Criminal law, its impolitic severity, II.

479.

CROGHAN, Colonel, his agency in re-
gard to Walpole's Grant, VII. 355.
Crown Officers, their independence of
the people a violation of the colonial
charters, VII. 529.

CUMBERLAND, Duke of, Governor Pow-
nall's memorial to, respecting barrier
colonies, III. 69.

Currency, on the importance of estab-
lishing a, in America, VII. 321. Pro-
clamation of Queen Anne for pro-
ducing uniformity in the, VIII. 115.
See Paper Money.

CUSHING, THOMAS, his letters to Frank-
lin and Dr. Cooper quoted, IV. 419.
Speaker of the Assembly of Massa-
chusetts, VIII. 492.

Customs, objectionable method of col-
lecting, in America, VII. 521.

DALRYMPLE, his plan prepared in con-
cert with Franklin, for benefiting dis-
tant, unprovided countries, II. 377.
DAMPIER, extract from the Voyages of,
on the subject of water-spouts, VI.
183.

And on the customs of the peo-
ple of Mindanoo, 393.
DANA, FRANCIS, his conference with
Count de Vergennes relative to his
mission to St. Petersburgh, IX. 17.
DARTMOUTH, Lord, his liberal disposi-
tion towards the colonists, IV. 432.
Franklin's proposed memorial to, V.
79. Succeeds Lord Hillsborough; his
disposition toward the colonies, VIII.
11, 18, 19. Petition to the King pre-
sented to, 22. Franklin's conversa-
tion with, respecting it, 25. Another
conversation with, on American affairs,
28. General change of feeling in re-
gard to, 36. His desire to heal the
difficulties, 38. Details of a conver-
sation between Franklin and, 43. Pre-
sents the petition to the King, 47.
Petition for the removal of Hutchinson
and Oliver presented by, 100.

Dead Bodies, of infection retained in,
after sepulture, VI. 433.

DEANE, SILAS, is appointed agent of
the United States in France, and after-
wards a commissioner, VIII. 190.
Commended by Franklin, 255. Is in-
structed to communicate with Dr.
Bancroft, 266. Proceedings of Con-
gress in reference to, 283. Allusion
to the charge affecting his integrity,
399. His dissatisfaction and cbjec-
tionable conduct, IX. 177.

Death, observations on, VII. 113.
DE BERDT, is recognised as agent of
Massachusetts, IV. 504.

DEPORRE, Major, VIII. 391.
Debt, catechism relative to the British
National, V. 120.

Declamation, importance of studying
the art of public, VII. 55.
Dedications, uselessness of, IX. 232.
Delaware Counties, Secretary Logan's
letter on the proprietary right to the
government of the three, III. 573.
Delaware Indians, anxiety of the Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania to involve the
province in war with the, III. 471.
Delaware River, respecting fortifications
on the, VII. 28. Lottery for the pur-
pose of erecting them, 32.
DELFINO, Chevalier, communicates to
Franklin his election as a member of
the Academy of Arts and Sciences in
Padua, IX. 197.

Her

DE LOR, repeats the electrical experi-
ments of Franklin, V. 176.
Denmark, use of stoves in, VI 53.
Seizure of American prizes in Nor
way, by officers of, VIII. 407, 425,
433. Explanation of it, 462.
capture of American vessels referred
to, IX. 171. Courtesy of the King
to Franklin, 286. Of a treaty of com-
merce between the United States and,
487, 510. Her seizure of American
vessels, 511. Of a treaty with, 529,
537. Progress of the treaty, X. 29.
DENNY, WILLIAM, Governor of Penn-
sylvania, his conversations with Frank
lin, 1. 214. Is well received, III. 506.
Continues the system of his predeces-
Declares his inability to
sor, 507.
recede from the proprietary instruc-
tions, 517. Asks a conference with
the Assembly relative to a bill for sup-
plies, 518. His objections, 519. Re-
jects the bill, 524. Induces the As-

sembly to pass a bill, waving their
objections to the proprietary instruc-
tions, 527. Remarks on his adminis-
tration, IV. 102. His misunderstand-
ing with the Proprietors, VII. 171.
DESAGULIERS, his experiment, proving
that no pernicious vapors arise from
hot iron, VI. 57.

