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DIX, DottoTlir..% LYNDE (I803-57). An Ameri can philanthropist, and writer of juvenile honks, barn at Won-ester. 'Mass. She was noted for her interest in the 'unfortunate and criminal elasses. Ditrinc. the Civil War she was superintendent of hospital In the course of labors to improve the condition of paupers, limaties, and prisoners, she visited evev State east of the Rocky Moun tains, and procured ameliorative legislation in many of them. She published: Tit( Garland of Flora (1S:29); Prisons aunt Prison Discipline 11S-15) ; and a great number of memorials on philanthropic subjects. I(l many books for chil dren. Conversations About Common Things and ..4/irc and Ruth are typical.
DIX, Join An-cats 11798-1879). An Ameri can statesman and soldier, born at Bosca N. H. Ile entered the army as a cadet in 1812, served on the Canada frontier throughout the War of 1812. and in 1819 became the aide of General Brown. then commanding the Northern Department. In 1826 he was sent on a special mission to Denmark. and in 1828 resigned his commission (of captain) to study and law in Cooperstown. N. Y. Ile soon became prominent in polities, and was Adjutant-Gencral of New York from 1830 to 1833, and Secretary of State and Superintendent of Common Schools from 1533 to 1840, besides being a prominent member of the 'Albany Regency' (q.v.). He was chosen a member of the Assembly in 1842, and from 1845 to 1849 was a member of the United States Senate. In 184S„ when the Democratic Party divided on the question of the extension of slavery, he went with the Free-Soil wing, and was their candidate for Governor, but was not elected. From January to March. 1861, he was
Secretary of the Treasury under President Bu chanan, and as such endeavored to have all the revenue cutters in Southern harbors sent north before the beginning of hostilities. Among these, two cutters from New Orleans were ordered to New York. The captain of one of them refused to obey the order. and Dix immediately tele graphed to have him arrested and treated as a mutineer if he offered any resistance, closing the dispatch with the words: "If any man at tempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." In 1861 Dix was appointed major-general of United States Volunteers, and was placed in command of the Department of Maryland. In Slay, 1362. he was sent to Fortress Monroe. and immediately after the New York draft riots (q.v.). in July, I563. was sent to New York to command the Department of the East, which position he retained until July. 1865. when he returned to civil life. Sub sequently he was Minister to France from 1866 to 1869, and from I873 to 1875 was Governor of New York. Besides miscellaneous papers, he was the author of Resources of the City of Yea' York (1827) : Decisions of the Superintendents of Common Srhools of Veit- Fork, and Lairs Re lating to 'OM non Srhools (1837) .1 Winter in Madeira and a Summer in Spain and Florence (1850) : and Speeches Oren sionu 1 .1(1,10.sses 1S64). Consult :Morgan Dix, Menioir.s of John A. Dix (New York. 18'11.