The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-22
JOHN BICEL OW
DIESAT ACE OF 81
Noted Author and Diplomat
Passes Away.
HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREER
He Was Stricken With Aiment Incl
dent to Old Age, and After Three
Days Succumbed.

John Biselpw the venerable dllo-
mat, bis.a IAN, author and publicist,
died OF Kidney disease at his home
in New York. He was ninety-four
years old.
Mr.. Bigelow died in the old-fashion
ed house on Gramercy Park that had
long been his residence Three days
ago he suffered a return of an ailment
incident to advanced age, which at
tackled him last June at his summer
home III Highland Falls. For more
than two days he suffered intense
pain, but eight or ten hours be ore
death there came a partial paralysis
OF the senses. For several hours he
lay smiling at those about him, bat
unable To speak,
At the bedside were two of his four
children, Major Bigelow and Miss
Grace Bigciow, and his graddaughJ HER
one OF the first to be notified of Mr.
Bigelow' S death was Andrew Carnegie,
whoes birthday. Nov %, comedies
with that of the aged diplomat. The
two were close friends. and they spent
part OF their last joint birthday to-
gether at Mr. Bigelow's residence, as
had been their custom for several
years.
MIR. HiEcloW was born ut Malden-on-
Hudson, Ulster county, N. Y, Nov. %,
1877. He graduated from Union col
lege in 1885. From this college and
from Racine and the University of the
,,p II
lie was admitted to the New York bar
in 1892
Nearly forty years ago he was sec
rotary of state of New York. Ills first
office was that of inspector of Sing
Sing prison. He gave as much time
TO writing and economical study as he
did to the law, and was editor of the
New York Evening Post from 1S49 to
1861
Mr. Bigelow edited the Writings
and Speeches of Samuel j. Tilden,
The Writing of benjamin Franklin"
and wrote life of William Cullen
Bryant
Some Of his later writings were
The Mystery of Sleep" THE Useful
Life a Crown to the Simple Life"
Our eN-presidents: What Shall we Do
for Them What Shall They Do For
Us?" and many extensive magazine
articles
MIR Rigeow was IA member of the
Century Association, and was in 1907
president OF the trustees of the New
York Public library. lie was married
to Jennie poultney. and his children
are Poultney Grace. John, Jr., and
Mrs. Butler X. Harding.
He was sent as consul to France
in 1861 by President lincoln. and in
1865 he served as envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to that
country. 1t was while living in Paris
that he secured the original manu-
script of the autobiography of Benja,
min Franklin. which he published in
1865.
Mr.. Bigelow's public services.
chronologieally arranged, were: Prison
inspector, lS45-46, editor New York
Evening Post. lS49-6l, consul at Paris.
1S61-64; minister to France, lS6i67;
chairman New York canal investigat-
ing committee. 1875; secretary OF
state New York, lS75-77. He was ex.
ecutor OF the Samuel J. Tilden estate.
president OF the New York Public Ii
brary trustees and of the Aston, Til,
den and teuoX foundations; trustee of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
president OF the Tilden trust, presi
dent of the Century Association and
member OF the American Academy of
Arts and Letters as well as OF various
historical societies.