ognised as American banker at Paris,
IX. 68. His explanation respecting
the million of francs advanced by
France, X. 271.

Grand Council, constituted under the
plan of union in 1754, III. 39. Its
place of meeting, 41. New election
and proportion of its members, 42.
Of its meeting, 44. And continuance,
and compensation of members, 45.
Its power, 46. Quorum of, how con-
stituted, 52.

Grass, cultivation of, in meadows, VI.
83. Method of sowing, 84.
Gravel, remedies for the, VII. 14.
GRAVES, declines the offer of being
governor of Pennsylvania, VII. 171.
Gravitation, some remarks on, VI. 461.
Great Britain, compared with the Uni-
ted States in regard to the basis of
credit, II. 426. Her interest consid-
ered in regard to the acquisition of
Guadaloupe and to her colonies, IV.
1. More benefited by the blood and
treasure spent in the American wars,
than the colonies, 17. The colonies,
the frontier of her empire, 20. Ben-
efits resulting to, from their growth,
24. Extent of her trade with Penn-
sylvania, 39. The colonies not dan-
gerous in their nature to, and why,
41. Importance of Guadaloupe to,
over-valued, 49. Franklin's letter
concerning the probability and effect
of a union of the colonies with, 156.
Wars in the colonies not carried on
at her expense alone, 157. Extent
to which her system of law is recog
nised in the colonies, 271. Taxation
in, 300. Rental of land in, 301. The
colonies not settled at her expense,
V. 84. On the benefit of a consoli-
dating union between the colonies
and, VII. 334. Their independence
predicted, 522. Submission of the col-
onies rendered impracticable by her
treatment of them, VIII. 223. Can
make no treaty with the United States,
without including France, 301. Of a
truce between the United States and,
332. Her injustice as respects the
exchange of prisoners, 435. Scheme
of a federal union between the United
States and, 508. Causes of jealousy
between France and, IX. 164.
policy to separate France and the Uni-
ted States, 189. Change of ministry
in, 200, 202. Proposes to France to
make a separate treaty, 205. Offers
her Canada as an inducement to treat,
210. Separate commissioners appoint-
ed by, to negotiate treaties of peace,
Substance of the preliminary
articles of peace between France and,

345.

Her

442.
Articles of treaty signed be-
tween France, Spain, and, 473. Terms
of the peace not approved in, 489.
Remarks on the government of, X.
67. Political disorders in, 68. Her
desire to preserve the peace of Eu-
rope, 197..

Great States, one advantage of, VIII.
431.

GREENE, CATHERINE, her marriage,
VII. 244.

GREENE, NATHANAEL, General, his
military services in South Carolina,
IX. 95.

GREGORY, his remarks on colds quoted,
VI. 393.

Grenada, government of, as erected by
royal proclamation, IV. 375.
GRENVILLE, GEORGE, his proposal to
raise a revenue in America, VII. 339.
His extravagances in Parliament, 369.
Anecdote of, 372. His sentiments
respecting American affairs, 549.
GRENVILLE, THOMAS, sent by Mr. Fox
to Paris respecting the negotiation of
a treaty of peace, IX. 267. Is intro-
duced by him to Franklin, 271. His
conversation with Count de Ver-
gennes, 273. Declares himself com-
missioned to treat with France and her
allies, 297. His commission in terms
applicable to France only, 299. Ex-
plains the character of his commis-
sion, 305. Receives authority to treat
with France and her allies, 310. Pro-
fesses to have received full powers to
treat, 331. By whom commissioned,
336. His faith doubted by Count de
Vergennes, 338.

GREW, THEOPHILUS, noticed; VII. 63.
GRIFFITH, HANNAH, her lines on
Franklin quoted, VII. 270.
GRONOVIUS, his remark on Franklin's
account of the Pennsylvania fireplace,

VI. 64.

Guadaloupe, interest of Great Britain
considered in regard to the acquisition
of, IV. 1. Importance of retaining, 23.
Her merits to Great Britain, over-
valued, 49.

Gulf Stream, its effect on the motion
of vessels, VI. 485. How generated
486. Its temperature, 487. Tables
of observations of the temperature in
crossing the, 498. Chart of the, 504.
Gunpowder, mode of firing, by the elec
tric fluid, V. 225.

H.

Hackney Coaches in London, mention-
ed, VII. 143.

Hail always draws down the electrical
fire, V. 337. Suggestion as to the

origin of, V1. 131.
specting, 455.

Conjectures re-

HALDIMAND, General, his account of
the resolution of the colonies relative
to tea, IV. 506.

