INDEX
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A
A Letter from China, i., 95; ii., [487]
Abuse of the Press, ii., [488]
Account of the Negotiation in London for effecting a Reconciliation between Great Britain and her American Colonies, ii., [446]
Account of the New-Invented Pennsylvanian Fireplaces, i., 15, 358;
ii., [8], [401], [424]
Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature of Pennsylvania, i., 342;
ii., [489]
Adams, Abigail, i., 492;
ii., [232]
Adams, John, i., 6, 35, 61, 149, 161, 284, 480, 483, 484, 486;
ii., [6] (note), [8], [7] (note), [96], [220] (note), [237], [241], [242], [244], [245], [246], [252], [252] (note), [256], [257], [257] (note), [258] (note), [259], [261], [263], [274], [278], [287], [288], [290], [291], [294], [312], [316], [319], [320], [322], [342], [414], [443], [483] (note)
Adams, John Quincy, i., 486
Adams, Miss, i., 478, 485, 488, 493;
ii., [9]
Address of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, ii., [454]
Advice to a Young Tradesman, ii., [455]
Albany Congress, ii., [141]
Alexander, Miss (Mariamne Williams), i., 211, 469, 542 (note)
Alexander, William, i., 469, 495
Alison, Francis, Vice-Provost, i., 131
Allen, Chief Justice William, i., 170, 174, 337
Alleyne, John, i., 105, 442
American Philosophical Society, i., 128 (note)
Answers to Strahan's Queries, ii., [446]
Apology for Printers, i., 93;
ii., [464], [465]
Arabian Tale, i., 73
Argo, The, i., 146
Arnold, Matthew, ii., [527] (note)
Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams, i., 412, 489
Art of Virtue, i., 29, 34, 98, 521
Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, i., 72, 113
Austin, Jonathan Loring, ii., [250]
Autobiography, i., 16, 19, 22, 343, 349, 432, 531, 537;
ii., [27], [35], [424], [441], [499]
B
Babcock, Dr. Joshua, ii., [172]
Bache, Benjamin Franklin, i., 45, 238, 239, 241, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 266, 388, 390, 406, 486
Bache, Richard, i., 46, 212, 236, 237, 238, 239, 254, 257, 259, 262, 263, 300, 349, 390, 481;
ii., [24], [349] (note)
Bache, Sally, i., 37, 38, 70, 71, 99, 103, 110, 212, 225, 228, 235, 238, 240, 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 253, 254, 255, 255 (note), 257, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 287, 340, 373, 393;
ii., [277], [494]
Bache, William, i., 257, 260, 261
Baker, Speech of Polly, ii., [467]
Balzac, Honoré de, ii., [16] (note)
Bancroft, Dr. Edward, i., 542 (note);
ii., [221], [224], [250]
Bancroft, George, i., 542 (note)
Banks, Sir Joseph, i., 107, 154;
ii., [378], [384], [385], [386], [392]
Barclay, David, i., 423
Barclay, Thomas, ii., [296], [315] (note)
Bard, Dr. and Mrs. John, i., 4, 332, 333;
ii., [43]
Bartram, John, i., 35, 146, 334, 421;
ii., [23]
Baskerville, John, ii., [15]
Bathurst, Lord and Lady, i., 224
Baynes, John, ii., [7] (note), [348]
Beatty, Rev. Mr., i., 93
Beccaria, Giambatista, ii., [22], [378], [400]
Benezet, Anthony, i., 347
Benger, Elliot, i., 174
Bentham, Jeremy, ii., [221], [223], [225]
Bigelow, John, i., 24, 37, 540
Bingham, Mr. Wm., ii., [283]
Blount, Dorothea, i., 380, 386, 391, 454
Bond, Dr. Thomas, i., 140, 145, 180, 246, 331, 420
Boston, City of, i., 8, 151, 312
Boufflers, Madame de, i., 479 (note)
Bouquet, Col. Henry, i., 95, 340;
ii., [21]
Bourbon, Don Gabriel de, ii., [236]
Bowdoin, James, i., 352, 353, 354;
ii., [203], [218], [230], [383], [403]
Braddock, General, i., 177
Bradford, Andrew, ii., [21], [37], [62], [69], [74], [75], [88]
Bradford, William, ii., [35], [37]
Breintnal, Joseph, i., 180, 326;
ii., [67]
Bridgen, Edward, i., 442
Brillon, Madame, i., 19, 47, 92, 229, 265, 478, 487, 494, 500, 529, 540;
ii., [22], [476], [478], [481], [484]
Brillon, M., i., 485
Brougham, Lord, ii., [227] (note), [362]
Broughton, Sarah, i., 214
Brown, Dr., i., 99
Brownell, George, i., 138;
ii., [28]
Brownrigg, William, ii., 392
Buffon, Comte de, i., 530;
ii., [379]
Burke, Edmund, i., 20, 116, 442, 443;
ii., [1], [195], [221], [223], [224]
Byles, Mather, i., 264, 354
C
Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges, i., 488, 491
Cadross, Lord, ii., [408]
Camden, Lord, ii., [195], [210]
Canada Pamphlet, ii., [439], [444]
Canton, John, i., 438
Capefigue, i., 21 (note)
Carlyle, Alexander, i., 38
Carlyle, Thomas, i., 11, 303 (note)
Carmichael, Wm., i., 322, 485, 500;
ii., [5], [257], [260], [263], [268], [274], [330] (note), [476]
Carroll of Carrollton, Charles, i., 321;
ii., [237], [241], [331] (note), [529]
Carroll, John, i., 321;
ii., [238], [240], [529] (note)
Cats, The Very Humble Petition to Madame Helvétius from her, i., 488, 497
Causes of the American Discontents, ii., [189]
Chastellux, Marquis de, i., 263, 503, 530, 532
Chatham, Lord, i., 20, 438;
ii., [98], [180], [183], [195], [208], [210], [223], [229]
Chaumont, M. Donatien LeRay de, i., 479, 515, 532;
ii., [25], [249], [250], [263]
Chaumont, Madame Donatien LeRay de, i., 482
Chaumont, Donatien LeRay de (the younger), i., 481
Chess, Essay on the Morals of, i., 516;
ii., [491]
Choice of a Mistress, ii., [529] (note)
Christ Church, Philadelphia, i., 23, 70, 130, 170, 346, 363
Cincinnati, Franklin's letter on the, ii., [494]
Clapham, Col., i., 188
Clare, Lord, ii., [338] (note)
Clifton, John, i., 145
Clinton, Gov. George, i., 170
Cochin, ii., [359] (note)
Colden, Cadwallader, i., 15;
ii., [79], [90], [382], [407], [408]
Coleman, William, i., 246, 326;
ii., [64], [64] (note), [66]
Collas, Mr., i., 298
Collins, John, i., 90, 160, 200, 323;
ii., [35], [58], [428]
Collinson, Peter, i., 123, 124, 133, 178, 180, 361, 449;
ii., [17], [23], [123], [126], [137], [150], [151], [152], [154], [192], [342], [352], [353], [354], [356], [357], [361], [362], [367], [368], [371], [372], [375], [378], [381], [397], [398], [416]
Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts, ii., [205]
Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and the Anti-Federalists, ii., [489]
Condorcet, Marquis de, i., 530;
ii., [350]
Conte, i., 64
Conway, Madame, i., 43 (note)
Conygham, Capt. Gustavus, ii., [283], [297], [298]
Cook, Capt. James, i., 154
Cool Thoughts, ii., [102], [128]
Coombe, Rev. Thomas, i., 81, 346
Cooper, Dr. Samuel, i., 21, 352, 353, 472, 486;
ii., [25], [165], [170], [182], [203], [212], [218], [228], [250], [267], [341], [414]
Council of Brutes, The, i., 440
Courant, The Boston, i., 83, 357;
ii., [30], [31], [85], [429], [434]
Craven Street Gazette, i., 372;
ii., [468]
Croghan, George, i., 182;
ii., [418]
Cushing, Thomas, i., 405, 470;
ii., [81], [170], [172], [175], [191], [199], [203], [204], [210], [213], [218], [219], [229], [261] (note)
Cutler, Dr. Manasseh, i., 226;
ii., [7]
D
D'Alibard, Thomas Francis, i., 474;
ii., [354], [355], [383]
Danforth, Samuel, i., 355
Dartmouth, Lord, ii., [215]
Davenport, Josiah, i., 217, 271, 286, 311
Davenport, Sarah, i., 286, 301
Davy, Sir Humphry, ii., [361]
Deane, Silas, i., 318, 322, 334;
ii., [237], [249], [250], [255] (note), [262], [263] (note), [265], [306]
DeForbach, Madame, i., 528
DeLancey, James, ii., [142]
Denham, Mr., ii., [43], [44], [45], [50], [52]
Denny, Gov. William, i., 204;
ii., [112], [120], [122], [155]
DeNeufville, ii., [294]
DeSaussure, M., ii., [414]
D'Houdetot, Comtesse, i., 487, 522
Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout, i., 501;
ii., [472], [481]
Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio, i., 32;
ii., [464]
Dialogue between X Y and Z, i., 184
Dick, Sir Alexander, i., 463, 466;
ii., [403]
Dick, Lady, i., 464
Dickinson, John, ii., [128], [136], [137], [233], [234], [247], [333], [334]
Digges, Thomas, i., 408;
ii., [303]
Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, i., 87, 90, 202;
ii., [435]
Doniol, Henri, i., 542 (note)
Dove, Mr., i., 136
Dowse, Elizabeth, i., 280, 281, 304
Drinkers' Dictionary, i., 160
Dubourg, Dr. Barbeu, i., 474, 530, 533;
ii., [237], [274], [412]
Dumas, Chas. W. F., i., 155;
ii., [236], [259] (note)
Dunbar, Col., i., 182
Dunning, John, ii., [221], [222], [223]
DuPont (DeNemours), i., 474, 530, 533;
ii., [274]
E
Economical Project, ii., [472], [485]
Edict by the King of Prussia, ii., [436], [446]
Editor of a Newspaper, To the, i., 401;
ii., [188]
Elective Franchises Enjoyed by the Small Boroughs in England, ii., [454]
Eliot, Jared, i., 131, 335, 356;
ii., [24], [344], [416]
Ephemera, The, i., 500;
ii., [472], [476]
Epitaph by Franklin on himself, i., 114
Evans, Cadwallader, i., 311, 342, 343, 348;
ii., [184], [202], [346], [409]
Evans, Lewis, i., 220 (note)
Exporting of Felons to the Colonies, ii., [464], [467]
F
Falconer, Capt. Nathaniel, i., 311, 401, 476
Father Abraham's Speech, ii., [517]
Fisher, Daniel, i., 215, 216, 229
Fisher, Mary, i., 15, 303
Fisher, Sydney George, i., 36;
ii., [4] (note)
Flainville, Mlle., i., 43 (note), 528, 529
Folger, Peter, i., 268, 269, 270, 270 (note)
Ford, Paul Leicester, i., 2;
ii., [92]
Fothergill, Dr. John, i., 242, 252, 320, 391, 421;
ii., [118], [119], [126], [230], [354]
Foucault, Madame, i., 482
Fox, Charles James, ii., [221], [224], [227] (note)
Foxcroft, John, i., 43, 213, 312, 346;
ii., [81]
Foxcroft, Mrs. John, i., 43
Francis, Tench, i., 129
Franklin, Abiah, i., 13, 37, 78, 85, 266, 268, 270, 271, 272;
ii., [41]
Franklin, Benjamin:
General Comments on his Life and Character
Wrote for purely practical reasons, i., 4.
