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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Relations with Six Nations author Document
Receipt and delivery of whiskey author Document
Extract of letter author Document
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Requested Shipment author Document
Victory Necessary for Permanent Peace; Measures Undertaken for Supplying, Paying, and Reinforcing Legion author Document
Travel Plans author Document
[Copy No. 8] Providing Hands author Document
General Bookkeeping author Document
Timber for 44 gun ship author Document
Fortifications in Alexandria and Annapolis author Document
Preparations for campaign by General Wayne author Document
Knox forwards Joshua Humphreys' recommendations and estimates on the costs of procuring white oak timber and planking; includes principal dimensions of several French and British war ships author Document
Queries from Henry Knox to John Wharton regarding Joshua Humphreys' and Josiah Fox' estimates and proposals on frigate design author Document
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Indian relations in Georgia Document
Georgia militia attack friendly Indians Document
Conflict between Indians and Georgia militia Document
Compensation Request for Lost Horses Document
Conflict between Indians and Georgia militia Document
Fortifications in South Carolina Document
Questions on Shipbuilding Document
Requests Information about Timber Costs Document
Requests Estimates for Cables and Anchors Document
Estimate of Timber Document
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Call for volunteers from Kentucky Document