AA Letter from China, i.,95; ii., 487Abuse of the Press, ii., 488Account of the Negotiation in London for effecting a Reconciliation between Great Britain and her American Colonies, ii., 446Account of the New-Invented Pennsylvanian Fireplaces, i.,15,358;ii., 8, 401, 424Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature of Pennsylvania, i.,342;ii., 489Adams, Abigail, i.,492;ii., 232Adams, John, i.,6,35,61,149,161,284,480,483,484,486;ii., 6 (note), 8, 7 (note), 96, 220 (note), 237, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 252, 252 (note), 256, 257, 257 (note), 258 (note), 259, 261, 263, 274, 278, 287, 288, 290, 291, 294, 312, 316, 319, 320, 322, 342, 414, 443, 483 (note)Adams, John Quincy, i.,486Adams, Miss, i.,478,485,488,493;ii., 9Address of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, ii., 454Advice to a Young Tradesman, ii., 455Albany Congress, ii., 141Alexander, Miss (Mariamne Williams), i.,211,469,542(note)Alexander, William, i.,469,495Alison, Francis, Vice-Provost, i.,131Allen, Chief Justice William, i.,170,174,337Alleyne, John, i.,105,442American Philosophical Society, i.,128(note)Answers to Strahan's Queries, ii., 446Apology for Printers, i.,93;ii., 464, 465Arabian Tale, i.,73Argo, The, i.,146Arnold, Matthew, ii., 527 (note)Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams, i.,412,489Art of Virtue, i.,29,34,98,521Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, i.,72,113Austin, Jonathan Loring, ii., 250Autobiography, i.,16,19,22,343,349,432,531,537;ii., 27, 35, 424, 441, 499BBabcock, Dr. Joshua, ii., 172Bache, Benjamin Franklin, i.,45,238,239,241,255,256,258,259,260,261,262,266,388,390,406,486Bache, Richard, i.,46,212,236,237,238,239,254,257,259,262,263,300,349,390,481;ii., 24, 349 (note)Bache, Sally, i.,37,38,70,71,99,103,110,212,225,228,235,238,240,241,243,244,246,248,253,254,255,255(note),257,259,260,261,263,264,265,266,272,273,287,340,373,393;ii., 277, 494Bache, William, i.,257,260,261Baker, Speech of Polly, ii., 467Balzac, Honoré de, ii., 16 (note)Bancroft, Dr. Edward, i.,542(note);ii., 221, 224, 250Bancroft, George, i.,542(note)Banks, Sir Joseph, i.,107,154;ii., 378, 384, 385, 386, 392Barclay, David, i.,423Barclay, Thomas, ii., 296, 315 (note)Bard, Dr. and Mrs. John, i.,4,332,333;ii., 43Bartram, John, i.,35,146,334,421;ii., 23Baskerville, John, ii., 15Bathurst, Lord and Lady, i.,224Baynes, John, ii., 7 (note), 348Beatty, Rev. Mr., i.,93Beccaria, Giambatista, ii., 22, 378, 400Benezet, Anthony, i.,347Benger, Elliot, i.,174Bentham, Jeremy, ii., 221, 223, 225Bigelow, John, i.,24,37,540Bingham, Mr. Wm., ii., 283Blount, Dorothea, i.,380,386,391,454Bond, Dr. Thomas, i.,140,145,180,246,331,420Boston, City of, i.,8,151,312Boufflers, Madame de, i.,479(note)Bouquet, Col. Henry, i.,95,340;ii., 21Bourbon, Don Gabriel de, ii., 236Bowdoin, James, i.,352,353,354;ii., 203, 218, 230, 383, 403Braddock, General, i.,177Bradford, Andrew, ii., 21, 37, 62, 69, 74, 75, 88Bradford, William, ii., 35, 37Breintnal, Joseph, i.,180,326;ii., 67Bridgen, Edward, i.,442Brillon, Madame, i.,19,47,92,229,265,478,487,494,500,529,540;ii., 22, 476, 478, 481, 484Brillon, M., i.,485Brougham, Lord, ii., 227 (note), 362Broughton, Sarah, i.,214Brown, Dr., i.,99Brownell, George, i.,138;ii., 28Brownrigg, William, ii., 392Buffon, Comte de, i.,530;ii., 379Burke, Edmund, i.,20,116,442,443;ii., 1, 195, 221, 223, 224Byles, Mather, i.,264,354CCabanis, Pierre Jean Georges, i.,488,491Cadross, Lord, ii., 408Camden, Lord, ii., 195, 210Canada Pamphlet, ii., 