David Salisbury Franks
(c. 1740 - 1793)
Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks was later exonerated. A yellow fever victim, he was buried at Christ Church by a Christian neighbor.
Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Arch Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
