…A native of Astoria, New York, Adee got his start in diplomacy by becoming the private secretary of Daniel Sickles, whom Adee accompanied to Madrid when Sickles was named the U.S. Minister to Spain in 1869. While in Madrid, Adee met and was befriended by John Hay, who was then the Secretary ...
Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 May 3, 1914) was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and ...
