ISBN: 9781331089469

Excerpt from Silas Deane: A Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution The reasons for a book on Silas Deane are in the following facts: he was prominent and influential in the movemen… More...

Excerpt from Silas Deane: A Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution The reasons for a book on Silas Deane are in the following facts: he was prominent and influential in the movements leading to the Revolution; he was on important committees in the First and Second Continental Congresses; he was our first agent to France for the Insurgents; he forwarded military supplies, indispensable at Saratoga; he commissioned Lafayette, De Kalb, and Steuben; he served as Commissioner with Franklin and Arthur Lee, with whom he arranged and signed the treaties with Prance; unjustly recalled, he suffered for years from false and malicious charges; reduced to poverty and misery, he died when embarking on a new enterprise; fifty years later, Congress vindicated his memory from the charge of embezzlement; his life was woven in with critical events; his career was checkered; the mistake of his life was serious, the sufferings extreme, the fate - a dramatic close of the career of one of the most efficient of the men of the Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Taschenbuch / Belletristik / Briefe, Tagebücher, Biografien (lit.), Autobiografien<

ISBN: 9781331089469

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Silas Deane: A Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution It is high time that the truth were told about Deane, in the interests … More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Silas Deane: A Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution It is high time that the truth were told about Deane, in the interests of justice to a man so mis understood and so wronged: because of the light thrown on critical years in which he was associated with Franklin, Morris, Jay, and others of their class because of unexpected glimpses Of shadows found in heroic times because the study enables us to see more clearly the pillars on which our civil freedom rests, and the struggles and perils of those trying days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Versandfertig in 3-5 Tagen, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot<

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ISBN: 9781331089469

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