HALES, STEPHEN, his suggestion re-
specting ventilation, VI. 310.
HALL, DAVID, becomes Franklin's part-
ner in business, I. 161. Account of,
VI. 30. Again referred to, VII. 29.
HALLOWELL, Commissioner, ineffectual
attempts to arrest, VIII. 134.
HAMILTON, ANDREW, acts as deputy-
governor of Pennsylvania, III. 158.
HAMILTON, JAMES, Governor of Penn-
sylvania, his message to the Assembly
relative to the bill restraining the use
of paper in the northern colonies, III.
213. Negatives a bill for the issue of
additional paper, 217. Message of
the Assembly to, on again sending
up the currency bill, 226. Another
message to, respecting Indians affairs,
229. Accepts the currency bill with
amendments, 231. Which are rejected
by the Assembly, 232. Calls on the
Assembly for a levy and supplies in
consequence of the French war, 255.
His assent requested to the currency
bill, 257. His message relative to the
paper-money instructions, 259. Bill
of the Assembly for an aid to the
King returned by him with amend.
ments, 267. Proceedings of the As-
sembly thereon, 268. His reply, 270.
Paper-money bill rejected by him,
280. His appointment alluded to,
VII. 34. Difficulty with, in regard
to the taxation of the estate of the
Proprietors, 172.

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, VI. 373. His
experiment on the torpedo, 374.
HANBURY, the grant to him and others
of lands on the Ohio, IV. 336.
HANDEL, some defects in the musical
compositions of, noticed, VI. 270.
Happiness, in what consists true, II.
70. Verses on, addressed to Abbé de
la Roche, 220.

HARRISON, BENJAMIN, Governor of Vir-
ginia, requests Franklin to engage an
artist for a statue of Washington, X.
116.

HARTMANN, JOHN F., his compliment
to Franklin, VII. 326.
HARTLEY, DAVID, his exertions in fa-
vor of reconciliation between the Uni-
ted States and Great Britain, VIII.
175. His efforts to relieve American
prisoners, 234. His secret mission
with propositions for peace, 267. His
conversation with Franklin on the
subject, 268. His suggestion as to
the mode of procuring peace, 301.

His proposal of a truce between the
United States and Great Britain, 332;
and suggestion of a plan of negotia-
tion, 336 Franklin's comment on his
plan, 346. His plan for securing
theatres from fire, IX. 112. His ac-
count of proceedings for promoting
negotiations for peace, 118. His in-
terview with Lord North on the sub-
ject, 121. Misapprehension in regard
to his conciliatory propositions cor-
rected by Franklin, 149. His breviate
laid before the British ministry, 216.
His interview with Lord Shelburne,
294. Before whom he lays prelim-
inaries of peace, 296. Proposes to
Franklin a commercial convention,
416. His Supplemental Treaty men-
tioned, 505. Suggests some supposed
defects of form in ratifying the treaty
of peace, X. 96. His objections refut-
ed, 97.

Harvard College, present of Franklin
to, V. 363. Respecting a telescope
and books for, VI. 305.
Havana, on the capture of, VII. 243.
HAWLEY, JOSEPH, VIII. 99.
Health, Franklin's rules of, II. 86.
Heart, on the motion of blood in the,
VI. 68. Dilatation of the ventricles
of the, 70. Heat produced by the
action of the, 98.

Heat produced by electricity in passing
through substances, but not always,
and why, V. 374. Its effect in ren-
dering glass permeable by electricity,
381. Evidence that it is produced by
electricity, 389. Its effect upon air,
VI. 36. Relative to conductors of,
and their qualities, 205. Imbibed from
the sun's rays by cloth of different
colors, 257. Remarks on conductors
of, VI. 439. Suggestion that it was
originally in a fluid state, 447. La-
voisier's experiments on, IX. 228, 235.
Hedges, Franklin's inquiries relative
to the mode of planting, VI. 11II.
HELVÉTIUS, Madame, dream addressed
to, in French, II. 202. The same
translated, 204. Petition of the Cats
to, in French, 206. Translation of
the same, 214. Her cats, X. 317.
Hemp, fitness of the soil of the Ohio
for its production, IV. 350. Amount
of, imported, 351.

HEMPHILL, a preacher, controversy re-
specting, I. 125.

HENDRICK, the Mohawk chief, his
speech at the meeting of the commis-
sioners of the colonies at Albany,
quoted, III. 22.

