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    Alexandre Gau

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 12-27-1864

    Alternate First Name: Alexander

Biography

Secretary of Prussian Legation in Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. In 1856, Gau married Margaret Campbell, daughter of James Campbell. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary as present at a Washington reception held by the Dixons.

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Biography: 
Secretary of Prussian Legation in Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. In 1856, Gau married Margaret Campbell, daughter of James Campbell. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary as present at a Washington reception held by the Dixons.
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Citation Type: 
Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
Daily National Intelligencer
Article Title: 
Deaths
Month: 
December
Day: 
28
Year: 
1864
Start Page: 
1
Citation Notes: 
America's Historical Newspapers: "Mortuary Notice." Daily National Intelligencer (Washington (DC), District of Columbia) LIII, no. 16332, December 28, 1864: [1]. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezp.lib.rochester.edu/apps/readex/doc?p=EANX&docref=image/v2%3A109E2A3EA01155D8%40EANX-129961C614D659C0%402402234-129961C649BA2878%400-129961C804D12F50%40Mortuary%2BNotice.