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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Results of Congressional Debate on the Protection of Frontier author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Knox appoints Doughty to command author Document
Expenditures for McGillivray & the Chiefs of the Creek Nation author Document
Knox discusses contracted supplies with Walker author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Status of Recruits author Document
Appointment to 2nd Lieutenant author Document
Raising 76 Rhode Island troops to add to the new regiment for the Army author Document
Regulating the Military Establishment author Document
Letter Citation author Document
Petition to Raise a Military Force in Kentucky author Document
Expenses of a Corps of 760 Men for Thirty Days author Document
Contesting Blount's Boundary Changes author Document
Authorization for Use of Militia author Document
A Warning to the Seneca Nation author Document
Knox discusses frontier defense with Peters author Document
Circular Letter from the Secretary of War to the County Lieutenants of the Frontier Counties of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky author Document
Confidential Information on Act by Congress author Document
Authorization to Call Up Militia author Document
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Letter Citation Document
Request for Instruction on Issuing Pension Document
Alarm on the Frontier Document
Letter to General Knox Document
Wanted: An Appointment with the Western Army Document