Conestoga Indians: On the Manor,
173. Massacre of, 174, 175.
Congress: Franklin delivers their
Declaration of Rights, 214. Frank-
lin a member of, 216, 217. Send
Franklin to France, 217, 218-220.
Send Adams out and recall Deane,
231. Appoint Franklin sole min-
ister, 232. Accept his resigna-
tion, 240.
Connecticut, issues paper bills, 57.
Constables in old times, 83.
Constitutions of the States: Trans-
lated by Dubourg, 224. Forbid-
den to be published, 230. French
estimate of, 224.
Conyngham, Gustavus, 229–239.
"Cool Thoughts," 180, 181.
Copley medal given to Franklin,
156.
Courant, The New England: Start-
ed by James Franklin, 21. Char-
acter of, 23. Articles contributed
by Franklin, 23-26. Notice of
pirates off Block Island, 26, 27.
Editor of, in jail, 27, 28. Remarks
on the conduct of Governor
Shute, 28, 29. Franklin forbid-
den to print, 29. Benjamin
Franklin becomes printer, 30.
Dr. Janus, 30-32.
Coxe, D. His plan of union for the
colonies borrowed by Franklin,
162, 163.
Crequi, Marquise de, 223.
and Critico, 78. Socrates and
Glaucon, 78.
Dialogue between X, Y, and Z,
165.
Dialogue between two Presbyte-
rians, 78.
Dialogue between Britain, France,
etc., 225.
Dialogue between Franklin and the
Gout, 236.
Dickinson, John, 181. His speech,
182. Called "The Maybe," 182.
Tries to defeat Franklin, 186, 187.
Dictionary: Publication of Cham-
bers's, begun in Keimer's news-
paper, 48. Ended, 65.
Dogood, Silence, Essays of, 23-26.
Dollar, Spanish, petition to increase
number of shillings in, 58, 59.
Donegal, 174.
"Drinkers' Dictionary," 78.
Duane, William, edits Franklin's
works, 261.
Dubourg, Barbeu, translates Frank-
lin's electrical writings, 156.
Meets Franklin, 207. Translates
his writings, 207. Difficulty of,
207, 208. Letter to Franklin, 219.
Translates the State Constitu-
tions, 224. Forbidden to publish,
230.
Duel, relative to Hutchinson Let-
ters, 211.
Credit bills in the colonies, 55, 57- Economists, The, 206.
"Edict of the King of Prussia,"
204, 205.
Cuba, call for volunteers to plun- Edinburg Review, charges against
Cushing, Thomas, 210.
Dalibard, draws electricity from the
clouds, 156.
Dashwood, Sir Francis, abridges
the Book of Common Prayer, 92.
David, paraphrased by Franklin,
Deane, Silas, 219, 229, 230, 231.
Declaration of Rights, 214.
Denman, befriends Franklin, 44.
D'Estaing, 231.
Defense of Printers, 75, 76.
De Foe: Keimer publishes his Re-
ligious Courtship, 48.
Delaware, outrages on the river,
140, 141, 142.
De Lor, 156.
Dialogues between Philocles and
Horatius, 78. Between Socrates
"Farmer's Letters," Franklin's
preface to, 206.
"Family of the Boxes," 78.
Fires: Method of extinguishing, 84.
Franklin's attempt at reform, 85.
Fire companies, 85. Action for
defense of Philadelphia, 146, 147.
Fleet, Thomas, Boston publisher,
18.
Folger, Abiah, 3.
Forts, the French chain of, 161.
Franklin, Abiah, 3.
Franklin, Benjamin: Baptized in
Old South Church, 2. Name of
parents, 3. Date of birth, 3.
Education, 3. Taste for the sea,
4. Early reading, 5, 6. Buys
Pilgrim's Progress, 8. Appren-
ticed to his brother, 11. Writes
ballads, 14. Sent to hawk them,
18. Efforts to get books, 18, 19.
Studies the "Spectator," 20-21.
Writes Dogood Papers, 23, 24, 25.
His indenture cancelled, 30. Edits
the Courant, 30. His fiction of
Dr. Janus, 30, 31. Quarrels with
his brother, 32, 33. Leaves Bos-
ton, 33. Seeks work of W. Brad-
ford, 33.
Walks across New Jer-
sey, 34, 35. Reaches Philadel-
phia, 35. Finds work, 39. Re-
turns home, 39. Sent to London
by Keimer, 40. Becomes journey-
man printer, 40. His Disserta-
tion on Liberty and Necessity,
41-43. Meets Bernard de Mande-
ville and Henry Pemberton, 43.
