Henry Knox (47 page)

6
. Ibid., July 10, 1775.

7
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 19.

8
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 2, p. 103.

9
. John Adams to Joseph Warren,
Letters of Delegates to the Continental Congress
, in Paul Smith et al.,
Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789
, CD-ROM ed. [hereafter
Letters of Delegates
] (Summerfield, FL: Historic Database, 1998), vol. 1, p. 652.

10
. Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 2, p. 63.

11
. John Adams to John Thomas,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 25, p. 559.

12
. Henry Knox to John Adams,
HKP
, October 26, 1775; Callahan,
Henry Knox
, pp. 34–35.

13
. Ibid.

14
. George Washington to John Trumbull,
GWP
, November 2, 1775.

15
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, September 20, 1775.

16
. George Washington to Continental Congress,
GWP
, November 8, 1775.

17
. John Adams to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 2, p. 329.

18
. George Washington to Henry Knox,
GWP
, November 16, 1775.

19
. Ibid.

20
. George Washington to Philip J. Schuyler,
GWP
, November 16, 1775.

21
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, November 17, 1775, vol. 3, p. 358.

22
. Henry Knox to George Washington,
GWP
, November 27, 1775.

23
. Ibid., December 5, 1775.

24
. John Hancock to George Washington,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 2, p. 424.

25
. Washington, General Orders,
GWP
, December 12, 1775.

26
. Henry Knox to George Washington,
GWP
, December 17, 1775.

27
. Callahan,
Henry Knox
, p. 46.

28
. Henry Knox,
Henry Knox Diary
, Massachusetts Historical Society, entry for December 26, 1775.

29
. Henry Knox to George Washington,
GWP
, January 5, 1776.

30
. Philip J. Schuyler to George Washington,
GWP
, January 5, 1776.

31
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, pp. 24–25.

32
. Ibid.

33
. Callahan,
Henry Knox
, pp. 51–52.

34
. Ibid., p. 54.

35
. John Adams,
Diary
, online at Masshist.org, entry for January 25, 1776.

36
. General Officers Council,
GWP
, February 16, 1776.

37
. Frank Moore, ed.,
Diary of the American Revolution from Newspapers and Original Documents
[hereafter
Diary
] (New York: Charles Scribner, 1858), vol. 1, pp. 147–148.

38
. George Washington to Continental Congress,
GWP
, March 7, 1776.

39
. Ibid.

40
. Moore,
Diary
, vol. 1, p. 154.

41
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, March 19, 1776.

42
. Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Nelson,
Letters of the Delegates to Congress
, vol. 4, p. 13.

CHAPTER 3—RAGAMUFFINS

1
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 4, p. 283.

2
. George Washington to Henry Knox,
GWP
, April 3, 1776.

3
. Henry Knox to George Washington,
HKP
, April 21, 1776.

4
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 27.

5
. Alexander Hamilton, Artillery Company Report,
GWP
, April 20, 1776.

6
. General Orders,
GWP
, May 7, 1776.

7
. Ibid., May 15, 1776.

8
. Ibid., May 20, 1776.

9
. Robert Treat Paine to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 4, p. 109.

10
. John Adams to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 4, p. 115.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Continental Army Court Martial,
GWP
, proceedings at New York City, June 26, 1776; General Orders,
GWP
, June 27, 1776; George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, June 28, 1776;
Pennsylvania Journal
, June 26, 1776;
Pennsylvania Evening Post
, July 2, 1776; Moore,
Diary
, vol. 1, pp. 177, 178.

13
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 28.

14
. Ibid.

15
. General Orders,
GWP
, July 9, 1776.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Ibid., July 10, 1776.

18
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, July 22, 1776.

19
. Robert Treat Paine to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 4, p. 473.

20
.
Pennsylvania Journal
, July 20, 1776; Moore,
Diary
, vol. 1, pp. 187–188.

21
. Ibid.

22
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 5, p. 607.

23
. Robert Treat Paine to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 4, p. 555.

24
. Henry Knox to Lucy Knox,
HKP
, August 11, 1776.

25
. Brooks,
Henry Knox
, p. 60.

26
. General Orders,
GWP
, August 13, 1776.

27
. Adams to John Adams, August 16, 1776, in Samuel Adams,
Writings
, vol. 3; George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, September 24, 1776.

28
. John Adams to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 4, p. 671.

29
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 5, p. 694.

30
. Henry Knox to John Adams,
HKP
, August 21, 1776.

