David Franks
Subtitle: colonial merchant
By: Mark Abbott Stern.
Series: A Keystone book
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271036694; 9780271030982
Subjects: Franks, David, -- 1720-1794; Franks, David, -- 1720-1794 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Great Britain. -- Army -- Equipment -- History -- 18th century; Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Contractors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Trials (Treason) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc; Biography
Description: "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: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: David Franks, arrested for treason; title: Family, friends, and associates; title: Indian affairs, family growth, and supplying the Army; title: Commercial adventures; title: Plumsted and Franks, agents for the contractors; title: General Jeffrey Amherst and Colonel Henry Bouquet; title: Major General Thomas Gage; title: Franks, Inglis, and Barkly, agents for the contractors; title: Levy and Franks and land speculation companies; title: A time of transition; title: Working both sides of the street; title: War and financial turmoil in Philadelphia; title: The revenge of the radicals; title: A time of trials; title: Exiles; title: The final chapter; title: Appendix A: Letters to the editor; title: Appendix B: Questions of death and burial; title: Appendix C: "Dear Mrs. Cad" : a Revolutionary War letter of Rebecca Franks.