Narrative of Two Aerial Voyages, A (Jeffries), ix, 479 n. Narva (Russia), v, 505.
National Assembly of France, proceed- ings on the death of B. F., x, 490, 492. National Intelligencer, The, of Washing- ton, i, 27.
Natural History of Aleppo (Russell), iv, 155 n.
Natural History of Birds (Buffon), vi, 236. Natural History of Medecine Among the Indians of North America (Rush), vi, 235.
Natural Interest on Capital (Turgot), i, 147.
Navigation, i, 53, 80-83, 431-432; ii, vi; v, 232-233; vi, 113; see also Maritime Observations. Navigation Acts, v, 99; vi, 207, 313, 323, 329, 331-333, 377, 413, 418; vii, 83, 144; ix, 33. Nazareth (Pa.), iii, 325. Needles (Isle of Wight), ii, 65. NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE: vii, 153; viii, 239, 241, 335 n., 394, 405, 406, 412, 560, 561, 571, 594, 616, 618, 622, 627, 628, 630, 637; correspondence with David Hartley, vii, 142-146, 225-229, 234, 305-311; viii, 4, 5, 6, 273, 358-361, 381-383, 413-416, 427– 429, 563-565, 596-597; no treaty possible without France, vii, 196, 197; B. F. asks for authorization to treat of a truce, 329; uncertain of Eng- lish sincerity, 335, 367; media- tion of Russia and Holland, 402, 408; viii, 220, 232 and n., 253; Pul- teney submits proposition, 43- 46; Hartley's incessant endeavours, 111, 132; guaranteeing the fisheries, 128; instructions relative to the, 301, 622; correspondence with Pownall, 330-331; England's desire for a treaty separate from France, 367, 399, 424, 435, 602; obstinacy of George III. an impediment, 390; sense of England against the continuance of the war, 396, 402, 403; debate in the Commons, 397; five com- missioners named, 408, 423; change of ministry in England, 420-421, 422; disposition to give up Canada and Nova Scotia, 430; a proposed dependent state of America, 565; acknowledging inde- pendence, 567, 570 and n., 590, 591; Oswald appointed commissioner, 575, 576; other commissioners, 579, 614; articles proposed and read before signing the preliminary articles,
632-635; ix, 3; approaching the separate treaty, viii, 642, 643, 644, 646, 648; English overtures, x, 330- 335; see also Journal of the Negotia- tion for Peace with Great Britain. Negroes of Africa, iii, 135, 449; iv, 88, 298, 310; duty on, 413; sentiment growing against slavery, v, 432;_men- tal quality, vi, 222; Dr. Bray's associates, iv, 23. Netherlands, iv, 39, 72.
Netherlands, New, see New York. Neue Freie Presse (Vienna), i, 103 n. Neva River, iv, 60.
Nevis Island, iii, 103; viii, 634. New and Accurate Account of Carolina, iv, 232 n.
New Atlas of the Mundane System (Dunn), vi, 20 n.
New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-r-d Family, in a Series of Poetical Epistles (Anstey), ix, 547 and n. Newbern, viii, 106.
Newbury (New England), iii, 244, 270; vii, 330.
Newcastle (Del.), i, 258, 273, 274; ii, 86; iii, 201, 331; iv, 286; x, 471. Newcastle (England), vii, 270. New England Courant, i, x, 36, 166, 167, 246 and n., 248; ii, vi, 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 14, 18, 21, 25, 29, 32, 38, 40, 43, 46, 49 and n.; x, 149, 150, 151, 152 and n. New England Primer, iv, 351. New Experiments and Observations, 1754 (F.), x, 201 n.
NEWFOUNDLAND: i, 57; iv, 16, 416; viii, 586; x, 332; the gulf stream, i, 81; ix, 397, 405, 406; v, 233; fisheries of, ii, 131; vi, 397; viii, 634; early Phoenician voyages, 248; postal service, iv, 414; forts on, vii, 236. New Foundling Hospital for Wit (quoted), iv, 184 n.
New Hampshire, iii, 207 n., 211, 213,
221; iv, 236, 468; v, 28, 116; vi, 58,80. New Haven, ii, 312; iii, 165, 166, 303; iv, 249; X, 171.
