David Franks[electronic resource] :c...
Franks, David, (1720-1794)

 

  • David Franks[electronic resource] :colonial merchant /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 974.8/1102092
    書名/作者: David Franks : colonial merchant // Mark Abbott Stern.
    作者: Stern, Mark Abbott,
    出版者: University Park, Pa. : : Pennsylvania State University Press,, c2010.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xxi, 263 p.).
    附註: "A Keystone book"--P. facing t.p.
    標題: Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania
    標題: Jews - Biography. - Pennsylvania
    標題: Contractors - Biography. - Pennsylvania
    標題: Merchants - Biography. - Pennsylvania
    標題: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
    ISBN: 9780271053486 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0271053488 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780271036694 (hbk.)
    ISBN: 0271036699 (hbk.)
    ISBN: 9780271030982 (pbk.)
    ISBN: 0271030984 (pbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
    內容註: 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.
    摘要、提要註: "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.
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