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Title: Silas Dean.
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 D34s; graphics:7707
Description: Profile portrait of Silas Deane.; Signed "T. Johnson" on plate and in graphite, lower right of print.
Creator: Johnson, T., engraver
Subject: Deane, Silas, 1737-1789

Title: Deane,Silas to Robert Morris, 1776 March 8; No. 229 Silas Deane to Robert Morris
Identifier(s): text:326026
Description: Inquiries whose pilot boat will precede them and reconnoitre the [Delaware] Capes.
Creator: Deane, Silas, 1737-1789et al
Subject: United States--History, Military; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
Date: 1776-03-08; 2021

Title: Receipt for advance, 28 February 1778 also signed by Gilas Deane; Promissory note.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj2858; APSdigobj2858
Source: Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections (Mss.B.F85.misc);
Subject: Natural history; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Promissory notes
Date: 1781 July 2

Title: United States, Continental Congress (John Hancock, President) to William Stewart, 1775 July 31; No. 514 United States, Continental Congress (John Hancock, President)
Identifier(s): text:347919
Description: Resolution that appoints a committee, including John Adams, [Silas] Deane, [Patrick] Henry, and [Benjamin] Franklin, "to inquire into the Cheapest & easiest Methods of making Salt in these Colonies."
Subject: Adams, John, 1735-1826; Hancock, John, 1737-1793; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1775-07-31; 2022

Title: Deane, Silas to William Temple Franklin, 1778 September 2; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24801
Description: Letter from Silas Deane to William Temple Franklin. Requests that care be taken of the furniture, plate, etc., belonging to him at Passy until his return.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1778-09-02; 2022

Title: Deane, Silas to William Temple Franklin, 1780 October 11; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25597
Description: Letter from Silas Deane to William Temple Franklin. Monday Evening. Asks the address of Mr. Joseph Mayo and Dr. John Foulke and for Montieu's papers.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-10-11; 2022

Title: Deane, Silas to William Temple Franklin, 1781 December 22; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26334
Description: Letter from Silas Deane to William Temple Franklin. Refers to young Cochran's embarrassing situation. Is surprised that Mr. Thomas Barclay has no orders from Congress for settling its public accounts in Europe.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-12-22; 2022

Title: Deane, Silas to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 25; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27098
Description: Letter from Silas Deane to William Temple Franklin. Sends copy of a letter from Capt. John Cochran, of Philadelphia, relating to payment of his son's tuition in a school at Paris.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Education--18th century; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-25; 2022

Title: Deane, Silas to William Temple Franklin, 1779 September 20; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24524
Description: Letter from Silas Deane to William Temple Franklin. Very difficult at present to procure, in America, even the most necessary articles of life and more so curiosities of any kind; tried to get some of the latter for his friends in Paris but without success; money depreciating and merchandise selling at enormous prices. Has heard that his son Jesse Deane was spending the holidays with him. Requests the latters to take care of the furniture he left at Passy. Their many enemies and villifiers; every packet brings most outrageous scandal about Dr. Franklin. Is preparing to leave America. Has not seen Mr. John Adams since his return; hears he is disgusted at Congress for not appointing him to some Court abroad.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Family life--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; Deane, Silas, 1737-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-09-20; 2022