the subject of its repeal, 298. Writes
on political affairs, 312. Appointed
agent for Georgia, 316. His opinion
of the Farmer's Letters, 317. Mem-
ber of numerous societies, 319. Pro-
motes the culture of silk, 319. On a
committee for protecting the Cathe-
dral of St. Paul's from lightning, 321.
Appointed agent for New Jersey,
323. Appointed agent for Massachu-
setts, 328. Singular interview with
Lord Hillsborough, 329. Journey to
the North of England, Ireland, and
Scotland; Priestley, Percival, Dar.
win, Kippis, Price, 331. Meets Lord
Hillsborough in Ireland, 332. Dr.
Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, 335.
Singular conduct of Lord Hillsbor-
ough, 338. Writes an elaborate paper
in favor of Walpole's Grant, 340. On
a committee for examining the Pow-
der Magazines at Purfleet, 342. Con-
troversy about pointed and blunt con-
ductors, 343. Interviews with Lord
Dartmouth, 345. Abridges the Book
of Common Prayer, 352. Experiments
to show the effect of oil in stilling
waves, 353. Transmits Hutchinson's
letters to Massachusetts, 356. Pro-
ceedings of the Assembly concerning
them, 360. Presents the petition for
the removal of Hutchinson, 363. Case
heard before the Privy Council, 365.
Intercourse with Josiah Quincy, Jr.,
372. Death of his wife, 373. Family
incidents and relations, 274. Presents
the petition of the first Continental
Congress to the King, 377. Visits
Lord Chatham at Hayes, 379. Plays
at chess with a sister of Lord Howe,
380. Dr. Fothergill and Mr. Barclay
consult him on the terms of a recon-
ciliation between the two countries,
381. Draws up a paper containing
his ideas of the subject, 382. His
paper shown to the ministers, 383.
Requested by Lord Chatham to be
present when he offered a motion in
the House of Lords relating to Amer-
ica, 385. Assists Lord Chatham in
preparing a plan of reconciliation,
386. Chatham's compliment to him
in a speech in the House of Lords,
387. Negotiation continued, 389. Is
unsuccessful, 390. Sails for America,
391. Chosen a member of the Con-
tinental Congress, 393. Drafts a plan
of Confederation, 397. Appointed
Postmaster-general, 398. Member of
the Secret Committee, 399. One
of the commissioners to the army
at Cambridge, 400. Chosen a mem-
ber of the Assembly of Pennsylvania,
401. One of the commissioners to

Canada, 403. On the committee
for drafting the Declaration of In-
dependence, 406. Interview with
Lord Howe on Staten Island, 414.
Appointed one of the commissioners
to the Court of France, 416. Arrives
at Nantes, 418; at Paris, 419. Im-
pression produced by his arrival in
France, 420. Audience of Count de
Vergennes, 422. Purchases arms and
military supplies for Congress, 424.
Troublesome applications of foreign
officers, 426. Recommends the Mar-
quis de Lafayette, 428. Treaties of
amity and alliance between France
and the United States, 429. Intro-
duced to the King, 434. Secret ad-
vances made to Franklin for effecting
a reconciliation between England and
the United States; Hutton, Pulteney,
Hartley, 439. Numerous personal
friends; interview with Voltaire, 445.
Enmity of Arthur Lee to Franklin,
and its causes, 447; of Ralph Izard,
451. Arts of his enemies in Congress,
452. Visited by Sir William Jones,
454. Instructs the American cruisers
not to molest Captain Cook's vessel,
455. Paul Jones, 456. Mr. Vaugh-
an's edition of his writings, 457. As-
sists in procuring a French army to
be sent to the United States, 460. His
opinion of privateering, 461.
mode of transacting affairs with the
French Court, 464. Burdened with
the concerns of public vessels, 467.
Solicits his recall, 468. His opinion of
the alliance with France, 471. His per-
sonal friends at Passy, 473. Negotia-
tions for peace, 474. Objects to Mr.
Grenville's commission, 476. Proposes
articles of a treaty to Mr. Oswald, 479.
Progress of the negotiation, 481. Fish-
eries, 484. Loyalists, 485. Treaty
signed, 488. American commissioners
sign the treaty without the knowledge
of the French court, 489. Count de
Vergennes's letter on the subject, 490.
Franklin's reasons, 496. Error cor-
rected, 497. Contract respecting loans,
498. Definitive treaty signed, 502.
One of the commissioners appointed
by the King of France to investigate
animal magnetism, 503. Treaty with
Prussia, 506. Leaves Passy, 508.
Sails for America, 509. Chosen Pres-
ident of Pennsylvania, 512. Member
of the Convention for forming the
Constitution of the United States, 513.
His religious opinions, 515. Requests
Congress to settle his accounts, 525.
His last illness and death, 529. Pro-
ceedings of Congress on the occasion,
533, 592.

