Death_Of_Silas_Deane

Death Of Silas Deane The Strange Death of Silas Deane Silas Deane was a very ambitious man. He went from the son of a blacksmith, to a lawyer, to a business man, and then entered himself into the political world. He served on Connecticut's Committee of Correspondence and in later years as a delegate to the first and second Continental Congress. During this time he won much respect from prominent leaders such as Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay. In 1776 Congress decided to send Deane as a representative from the colonies over to France. His aim was to buy much needed military supplies for the Revolutionary cause. However, during his service as Minister Plenipotentiary he ran into many problems. He was accused of taking advantage of his power to make himself a large fortune. He denied it but congress still decided to take away his title as Minister Plenipotentiary. Then, in 1781, some of his letters to friends were found that stated that he thought that America should go in a more peaceful direction and try to make things better with England. But being that America had already won by the time deane, death, bancroft, deane’s, america, about, very, ship, been, life, know, evidence, being, suicide, silas, one, natural, letters, died, decided, cutting, after, war, theory, stated, probable, murder, go, found, fact, england, cause, years, while, wasn’t