New Haven Colony Historical Society, iv, 185 n.
Newington (England), v, 440; x, 275. NEW JERSEY: iii, 206, 207 n., 211, 376;
iv, 204, 222, 246, 255, 468; v, 98, 311, 116, 152, 314, 315, 382, 503, 518; vi, 316; viii, 437, 604; ix, 598, 695; X, 177, 197; experiments with marsh- gas, i, 62; vi, 226, 227; B. F.'s farm near Burlington, i, 83; printing paper money, 293, 294; V, 3, 5; X, 170; post-routes, iv, 101, 105; form of government, 231, 233, 234; emigra- tion to the south, vi, 31; William F. governor of, vii, 51; x, 212, 469;
interest upon money, ix, 311; W. T. F.'s estate in, 571, 645; House of Representatives of, x, 241; Cooper's Creek, i, 253.
New London, viii, 99, 625; x, 110. New Orleans, v, 68, 473; vii, 379; ix,
Newport (Isle of Wight), ii, 56, 57, 58,
Newport (R.I.), i, 262, 263, 348; iii, 247; iv, 186; vi, 158; viii, 179; x,
Newspapers, eighteenth century, i, 246 and n., 301-303. Newtown (Lancaster Co., Pa.), treaty with the Indians, ii, 279 and n. Newtown (Md.), iii, 280. New York, i, 138, 249, 250, 262, 264, 321, 387, 389, 392, 404, 408, 423, 425, 427, 430; ii, 338, 343, 360; iii, 132, 164, 166, 207, 208, 211, 213, 276, 303, 428; iv, 16, 40, 45, 111, 199, 255, 307, 313, 397, 422, 423, 468; v, 66, 92, 98, 152, 188, 193, 232, 233, 483, 504; vi, 306, 316, 317, 340, 428, 470; vii, 32, 71, 73, 235, 237; viii, 122, 179, 249, 254, 398, 437, 585, 636; ix, 56, 101, 111, 325, 406, 466, 468, 471, 481, 524, 525, 537, 687; x, 179, 197, 366, 367, 488, 490; issue of paper money, I, 139; V, 3, 5, 10; x, 112; how F. borrowed cannon from, i, 362; en- tertainment to Lord Loudoun, 429; currency of, iii, 54; selfish views with regard to Indian trade, 206; troops in winter on frontier of, 202; growing immensely rich, 336; loss of Oswego, 354; post routes, iv, 100- 105, 215; X, 174; three hundred silk throwsters engaged for, iv, 369; exports from, 434; Assembly refuses to raise money to pay for quar- tering troops, v, 18, 19, 23, 29, 41, 82, 85; quartering of troops, 113; manufactures of, 116; in disgrace with the friends of liberty, opposition to the importation of tea, vi, 124, 177, 274; the only colony founded at England's cost, 414; British troops driven back to, vii, 51; besieged there by Washington and Gates, 188, 367; viii, 209, 264, 406, 412; French prisoners in, vii, 312; college of, viii, 604; packet ser- vice with France, ix, 30, 148, 370, 394, 690; X, 175, 176, 180; evacuation of, ix, 88; x, 401; Moravian mission- aries carry earth to Greenland to make cabbage gardens, ix, 337; at- tempt to create a new state, 478 610; stoppage of all trade for eight years, x, 110; first printing-house in,
152; F.'s printing business, 171; arri- val of Lord Howe's fleet, 298; F.'s arrival from France, 462, 469. New York Colonial Documents (O'Cal- laghan), iii, v.
New York Gazette, iii, 87 n.; x, 321. New York Weekly Post Boy, iii, 87 n. New Zealand, v, 340.
Niagara, i, 160, 400, 401; iii, 268, 364; iv, 45, 255, 440. Nice, viii, 460.
Night (Ralph), i, 272 n. Nismes (France), viii, 246 n. Noble Game of Chess, The (Stamma), iii, 56 and n.
