22 March 1782
United States. Continental Congress.
Manuscript document signed
Title: [Resolve of Congress respecting the promotion of Knox to major general]
Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Congress resolved to promote Henry Knox from brigadier general to major general. States that the promotion was granted on the recommendation of George Washington's letter of 31 October 1781 for merit during the siege of Yorktown. The promotion was dated from 15 November 1781. Knox was the youngest major general in the Continental Army.
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