HENRY THE SEVENTH, his policy in re
gard to libel, II. 287.
Hereditary, ironical suggestion to ren-

der offices of state, X. 55. Why es-
tates should not be, 99.
HERSCHEL, WILLIAM, elected a mem-
ber of the American Philosophical
Society, VI. 569.

Hessians, recommendation of Congress,
that papers be distributed among the,
VIII. 185.

HEWSON, MARY, X. 256. See STE-
VENSON, MARY.

HEWSON, WILLIAM, brief notice of,
VII. 151. Franklin's remarks on his
proposal of marriage to Miss Steven-
son, 471. His death and character,
Vill. 121.

High Church Factor, anecdote of a,
X 170.

HILLSBOROUGH, Lord, his conduct re-
lative to Walpole's grant, IV. 302.
His view in regard to inland colonies
in America, 315 Evidence of his
views afforded by his conduct, 358.
Brief account of his administration,
528. His plan for dissolving the
American parliaments, 530. His char-
acter, VII. 378. His conversations
with Franklin, on the subject of paper
money, 381. His plan for defence in
America, 390. His opinion of the
Farmer's Letters, 391. Restored to
office, 411. Objects to Franklin's ap-
pointment as agent for Massachusetts,
503. His character, 506. His inter-
view with Franklin on the subject of
that appointment, 507. Character of
his measures, 529. His meeting with
Franklin in Ireland and courtesy to
him, 556, 564, 565. His removal,
VIII. 10. Refuses to receive Frank
lin, 13. His removal again mention-
ed, 18. Anecdote of, 75.

Hints for a Reply to the Protests of
certain Members of the House of Lords
against the repeal of the Stamp Act,
IV. 206

Historical Reviews of the Constitution
and Government of Pennsylvania, cir-
cumstances under which it was writ-
ten, III. 106. Introduction to the,
112. Details respecting the author-
ship, VII. 208.

HODGSON, WILLIAM, VIII. 415. Rec-
ommended as consul in London, X.

50.

HOLDERNESSE, Lord, his letter to the
governor of Pennsylvania, III. 251.
Holland, benefits and disadvantages of
the iron stoves used in, VI. 43. Frank-
lin's tour in, VII 229. Loan of the
United States in, guarantied by the
King of France, VIII.355. Her rela
tions with England, 389. Of a treaty
between the United States and, 452.
Her hostile demonstrations against

England, 464. Of American affairs in,
519, 522. Difficulty of procuring a loan
in, IX. 19. Franklin stops the pay-
ment of money in, 48, 49. Little aid
to be expected from, 69. Impolicy
of the large purchases made in, 102.
Of the loan in, 147. Movement in,
favorable to the United States, 188,
202. Cessation of arms offered by
Great Britain to, 206. Her disposi
tion towards the United States, 233.
Difficulty respecting a loan in, 261.
Russian mediation offered to, 317.
Declined, 331.

HOLLIS, THOMAS, his memoirs and
character, X. 21.

HOMER, his Odyssey quoted, relative
to the duty of hospitality, IV. 63;
and treatment of a captive enemy,
64.

Honesty, importance of, VII. 143.
Honors, of ascending and descending,
X. 59.

Hope, remarks on, VII. 184.
HOPKINS, Governor, his report on the
population of Rhode Island, IV. 38.
HOPKINSON, FRANCIS, his new game
of cards mentioned, IX. 505.
HOPKINSON, THOMAS, his discovery of
the power of points to throw off the
electrical fires, V. 182. Sketch of his
life, VI. 87.

Horatio, Dialogue between Philocles
and, concerning Virtue and Pleasure,
II. 46. Second Dialogue on the same
subject, 51.

Horse, value of the, in agriculture,
VII. 434

Horse-race, electrical, how contrived,
V. 371.

HOSACK, DAVID, his memoir of Hugh
Williamson quoted, relative to Hutch-
inson's Letters, IV. 441.
Hospital, Pennsylvania,

Franklin's

agency in founding, 1. 164 - 167.
Hospitals, imperfect ventilation of, VI.
315. Mention of several, 316. Par-
ticulars relative to the ventilation of
one in the island of Minorca, 317.
Some remarks relative to, 386. Penn-
sylvania referred to, VII. 314. For
foundlings, X. 148, 174.
HOUDETOT, Countess d', her fête in
honor of Franklin, IX. 22.
Hoc DON, his statue of Washington, X.
117. Introduced to Washington, 218.
House of Commons, extracts from the
journals of the, relative to Franklin's
examination, IV. 161. Their resolve
for a grant to the colonists, 468. And
for the imposition of duties, 469. Con-
ciliatory bills rejected by the, in 1780,
VIII. 480. Certain resolutions of the,
alluded to, IX. 170. Their address to
QQ *

the King against continuing the war,

178.

