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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System of Accountabilitty Document
Forwarded Letter Document
Flour sent to Fort Washington Document
Pitkin Declines the Appointment Document
Letter Citation Document
Establishment at Presqu' Isle Document
Various fortifications and batteries Document
Interests of the Union vs. Those of the States Document
Requests Estimates of Materials for Frigates Document
Requests Information about Ports and Agent Builders for Proposed Frigates Document
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Harmony Between the General and Particular Governments author Document
Knox Agrees That Volunteers Must Be Relied Upon, and That U.S.-British Relations Are Fragile author Document
Extracts of correspondence between Knox and Wayne author Document
Directions from Knox to Humphreys on contracting with carpenters for construction of building for making the moulds author Document
Erecting the Building for Making Molds author Document
Knox requests that Chapin provide intelligence on British Fort author Document
[No. 19] Faulty Blame of Six Nations author Document
Appointment of Joshua Humphreys author Document
Information on military stores author Document
List of articles required for equipment of 44 and 36 gun frigates author Document
Enclosed letter from General Chapin author Document
Military Stores and Equipment for Recruits author Document
Naval agent appointments author Document
Henry Knox announces names of naval agents to Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, informs that Charleston will not be one of the ports for construction, and names John Morgan and Joshua Humphreys as constructors author Document
Tenche Coxe informs Knox that Captain Thomas Truxton desires to reduce his estimate author Document