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Who was Silas Deane? Like John Adams and George Washington, he was a member of the Continental Congress. Like Adams, he graduated from a prestigious college (Harvard for Adams, Yale for Deane). Like Benjamin Franklin and Adams, he ably represented the American colonies in a foreign land. He was personally responsible for sending over shiploads ...
The Undoing of Silas Deane. By Linda Pagliuco. When British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown in 1781, his troops were surrounded by officers and soldiers, muskets, sabers, and artillery secured by the diligent efforts of Connecticut’s own Silas Deane. Deane’s extraordinary role in making the War for Independence ...
Silas Deane, the circumstances of his life, and his contributions to American history appear in almost no textbooks, even at the college level, and very few people outside of Wethersfield are aware of his existence. Deane was born in Groton, Connecticut, in 1737, the eldest son of a wealthy farmer. He, like John Adams, was the first in his ...
30 de jul. de 2014 · Silas Deane assisted the Patriot cause as a congressman, merchant, and diplomat. In 1776, Deane undertook a mission to France as the Patriots’ official, unofficial envoy. Officially, Deane arrived in Paris to conduct business as a private merchant. Unofficially, the Second Continental Congress had tasked Deane with securing supplies for the army and presents for […]
2 de oct. de 2020 · Baron DeKalb introducing Lafayette to Silas Deane, 1776-1778, 1982.4.0 – Connecticut Historical Society. Deane arrived in France in the guise of a commercial agent. The official cover provided by Congress was that he had come to buy goods on behalf of the colonies to trade with the North American Indians and was to be paid a commission of 5%.
Silas Deane (1737-1789) Silas Deane was a politician and diplomat credited with successfully soliciting the foreign aid the colonies needed to defeat the British during the Revolutionary War. Prior to that, he represented Wethersfield in the Connecticut Assembly. He also served as Secretary of the Connecticut Committee of Correspondence and as ...
Sept. 24, as did the American Mercury, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 28, I789. THE DEATH OF SILAS DEANE 175. accusations." Thus "lived and died his Excellency Silas Deane, whose name is rendered immortal in the Calendar of Policy, by having ruined himself and family, with the charming words Liberty, Constitution, and Rights.
