Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. John Adams Dix (1798-1879) was an American statesman who served as senator for New York, United States Postmaster General, Secretary of the Treasury, Minister to France, and Governor of New York. The papers consist of letters written by Dix in his capacity as a Major General of the Union Army and as Secretary of the Treasury relating to official business; several brief notes to Dix from others; a proclamation by Dix to the citizens of Accomac and Northampton, Virginia, announcing the imminent arrival of the Union Army to those counties; and the transcript of a lecture given by Dix on Thomas Jefferson.

Subject

1. Dix, John A. 1798-1879 -- Correspondence
2. United States. Army -- Officers
3. United States. Department of the Treasury
4. Statesmen -- New York (State)
5. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Call number

1. MssCol 4347

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance (note)

1. Some material in the collection was originally received as part of the Astor Library, the Ford collection, and the Samuel J. Tilden papers.

Author

1. Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.

Title

1. John Adams Dix papers, 1831-1871.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance

1. Some material in the collection was originally received as part of the Astor Library, the Ford collection, and the Samuel J. Tilden papers.

Occupation

1. Soldiers.
2. Statesmen.

Added author

1. Ford collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol 4347