Silas Deane Papers Foreign relations Foreign relations--France--United States History--Revolution, 1775-1783 The portion of the collection that has been digitized consists predominately of personal and business correspondence, contracts, accounts, petitions, and personal writings of Silas Deane of Wethersfield, Connecticut, who served as an envoy to France seeking financial assistance for the American colonies during the Revolutionary War. A grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded digitization of this collection. Connecticut Historical Society Deane, Silas, 1737-1789 (Creator) 1740-1782 accounts correspondence contracts petitions essays 40002:Deane http://chs.org/finding_aides/finding_aids/deans1789.html http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:Deane France United States History--Revolution, 1775-1783 Copyright and reproduction information available from the Connecticut Historical Society