SILAS DEANE
\sˈiːləz dˈiːn], \sˈiːləz dˈiːn], \s_ˈiː_l_ə_z d_ˈiː_n]\
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An American diplomatist; born Dec. 24, 1737, in Groton, Conn.; died in Deal, England, Aug. 23, 1789. With Franklin and Lee he negotiated the treaty between France and the United States in 1778; was afterwards greatly misrepresented, and died abroad in neglect and poverty. He published in his own defense: "Letters to Hon. Robert Morgan" (1784); "An Address to the Citizens of the United States" (1784); and "Paris Papers, or Mr. Silas Deane's Intercepted Letters to his Brother and Other Friends" (1781).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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