439, 444Canton, John, i.,438Capefigue, i.,21(note)Carlyle, Alexander, i.,38Carlyle, Thomas, i.,11,303(note)Carmichael, Wm., i.,322,485,500;ii., 5, 257, 260, 263, 268, 274, 330 (note), 476Carroll of Carrollton, Charles, i.,321;ii., 237, 241, 331 (note), 529Carroll, John, i.,321;ii., 238, 240, 529 (note)Cats, The Very Humble Petition to Madame Helvétius from her, i.,488,497Causes of the American Discontents, ii., 189Chastellux, Marquis de, i.,263,503,530,532Chatham, Lord, i.,20,438;ii., 98, 180, 183, 195, 208, 210, 223, 229Chaumont, M. Donatien LeRay de, i.,479,515,532;ii., 25, 249, 250, 263Chaumont, Madame Donatien LeRay de, i.,482Chaumont, Donatien LeRay de (the younger), i.,481Chess, Essay on the Morals of, i.,516;ii., 491Choice of a Mistress, ii., 529 (note)Christ Church, Philadelphia, i.,23,70,130,170,346,363Cincinnati, Franklin's letter on the, ii., 494Clapham, Col., i.,188Clare, Lord, ii., 338 (note)Clifton, John, i.,145Clinton, Gov. George, i.,170Cochin, ii., 359 (note)Colden, Cadwallader, i.,15;ii., 79, 90, 382, 407, 408Coleman, William, i.,246,326;ii., 64, 64 (note), 66Collas, Mr., i.,298Collins, John, i.,90,160,200,323;ii., 35, 58, 428Collinson, Peter, i.,123,124,133,178,180,361,449;ii., 17, 23, 123, 126, 137, 150, 151, 152, 154, 192, 342, 352, 353, 354, 356, 357, 361, 362, 367, 368, 371, 372, 375, 378, 381, 397, 398, 416Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts, ii., 205Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and the Anti-Federalists, ii., 489Condorcet, Marquis de, i.,530;ii., 350Conte, i.,64Conway, Madame, i.,43(note)Conygham, Capt. Gustavus, ii., 283, 297, 298Cook, Capt. James, i.,154Cool Thoughts, ii., 102, 128Coombe, Rev. Thomas, i.,81,346Cooper, Dr. Samuel, i.,21,352,353,472,486;ii., 25, 165, 170, 182, 203, 212, 218, 228, 250, 267, 341, 414Council of Brutes, The, i.,440Courant, The Boston, i.,83,357;ii., 30, 31, 85, 429, 434Craven Street Gazette, i.,372;ii., 468Croghan, George, i.,182;ii., 418Cushing, Thomas, i.,405,470;ii., 81, 170, 172, 175, 191, 199, 203, 204, 210, 213, 218, 219, 229, 261 (note)Cutler, Dr. Manasseh, i.,226;ii., 7DD'Alibard, Thomas Francis, i.,474;ii., 354, 355, 383Danforth, Samuel, i.,355Dartmouth, Lord, ii., 215Davenport, Josiah, i.,217,271,286,311Davenport, Sarah, i.,286,301Davy, Sir Humphry, ii., 361Deane, Silas, i.,318,322,334;ii., 237, 249, 250, 255 (note), 262, 263 (note), 265, 306DeForbach, Madame, i.,528DeLancey, James, ii., 142Denham, Mr., ii., 43, 44, 45, 50, 52Denny, Gov. William, i.,204;ii., 112, 120, 122, 155DeNeufville, ii., 294DeSaussure, M., ii., 414D'Houdetot, Comtesse, i.,487,522Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout, i.,501;ii., 472, 481Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio, i.,32;ii., 464Dialogue between X Y and Z, i.,184Dick, Sir Alexander, i.,463,466;ii., 403Dick, Lady, i.,464Dickinson, John, ii., 128, 136, 137, 233, 234, 247, 333, 334Digges, Thomas, i.,408;ii., 303Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, i.,87,90,202;ii., 435Doniol, Henri, i.,542(note)Dove, Mr., i.,136Dowse, Elizabeth, i.,280,281,304Drinkers' Dictionary, i.,160Dubourg, Dr. Barbeu, i.,474,530,533;ii., 237, 274, 412Dumas, Chas. W. F., i.,155;ii., 236, 259 (note)Dunbar, Col., i.,182Dunning, John, ii., 221, 222, 223DuPont (DeNemours), i.,474,530,533;ii., 274EEconomical Project, ii., 472, 485Edict by the King of Prussia, ii., 436, 446Editor of a Newspaper, To the, i.,401;ii., 188Elective Franchises Enjoyed by the Small Boroughs in England, ii., 