Adee family papers
Contributors: Adee, Augustus Alvey, 1802-1844; Adee, David Graham, 1837-1901; Hunsberger, George S., 1914-; Vitte, S. I︠U︡. (Sergeĭ I︠U︡lʹevich), graf, 1849-1915
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Cruises, 1840-1841; United States. Army; Scottish Americans; Description and travel; Shells; United States. Navy; Surgeons; Officers; Book collecting; Potomac (Frigate); United States; United States. Dept. of State; History
Description: Papers of Augustus Alvey Adee include journals and correspondence, primarily to his wife, Amelia Kinnaird Graham Adee, written while serving as fleet surgeon on a cruise of the U.S. frigate Potomac along the coast of South America (1840-1841); notes on the Adee family of Scotland; Adee and Graham family records, including marriage and  baptismal certificates; and catalogs of his book and shell collections.

Papers of David Graham Adee include manuscripts and newspaper clippings of his writings; letters from his brother, Alvey Augustus Adee, written while on a European tour (1867); and newspaper articles relating to the Civil War service of Major General George L. Hartsuff and his brother, Albert Hartsuff, assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army.

Papers of Alvey Augustus Adee include manuscripts of his writings; newpaper clippings concerning Adee's service in the U.S. State Dept.; an accession catalog of his books; a master's thesis by George Sheppard Hunsberger on Adee's diplomatic career, with special references to the Boxer Rebellion; and miscellaneous materials about Adee.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Transfer, District of Columbia Public Library, 1925.

Gift, Joan Carroll Stansbury, 1965.

Gift, Carroll Stansbury, 1965-1967.

Transfer, Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Office, 1979.

Gift, George S. Hunsberger, 1984.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Augustus Alvey Adee, U.S. Navy surgeon; David Graham Adee, author and lawyer; Alvey Augustus Adee, chief of the Diplomatic Bureau at the U.S. Dept. of State and assistant secretary of state.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.

Letter (1893 September 10) to Alvey Augustus Adee formerly cataloged under graf S. I︠U︡. (Sergeĭ I︠U︡lʹevich) Vitte letter, 1893, as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection, added to the Adee family papers in 1998.