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David Franks : colonial merchant / Mark Abbott Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Mark Abbott, 1929- author.
- Series:
- A Keystone book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Treason)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Trials (Treason).
- Franks, David, 1720-1794.
- Franks, David.
- Franks, David, 1720-1794--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- David Franks, a colonial businessman in Philadelphia, was one of the most important figures in American Jewish history in the eighteenth century. This extensively researched biography illuminates not only Franks's personal dealings, but also his business life. Franks was involved with Indian trade, ship design and building, manufacturing, international trade, land speculation, westward exploration, and military provisioning. This volume follows Franks from his beginnings in a prominent Jewish family to his trials for treason and his exile in the postrevolutionary period, offering a unique portrait of a forgotten American.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One David Franks, Arrested for Treason
- Two Family, Friends, and Associates
- Three Indian Affairs, Family Growth, and Supplying the Army
- Four Commercial Adventures
- Five Plumsted and Franks, Agents for the Contractors
- Six General Jeffrey Amherst and Colonel Henry Bouquet
- Seven Major General Thomas Gage
- Eight Franks, Inglis and Barkly, Agents for the Contractors
- Nine Levy and Franks and Land Speculation Companies
- Ten A Time of Transition
- Eleven Working Both Sides of the Street
- Twelve War and Financial Turmoil in Philadelphia
- Thirteen The Revenge of the Radicals
- Fourteen A Time of Trials
- Fifteen Exiles
- Sixteen 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
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271053486
- 9780271051345
- 0271051345
- OCLC:
- 1253313155
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