Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men in New England Statesmen Patriots P
Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men in New England Statesmen Patriots P
Alden Bradford
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On the resig- nation of General Benjamin Lincoln, as secretary of war, in 1784, General Knox was appointed to that office. And when the federal government was or- ganized under the new constitution in 1789, he was called to that office by President Washington ; but 260 HENRY KNOX. in 1794 he resigned it. And retired for sometime from all public life. In 1795, he became an inhabitant of Maine, and built a spacious family mansion on St. George's river, where he owned a large tract of land. He aft...erwards held a seat in the Executive Council of Massachusetts for two years ; but was chiefly en- gaged in cultivating and improving his lands in Maine. He had a large and well chosen library of books ; and found time to read a good deal : and thus acquired extensive information. In his dispo- sition he was generous and benevolent, in his man- ^ / ners bland, courteous and dignified. He died in 1806, at the age of fifty-six. CHAPTER X. LADD. WILLIAM was a native of New Hamp- shire, and had his public education in Harvard Col- lege with the class of 1797.
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