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Born in Boston on July 25, 1750, Henry Knox was the seventh (of ten) child of William and Mary Knox. A merchant captain, William Knox died in 1759, after experiencing a financial collapse. Three years later, Henry was forced to leave the Boston Latin Grammar School in order to support his mother and younger siblings. Apprenticing himself to a bookbinder, he learned the trade and eventually opened his own shop, the London Book Store, at the age of twenty-one. An avid reader, he was fascinated by military topics and read widely on the subject, with a focus on artillery.

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