Henry Knox (52 page)

Franklin, Benjamin,
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Fraunces, Samuel,
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French-Indian War,
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French Revolution,
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friendships,
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See also
John Adams

Gilbert du Motier

Nathanael Greene

Benjamin Lincoln

David McClure

George Washington

frigates,
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Gage, Thomas,
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Genêt, Edmond Charles ("Citizen"),
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Georgia,
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Gerry, Elbridge,
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Gill, Jonathan,
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Glover, John,
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de Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul Comte,
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Gray, Harrison Otis,
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Great Britain,
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Hessians

Parliament of Great Britain

Greene, Kitty,
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Greene, Nathanael,
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Gridley, Jeremiah,
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Gridley, Richard,
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gunpowder,
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Hamilton, Alexander,
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Hancock, John,
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Harmar, Josiah,
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Harvard College,
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Heath, William,
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Henry, Patrick,
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Hessians,
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Hickey, Thomas,
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Hopkins, Esek,
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Howe, William,
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Huddy, Joshua,
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Humphreys, David,
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See also
frigates

Hutchinson, Thomas,
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Independence Day,
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See also
Declaration of Independence

intolerable acts:
see
British Coercive Acts

Jackson, Henry,
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Jay, John,
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Jay's Treaty,
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Jefferson, Thomas,
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criticism of Knox,
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president,
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resignation of,
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and state governance,
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Jones, Joseph,
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de Kalb, Johann (Baron de Kalb),
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King, Rufus,
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King George III,
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Knox, Augusta Henrietta (daughter),
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Knox, Caroline (daughter),
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Knox, George Washington (son),
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Knox, Henry: and John Adams,
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advice to Congress,
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ancestry,
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bookseller,
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criticism of,
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death of,
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diplomacy,
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education,
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engineer,
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and family,
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financial solvency,
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and France,
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friendships,
see
friendships

and Alexander Hamilton,
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hand wound,
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loss of child,
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marksmanship,
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marriage,
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memorializing,
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and the military,
see
military

on his mortality,
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and national government,
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on New York City,
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peacetime army,
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physique,
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and politics,
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positions,
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positions post-war,
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and prisoners of war,
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and U.S. Constitution,
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and George Washington,
see
Knox-Washington relationship

youth,
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See also
Boston Grenadier Corps

Boston Massacre

cannons

Chew house

Federalists

fortification of Dorchester Heights

frigates

Lucy Flucker Knox

military

Montpelier

"Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia"

"Plan for a General Government"

Roxbury fortifications

Society of Cincinnati

Ticonderoga mission

the Train

Treaty of New York

U.S. Arsenal in Springfield

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

U.S. Navy

Waldo patent

George Washington

Knox, Henry Jackson (son),
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Knox, John,
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Knox, Julia Wadsworth (daughter),
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Knox, Lucy (daughter),
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Knox, Lucy Flucker (wife),
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accompanying Knox to war,
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character,
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childbirth,
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death of,
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death of Knox,
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See also
Waldo patent

Knox, Marcus Bingham (son),
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Knox, Marcus Camillus (son),
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Knox, Marcus Camillus II (son),
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Knox, Mary Campbell (mother),
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Knox, William (father),
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