DE SAUSSURE, on the attraction of
mountains, VI. 371; X. 274.
DEUX-PONTS, Prince de, applies to
Franklin relative to commercial rela-
tions between Bavaria and the United
States, IX. 526.

Dialogue between Franklin and the
Gout, II. 194. Between X. Y. and Z.,
concerning the present state of affairs
in Pennsylvania, object with which it
was written, III. 84. Between France,
Spain, Holland, Saxony, and America,
V. 116.

Diamond Necklace, affair of the, X. 231.
Diary, Franklin's, extracts from, 1.579.
DICKINSON, JOHN, Preface to the Speech
of Joseph Galloway in reply to, IV.
101. His "Farmer's Letters" quoted,
251. Extract from one of his speeches
in reference to Franklin, VII. 268.
Dictionary, Spanish and Arabic, pub-
lished by the Royal Academy of His-
tory of Madrid, X. 309. Need of a
commercial, 352.

DIGBY, Admiral, communicates to
Washington the opening of negotia-
tions for peace, IX. 380.
DIGGES, T., his interview with Mr.
Adams, on the subject of negotiations
for peace, IX. 186. Nature of his
mission, 191. His embezzlement of
money designed to relieve American
prisoners, IX. 15, 341.

Discoveries, importance and extent of
modern, II. 73.

Discases, effect of cold air in, VI. 386.
Disputation, advantage of modesty in,

VI. 325.

Dolls, playful remark on, VIII. 374.
DOMIEN, account of, V. 348.
Dove, his success in conducting the
English School in Philadelphia, II.
143.

Dreams, art of procuring pleasint,
II. 172.

Drinking, remarks on, addressed to
Abbé Morellet, II. 222. The same
translated, 225.

DUBOURG, BARBEU, his Translation of
Franklin's writings on electricity,
noticed, V. 180. His parallel be-
tween the theories of Nollet and

Franklin, 514. His translation no-
ticed, VI. 408. His edition of Frank-
lin's writings mentioned. VIII. 117.
Duelling, remarks on, X. 107.
Du FAYE, his vitreous and resinous
electricity identical with the positive
and negative states, observed by
Franklin, V. 177.

DUMAS, CHARLES W. F, account of,
VIII. 162. Franklin's opinion of
some of his writings, 163. Instructed
to ascertain whether the European
courts are disposed to aid the colo-
nies, 164. Irritation of Sir George
Grand with, 448. His difficulties
with the Spanish ambassador, 452.
Respecting his appointment and ser-
vices, 498.

Dungannon Resolutions mentioned, X.
20.

Dunkers, their religious opinions, I.
155.

DUNLAP, WILLIAM, mentioned, VII.
169.

DUNNING, JOHN, appears as counsel for
Massachusetts before the Privy Coun.
cil, VIII. 110.

DUPONT, his Table Economique men-
tioned, VIII. 405.

DURAND, alluded to, VII. 357.
DURIVAL, explains the advance of a
million of livres by France in 1777,
X. 269.

Dutch Church, at New York, effect of
lightning on the, V. 277.

Duties on Exports, impolicy of, IX. 38.
Duties on Imports, Abbé Morellet ob-
jects to, X. 315. Why levied in the
United States, 346.

E.