Stands out from both European and American backgrounds, 9.
His shortcomings, 18.
Atoned for his early offences, 26.
Summary of his career and character, ii., [527].
His Moral Standing and System
Not covetous, i., 12.
Unselfish relations to patents, 15.
Candor of Autobiography responsible for almost every blemish on his reputation, 17, 22.
Attacks on his character, 17, 21 (note).
Coarser side of his character, 17.
Contemporary tributes to his moral worth, 18.
His prudential view of morality, 23, 31.
Real extent of his moral offences, 24, 34.
Had no objection to repeating his life, 24, 112, 113.
Motives back of Autobiography, 25.
Atoned for his offences, 26.
System of Morals adopted by him, 26.
Story of the axe, 27.
Observations on vanity, 28.
Freedom from dogmatism, 28.
His cheerful disposition, 29, 112.
Art of Virtue, 29, 97, 98.
United Party for Virtue, 31.
Society of the Free and Easy, 31.
His relations to eating and drinking, 35, 385.
His standing in point of sexual morality, 35, 204.
William Franklin, his natural son, 37.
Franklin's contentment with his life, 42 (note).
Supposed natural daughter, 43.
William Temple Franklin, his natural grandson, 44.
Story of the crying boy and the grandmother, 44.
His Religious Views
Gratitude to God, i., 51.
Faith in Providence, 52.
Confidence in a future state, 53.
Utterances about death and sleep, 57.
Saying about orthodoxy, 58.
Want of sympathy with purely theological and sectarian side of religion, 58, 63, 68, 78, 88.
A trustee to hold Whitefield meeting-house, 59.
Early doubts, 60.
Impartial attitude towards sects, 61.
Relations to Whitefield, 61.
His Conte, 65.
Letter to Weems and Gantt, 65.
Views about heretics, 67.
About bigotry, 67.
Rev. Mr. Hemphill, 69.
Comments on sermons, 70.
Connection with Christ Church, Philadelphia, 70.
Habits as to church attendance, 70, 71.
His Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, 71.
Collaboration with Le Despencer in the reform of the Book of Common Prayer, 74.
Suggestion about prayers in Federal Convention, 78.
Views about practical religion, 78.
Effect of early environment on his beliefs, 82.
Attacks of Courant on intolerance, 83.
Youthful skepticism, 84, 85.
Falls asleep in Quaker meeting-house, 84.
London nun, 86.
Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, 87.
Picture of Christ mentioned by Parson Weems, 88.
Miraculous element in Religion foreign to his nature, 88.
Purely practical character of his relations to Religion, 89.
Recession from youthful skepticism, 90.
Latterday beliefs as expressed to Madame Brillon and Ezra Stiles, 91.
Priestley's comments on his Christianity, 92.
His jests at the expense of the clergy and religion, 93.
Lack of reality about his religious faith but no scoffer, 97.
Injunctions to his wife and daughter about church attendance, 99.
Dr. Brown's travesty on Bible, 99.
Strictures by Franklin on letter against doctrine of special providence, 100.
As Philanthropist and Citizen
Observation on escape from shipwreck, i., 102.
Humorous remarks on workings of human reason, 103.
Eager interest in increase of his species, 103.
Aversion to war, 107.
Comments on existence of evil in the world, 107 (note).
His freedom from misanthropy, 111.
Lines on Landlord of Life and Time, 113.
His famous epitaph, 114.
His desire to revisit world after death, 115.
Nothing less than a Friend of Man, 116.
Termed "lover of his species" by Burke, 116.
Indebtedness to Mather's Essays to do Good, 117.
Character of doer of good that most highly prized by him, 117.
His saying, that power of one man for doing good is prodigious, 117.
The Junto, 117.
The Philadelphia City Library, 122.
His comments on importance of modesty in promoting public objects, 122.
The Philadelphia City Watch, 125.
The Philadelphia Fire Company, 126.
The Philadelphia Academy, 127, 128.
The Philadelphia Philosophical Society, 127.
His opposition to Latin and Greek, 137.
His pedagogic insight, 138.
His early education, 138.
His bequest to schools of Boston, 138 (note).
His self-education, 139.
His observations on proper methods of teaching languages, 140.
The Philadelphia Hospital, 140.
Advice to Rev. Gilbert Tennent to solicit from everybody, 142.
Paving projects, 143.
Remarks on triviality of origin of human felicity, 144.
Philadelphia City lighting, 145.
Significance of Franklin's services to Philadelphia, 146.
Suggests voyage of the Argo to the Arctics, 146.
Efforts in behalf of Kalm and Bartram, the naturalists, 146.
Efforts in behalf of silk culture, 146.
Gifts to Philadelphia hospital, 147.
Purchases for and gifts to Harvard College, 147.
Services in connection with negro emancipation, the free blacks, the Bray Fund and the Society for benefit of poor Germans, 147.
Comments on Germans in Pennsylvania, 147, 148 (note).
Introduces yellow willow and rhubarb plant, 148.
Disseminates broom-corn seed, 148.
Proves value of plaster, 148.
Suggests insurance against storms, etc., 148.
Essay on Maize, 149.
John Adams' story of the grapevines, 149.
Franklin's prayer that he might be useful to his fellow-creatures, 150.
His trick for doing much with little money, 150.
His posthumous benefactions to Boston and Philadelphia, 151.
Breadth of his philanthropy, 153.
Supports plan for supplying New Zealand with certain quadrupeds, 153.
Protects Capt. Cook, 154.
Also Moravian Mission vessel, 155.
Also Irish ship for West Indian relief, 155.
Enforces rule "free ships, free goods," 155.
Approves exemption of non-combatants from penalties of war, 155.
Stipulation against privateering in Prussian Treaty, 156.
Detestation of privateering, 156.
Franklin no Quaker or visionary, 157.
Story of Logan and William Penn, 157.
Physical characteristics of Franklin, 158.
Youthful love of water, 158.
Story of the purloined building stones and Josiah Franklin's lecture, 159.
Was a boxing boy, 159 (note).
Adventure on the Isle of Wight, 159.
How he punished Collins, 160.
His firmness of character, 161.
Letter of rebuke to Capt. Landais, 162.
Circumstances which produced Plain Truth, 163.
Results of this pamphlet, 169.
Journey to New York in quest of cannon, 170.
Close relations at this time with Governor and Council, 171.
Draws up fast proclamation, 171.
Bearing of Quakers in regard to defence of Pennsylvania, 171.
Advice of young man to Franklin to resign his office as Clerk to Assembly, 172.
Franklin as an office-holder, 172.
Forehandedness about office in keeping with his advice to grandson, 174 (note).
Real extent of opposition of Quakers to defensive warfare, 174.
Relations of Franklin and his son to Braddock expedition, 177.
Pusillanimous conduct of Col. Dunbar, 182.
Dunbar violates promise to return servants, 183.
Franklin's Militia Bill, 183.
Dialogue between X Y and Z, 184.
Governor offers to make Franklin a general, 185.
Takes charge of N. W. frontier of Pennsylvania, 185.
Incidents on his way to and at Gnadenhutten, 186.
Returns to Philadelphia and is elected Colonel, 188.
His regiment and experiences as Colonel, 189.
Summary of military services of Franklin, 190.
Massacre of Indians by Paxton Boys and its denunciation by Franklin, 191.
His Family Relations
Generous conduct to his brother James, i., 198.
And to James' son, 199.
Story of Franklin and Deborah, 205.
Their marriage, 211.
Her helpfulness to him, 211.
