Henry Knox

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Henry Knox

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Henry Knox

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Major General; Secretary at War (Confederation Congress); Secretary of War in Washington's Administration (1789-1794)

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Commanding General of the Army, December 1783 to June 1784; Elected by Congress as
Secretary at War, March 1785; Appointed Secretary of the War Department by Washington (September 1789 and served to December 1794)

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Henry

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Knox

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Inadequate Rations for the Soldiery Document
Request for Boat and Military Escorts for Judges Document
Peace with Cornplanter, Enclosed Letters from Fort Washington Document
Do Not Be Misled By Indian Overtures of Peace; Support for Legion That it May Conquer Document
Extract of letter from James O'Hara, Quarter Master General to the Secretary of War Henry Knox with enclosure to Mr Salander Document
Refers to Business among Various Officers Document
Running Boundary Lines in Cherokee Country Document
Letter Citation Document
Surgeon General's Compensation Document
Treaty Signed at Post Vincennes, Etc. Document
Daily Events at Post of Legion Ville Document
Worthlessness of Peace Council; Necessity of Keeping Force in Readiness Document
Regarding Return of Shot and Shell; Reams of Paper; Need for Oil Document
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Message to be delivered to hostile Indians author Document
Knox thanks Morris for information provided author Document
Knox discusses Captain Scott with President Washington author Document
Meeting with Cornplanter, Hostile Indians author Document
Desire to Meet Cornplanter; Unlikelihood of Congressional Action on Recruiting author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Facts in the Communications of the Six Nations, Etc. author Document
Letter from General Wilkinson, et al author Document
Drafts of money author Document
Confidential Letters Forwarded, Modification to Law on Assembly of Officers Addressed author Document
Rebuke for Not Communicating Rations Issue; Delay in Soldiers' Pay Addressed author Document
An Extremely Improper Measure author Document