• David Franks : colonial merchant
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: colonial merchant
    [NT 47261] Author: SternMark Abbott, 1929-
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: University Park, Pa.
    [NT 47263] Published: Pennsylvania State University Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2010
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 263 p.).
    [NT 47266] Subject: Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Jews - Biography - Pennsylvania -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Contractors - Biography - Pennsylvania -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Merchants - Biography - Pennsylvania -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.) -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -
    [NT 51399] Personal Subject: Franks - David -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780271053486/
    [NT 47265] Notes: "A Keystone book"--P. facing t.p
    [NT 51398] Summary: "A biography of David Franks, an American Jewish merchant in Philadelphia during the colonialperiod 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
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780271053486electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0271053488electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780271036694hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0271036699hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780271030982pbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0271030984pbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: 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 -- Thefinal 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
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