war with not expected by Washington, 291;
danger of concession to, 292, 293;
progress of Revolution in, 294.
Franklin, Benjamin,
gets wagons for Braddock's expedition, i. 84;
remark on Howe in Philadelphia, 219;
national, like Washington, 252, ii. 8;
despairs of success of Constitutional Convention, 35;
his unquestioned Americanism, 309;
respect of Washington for, 344, 346, 364.