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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Title Alternate label Class
Seeks Estimates for Transportation Costs, Articles, and Salaries for Quartermaster in the West Document
Ammunition Manufacture Document
Troops to Fort Franklin, Supply Distribution Document
Declined Appointment Document
Private Letter on Appointment Document
Reasons for declining promotion Document
Letter Citation Document
Letter Citation Document
Rifle Shipment Document
Letter Citation Document
Indian Provocations and Hostilities Document
Letter Citation Document
Letter to the Secretary of War Document
Appeal for higher rank Document
Desire for promotion Document
Letter Citation Document
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Staffing of Militia author Document
Knox directs Sargent to attend to the testing of gun powder author Document
Commission as Adjutant General to Colonel Winthrop Sargent author Document
Reports of bad powder author Document
Contracting Work author Document
Prospects for Peace in the Northwest author Document
Politics and Indian Relations author Document
Protection of southern frontier of Virginia author Document
Accompanying Putnam on His Peace Mission author Document