Title David Franks : colonial merchant / Mark Abbott Stern

Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 263 pages) Contents David Franks, arrested for treason -- Family, friends, and associates -- Indian affairs, family growth, and supplying the Army -- Commercial adventures -- Plumsted and Franks, agents for the contractors -- General Jeffrey Amherst and Colonel Henry Bouquet -- Major General Thomas Gage -- Franks, Inglis, and Barkly, agents for the contractors -- Levy and Franks and land speculation companies -- A time of transition -- Working both sides of the street -- War and financial turmoil in Philadelphia -- The revenge of the radicals -- A time of trials -- Exiles -- The final chapter -- Appendix A: letters to the editor -- Appendix B: questions of death and burial -- Appendix C: "Dear Mrs. Cad" : a Revolutionary War letter of Rebecca Franks Summary "A biography of David Franks, an American Jewish merchant in Philadelphia during the colonial period and the War for Independence. A supplier to the British Army since the French and Indian War, Franks, though acquitted of treason, was forced out of Pennsylvania"--Provided by publisher Notes "A Keystone book"--Preliminary page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index Notes Print version record Subject Franks, David, 1720-1794. Franks, David, 1720-1794 -- Trials, litigation, etc SUBJECT Franks, David, 1720-1794 -- Trials, litigation, etc Franks, David, 1720-1794 Franks, David, 1720-1794 fast Subject Great Britain. Army -- Equipment -- History -- 18th century SUBJECT Great Britain. Army fast Subject Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography Contractors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography Trials (Treason) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) Armed Forces -- Equipment and supplies Contractors Jews Merchants Trials (Treason) SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100722 Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100723 Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia United States Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780271051345 0271051345 9780271055176 0271055170 0271050179 9780271050171

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