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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.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. David Franks, Arrested for Treason
- 2. Family, Friends, and Associates
- 3. Indian Affairs, Family Growth, and Supplying the Army
- 4. Commercial Adventures
- 5. Plumsted and Franks, Agents for the Contractors
- 6. General Jeffrey Amherst and Colonel Henry Bouquet
- 7. Major General Thomas Gage
- 8. Franks, Inglis and Barkly, Agents for the Contractors
- 9. Levy and Franks and Land Speculation Companies
- 10. A Time of Transition
- 11. Working Both Sides of the Street
- 12. War and Financial Turmoil in Philadelphia
- 13. The Revenge of the Radicals
- 14. A Time of Trials
- 15. Exiles
- 16. The Final Chapter
- Appendix A: Letters to the Editor
- Appendix B: Questions of Death and Burial
- Appendix C: âDear Mrs. Cadâ: A Revolutionary War Letter of Rebecca Franks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover