ARP193 Silas Deane Hearings

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

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🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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After receiving a vague letter from Congress recalling him in spring 1778, Silas Deane returned to Philadelphia. He sailed aboard the French fleet and having successfully finalized the Treaties of Amity and Commerce. Upon his arrival, the Continental Congress kept him waiting for months while circulating rumors about accusations against him. After months of waiting and not being allowed to leave Philadelphia, Deane published an angry article in the newspapers. This only resulted in a messy and public dispute that delegates held against Deane. After well over a year, Congress ended the hearings with no final determination. Deane was left without a position or compensation for his time. Deane would eventually return to Europe as a private citizen. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Silas Deane, Revolutionary War Diplomat and Politician, by Milton C. Van Vlack. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, by Jared Sparks: Vol. 1: Silas Deane’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres01sparuoft Vol. 2: Arthur Lee’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres02sparuoft Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	EDS, change is in our power. You're going to. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution. Today episode 193 the Dean hearings.
0:53.2	A few weeks ago I mentioned that Silas Dean returned to America with the French fleet that
0:58.2	arrived in July 1778.
1:01.4	Congress had
1:05.0	a record him sending a letter in December 1777 to report on the affairs in Europe.
1:09.0	Dean had received this letter in March and then took a few weeks to wrap up his affairs and plan his return to
1:16.0	Philadelphia. By the time he returned, Dean had spent about two years in France. Congress had requested that he go there
1:24.2	to serve as an advocate before the French court
1:27.1	in March 1776.
1:29.9	The inexperienced merchant from Connecticut
1:32.3	took up the task without knowing a word of French
1:35.3	or even having any personal contacts in France. Despite these limitations,
1:40.8	Dean had managed to make personal contact with key leaders at Versailles, and to begin
1:46.4	a partnership with Pierre Beaumarché to begin sending arms and supplies back to America.
1:53.2	He accomplished all this despite being on his own in France for nearly a year.
1:58.6	By the end of 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee to work with Dean in France.
2:06.0	Together, the commissioners had not only sent shiploads of arms and supplies, dozens of French officers, but also managed to finalize two treaties with France
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