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Appleton, John James

diplomatist, was born Sept. 22, 1792, in Calais, France. While his father was United States consul at that place he graduated at Harvard university in 1813; was secretary of legation of the United States to Portugal from 1819 to 1822; to Spain from 1822 to 1825; charge d'affaires to the Two Sicilies in 1825, and to Sweden in 1826.

He resided in France, where he owned a valuable estate. While at Stockholm he negotiated a treaty of commerce. He died March 4, 1864, in Rennes. France.