Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899 : a companion volume to King's handbook of New York City by M. King, 1899, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Boorman_Colgate.jpg
James B. Colgate (1818-1904) was the son of multimillionaire William Colgate, founder of Colgate Soap Company – now known as Colgate-Palmolive. James started a New York Stock Exchange brokerage firm in 1852. During his lifetime, Colgate donated over a million dollars to Madison University in Hamilton, NY., which was later renamed Colgate University in his honor. With this he supported the construction of various buildings and the university’s endowment fund. Upon his death, he left money to the Baptist Educational Society in New York.
A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname: Notes for James Boorman Colgate, https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220023/http://www.barnum.org/nti10062.htm
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James B. Colgate's Gift, New York Times, February 20, 1903, https://nyti.ms/3CmkYlu
James B. Colgate & Co. is to Quit Wallstreet, New York Times, November 18, 1941, https://nyti.ms/3Cm1xJp
Madison University.; Dedication of the New Colgate Academy James B. Colgate's Address Delta, Upsilon, Anniversary, New York Times, June 17, 1874, https://nyti.ms/42voowH
What's in a Name? Colgate's Origins and Evolution, James Leach, Colgate. https://200.colgate.edu/looking-back/moments/whats-name-colgates-origins-and-evolution