Liturgy of the Church of England, ix, 358, 359 and n., 555 and n., 615. Liverpool, i, 21; iv, 56, 70, 88, 249; v, 226; vii, 269, 398; viii, 356. Livonians, ii, 271 n. Lizard, the, ii, 66.
Loan office, i, 392; X, 342. Loans, vii, 33, 216, 217, 262, 263, 292; viii, 619; French, i, 182; vii, 241, 332, 333, 366; viii, 139, 140, 200, 208, 267, 276, 277, 289, 200, 293, 480, 481, 548, 549, 576, 577, 583, 637-641, 644; ix, 10, 17, 35, 57, 61, 67, 68, 111, 112, 139; Holland, vii, 232, 321, 324, 384, 385; viii, 84, 122, 147, 235, 239, 264, 274, 275, 284, 205, 296, 300, 325, 342-345, 365, 386, 388, 431, 479, 508, 582, 645; ix, 145; x, 325; Spanish, vii, 323; viii, 399; made by separate states, vii, 327, 363; viii, 73, 178 n.; see Of the Paper Money of the United States; Comparison of Great Britain and the United States.
| Logic (Watts), ii, 297. Logrone, ix, 275.
Logstown (Ohio), iii, 363. LONDON: 1, 3, 7, 11, 16, 25, 26, 27, 29,
31, 34, 71, 100, 103, 114, 117, 120, 124, 134, 145, 147, 184, 205, 208, 212, 215, 229, 230, 267, 279, 280, 284, 286, 287, 289, 291, 293, 307, 311, 358, 370, 381, 421, 427, 433; 1, 35, 36, 58, 145, 208, 323, 357, 425; iii, 47, 252, 208, 303, 381, 382; iv, 65, 70, 72, 73, 85. 89, 110, 172, 180, 190, 218, 236, 245, 247, 258, 271, 279, 288, 304, 305, 360, 364, 377, 382, 398; v, 11, 36, 53, 54, 95, 110, 197, 222, 267, 291, 312, 504, 507; vi, 59, 65, 66, 97, 250, 395. 451, 457, 461; vii, 84, 145, 152, 180. 315, 398; viii, 25, 31, 36, 173, 280, 286, 296, 321, 339, 354, 373, 396, 427, 450, 461, 473, 477, 478, 485, 492, 493. 496, 504, 508, 509, 511, 512, 513, 517, 522, 534, 538, 543, 573, 609, 617, 631, 632, 633; X, 106, 176, 196, 197, 254, 355, 458; intercepted letters in post- office, i, 201; x, 313; B. F.'s firs arrival in, i, 275. 276; he procures employment, 277; illuminated for Wilkes, v, 121; presents freedom of city to Dr. Price, vi, 451; “No Po- pery" riots, viii, 95, 99, 106; cause of moisture in the city air, 171; Peter the Great in, 503; vicar- apostolic of, ix, 125; Bartholomew Close, i, 2773 X, 154; Batson's Coffee-house, haunt of Henry Pem- berton, i, 278; Blackfriars, swimming exploit at, 285, 287; X, 154; Chel- sea, i, 285, 287; X, 154; Craven Street, i, 383; ii, 322 n.; X, 276, 284; Craven Street House, v, 275, 277; Dog Tavern on Garlick Hill, x, 275; Duke Street, B. F. lodgings in, i, 283; Durham Yard, v 52; Fleet Street, i, 385; Foundling Hospital, iii, 478; v. 431; ix, 265 n.; x, 270; General Dispensary, i, 114; ix, 16 n.; general post-office, x, 175; George and Vulture, 406; Gravel Pit field, 275; Greenwich Observatory, i, 71; Green Park, 64; vi, 161; Guild- hall, iv, 370 n.; vii, 256 n.; Hackney, iv, 43; X, 275; Hat and Feather (Snow Hill), iv, 159; the Horns (ale- house), i, 278; x, 154; Hungerford Market, ii, 322 n.; Hyde Park, vi, 140; Islington, viii, 1 n.; Kensing- ton, v, 274; Kensington Square, viii, 430, 450; Kew Palace, i, 107; King's Arms, v, 145; Lincoln's Inn, vi, 187; Lincoln's Inn Fields, x, 190; coln's Inn Hall, vi, 91; Little Britain, B. F. lodged at, i, 276, 277, 283; Lon-
