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FRANKLIN
BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
PHILADELPHIA 1906

THE RECORD OF THE CELEBRATION OF
THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERI
CAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD AT
PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL
KNOWLEDGE, APRIL THE SEVENTEENTH
TO APRIL THE TWENTIETH, A. D. NINE
TEEN HUNDRED AND SIX

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CALENDAR

OF THE

PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

IN THE LIBRARY OF THE

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

EDITED BY
I. MINIS HAYS

VOL. V

printed for
The American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia 1908

CONTENTS Vol. V
Index

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS.
A. = Autograph.
D. = Document.
Diss. = Dissertation.
Dr. = Draft.
E. = Endorsement.
F. R. S. = Fellow of the Royal Society, of London.
L. = Letter.
M. A. P. S. = Member of the American Philosophical Society.
M. C. C. = Member of the Continental Congress.
Mem. = Memorandum.
Ms. = Manuscript. /
N. = Note.
P. = Person.
p. = Page.
S. = Signed.
[ ] = Addition by the Editor.
[?] = Doubtful reading or information.

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NOTE
When not otherwise stated
" Letters from " are to Benjamin Franklin and
" Letters to " are from Benjamin Franklin.
The Roman numerals refer to the volume number of the Calendar
and the Arabic numerals to the page.
The number above and to the right of the page number indicates the
number of the references on that page.
In cases in which different individuals have the same name, or in
which it has been impossible to identify the same name as referring to
the same individual, separate entries have been made in the Index.
Where there are variations or inaccuracies in the spelling of proper
names in the text, the most approved or correct form has been adopted
in the Index.

CALENDAR OF THE
PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
IN THE LIBRARY OF THE
American Philosophical Society

INDEX

-, Madame.

Letter to, III, 485.
A  , L  .
Letters from, I, J543.
A  , R  .
Letter from, I, 70.
Abadie,  .
Mentioned, I, 300.
d'Abancourt, Lefebvre.
Letter from, III, 186.
d'Abancourt, Willemain.
Letter from, II, 370.
Abercromby, John.
Letters from, I, 543, 550.
d'Abezac, Chevalier.
Mentioned, I, 329. IV, 409, 4902.
Abigail, Mrs. John Jay's maid.
Arrest of, III, 121, 537.
Elopement of, IV, 111.
Release of, IV, 115.
Abrams, William, Commander of
the "Friendship."
Mentioned, IV, 498.
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-
Lettres, acknowledges gift of 1
medal, III, 70.
Academie des Sciences, Belles-lettres
et des Arts de Lyon, Franklin
made an Associate of, III, 81,
268.

Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et
Belles Lettres, Toulouse, IV, 504.
Academie Royale des Sciences de
Paris.
Mentioned, III, 4191.
Dr. Joseph Priestley for vacant seat
in, III, 30.
Report of, on new kind of cannon,
IV, 178.
Transactions of, III, 378.
Transactions of The American Phil
osophical Society sent to, III, 487.
Academy at Philadelphia, I, 6, 8, 9",
10, 24, 58, 97, 132. Ill, 325.
Commencement, I, 122.
Disturbance in, III, 448.
Gifts to, I, 10, 24, 151.
At Washington, Pennsylvania, Dr.
Franklin's gift to, IV, 366.
National, for the education of the
young, plan for, IV, 380.
D'Acarq, Prof., formerly professor at
I'Ecole Royale Militaire.
Letter from, II, 461.
Accademia delle Scienze di Torino,
Reale.
Letter from, IV, 468.
Accademia di Scienze, Lettre ed
Arti di Padova.
Letters from, II, 422, 468, 477.

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Accademia di Scienze, Lettre ed
Arti di Padova — Continued.
Dr. Franklin made honorary mem
ber of, IV, 478.
d'Acheret, De Delaye.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 6.
"Achilles," The Merchant Ship.
II, 496.
Achromatic glasses, III, 472.
Achyelle, Perrot.
Letter from, III, 49.
Ackland,  .
Mentioned, I, 116.
Ackland, Lady.
Mentioned, IV, 240.
D'Acosta,  , of Nantes.
Mentioned, III, 55.
D'Acosta freres, Nantes Merchants.
Letters from, I, 544. II, 50, 55,
3»7-
Mentioned, I, 544. II, 55, 66, 186.
D'Acosta freres & Cie, Merchants
at Nantes.
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 371.
"Active," Merchant ship.
II, 5", Si6- IV, 54, 58, 320.
Acts of Trade, restraints in, III, 467.
Adair, James, Author of the History
of the American Indians.
Mentioned, I, 99.
Adamoli,  .
Letter from, II, 12.
Adams,  .
Mentioned, I, 160.
Adams, Deane & Co., of Richmond,
Va.
Mentioned, IV, 10.
Adams, Francis, see also " English
Shepherd."
To the people of England, IV, 368.
Adams, James.
Letters from, II, 165, 301.
Adams, John, M. C. C, M. A. P. S.,
U. S. Commissioner to France,
Minister to Holland, Commis
sioner to negotiate peace, Minister
io Great Britain.

Adams, John — Continued.
Letters from, I, 380.
II, 53, 612, 69, 78, 80, 179, 221, 239,
264, 265, 266, 282, 297, 302, 306,
311, 316, 317, 3202, 328, 366, 367,
3^9. 374, 379, 383, 388. 39i, 399,
402, 403, 4042, 405, 408, 412, 415,
416, 418, 420, 425, 440, 448.
Ill, 63, 70, 252, 289.
IV, 442, 443, 471.
To George Fox, IV, 503.
To William Temple Franklin, IV,
1 6, 45, 48, 54, 88.
To John de Neufville & Son, IV,
325-
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 3072,
3082, 3102, 3115, 499.
Letters to, III, 517, 522, 527, 529.
Jonathan Loring Austin to, IV, 273.
Col. Chevalier Du Bouchet to, IV,
278.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
35i-
Elbridge Gerry to, IV, 305.
Veuve Lalanne & fils to, IV, 326.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 267.
William MacCreery to, IV, 266.
Jean de Neufville & Son to, IV,
325-
Rolandeau to, IV, 271.
Stephen Sayre to, IV, 264.
Comte de Vergennes to, IV, 308,
3°9, 499-
Mentioned, I, 212, 360, 388, 389,
395, 397, 399, 4°8, 416, 517, 542.
566, 569.
II, 18, 35, 44, 45, 732, 9i, "4, 168s,
184, 187, 193, 210, 212, 2542, 266,
267, 307, 310, 325, 328, 332, 340,
359, 372, 394, 397, 4*7, 4*9, 424,
425, 45«, 46o, 4«3, 476, 477, 478,
491, 505.
HI, 19, 3i, 47, 87, 97, 196, 197.
242, 295, 318, 330, 354, 389, 522,
525, 527, 532s, 5342, 542, 543, 545,
549-

Index

Adams, John — Continued.
IV, 5, 12, 16, 19, 21, 282, 36, 39,
60, 62, 66, 100, 124, 140, 141,
143, 158, 254, 279, 304, 307, 341,
378, 416, 418, 442, 446, 452, 488.
Announcement of full powers of,
IV, 310, 311.
Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary
to States-General, II, 369.
Appointed Minister at London, IV,
149.
Bills accepted by, IV, 324, 384.
Bills drawn upon, III, 427. IV,
384.
Illness, II, 392.
Mission to Europe, II, 203, 204.
IV, 431.
Negotiating with Jean de Neufville
for loan in Holland, II, 357.
Objections made to delivering up
posts in America, III, 311.
Presentation to Louis XVI, II, 221.
Ill, 510.
Public papers in possession of, III,
517-
Question of receiving salary from
French Court, II, 404.
Sailed for France, IV, 411.
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. John.
Letter from, III, 215.
Adams, Mrs. John.
Letter from, IV, 471.
Adams, John, Captain of Letter of
Marque.
Mentioned, I, 232, 252, 254.
Mrs. John, II, 486.
Adams, John Quincy, Son of and Sec
retary to John Adams; subse
quently Minister to Holland, Por
tugal, Prussia, Russia, England
and Sixth President of the United
States. M. A. P. S.
Letter from, II, 66.
Mentioned, II, 61.
Adams, Joseph, Officer on U. S. S.
" Alliance."
Letter from, IV, 421.

Adams, Samuel, Member of the Gen
eral Assembly and Governor of
Massachusetts, Delegate to Con
tinental Congress.
Letter from, II, 76.
Mentioned, IV, 413.
Adams, Thomas, Delegate to the Con
tinental Congress from Virginia.
Mentioned, I, 424, 429. IV, 260.
Adanson,  , Botanist, Member
of the Royal Academy of Sciences
at Paris.
Letter from, I, 328.
Addendum, III, 434.
Addiscott, William.
Appointed master of the Continental
Schooner "Lee," IV, 486.
de Chantereyne acknowledges his
debt to, IV, 489.
Addison, Mrs., of Maryland.
House struck by lightning, I, 12.
Addison, Alexander.
To David Redick, IV, 365.
"Adelaide," the frigate.
Statue of Louis XVI shipped on, II,
127.
d'Adhemar, Comte.
Mentioned, III, 141, 215, 261.
IV, 130.
Admiralty, The Board of.
Letters from, II, 230, 341.
Court of Great Britain, Instructions
by, IV, 484, 496.
Judges, Capt. Charles Gustave Berg
to, IV, 286.
Officers of the.
Letter from, II, 251.
d'Admirat, Mme.
Mentioned, II, 367.
" Adventure," the brigantine.
Ill, 434-
Advertisement, III, 491.
Advice to the "Brethren" on their
Conduct with the "Heathen."
IV, 393.
Aerial journal, transcribing copies of,
III, 265.

