Abercrombie, Gen. James, iii, 429; v,
Achenwall, German scholar, x, 241.
Acosta, d', & Co., vii, 279.
Acworth, Mr., ii, 301, 356.
Adam, the brothers, architects, i, 127.
Adams, Charles Francis, i, xv, 42.
Adams, John, conference with Howe,
vi, 457, 463, 464; x, 298; succeeds
Silas Deane, vii, 139, 140; examina-
tion of Williams' accounts, 271, 272;
surrenders public papers to B. F.,
274; account of J. Q. Adams, 288 n.;
coins word Burgoinisses, 314 n.; re-
lations to B. F., viii, 53; prize ships, 76;
communications to de Vergennes, 117,
118, 123, 124 n., 126, 127, 128; finan-
cial affairs, 129, 253, 262, 264, 267,
289, 300, 325, 357, 364, 368, 544, 553;
X, 318; his secretary, viii, 147 n., 239,
552; ix, 101; his hostility to B. F.,
viii, 236; his opinion of Colonel Lau-
rens, 278; advice to William Jack-
son, 282; in Holland, 292, 501, 519,
549, 550, 582, 638; ix, 129, 177, 249;
X, 320; assisting Colonel Laurens, viii,
339, 354; empowered to treat of
peace, 360, 408, 467, 495, 509, 631; a
diligent correspondent, 369; letters
from, to B. F., 480; x, 317; sign-
ing the treaty of peace, ix, 8 and n.,
32, 191; his character, 17 and n.,
198; x, 323 and n.; his opinion of
France, ix, 61; concerning the fish-
eries, 91, 92 n., 93 n.; visit to Eng-
land, 1; his calumnies, 146 and
n.; commercial treaty with Prussia,
211; liberty of James Hartwell, 276;
the Barbary affair, 301; received at
British court, 463; boundary dis-
putes, x, 93; the Hutchinson Let-
ters, 260; his opinion of B. F.,
297; quoted, iii, 237 n.; x, 299; vi,
403, 467; vii, 21 n., 184, 185, 219,
239, 254, 257, 263, 319, 328, 329,
339, 340; viii, 22, 38, 92, 151, 179,
183, 184, 196, 197, 201, 220, 224,
234, 302, 338 n., 349, 405, 434, 448,
475, 476, 504, 539; ix, 105, 107,
122, 123, 134, 147, 256, 268, 273
and n.
Adams, Mrs. John, ix, 585; description
of Mme. Helvétius, x, 439.
Adams, Miss, daughter of John Adams,
X, 408.
Adams, John Quincy, i, xii; his mar-
riage, vii, 259 n., 278 and n.; letter
to B. F., 288 n.
Adams, Mrs. John Quincy, vii, 259 n.
Adams, Matthew (tradesman), i, 239;
Alexander, Mariamne, vii, 21 n.; x,
417, 465.
Alexander, William, impressed with
B. F.'s carelessness with regard to
documents, i, 2; iv, 157, 371, 373; Y,
196, 442; vi, 428; vii, 21 n.; his
opinion of A. Lee, 31 n.; concern-
ing Lord Selkirk's plate, 250, 253;
certifies to the interview between
B. F. and Pulteney, viii, 45, 335 n.;
concerning the separate treaty with
Great Britain, 358, 458 and n.; sends
Abercrombie, Gen. James, iii, 429; v,
Achenwall, German scholar, X, 241.
Acosta, d', & Co., vii, 279.
Acworth, Mr., ii, 301, 356.
Adam, the brothers, architects, i, 127.
Adams, Charles Francis, i, xv, 42.
Adams, John, conference with Howe,
vi, 457, 463, 464; x, 298; succeeds
Silas Deane, vii, 139, 140; examina-
tion of Williams' accounts, 271, 272;
surrenders public papers to B. F.,
274; account of J. Q. Adams, 288 n.;
coins word Burgoinisses, 314 n.; re-
lations to B. F., viii, 53; prize ships, 76;
communications to de Vergennes, 117,
118, 123, 124 n., 126, 127, 128; finan-
cial affairs, 129, 253, 262, 264, 267,
289, 300, 325, 357, 364, 368, 544, 553;
X, 318; his secretary, viii, 147 n., 239,
552; ix, 101; his hostility to B. F.,
viii, 236; his opinion of Colonel Lau-
rens, 278; advice to William Jack-
son, 282; in Holland, 292, 501, 519,
549, 550, 582, 638; ix, 129, 177, 249;
X, 320; assisting Colonel Laurens, viii,
339, 354; empowered to treat of
peace, 360, 408, 467, 495, 509, 631; a
diligent correspondent, 369; letters
from, to B. F., 480; x, 317; sign-
ing the treaty of peace, ix, 8 and n.,
32, 191; his character, 17 and n.,
198; x, 323 and n.; his opinion of
France, ix, 61; concerning the fish-
eries, 91, 92 n., 93 n.; visit to Eng-
land, III; his calumnies, 146 and
n.; commercial treaty with Prussia,
211; liberty of James Hartwell, 276;
the Barbary affair, 301; received at
British court, 463; boundary dis-
putes, x, 93; the Hutchinson Let-
ters, 260; his opinion of B. F.,
297; quoted, iii, 237 n.; x, 299; vi,
403, 467; vii, 21 n., 184, 185, 219,
239, 254, 257, 263, 319, 328, 329,
339, 340; viii, 22, 38, 92, 151, 179,
183, 184, 196, 197, 201, 220, 224,
234, 302, 338 n., 349, 405, 434, 448,
475, 476, 504, 539; ix, 105, 107,
122, 123, 134, 147, 256, 268, 273
and n.
Adams, Mrs. John, ix, 585: description
of Mme. Helvétius, x, 439.
Adams, Miss, daughter of John Adams,
X, 408.
Adams, John Quincy, i, xii; his mar-
riage, vii, 259 n., 278 and n.; letter
to B. F., 288 n.
Adams, Mrs. John Quincy, vii, 259 n.
Adams, Matthew (tradesman), i, 239;
Aepinus, Fr.-Ulrich-Theodore, account
of the Tourmaline, iii, 481; theory
of magnetism, iv, 250; quoted, vi,
25 and n.
Agrippa, Cornelius, ii, 128.
Aikenhead, Robert, viii, 288.
Airey, Sir George, i, xix.
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', i, 198; x,
357.
Alexander the Great, ii, 56; viii, 443..
Alexander, James, i, 387; ii, 277; iii,
9 and n.; his experiment to measure
speed of electricity, 171; letter on
the Albany Plan of Union, 199 and
Alexander, Mariamne, vii, 21 n.; X,
417, 465.
Alexander, William, impressed with
B. F.'s carelessness with regard to
documents, i, 2; iv, 157, 371, 373; Y,
196, 442; vi, 428; vii, 21 n.; his
opinion of A. Lee, 31 n.; concern-
ing Lord Selkirk's plate, 250, 253;
certifies to the interview between
B. F. and Pulteney, viii, 45, 335 n.;
concerning the separate treaty with
Great Britain, 358, 458 and n.; sends
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