Advises her not to make an expensive wedding for their daughter Sally, 212.
Letter of rebuke from him to her, 213.
Deborah and Sarah Broughton's charges, 214.
Incidents relating to Deborah told by Daniel Fisher in his Diary, 215.
Later improved relations between Deborah and William Franklin, 217, 218.
Resolute conduct of Deborah when house threatened, 217.
Devotion of Deborah to Franklin, 219, 221.
Her illiteracy, 220, 222, 223.
Supplies sent by her to Franklin when absent, 223.
Absences of Franklin from her, 224.
Her aversion to the sea, 224.
Transatlantic voyages of Franklin, 224 (note).
Efforts of Strahan to get Deborah to England, 225, 227.
Early correspondence between Strahan and Franklin as to the latter's daughter Sally, 225.
Personal appearance of this daughter, 226.
Affection of Franklin for Deborah, 228.
Loyalty to her irreproachable, 229.
Verses on his Plain Country Joan, 230.
References to Deborah in his letters to Catherine Ray, 231.
Correspondence between him and Deborah, 231.
References to his daughter in his letters to Deborah, 235.
Portrait of his daughter, 236 (note).
His son-in-law, Richard Bache, 236.
His grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache, 238, 239, 240, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 266.
His godson, William Hewson, 239.
Other children of his daughter, 240.
Francis Folger, son of Franklin, 240.
"Franky" not his son, 240.
References to Deborah's relations in Franklin's letters to her, 241.
References to William Franklin in these letters, 241.
References to servants, 242.
References to Franklin's Pennsylvania friends, 244.
References to his new house, 245.
Exchanges of gifts between Franklin and Deborah, 246.
Gifts to his daughter, 248.
Familiarity with household affairs and articles, 249.
Occasional home-sickness, 250.
Illness when in England, 251.
Deborah's ill-health, 252.
Letters to his daughter and her husband, 253.
Letter from her to him about housekeeping for her mother, 255 (note).
Sally's hatred of South Carolinians, 259.
William Bache, Franklin's grandson, 260, 261.
Bequest of diamonds to Sally by Franklin, 261.
Appoints Richard Bache to office, 262.
On his return from his second mission he resided with the Baches, 261.
And after his return from France, 263.
Comments on Sally Bache by Marbois and De Chastellux, 263.
Domestic conditions surrounding Franklin towards his end, 263, 265.
Later relations between Franklin and his son William, 264, 264 (note).
Family of Sally Bache at close of Franklin's life, 265, 266.
Franklin's father and mother, 266.
Story told by his father, 268.
Franklin's grandfather, Peter Folger, 269.
The Folgers, 270.
Franklin's letters to his father and mother, 270.
Her letters to him, 272.
Letters to his sister Jane about their parents, 273.
Estate left by his father, 274.
Loving relations of Franklin with his kinsfolk, 274.
His uncles John and Thomas and grandfather Thomas, 274, 275.
His uncle Benjamin, 275.
This uncle's poetry books, 275.
And collection of pamphlets, 277.
Samuel Franklin, grandson of this uncle, 277.
Remaining relations of Franklin in England in 1767, 277.
His letter to a Franklin at Königsberg, 277.
Had exact account of Franklins from 1555, 278.
Observations on Jemmy Franklin, 278.
Bequest to his brother James' descendants, 279.
Franklin's four brothers who died young and his brother Josiah, 279.
His brothers John and Peter, 279, 280 (note).
His letter to Peter's widow, 280.
His brother Samuel, 280.
His sister Dowse, 280.
Wise and feeling letter about her, 280.
His sister Mrs. Holmes, 282.
His sister Lydia Scott, 282.
His sister Anne Harris and her descendants, 282.
Her daughter Grace Harris and her husband Jonathan Williams and her sons, 283.
His sister Sarah Davenport, 286.
Letter from him to Josiah Davenport refusing him an office, 286.
Relations between him and his sister Jane Mecom and her family, 287.
Bequests by Franklin to members of his father's family, 301.
Relations between him and Deborah's family, 301.
Sharp letter to James Read, 301.
Franklin's interest in his ancestors, 302.
Notes on subject by his uncle Benjamin, 302.
Visit to his relation, Mary Fisher, in England, 303.
Old Tythes Book sent by Carlyle to Edw. Everett, 303 (note).
Thomas Franklin, 305.
Deborah's English relations, 306.
Sally Franklin and her father Thomas Franklin, of Lutterworth, 306.
Letter from Josiah Franklin about his ancestors, 307.
His American Friends
Friends who accompanied him to Trenton, i., 310.
House full of friends on his return from England in 1762, 311.
Rejoicing over his safe return to England, 311.
His friends "along the Continent," 311.
Many friends in New England, 312.
Visits to Boston, 312.
Description of his return from New England in 1755, 312.
Accidents to Franklin, 312.
Friends in New York and New Jersey, 314.
Visits to Maryland and Virginia, 314.
Friends in Charleston, 315.
Dr. Garden, Dr. Lining, Henry Laurens and John Laurens, 315.
Death of John Laurens, 316 (note).
Relations between Franklin and Washington, 316.
Widespread fame of the two in America, 317 (note).
Relations between Franklin and Jefferson, 318.
Humorous stories about Franklin by Jefferson, 318, 321 (note).
Franklin and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 321.
Franklin and John Carroll, 321.
Franklin and William Carmichael, 322.
James Ralph and other young Philadelphia friends of Franklin, 323.
Ralph's version of 18th Psalm, 324.
Comments of author on Ralph, 325 (note).
Junto friends, 326.
Hugh Roberts, 328.
Philip Syng, 330.
Samuel Rhoads, 330.
Luke Morris, 331.
Dr. Thomas Bond, 332.
Dr. John Bard, 332.
Dr. Benjamin Rush, 332.
Stories about Franklin by Dr. Rush, 333.
John Bartram, 334.
John Hughes, 336.
Thomas Hopkinson, 337.
Effect of Whitefield's eloquence on him, 338.
Francis Hopkinson, 338.
Col. Henry Bouquet, 340.
Lee and Izard, Franklin's only two enemies, 340.
Warning to his daughter about his enemies, 340.
Dr. Cadwallader Evans, 342.
Abel James and Thomas Wharton, 343.
Samuel Wharton, 343.
Ebenezer Kinnersley, 345.
John Foxcroft and Rev. Thos. Coombe, 346.
James Wright and Susannah Wright, 346.
Anthony Benezet, 347.
Joseph Galloway, 347.
James Logan, David Hall and Charles Thomson, 350.
David Rittenhouse, 350.
John Jay, 350.
Josiah Quincy, John Winthrop and Dr. Samuel Cooper, 352.
James Bowdoin, 352.
Young Josiah Quincy, 352.
Mather Byles, 354.
Samuel Danforth, 355.
Jared Eliot, 356.
Dr. Ezra Stiles, 362.
Dr. Samuel Johnson, 363, 364.
Jared Ingersoll, 364.
Catherine Ray, 364.
His British Friends
Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, i., 372.
Polly Stevenson, 374.
Wm. Strahan, 392.
Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph's, 405.
Catherine Louisa Shipley, 407, 409, 410, 412, 417, 417 (note).
Georgiana Shipley, 407, 410, 413.
Anna Maria Shipley, 411, 412.
Dr. John Pringle, 415, 416, 417, 417 (note).
Dr. John Fothergill, 421.
David Barclay, 423. Franklin a "clubable" man, 424.
Dr. Price, 425.
Dr. Joseph Priestley, 429.
Benjamin Vaughan, 432.
Dr. John Hawkesworth and John Stanley, 437.
John Sargent, 438.
John Canton, 438.
Dr. Alexander Small, 439.
John Alleyne, 442.
Edward Bridgen, 442.
Edmund Burke, 443.
Mrs. Thompson, 442, 443.
John Whitehurst, 442, 445.
Anthony Tissington, 442, 445.
Thomas Viny, 442, 445.
Caleb Whitefoord, 442, 447, 447 (note).
Peter Collinson, 447.
Rev. George Whitefield, 447, 449.
David Hartley, 447, 456.
Ballad of Auld Robin Gray, 460.
The Farce, God-send or the Wreckers, 462.
George Whatley, 447, 463.
Lord LeDespencer, 447, 452.
James Hutton, 447, 453.
Sir Alexander Dick, 463.
Lady Alexander Dick, 464.
Lord Kames, 464.
Scotch social conditions in 1759, 464, 465.
David Hume, 467.
William Alexander, 469.
Mariamne Williams, wife of Jonathan Williams, Jr., 469.
Sir Edward Newenham, 469.
Richard Jackson, 470.
Gen. Horatio Gates, 470.
Gen. Charles Lee, 470, 471.
Benjamin West, 470, 471.
Mrs. Benjamin West, 472.
Raphael West, 472.
Mr. Mead, 472.
His French Friends
Social life of Franklin in France, i., 473, 474.
His love of France and the French people, 476.
His opinion of the French people, 476.
DuPont De Nemours, 474, 530, 533.
D'Alibard, 474.
Dr. Barbeu Dubourg, 474, 530, 533.
Relations to French women, 477.
Franklin's residence at Passy, 479.
LeRay de Chaumont, 479.
LeRay de Chaumont, the younger, 481.
DeChaumont's family, 482.
Madame Foucault, 482.
Her kiss, 482.
Madame Chaumont, her comments on supposed attack of John Paul Jones on an old woman, 482.
Her comment on the engagement of Mlle.
Passy to the Marquis de Tonnerre, 483.
Franklin's witty letter to the mother of this girl, 483.
