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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adee , Alvey Augustus , 1842 - (search)
Adee, Alvey Augustus, 1842-
Diplomatist; born in Astoria, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1842; was educated privately.
On Sept. 9, 1870, he was appointed secretary of the American legation in Madrid, where he also served at different times as charge d'affaires; July 9, 1877, was transferred to the Department of State in Washington, D. C.; June 11, 1878, became chief of the Diplomatic Bureau; July 18. 1882, third assistant Secretary of State; and Aug. 3, 1886, second assistant Secretary of State.
He was present when the peace protocols were signed between the United States and Spain, in Washington.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), His son , Thomas Dekay 1820 -1878 (search)
His son, Thomas Dekay 1820-1878
Engineer, born in Vernon, N. J., Dec. 6, 1820, became a partner with his father and his brother, William Lewis.
In 1843, with Andrew M. Eastwick, and Joseph Harrison, he went to Russia in the place of his father, who had been invited to St. Petersburg by the Russian government, and executed a contract to construct the rollingstock of the railroad between St. Petersburg and Moscow, for $3,000,000. Later other contracts were concluded which proved very lucrative.
He invented with his father and brother a system of steam navigation known as the cigar-ship, and a tubular arrangement by which young trout could be easily fed. He died in Newport, R. I., June 11, 1878.