His opinions, and facts relating to him.
Origin of the Junto, II. 9. Account
of the origin of the Busy Body, 13.
His account of the Way to Wealth, 92.
Its extraordinary circulation, 93. Ac-
count of his Parable against Persecu
tion, 118. Paper, a Poem, his author-
ship of it doubtful, 161. His Baga-
telles, 164. Humorous Dialogue be-
tween him and the Gout, 194. His
fondness for reading about China, 241.
His authorship of the Inquiry into
the Nature and Necessity of a Paper
Currency, 254. Doubts as to his au-
thorship of the Essays on Govern-
ment, 278. Origin and character of
the Remarks and Facts relative to the
American Paper Money, 340. Excel-
lence of his article on the Price of
Corn and the Management of the Poor,
360. Account of his essay on the
Slave-Trade, 517. Origin of his Plain
Truth, III. 1. Of the Papers relating
to a Plan of Union of the Colonies, 22.
The plan drawn by him and accept-
ed, 24. Evidence that his attention
had been for some time turned to the
subject, 25. Account of the origin
of his Letters to Governor Shirley,
56. No change in his opinions rela-
tive to the power of Parliament over
the colonies, 67. His view as to the
expediency of establishing colonies
beyond the Alleganies, 69. Circum-
stances under which his Militia Bill
was drawn and passed, 78. Interest
taken by him in the controversies
between the proprietary governors
and the Assemblies, 108. As to his
authorship of the Historical Review
of the Constitution and Government
of Pennsylvania, 103. His remarks
on a Protest against his Appointment
as Agent of Pennsylvania, IV. 143.
Vindication of his conduct as agent,
144. His relations with the Proprie-
tors, 150. Report in the Assembly on
his accounts, 153. His Examination
before the House of Commons relative
to the Repeal of the Stamp Act, 161.
His views of Pownall's scheme, for
an equal communication of rights
and privileges to America, 201. His
Answer to Strahan's Queries, rel-
ative to American Affairs, 261. Not
the author of the Boston Report in
1772, 381. Account of transactions
relative to the Hutchinson Letters,
405, 409. Manner in which the letters
came to his possession, 411. And in
which they were transmitted to this
country, 412. Acknowledges himself
responsible for obtaining and transmit-
ting them, 435. Whately's chancery

