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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Fortifications at West Point Document
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Enclosed letters author Document
Enclosed letters from General Wayne author Document
Letter from Henry Knox to Assistant Secretary Treasury Coxe on House resolution regarding frigates author Document
Enclosed letters from Governor Blount author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Dispatches of Major General Wayne author Document
Regarding Captain Thomas Truxton's draft for 44 gun frigates and plates for publication of nautical book author Document
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Fortifications to defend sea ports author Document
Regarding Major Kirkpatrick appointment as commissary author Document