don Coffee House, vi, 430 n.; viii, | 8 n., 154 and n., 453, 458; x, 275; Middlesex, success of Wilkes in, v, 121, 222; vi, 250, 251; New England Coffee House, iii, 82; Newgate Prison (Old Bailey), V, 100, 214; vi, 186; viii, 1 n.; ix, 294, 319; x, 105, 266; attacked during "No Popery" riots, viii, 95; anecdote of, ix, 297; New York Coffee-House, 269; Pennsyl- vania Coffee-House. ii, 367; iii, 392; viii, 151 n.: ix, 352, 353: Queen's house in the park, vi, 107; Rowfant Library, iii, 479 n.; Royal Exchange, 1, 103; St. Bride's Church, iv, 165 n.; St. George's Church (Han- over Square), x, 212 n.; St. George's Hospital, iii, 264; St. James's Church (Westminster), vi, 102 n.; St. James's Park, iii, 47; viii, 441; St. James's Street, i, 6; x, 212 n.; St. Paul's Church, iv, 165 n.; St. Paul's Coffee-House, X, 275; St. Paul's Head Tavern, 275; St. Thomas's Hospital, viii, 104 n.; Salters Hall, v, 291; Snow Hill, 111, n.; Soho Square, ix, 85 n.; Southwark, iv, 218; vi, 250, 251; Spitalfields, v, 457; vi, 10, 13; Spital Square, i, 99; Spring Garden, 435; iii, 47; Strand, i, 385; the Temple, 277; Tilbury Fort, ii, 53; Tower Hill, vi, 436; Tower of London, iv, 44; viii, 504, 530, 537; X. 372, 373; Unitarian Church in Essex Street, ix, 267 and n.; Vauxhall, i, 382; Westminster, vi, 250, 251, 253; West- minster Abbey, vii, 302 n.; West- minster Hall, i, 355; Whitehall, iv,
London Chronicle, i, ix, x, 45, 174; iii, 231 n.; iv, 225, 363, 411, 463; v, 60 n., 75 and n., 78 n., 90 and n., 106, 146, 252, 432, 534; vi, 146; X, 212 . London Daily Advertiser, i, x. London Evening Post, vii, 107 n.; viii, 85,533.
London Gazette, vii, 188; viii, 512. London Magazine, iii, 231 n. London Monthly Review, iii, 111, 132 and n., 164.
London Packet, i, x; v, 399 n. London Public Advertiser, The, i, 144,
174; iv, 393; v, 166; vi, 145, 205, 213, 284, 201, 413; x, 228, 261, 262. London Review, see Argus.
London Spy, The (Ward), ii, 242 n. Londonderry, siege of, ii, 352.
Long Island, i, 250; iv, 102; vi, 452,
Long Island Sound, iii, 213.
Loose Thoughts on a Universal Fluid (F.), ix, 227-230, 479.
Lords, House of, i, 196; iii, 210; iv, 273, 357, 421; V, 73, 197; vi, 192, 224, 302, 360-361, 362, 368-371; ix, 146; X, 283-285.
Lord's Prayer, The, B. F.'s version of, i, 182; vii, 427- Lorraine, iv, 39.
Lot on Smitham, duty of, i, 56, 57. Lottery, v, 257, 444; vi, 95; in benefit of Association for Defence of Phila- delphia, i, 362, 365, 366, 368; ii, 355, 359-360; iii, 267, 323, 379-380; United States, viii, 178 n.; French loan proposed by way of, ix, 35, 111. Louisburg, i, 427; siege of, ii, 283 n.; iii, 273; V, 4, 6, 210, 212, 214; vi, 154, 416; powder wanted, i, 367; an idle coal mine at, iv, 244. Louisiana, junction of Canada and, i, 145; ii, 219, 360; viii, 491; x, 214. Loyalists, viii, 526, 527, 572 n., 621, 625- 627, 631, 632, 634; ix, 60, 61, 175, 313, 348-350, 556, 615, 616; x, 65, 114, 394; see Apologue. Lutherans, ix, 239. Luxury, i, 144, 150-151; vii, 349, 391, 408; ix, 242-248.