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Aerial — Continued.
Navigation, IV, 468.
Voyage, II, 227.
Aerostatic experiments, III, 107, 257.
I>f, 143, 387, 470.
Improvements, Gold medal struck in
honor of, III, 265.
Machines, III, 138, 539. IV, 120,
506.
Aerts, Ther£se, nee Speeckaert.
Letter from, III, 102.
"Affaires de TAmerique," Com
piler of.
Letter from, I, 331.
" Affaires d'Angleterre."
I, 464, 465, 472.
Agents, American, remissness in writ
ing, IV, 457.
" Agile," drama on the Revolutionary
IV ar in America.
IV, 115.
Agnew, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 469. IV, 252.
Agreement, III, 477.
Agricultural pursuits, III, 478.
Agriculture of the Cape, Chamber of.
Protest against the Royal Ordinance,
IV, 353-
Society for Encouraging, III, 298.
L'Aguehay, Capt. of the French ship
" Le Meulan."
Mentioned, I, 261.
d'Aguesseau, Marquis Henri Cardin
Jean Baptiste, member of the
French Academy, Avocat general
to the Parliament of Paris.
Letter from, II, 389.
Mentioned, II, 389, 390. Ill, 528.
Aguiton. Letters from, I, 405, 417.
d'Ahax, Baronne.
Letters from, III, 32, 60, 75.
" L'Aigle," the ship.
IV, 96.
Aillaud, Mme.
Letter from, III, 401.

"Aimable Elizabeth," French ship.
II, 357, 37o- HI, 211, 228, 249, 549.
IV, 338, 339, 350, 35i, 352, 355,
369.
And the American vessel "Nancy,"
meeting of, III, 234.
L' Aimable Reine, the French brigan-
tine. Capture of, I, 352.
Aingry, Prince de.
Mentioned, I, 391.
Air, Condensation of, III, 419.
Experiments on, I, 134, 135.
In turning pure water into, II,
513-
Observations on, by Dr. Franklin,
III, 437-
Purifying, II, 392.
Fixed, I, 145, 147.
Matthew Dobsoh on, III, 302,
363-
Inflammable, I, 136, 508. II, 366.
Volta on, I, 421.
Moist, not unwholesome, III, 490.
Ship, plan of an, IV, 509.
D'Aire,  :.
Letter from, I, 537.
Aislabie, John.
Letters from, III, 291, 294.
Mentioned, III, 270.
Aitcheson, John, Father-in-law of
William Alexander.
Mentioned, II, 209, IV, 32, 35.
Aitken, Robert, Publisher in Philadel
phia.
Mentioned, I, 168.
D'Alagnan. Letter from, I, 394.
"Alarm," the English frigate, IV,
256.
Albany, Congress in, III, 371.
Albert,  , of Paris.
Letter from, III, 115.
Albert,  .
Mentioned, III, 212.
" Albion," the British ship.
I, 47«-

Index

d'Albon, Comte.
Letter from, II, 516.
Albrecht, Nicolaus ab.
Letter from, III, 39.
Alcock,  .
Mentioned, I, 157.
Aleaume,  .
Letter from, III, 124.
D'Alembert, Jean le Rond, French
mathematician and litterateur.
To Comte de Milly, IV, 371.
Verses by, IV, 371.
d'Alencon,  .
Mentioned, I, 292, 299.
"Alert," U. S.(f) sloop of -war.
I, 498, 500, 502.
"Alexander," letter of marque.
Ill, 433-
"Alexander," a prize.
II, 425, 482.
Alexander,  .
Mentioned, III, 273.
Alexander, Alexander John, third son
of William Alexander, Lord Pro
vost of Edinburgh.
Letters from, I, 554. II, 96, 181,
386, 427. Ill, 233, 315.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 59.
Mentioned, II, 140. Ill, 218. IV,
133, 355, 357-
Accommodation between, and
Thomas Walpole, IV, 133.
John Brown, assumed name of, III,
233. IV, 133.
Property at Grenada, IV, 20. .
Settlement of the affairs of, III, 3152.
vs. The Bank of England, II, 389,
390. Ill, 269, 528.
Alexander, Bethia, eldest daughter of
William Alexander.
Letters from, II, 328, 475, 5182.
Ill, 199. IV, 452, 454.
Bonnefoux to, IV, 504.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 81, 83, 122.
Mentioned, IV, 450.

Alexander, Mariamne, second daugh
ter of William Alexander and
wife of Jonathan Williams, Jr.,
see also, Williams, Mariamne.
Mentioned, I, 215. IV, 24.
Alexander, Robert, eldest son of Wil
liam Alexander, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh.
Letter from, I, m.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 133.
To Benjamin Franklin Bache, IV,
355-
Mentioned, I, 48.
Alexander, William, second son of
William Alexander, Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, father of Mrs. Jona
than Williams, Jr.
Letters from, I, 135, 182, 193, 220,
222, 230, 233, 243, 247, 327, 503.
II, 97, 139, 458, 473, 5i82.
Ill, 83, 84, 90, 124, 191, 295, 304,
309. IV, 427.
Letter to, III, 351.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 19, 23, 37, 89, 90, 95, 133.
Mentioned, I, 163, 185, 186, 215,
240, 243, 259. II, 338- HI, 22.
IV, 37, 71, 97, 109, 292.
Estates in Grenada sequestrated, IV,
95-
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 344.
Observations on tobacco by, IV, 488.
Alexander, Jr., William, Son of Wil
liam Alexander, and Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 133, 136, 142.
Alexander, the Misses, Daughters of
William Alexander.
Mentioned, II, 436.
Alexander family, William.
Mentioned, II, 518. IV, 23.
" Alfred," U. S. ship of war.
I, 300, 3272, 568.
D'Alibart,  .
Anonymous to, IV, 247.

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Alison, Rev. Dr. Francis, M. A. P. S.,
Vice-Provost of College of Phila.
John Eagleson to, IV, 203.
Mentioned, IV, 199, 203.
All, Isaac, Capt. of an American Mer
chantman.
Letters from, I, 39, 40, 43. II,
303, 343, 495-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 45-
Elnathan Hammond to, IV, 359.
To Mrs. Sarah Bache, IV, 368.
Mentioned, I, 371. II, 413.
Allaire,  , Administrator Gen
eral of domains of King of France.
Letter from, II, 249.
Allaire, Peter, New York merchant.
Letters from, II, 253. IV, 409.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 30, 38.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
303.
Mentioned, II, 249.
Allamand, John Nicholas Sebastian,
Professor of Philosophy at Leyden.
Letter from, I, 547.
Mentioned, I, 151, 166.
Allan, Thomas, et al.
Certificate for the " Lyon of Bristol,"
IV, 504.
Allcock, William.
Letter from, II, 477.
Allemand,  .
Letter from, II, 98.
L'Allemand, Mme.
Letter from, IV, 406.
Allen,  .
Letter from, II, 294.
Allen,  .
Mentioned, I, 328.
Allen, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 166.
Allen, Col. Ethan, Revolutionary pa
triot.
Mentioned, II, 2. IV, 240.
Allen, Jeremiah.
Mentioned, II, 156. IV, 431.

Allen, John.
Letter from, III, 64.
Allen, Philip.
Mentioned, II, 158.
Allen, William, M. A. P. S., Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 29, 33, 34, 37, 43,
60, 64, 69, 77. IV, 199, 402.
Allere, Mme. Rebecca.
Mentioned, III, 175.
Alleyne, John, F. R. S.
Letters from, I, 87, 100.
Letter to, III, 470.
" Alliance," U. S. ship.
II, 23, 33, 35, 64, 71, 72, 74, 77,
782, 792, 81, 88, 106, no, 112, 1202,
122, 123, 131, 149, 153, 156, 169,
170, 1742, 177, 180, 182, 1883, 203,
207, 2I55, 2172, 2l8, 221, 2222, 225,
226, 227, 230, 231, 234s, 239s, 241,
253, 254, 258, 2592, 260s, 261, 262,
263, 26s2, 2663, 267, 268s, 2702, 272,
273, 278, 288, 315, 323, 324, 331,
34i, 358, 3592, 360, 364, 377, 443,
444, 445, 448, 45 iz, 455, 45 6, 457,
459, 460, 46i2, 475-
III, 431-
IV, 162, 18, 33, 34, 38, 43, 52, 56,
57, 298s, 301, 303, 3063, 307s, 308,
309, 317, 320, 336, 417, 419, 422,
429, 4304, 436", 443, 444, 457, 458,
4«7, 4772, 495, 497, 4983, 4992, 501.
List of officers and men on board
the, IV, 5002.
Officers of the.
Letters from, IV, 418, 419, 420.
To Capt. Pierre Landais, IV, 495.
Conspiracy among, IV, 288, 492.
Prize-money claimed by, IV, 97.
Resumption of command of, by
Pierre Landais, IV, 498.
Seized by Pierre Landais, IV, 498.
Alliance of America with Genoa and
Venice against the piratical states.
Ill, 250.
d'Almadora, Marquis.
Mentioned, I, 444.

