The Diplomatic Career of Alvey Augustus Adee, with Special Reference to the Boxer Rebellion

"For Heaven's sake take care of yourself. 'Princes and Lords may flourish and fade. A breath can make them as a breath has made' But one Adee is all we have in the pantry."Alvey Agustus Adee, poet, scholar, and diplomat, youngest son of Fleet Surgeon Augustus Alvey Adee, was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York, on November 27, 1842. He was the fifth and youngest son born to Augustus A. and Amelial Kinnaird Graham Adee, and died, after a rich and full life, at the age of 81. His father was graduated from Yale University in 1821.