17 March 1860

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Dix, postmaster of the City of New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Dix served as a U.S. senator from New York (1845-1848), Secretary of the Treasury under James Buchanan (1861), and governor of New York (1873-1875). During the Civil War, Dix, a Union major general, helped suppress the 1863 New York City draft riots.

GLC02925.10

circa 1861-1865

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: In civilian clothes, seated in chair

Imprint on recto "If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book."

GLC05111.02.0340

February 3, 1848

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Document signed

Title: [Members of Congress agree on Washington D.C.'s need for an Episcopal Church]

Written and signed by Congressmen John A. Dix. Cosigned by George E. Badger, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, H. Johnson, (possibly either Henry or Herschel Johnson), Robert Winthrop, John Sergeant, William D. Dayton, John Macpherson Berrien, and Joseph R. Ingersoll. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Nelson, V. Daniel (possibly Peter V. Daniel), and Levi Woodbury signed the document 8 February 1848. States that members of the Episcopal Church temporarily in Washington, D.C., need accommodation. Acknowledges that a subscription is needed to build another Church; states that the Church is also…

GLC02288

28 November 1863

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Wager Halleck

General Dix, Commander of the Department of the East, encloses a confidential report (not included) by a detective from Buffalo, New York. Informs Halleck, General in Chief of the Union army, that the detective "has seen, as you will observe, a large number of prominent rebel refugees, and, having been with them at the South, had free communications with them." Writes "I shall... send a small body of troops to Fort Montgomery at Rouses Point. [Bumont?] has been provided for by the Governor. There is, however, need of guns for a Company of artillery just recruited, and I will endeavor to…

GLC02455.04

1865 ca.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: Gen. John A. Dix [stereocard]

GLC00242.17

1852/06/26

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Autograph letter

Title: to George E. Shepley et al. re: political views about the upcoming election

To George E. Shepley, Nathan Clifford, A. W. Clapp & others. Political views on the upcoming election: "The first time that New England has had a democratic candidate for the Presidency"

GLC05455

1863 ca.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: As major general, seated with arm resting on table

Graphite inscription on verso "Major Gen John A Dix." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.W. Black 173 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0337

1863 ca.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: As major general, standing, holding felt hat

Graphite inscription on verso "Major Gen John A Dix." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.W. Black 173 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0338

1863 ca.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: As major general, standing, leaning on chair

Graphite inscription on verso "4." Ink inscription on verso "John A. Dix. Major General Vols. U.S.A." "Dec 1863." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.W.Black 173 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0339

1862 ca.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Photograph

Title: As major general, standing in dress uniform, holding sword

Graphite inscription on recto "Gen Dix." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." Inscription on image "Brady NY." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. Manufacturer of Photographic Albums from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0336