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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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Knox

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Forwarding Returns of Ordnance and Stores		Document
Letter Citation		Document
Lillie solicits an appointment from Knox		Document
Doctor Eustis discusses invalid pensions with Knox		Document
Sherburne discusses politics with Knox		Document
Letter Citation		Document
Information on William Mason		Document
Letter Citation		Document
Back pay for Lieutenant Pillaster Joseph Bliss under Major Bauman in 1784		Document
Flint forwards a letter to Knox		Document
Letter Citation		Document
Letter Citation		Document
Nourse gives account of travel expenses to Knox		Document
Hodgdon discusses appointments and invalid pensions with Knox		Document
Account of Captain Mills		Document
Musket Cartridges		Document
John Gibbon solicits an appointment from Knox		Document
Lyman solicits an appointment from Knox		Document
Vanderkemp discusses Knox's militia plan		Document

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Letter Citation	author	Document
Letter Citation	author	Document
Letter Citation	author	Document
Knox informs Rickard that all appointed positions are filled	author	Document
Instructions Regarding Willet's Mission to the Creek Nation	author	Document
Knox discusses the evidence regarding Gen. Greene's case with Rutledge	author	Document