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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… Knox Museum Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum www.knoxmuseum.org X General Henry Knox Museum PO Box 326 Thomaston, ME 04861…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… the Collections of Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum G-1-04 Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Henry Knox's Wastebook, ca. 1804The General Henry Knox Museum Daily, Knox kept rough entries of his various business dealings in wastebooks, ledgers…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… the Quick Lime in his wastebook The General Henry Knox Museum According to Eaton, the Quick Lime’s master was Edward Kelleran, who turned the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"The General Henry Knox Museum Major General Henry Knox died on the 25th of October, 1806, after 56 years of life and 11 years in Thomaston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… sales of brick to BostonThe General Henry Knox Museum According to one entry on September 7, 1805, Knox sent on board three different vessels a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… Church on the Hill, ThomastonThe General Henry Knox Museum According to Eaton, the Old Church on the Hill, as it came to be known, was built in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"Map of the Waldo Patent, 1786The General Henry Knox Museum One of Knox’s businesses was land speculation."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Knox Museum is producing an exhibit on Major General Henry Knox’s many business and civic ventures in Thomaston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum With the arrival of General Knox and his numerous industrious activities, several…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… Historical Society, Montpelier: the General Henry Knox Museum, and Thomaston Historical Society The Ranlett House, Thomaston, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Montpelier, Thomaston, 1870 The General Henry Knox Museum By this time, the mansion was in ruins, lived in by squatters, and considered too great an…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Historical Society

"Our building, the General Henry Knox Farmhouse, opens at 7:00 p.m. on meeting days for a social hour prior to the meeting."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… Society, and Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum Town from River, Thomaston, Maine 2002Thomaston Historical Society Thomaston, Maine is…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street. Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"After the Revolutionary War, General Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large…"