Steve/sewell
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For my friend Tim ( fer_de_lance)
Although Isaac Franks was Jewish, he was a practicing Christian. He joined the Continental army at age 17 and fought the British in the battles on Long Island. He was captured in Manhattan but escaped to New Jersey in a leaky rowboat. There he joined the quartermaster division as an assistant foragemaster for Washington's main army. He was promoted to foragemaster and sent to West Point, where he received a comission as ensign in a Massachusetts regiment in 1781. He resigned the following year, married and moved to Germantown. He worked as a financial broker.In 1793 he lent his house to George Washington, to live in while the Yellow Fever epidemic ravaged in the capital of Philadelphia. Franks's home became the Germantown White house and Washington and his cabinet met within. In 1794 he received a commission as lieutenent colonel in the state militia. He became a very wealthy Stock investor in Philadelphia after the war. Franks died in 1822. These bottles have turned up in the West Indies,New Orleans and England.The Seal does not look English or Dutch and the lip finish almost looks like an early spring water bottle. I really like this bottle and feel it was made about 6 miles from my house In Glassboro New Jersey which was the only local glass works to Philadelphia operating at the time. Colonel Thomas Heston and Colonel Thomas Carpenters Glass Works had an agent in Philadelphia another Jewish gentleman named Levy Garret a Tobacco merchant and general products store owner. [attachment=P1120816 (Large).JPG] [attachment=P1120818 (Large).JPG] [attachment=P1120822 (Large).JPG]
Although Isaac Franks was Jewish, he was a practicing Christian. He joined the Continental army at age 17 and fought the British in the battles on Long Island. He was captured in Manhattan but escaped to New Jersey in a leaky rowboat. There he joined the quartermaster division as an assistant foragemaster for Washington's main army. He was promoted to foragemaster and sent to West Point, where he received a comission as ensign in a Massachusetts regiment in 1781. He resigned the following year, married and moved to Germantown. He worked as a financial broker.In 1793 he lent his house to George Washington, to live in while the Yellow Fever epidemic ravaged in the capital of Philadelphia. Franks's home became the Germantown White house and Washington and his cabinet met within. In 1794 he received a commission as lieutenent colonel in the state militia. He became a very wealthy Stock investor in Philadelphia after the war. Franks died in 1822. These bottles have turned up in the West Indies,New Orleans and England.The Seal does not look English or Dutch and the lip finish almost looks like an early spring water bottle. I really like this bottle and feel it was made about 6 miles from my house In Glassboro New Jersey which was the only local glass works to Philadelphia operating at the time. Colonel Thomas Heston and Colonel Thomas Carpenters Glass Works had an agent in Philadelphia another Jewish gentleman named Levy Garret a Tobacco merchant and general products store owner. [attachment=P1120816 (Large).JPG] [attachment=P1120818 (Large).JPG] [attachment=P1120822 (Large).JPG]
