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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Urgency of Supplies for the Army author Document
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Regarding the beams of the frigates and the merits of oak and pine author Document
Henry Knox decision on the issue of pine or oak for the frigates author Document