Franklin's mode of life at Paris, 483.
His salary, 484.
His letter to John Adams about American criticism on his mode of life, 484.
His hospitality at Passy, 485.
Dinners mentioned by Miss Adams, 485.
Story of the Abbé Raynal and American degeneracy, 485.
Letter from John Quincy Adams to Franklin, 486.
Franklin's visiting list, 486.
Entertainments attended by Franklin, 486.
Madame Helvétius, 487.
Madame Brillon, 487, 500.
Comtesse D'Houdetot, 487, 522.
Fête Champêtre, 523.
Jean Georges Cabanis, 488.
Abbé Morellet, 488.
Abbé de la Roche, 488.
Abbé Morellet's Very Humble Petition to Madame Helvétius from her Cats, 488.
Letter to the Abbé de la Roche from Franklin with regard to Madame Helvétius, 489.
The Journey to the Elysian Fields, 489.
Letters from Franklin to Cabanis, 491.
Description of Madame Helvétius by Abigail Adams, 492.
Comment by Miss Adams on Madame Helvétius, 493.
The Abbés, 496.
Feeling letters from Abbé Morellet to Franklin, 497, 498.
The Abbé Morellet's drinking song, 498.
The Abbé Morellet's observations on good rum, 499.
Franklin's drinking song, 499.
Essay on the Morals of Chess, 516.
Madame Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 526.
Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 527.
Pierre Le Roy, 528.
Charles Le Roy, 528.
David Le Roy, 528.
Madame Lavoisier, 528.
Madame de Forbach, 528.
Mlle. Flainville, 528, 529.
Buffon, 530.
Condorcet, 530.
Lafayette, 530.
Madame de Lafayette, 531.
Duc de la Rochefoucauld, 530, 531.
Lavoisier, 530, 532.
Chastellux, 530, 532.
Ferdinand Grand, 530, 532.
LeVeillard, 530, 537.
Madame LeVeillard, 537.
Jefferson's letter to LeVeillard about the Autobiography, 540.
Letter from LeVeillard to Franklin about Mesdames Helvétius and Brillon, 540.
Letter from LeVeillard's daughter to Franklin, 541.
Dr. Jan Ingenhousz, 541.
Debt due him by Samuel Wharton, 541.
Mrs. Paschal, 542 (note).
Thomas Mifflin, 542 (note).
Wm. Hunter, 542 (note).
Thomas Pownall, 542 (note).
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Holker, 542 (note).
Monthieu, 542 (note).
Madame La Marck, 542 (note).
Dr. Edward Bancroft, 542 (note).
Marquis de Turgot, 542 (note).
His Personal and Social Characteristics
Humorous observations on Vanity, i., 28.
Franklin's physique, 158.
Early eagerness of Franklin for the sea, 158.
Portraits of Franklin, 233 (note).
Sterner virtues of Franklin, ii., [1].
Statement of Franklin to Hancock that they must all hang together, [2].
Franklin slow to anger, [3].
His integrity, [3].
Description of Franklin by Dr. Cutler, [7].
His wit, [7].
His humor, [8].
Story of the powder cask, [9].
Story of the anchor, [9].
Story of the hot iron, [10].
Story of the Archbishop and the queen, [10].
The story of omnia vanitas, [11].
The story of the onions, [11].
Duelling story, [12].
His bon mots, [12].
His love of practical jokes, [15].
Remarks on man as a sociable being, [16].
Early Socratic method of arguing, [16].
Franklin's modesty and lack of dogmatism, i., 28; ii., [17].
His level-headedness, [18].
His dislike of disputation, [18].
Franklin a good listener, [19].
His amiable, generous disposition, i., 29; ii., [20], [22].
His love of games, [21].
His physical appetites, [21].
His fondness for music, [22].
His armonica. [22].
Cheerfulness under suffering, [22].
Benignity of mind, [23].
His habit of making gifts, [23].
His loyalty in friendship, [24].
His interest in his friend's children, [25].
Franklin's physical exercises, [483] (note).
As a Man of Business
General Comments on, ii., [26].
Main calling that of printer, [27].
Set as a boy to cutting wicks, [28].
Taken around among workmen by Josiah, [28].
Josiah makes a printer of him, [29].
Becomes apprentice to his brother, [29].
Nature of his brother's publications, [29].
James Franklin embroiled with magistracy, [30].
Courant issued in name of Franklin, [33].
Rubs between Franklin and his brother, [34].
Absconds from Boston, [35].
Passage from New York to New Jersey, [35].
Dr. Brown, the infidel, [36].
The kindly old woman at Burlington, [36].
Lands at Philadelphia, [36].
Falls asleep in Quaker Meeting-house, [37].
Puts up at the Crooked Billet, [37].
Calls on Andrew Bradford, [37].
Calls on Keimer, [37].
Keimer's printing outfit and elegy, [38].
Works for Bradford and Keimer, [39].
Is brought to the notice of Sir William Keith, [39].
Keith and Col. French call on him, [40].
Returns to Boston, [41].
Keith's promises, [41].
Continues at work with Keimer, [42].
Keith's continued deceit, [42], [43].
Sails for London, [43], [44].
Discovers Keith's perfidy, [44].
Makes a friend of Andrew Hamilton, [45].
And repays his kindness, [45].
Ralph a stumbling block to him in London, [45].
Franklin is employed at Palmer's, [46].
And at Watts', [46].
Relations to his fellow-printers in London, [47], [48].
Lodges with a Catholic widow, [49].
His skill as a swimmer, [49].
Is employed by Mr. Denham, [50].
Is invited by Sir Wm. Wyndham to teach his sons how to swim, [50].
Returns to Philadelphia and meets Keith on the street, [51].
Habits in London, [51] (note).
Mr. Denham dies, [52].
Franklin nearly dies, [52].
Story of Mr. Denham, [52].
Franklin goes back to Keimer, [53].
Keimer's other hands, [53].
Keimer benefits by Franklin's inventive faculty, [54].
Franklin quits Keimer, [55].
Meredith proposes partnership to Franklin, [56].
The latter is employed by Keimer again, [56].
And again proves very useful to him, [57].
New Jersey job, [57].
Story of Cotton Mather, [57].
Franklin attracts the attention of Governor Burnet, [58].
Acquires good will of prominent New Jersey men, [58].
Portrait of Keimer by Franklin, [59].
Prediction of Isaac Decow as to Franklin, [59].
Meredith and Franklin enter into partnership, [59].
First money earned by them, [60].
Samuel Mickle, the croaker, [60].
New firm helped by members of The Junto, [61].
Franklin's industry wins attention, [61].
Webb betrays Franklin, [62].
Franklin buys Keimer's newspaper, [62].
Franklin founds Pennsylvania Gazette, [63].
Its practical value to him, [63].
On the brink of ruin, [63].
Meredith a drunkard, [64].
Coleman and Grace come to Franklin's aid, [64], [64] (note).
Partnership of Meredith and Franklin dissolved, [65].
Franklin continues, [66].
Advocates more paper money, [66].
Secures paper money printing contracts, [67].
Opens up a stationery shop, [67].
Employs a compositor, [67].
Personal and business habits at this time, [67].
Keimer goes to Barbadoes, [68].
His railings at fortune, [68].
David Harry declines Franklin's offer of partnership, [69].
Franklin seeks a wife, [69].
Franklin's industry in business, [70].
His frugality, [70].
Establishes his Poor Richard's Almanac, [71].
Its success, [71].
Principles on which Franklin conducted the Pennsylvania Gazette, [71].
Extends his printing business, [72].
Establishes a German newspaper and a magazine, [74].
Latter project betrayed by John Webbe, [74].
Chosen Clerk of General Assembly and appointed Postmaster, [75].
Refuses to retaliate Bradford's meanness, [75].
Business value of office of Clerk, [75].
Conciliates a member of the Assembly, [76].
Business increases, [77].
Gazette profitable, [77].
Admits Hall to partnership, [77].
Terms of partnership, [78].
Business income of Franklin, [78].
Profits from the Gazette, [78].
Franklin's interest in art of printing, [78] (note).
Disagreement between him and Hall over a copyright, [79].
Franklin burns his fingers with the Stamp Tax, [80].
Appointed Comptroller of Post Office accounts, [80].
Appointed Deputy Postmaster-General, [80].
Success in managing Post Office, [81], [82].
Comments of Franklin on his removal from office of Postmaster, [81].
Gives Post Office patronage to relations, [83].
Income of Franklin from other sources than business, [83].
Appointed Postmaster General of the United States, [84].
Gift of land to him by State of Georgia, [84].
His estate at his death, [85].
Character of the Pennsylvania Gazette, [86].
Books published by Franklin, [90].
Sold other books, [91].
Miscellaneous side of his business, [91].
Sold bond servants and negroes, [92].
Mrs. Read's ointments, [93].
As a Statesman
Appointed Clerk of General Assembly, ii., [95].
Appointed and elected to other offices including a seat in the Assembly, [95].
Minor legislation in which he had a hand, [95] (note).
Lacking in fluency but spoke to the point, [96].
Influence very great in every Assembly in which he sat, [96].
Remarks on the importance of character to an orator, [97].
Political positions occupied by him, [97].
Not easily imposed on by mere glibness, but alive to eloquence like that of Lord Chatham, [98].
Repeatedly re-elected to Assembly, [98].
Usually with the majority, [98] (note).
A true democrat, [98].
Detested arbitrary power, [99].
Conservative, yet liberal, [99].
Believed in universal suffrage and law of gavelkind, [100].
History of the conflict between the Proprietary and Popular Parties in Pennsylvania, [100].
