In November, Henry Knox suggested to George Washington that they drag 59 cannons, captured at Fort Ticonderoga the previous spring, over 300 miles to Boston to bolster its defenses and drive the British out. Washington agreed and sent Knox to Fort Ticonderoga to oversee the expedition.
His state would have to fulfill the requirement of "doing away with black codes," since this was one of the relatively few requirements Johnson had for the South in terms of Reconstruction.
