motive was to repay France for helping America in its War of Independence. Oswald returned to New York City and died there of Yellow Fever on 30 September 1795. Family Including their eldest son John who was mentioned earlier, Oswald and his wife Elizabeth Holt had seven children. John Holt Oswald became an international merchant and died in 1810, leaving behind his wife Emily and three surviving children. Another son William Hunter Oswald (b. 1787) also went into international trade. He married Sarah Stamper Hall (b. 1792) and was working at Trieste on the Adriatic Sea in 1815. Thomas Oswald died without having any children, Ann never married, and Phoebe died in infancy. Rebecca married a man named Glenn and Elizabeth married Dr. George Balfour who joined the United States Army. Notes References Citations Printed material On-line material McAllister Collection, Library Company of Philadelphia. librarycompany.org Oswald Family Papers 1792-1816 (Retrieved 3 December 2011) Dictionary of Literary Biography. BookRags.com Eleazer Oswald biography (Retrieved 3 December 2011) Founders Documents. uchicago.edu Respublica v. Oswald (Retrieved 3 December 2011) Roland, Jon (ed.), Constitution Society. constitution.org Centinel (Retrieved 3 December 2011) Oswald, Ginny. genealogy.com Eleazer Oswald's descendants (Retrieved 4 December 2011) 1755 births 1795 deaths Continental Army officers from Connecticut People of colonial Connecticut Connecticut in the American Revolution People of Connecticut in the American Revolution French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars American male journalists American publishers (people) Military personnel from Connecticut