Luzerne County, viii, 29 n.; ix, 611. Luzerne (man-of-war), viii, 18 n., 33. Lynn (England), vii, 270. Lynn (Mass.), manufacture of shoes, X, 243.
Lyons, viii, 558, 560. Lyric Poems (Watts), ii, 297.
Macao, ix, 200, 207. Macbeth, x, 304. Macedon, iv, 74.
Madeira, x, 462; voyage from, i, 50; iv, 177; grapes of, 180, 374. Madeira wine, i, 363, 422; iv, 271; ix, 263.
Madrid, viii, 22, 49 and n., 51, 54, 55, 57, 100, 144, 200, 203, 239, 300, 362, 495, 501, 544; ix, iii, 127, 135, 346; X, 312, 314, 322; Carmichael's re- ception at, viii, 52; the printing art, 336, 369; Jay's residence, 433; his return, 550; release of Hartwell, ix,
Looking Glass for the Times, A (Folger), Magna Charta, iv, 232, 445; vi, 87. Magnetic Atlas (Churchman), ix, 557 n.
Magnetism, ii, 432-433; iii, 73, 74; iv, 250, 251; vi, 23-26, 222; see also Compass, Queries and Conjectures Relating to Magnetism. Magnetism, animal, ix, 182. Magnalia (Cotton Mather), i, 42, 231. Mahon, Port, reduction of, viii, 394. Maine, v, 470, 471.
Maine Historical Society, ix, 303 n. Maize, see Indian corn, and also Ob- servations on Mayz, or Indian Corn. Malta, island of, viii, 285.
Manchester, i, 21, 61, 62, 64; iv, 56, 57; V, 167, 321, 457; vi, 13, 138 and
Manners (Paul Whitehead), i, 173; vi, 146 and n. Mantes, x, 465.
Manuel d'Epictete en Grec, i, 215. Manuel Typographique (Fournier), i, 215; viii, 62 n.
Manufactures, i, 142, 143, 149; ii, 313; iv, 243-245, 368, 369, 395; V, 101, 102, 116, 117, 203, 204, 251-254, 315- 317, 327; VI, 131, 139; 1x, 304, 305; X, 277; see also Paper money, Letters to Shirley, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind In- terest of Great Britain Considered Examination of Dr. Franklin in the British House of Commons, Causes of the American Discontents before 1768, Positions to be Examined, Concerning National Wealth, Settle- ment on the Ohio River, Account of Negotiations in London, Information To Those Who Would Remove to America.
and Correspondence of James, First Earl of Charlemont, x, 488 n.
Maps, Mitchell's, x, 93; Evans's, iii, 9 n. ; vi, 17; Popple's, iii, 91, 94. Marcus Hook, iii, 58; ix, 551 n. Maritime Observations (F.), i, 82, 83;
ix, 149 n., 372, 536; x, 453, 462. Marley-la-Ville, i, 98, 420.
Marquis de la Fayette (ship), vii, 330, 335; viii, 216, 236, 254, 259, 270, 296, 301, 303, 327, 332, 395, 400, 402, 403, 639; X, 337, 338, 343. Marriage of Figaro (Beaumarchais), viii, 31 n.; ix, 305.
Mars (ship), viii, 187, 271; x, 338. Mars Rebellion, iv, 156 n. Marsh-gas, i, 62; vi, 226-228. Martha (English letter-of-marque ship), vii, 139.
Martinique, iv, 79, 80; v, 218; vii, 198, 379; viii, 55, 75; ix, 249, 328; x, 379. Maryland, iii, 165, 206, 207 n., 211, 303; iv, 393, 409, 426, 427, 468; v, 481,
483, 497, 503, 504, 514, 518; vii, 276, 279, 425; viii, 57 n., 238, 203. 504, 567; tobacco trade, v, 6; post- office, iii, 343; iv, 214; finances of, v, 12; manufactures, 116; repealing the restraining act, 188; Catholics of, 215; restraints on trade, vi, 316; description of a whirlwind, i, 59, 60, iii, 273-275; defence of, 360, 376; Braddock in, i, 158, 394, 403; iron works, 274; the proprietary, 436; iv, 227, 236, 237; treaty with the In- dians, ii, 279; Somerset County, iii, 279, 280; money in England, viii, 58; college of, 604; Mme. Beniowsky in, ix, 502; paper money, 564, 568; printing, x, 170.
