° '1919 J Stone, Jacob Post Giraud, Jr. 465 



was the man after whom Dr. Elliot was named. According to 

 Dr. F. M. Chapman's sketch of Dr. Elliot's life (Auk, 1917, p. 1) 

 the Giraud family was of French ancestry and settled originally 

 at New Rochelle, N. Y., moving some two centuries ago to New 

 York City. 



Giraud was engaged in business at 138 Front St. as a dealer in 

 provisions and resided at 44 Laurel St., 26 Walker St., and at Ber- 

 gen, N. J., removing later to 4 West 13th St. Dr. Grinnell finds 

 his name in all the directories from 1837 to 1859, in which year or 

 soon after he moved to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he seems to 

 have become somewhat of a recluse, and he died at his residence 

 on the South Road some two miles below Poughkeepsie on July 19/ 

 1870. 



A letter received by Mr. Dutcher from the late George N. 

 Lawrence, written in 1893, is the best account of Giraud that we 

 have and is unquestionably reliable, as Mr. Lawrence knew him 

 well. He writes : " Jacob P. Giraud was born in New York and his 

 business was that of a dealer in provisions. It seemed to consist 

 mainly of furnishing supplies to the shipping. He had not the 

 lively, companionable manners of his friend P. Brasher, but was 

 rather reserved. He was perfectly reliable, firm in his friend" 

 ships and very decided in his opinions. 



" The publication of his ' Sixteen New Birds from Texas ' was 

 quite a surprise, and established the fact that there was something 

 of importance to be done in a scientific way besides making a 

 collection. He did not skin birds, and everything in the way of 

 taxidermy was done for him by John G. Bell. He was careless in 

 examining bird skins, and generally they left his hands with the 

 feathers disarranged. 



"After getting married he went to reside in New Jersey on the 

 heights and became quite interested in gardening. He gained 

 some notoriety from having succeeded in bringing two crops of 

 corn to maturity on the same piece of ground in one season. 



" I was desirous to get his photograph, but he was averse to 

 having it taken. After he moved to Poughkeepsie and gave his 



1 Amer. Jour, of Sci. and Arts. (1S70, p, 293) although Poughkeepsie papers gave the 

 date as July 18 (T. S. Palmer). 