Eagle, Bald, a bad representative of
the United States, X. 63.
Earth, the, when dry, a non-conductor
of the electric fluid, V. 208. Strikes
into the clouds in thunder-storms.
And not the clouds into the, 305.
Will dissolve or mix with air, VI. 128.
On the advantages of the different

strata of the, 212. Cooling of its sur-
face by evaporation, 216. Suggestion
of Franklin as to its conformation, 443.
Its magnetic character, 445. Que-
ries on the theory of the, 575.
Earthquakes, opinion of the learned
as to the cause of, VI. 1. That the
cause of, is the same with that of
thunder and lightning, 3. Dr. Wood-
ward's theory of, 4. Mode of making
artificial, 8. Various kinds of, 9. Of
one in Sicily, 10. In Jamaica, 11.
East, mode in which the trade of the,
was once carried on, IV. 30.
East India Company, its pecuniary dif
ficulties, VIII. 24, 29. Its distress,
33, 34.

Easton, account of a conference with
the Indians at, VII. 125.

Economical Project for employing sun-
shine instead of candles, in the city
of Paris, II. 227.

Economy in expenditure, importance
of, VII. 346.

Economy of Life, Essays on the, II. 1.
Ecton, birthplace of Franklin's father,
his visit to, VII. 178.

Edict by the King of Prussia, ironical,
IV. 399. Again, VIII. 90, 91.
Edict of Nantz, effect of the revoca-
tion of the, IV. 33.

Edinburgh Courant, passages from the,
relating to emigration, examined, IV.
459.

Education, its value in promoting the
strength and virtue of a community,
VII. 48. Remarks on Dr. Smith's
Scheme of, 65.

EDWARDS, DAVID, his death, VII.
203.

EDWARDS, JONATHAN, his Thoughts
concerning the Revival of Religion in
New England, referred to, VII. 9.
Elective Franchises, enjoyed by the small
Boroughs in England, referred to,

II. 489.

Electrical Battery, Franklin's construc-
tion of an, V. 202.

Electrical Jars, on the mode of coating,
V. 299.

Electrical Machine, simple and conven-
ient form of an, V. 188. On that
of Mr. Nairn, and its effect on the
eyes of animals killed by it, 479.
Electricity, general account of the
early discoveries of Franklin in, V.
173. Of its identity with lightning,
174. Of ascending thunder, 178.
Explanation of positive and negative,
185. Of the electrical kiss, 187. Of
the Leyden bottle, 196. Qualities of
glass in reference to, 200. Of the
Magical Picture, 203. Explanation
of the causes of thunder-gusts, 211.

Mode of firing gunpowder by, 225
Opinions and conjectures concerning
the properties of the electrical matter,
227. Pernicious effects of the elec-
trical fluid, 228. Suggestions respect-
ing the electrical atmosphere, 230.
Similarity of its effects and those of
lightning, 237. Its power in fusing
metals, 238. Accident occurring dur-
ing an experiment in, 255. Unlimit-
ed nature of the force of, 258. Air
a non-conductor of, 261. Experiment
to discover more of the qualities of
262. Its effect in producing mag-
netic virtue, 263. Its presence in the
clouds, 279. Suggestion of a region
of electric fire above our atmosphere,
284. Experiment in, at Marly, 289.
Direction of the fluid, and utility of
rods, 311. Proposed experiment to
measure the velocity of, 316. Some
experiments in, 330. Turkey killed
by, and its effect upon the operator,
346. Points in which it agrees with
lightning, 350. Its effect in cases of
paralysis, 359. Of the tourmalin, 363.
Reason for believing that the air has
its portion of the common stock of,
369. How its density at different
heights may be ascertained, 370. Long
retained by the Leyden bottle, 380.
That heat is produced by, 389. Of
the fogs in Ireland, 409. Various
qualities of, 414. Analogy between
magnetisin and, 450. Apparent pro-
duction of magnetism by, accidental,
451. Of a mode of rendering meat
tender by, 456. Mode of killing ani-
mals by, 457. Effect of a shock of,
on Franklin, 481. Effect of a vacu-
um on the passage of, VI. 413.
Electrics contain the greatest quantity
of the fluid, and attract and retain it
longest, V. 242. Difference between,
and non-electrics, 259.
Elements of Criticism, Lord Kames's,
noticed, VI. 263. Again, VII. 241.
Elephants, conjecture as to whether
they are natives of America, VI. 275,
Description of some bones of, 276
ELIOT, JARED, notice of, VI. 79. His
tracts on husbandry referred to, VI.
113. Again, VII. 51. Franklin's
opinion of them, 56.
ELIZABETH, Queen, character of her
government, II. 283. Act of, respect.
ing libel, 288.

