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Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"Page from Knox's wastebook describing sales of brick to BostonThe General Henry Knox Museum According to one entry on September 7, 1805, Knox sent…"

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Excerpt from Henry Knox's wastebook about the launching of the Quick Lime

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"Knox notes the launching of the Quick Lime in his wastebook The General Henry Knox Museum According to Eaton, the Quick Lime’s master was Edward…"

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Major General Henry Knox, ca. 1860

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"His 1804 - 1805 wastebook records such details as who he was employing in his varous lime burning, brick making, and ship building enterprises, how…"

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Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Sources Sources Used for this Exhibit Henry Knox Wastebook, 1804 - 1805 From the Collections of Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum G-1-04…"

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Samuel Waldo, ca. 1750

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"His wastebook provides ample evidence of this, including a September 24, 1805 sale of 15,000 acres to John Gleason."

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Limestone quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1880

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"Knox’s wastebook is riddled with references to his lime burning activities, an indication of how important this business was to him and to Thomaston."