suit against him, 437. His answer to
the bill in equity, 438. Not in fault in
regard to the duel between Temple
and Whately, 446. Is attacked by
Wedderburn before the Privy Council,
447. His demeanor on that occasion,
452, 453. Removed from his office of
deputy postmaster-general, 455. De-
mands an explanation from Dean
Tucker of the charge, that he applied
for the place of distributor of stamps,
519. Calls for a detailed statement
of the charge, 520. The charge stated,
521. And explained by him, 522.
His efforts to bring about a reconcili
ation between Great Britain and the
colonies, V. 3. His first interview
with Lord Chatham, 5. Conversation
with David Barclay on the subject of
reconciliation, 8. With Mrs. Howe
and Dr. Fothergill, 10. His Hints for
conversation on the terms of union,
12. Interview with Lord Howe, 29.
Their conference respecting an ad-
justment of the differences between
the two countries, 30. His sketch of
a plan of reconciliation, drawn at the
request of Lord Howe, 38. His Notes
for Discourse with Lord Chatham, re-
lative to his plan of accommodation,
49. Chatham's panegyric on him, in
the House of Lords, 53. His con-
versation with Lord Hyde, 74. Pro-
poses Articles of Confederation and
Perpetual Union, in General Congress,
91. His Correspondence and Inter-
view with Lord Howe, 97. Acknowl-
edgment to, for passports granted to
Moravian vessels and Captain Cook,
122. Public Addresses to, and his An-
swers, 137. His Speech in the Con-
vention, on Salaries, 144; on the Pro-
portion between Representation and
Votes, 149. His Motion for Prayers,
153. Speech at the Conclusion of its
Deliberations, 155. Manner in which
his attention was drawn to the subject
of electricity and lightning, 173. Es-
tablishes their identity, 174. His ex-
periments successfully repeated in
Europe, 176. Jealousy of him, and
attempt to transfer the honor of the
discovery to Abbé Nollet, 176. Priest-
ley's notice of his discoveries, 179.
Accident while making an electrical
experiment, 255. Offers to serve as
secretary of a Philosophical Society,
VI. 17. Logan's account of him in
1750. Compliment paid to his phi-
losophical writings by the King of
France, 162. His observations in re-
ply to Mr. Todd, 174; to Mr. Col-
den, 180. His account of a whirlwind
in Maryland, 201. His opinion of

Priestley's philosophical experiments,
410. His religious opinions, VII. 6,
8. Part taken by him, in the associa-
tion for the defence of Pennsylvania,
22. His plan of retiring from busi-
ness and public employments, 35.
Notice of his visit to New England,
77. His visit and return, 85. Mor-
tality in his family, 114. Is elected
a member of the Society for the En-
couragement of Arts, Manufactures,
&c., 124. Is appointed commission-
er to England, 130. His arrival in
London, and illness, 149. Is injured
by a fall, 257. His second mission to
England, 266. His arrival, 283. Re-
turn to America, 292. Is elected
Speaker of the Assembly, 294. Ac-
count of the descendants of his grand-
father in England, 326. His family
connexions in England, 348.
France, 358. Attempt to remove him
from his place of deputy postmaster-
general, 405. State of his health in
1762, 424. Respecting the report of
his willingness to accept office under
the British government, 443.

Visits

His

appointment and instructions as agent
for New Jersey, 460. Appointed agent
for Massachusetts, 490, 493. His sen-
timents in regard to resigning his
place in the postoffice, 490, 493. Of-
fence taken at some of his letters to
America, sent back to England, 507.
His interview with Lord Hillsborough
on the subject of his appointment as
agent, 509. His agency in procuring
Walpole's Grant, VIII. 1. His agree-
able situation in Europe, 15. Is elect-
ed into the Royal Academy in Paris,
13. His conversation with Lord Dart-
mouth, 43. Vindicates his conduct
as agent of Massachusetts, 55. Sug-
gests a mode of printing on earth.
en ware, 94. Is dismissed from his
office of deputy postmaster-general,
113. His treatment in England in
consequence of his transmitting the
Hutchinson Letters, 117. French edi-
tion of his writings mentioned, 117.
His portrait, by Chamberlin, 118.
Abused by his enemies, 136. Is ap-
pointed by Congress one of the com-
missioners to Canada, 178. Commis-
sioner and afterwards minister plenipo
tentiary to France, 190. His descrip-
tion of his own person, 202. Purposes
for which he was sent to France, 203.
Is commissioned to treat with Spain,
205. His remarks respecting Arthur
Lee's conduct in regard to the com-
missioners' accounts, 260. Refuses to
accede to Lee's demand respecting
drafts on the American banker, 272.

