc=90013317|page=|chapter=|chapterurl=|quote=|accessdate=June 20, 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 4. ^Mr.Brooke of Sarawack, pp.56-60 in The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 18 (New York, Jan, 1848) 4 : 1788 births|1858 deaths|Revere family|French emigrants to the United States |
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