Noetica (Johnson), iii, 28, 30 n. Noirmoutier, L'Isle, viii, 40. None but Christ, iii, 459. Non-importation Combinations, iv, 396, 429; V, 74 n., 76, 87, 88, 149, 150, 193, 197, 199, 203, 204, 220, 221, 222, 240, 242, 244, 252-254, 271, 281, 288, 315, 316, 454; vi, 3, 211, 225, 239, 240, 243, 249, 305, 308, 310, 316, 320; viii, 178 n.; X, 223, 229, 243, 273, 274.
Norfolk (England), iv, 25. Norfolk (Va.), viii, 625; x, 110. Normandy, viii, 308, 609; ix, 8, 9. Northampton (England), i, 229; V, 504. Northampton County (Pa.), iv, 241, 311; X, 183.
North Briton, v, 122 n. North Cape, iv, 60, 61. Northeast storms, see Meteorology, and Weather.
North River (N.Y.), vi, 450, 468. North Sea, vii, 193; viii, 279 n., 312. Northumberland (England), iii, 451. Northwest passage, ii, 278 and n.; ìii, 123; V, 393; see also Arctic voyages. Northwich, salt mines at, iv, 15. Norwalk (Conn.), x, 110. Norway, surrender of prize ships to England, vii, 403; viii, 19, 22, 41, 90, 227; attitude of Sweden toward, X, 347; burning of English vessels on coast of, viii, 384; Phoenician voyages, vi, 86; viii, 248. Norwich (England), manufactures of, iv, 51, 57, 396; v, 167. Notre Dame d'Auteuil, Helvétius.
Notre Dame (Paris), illumination of, v, 53; a mysterious appointment, vii, 170.
Nouveau Système Typographique (Mme. de St. Paul), ix, 194 and n. Nouvelle Biographie Générale, i, 24. Nouvelle Cométologie (Morellet), ix, 647, 690.
Nouvelles de Divers Endroits, x, 313.
Nouvelle histoire d'Angleterre (De Champigny), vii, 181 n.
NOVA SCOTIA: i, 57; ii, 228; iii, 207 n., 376; iv, 397, 416, 438, 468; v, 20, 239 n., 513, 514; vi, 397; vii, 100, 151; viii, 430, 469, 477, 478, 491, 614; x, 65, 332, 493; Phoenician voyages, viii, 248; lime quarries, v, 307; settle- ment of, 469, 470, 471, 508; vi, 415; parliamentary grant to, v, 523 n.; friendly to America, vii, 235; plan of union with the colonies, x,
Observations Concerning The Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, i, 142, 143; ii, 63 and n., 97, 106, 131, 190, 287; iv, 3, 32; ix, 263. Observations on a Treatise by Dr. Madan, Entitled Thoughts on Execu- tive Justice, ix, 291.
Observations On And Answers To The Report On The Settlement on the Ohio River, v, 479; vi, 98. Observations on Civil Liberty and the Justice of the War with America (Price), vi, 452 and n. Observations on Cold (Prof. P. Wilson), ix, 237-
Observations on Liberal Education, in All its Branches (Turnbull), ii, 387 n. Observations On Mayz, or Indian Corn,
Observations on the Caladaron on Mo- zambique, i, 207:
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution (Price), ix, 363 n.
Observations on the Inhabitants, Cli- mate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Ani- mals, and other matters worthy of Notice (Bartram), iii, 61. Observations on the Late and Present Conduct of the French (Clarke), iii, 63 n., 287; iv, 37 n., 43 n. Observations politique sur la Necessité de l'Etablissement d'une seconde Ville de Commerce Maritime dans la Mediterranée, i, 207, Observations relative to the Intentions of the Original Founders of the Acad emy in Philadelphia (F.), ii, 386 n.;
Observations sur la Saignée du Pied,
et sur la Purgation, au commencement de la Petite Vérole, et Raisons de doubte contre l'Inoculation (F.), iii, 96. Oby River, iv, 73.. Odyssey (Homer), iv, 299. Of Lightning, and the Method (now used in America) of securing Buildings and Persons from its Mischievous Effects (F.), v, 55.
Of the Paper Money of the United States, i, 140; ix, 231 and n. Ohio, x, 483; products of, ix, 680; French emigration to, i, 115; its natural advantages, iii, 365; hunt- ing lands, v, 481; boundary with the Six Nations, 515.
Ohio River, iii, 173, 175, 474; iv, 72, 204, 307, 439, 440; V, 410; viii, 633; remains of mastodons, i, 85, 86; v, 40, 92; vi, 222; Braddock's expe- dition, i, 159; iii, 277; new colonies west of the, 206, 219, 339, 358- 366; v, 68, 314, 445, 467-527; X, 255; Bouquet's march, iv, 285; ori- gin of West Virginia, viii, 94 n.; dis- puted rights to waste lands on the, 491; F's tract on the, ix, 504; Saugrain's expedition, 637, 648. Oil, i, 50-52, 63-65; iv, 177; linseed, i, 53; ii, 310.
Old Man's Wish, The, ix, 332. Oliver Letters, vi, 195, 263, 276-278; see also Hutchinson Letters. On A Proposed Act of Parliament for preventing Emigration, i, 144; vi, 291 and n. On Fire, iv, 159.
On Immigration, ix, 149. Onondaga (great council of the Ind-
ians), iii, 139; vi, 424; x, 102. On Sending Felons to America, ix, 628. On Smuggling (F.), v, 60 and n., 78 n., 146.
On Some Remarkable Passages in the
Writings of Benjamin Franklin, i, 91 n. On the Abuse of the Press (F.), ix, 639. On the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys (F.), i, 131; ix, 413, 536;
On The Criminal Laws And The Prac- tice Of Privateering (F.), ix, 291 and n. On The Labouring Poor (F.), v, 122, 146.
On the Nature of Sea Coal, v, 552. On The Price of Corn, And The Man-
agement Of The Poor, i, 137; V, 534. On The Shock By The Electric Bottle, And The Density of Glass (F.), ix, 52 and n.
On The Slave Trade (Dr. Stuber), x, 86. On The Theory of the Earth (F.), i, 54. On Thermometers (F.), ix, 538.
On the Virtue of Lime Water in the Cure of Stone (Whytt), iii, 104 n. Opera at Paris, x, 408. Opinions and Conjectures concerning the Properties and Ejects of the elec- trical Matter (F.), i, 102 and n.; ii,
Opium, F. has recourse to, x, 35, 49, 50, 91, 487.
Optical instruments, iii, 434; V, 335, 348, 349; see also Bifocal glasses. Optics, iv, 379, 380.
Oration (live), to prove that the earth is hell, v, 291 n.
Order of St. John of Jerusalem, ix, 28, 71 n., 98.
L'Orient, vii, 34, 54, 73 and n., 187,
188, 202, 287; viii, 2, 12, 14, 20, 23, 51, 54, 64, 85, 86, 88, 90, 97 and n., 134, 137, 186, 189, 226, 228, 229, 248, 270, 297, 299, 308, 331, 371, 378, 386; ix, 18, 55, 68, 75, 101, 134, 324, 542; X, 179, 327, 342, 348, 370. De l' Origine et des productions de l'im- primerie primitive en taille de bois (Fournier), viii, 62 n., 63. Orleans (France), i, o; viii, 321, 436 n. Ormathwaite (home of Dr. Brownrigg), vi, 157.
Oronoko River, ii, 416; iv, III. Orphan House, i, 356, 358.
Ostend, viii, 330, 340, 362, 363, 388, 462, 465, 486, 518, 568, 569; ix, 672. Ostia, iii, 111.
Oswego (N.Y.), i, 159; iii, 164 n., 336, 347. 354, 365, 366; iv, 45; v, 211; X, 185.
Oswego River, v, 210. Ouvrage sur les Principes et le Bien des Republiques en général (Dupont De Nemours), ix, 659-
Oxford (England), i, 291; iv, 173; V, 99; vi, 73; vii, 68 n.
Oxford University, iii, 132 n.; x, 204-
206 and n.; Merton College, vii, 68 n.; Queen's College, vi, 99; St. John's College, x, 208.
Oxus River, iv, 60.
91, 97, 98, 120, 188, 189; vi. 110, 175, 194, 195, 307, 334; vii, 236, 275, 292, 293, 294, 321, 335. 341, 356, 366; viii, 74, 117, 118, 140, 151, 152, 201; ix, 93-95, 112, 561, 564, 568, 587, 635, 638; X, 111, 112, 170, 242, 291; see also Of the Paper Money of the United States, Modest Enquiry Into the Nature and Necessity of, Remarks and Facts Concerning Ameri- can Paper Money.
Parable against Persecution, The (F.), i, 172, 179; iv, 85 n., 258 n.; vi, 254 and n.; vii, 410 n.; x, 53 n., 87. Parable On Brotherly Love, A (F.), vi, 256; x, 53 n.
Paris, i, 10, 34, 46, 114-119, 200, 212, 313; iv, 149, 398; v, 270; vi, 471, 474; vii, 115, 395, 397; viii, 23, 25, 28, 34, 45, 54, 74, 88, 96, 116, 126, 156, 179, 200, 201, 203, 223, 229, 283, 312, 476, 477, 483, 484, 485, 486, 492, 494, 496, 513, 516, 525, 532, 541, 544, 549, 558, 565, 609, 629, 635, 638; ix, 6, 12, 31, 32, 70, 95, 97, 121, 126, 128, 136, 157, 158, 192, 196, 225, 250, 323, 328, 361, 368, 387, 404, 463, 465, 570, 571, 576, 604, 605, 647, 655, 656, 659, 668, 672; X, 35, 303. 314, 321, 326, 359, 361, 391, 393, 395, 440, 456, 467, 490; F.'s works published in, i, 23, 24, 26, 30, 419; iii, 98; balloon ascensions, i, 78; ix, 115, 125; electrical experiments, i, 98, 106, 420; La Charité, 121; ix, 532, 533; mesmerism, i, 122; Didot and Pierres, printers, 215; viii, 336 and n.; improvements in printing, ix, 194; ingenious fireplace, iii, 460; a comet visible (1767), v, 45; F.'s visit to, 47, 95; magnificence and neg- ligence, 52; the mode is sacredly followed, 543 Gassendi's obser- vations (1631), 248; house fires, 266; ix, 614; powdered heads, vii, 26; monument to General Mont- gomery, 162; viii, 578; a myste- rious assignation, vii, 170; Stor- mont's reputation in, 178; La- fayette's return to America, 313; diversions of, viii, 30; the opera, 100; American bankers at, 289; ix, 254, 610; Paul I's visit to, viii, 502; the Tuileries, ix, 119; treaty signed at, 130; X, 400; consumption of candles, ix, 186, 187; les Enfants trouvés, 265, 334, 335; throngs of visitors intrude upon F., 317; con- sumption of wood, 434; revolution in, x, 68, 70; booksellers' shops, 78; excitement over Burgoyne's sur- render, 328; F. portraits and F.
stoves, 358; Academy of Sciences, V, 138; ix, 679; x, 498; Bois de Boulogne, ix, 106; Champs de Mar, i, 78; ix, 79, 80, 83; Erménonville, X, 411; Estrapade, i, 98; Faculty of Medicine, 121; Foundling Hospital, ix, 334, 336; Hôtel de Chaumont, X, 306 n.; Hôtel d'Hambourg, 305, 310; Hôtel de Picardie (rue de Seine), viii, 16 n.; Hôtel de York, x, 397; Hôtel Valentinois, 305; Jardin de la Muette, viii, 159; Jardin des Plantes, i, 84; Javelle (on the Seine), ix, 387, 572; Montmartre, viii, 156; Moulin Joli, i, 182; vii, 206 n., 207, 208; viii, 100 and n.; x, 406; Père-lachaise, i, 6; Port St. Denis, v, 53; Palace la Muette, ix, 113; Palais Royal, x, 348; St. Cloud (balloon ascensions), 355; St. Sulpice, i, 118; Tuileries, 78; ix, 119; X, 312.
