An edition of David Franks
(2010)
David Franks
colonial merchant
by Mark Abbott Stern
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"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.
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Merchants, Trials, litigation, Jews, Equipment, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Trials (Treason), Contractors, Biography, History, Great britain, army, Jews, united states, biography, Philadelphia (pa.), historyPeople
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David Franks: colonial merchant
2010, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271036699 9780271036694
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
"A Keystone book"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
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