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Group of letters and reports dated January 20, 1761 thru November 22, 1763 to the British Treasury concerning the supply of provisions to the troops under Generals Amherst and Monckton in America during the French and Indian War. Nine letters are signed by Lord Ilchester and James Cresset, one by Cresset.
They discuss terms of contracts, amounts supplied, payments, etc. for troops under the command of Generals Amherst and Monckton stationed at Niagara, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Oneida Lake, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, etc.
This collection is of great interest for the early history of Jews in America, as the contractor for the supplies was Moses Franks of Philadelphia. He was the brother of David Franks, a noted Philadelphia merchant.
Moses Franks was a contractor for the supplies for the British troops during the American Revolution. He was assisted by his brother David in London, who was the supplier for the British prisoners of war.
Consequently we have, based on theses documents, evidence that the Franks supplied the British during the Revolution - a fact not in the history books. See Wolf and Whiteman, History of the Jews in Philadelphia (1957), pp. 26-27, 71-72, 86. |
