Alexander Dallas Bache
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Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally a
A 19th century illustration of Bache and his signature
Bache's gravesite at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
George M. Dallas
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George Mifflin Dallas was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 182
Alexander Dallas Bache
…son of Richard Bache, Jr., and Sophia Burrell Dallas Bache. He came from a family prominent in American politics. He was the nephew of Vice-President George M. Dallas and naval hero Alexander J. Dallas, the grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas, and the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. After…
Dallas in 1848
Portrait of Dallas by Thomas Sully, 1810
Polk/Dallas campaign poster
Dallas' gravestone at St. Peter's Episcopal churchyard in Philadelphia