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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Easing of Tensions Between Britian and the U.S. author Document
Forwarding of Correspondence from Portsmouth Naval Agent author Document
No News on Acceptance author Document
Regarding the Commissary Department author Document
Consolidation & Settlement of Paymasters' Accounts author Document
Appointment and instructions for Edmund Quincy, clerk of ship yard for frigate built at Portsmouth New Hampshire author Document
Establishment of a uniform militia author Document
Establishment of a uniform militia author Document
Enclosed dispatches author Document
Enclosed letter from Governor Blount author Document
Request for shoes for General Proctor’s Brigade author Document
Instructions to William Doughty Clerk of the Naval Yard at Philadelphia author Document
Letter to Messrs. Gurney & Smith regarding payment of men at naval ship yard at Philadelphia author Document
Clothing and other articles due author Document
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Letter Citation Document
Requests Response to Letter Document
Requests Information for Jacob Sheafe for Frigate Construction Document
Letter Citation Document
Letter Citation Document
Pay of the Militia, Scouts, and Spies of Georgia Document
Scarphing of the 36-gun frigates Document
Powder & Ball from Philadelphia Document
Fortifications at Norfolk Document
Letter Citation Document
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Captured British vessel by the French Document