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02782aam a2200445 a 4500 001 37670FBE7C5D11E0AEB2F4966AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110512010052 008 091102s2010 pau b s001 0beng 010 $a 2009046029 020 $a 0271030984 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780271030982 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0271036699 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780271036694 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)465867425 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a F158.4.F73 $b S747 2010 100 1 $a Stern, Mark Abbott, $d 1929- 245 1 $a David Franks : $b colonial merchant / $c Mark Abbott Stern. 260 $a University Park, Pa. : $b Pennsylvania State University Press, $c c2010. 300 $a xxi, 263 p. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "A Keystone book"--P. facing t.p. 520 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- 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. 600 10 $a Franks, David, $d 1720-1794. 650 0 $a Merchants $z Philadelphia $z Philadelphia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Contractors $z Philadelphia $z Philadelphia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jews $z Philadelphia $z Philadelphia $v Biography. 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $x History $y Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Army $x History $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $v Biography. 600 10 $a Franks, David, $d 1720-1794 $v Trials, litigation, etc. 650 0 $a Trials (Treason) $z Philadelphia. $z Philadelphia. 941 $a 1 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512010723.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37670FBE7C5D11E0AEB2F4966AFF544E 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search