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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Letter Citation author Document
[COPY] Fortification of South Carolina author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Letter from General Knox to Joshua Humphreys to prepare models and drafts of frigates April 1794 author Document
Stores to Charleston author Document
Regarding Paul Perrault's commission as temporary engineer for fortifications author Document
Protection of Districts author Document
Detainment by French author Document
Embargo upon vessels bound to foreign ports author Document
Continuance of embargo upon vessels bound to foreign ports or places author Document
Letter from the Secretary at War to the Governor of Rhode Island regarding embargo author Document
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Defense of Miro District Document
Letter Citation Document
French expedition against Spanish Florida Document
Fortifications of Baltimore Document
Bauman solicits appointment from Knox Document
French Expedition Against the Floridas Document
Requests List of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies Document
Letter Citation Document
Discusses Procedure for the Purchase of Gunpowder Document
French expedition against Spanish Florida Document
Recruitment of a Corps for the Service of France Document
Returns; Whiskey Received; Captain Bissell's Whereabouts Document
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Remonstrance of the Democratic Society Document
Return of military stores shipped by the order of Henry Knox from West Point to Philadelphia. Document