TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stern,Mark Abbott
AU  - Pencak,William
TI  - David Franks: Colonial Merchant 
T2  - Keystone Books
SN  - 9780271051345
AV  - F158.4.F73 S747 2010eb
U1  - 974.8/1102092 22
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - University Park, PA : 
PB  - Penn State University Press, 
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Philadelphia
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jews
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Trials (Treason)
KW  - HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271051345?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271051345
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780271051345/original
ER  -