Bell, Isaac
JR., merchant, banker, public official, was born Nov. 16, 1846, in New York city, N. Y. He was educated at private schools, and at Harvard college, Cambridge, Mass., where he remained two years. After leaving Harvard he went abroad to complete his education and to travel. From 1870 to 1818 he was engaged in mercantile business and in banking in New York city; and in the latter year retired from business and went abroad. He returned to the United States in 1880 and settled at Newport, R. I. In 1885 he received the vote of his party in the state legislature for United States senator, but was not elected. In 1885 he was appointed United States minister at The Hague, Netherlands.