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.Injunctions to his wife and daughter about church attendance, 99.Dr. Brown's travesty on Bible, 99.Strictures by Franklin on letter against doctrine of special providence, 100.As Philanthropist and CitizenObservation on escape from shipwreck, i., 102.Humorous remarks on workings of human reason, 103.Eager interest in increase of his species, 103.Aversion to war, 107.Comments on existence of evil in the world, 107 (note).His freedom from misanthropy, 111.Lines on Landlord of Life and Time, 113.His famous epitaph, 114.His desire to revisit world after death, 115.Nothing less than a Friend of Man, 116.Termed "lover of his species" by Burke, 116.Indebtedness to Mather's Essays to do Good, 117.Character of doer of good that most highly prized by him, 117.His saying, that power of one man for doing good is prodigious, 117.The Junto, 117.The Philadelphia City Library, 122.His comments on importance of modesty in promoting public objects, 122.The Philadelphia City Watch, 125.The Philadelphia Fire Company, 126.The Philadelphia Academy, 127, 128.The Philadelphia Philosophical Society, 127.His opposition to Latin and Greek, 137.His pedagogic insight, 138.His early education, 138.His bequest to schools of Boston, 138 (note).His self-education, 139.His observations on proper methods of teaching languages, 140.The Philadelphia Hospital, 140.Advice to Rev. Gilbert Tennent to solicit from everybody, 142.Paving projects, 143.Remarks on triviality of origin of human felicity, 144.Philadelphia City lighting, 145.Significance of Franklin's services to Philadelphia, 146.Suggests voyage of the Argo to the Arctics, 146.Efforts in behalf of Kalm and Bartram, the naturalists, 146.Efforts in behalf of silk culture, 146.Gifts to Philadelphia hospital, 147.Purchases for and gifts to Harvard College, 147.Services in connection with negro emancipation, the free blacks, the Bray Fund and the Society for benefit of poor Germans, 147.Comments on Germans in Pennsylvania, 147, 148 (note).Introduces yellow willow and rhubarb plant, 148.Disseminates broom-corn seed, 148.Proves value of plaster, 148.Suggests insurance against storms, etc., 148.Essay on Maize, 149.John Adams' story of the grapevines, 149.Franklin's prayer that he might be useful to his fellow-creatures, 150.His trick for doing much with little money, 150.His posthumous benefactions to Boston and Philadelphia, 151.Breadth of his philanthropy, 153.Supports plan for supplying New Zealand with certain quadrupeds, 153.Protects Capt. Cook, 154.Also Moravian Mission vessel, 155.Also Irish ship for West Indian relief, 155.Enforces rule "free ships, free goods," 155.Approves exemption of non-combatants from penalties of war, 155.Stipulation against privateering in Prussian Treaty, 156.Detestation of privateering, 156.Franklin no Quaker or visionary, 157.Story of Logan and William Penn, 157.Physical characteristics of Franklin, 158.Youthful love of water, 158.Story of the purloined building stones and Josiah Franklin's lecture, 159.Was a boxing boy, 159 (note).Adventure on the Isle of Wight, 159.How he punished Collins, 160.His firmness of character, 161.Letter of rebuke to Capt. Landais, 162.Circumstances which produced Plain Truth, 163.Results of this pamphlet, 169.Journey to New York in quest of cannon, 170.Close relations at this time with Governor and Council, 171.Draws up fast proclamation, 171.Bearing of Quakers in regard to defence of Pennsylvania, 171.Advice of young man to Franklin to resign his office as Clerk to Assembly, 172.Franklin as an office-holder, 172.Forehandedness about office in keeping with his advice to grandson, 174 (note).Real extent of opposition of Quakers to defensive warfare, 174.Relations of Franklin and his son to Braddock expedition, 177.Pusillanimous conduct of Col. Dunbar, 182.Dunbar violates promise to return servants, 183.Franklin's Militia Bill, 183.Dialogue between X Y and Z, 184.Governor offers to make Franklin a general, 185.Takes charge of N. W. frontier of Pennsylvania, 185.Incidents on his way to and at Gnadenhutten, 186.Returns to Philadelphia and is elected Colonel, 188.His regiment and experiences as Colonel, 189.Summary of military services of Franklin, 190.Massacre of Indians by Paxton Boys and its denunciation by Franklin, 191.His Family RelationsGenerous conduct to his brother James, i., 198.And to James' son, 199.Story of Franklin and Deborah, 205.Their marriage, 211.Her helpfulness to him, 211.Advises her not to make an expensive wedding for their daughter Sally, 212.Letter of rebuke from him to her, 213.Deborah and Sarah Broughton's charges, 214.Incidents relating to Deborah told by Daniel Fisher in his Diary, 215.Later improved relations between Deborah and William Franklin, 217, 218.Resolute conduct of Deborah when house threatened, 217.Devotion of Deborah to Franklin, 219, 221.Her illiteracy, 220, 222, 223.Supplies sent by her to Franklin when absent, 223.Absences of Franklin from her, 224.Her aversion to the sea, 224.Transatlantic voyages of Franklin, 224 (note).Efforts of Strahan to get Deborah to England, 225, 227.Early correspondence between Strahan and Franklin as to the latter's daughter Sally, 225.Personal appearance of this daughter, 226.Affection of Franklin for Deborah, 228.Loyalty to her irreproachable, 229.Verses on his Plain Country Joan, 230.References to Deborah in his letters to Catherine Ray, 231.Correspondence between him and Deborah, 231.References to his daughter in his letters to Deborah, 235.Portrait of his daughter, 236 (note).His son-in-law, Richard Bache, 236.His grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache, 238, 239, 240, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 266.His godson, William Hewson, 239.Other children of his daughter, 240.Francis Folger, son of Franklin, 240."Franky" not his son, 240.