History of Grafton, (Windham County) Vermont United States of America

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Biography of John Barrett

John Barrett, diplomatist, was born at Grafton, Vt., Nov. 28, 1866; son of Charles and Caroline (Sanford) Barrett. He was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1889; taught at Oakland, Cal., one term; and was assistant editor of the Statistician, at San Francisco. He traveled in South America, Japan and China; as correspondent of the Ledger, Tacoma, Wash., and was associate editor of The Evening Telegram, Portland, Ore., 1891-'94. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago, in 1892; U.S. minister resident and consul-general at Bangkok, Siam, 1894-'98, where he settled the claim of Dr. Cheek against Siam, obtaining an award of $250,000. He was the war correspondent of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco papers at Manila in 1898, and a delegate to the International conference of the American states at Mexico in 1901. He is the author of "Admiral George Dewey" (1899); "The Far East and Siam" (1902).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor