at Philadelphia, 450---Congratulatory addresses on his arrival, 459---
Chosen a member of the council, 463---Notes, remarks, and speeches
in that assembly, 464---Queries and remarks on constitution of go-
vernment, 465---Speech on Salaries, 469---Speech on representation
and votes, 471---Motion for prayers in the convention, 474---Senti-
ments on the new constitution of America, 476---Retires from public
affairs, 480---Is dissatisfied with the treatment of the American govern.
ment, 482---Sketch of his services, 483---His plan for improving the
condition of free blacks, 486---Writes against the slave trade, 488---
Elected a member of the imperial academy of St. Petersburg, 501---
Last illness, death, and funeral, 504---Congress of America, and the
national assembly of France order mourning, 505--Oration occasioned
by his death, 507---His statue in front of the library, Philadelphia, in-
scription thereon, 505---His character, 506---Extracts from his will and
codicil, 410---Epitaph written by himself.

Franklin, William (Dr. F.'s son), appointed governor of New Jersey, 196,
Franklin, W. Temple, preface by, iii---Baron de Staël's letter relative to
him, 430---Recommended by Dr. Franklin, 431.

Fothergill, doctor, character of, 133---Letters to Dr. Franklin, 281---Meet-
ing with him and Barclay, 335---Another meeting, 345.

French, colonel, attention to Franklin, 29.

French government first take interest in the dispute betwixt Great Bri
tain and America, 219.

G

Galloway, Joseph, engaged in politics, 201-His speech published with
a preface by Franklin, 201.

Gates, general, defeats the British troops, 382.

Georgia, appoints Franklin agent in England, 209.

Germany, Franklin travels into, 209.

Gerard, monsieur, goes as envoy to America, 383.

Gnadenhutten, Franklin sent in military command to, 153---Indians burn
that place, 153--Constructs military works there, 154-His military
police, 156-Apopthegm scour the anchor,---Grog before prayers, incen-
tive to piety, 157.

Godfrey, Thomas, inventor of Hadley's quadrant, 63.

Mrs., projects a marriage for Franklin, 72.

Gold Medal, awarded to Franklin, 165.

Government, Franklin's system of, eulogized by the duke de la Rochefou
cault, 477.

Grace's, Robert, liberality to Franklin, 68.

Gunpowder, as grain comprehended with wheat, &c., 121.

Guerchy, the French ambassador, attentive to Franklin, 219.

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Hadley's quadrant, so called, invented by Thomas Godfrey, 63.
Hall, Mr. David, a partner in business with Franklin, 126.
Hamilton, Mr. Andrew, account of, 41,-70.

Harry, David, history of, 71.

Hartley, David, esq., employed to negotiate with Franklin, 432.

Hemphill, parson, first settles in Philadelphia, 104.

Henly and Nairne, verify Franklin's electric system, 393.

Hereditary legislators and mathematicians, 324.

Hillsborough, lord, made secretary of state for America, 221-His resig

nation, 222.

Hints, for negotiation, 283---Arguments on, 285.

on further propositions, 334.

Historical Review, opinion of various writers on the, 167.

History, observations on reading, 99.

Holland and Germany, Franklin travels into, 1766, 209.

Holmes, Mr., brother-in-law to Franklin, 28.

Hospital, Pennsylvania, established, 128.

Hostilities commence betwixt Great Britain and France, 384.

House of Commons, Franklin's examination before the, 207.

Howe, Mrs., conference with Franklin, 279---letters to Franklin, 312,-334,
340,-344.

Howe, lord, courts an acquaintance with Franklin, 303--meets him by
appointment, 336---letter to Franklin, 337---another meeting, 344---ap-
pointed to command the British fleet in North America, 360---corres-
pondence with Franklin, 362.

Hutchinson, lieutenant-governor, disputes with, 225-his letters, Franklin's
account of, 230.

Hutton, Mr., the Moravian, account of, 398---Letter to, 411.

Hyde, lord, his interview with Franklin, 336.

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Ingenhausz's, Dr., detection of Wilson's deceptive experiments relative
to Franklin's lightning conductors, and pretended improvements of his
own, 394.

Indian method of concealing fires, 156.

Indians, he is appointed a commissioner to, 127---the Indian orator's apolo-
gy for rum, 128.

Innis, the messenger, some account of him, 169.

Intelligence from Pernsylvania, political papers, effect of, 182.

J

James, Abel, letter to Pranklin, requesting him to contiue his memoirs, 76.
Jay, John, esq., sent minister to the court of Spain, 386.--Arrives at Paris
to negotiate for peace, 423.

Johnstone, Carlisle, and Eden, commissioners, 383.

Justice of peace, Franklin chosen for ten successive years, 127.
Jones, John Paul, pretended letter from him, 412.

sir William, account of an attempt to negotiate for a peace with
Franklin, 413---His supposed translation of “A Fragment of Polybius,”
416---His sentiments respecting America, 421.

Judges made independent in Massachusetts, 225.

Junto, account of a literary one formed by Franklin, 62----Its sphere en-
larged, 107.

K

Keimer first employs Franklin as a printer, 27---Proposes to Franklin to
establish a new religious sect, 37---Quarrels with him and parts, 57---
Goes to Barbadoes, 56.

Keith, sir William, proposes to establish Franklin as a printer, 29---Prac-
tises the grossest fraud on Franklin, 35.

Kippis, Dr., a calumny of his respecting Franklin corrected, 398.

Lamps, improvement thereof, 133.

Languages, began to study, 105.

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Law of Nations, proposed improvement thereof, 449.
Lee, Arthur, petition of, with Bollan and Franklin, 351.

Legal tender of paper money, he opposes, 178.

Legislators and mathematicians, hereditary, 324.

Library, the first established in Philadelphia, 83.

Lighting and Paving of Philadelphia set on foot by Franklin, 133.
Lightning, drawn from the clouds, 164-theory of conductors, 165.
Logan, Mr., account of, 120.

Loudon, lord, arrives in Philadelphia, 167---His mode of dispatching bu
siness, 168-His ideas of public service, 172--Cause of his removal,
172.

Loughborough, lord, his abuse of Franklin before the privy council, 227.
Lutwich, captain, account of his fast-sailing packet, 173.

Lyons, Dr., encourages Franklin to write on religious subjects, 44.

Magnetism, animal, 446.

M

Mahon, lord, refutes Mr. Wilson's attack of Franklin's system of light-
ning conductors, 322.

Mandeville's, Dr., friendship for Franklin, 44.

Marbois, Barbé, his secret letter on American affairs, Note. 426.
Massachusetts, appoints Franklin agent in England, 209---the colony of, a
sketch of the importance of, 224--their judges made independent, 225
---Dispute with governors Bernard and Hutchinson, 225---Report of their
house of representatives on Hutchinson's letters, 226.
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Medal, a gold one awarded to Franklin, 165.
Meeting-house, how to obtain a subscription for, 131.
Memorial to the King, 331.

Meredith, enters into partnership with Franklin, 58.

Method, importance of, 94.

Meyrick, an army agent, his letter to general Arnold, 406-an account

of the 5000l. paid him for his treachery, 407.

Mickle, anecdote of Mr. Samuel, 62.

Military spirit, excited by Franklin, 116.

Militia, writes in favor of, 153-His magnanity on the occasion, 117.

Militia Bills, governor refuses to ratify, 200.

Mirabeau, proposes to the national assembly of France a public mourn.
ing for Franklin, 507.

Moravians, account of the, 154,-159.

Morris, James, anecdote of, 139---returns from England, 161.

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Nairne and Henly, verify Franklin's theory, 393.

Neate, Mr. W., letter to Franklin, 302.

New England Courant begun by the Franklins 18.

New Jersey, first issues paper money, 44---William Franklin, the doctor's
son, appointed governor of, 196,---appoints Franklin agent in England,

209.

Newspaper, mode of conducting, 102-Newspapers English he writes in,
184---Effects of, 186.

Noalles, marquis, quits London, 383.

Nollet, the abbé, opposes Franklin's system of electricity, 163---claims
the discovery of the theory of lightning, 164.

North's, lord, motion in the house of commons respecting America, 339.
Notes, for discourse with lord Chatham, 320.

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Office, public, Franklin's maxim concerning, 118.

Onslow, Arthur, esq., Franklin's Historical Review dedicated to him, 184.
Orme, captain, anecdote of, 150.

Oswald, Mr., is succeeded by David Hartley, esq., as minister from Great
Britain, 432.

Oxford University confers the degree of L. L. D. on Franklin, 196.

P

Paine's pamphlet, "Common Sense,” effects of, in America, 359.

Paper currency proposed by, 70-Legal tender opposed, 178.

Parliament, British, arguments against its right to tax the American co-
lonies, 222.

Partnerships, advice in, 115.

Paving and lighting of Philadelphia, set on foot by Dr. Franklin, 132.
Paxton murders, account of the, 198.

Pemberton, Dr., an early friend of Franklin, 44.

Penn, William, anecdote of 120---Exacts quit rents, 121---Character of,
192---Attaches himself to James the Second, 192--deprived of his au-
thority in Pennsylvania, 192---is restated, 193.

Pennsylvania, Library, an account of the, 83---state of the province of, in
1757, 178---First royal charter granted to the colony, 188---First cause
of dispute with the colony of, 198---Petition from, to the king, 200.
Petition of W. Bollan, B. Franklin, and Arthur Lee, 330.

Petition to the king from congress, in 1774, 273,-296---The last to the
king, 352.

Philadelphia Library first established by Franklin, 83---Plan for cleansing
and paving the streets, 131.

Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, proposed by Franklin, 116.

Piquet, M. La Mothe, captures 22 sail of British merchant vessels, 409.
Pitt, Wm., earl of C! a , consults Franklin respecting Canada, 194.
Plain truth published, 116.

Plan of Union at Albany in 1754, 137---Adopted by assembly, rejected by
the British government, 142.

Plan of permanent union, 328.

Polybius, supposed translation of a Fragment of, by sir William Jones, 416.
Poor Richard's almanac first published, 101.

Postmaster, he is appointed in 1753, 136.

Pownall, governor, anecdote of, 141,-305.
Prayers, Franklin's mo

for, 474.

Preaching, anecdotes of, 104.

Preface by W. T. Franklin, iv.

Priestley's, Dr., testimony of the merits of Franklin's discoveries in elec-
tricity, 210-His account of Franklin's demeanor before the privy
council, 227.

Privateering, proposes to put an end to, 449.

- Privy council discuss the Massachusetts' petition. Mr. Wedderburn's
abuse of Franklin, 227.

Project, an extensive one, 98.

Proprietary, refuse to tax their estates for public defence, 174---Remon-
strance against, 179---The disputes with great influence on forming
character of Franklin, and on the revolution, 182---disputes with, 199.
Protest, an eloquent one by Franklin, 346.

Purchase of Dr. Franklin's writings by British ministers confuted, vi,-viii.
Public affairs, Franklin first turns attention to, 109.

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Quakers' meeting, the first house Franklin entered at Philadelphia after
his arrival, 25---Anecdote of the, 119---Take an active part in opposing
the rioters denominated Paxton Boys, 198.