Parliament, i, 214, 388, 408, 435; ii, 376, 380; iii, 5, 42, 47, 101, 293, 301, 311, 312, 398, 401, 445; iv, 118, 238- 240, 243, 245 n., 362, 389, 444; v, 42, 72-76, 99, 100, 117, 120, 149, 252, 253, 284, 285, 322, 328, 329, 350, 364, 382, 390, 391, 444, 449; vi, 49, 50, 73-75, 77, 84, 87, 88, 116, 144, 148, 151, 177, 192, 225, 229, 239, 247, 307, 308, 315; vii, 69, 109, 180, 308, 310; viii, 36, 153, 403, 405, 412, 420, 434; ix, 22, 23, 33, 146, 192, 255, 535, 616; x, 91; see also On the Elective Franchises Enjoyed By the Small Boroughs of England; On the Rise and Progress of the Differences be- tween Great Britain And Her Ameri- can Colonies; Account of the Nego- tiations in London; Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament; Plan of Union, Albany; Letters to Shirley; Report of the Committee of Aggrievances .; Letters Concern- ing the Gratitude of America; Re- port by Benjamin Franklin of William Pitt's Speech against the Stamp Act; Queries by Mr. Strahan, Respecting American Affairs; Preface to the British Editor.
Parliament, Acts of, see Queen Anne; see also Paper money; 24 George II, v, 120; see also Duty Acts, Act for Establishing Courts.
Parliamentary History, vii, 255 n. Parliamentary Register (Almon), vi, 313.
Passaic Falls (N. J.), iii, 1, 2 n. Passamaquoddy Bay, x, 92, 93. Passy, i, 146, 320, 330; viii, 460, 461,
482, 489, 490; IX, 122 323. 471,
512, 567, 643; X, 336, 456, 460, 464; F. surrounded by spies at, i, 3; x, 313; his house at, i, 13; geology of, 55; viii, 600; Polly Baker story, i, 172; F.'s private press at, 174, 187; his hospitality, 182; x, 406; types made in F.'s house, i, 183, 184; Abt Vogler visits F. at, 213; pleasant gardens of, viii, 156, 158; peasants of, 160; climate of, 172; live toads found in stone, 417; F.'s farewell to, ix, 363, 466, 468; les eaux épurées, ix, 495; Chaumont's house at, x, 306; arrangements of F.'s household, 315; household ex- penses, 318.
Paul and Amsterdam Islands, vi, 161. Paxton (Pa.), iv, 310; x, 215.. Pedagogy, i, 360, 371-374; iii, 2-3, 9, 12-29, 48, 61-62, 92, 126-127, 131- 1333 see also Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsyl vania, Observations Relative to the Intentions of the Original Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia. Pekin, iv, 60; ix, 202. Pendennis Castle, vii, 377. Penelope, iv, 301.
Pennsbury Manor (Pa.), iv, 107 and n. Penns Creek (Pa.), iii, 292. PENNSYLVANIA: i, 57, 137, 138, 250, 286, 308, 321, 343, 360, 374, 377-378, 381, 389, 390, 393, 412; ii, 155, 156, 337, 340; ii, 124, 184 n., 237 n., 299, 303, 319, 339, 354, 360, 363, 370, 425, 443, 448, 477; iv, 10, 41, 82, 86, 106, III, 122, 227, 236, 264, 280, 286, 289, 312, 325, 345, 362, 413, 440, 444, 464, 468; v, 18, 19, 27, 28, 47, 98, 113, 152, 188, 206 and n., 471, 497, 500, 503, 504, 507, 514, 518, 520, 521, 523, 527; vi, 175, 177, 290, 316; vii, 51; viii, 122, 172, 293, 437, 623; ix, 25 and n., 145, 159, 209, 310, 311, 314, 488, 503, 525, 548, 568, 598, 629, 663, 695, 696; x, 55, 114, 212, 219, 224, 234, 235, 335 n., 471, 476, 493, 506; treaty with the Indians, i, 375, 387; ii, 279; v, 481, 483; the Qua- kers of, i, 368, 369, 392; ii, 344; iii, 206; iv, 268; defence of the colony, i, 161-164, 363, 392; Braddock's ex- pedition, 159, 160, 394-406, 416; iii, 297 n., 399; paper money of, i, 139, 140, 306; v, 2, 5, 10, 12; ix, 561; x, 170; General Assembly of, i, 152, 154, 350, 361, 367; iv, 8-9; x, 180-181, 184, 185, 186, 187, 200, 212- 213, 216-221, 233-234, 241, 286, 500; Plan of Union, 1, 156; iii, 207 n., 211, 212; price of land, i, 205; viii. 609; population of, iii, 65, 72;
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