

OVERVIEW:
BORN:
July 25, 1750;
Boston, Massachusetts
DIED:
October 25, 1806;
Thomaston, Massachusetts
POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist
HIGHLIGHTS:
1771:
Opened bookshop (the London Bookstore) in Boston
1775:
Left Bookshop and Joined Continental Army
1783-1784:
First Senior Officer of the U.S. Army
1785-1789:
Continental Congress’s Second Secretary of War
1789-1794:
First U.S. Secretary of War
1795:
Left government and returned to Thomaston, Massachusetts (now Maine).
RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Mount Vernon
Knox Museum
U.S. Army
Valley Forge Historical Society
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Diary (MA Historical Society)
HISTORIC SITES:
Knox Museum