KNOX, HENRY. Letter to Samuel Freeman, Esqr. 1802. Maine Historical and Genealogical Record, 2: 188. (1887.)

BRADFORD, ÅLDEN. A Sermon delivered before the Congregational Society at Thomaston, (Maine), November 2, 1806; being the Lord's Day after the Interment of the Hon. Henry Knox, who died October 25the Etat 56 years. By Alden Bradford, A.M., S.A.S. Published by Request of the Inhabitants comprising said Society in Thomaston. · Behold the Lord doth take away-the mighty man, the man of war, the honorable man, the counsellor, and the eloquent orator.' Isaiah Printed by Babson and Russt, 8vo., n. p. n. d. n. pp. (Wiscasset, 1806, pp. 16.)

THACHER, JAMES. Military Journal, during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783; describing the Events and Transactions of this Period, with numerous historical facts and anecdotes. To which is added, an appendix, containing biographical sketches of several general officers. By James Thacher, M.D., late surgeon in the American Army.

"As Americans, we hail with delight any attempt to rescue from oblivion the words or actions of those whose names we have been taught to revere." Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son. 1854, 8vo., pp. 494.

Several editions of this work have been published; the first in 1823. Pages 477 to 486, inclusive, are occupied with "Sketch of the Life of General Knox." The name of the author is not given. It was probably Ebenezer Thacher, who married Lucy F., daughter of General Knox, and who pronounced an eulogy at his funeral. The eulogy was never printed.

The volume contains numerous references to Knox, covering his Revolutionary career.

WILSON, T. The Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes, during the Revolutionary and late Wars. New York: 1821. 2 vols. 12mo.

Vol. 2 contains a biography of Knox.

EASTERN ARGUS, Portland, Maine, September 30, 1825. Letters, No. 5," from Thomaston, devotes a column to Knox.

"Editorial

FAMILIAR LETTERS on Public Characters and Public Events; from the Peace of 1783, to the Peace of 1815.

Metcalf, 1834. 12mo. pp. xi, 468.

Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and

The author was Hon. William Sullivan. Page 62 mentions resignation of Knox as Secretary of War. Pages 99 to 104, are devoted to a description of Knox.

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of distinguished Americans. Conducted by James Herring, New York, and James B. Longacre, Philadelphia, under the superintendence of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. New York, M. Bancroft; Philadelphia, H. Perkins; London, O. Rich. 1834, 1835, 1836, 1839, 4 vols. 8vo.

The volumes are not paged, each article is paged separately. In the second volume, the seventh article comprising ten pages, treats of Knox and has an accompanying portrait.

HEADLEY, JOEL T. Washington and the Generals of the American Revolution. Philadelphia, 1847. 2 vols., 12mo. pp. 324 and 336. (Portraits.)

Vol. 1, pp. 235 to 243, contains a sketch of Knox.

ELLETT, ELIZABETH F. The Women of the American Revolution. New York, 1848. 2 vols. 12mo., pp. 348 and 312.

An account of Lucy Knox is given in vol. 1, pp. 107–111.

Republican Journal, Belfast, Maine, July 4, 1848, has an article a column long, entitled "Gen. Henry Knox, Major General in the American Army," with an engraving. It is evidently copied from some newspaper or magazine, which I have been unable to find.

ELLETT, ELIZABETH F. Sketch of Mrs. Henry Knox, Godey's Lady's Book, 38: 106, 1849.

SIMONTON, PUTNAM, M.D. (Of Searsport, Maine), Major General Knox. Republican Journal, Belfast, Aug. 15, 1851. Two columns.

EATON, CYRUS. Annals of the Town of Warren; with the Early History of St. George's, Broadbay, and the neighboring Settlements on the Waldo Patent, Hallowell, 1851. 12mo., pp. 437.

680.

The same. Second edition, Hallowell, 1877, 12mo., pp.

Account of Knox, pp. 250, 251, of first edition, and pp. 265, 266, 267, of second edition.

ELLETT, MRS. ELIZABETH F. General Knox. Letters in the New York Daily Times, July 20 and 25, 1854.

GRISWOLD, RUFUS W. The Republican Court on American Society in the days of Washington. By Rufus Wilmot Griswold. With Twentyone Portraits of Distinguished Women. Engraved from original pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stewart, Trumbull, Pine, Malborne, and other contemporary painters. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 346 and 348 Broadway. London: 16 Little Britain, MDCCCLV. 4to., pp. 408.

