Argenson (René II., Count d'), [11]-3.
Argenson (Marc René, Marquis d'), [14];
chief of police, [15]-7, [25], [27], [31];
Chancellor, [18]-20, [32], [33], [34];
relations with his son, [22], [28]-9, [43], [66], nn. [36], [44], [79].
Argenson (Mme. d'), [23], n. [51].
Argenson (René Louis, Marquis d'), ancestry, [10]-21;
youth, [22]-28;
early career,[28]-35;
correspondence with Mme. de Balleroy, [35]-40;
Intendant of Maubeuge, [40]-47;
at the "Entresol," [54]-61;
relations with Chauvelin, [63]-76;
with Fleury, [77]-87;
correspondence with Voltaire, [87]-92;
views on foreign policy, [95]-100;
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nov.1744-Jan.1745, [102]-107;
Jan.-Dec. 1745, [107]-137;
1746, [138]-17, [147]-153;
in retirement, [154]-72;
political ideas: the "Considérations," [173]-210.
Argenson (Mme. d'), [35], [43], [70]-3, nn. [202], [207].
Argenson (Marc Pierre, Count d'), [22]-5, [28], [34];
relations with his brother, [37]-40; [43], [45], [76], [93], [120], [132], nn. [131], [217].
Asti (Surprise of), [142].
Aubertin (M., "Esprit Public au XVIII. Siècle"), [48], [52], [167], [170], [172], nn. [1], [413].
Augsburg (Convention of), [122].
Augustus III. (Elector of Saxony and King of Poland), [110], [111], [112], [117], [118], [120], [123], [124], [125], [127], [134], [144], [145].