Unlike Gouverneur Morris, he died after swallowing a chicken bone which became infected in his throat.
This man's marriage to Lucy Flucker is the subject of the dual biography Defiant Brides. This dude once accidentally shot two fingers off his hand using a shotgun. Unlike Gouverneur Morris, he died after swallowing a chicken bone which became infected in his throat. The owner of an estate in Maine, this man seized land from his neighbors, such as Joseph Plumb Martin, and thus is believed to have been the inspiration for Colonel Pyncheon in The House of the Seven Gables. During a winter at New Jersey, this man established the Continental Army's first school for artillery and officer training. As a Cabinet official, this man sent Arthur St. Clair to fight the Battle of Fallen Timbers. During the Revolution, he hauled 60 tons of cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. For 10 points, name this first Secretary of War.
This man's marriage to Lucy Flucker is the subject of the dual biography Defiant Brides.
Henry {Knox}