France, steps toward alliance with, 94 ff.; effect of victory at Saratoga in, 99; treaty with, 99 and n.; results of alliance on American commerce and privateering, 108; sends fleet to America, 108; effect in England of alliance with, 119; and W.'s proclamation of neutrality, 204; effect of feeling of gratitude to, in U.S., 205; later relations with, 215, 216; and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228. And see England and France.
Franklin, Benjamin, on committee to confer with Howe, 79; on Peace Commission, 130; quoted, 173; 21, 155, 160, 161, 201, 236.
Frederick the Great, 259.
Freedom of speech, W. and, 222, 223.
Freemasons, at W.'s funeral, 253.
French, westward and southward progress of, 13; build Fort Duquesne, 13.
French Committee of Public Safety, Monroe's letter to, 216.
French and Indian War. See Seven Years' War.
French Revolution, reaction of, in U.S., 193 ff.
Freneau, Philip, and his National Gazette, encouraged by
Jefferson, 200, 201, 219, 220.