And reasons therefor, [101].
Value of the Penn Estate in Pennsylvania, [102], [102] (note).
Strictures of Franklin on the Proprietary Government, [102], [104], [107].
Traffic in legislation, [104].
Despicable conduct of the Proprietaries, [106].
Bitterness of the struggle between the Proprietaries and the Assembly, [108].
Stand of the Quakers in the struggle, [108].
Franklin the leader of the Popular Party, [109].
His relations to Governors of Pennsylvania during the struggle, [109], [110], [111], [112], [113], [114].
Story about a dinner at the house of Governor Morris, [110].
Reply of Shirley to Franklin at a banquet, [112].
Governor Denny brings over gold medal to Franklin, [112].
Plies Franklin with solicitations, [112].
Franklin appointed agent to go to England, [114].
Lord Loudon intervenes in the conflict, [114].
Vacillating conduct of Lord Loudon about sailing, [114].
"Always on horseback, and never rides on," said Innis, [115].
Long detention of Franklin at New York, [115].
Franklin's opinion of Lord Loudon, [117], [117] (note).
Loudon's reply to Franklin about filling his own pockets, [118].
Franklin arrives in London, [118].
Interview with Lord Granville, [118].
Meeting between Proprietaries and Franklin, [119].
Settlement of dispute with Proprietaries, [120].
Franklin thanks Assembly, [122].
His personal relations to the Proprietaries and their governors, [122].
Proprietary oppression, [124].
Governor Penn's dependence on Franklin, [126].
Letter to Dr. Fothergill from Franklin about the Proprietary, [127].
Factional dissensions in Pennsylvania, [127].
Popular conflict with Governor Penn, [127].
Franklin elected Speaker, [129].
Writes preface to Galloway's speech, [129].
Denunciation of Proprietaries by him, [130].
Lapidary attacks on Thomas and Richard Penn by him, [132].
Factious attacks on him in prose and verse, [133].
Franklin defeated at election, [135].
Franklin attacks fairness of the election, [136].
Wearies of political contentions, [137].
Recommends son of Thomas Penn to good will of Dickinson, [138].
Scathing comments by Franklin on Thomas Penn's meanness, [138].
Philadelphia merchants raise sum to send him abroad as agent, [140].
Pennsylvania feud sinks into the background, [140].
The Albany Congress, [141].
A day's journey under colonial conditions, [143] (note).
Letters from Franklin to Shirley on the colonial connection, [146].
Letter to James Parker from Franklin anticipating Albany Plan of Union, [151].
Franklin and the Indians, [152].
Humorous stories about the Indians told by him, [157], [158] (note).
Distinction enjoyed by him in England during his first and second missions, [162].
General relations to England before Revolution, [163], [164] (note).
Loyalty to England and its king, [163], [170].
Subsequent change of attitude, [168].
Willingness to accept office under the Duke of Grafton, [169].
His counsels of moderation, [170].
First of all an American, [171].
His gloomy pictures of Irish and Scotch conditions, [172].
Favorable view of American conditions taken by him as contrasted with foreign, [171].
Parliamentary corruption, [174], [206].
Franklin's familiarity with American conditions, [177].
His foresight into the American future, [178], [191], [193], [204].
Misconstruction produced by his fairness during colonial contest, [178].
His view of legal tie between England and the Colonies and Parliamentary supremacy, [178].
An imperialist, [182], [191].
Favored representation of Colonies in Parliament, but realized its impracticability, [184], [187].
General position taken by Franklin in colonial contest, [185].
His relations to the Stamp Act, [187], [194], [206], [230].
English haughtiness towards, and ignorance of, Colonies, [188].
Misrepresentations by Colonial Governors, [189].
Economic restrictions on Colonies, [190].
Views in regard to the taxation of the Colonies, [192].
And in regard to English emigration, [192].
Influence exerted by Franklin as colonial agent, [194].
Impartiality of Franklin during colonial contest, [196].
Summary of argument addressed by him to the British and American Public, [196].
His advice to the Colonies, [201].
His final sense of certainty of armed conflict, [205].
Comments on tea duty, [207].
Refusal to recognize Franklin as agent, [207], [211].
His comments on rejection of Chatham's plan, [208].
Draws up angry protest, [209].
Lord Sandwich attacks him as enemy of England, [210].
Franklin's relations to Hillsborough, [211].
His opinion of Lord Dartmouth, [216].
Wedderburn's tirade against Franklin, [222].
Efforts of Franklin after dismissal from office to avert war, [229].
He leaves England, [231].
His reputation at this time very high, [231].
Elected to Congress, [232].
His services in Congress, [232], [235], [241].
Made member of committee to visit Washington's camp, [234].
Early stand in favor of independence, [235].
Interviews French stranger, [235].
Made member of committee of secret correspondence with foreign friends of America, [236].
His mission to Canada, [237].
His relations to the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, [241].
Devises seal, [242].
Offers lure to Hessians, [242].
Meets Lord Howe, [242].
Other services by Franklin at beginning of Revolution, [246].
His political hobbies, [249] (note).
Goes to France, [249].
Receives news of Burgoyne's surrender, [250].
Peculiar fitness of Franklin for French mission, [251].
Unfitness of his colleagues, [252].
Rubs between John Adams and Vergennes, [252].
Vergennes' opinion of John Adams, [253].
Comments on John Adams by Franklin, [253].
Jefferson's opinion of John Adams, [254] (note).
Vergennes' strictures on Arthur Lee and Izard, [255], [255] (note).
Vergennes' opinion of Franklin, [255].
Judgments on Arthur Lee, [255] (note).
Jay's dislike of the French, [256].
John Laurens comes to Paris, [256].
Deane's efficiency, [257] (note).
Inutility of Franklin's colleagues, [257], [273].
Testimony of John Adams as to tempers of Arthur Lee and Izard, [258] (note).
Adams' vanity, [258] (note).
A young state should be like a young virgin, thought Franklin, [259] (note).
Franklin not to blame for enmity of his colleagues, [259].
Causes of Lee's enmity to Franklin purely selfish, [260].
Arthur Lee's character, [262].
Jealousy of Franklin felt by Arthur Lee and Adams, [263], [263] (note).
Rebukes from Franklin to Arthur Lee, [264].
Disputatious and artful natures of Arthur and William Lee, [265].
Trunk entrusted to Franklin by William Lee, [266].
Franklin's opinion of Arthur Lee, [267].
His opinion of William Lee, [269].
Treacherous conduct of William Lee and Izard, [270].
Relations of Franklin to Izard, [271].
Izard's passionate temper, [272], [272] (note).
Enmity of colleagues ascribed by Franklin to envy, [274].
Franklin's first French friends, [274].
Franklin's fame when in France, [274].
His academic degrees, [274], [274] (note).
Special causes underlying fame of Franklin in France, [275], [276] (note), [280].
Comments of Count Ségur on the American envoys, [276] (note).
John Adams' testimony to fame of Franklin, [278].
Meeting between Voltaire and Franklin, [278].
Apotheosis of Voltaire, [279].
Franklin's opinion of Vergennes, [280].
Jefferson on Franklin in France, [281].
History of pecuniary aids obtained by Franklin from France, [281].
His remark about the Mississippi, [285].
His relations to bills of exchange, [295].
To dispatches, [295].
Duty devolved on him of purchasing supplies and fitting out ships, [296].
This duty disagreeable to him, [296].
Was also a Judge in Admiralty, [297].
Success of American privateers, [297].
Franklin advises attacks on English cities, [298].
His relations to John Paul Jones, [299].
His efforts for the release of American prisoners, [300].
Rascality of Thomas Digges, [303].
Services by Thomas Wren to American prisoners, [304].
Pressure on Franklin for place in American army, [304].
Applications of Messrs. Lith and Pellion, [307].
Inquiries about America made of Franklin, [308].
Beset by beggars, [308].
Intense feelings aroused in Franklin by war, [309].
Hutton's mission to France, [309].
Pulteney's mission, [310].
Mission of Hartley and Hammond, [311].
Weissenstein's mission, [311].
Sir William Jones' mission, [313].
Audit of Franklin's accounts, [315] (note).
Adams' accusation of subserviency to the French against Franklin, [316].
Vergennes' persistency of character, [317] (note).
Comment of D'Aranda on M. de Maurepas and Vergennes, [317] (note).
Franklin justified in opposing signing of preliminary treaty of peace without consent of Vergennes, [319].
Franklin's efforts to acquire Canada, [321].
Final treaty of peace signed, [329].
Franklin resigns, [329].
Returns to Pennsylvania and is further honored, [329].
Elected a member of Federal Convention of 1787, [329].
Jefferson's estimate of Franklin as a man, [330] (note).
Part taken by Franklin in the Convention of 1787, [330].
Reaction in his liberalism, [331] (note).
Franklin and paper currency, [336].
Franklin and free trade, [342].
Franklin and export duties, [345].
Franklin and pauperism, [345].
Franklin and agriculture, [346].
Franklin and the criminal laws, [347].
Franklin and imprisonment for debt, [348].
Franklin and slavery [348].
As a Man of Science
Indifference to his inventions, i., 15.
Early interest of Franklin in science, ii., [350], [352].
Essentially a man of science, [351].
His three essays written at sea, [351].
Relations of Franklin to electricity, [352].
Qualifications of Franklin for scientific inquiry, [379].
Franklin's interest in balloons, [384].
Franklin's study of marsh gas and effect of oil on water, [390].
Franklin's inquiry into the effect of depth of water on speed and navigation, [394].