House of Lords, their address to the
King on the subject of proceedings
in Boston, IV. 489.

Houses, importance of their situation,
as affecting health, VI. 319. On cov-
ering them with copper, 329. And
securing them from fire, 332. Ad-
vantageous construction of the French,
in this respect, 333. Description of
the mode of covering them with cop-
per, 334.

Howe, Lord, his interview with Frank-
lin, V. 29. Their conferences relative
to an adjustment of the controversy be-
tween Great Britain and the colonies,
30. His suggestion of a reward for
Franklin, 37. Objects to Franklin's
terms of compromise, 42. Further

suggestion of reward, 68. Signifies
Lord Hyde's objections to an inter-
view with Franklin, 69. Breaks off
the negotiation as fruitless, 77. Is
appointed commissioner to effect a
reconciliation with the colonies, 97.
Declines to acknowledge the Ameri-
can Congress, 104. Intended inter-
view of Franklin, Adams, and Rut-
ledge with, mentioned, VIII. 187.
HowE, MRS., Franklin's game of chess
with, introducing political negotia-
tions, V. 8.

HOWE, SIR WILLIAM, General, is ap-
pointed a British commissioner to ef-
fect a reconciliation with the colonies,
V. 96.

HUME, DAVID, his compliment to
Franklin, VI. 244. His essay on the
Jealousy of Commerce noticed, VII.
210. Complains of the prejudice
against his writings, VIII. 6.
HUMPHREYS, DAVID, one of his poems
translated by Marquis de Chastellux,
X. 263.

HUNTER, Colonel, alluded to, VII. 116.
Husbandry, some remarks on, VI. 113.
HUTCHINS, THOMAS, his memorial, de-
tailing his sufferings as a prisoner in
England, VIII. 436. His services, 438.
HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, Governor, his
remarks relative to the correspondence
of Franklin with Governor Shirley,
III. 57. His comment on one of the
letters, 67. His agency in effecting
the abolition of the paper currency
of Massachusetts, IV. 178. His com-
ment on the report of the Boston com-
mittee in 1772, 381. Petition to the
King for his removal, 430. His His
tory quoted, 444. Hearing before the
Privy Council of the petition for his
removal, 447. Obtains a copy of one
of Franklin's letters and forwards it

to England, 450. Convenes the As-
sembly of Massachusetts at Cam-
bridge, 488. Challenges that body
to a controversy, relative to the su-
preme power of Parliament, 495. Fur-
ther account of proceedings relative
to the letters, 504. His conduct as
governor in 1773, VIII. 37. His
speech to the Assembly of Massachu-
setts and its effect, 43. Proceedings
of the Assembly on receiving the
letters, 50. Petition to the King for
his removal, 53. His letters, 72. On
the printing of them, 80, 81. Proceed-
ings of the Privy Council in reference
to his removal, 103.
Hutchinson's Letters, account of the
manner in which they were obtained
and sent to Massachusetts, and of the
proceedings respecting them, I. 356.
IV. 405-455.

HUTTON, JAMES, account of, VIII. 230.
His efforts to bring about peace, 233,
236.

HYDE, Lord, Franklin's propositions for
a compromise with Great Britain, sub-
mitted to, V. 28. His opinion of the
propositions, 28. Objects to an inter-
view with Franklin, as useless, 69.
Converses with Franklin relative to a
compromise, 74.

Hygrometer, suggestion of a, to ascer
tain the different degrees of humidity
of the air of different countries, VÍ.
427. To be made of mahogany, 429.
View of a, constructed by Nairne,
449. M. de Luc's, 450. Want of a
good, VII. 52.

I.

Iceland, economy of fuel, in, VI. 539.
Impressment of Seamen, Judge Foster's
argument in favor of, examined, II.
331.

Inconveniences, in all situations in life,
VIII. 419.

Independence, American, I. 373, 380.
Declaration of, 406. Admitted as the
basis of a treaty of peace, IX. 267.
To be acknowledged before commenc-
ing to treat, 305. Mr. Jay's view
of the proper mode of acknowledging,
377; Dr. Franklin's, 389. Not to be
admitted, except as an article in a
treaty, 403. Mr. Oswald's instruc-
tions on the subject, 407.
Independent Chronicle, humorous Sup-
plement to the Boston, V. 125.
Indian Corn, Observations on, II. 103.
Indian Goods, law of New York to
prevent supplying the French with,
VII 79.

