David Franks : colonial merchant Mark Abbott Stern

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Mark Abbott, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franks, David, 1720-1794.

Franks, David.

Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

Merchants.

Contractors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

Contractors.

Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

Jews.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Great Britain. Army--Equipment--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.

Franks, David, 1720-1794--Trials, litigation, etc.

Trials (Treason)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Trials (Treason).

Physical Description:

xxi, 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.

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.

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.

Notes:

"A Keystone book"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9780271036694 (cloth : alk. paper)

0271036699 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

465867425