Contains numerous allusions to General Knox and wife.

LOSSING, BENSON J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. By Benson J. Lossing, with 1100 engravings on wood, by Lossing & Barrett, chiefly from original sketches by the author. In two volumes. New York:

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1855. Royal 8vo., Vol. 1, pp. xxxii. 783. Vol. 2, pp. xiii., 772.

Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Autograph of Knox, Vol. 2, pp. 632, 633.

SALEM (Mass.) GAZETTE, August 29, 1857. Disposition of the Remains of Knox.

A severe, but just censure of the inhabitants of Thomaston, for permitting the removal of the remains of Knox to the public graveyard, in a drag, without any notice or ceremonies.

BOSTON COURIER, September 26, 1857. Reply to foregoing, from "Citizens of Thomaston."

The author was understood to be the Rev. Oliver J. Fernald, a Unitarian minister of Thomaston. His attempted apology is weak.

THE AGE, Augusta, Maine, February 4, 1858. Sketch of Remarks made in the House of Representatives, Friday, Jan. 29, (1858) on Resolve presented by Mr. Gilbert of Bath, authorizing the Governor and Council to procure a statue of General Knox.

The speakers were Washington Gilbert of Bath, Henry H. Boody of Brunswick, and Benjamin F. Buxton of Warren.

Locke, John L. Sketches of the History of the Town of Camden, Maine, including incidental references to the neighboring places and adjacent waters. Hallowell: 1859. 12mo. pp. 235.

Many of the statements concerning Knox are without foundation.

EATON, CYRUS. History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first Exploration, A.D. 1805; with Family Genealogies. In two volumes. Hallowell; 1865, 12mo. pp. 468 and 472.

Contains the best account which exists of Knox's life at Thomaston and of his personal character and habits.

"THE HOME OF KNOX." Anonymous. 20, 1866.

Boston Transcript, August

PARTON, JAMES. Peoples Book of biography; or, short lives of the most interesting persons of all ages and countries. Containing more than eighty sketches of the lives and deeds of eminent philanthropists, inventors, authors, poets, discoverers, soldiers, adventurers, travelers, politicians, and rulers, women as well as men. By James Parton. Richly illustrated with 12 steel engravings. Published by subscription only. A. S. Hale & Co., Hartford, Conn., 1868. 8 vo., pp. 624.

Sketch of Knox, pp. 457-462. No portrait.

PARTON. Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1873. Washington's Cabinet does injustice to K.

KNOX MANSION at Thomaston. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 36:80.

DRAKE, FRANCIS S. Life and Correspondence of Henry Knox, Major General in the American Revolutionary Army, by Francis S. Drake. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 17 Bromfield Street, 1873. 8 vo., pp. 160. Portrait.

A reprint, from the "Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati." It is quite elaborately reviewed in "The Nation," Jan. 1, 1874.

Major GenerRAL HENRY KNOX. A letter from the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis to the Hon. Charles Stewart Daveis. Communicated by David Greene Haskins, jr., A.M., of Cambridge. New England Hist.

and Gen. Reg., 30:360, 1876.

NEALLEY, EDWARD B. Oration, July 4, 1877, at Thomaston. Rockland Courier and Gazette.

Contains several reminiscences of Knox.

THACHER, MARY P.

Seashore and Prairie. Boston: J. R. Osgood

and Company. 1877, 16mo. pp. 227.

One of the sketches is entitled "The Knox House."

THACHER, MARY P. Two Ancient Landmarks. Scribner's Magazine. 9: 615.

1877.

The first landmark is "The Knox House."

HALSEY, MRS. C. H. Mrs. Henry Knox. Potter's American Monthly. 7: 31. 1879.

DRAKE, FRANCIS S. New England Hist. and Gen. Register. 34: 347. 1880.

This article is an abridgment of the "Life and Correspondence of General Knox," by the same author.

WILLIAMSON, Joseph.

General Knox. A paper read before the Maine Historical Society. An abstract is published in the Portland Press, November 17, 1881, and in the Portland Advertiser of the following day. The preceding article is the paper referred to.

LINDLEY, E. MARGUERITE. Montpelier, Home of Major General Knox. Seven illustrations. Magazine of American History. 16: 121132. 1886.

THE KNOX MANUSCRIPTS. Report of the Rev. Edmund F. Staftor. Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the annual meeting, January 5, 1881. pp. 27-36.

The same in separate form, 8vo., pp. 10.