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| | John Adams Dix |
 | | DIX, John Adams, born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, 24 July 1798; died in New York City, 21 April 1879. |
 | | In 1819 he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Jacob Brown, then in command of the Northern military department, and stationed at Brownsville, where he studied law, and later, under the guidance of William West, was admitted to the bar in Washington. |
 | | He was a man of very large reading and thorough culture, spoke several languages with fluency, and was distinguished for proficiency in classical studies, and for ability and elegance as an orator. |
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