Henry Knox
Henry Knox was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in all of George Washington's campaigns. Following the war, he oversaw the War Department under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789.
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- Boston
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- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Trending topics shown first"The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part in posterity will bless or curse us."
"It is a melancholy reflection that our modes of population have been more destructive to the Indian natives than the conduct of the conquerors of Mexico and Peru. The evidence of this is the utter ext…"
"Trusting that...we shall have a fine fall of snow....I hope in sixteen or seventeen days to be able to present to your Excellency a noble train of artillery."
"I most earnestly beg you to spare no trouble or necessary expense in getting these."
"Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to your fame . . . and doubly entitle you to the glorious republican epithet, The …"
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1750
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