Indian Language, remarks upon, IX. 28.

Indian Trade, on the power given by
the plan of union relative to, III. 46.
Bill respecting, passed by the Assem-
bly of Pennsylvania, 431. Not ap-
proved by the governor, 456. To be
regarded solely as a British interest,
189. Remarks relative to, 203. Mode
in which it is carried on, 204. Regu-
lation of, VII. 81.

Indian Vocabularies desired by the Em-
press of Russia, X. 248. Procured
by Franklin, 299.

Indians, remarks concerning the North
American and their mode of life, II.
453. Their indifference to learning,
454. Mode of conducting their coun-
cils, 455. Their courtesy of demean-
or illustrated by an anecdote, 456.
Their hospitality, 458. Dangers to
be apprehended from the, in Pennsyl
vania, III. 8. Conduct of those in
the French interest, IV. 7. Their
habits of life, 12. Remarks on the
injustice with which they are treated,
62. Their honorable feeling, 68.
Their condition in Pennsylvania, 75.
Plan for the future conduct of affairs
with the, 201. True policy of Great
Britain with respect to the, 318. Pro-
ceedings relating to the establishment
of a boundary line between the prov-
inces and the, 341. Difficulty of in-
structing them in the arts of life,
VII. 67. Mode of supplying the, 78.
Conference with the, at Easton, 125.
Massacre of the, 293. Of the bound-
ary line of the, 395. Proposal to aban-
don the posts in the country of the, 396.
Industry more beneficial to trade than
money, II. 392.

Infection, long retention of, in dead
bodies after burial, VI. 433. Various
instances of this, 434.

Information to those who would remove
to America, II. 467.

INGENHOUSZ, JOHN, his Queries on
Electricity, and Franklin's Answers,
V. 462. Some account of, VI. 406.
Franklin's view of his philosophical
character, 439. His experiment for
burning wire, 448. His vindication
of pointed conductors alluded to, VIII.
227. His experiments mentioned, 395.
His discovery of the utility of leaves
in purifying the air, 432. Invited by
Franklin to accompany him to the
United States, X. 164. His commer-
cial disasters, 333.

Inland Colonies in America, true poli-
cy of Great Britain in regard to, IV.
307. Lord Hillsborough's views re-
specting, 315. Those of Governor
Wright, 319. Their tendency to in-
crease emigration, 322.

Insurance of lottery tickets, VII. 32.
Interest of Great Britain considered,
with Regard to her Colonies, and the
Acquisition of Canada and Guada
loupe, circumstances under which it
was written, IV. 1.

Interest, rate of, how affected by the
scarcity of money, II. 255.
Introduction to the Art of Thinking,
Lord Kames's, VII. 231.
Invention, on the spirit of, V. 354.
Ireland, condition of the poor in, VII.
553. Franklin's Tour in, 554. Of
the Parliament of, and their reception
of Franklin, 558, 565. Projected un-
ion of, with Great Britain, VIII. 84.
Of emigration from, to America, 364.
Whether or not to be included in the
treaty of commerce with Great Brit-
ain, X. 21. Of manufactures in, 161.
Iron, no injurious vapor arises from
heated, Desaguliers's experiment in
proof of this, VI. 57.

IZARD, RALPH, noticed, his dissatisfac-
tion with Franklin, VIII. 230. Mr.
Pringle's interview with Franklin, on
the subject, 250. His complaint of
Franklin relative to pecuniary mat-
ters, 358, 369.

J.

JACKSON, RICHARD, his letter, contain-
ing remarks on Franklin's Observa-
tions on Population, II. 321.

JACKSON, WILLIAM, his public employ-
ment, IX. 47. Acknowledges the
judgment of Franklin, in stopping
the payment of money in Holland.
His controversy with Commodore Gil-
lon, 54.

JACKSON, parody of his speech in favor
of Slavery, II. 517.
Jamaica, account of a great earthquake
in, VI. 11.

JAMES, ABEL, urges Franklin to write
his memoirs, IX. 479.
JAMES THE FIRST, his policy in regard
to libel, II. 289.
Jars, Electrical, on the mode of coat-
ing, V. 299.

JAY. JOHN, appointed minister to Spain,
VIII. 469. His testimonial respecting
Franklin's public conduct, IX. 5, 43.
Is appointed one of the commissioners
for negotiating peace, 82. His con-
versation with Mr. Oswald relative to
negotiating, 377. His view of the