Bigelow, Lewis
congressman, author, was born in 1783 in Petersham, Mass. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1821 to 1823; and was the author of the Digest of the First Twelve Volumes of Massachusetts Reports. He died Oct. 3, 1838, in Peoria, Ill.
BIGELOW, MELVILLE MADISON, lawyer, author, poet, was born Aug. 2, 1846, in Eaton Rapids, Mich. He is a lawyer and law lecturer of Boston, and the author of The Law of Bills; English Procedure in the Norman Period; The Law of Fraud; Elements of Equity; Elements of the Law of Torts; Placita Anglo- Normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I.; Law of Wills, Notes and Cheques; The Law of Fraud on its Civil Side; The Law of Estoppel and its Application to Practice; and Leading Cases in the Law of Torts. He has also edited the 8th edition of Story's Conflict of Laws, and published a volume of poems entitled Rhymes of a Barrister.