ELPHINSTON, JOHN, his translation of
the Latin verse, applied by Turgot to
Franklin, VIII. 539.

Emblematical Representation of the
state of Great Britain and her colo-
nies, IV. 456. Alluded to, VII. 313.
EMBSER, Professor, his account of

the Bipontine edition of the classics,
IX. 126.
Emigration, effect of the facility of, on
the rate of wages in Europe, II. 443.
To whom it might prove beneficial,
470. Examination of a proposed act
of Parliament for preventing, IV. 458.
No legislation required in reference
to, 461. Nor likely to be effectual,
462. Nor politic, 463. Injustice of
such legislation, 464. From Scotland
to the United States, IX. 486. That
it multiplies instead of diminishing a
nation, X. 131.

EMMONS, NATHANIEL, his discourse on
the present of Franklin to the town
which bears his name, X. 159.
Enabling Act of Parliament alluded to,
IX. 314, 315.

Enemy, on the means of disposing an,
to peace, VII. 216.

296.

England, intelligence of the people of,
VII. 246. Facility of travelling in,
Disposition of the people of,
VIII. 177. See Great Britain.
English Language, how to render the
study of it more general, X. 415.
English School, Sketch of an, II. 125.
Engraver, Franklin's remarks to a
French, on a print commemorating
American Independence, VIII. 277.
Enthusiasm, advantages of, VII. 453.
ENVILLE, Duchess d', her death, X. 295.
ENVILLE, LAROCHEFOUCAULD D', in-
troduces Mr. Gallatin to Franklin,
VIII. 454.

Ephemera, an Emblem of Human Life,
II. 177. Circumstances under which
it was written, VIII. 473.
Episcopal Church, of the ordination in
England, of American clergy of the,
X. 109. Remarks on the practicabili-
ty and expediency of establishing a
bishop in America, 202.

Essays on Religious and Moral Subjects,
and the Economy of Life, II. 1.
ESTAING, Count d', his military char-
acter, VIII. 306. And judicious con-
duct, 307. His character, 457.
Ether, experiment with, to produce cold
by evaporation, VI. 213.
Europe, opinions in, respecting the
American war, VIII. 494. Prevail-
ing spirit of liberty in, X. 321.
EVANS, CADWALLADER, promotes the
culture of silk, VII. 454, 485, 512,
527, 535.

of privileges as the only rule of gov-
ernment, Tel. Protects Logan, the
Secretary, against the Assembly, 185.
EVANS, LEWIS, his map of the middle
colonies referred to, IV. 326. Again,
together with his Essays, VI. 110.
Mentioned, VIII. 125.

Evaporation, of cooling by, V. 379.
Of oil, VI. 129. Production of cold
by, 209. Experiment with ether, for
producing cold by, 213. Cooling of
water by, 214. And of the body, 215.
Surface of the earth and vegetation,
216. Same subject, 255.
Examination of Dr. Franklin, in the
British House of Commons, extracts
from its Journals on the subject, IV.
161.

Exchange, true principles of, II. 199.
On the par of, 400.

Excise, difference between an, on con-
sumption, and a duty on importation,
IV. 181.

Executive department of the plan of
union in 1754, III. 37.
Exercise, comparative view of various
kinds of, VIII. 12.
Exportation of provisions, difficulties
arising from the act of Pennsylvania,
relative to the, III. 485.
Exports, impolicy of duties on Ameri-
can, IX. 38.