MASSACHUSETTS: i, 206; iv, 41, 468; v, 402, 449, 471, 483, 529; vi, 80, 111, 381; viii, 122, 182 n., 187, 249, 596; ix, 564, 568, 573, 627, 695; issue of paper money, i, 139; iv, 427; V, 5; the Polly Baker story, i, 172; ii, 463 n.; trade with the Indians, iii, 190; Plan of Union, 207 n., 211; governor of, 341 n.; loss of charter, iv, 236; resolutions of the Assem- bly, 446; manufactures of, v, 116; scientific spirit of, 137; alterations of the constitution, vi, 225, 338; re- fuse payment for tea, 241, 337. 378, 382, 384; the Hutchinson Let- ters, 183-186, 190, 192, 196, 252, 264, 265, 279, 281, 284 n.; rebellion declared in, 308, 318, 321, 330; restoration of Castle William, 376; repeal of the acts against, 391, 394, 398; settled without cost to the state, 414; religious tests, viii, 153; B. F.'s gift to a town in, ix, 300; prohibits the use of leaden still-heads in distilleries, 531; constitution of, viii, 256 n.; proceed- ings against New England Courant, i, 248, 249; ii, 49; x, 150, 151; B. F. agent for, v, 300-304, 350, 351, 446; vi, 6, 287, 288; x, 177, 240, 256, 260, 263, 268, 283; B. F.'s gifts to, 502, 505, 506; Assembly of, i, 303; V, 23, 353, 355, 357, 363, 392, 449, 462; vi, 22, 30, 32, 49, 50, 51, 82, 89, 207, 211 and n., 212, 223, 250, 265. 267, 276.
Massacre (Boston), v, 263 n. Mastodon, tusks found near Ohio River, i, 85, 199; iv, 182; v, 39. 40, 92, 93; vi, 222; named by Cuvier, i, 86; antiquity of, vii, 221, 222.
Mathematics, i, 53, 233. 243; see also Magical circles, Magical squares, and Fluxions.
Matilda (ship), ix, 152 n.
Maxims for the Conduct of Life (Lord Kames), iv, 12.
Meadow grass, see Agriculture. Means of disposing the Enemy to Peace, i, 172; iv, 89-95; x, 211 n. Measles, ii, 379; vi, 410. Mecca, x, 353:
Mechanique de Feu, La (Gauger), ii, 249, 254.
Medals, commemorating Saratoga and Yorktown, viii, 389 and n., 578; ix, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 44, 71, 72, 96, 98, 656; Hollis's collection of, ix, 105. Medicine, i, xvii, 53, 113-127; cold and hot fits of fever, ii, 468, 470; action of the heart, 284-288; dilatation of the ventricles of the heart, 291, 292; cure of the Yaws, 293; cure of fever and ague, iii, 19, 331, 419-421, 424; phytolacca, a cure for cancer, 87; inoculation for small-pox, 95, 96; how to make a flexible catheter, 103-105; ap- plication of electricity in paralysis, 425-427; physiology of perspiration, iv, 109, 110; cause of the dry belly ache, v, 101; ix, 530-533; tonic method of treating small-pox, v, 152, 153; sea diseases, 219; schools of, 385; the uses of exercise, 411, 412; swimming beneficial in cases of diarrhoea, 544; cause of colds, vi, 26, 60; moist seasons the healthiest, 139-140; suppression of urine, viii, 105 and n., 194 and n.; gout drawn out by transpiration, 121; obstruc- tions in the reins, 122; blistering for fevers, ix, 21 and n.; aerophobia, or the good effects of fresh air, 435- 437; cause of Nyctalopie, 666; gouty ec- zema, 670, 671; treatment of putrid fevers with fixed air, x, 279, 280; action of distilled milk on emaciated
bodies, 351; see also Preparatory Notes and Hints Concerning What is Called Catching Cold. Medina del Campo, iv, 63.
Meditation on a Quart Mug, A, ii, v, 198 and n.
