The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adee, Alvey Augustus

ADEE, Alvey Augustus, official, was born at Astoria, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1842, son of Augustus Alvey Adee, fleet surgeon in the U.S. navy. He was educated under private tutors, and was appointed secretary of legation at Madrid, Sept. 9, 1870, where he served as charge d'affaires several times. He was appointed a clerk at Washington, D.C., July 9, 1877; chief of the diplomatic bureau June 11, 1878; third assistant secretary of state July 18, 1882, and second assistant secretary of state Aug. 3, 1886. He was present at the signing of the peace proctocols between the United States and Spain; served as secretary of State, during a vacancy, Sept. 17-29, 1898, and as acting secretary of state during the difficulties with the Chinese in August and September, 1900. He received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1888.