454Eliot, Jared, i.,131,335,356;ii., 24, 344, 416Ephemera, The, i.,500;ii., 472, 476Epitaph by Franklin on himself, i.,114Evans, Cadwallader, i.,311,342,343,348;ii., 184, 202, 346, 409Evans, Lewis, i.,220(note)Exporting of Felons to the Colonies, ii., 464, 467FFalconer, Capt. Nathaniel, i.,311,401,476Father Abraham's Speech, ii., 517Fisher, Daniel, i.,215,216,229Fisher, Mary, i.,15,303Fisher, Sydney George, i.,36;ii., 4 (note)Flainville, Mlle., i.,43(note),528,529Folger, Peter, i.,268,269,270,270(note)Ford, Paul Leicester, i.,2;ii., 92Fothergill, Dr. John, i.,242,252,320,391,421;ii., 118, 119, 126, 230, 354Foucault, Madame, i.,482Fox, Charles James, ii., 221, 224, 227 (note)Foxcroft, John, i.,43,213,312,346;ii., 81Foxcroft, Mrs. John, i.,43Francis, Tench, i.,129Franklin, Abiah, i.,13,37,78,85,266,268,270,271,272;ii., 41Franklin, Benjamin:General Comments on his Life and CharacterWrote for purely practical reasons, i.,4.Stands out from both European and American backgrounds,9.His shortcomings,18.Atoned for his early offences,26.Summary of his career and character, ii., 527.His Moral Standing and SystemNot covetous, i.,12.Unselfish relations to patents,15.Candor of Autobiography responsible for almost every blemish on his reputation,17,22.Attacks on his character,17,21(note).Coarser side of his character,17.Contemporary tributes to his moral worth,18.His prudential view of morality,23,31.Real extent of his moral offences,24,34.Had no objection to repeating his life,24,112,113.Motives back of Autobiography,25.Atoned for his offences,26.System of Morals adopted by him,26.Story of the axe,27.Observations on vanity,28.Freedom from dogmatism,28.His cheerful disposition,29,112.Art of Virtue,29,97,98.United Party for Virtue,31.Society of the Free and Easy,31.His relations to eating and drinking,35,385.His standing in point of sexual morality,35,204.William Franklin, his natural son,37.Franklin's contentment with his life,42(note).Supposed natural daughter,43.William Temple Franklin, his natural grandson,44.Story of the crying boy and the grandmother,44.His Religious ViewsGratitude to God, i.,51.Faith in Providence,52.Confidence in a future state,53.Utterances about death and sleep,57.Saying about orthodoxy,58.Want of sympathy with purely theological and sectarian side of religion,58,63,68,78,88.A trustee to hold Whitefield meeting-house,59.Early doubts,60.Impartial attitude towards sects,61.Relations to Whitefield,61.His Conte,65.Letter to Weems and Gantt,65.Views about heretics,67.About bigotry,67.Rev. Mr. Hemphill,69.Comments on sermons,70.Connection with Christ Church, Philadelphia,70.Habits as to church attendance,70,71.His Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion,71.Collaboration with Le Despencer in the reform of the Book of Common Prayer,74.Suggestion about prayers in Federal Convention,78.Views about practical religion,78.Effect of early environment on his beliefs,82.Attacks of Courant on intolerance,83.Youthful skepticism,84,85.Falls asleep in Quaker meeting-house,84.London nun,86.Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity,87.Picture of Christ mentioned by Parson Weems,88.Miraculous element in Religion foreign to his nature,88.Purely practical character of his relations to Religion,89.Recession from youthful skepticism,90.Latterday beliefs as expressed to Madame Brillon and Ezra Stiles,91.Priestley's comments on his Christianity,92.His jests at the expense of the clergy and religion,93.Lack of reality about his religious faith but no scoffer,97.