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Bigelow (JOHN an American author born)

JOHN, an American author, born in Malden, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1817; graduated at Union College, in 1835, and became first a lawyer and afterward a journalist. In 1845-1846 he was inspector of Sing Sing prison; in 1849-1861 one of the editors of the New York "Evening Post"; in 1861-1864, United States Consul-General at Paris; JOHN BIGELOW and in 1864-1867, Minister to France.

He was Secretary of State of New York in 1875-1877. In his will Samuel J.

Tilden appointed him his biographer and one of the three trustees of the bulk of his estate, set apart for the establishment of a public library in New York City. Mr. Bigelow was elected President of the consolidated Board of Trustees of the library and appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee. His works include "Molinos the Quietist," "France and the Confederate Navy," "Life of William Cullen Bryant," "Life of Samuel J. Tilden," "Some Recollectons of Edouard Laboulaye," "A Life of Franklin." In 1885 he published "The Writings and Speeches of Samuel J.

Tilden," and in 1888 "The Complete BIGELOW Works of Benjamin Franklin," "Retrospection of an Active Life" (1909). He died in 1911.