Silas Deane

  • American


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1763/10/08 Mehitable Nott Webb marries her lawyer, Silas Deane. Groom Marriage of Mehitabel Webb and Silas Deane
1764/00/00 Executor of the estate, Silas Deane, assist the widow Mehitabel Webb financially and emotionally. Joseph Webb Jr, age 12, inherits the Webb house. Work Joseph Webb House Wethersfield
1764/06/24 Mehitable Deane, wife of Silas Deane, gives birth to a son, Jesse. Father Marriage of Mehitabel Webb and Silas Deane
1766/00/00 Designed by Deane, his new elegant and dignified residence is built for his family. Home Silas Deane House Wethersfield
1776/07/00 Silas Deane, a representative from the Continental Congress's Committee of Secret Correspondence, arrives in Paris, France, to secretly negotiating for clothing and arms for 25,000 men with a suitable quantity of ammunition, and 100 field pieces. Patriot
1776/12/00 By the first week of December, Silas Deane has enlisted at least 16 French officers to Continental Army service, including Johann de Kalb, a Prussian who had recently served under Lafayette's commander at Metz, the Comte de Broglie. Patriot Diplomat
1776/12/07 Lafayette signs an agreement with Silas Deane, in Paris, to be commissioned as a Major General in the Continental Army. Patriot Diplomat
1778/02/06 Negotiated by the Patriots Ben Franklin, Silas Deane and Arthur Lee, the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed at the hotel de Coislin (place de la Concorde). Patriot Diplomat Hotel de Coislin Paris Treaty of Alliance with France
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