Meditations of an Autograph Collector (Joline), iii, 20 n.
Mediterranean Sea, iv, 60; vi, 155;
viii, 312; ix, 133; x, 403. Mellish (British transport), viii, 4 n. Memoirs, of Campan, x, 493; of J. Cradock, i, 78 n.; of Fleury, viii, 31 n.; of Morellet, ix, 577 n.; of Roche- foucault, ii, 103; of James Hutton, vii, 98; of Richard Cumberland, viii, 238 n.; of Sir James Melvil (quoted), x. 134; of Marquis of Rockingham, 274 n., 305 n.; of Thomas Hollis,
iv, 99 n.; ix, 103 and n.; of William Whiston iii, 10 and n.; of Sir John Dalrymple, i, 82 and n.; of the Socie- dad Económica, viii, 237, 295 and n.; of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea Battle of La Hague (Dalrymple), 98 n.; pour Servir à histoire de la Respiration des Poissons (Broussonnet), 592 n.; relating to the Lord Torrington, ii, 62 n.; sur l'Inoculation de la Petite Vérole (Condamine), ix, 181 n.; of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin (W. T. Franklin), i, vi, 20- 33; of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames (Tytler), iv, 3 n., 11 n., 174 n., 373 n.; v, 16 n., 22 n., 194 n.; of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manches- ter, v, 540 n.; ix, 215 n.; sur la vie et les Ouvrages de J. H. Bernardin de St. Pierre (Martin), vii, 61 n.; Me- moirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ix, 479 and n. Memorable Things of Socrates (Xeno- phon), i, 244; x, 148. Memorial to the States (Yorke), vii, 35 n. Memorie istoriche intorno gli studi del
Padre Giambatista Beccaria, iv, 163 n., 457 n.; vi, 112 n., 220 n.; vii, 417 n.; viii, 211 n. Mennonites, iii, 314. Mercure de France, Le, i, 112; vii, 209 n. Mercury (ship), iii, 451; vií, 378, 379, 398; X, 372. Merrimack River, vi, 80. Merry Song about Murder, A, viii, 31. Mesmerism, commission to investigate, i, 76, 113, 115, 121; ix, 268 and n., 271-272, 280, 669 n., 670 n.; x, 362; F.'s sentiment concerning cures by, ix, 182, 183; credulity of the world,
Meteorology, i, 53, 207; iii, 77, 123; origin of northeast storms, i, 53; 57-59; ii, 311; iv, 16-18, water- spouts and whirlwinds, i, 49, 59, 60, 207; iii, 107-121, 184, 185, 188, 228, 262, 269, 273-275; cause of severe cold of 1783, i, 61; ix, 242; phenomena of thunder gusts, ii, 411-423; pre- cipitation of moisture, iii, 130; 540-542; various conjectures, iii, 175-188; low barometer, v, 182; variations of barometer, 386; use of thermometer in navigation, ix, 397; see also Aurora Borealis, Meteoro- logical Observations, and Meteorolog- ical Imaginations and Conjectures. Meteorological Observations, iii, 186; iv, 454.
Meteorological Imaginations and Con- Montserrat Island, iii, 103; viii, 634.
jectures (F.), ix, 215 and n. Meulan (France), x, 465.
Mexico, v, 46; viii, 486; x, 255; forti- fication of, iv, 369; fields of maize, v, 555; smelting silver ore, ix, 664. Middlebourg, viii, 61.
Middleton's Rejoinder (Capt. Middle- ton), ii, 278 n. Midian, merchants of, vi, 256. Milan, iii, 346 and n.; iv, 62. Militia Act (F.), i, 154; iii, 305, 307, 354-356; see also Dialogue between X, Y, and Z; Act for the Better Ordering and Regulating.
Militis Sanitate tuendâ, De (Portio), ii,
Mill Prison (Plymouth), cruel treatment of American prisoners, vii, 156, 419 n. Milton vindicated from the Charge of Plagiarism (Douglas), iii, 93 n. Mindanao, vi, 68.
Mine, The (dramatic poem, Sargent), ix, 13 n.
