This table includes references to letters and extracts from letters, written by various persons to others, in relation to subjects mentioned in Franklin's Writings.
BANCROFT, EDWARD, to William Franklin,
BERGMAN, THORBERN, to Benjamin Wilson, 17 October, BLOME, M. DE, to Count de Vergennes,
Citizen or General Advertiser, . 16 September, 1757,
GALLOWAY, JOSEPH, to William Franklin, ‡ 29 April, GEORGIA ASSEMBLY, to the King,
HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, to Lord Dartmouth, 19 October,
JAY, JOHN, to the President of Congress, * 21 April,
JOHNSTONE, GOVERNOR, to Francis Dana, * 10 June,
JONES, SIR WILLIAM, to Mr. Baron Eyre,
LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE, to Paul Jones, * 22 May,
LAURENS, HENRY, to the House of Commons,* 7 December, 1781,
LEE, ARTHUR, to Samuel Adams,
LOGAN, JAMES, to Peter Collinson,
LUZERNE, M.DE LA, to Count de Vergennes, 1 December, 1783, X.
SHELBURNE, EARL OF, to Richard Oswald, 21 May,
TENNENT, GILBERT, FRANCIS ALISON,
and JOHN EWING, (Circular) 30 March, TownSHEND, THOMAS, to Richard Oswald, ‡ 26 July,
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, to Bryan Fairfax, * 20 July, WATSON, W., to the Royal Society,
Abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer, made in part by Franklin, X. 207, 288.
Absorption, remarks on, VI. 65. Wheth- er it is in progress at the same time with perspiration, 66.
Academy, observations relative to the intentions of the original founders of the Philadelphia, II. 133. Subscrip- tions for an, in Philadelphia, VI. 108. Remarks respecting the Philadelphia, VII. 51. Interest taken by Franklin in it, 63. Remarks concerning it, 80. Account of the Court of the Press, II. 508.
Account of the Negotiations in London for effecting a Reconciliation between Great Britain and her Colonies, cir- cumstances under which it was writ ten, V. 1.
Account of the newly-invented Pennsyl- vania Fireplace. Its invention describ- ed, VI. 34.
ADAMS, JOHN, his remarks quoted in reference to Franklin's correspondence with Governor Shirley, III. 64. His letter to Dr. Hosack, relative to the Hutchinson Letters, IV. 443. Is ap- pointed by Congress to confer with Lord Howe, V. 97. His opinion ex- pressed to Arthur Lee, in regard to the intercourse of the American commis- sioners, VIII. 262. His view of the disposition of the French court, 324. His erroneous view of the feeling in America towards France, 479. His correspondence displeasing to the French court, 487. His account of the difficulty of procuring a loan in Holland, IX. 19. Is appointed one of the commissioners for negotiating peace, 82. His account of De Neuf- ville's scheme of a loan, 106. His interview with Mr. Digges on the sub- ject of negotiations for peace, 186. His conversation with Mr. Laurens respecting the views of the British ministry, and the basis of peace, 256. His distrust of the French court, 534. His comment on the accusation against Franklin relative to the fisheries, X. 12. Sends to Franklin a copy of his work on the American Constitutions, 284.
ADAMS, SAMUEL, his character, and his opinion of Franklin, VIII. 99. Address of the Assembly of Pennsylva- nia to Dr. Franklin, on his return from France, V. 137. Of the American Philosophical Society, 138. Of the University of Pennsylvania, 140. Address to the Public, from the Penn- sylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bond- age, II. 515.
Afliction, just mode of considering, VII.
Africans, anecdote illustrating the honor of, IV. 69.
Agents of Colonies, their little utility, VIII. 7.
AGRICOLA, distinction made by, of the various kinds of earthquakes, VI. 9. Agriculture, its prosperity after the Rev- olution, II. 462. Importance of teach- ing it in colleges, VII. 45. Value of oxen and horses in, 434. An honor- able employment, 552.
Aids to the Crown common mode of granting in the Colonies, IV. 194, 243. Air, importance of fresh, during sleep, II. 172. Its effect, in electrical experi- ments, V. 261. Whether it may not give and receive electrical fire to and from clouds and vapors passing through it, 337. Reasons for believing that it has its share of electricity, 369. How the electricity at different heights may be determined, 370. Other circumstances relating to its electricity, 387. Ob- servations on the same subject, 405. May be the cause of earthquakes, VI. 2. Some of its properties, 36. Colds produced by the powerful draught of, 40. Observations respecting its quali ties, 127. Substances which it attracts and supports, 130. Mr. Todd's ob- jections to Franklin's theory relative to the attraction between water and, 171. Mephitic quality communicated by respiration to the, 308. Priestley's experiments upon, 344. Obtained
from metals, 345. Noxious, restored by sprigs of mint, 347. Properties of the nitrous, 347. Effect of cold, in diseases, 386. Moist, not unhealthy, 402. Priestley's experiments on, 404. On alkaline, 409. Effect of vegeta tion on noxious, 414. Experiment
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