His London life, 43, 44. Re-
turns to Philadelphia, 44. Em-
ployed by Keimer, 44. Founds
the Junto, 44. Becomes father
of a son, 45. Forms partnership
with Meredith, 45, 46. First job,
46. Prints part of Sewel's Hist.
of the Quakers, 46. Plans a
newspaper and is betrayed by
Webb, 47. Writes "The Busy
Body" for the "Mercury," 48,
49, 50. Denies that he printed
66 A Touch of the Times," 50.
Ridicules Keimer, 50, 51. Prob-
ably wrote "A Short Discourse,"
etc., 50, 51. Buys the "Universal
Instructor," 53. Writes a pam-
phlet on paper money, 60-64.
Prints the Penna. paper money, 64.
"The Pennsylvania Gazette." 65.
Character of the Gazette, 66-88.
Defends Mr. Hemphill, 79-82.
Attempted reforms, 82-85. Forms
a fire company, 85. Paraphrases
of the Bible, 85-89. The
"Levee," 89. The Parables, 90-
92. Abridgment of the Cate-
chism, 92. Poems, 93. Dissolves
partnership with Meredith, 96.
Opens a shop, 96. Habits of
work, 97. Begins "Poor Rich-
ard," 97. Takes a hint from
"Poor Robin," 101. The name
of "Richard Saunders " from an
English almanac, 101. Issues
"Poor Richard," 102. The Pre-
faces, 103-109. Humor of, 109,
110. Poor Richard's maxims, 111-
113. Father Abraham's Address,
114-226. Popularity of, 126-
129. Starts a magazine, 129.
Quarrel with John Webbe, 129-
134. Failure of the magazine,
135. Plans for a school, 136.
Issues "Proposals for Promot-
ing Useful Knowledge," 136, 137.
Letter to his brother, 140. Writes
"Plain Truth," 142. Advertise-
ment of, 142-144. Starts an as-
sociation for defense, 145, 146.
Popularity, 149. His proposals
relative to the education of youth,
149-151. Founds Academy, 151.
The Academy becomes University
of Pennsylvania, 152. Sells the
newspaper, 153. Prosperity of
Franklin, 153, 154. Returns to
scientific studies, 155. His scien-
tific pamphlets, 155, 156. Re-
printed in London, 156. The
famous kite experiment, 156.
"Translated into French, 156.
Neglected by the Royal Society,
155. Elected a member, 156.
Given the Copley Medal, 156.
Made a postmaster - general for
the colonies, 157. Sent to an
Indian conference at Carlisle,
157. Character as a public man,
158. Appoints his relatives to
office, 158. Reforms the post-
office, 158, 159. "Join or die,"
162. Plan of Union at Albany,
162. Similarity to D. Coxe's
plan, 162, 163. The assembly
sends him to Braddock, 163.
Furnishes Braddock with wagons,
164. Is thanked by the assem-
bly, 164. Frames a militia bill,
165. Writes "A_Dialogue be-
tween X, Y, and Z," 165. Put
in command of the troops and
goes to Gnadenhütten, 166. Sent
to represent the province at Lon-
don, 167. Writes "Meanes of
disposing the Enemie to Peace,"
163, 170.
"The Interest of Great
Britain," attributed to him, 171,
172. Returns to Philadelphia,
172. Sent to remonstrate with
"Paxton Boys," 177. Writes "A
Narrative of the Late Massacre,"
178. "Cool Thoughts," 180, 181.
Speaker of the assembly, 182.
Signs the Address to the King,
182. Preface to Galloway's
Speech, 182. Is lampooned, 183,
184. The election, 184-185.
defeated, 185. Sent to London as
agent of the province, 187.
"Remarks on a Protest," 187.
Starts for London, 187.
character defended by Hughes,
187, 188. Estimate of, by Pem-
berton, 188. Reaches London,
189. Recommends Hughes as a
stamp officer, 191. His opinion
of the Stamp Act, 191, 192. Pop-
ular rage against Franklin, 193-
195. Examined before Parlia-
ment, 198. Lampooned, 198-200.
Writings in the London news-
papers, 200-202. "Rules for
reducing a great empire to a
small one," 203. "An Edict of the
King of Prussia," 204, 205. Mis-
cellaneous Pieces, 205, 206. Trip
to Paris, 206–208. Meets the
"Economists," 206. First edition
in English of his works, 207.
First translation into French, 207.
Difficulties of, 207, 208. Hutchin-
son Letters, 208-212. Turned
out of the post-office, 213. De-
fends his action in the Hutchin-
son affair, 213. Tory press
attacks him, 213. Delivers the
Declaration of Rights, 214. Re-
turns to America, 214. Deborah
Franklin and her family, 215.
Franklin chosen to Congress,
216, 217. Sent to France, 217.
History of the mission, 218-220.
Reception at Nantes, 220. Mes-
senger sent to forbid his coming
to Paris, 220. Reception at Passy,
221. Great popularity of, 221-
Abused in French books,
223. Writes "A Comparison of
Great Britain and America," 225.
"A Dialogue," etc., 225. His life
at Passy, 226, 227. Trouble with
the privateers, 229, 230. Acknowl-
edged by France, 231. Quarrels
with American envoys, 232. Sole
Minister to France, 232. His
friends at Passy, 233. Madame
Brillon, 233. Madame Helvetius,
234, 235. The Bagatelles, 236-240.
Returns to United States, 240-
241. Popularity at home, 241-
243. Papers written on the voy-
age home, 241. "Retort Cour-
teous," 243, 244–246. "Sending
Felons to America," 243, 244.
"Likeness of the Antifederalists
to the Jews," 243. Delegate to
the Constitutional Convention,
246. "Plea for Promoting the
Condition of the Free Blacks,"
246. "Address to the Public,"
etc., 246. "Account of the
Supremest Court," 246, 247.
"Martin's Account of his Consul-
ship," 249. Death, 249, 250. His
Autobiography, 251-269. His
works, 270-272. His place among
men of letters, 272, 273. His
teaching, 274, 275. His style,
276. Letters, 276-278. His
greatness, 278, 279.
Franklin, Benjamin (uncle of Ben-
jamin), 4 and note.
Franklin, Deborah Reed: Aids her
husband. Letter to her husband,
194. Life and family, 215.
Franklin, Josiah : Father of Ben-
jamin, 3. Seeks a trade for Ben-
jamin, 4, 5. Books in his library,
Franklin, James: Benjamin appren-
ticed to, 11. Prints Boston Ga-
zette, 13.
Starts New England
Courant, 21.
rant, 23.
In
Forbidden to
Character of Cou-
jail for libel, 27, 28.
print Courant, 29.
Cancels the indenture of Ben-
jamin, 30.
Franklin, William, 166.
Franklin, William Temple: Inher-
its his grandfather's papers, 254.
Advertises for them, 256, 257.
Goes to London, 258. Accused of
selling the papers, 260-264. Pub-
lishes part, 264. History of the
rest, 264, 265. Bought by U. S.,
265. Trades the manuscript of
the Autobiography, 266.
Friends, establish a press, 39.
"Freedom of Thought," 26.
French, The: Wars with the English,
55-57. Explorations and discoveries
by, 159,160. Found Mobile and New
Orleans, 160. Build Crown Point,
Niagara, Presque Isle, 161. At-
tempt to drive the English from
Ohio Valley, 161, 162. Continued
success, 164, 166. Defeats, 168.
Galloway, Joseph, 181. Franklin's
Preface to his speech, 182.
defeated for assembly, 185. Let-
ter to Franklin, 193, 194. Frank-
lin leaves his papers with, 252.
"Gazette, The Pennsylvania: "
Founded by Keimer, 47, 48.
Bought by Franklin and Meredith,
65. Character of, 66-88. Ac-
count of the witch trial, 71-74.
Reply to the ministers, 74-76.
Defense of Mr. Hemphill, 79-82.
Account of the "Associators,"
142-144. Sold to D. Hall, 153.
Effect of Stamp Act on, 196.
Gazette, The Boston, 13.
"General Magazine," 129-135.
Genesis, Franklin's, 51st chapter, 90.
"Gentleman's Magazine," 91, 205.
German language: First newspaper
in, 94. First book printed with
German type, 94.
Gnadenhütten, 164, 166.
Governor of Pa.: Sends Franklin to
Boston, 39. To London, 40. Asks
assembly to defend the province,
137. Reply of assembly, 138.
Proclamation of, calling for
troops, 138, 139. Quarrel with
assembly over redemptioners, 139.
Quarrels with assembly over tax-
bills, 165, 167. Conduct toward
the "Paxton Boys," 175, 176.
Green, Dr. S. A., cited, 112, note.
Grenville: His Stamp Act, 188-190.
Gives the colonial agent an au-
dience, 190. Falls from power,
193.
Hall, D.: Franklin sells the Gazette,
Almanac, and printing house to,
152.
"Hand-in-hand," The, 85.
"Handsome and Deformed Leg,"
236.
Hanging Scenes at the hanging of
pirates, 14, 15,
Harvard College: Books not in
library in 1723, 7. First copy of
"News Letter" carried to pres-
ident of, 13.
"Heart-in-hand," 85.
Helvetius, Madame, 233-235. Baga-
telles written for, 236, 237, 238.
Indians: Franklin has a conference
with, 157. Massacres by, in Penn-
sylvania, 164. Conspiracy of
Pontiac, 172, 173. Moravian In-
dians, 173. Massacre by the
"Paxton Boys," 174, 175. Rem-
nant taken to Philadelphia, 175.
