John Bigelow
John Bigelow | |
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United States Minister to France | |
In office April 23, 1865 – December 23, 1866 | |
Preceded by | William L. Dayton |
Succeeded by | John Adams Dix |
Secretary of State of New York | |
In office January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Diedrich Willers Jr. |
Succeeded by | Allen C. Beach |
Personal details | |
Born | Malden-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. | November 25, 1817
Died | December 19, 1911 New York City | (aged 94)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jane Tunis Poultney |
Children | John Bigelow Jr. Poultney Bigelow |
John Bigelow Sr. (November 25, 1817 – December 19, 1911) was an
Early life
Born in
Political and literary career
Bigelow began his political career as a reform
After the war's conclusion, he returned to New York, where he assisted his old friend
He was a staunch proponent of the development of the Panama Canal. He was a friend of Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who brought Panama's declaration of Independence to Bigelow's home. Panama's first proposed flag, made there by Mrs. Bunau Varilla, was rejected by the Panamanians, who made their own.
Bigelow's writing career, begun with Bryant on the
Bigelow published an edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, in 1868, the first publication taken from Franklin's original, and nearly complete, manuscript, which had been lost sometime after Franklin's death. After haggling over the price, he finally agreed to pay the original asking price of 25,000 franks and purchased the manuscript from William Temple Franklin, Benjamin's Franklin's grandson.[6] Since the manuscript ended at age 51, in 1757, Bigelow re-worked it, incorporating Franklin's extensive correspondence, into the three-volume The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, first published in 1874.
In 1895 Bigelow wrote and published The Life of Samuel J. Tilden.
Personal life
On June 11, 1850, Bigelow married Jane Tunis Poultney and they had nine children. They included:
- Buffalo Soldiers, taught at West Point, served again in the West, and fought and was seriously wounded in Cuba. He retired in October 1904. From 1905 to 1910, he was a professor at M.I.T. During World War I, he was recalled to active duty and served in Washington. He traveled and wrote until his death in 1936.[7]
- Poultney Bigelow (1855-1954) was a lawyer and a noted journalist and editor.
- Flora Bigelow, married firstly Charles S. Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne(1835–1914).
- In 1854 he had a life-changing experience he wrote about in the book The Bible That Was Lost and is Found.
Legacy
On August 8, 2001, New York City Mayor
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-7656-2106-1.
- ^ Stahr, Walter (2021), Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival, New York: Simon & Schuster, p. 182.
- ^ Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont, New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856.
- ^ Peraino, Kevin, Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power. New York: Crown Publishers, 2013, p. 292.
- ^ Clapp, 1947, pp. viii, 295, 302
- ^ Clapp, 1947, p. 261
- ISBN 0-87404-243-7.)
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Sources
- The Life Of Samuel J. Tilden, Written by John Bigelow, 1895. Revised and edited by; Nikki Oldaker 2009:
- Mr. Lincoln and Friends: John Bigelow
- Retrospections of an Active Life. 3 volumes. New York: Baker & Taylor Co., 1909.
- Bigelow Genealogy at fp.enter.net
- Bigelow and Union College, in NYT on May 18, 1913
- Clapp, Margaret A. (1947). Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow.
- John Bigelow Papers, The New York Public Library.
- The Correspondence of John Bigelow, Union College Archived 2015-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.