Minisink, the (Pa.), i, 408; iii, 326. Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France, appointment of F. by Con- gress, vii, 238, 250, 260, 278, 317, 335, 345 n. viii, 220, 221, 239, 252, 258, 260, 261, 294, 295, 302, 303, 315, 454; ix, 67, 124, 141, 142, 179, 180, 212, 213, 214, 225, 302, 318, 321, 322, 325, 343, 463; ix, 686-688, 691-694, 696, 697; x, 335, 336, 457, 493, 500. Minorca, iii, 347; x, 2. Miquelon, viii, 490, 634. Miracles of the New Testament, ix, 268. Miscellanies (Barrington), ix, 273 and n. Mississippi Bubble, v, 10.
Mississippi River, iii, 173, 360, 364; iv, 4, 48, 55, 73, 111, 208; v, 46, 466, 473, 480, 481, 483, 485, 486; vii, 40; X, 210, 255, 332, 348, 349; proposal to sell to Spain, viii, 144, 202, 580. Modest Enquiry Into The Nature And Necessity Of A Paper Currency, A, i, 139, 146, 306; ii, 133-155; x, 160. Mohammedanism, i, 355; iv, 302. Mole, the (France), ix, 211. Molinists, i, 107; vii, 65. Moll Flanders (Defoe), i, 251. Monde primitif (Court de Gébelin), vii, 43 n., 436 n.; viii, 246 n. Monongahela River, iii, 297 n., 364; v, 482, 500.
Monsieur (privateer), viii, 225. Mont Blanc, i, 63, 199. Monthly Magazine, x, 267. Monthly Review, iv, 247 n. Montpelier, v, 509.
Montreal, iv, 414; ix, 112; x, 295, 296 and n.
Moors, iii, 71; iv, 298, 303, 324, 310. Moral and Literary Dissertations (Per- cival), ix, 236 and n.
Morals of Chess (F.), i, 184; vii, 357 and n.
Moral Philosophy (Paley), ix, 488 and n. Moral Virtue Delineated, vi, 150. Moravia, i, 103.
Moravian Archives at Bethlehem, vi, 403 n.
Moravians: their life at Bethlehem, i, 407, 408, 412-414; iii, 305; their ideas of war, vi, 404; missionaries, ix, 337; X, 215; their politics, 217. Morlaix, viii, 1, 2, 7, 67, 68, 77, 227, 262. Morocco, ix, 493; X, 352, 462; treaty
with America, ix, 126, 301, 463, 493; X, 403.
Mortmain (Campomanes), ix, 223 n. Morton (England), vi, 139. Moscow, ii, 271 n.; ix, 6. Motion of Fluids, The (Clare), ii, 252. Motion for Prayers in the Convention,
June 28, 1787, ix, 600-601 and n. Motion, Jan. 20, 1775, for removing troops from Boston (Lord Chat- ham's), vi, 362.
Moudon (in the canton of Berne), i, 205. Mount Hecla, i, 61. Mount Holly (N.J.), ii, 170. Mount Vernon, ix, 465 n. Mount Schehallion, i, 63 n. Mount's Bay, vii, 228. Mungo (a squirrel), v, 438, 439; vi, 16. Music, iii, 349, 435; iv, 194, 217; X, 406, 438, 453; F.'s knowledge of, i, 210-214; the armonica, iv, 164-160, 182, 360, 454, 455; the harp, 184; the recitative, 195; American, 210; ix, 690; technical skill, iv, 377- 381; faults of modern, v, 529-5343 praise of, viii, 93-94; Gluck and Piccini dispute, 100; sacred music, X, 73, 74; see also Armonica. Myrtle wax soap, iii, 263; ix, 502. Myrtylla (ship), iii, 195.
NANTES: vii, 13, 115, 188, 202, 238, 277, 390; viii, 74, 92, 114, 126, 189, 204, 386, 580; ix, 49; x 323, 338, 375; B. F.'s arrival at, vi, 470, 471, 472; X, 301, 302, 303; fashionable head- dress, vii, 16. Nantucket, i, 232 n.; iii, 100; V, 232,
233; ix, 305, 405, 406; X, 33, 146. Naples, trade with America, ix, 3. Narrative of the Late Massacre in Lan- caster County, A (F.). i, 154; iv, 289- 314, 375, 377 n.; x, 215 n.
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