LECTURER IN THE LAW SCHOOL OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY; LIFE MEMBER
OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY; HON. MEMBER
ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, ETC.

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JOHN HAY

SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE CABINET OF

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

My dear Mr. Hay:

To you I dedicate this volume in memory of a friendship now forty years old. If these pages find favor it will be because I am

Your devoted disciple in diplomacy and letters,

POULTNEY BIGELOW.

The death of Mr. Hay occurred after these pages had gone to press