A contemporary of Adams and Washington, Silas Deane (Yale 1758) came to the bar in Hartford in 1761 and settled in Wethersfield. During the Revolution, he served in the first Continental Congress and went to France where he recruited Lafayette. Charged with treason by John Adams and John Jay for alleged financial misdeeds, he died in 1789.
His controversial life is memorialized in Silas Deane Online, which includes a virtual tour of his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Styled as an educational aid for high school students and teachers, the site has been professionally designed by Literae Interactive with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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