His remarks on the proposition of M.
de Weissenstein, 278 His mode of
living in France, 313. Receives his
credentials as minister plenipotentia-
ry and is presented to the King, 350.
His situation in France, 401. Re-
quests permission to return from
France, IX. 5. His remarks upon his
enemies, 21. Congress refuse to ac-
cept his resignation, 71. His inter-
view with Count de Vergennes, 76.
Is appointed a commissioner for nego-
tiating peace, 77. Loss of his papers
deposited with Mr. Galloway, 78.
His remarks to Messrs. Kornmann
relative to a claim of relationship, 92.
His remarks on M. de Neufville's
scheme of a loan, 107. Declines to
open negotiations without the con-
currence of France, 141. His diffi-
culty in meeting the drafts of Con-
gress, 146. His remarks on the con-
duct of Deane, 177. His Journal of
the Negotiation for Peace, 238. His
conversation with Mr. Oswald, 243;
who he introduces to Count de
Vergennes, 246. Accompanies Mr.
Grenville on an interview with that
minister, 273. Desires that Mr. Os-
wald may be sent to treat, 280. An-
ecdote respecting the visiting card
of Prince Bariatinski and the Count
du Nord, 285. Visits the Spanish
ambassador with Mr. Jay, 350. Com-
plains of the British delay in open-
ing the negotiation, 360. Justifies
the proceedings in regard to Captain
Asgill, 375. Count de Vergennes
complains to him, that the prelimina-
ries between the British commission-
ers had been concluded without com-
munication with the French cabinet,
449. His reply, 450. Exchanges full
powers with the Swedish ambassador,
460. Declines visiting England, 475.
Justifies the signing of the treaty
without communication with the
French court, 533. His comment
on the report, that he did not oppose
the hostile views of France relative
to the fisheries and boundaries of the
United States, in concluding the
treaty, X. 6, 10. Asks to be recalled
from France, 49. Replies to the ob-
jection of a defect of form in ratifying
the treaty, 97. Is elected a member of
the Royal Academy of History at Ma-
drid, 104. His relations with his son,
121. His present to the town of
Franklin, 158. Takes leave of Count
de Vergennes, 166. His charges as
minister plenipotentiary, 184. Leaves
Passy for Havre, 201. Of his Abridg-
ment of the Book of Common Prayer,

207. Arrives in the United States,
223. Is congratulated by Washing-
ton on his return, 227. Rumor of his
capture by the Algerines, 230. Of a
proposed edition of his writings and
his Memoirs, 210. Is elected Presi-
dent of Pennsylvania, 245. His do-
mestic circumstances in 1786, 251.
His occupations and amusements, 257.
Inquires of Mr. Grand concerning a
million of livres advanced by the
French government, 265. Dissuades
Thomas Paine from publishing an irre-
ligious work, 281. The million of
livres advanced by France supposed by
him to have been paid to Beaumarchais,
285. His personal circumstances, 301.
Is again elected President of Penn-
sylvania, 303. His reminiscences of
some of his friends, 304. His kind-
ness to his sister, 326. Is elected
President a third time, 337. Progress
of his Memoirs, 368, 393, 397. His
account of his public labors and their
compensation, 368. Sketch of his
services to the United States, 371.
Asks for a settlement of his accounts,
375; which are unsettled at his
death, 378. The only credit claimed
by him in reference to the Parable
against Persecution, 401. Stuber's
Continuation of his Autobiography,
404. His religious opinions, 423. His
explanation of the advance of a mil-
lion of livres by France, 441.
Franklin family, account of the, I. 539.
Genealogy of the, 546.
FRANKLIN, JAMES, brother of Benja-
min, who is bound to him as an ap-
prentice, I. 16. Publishes the New
England Courant, 22. Proceedings of
the Assembly of Massachusetts against
him, 24. Is prohibited from printing
the paper, 25. Differences between
the brothers, 26. His death, 28.
Their reconciliation, 128.
FRANKLIN, JANE, acrostic on her name,
VII. 183. See MECOM, JANE.
FRANKLIN, JOHN, notice of his death,
VII. 112.