His interest in the Gulf Stream, [395].
Franklin and pulse glasses, [396].
Inventions of Franklin, [396].
Franklin and magic squares, [397].
Franklin's alphabet and reform spelling, [398].
Franklin and the armonica, [400].
The Franklin stove, [401], [404].
Chimney, place improvements by Franklin, [403].
Franklin and smoky chimneys, [404].
Franklin and ventilation, [405].
Distraction to which Franklin was subject in the pursuit of science, [406].
Cruder reflections of Franklin on scientific subjects [407].
Franklin's relations to medicine, [407].
Franklin and the dry bellyache, [408].
Franklin's ideas about colds, [410].
Franklin lectures John Adams on open windows, [414].
Franklin and waterspouts, whirlwinds and northeast storms, [415].
Franklin on light, [416].
Loose Thoughts on a Universal Fluid, [417].
Franklin on the conservation of matter, [417].
Franklin and the mastodon, [417].
Letter from Franklin to Gébelin on language variations, [418].
Franklin and astronomy, [419].
Franklin and refrigeration, [419].
Franklin and geology, [420].
Franklin and the physical convulsions of the earth, [421].
As a Writer
Lost letters, i., 5.
Way to Wealth known to whole civilized globe, 13.
Franklin first American man of letters in the opinion of Hume, ii., [423].
Franklin an author for practical purposes only, [423].
Indifference to his own writings, [424].
Franklin foresaw increased patronage of English authors, [425].
Manner in which he was educated, [425].
His early love of books, [426].
His ballads, [427].
His controversy with Collins, [428].
Means adopted by him to improve himself as a writer, [428].
Silence Dogood letters, [429].
Meets Governor Burnet, [434].
Forms acquaintance with Ralph and other lovers of reading in Philadelphia, [434].
Love of books, [434].
Franklin's scruples about niceties of authorship and printing, [435].
Criticism of Hume on his use of words, [439].
Franklin's conception of good writing, [440].
Advice to Benjamin Vaughn as to writing, [440].
General character of Franklin's writings, [441].
His fable of the eagle and the hare, [443].
Canada pamphlet, [439], [444].
Papers written by Franklin on the Colonial controversy before his return from his second mission to England, [446].
Effect of the Edict by the King of Prussia and its companion satire, [447].
Letters to the Public Advertiser, [449].
Dialogue between Rodrigue and Fell, the apothecary, [449].
Copper plate engraving designed by Franklin, [450].
Papers written by Franklin in France to promote the American Cause, [451].
His dialogue between Britain and other countries, [452].
Graver latter-day writings by Franklin, [454].
His papers on how to grow rich, [455].
Parable against Persecution, [456].
Parable on Brotherly Love, [456].
Papers contributed by Franklin to the Busybody and the Pennsylvania Gazette, [457].
Speech of Polly Baker, [467].
Means of Disposing the Enemy to Peace, [468].
Craven Street Gazette, [468].
Petition of the Letter Z, [471].
Sale of the Hessians, [472].
Supplement to the Boston Independent Chronicle, [472], [474].
The Ephemera, [472], [476].
The Whistle, [472], [478].
His petite chanson à boire, [472], [479].
His letter to the Abbé Morellet on wine, [472], [480].
Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout, [472], [481].
Handsome and Deformed Leg, [472], [484].
Economical Project, [472], [485].
A Letter from China, [487].
Abuse of the Press, [488].
Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and of the Anti-Federalists, [489].
Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, [489].
Speech of Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim against the Erika, [489].
Petition of the Left Hand, [490].
Morals of Chess, [491].
Franklin's letters, [492].
His letter on the Cincinnati, [494].
General observations on the history and contents of the Autobiography, [499].
General observations on Poor Richard's Almanac, [503].
The Way to Wealth, or Father Abraham's Speech, [517]
Franklin, Benjamin (Franklin's uncle), i., 60, 82, 275, 276, 277, 289, 304
Franklin College, Pa., i., 15
Franklin, Deborah, i., 52, 70, 88, 99, 103, 205, 211, 218, 224 (note), 290, 303, 306, 307, 314, 336, 346, 367, 372, 373, 423, 449, 489;
ii., [23], [45], [70], [79], [93], [470] (note)
Franklin, Francis Folger, i., 70, 240
Franklin in France, by the Hales, ii., [6] (note)
Franklin, James, i., 83, 199, 279, 301; ii., [29], [30], [41], [426], [427]
Franklin, James, Jr., i., 199, 278, 279
Franklin, John (Franklin's brother), i., 53, 94, 274, 278, 279, 296
Franklin, John (Franklin's uncle), i., 274, 277
Franklin, Josiah (Franklin's father), i., 60, 78, 82, 85, 158, 159, 200, 266, 267, 268, 270, 274, 304, 307;
ii., [28], [41], [428]
Franklin, Josiah, Jr., i., 158, 276, 279
Franklin, Peter, i., 279, 280 (note);
ii., [83]
Franklin, Sally (daughter of Thomas Franklin, of Lutterworth), i., 277, 306;
ii., [469]
Franklin, Samuel (Franklin's brother), i., 280, 301
Franklin, Samuel (son of Franklin's Uncle Benjamin), ii., [29]
Franklin, Samuel (grandson of Franklin's Uncle Benjamin), i., 275, 277
Franklin, Thomas (Franklin's uncle), i., 38, 275, 303, 305
Franklin, Thomas (Franklin's grandfather), i., 275
Franklin, Thomas (of Lutterworth), i., 277, 306
Franklin, William, i., 26, 36, 44, 48, 134, 173, 178, 216, 218, 236, 238, 241, 262, 264, 264 (note), 273, 295, 305, 337, 348, 375, 379, 393, 453, 474, 476;
ii., [82], [83], [98], [104] (note), [134], [166], [175], [177], [178], [181], [185], [207], [338] (note), [436], [448], [483] (note)
Franklin, Mrs. William, i., 40, 255, 264 (note)
Franklin, William Temple, i., 44, 92, 93, 174 (note), 261, 264 (note), 372, 388, 390, 453, 482, 497, 530, 539;
ii., [24], [224], [247], [255], [295], [306]
French, Col. ii., [40], [43]
G
Galloway, Joseph, i., 5, 253, 343, 347;
ii., [100], [128], [129], [135], [136], [174], [175], [176], [201], [206], [210], [339]
Gantt, Edward, i., 65
Garden, Dr. Alexander, i., 315
Gates, Gen. Horatio, i., 470
Gazetteer, Letter to, ii., [202]
Gébelin, Antoine Court de, ii., [418]
General Magazine and Historical Chronicle for all the British Plantations in America, ii., [74]
George III, i., 418, 419, 453, 455, 457;
ii., [99], [165]
Gladstone, Wm. E., ii., [168], [204]
Godfrey, Mrs., i., 208
Godfrey, Thomas, i., 118, 326, 327;
ii,. [59]
Grace, Robert, i., 15, 118, 301, 326;
ii., [64], [64] (note), [66]
Grafton, Duke of, ii., [169], [227] (note)
Grand, Ferdinand, i., 513, 530, 532;
ii., [85]
Granville, Lord, i., 448;
ii., [118]
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, ii., [232]
Grenville, George, ii., [140], [190], [338], [339] (note)
H
Hall, David, i., 133, 244, 350;
ii., [4] (note), [77], [79], [167]
Hamilton, Andrew, ii., [43], [45], [63], [67]
Hamilton, Gov. James, ii., [107], [109], [110], [141], [145]
Hancock, John, ii., [2], [312]
Handsome and Deformed Leg, ii., [472], [484]
Harris, Anne, i., 282, 301
Harris, Grace, i., 283
Harry, David, ii., [54], [69]
Hartley, David, i., 57, 108, 153, 447, 456, 542 (note), 543;
ii., [301], [302], [311]
Hawkesworth, Dr. John, i., 57, 380, 437;
ii., [394]
Helvétius, M., i., 489
Helvétius, Madame, i., 487, 518, 529, 540;
ii., [481], [483]
Hemphill, Rev. Mr., i., 69
Herschel, Sir William, ii., [419]
Hewson, Elizabeth, i., 262, 387, 390
Hewson, Mary (Polly Stevenson), i., 19, 35, 56, 107, 133, 224 (note), 243, 261, 262, 372, 373, 374, 471;
ii., [165], [167], [399], [412], [469], [499]
Hewson, Dr. William, i., 19, 384, 385;
ii., [469]
Hewson, William (Franklin's godson), i., 239, 388, 390
Hints for Those that would be Rich, ii., [455]
Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania from its Origin, i., 39 (note)
