Maine Memory Network

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: Land Dealings

"Knox was able to acquire most of the patent, through purchase and through asserting Lucy’s rights of inheritance."

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

"… church, but according to local legend his wife Lucy spent a considerable amount of money modifying her pew for her comfort, but then never attended…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was elected as first Governor when Maine became a state."

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

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… of the northwest corner of land conveyed by Lucy Knox to John Paine, whereon Paine’s store, so called, now stands; Said state to build and support…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"General Knox was married to Lucy Flucker, descendant of the Waldo family, and through her inherited a portion of the Waldo Patent."