Silas Deane
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Silas Deane was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, and a supporter of American independence. Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the C
Silas Deane, 1781
Deane in a 1766 painting by William Johnston
Baron de Kalb Introducing Lafayette to Silas Deane (1879 Print)
Silas Deane House in Wethersfield, Connecticut
Arthur Lee (diplomat)
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Arthur Lee was an American physician, diplomat, and abolitionist who was born in the British Colony of Virginia. He helped negotiate and signed the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France, along with Benj
Silas Deane
…dockyards in Portsmouth and Plymouth, England, on behalf of the Continental cause. Deane's position was officially recognized after Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee arrived in Paris in December 1776, with orders from Congress appointing the trio as the diplomatic delegation to France. Deane recruited the services…
Portrait by John Trumbull, 1790