The Biographical Dictionary of America/Appleton, John James

APPLETON, John James, diplomatist, was born in France in 1789, son of John Appleton, U.S. consul at Calais. He attended Phillips Exeter academy and was graduated at Harvard college in 1813. President Monroe appointed him secretary of the legation at Brazil, and later he represented the United States at Madrid, Stockholm and Naples as chargé d'affaires. He negotiated a treaty with Sweden which was made the basis of subsequent relations between the two governments. He was for a time U. S. chargé d'affaires at Naples. He resided chiefly in France, his father having left him a large property in that country. He died at Rennes, France, March 4, 1865.