He refused the president's offer of an appointment as Commissioner to St. Croix after he retired to his estate Montpelier in Thomastown, Maine.
He refused the president's offer of an appointment as Commissioner to St. Croix after he retired to his estate Montpelier in Thomastown, Maine. He had a bitter rivalry with Silas Deane, who favored the French officer Ducondray to replace this man in his first major post, but he was on much better terms with Timothy Pickering, who replaced him in his most famous post. He was von Steuben's chief aide in drilling at Valley Forge, primarily in artillery. This was due to his success, via numerous ox sleds, in bringing cannon from Ticonderoga to Boston, effecting British surrender of the city. FTP, name this Revolutionary War officer and first American secretary of war.
He refused the president's offer of an appointment as Commissioner to St. Croix after he retired to his estate Montpelier in Thomastown, Maine.
Henry {Knox}