Bigelow, John
journalist, author, was born in 1817 in New York. He is a prominent New York journalist, at one time United States minister to France, and in 1875 was elected secretary of the state of New York. He is the author of Life of Benjamin Franklin; Life of William Cullen Bryant; Life of Samuel Tilden; Jamaica in 1850; Les Etats Unis d'Amerique en 1863; Some Recollections of Antoine Pierre Berryer; France and Hereditary Monarchy; Wit and Wisdom of the Haytiens; Molinos the Quietist; France and the Confederate Navy; an International Episode; and The Mystery of Sleep. He has edited complete editions of the works of Franklin and Tilden.