31
.
Pennsylvania Journal
, August 28, 1776,
Moore, Diary
, vol. 1, p. 201.

32
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 29.

33
. David Hacket Fischer,
Washington's Crossing
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), P. 21.

34
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, September 2, 1776.

35
. Henry Knox to Lucy Knox,
HKP
, September 5, 1776.

36
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, pp. 30–31.

37
. Ibid., pp. 31–32.

38
. John Adams to Henry Knox,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 5, p. 261;
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 5, p. 838.

39
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 5, pp. 762–763; John Hancock to George Washington,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 5, p. 230; John Hancock to Philip Schuyler,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 5, p. 255.

40
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 5, p. 844.

41
. Ibid.

42
. George Washington to Henry Knox,
GWP
, November 10, 1776.

43
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, November 14, 1776.

44
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, pp. 33–34.

45
. Ibid.

46
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 6, p. 1027.

CHAPTER 4—DELAWARE CROSSING

1
. Henry Knox, "A Plan for the Establishment of a Corps of Continental Artillery, Magazines, Laboratories,"
GWP
, December 18, 1776.

2
. Ibid.

3
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, December 20, 1776.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Henry B. Carrington,
Battles of the American Revolution:
1775–1781 (New York: Promontory Press, 1877), p. 267.

6
. George Bancroft,
History of the United States
, vol. 5, p. 97.

7
. Ibid.

8
. David Hackett Fisher,
Washington's Crossing
, p. 206.

9
. Callahan,
Henry Knox
, p. 83.

10
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, December 27, 1776.

11
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 36.

12
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, December 27, 1776.

13
. Callahan,
Henry Knox
, p. 91.

14
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, pp. 36–37.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Ibid.

17
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, December 17, 1776.

18
. Francis Lewis to Robert Morris,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 5, p. 671.

19
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 6, p. 1043.

20
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 37.

21
. Fischer,
Washington's Crossing
, p. 274.

22
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 37.

23
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, January 1, 1777.

24
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 38.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Brooks,
Henry Knox
, p. 84.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 40.

29
. Ibid.

30
. George Washington to Colonel Benjamin Flower,
GWP
, January 16, 1777.

31
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, January 17, 1777.

32
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 41.

33
. George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull,
GWP
, February 11, 1777; Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 41.

34
. George Washington to Henry Knox,
GWP
, February 11, 1777.

35
. George Washington to John Hancock,
GWP
, February 14, 1777.

36
. John Adams' Diary,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 6, p. 334.

37
. George Washington to Henry Knox,
GWP
, March 14, 1777.

38
. Brooks,
Henry Knox
, p. 89.

39
. George Washington to Samuel Holden Parsons,
GWP
, April 3, 1777;
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 7, p. 262.

40
. John Adams to Nathanael Greene,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 6, p. 571;
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 7, p. 266.

41
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 41.

42
. Callahan,
Henry Knox
, p. 105.

43
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 42.

44
. Ibid.

45
. General Orders,
GWP
, May 8, 1777.

46
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 42.

47
. George Washington to the Continental Congress,
GWP
, May 31, 1777;
Writings of George Washington
, Fitzpatrick ed., vol. 8, p. 145.

48
. George Washington to Richard Henry Lee,
GWP
, June 1, 1777;
Writings of George Washington
, Fitzpatrick ed., vol. 8, p. 159.

49
. John Adams to Nathanael Greene,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, p. 163.

50
. John Adams to Abigail Adams,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, p. 207.

51
. Charles Carroll to Charles Carroll Sr.,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, p. 189.

52
. James Lovell to Joseph Trumbull,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, p. 171.

53
. John Adams to Abigail Adams and John Adams to James Warren,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, pp. 207, 221.

54
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 42.

55
. Ibid., p. 135.

56
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 8, p. 528.

57
. James Lovell to Benjamin Franklin,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, p. 292.

58
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 8, p. 537.

59
. John Adams to Nathanael Greene,
Letters of Delegates
, vol. 7, pp. 305–307.

60
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence
, p. 43.

61
. George Washington to Phillipe Du Coudray,
Writings of George Washington
, Fitzpatrick ed., vol. 8, p. 396.

62
.
Journals of the Continental Congress
, vol. 8, p. 553.

63
. Ibid., p. 569.

CHAPTER 5—THE BATTLE FOR PHILADELPHIA

1
. Henry Knox to Lucy Knox,
HKP
, July 26, 1777.

2
. Marquis de Lafayette, "Lafayette Arrives in America,"
America
, vol. 3, pp. 219–220.