Hodgson, William, ii., [303]
Holker, Jean, i., 542 (note)
Holker, Mrs. Jean, i., 542 (note)
Holmes, Abdiel, ii., [24]
Holmes, Mary, i., 282
Holmes, Capt. Robert, i., 282;
ii., [39], [53]
Hopkinson, Francis, i., 246, 338, 339, 341;
ii., [277]
Hopkinson, Thomas, i., 339;
ii., [379]
Howe, Lord, i., 154, 423;
ii., [184], [230], [242], [424]
Hubbard (or Partridge), Elizabeth, i., 20, 43 (note), 53, 64, 265, 355, 477;
ii., [9]
Huey, Joseph, i., 79, 153
Hughes, John, i., 217, 222, 336;
ii., [25], [155], [167]
Hume, David, i., 466, 467;
ii., [423], [425]
Hunter, William, i., 542 (note);
ii., [80], [81]
Huntingdon, Samuel, i., 47;
ii., [287], [317]
Hutchinson Letters, Tract Relative to the Affair of, ii., [183], [207], [217], [446]
Hutchinson, Gov. Thomas, ii., [142], [195], [217], [226]
Hutton, James, i., 447, 453
I
Idea of the English School Sketched out for the Consideration of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Academy, i., 138
Increase of Mankind, Essay on, ii., [191], [193], [348], [424]
Ingenhousz, Jan, i., 5, 45 (note), 263, 334, 345, 418, 419, 421, 472, 532, 541;
ii., [138], [374], [379], [388], [389], [406], [415]
Ingersoll, Jared, i., 95, 356, 364
Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to her Colonies, etc., ii., [444]
Internal State of America, The, ii., 347, 454
Izard, Ralph, ii., [221], [250], [255] (note), [256], [258] (note), [268], [270], [271], [274]
J
Jackson, Richard, i., 147, 361, 470;
ii., [136], [156], [158], [165], [346], [444]
Jackson, William, ii., [288]
James, Abel, i., 18, 253, 342, 539;
ii., [100]
Jay, John, i., 263, 339, 341, 350, 487;
ii., [4], [84], [235], [255] (note), [256], [257], [258] (note), [284], [285], [288], [290], [291], [292], [316], [319], [320], [321], [324], [333]
Jefferson, Thomas, i., 6, 18, 318, 485, 540;
ii., [8], [17], [96], [235], [241], [242], [249], [255] (note), [281], [330] (note), [424]
Jenyns, Soame, ii., [338]
Johnson, Samuel, i., 130, 311, 356, 363
Johnson, Gov. William, ii., [160]
Jones, Dr. John, i., 112
Jones, John Paul, i., 482, 485;
ii., [263], [268], [290], [299], [301], [476]
Jones, Sir William, i., 411, 412, 416;
ii., [313]
Jordan, Thomas, i., 57, 438
Journal of the Negotiation for Peace with Great Britain, i., 9;
ii., [5]
Journal of a Voyage from London to Philadelphia, i., 32;
ii., [16], [350]
Journey to the Elysian Fields, i., 489
Junius, ii., [227] (note)
Junto, The, i., 117;
ii., [9], [66]
K
Kalm, Peter, i., 124, 146
Kames, Lord, i., 20, 29, 98, 196, 391, 464, 466;
ii., [166], [177], [187], [191], [400], [424]
Keimer, Samuel, i., 85, 206;
ii., [37], [51], [53], [62], [68], [69]
Keith, Sir William, i., 90, 282;
ii., [20], [39], [40], [41], [51]
Kelly and Fry, Doctors, i., 134, 135
Kent, Benjamin, i., 64, 64 (note)
Kinnersley, Ebenezer, i., 246, 345;
ii., [353], [379]
L
Lafayette, Marquis de, i., 48, 485, 503, 530;
ii., [256], [298]
Lafayette, Madame de, i., 531
LaLuzerne, Chevalier de, ii., [253], [319], [324], [327]
LaMarck, Madame, i., 542 (note)
Landais, Peter, i., 162;
ii., [268]
Lathrop, Rev. John, i., 8, 115
Laurens, Henry, i., 315;
ii., [5], [6] (note), [25], [255] (note), [257] (note), [284], [388]
Laurens, Col. John, i., 315, 316 (note);
ii., [256], [288]
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, i., 530, 532
Lavoisier, Madame, i., 477, 528
Lawrence, Col., i., 170
Lee, Arthur, i., 21 (note), 284, 285 (note), 469;
ii., [7] (note), [221], [236], [237], [249], [250], [252] (note), [255], [255] (note), [256], [258] (note), [260], [263] (note), [267], [268], [271], [274]
Lee, Gen. Charles, i., 71, 470, 471
Lee, John, ii., [221], [222]
Lee, Ludlow, i., 285 (note)
Lee, William, i., 285 (note);
ii., [250], [265], [266], [270]
LeDespencer, Lord (Sir Francis, Dashwood), i., 74, 391, 447, 452;
ii., [216], [448]
LeRoy, Charles, i., 528
LeRoy, David, i., 528
LeRoy, Jean Baptiste, i., 526;
ii., [170], [354], [388], [413]
LeRoy, Madame Jean Baptiste, i., 526
LeRoy, Pierre, i., 528
Lettsom, Dr. John Coakley, i., 421, 422
Le Veillard, M. Louis, i., 389, 501, 521, 530, 537;
ii., [342], [344]
Le Veillard, Madame, i., 530, 537
Le Veillard, Mlle., i., 541
Lining, John, i., 315;
ii., [373] (note), [381], [397] (note), [419]
Lith, M., ii., [307]
Livezey, Thomas, i., 344
Livingston, Robert R., i., 480;
ii., [241], [253], [292], [293], [304], [326], [327], [345]
Lloyd, Thomas, ii., [152]
Logan, James, i., 132, 158, 171, 350;
ii., [17], [90], [397]
Logan, Miss, ii., [20]
Loose Thoughts on a Universal Fluid, ii., [417]
Lor, M. de, ii., [355]
Loudon, Lord, ii., [112], [114], [117] (note)
Lovell, James, ii., [13], [301], [305], [345]
M
Madison, James, ii., [330], [335]
Maize, Essay on, i., 149
Mansfield, Lord, ii., [121], [227] (note), [448]
Marat, Jean Paul, ii., [277]
Marbois, i., 263;
ii., [324], [327]
Maritime Observations, i., 528
Marshall, Humphrey, i., 421;
ii., [344] (note)
Martin, David, i., 131
Martin, Henri, i., 473
Maseres, Francis, i., 441 (note)
Mather, Cotton, i., 83, 117, 269;
ii., [57]
Mather, Rev. Increase, i., 83, 117
Mather, Samuel, i., 117;
ii., [57]
Maurepas, M. de, ii., [317] (note)
Meanes of Disposing the Enemie to Peace, ii., [468]
Mecom, Benny, i., 286, 291, 297;
ii., [73]
Mecom, Mrs. Benny, i., 294
Mecom, Edward, i., 291
Mecom, Jane, i., 20, 31 (note), 52, 68, 71, 80, 95, 107 (note), 172, 177, 240, 270, 273, 274, 278, 279, 281, 282, 284, 287, 295, 297, 354, 371, 372, 477;
ii., [10], [22], [187], [203], [399]
Meditation on a Quart Mugg, ii., [464], [466]
Meredith, Hugh, i., 326;
ii., [53], [55], [63]
Mesmer, ii., [407]
Mifflin, Thomas, i., 542 (note)
Militia Act, i., 183;
ii., [126]
Mitchell, Dr., ii., [354]
Montaudouin, M., i., 56
Monthieu, John Joseph, i., 542 (note)
Morellet, Abbé, i., 229, 488, 495, 496, 497, 513, 518;
ii., [7] (note), [274], [394], [472], [480]
Morellet, Abbé, Franklin's letter to, on wine, ii., [472]
Morris, Eleanor, i., 277
Morris, Robert, i., 159 (note);
ii., [19], [24], [253], [254], [257] (note), [266], [291], [292], [330]
Morris, Gov. Robert Hunter, i., 185;
ii., [19], [104], [104] (note), [109], [111]
Morris, Robert and Thomas Leach, ii., [203]
Morris, Thomas, ii., [266], [269]
Moustiers, Comte de, i., 477 (note)
N
Narrative of the Late Massacres in Lancaster County, i., 194
Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency, ii., [66]
Neave, Oliver, ii., [383]
Newenham, Sir Edward, i., 5, 469
New York, ii., [35] (note)
New Zealand, i., 153
Nogaret, Felix, ii., [18]
Nollet, Abbé, ii., [354], [382]
Norris, Isaac, ii., [129], [141], [155]
North, Lord, ii., [5], [221], [223]
Notes and Hints for a Paper on Catching Cold, ii., [412]
O
Observations Relative to the Intentions of the Original Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia, i., 136, 138
Onslow, Col., ii., [339] (note)
Osborne, Charles, i., 323
Oswald, Richard, i., 110, 156;
ii., [7], [322]
P
Paine, Thomas, i., 259, 530
Parable of Brotherly Love, i., 64;
ii., [425], [456]
Parable against Persecution, i., 64;
ii., [15], [456]
Paradise, Mr., i., 496
Paris, Ferdinand John, ii., [119]
Parker, James, i., 148 (note), 291, 293;
ii., [73]
Parsons, William, i., 326, 327
Parton, James, i., 73, 74, 227, 275, 303;
ii., [85], [153]
Paschal, Mrs., i., 542 (note)
Passy, Mlle., de, i., 483
Pellion, Louis Givanetti, ii., [307]
Penn, Gov. John, i., 193, 196, 197;
ii., [126], [153]
Penn, Thomas, i., 124, 170, 189;
ii., [102], [102] (note), [131], [141]
Penn, Lady Thomas, ii., [21], [139]
Penn, William, i., 158, 191;
ii., [101], [102], [125], [131], [138]
Pennsylvania Gazette, ii., [20], [21], [27], [62], [69], [75], [78], [85]
Percival, Thomas, ii., [12]