Threatened by the Paxton Boys,
176, 177. "Remarks concerning
the Savages," 157, 240.
"Information to those who would
remove to America," 240.
Inoculation: Mather attempts to in-
troduce it at Boston, 22.
abused by the Courant, 22, 23.
"Interest of Great Britain Consid-
ered," dispute as to authorship,
171, 172.
Intelligencer, The National, charges
against Temple Franklin regard-
ing the Autobiography, 260-261.
Izard, Ralph, 211, 232.
James, Abel, finds MS. of Autobiog-
raphy, 255.
Jansen, Reynier, 39.
"Janus, Dr.," the pretended dic-
tator of the Courant, 30-32.
Jackson, Richard, 171.
Jackson, James, Franklin's reply to,
248, 249.
Jay, John, 218.
Jerman, John, ridiculed in "Poor
Richard," 108-109.
Jefferson, Thomas, 218, 219.
Job, paraphrase of a chapter, 87-89.
"The Levee," 89.
." Join or die," 162.
Johnson, Samuel,
Franklin, 214, 245.
Johnson, Tiberius, 39.
Joliet, 160.
Jones, John Paul, 113, 114.
Journal, The Pa.: Charges against
Franklin, 199, 200. Effect
Stamp Act on, 196.
Junto, The, 94, 95.
Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense, 37,
38.
Kames, Lord, reprints one of Frank-
lin's Parables, 90.
Keimer, Samuel: Opens a printing-
office at Philadelphia, 39. Em-
ploys Franklin, 44. Franklin
leaves Keimer, 45. Prints part of
Sewel's History of Quakers, 46. Is-
sues "Universal Instructor," etc.
47, 48. Writes"A Touch of the
Times," etc., 150. Is ridiculed
by Franklin, 50, 51. Is ruined in
business, 53.
Keith, William, Governor of Pa., 39.
Sends Franklin to Boston, 39.
Then to London, 40.
"Kitelic," 26.
Lancaster: Scotch-Irish in, 173, 174.
Massacre in, 174, 175.
La Salle, 160.
Lampoons of Franklin, 183, 184, 186,
195, 198-200.
Law, John, his Mississippi Co.,
160.
Le Despencer, Franklin helps in
abridging Prayer Book.
"Le Moyen de s'Enricher," 208.
Lee, Arthur, 211, 219, 232.
Lee, William, 232.
Leeds, Daniel, Almanacs of, 96-100.
Leeds, Titan: Ridiculed in prefaces
to Poor Richard, 103-107, 108.
Compared with "Poor Richard,"
111, 112.
Letters, The Hutchinson, 208-212.
"Letter to a Friend in the Coun-
try," 80.
"Levee, The," 89.
Lewiston, excitement caused by pri-
vateers, 142.
"Liberty and Necessity," Disserta-
tion on, by Franklin, 40-43.
Liberty of the Press, 246-248.
Library Company of Phila., 94-95.
Library in Boston, 6. Harvard
Library, 8.
"Likeness of the Antifederalists to
the Jews," 243.
Literature read in the colonies, 6,
7. Produced in the colonies, 8.
"Lords of Trade and Plantations,"
warn Pennsylvania not to issue
more paper bills, 59, 60.
Lottery, to aid Battery Association,
146.
Louisburg, rejoicings over the cap-
ture of, 140, 167.
"Louse, History of a French,"
Franklin abused in, 223.
"Lying Tradesmen," 78.
Magazine, The Gentleman's, reprints
the Parable against Persecution,
90, 91. Franklin starts "The
General Magazine," 129-134.
Bradford starts "The American
Magazine," 134. Each fails, 135.
Manuscripts, the Franklin, history
of, 251-270.
"Martin's Account of his Consul-
ship," 248, 249.
Marquette, 160.
Massachusetts: First newspaper in
U. S. printed in, 11. Suppresses
it, 12. Persecutes James Frank-
lin, 27-29. Issues paper money,
56, 57, 58. A stamp act in, 190.
Massacres by the Indians, 164. Ex-
citement caused by, 165, 166.
Mather, Cotton: Character of, 9, 10.
Introduces inoculation, 22. De-
nounced by the people, 22. By
the Courant, 23. Replies to Cou-
rant, 23.
Maxims of "Poor Richard," 111-
114. Collected in "Father Abra-
ham's Address," 114-126.
"Maybe, The," 182.
"Meanes of disposing the Enemie to
Peace," 169.
Mecom, Benjamin, 171.
Medal, The Copley, given to Frank-
lin, 156.
"Meditations on a Quart Mug,"
70.
"Memorabilia," 19.
Mercury, The American," 21, 47.
Franklin's essays in, 49-53. "The
Detection," 130-134.
Meredith, Hugh, 45, 46.
Meseres, Baron, 171.
Mesnard, 160.
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