John A. (John Adams) Dix [photograph], [ca. 1845-1846].

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John A. (John Adams) Dix [photograph], [ca. 1845-1846].

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Half-plate daguerreotype in leather case of John A. (John Adams) Dix (1798-1879). The photograph was taken by the photographers Van Loan & Mayall of Philadelphia, Penn. between 1845 and 1846.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible image 12 x 9 cm. (half-plate), in case 15 x 12 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

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Dix was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire on July 24 1798, the son of Timothy Dix and Abigail Wilkins, and brother of composer Marion Dix Sullivan. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and joined the US Army as an ensign in May 1813, serving under his father until the latter's death a few months later. He attained the rank of captain in August 1825 and resigned from the Army in December 1828. In 1826, Dix married Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter of Congressman John J. Morgan, who g...

Van Loan & Mayall (Philadelphia, Pa.),

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John Adams Dix was a politician and legislator. He was seceretary of state of New York (1833-39); United States Senator for New York (1845-1850); secretary of the United States treasury (1861); United States minister to France (1866-1869); and governor of New York (1873-1875). John Adams Dix married Catherine Morgan Dix, daughter of John J. Morgan, in 1826. From the description of John A. (John Adams) Dix [photograph], [ca. 1845-1846]. (Massachusetts Historical Society). WorldCat rec...