FRANKLIN, JOSIAH, father of Benjamin,
his removal to New England, I. 7.
Described, 11. His character, 12. His
monument, 13, 14.

FRANKLIN, PETER, brother of Benja-
min, his death, VII. 309.
FRANKLIN, SAMUEL, VII. 347.
FRANKLIN, SARAH, Franklin's daughter,
advice to, VII. 267. Of her marriage to
Mr. Bache, 346. See BACHE, SARAH.
FRANKLIN, THOMAS, uncle of Benja-
min, his character, I. 5. VII. 179.
FRANKLIN, WILLIAM, account of, by
his father, VII. 42. Mr. Strahan's
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notice of him, 158. His interest in
Walpole's Grant, 354. Is appointed
Governor of New Jersey, 242. His
relations with his father, X. 121.
FRANKLIN, WILLIAM TEMPLE, his ac-
count of the origin of the Principles of
Trade, II. 383. Scheme for remov-
ing him from the office of Franklin's
private secretary, VIII. 372, 374. Re-
commended by Franklin to Congress,
IX. 6. Again, X. 49. Mentioned, 86,
88, 89. Applies himself to agricul-
ture, 251, 258, 299.

Franklin, a new State of the name of,
X. 260. Its name and condition, X.
266, 290.

Franklin, town of, present of books
by Franklin to the, X. 158, 182.
Franklin Stove, account of the, VI. 34.
Description of the, 52. Saving of
wood by the, 54. Its other advanta
ges, 55.
Difference between it and
the Dutch stove, 56. Its utility in
preventing the consumption of wood,
59. How set up, 60.

Free Ships make Free Goods, equitable-
ness of the rule, VIII. 458. Asserted
by several of the European courts,
463, 466, 467. Established by the
Armed Neutrality, 490.

French Army, in America, suggestion
that they be furnished with provisions
there, VIII. 521.

French Language, its universality, X.

414.

French Peasant, manuscript of a, in
respect to treaties, IX. 360.
FREY, Baron de, introduced to Wash-
ington, VIII. 221.

Fusion of metals by lightning, reasons
for believing that it is cold, V. 240.
This idea rejected, 374. Not a cold,
VI. 257.

Future State, remarks in regard to a,
X. 149, 174.

G.

GABRIEL OF BOURBON, Prince, account
of his version of Sallust, VIII. 167.
GAGE, THOMAS, General, his conduct
towards the citizens of Boston, II. 502.
His protection of the Indians, IV. 77.
His letters referred to, on the subject
of colonization, 361. His proceedings
as Governor of Massachusetts in 1774,
VIII. 133. His conduct after the affair
at Lexington, 153. His perfidy to-
wards the people of Boston, 156.
Gain, definition of, in its relation to
trade, II. 388.

GALLATIN, ALBERT, introduced to
Franklin, VIII. 454.
GALLOWAY, JOSEPH, preface to the
QQ

speech of, on the subject of a petition
to the King for changing the proprie-
tary government of Pennsylvania in-
to a royal one. Circumstances under
which it was written, IV. 101. Biog-
raphical notice of, VII. 276. His re-
marks relative to a memorial of the
merchants of Philadelphia, 302. His
commendation of Franklin for his
agency in procuring the repeal of the
Stamp Act, VII. 318. Franklin's con-
fidence in his good wishes, VIII. 102.
His plan of a union of the colonies
with Great Britain transmitted to Eng-
land, 144. Its objectionable charac-
ter, 145. Loss of Franklin's papers
left in charge of, IX. 79. Same sub-
ject, X. 122.

GAMBIER, Commodore, his discreet con-
duct in America, VII. 547.

GARDOQUI, appointed minister from
Spain to the United States, X. 140.
His disposition, 141.

