Knox, John Jay, 1828-1892.

Papers of the American banker, author, politician. Knox was president of the National Bank of the Republic. Personal and business correspondence reflecting the esteem with which Knox was held for his understanding of fiscal policy among economists (Francis M. Burdick, J. L. Laughlin, Horace White), journalists (H. C. Bowen, R. R. Bowker, William B. Dana, L. S. Metcalf), and politicians (A. S. Hewitt, John R. McPherson, R. C. Winthrop).

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.

Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.