Perkins, John, ii., [380]
Peters, Rev. Mr., i., 127
Peters, Richard, ii., [141], [155]
Petition of the Left Hand, ii., [490]
Petition of the Letter Z, ii., [471]
Philadelphia, i., 8, 151
Philadelphische Zeitung, ii., [74]
Pitt, Miss, i., 380
Plain Truth, i., 163
Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks, ii., [454]
Plan for Settling two Western Colonies in North America, i., 103, (note)
Poetry of Franklin, i., 113, 230, 275, 380, 499;
ii., [427], [498]
Poor, Essay on the Laboring, ii., [345]
Poor Richard's Almanac, i., 16, 27;
ii., [503]
Potts, Stephen, i., 326, 327;
ii., [53]
Pownall, Thomas, i., 343, 542 (note);
ii., [159], [340] (note)
Preface to the Speech of Joseph Galloway, ii., [104], [129]
Price, Dr. Richard, i., 58, 93, 96, 416, 425, 531;
ii., [385], [529]
Price of Corn, ii., [347]
Priestley, Joseph, i., 27, 67, 92, 106, 109, 110, 224 (note), 373, 416, 426, 427, 429;
ii., [171], [221], [223], [224], [230], [375], [405]
Prince, Rev. Thomas, ii., [358] (note)
Pringle, Sir John, i., 93, 320, 391, 402, 415, 416, 417, 417 (note), 421, 425;
ii., [408], [421]
Proposals Relating to Education, i., 129;
ii., [23]
Proposition Relative to Privateering, i., 110, 156
Prussia, i., 156
Public Advertiser, Letters to, ii., [192], [220], [228], [449]
Q
Queries and Remarks in Relation to the Pennsylvania Constitution, ii., [331] (note)
Quincy, Edmund, i., 149
Quincy, Josiah, i., 52, 352, 353, 476;
ii., [25], [247], [261]
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., i., 21 (note), 352
R
Ralph, James, i., 87, 90, 202, 224 (note), 323;
ii., [21], [43], [45]
Ray, Catherine (or Mrs. William Greene), i., 207, 231, 266, 312, 356, 364, 385, 533
Raynal, Abbé, i., 318, 485
Read, James, i., 301
Read, Joseph, i., 301; ii., 83
Read, Mrs. (Franklin's mother-in-law), i., 24, 37, 206, 241, 243, 301;
ii., [93]
Reed, Joseph, ii., [226], [268]
Remarks and Facts Concerning American Paper Money, ii., [336], [340]
Remarks on the Late Protest, i., 67;
ii., [136]
Retort Courteous, The, ii., [454]
Rhoads, Samuel, i., 246, 330, 542 (note);
ii., [137]
Rise and Progress of the Differences between Great Britain and her American Colonies, ii., [175]
Rittenhouse, David, i., 350
Robert, Messrs., ii., [386], [387]
Roberts, Hugh, i., 246, 311, 327, 328, 330, 331, 359
Robespierre, ii., [277]
Robinson, Crabbe, i., 39
Roche, Abbé de la, i., 488, 489, 496, 499, 501, 513, 518
Rochefoucauld, Duc de la, i., 477, 486, 530, 531;
ii., [321], [342]
Romilly, Sir Samuel, i., 20;
ii., [7] (note), [248], [347]
Rozier, M. Pilâtre de, ii., [385], [389]
Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One, ii., [446]
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, i., 321, 332, 333, 420;
ii., [410]
Russell, Lord John, ii., [227]
Ruston, Thomas, ii., [341]
S
Sainte-Beuve, i., 11
Sale of the Hessians, ii., [472]
Sargent, John, i., 42 (note), 104, 438
Sayre, Stephen, i., 21 (note);
ii., [340]
Schuyler, Gen. Philip, ii., [238], [240]
Schweighauser, M., i., 285 (note)
Scott, Lydia, i., 282, 301
Sharp, Granville, i., 76, 77
Shavers and Trimmers, ii., [464], [467]
Shelburne, Lord, i., 430;
ii., [161], [162], [195], [221], [223], [261], [320], [321], [394]
Shipley, Anna Maria, i., 408, 411, 412;
ii., [313]
Shipley, Catherine, i., 330, 407, 409, 410, 412, 416, 417, 417 (note)
Shipley, Emily, i., 408, 414, 417
Shipley, Georgiana, i., 405, 407, 410, 412, 413, 417, 417 (note);
ii., [231] (note)
Shipley, Jonathan (Bishop of St. Asaph's), i., 5, 20, 56, 405, 537;
ii., [346]
Shipley, Mrs. Jonathan, i., 406, 407, 412, 417 (note)
Shirley, Gen. William, ii., [112], [146]
Silence Dogood, i., 83, 84;
ii., [31]
Small, Alexander, i., 77, 265, 439;
ii., [383], [405]
Smeathman, Henry, ii., [362]
Smith, Sydney, i., 465, 466;
ii., [527]
Smith, Dr. William, i., 128, 131, 311, 340;
ii., [129]
Smyth, Albert Henry, i., 43, 248 (note), 484
Some Good Whig Principles, ii., [100], [454]
Soulavie, Abbé, ii., [420]
Sparks, Jared, i., 248 (note);
ii., [200] (note), [211] (note)
Speech of Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim against the Erika, i., 7;
ii., [489]
St. John, Hector, ii., [7] (note)
Stanley, John, i., 57, 284, 380, 437
Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret, i., 44, 134, 236, 242, 247, 250, 306, 307, 372, 373, 386, 388, 391, 454, 479;
ii., [4] (note), [468], [469], [470], [470] (note)
Stiles, Ezra, i., 91, 114, 356, 362
Stories, i., 27, 44, 67, 110, 289, 297, 318, 319, 320, 321 (note), 338, 341, 349, 354, 361, 377, 402, 430, 434, 437, 445, 469, 510;
ii., [9], [10], [11], [12], [241], [247]
Stormont, Lord, ii., [13], [14] (note)
Strachey, Henry, ii., [244]
Strahan, William, i., 14, 39, 41, 55, 58, 131, 134, 201, 224 (note), 225, 227, 229, 230, 302, 311, 313, 385, 392, 438, 467;
ii., [21], [79], [91], [117], [164], [165], [425]
Sumner, Charles, i., 71
Supplement to the Boston Independent Chronicle, ii., [472], [474]
Syng, Philip, i., 328, 330, 331;
ii., [367], [379]
T
Tasker, Col. Benjamin, i., 178, 314
Temple, John, ii., [220], [220] (note)
Tennent, Rev. Gilbert, i., 142
Thayer, John, i., 64
Thomas, Sir George, i., 175;
ii., [105], [109]
Thompson, Mrs., i., 442, 443
Thomson, Charles, i., 246, 350;
ii., [84], [168], [187], [201], [208], [209], [390]
Tissington, Anthony, i., 442, 445
Toleration in Old England and New England, ii., [446]
Torris, J. i., 155
Transatlantic Voyages of Franklin, i., 224 (note)
Tucker, Dean, ii., [162]
Turgot, Marquis de, i., 9, 486, 488, 542 (note);
ii., [18], [274], [404]
Tyler, Moses Coit, ii., [6] (note)
V
Vanetta, Capt., i., 188;
ii., [513]
Vaughan, Benjamin, i., 18, 67, 109, 156, 432, 531, 537;
ii., [24], [162], [343], [347], [409], [440], [444]
Vergennes, Comte de, i., 487;
ii., [252], [253], [255], [280], [285], [287], [293], [312], [317] (note), [318], [319], [320], [321], [324], [325], [326], [327], [328], [342]
Vernon, Mr., i., 200
Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament, ii., [452]
Viny, Thomas, i., 391, 442, 445;
ii., [397] (note)
Virginia, i., 315
Voltaire, i., 48;
ii., [278], [358]
W
Walker, Hannah, i., 277
Walpole, Horace, ii., [227], [476]
Walpole, Thomas, ii., [209]
Washington, George, i., 6, 18, 21, 182, 261, 262, 302, 316, 403, 529;
ii., [96], [111], [247], [287], [312], [329]
Watson, Joseph, i., 323
Way to Wealth, i., 12;
ii., [517]
Webb, Benjamin, i., 150
Webb, George, i., 326;
ii., [54], [62]
Webster, Noah, ii., [400], [436]
Wedderburn, Alexander, ii., [221], [227] (note)
Weems, Mason, i., 65, 88
Weissenstein, Charles de, ii., [311]
Welfare, Michael, i., 58
West, Benjamin, i., 470, 471
West Wycombe, i., 75, 452
Wharton, Dr. Francis, i., 542 (note);
ii., [6] (note)
Wharton, Samuel, i., 311, 343, 344, 541;
ii., [268]
Wharton, Thomas, i., 245, 246, 253, 311, 343, 344
Whatley, George, i., 6, 55, 57, 104, 447, 463;
ii., [251], [396]
Whateley, Thomas, ii., [220]
Whateley, William, ii., [220]
Whistle, The, i., 501;
ii., [472], [478]
Whitefield, George, i., 54, 59, 61, 132, 142, 338, 447. 449
Whitefoord, Caleb, i., 133, 442, 447, 447 (note)
Whitehead, Paul, i., 75;
ii., [448]
Whitehead, Wm. A., i., 39 (note)
Whitehurst, John, i., 442, 445
Wickes, Capt., ii., [249], [295], [297]
Wilkes, John, i., 75;
ii., [99], [165]
Williams, Jonathan, i., 281, 283, 288, 295, 297
Williams, Jonathan, Jr., i., 283, 289, 469, 481;
ii., [4] (note), [11], [263], [269], [296]
Williams, Josiah, i., 283
Williams, Mariamne (Miss Alexander), i., 211, 469, 542 (note)
Winthrop, John, i., 352, 426, 430;
ii., [218]
Witch Trial at Mt. Holly, ii., [464]
Wren, Thomas, ii., [304]
Wright, Dr., ii., [355]
Wright, James, i., 346
Wright, Susannah, i., 192, 346
Wygate, ii., [49]