Gavelkind, benefit of the law of, X. 205.
GEBELIN, ANTOINE COUR DE, notice
of, IX. 27.

GENLIS, Madame de, her writings men-
tioned, IX. 230.

Gentleman's Magazine, its notice of
Franklin's Examination, VII. 328.
Geometry, utility of, II. 67.

GEORGE THE THIRD, his political stud-
ies, VIII. 283. See King of Great
Britain and Great Britain.
Georgia, account of parliamentary
grants for, IV. 369. Her accession to
the confederacy, V. 85. Franklin ap-
pointed agent of, 410. Address of
her Assembly to the King, quoted,
425. Of land claims in, 526.
GERARD, introduced to R. Peters, VIII.
221. His appointment as minister of
France to the United States, 257.
GERMAIN, GEORGE, Lord, his hostility
to the colonies, VIII. 171. Approves
Lord North's conciliatory bill, 245.
Germans, their character and habits in
Pennsylvania, VII. 71. Their rapid
emigration to this country, 72.
German Stove, account of the, VI. 44.
Germany, commercial jealousy of the
States of, IV. 29. Franklin's sugges
tion of making a tour in, VII. 320.
His visit to, 326. Conduct of princes
of, in sending troops to America, con-
demned, VIII. 215. Character of the
Emperor of, X. 165.

GILLON, Commodore, commissioned to
procure ships of war for South Caro-
lina, VIII. 287. His difficulty with
William Jackson, IX. 54.
Ginseng, American, referred to, VII. 15.
Glass, its electrical qualities, V. 200.
The force of the Leyden bottle con-

sists in the, 201. Great quantity of
electric fire in, 208. Accumulation
of the electric fire proved to be in
the, 223. Impossibility of forcing the
electric fluid through, 242. The fluid
strongly attracted by, 244. Reasons
of the electrical quality of, 245. Dif-
ference between non-electrics and,
250. Difference between the electric-
ity of a globe of, charged, and a globe
of sulphur, 273. Probable cause of
the difference, 275. Reasons for sup-
posing that the globe of, charges posi
tively, 280. Difference in the quali
ties of, 348. Of the pores of, 349.
Its impermeability, 356. Experiments
on, 367. Description of a singular
tube of, 424. On choosing, for the
Leyden experiment, 453. Its quali-
ties, 454. And solvents, 454. Wheth-
er there may not be some which con-
ducts electricity, 455. On the break-
ing of, in the Leyden experiment, 460.
Perforation of, when overcharged,
474. Respecting its density, 478.
Glaucon, Dialogue between Socrates
and, respecting public men, II. 57.
Gnadenhutten, Franklin's account of
his military operations at, I. 199. His
situation at, VII. 105. March of
troops to, 106. Fort built at, 107.
Number and position of the troops at,

GOD, Lecture on the Providence of,
in the Government of the World, II.
525. His goodness shown, 526. His
power, 527.

GODFREY, THOMAS, inventor of the
quadrant, I. 81.

Godsend, or the Wreckers, extract from
a supposed farce of, VIII. 318.
GOOKIN, CHARLES, Succeeds Evans as
Governor of Pennsylvania, some par-
ticulars of his conduct, III. 185.
GORDON, WILLIAM, his remarks on
Galloway's plan of union, VIII. 145.
Gout, Dialogue between Franklin and
the, II. 194. Mode of relieving the
pain of, VIII. 481.
Government, Essays on, II. 278, 282.
Fitness of popular, 279. Roman views
of, 280; 282.

Governors, Franklin's proposition rela-
tive to the appointment of, for the
colonies, V. 23. Why they should
not be paid by the crown, 545.
Grain, of bounties on, II. 403. Policy
of France in regard to such bounties,
406.

GRAND, SIR GEORGE, opens a letter of
M. Dumas, VIII. 448.
GRAND, F., misunderstanding between

the American commissioners as to the
mode of drawing on, VIII. 272. Rec-