Index

Almanac, American.
Ill, 160. IV, 94, 105, 112.
In German, III, 65.
Almon, John, London bookseller.
Letter from, I, 166.
Mentioned, II, 286, 387, 416. Ill,
385-
Alphabet, observations on the, I, 136.
Reforming the English, III, 307,
3"-
Alsop, Thomas, of New Town, Long
Island.
Deed from, IV, 173.
Alvarez, Abbe.
Mentioned, IV, 56.
"Alzire," Tragedy by Francois Marie
Arouet de Voltaire.
IV, 241.
Amabert,  .
Letter from, I, 328.
Amandeur, J. Francois, Watchmaker
at Paris.
Letter from, III, 19.
Amantine,  . Italian singer.
Mentioned, IV, 90.
" Amazone," the French frigate in the
fleet of Comte de Grasse.
II, 309, 493- IV, 45.
D'Amble, Abbe.
Letter from, I, 539.
" Ambuscade," the French frigate.
I, 53i-
D'amchaga,  .
Letters from, II, 63, 115, 135, 136,
189, 306.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 24.
Amelong,  .
Mentioned, III, 162.
Ameloo, A. Y.
Letter from, I, 320.
Amelot,  , Member of Acad
emie des Sciences of Paris.
Letters from, II, 58, 396. Ill, 49.
Thomas de Mante to, IV, 285.
Mentioned, II, 64, 134, 267, 394.
IV, 420, 452.
Amelunxen, Mme. Myron.
Letter from, IV, 443.

America, Affairs in, IV, 497.
Apostolical vicar in, III, 233.
Attitude of Portugal towards, IV,
403.
Commerce with, III, 498.
Commercial relations between Ba
varia and, III, 47, 53, 74.
Treaty with, III, 46.
Between Ireland and, III, 118,
129, 132.
Constitution for, III, 493.
Danger of disunion in, III, 27.
Disputes in, I, 84.
Export duties on goods sent to, IV,
427, 429-
Financial distress of, IV, 340.
German Regiment for, III, 17.
If credit of, is lost, must accept
peace, IV, 500.
Is determined and unanimous, III,
501.
Joseph II ready to acknowledge in
dependence of, III, 46.
Lies respecting, III, 547.
Map of war in, IV, 17.
Notice for those who wish to remove
to, III, 541.
Offer of Independence to, IV, 504.
On the discovery of, IV, 359.
Paying her debts, III, 306.
Proposition for suspension of arms
in, I, 356.
Punctilious observance of, of her
engagement with France, III,
241.
Questions about, III, 494.
Success of, II, 445.
Too enlightened to be enslaved, III,
366.
" Topographical description of," sale
of, II, 479-
Troops sent to, III, 498.
Welshmen to emigrate to, III, 47.
Wretched condition of affairs in, I,
53-
" America," presentation of the ship,
to the King of France, III, 76.
IV, 457-
Arrival at Brest of the, III, 93.

8

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

American affairs, narrative of facts
relative to, IV, 206.
Arraignment of Englishmen by an,
IV, 368.
Cause, support of, in Ireland, IV, 92.
Commissioners. Mentioned, IV, 278.
Accounts of, IV, 422.
Contract between Rey de Morande
and, III, 505.
Joshua Johnson to examine the ac
counts of, IV, 297.
To deliver tobacco to Farmers-
General, I, 227.
To draw upon French Banks, IV,
419.
To procure clothing and military
supplies, I, an.
Embassy in France, Secretary for,
II, 349.
Geographical names, IV, 452.
Indebtedness, scheme to pay, by sale
of American timber, IV, 508.
Men-of-war and their prizes, protec
tion of, I, 189.
Merchants, Committee of.
Letter from, I, 67.
Population, calculations on, I, 168.
Provinces, Report that seven, had
submitted to the English Govern
ment, II, 501.
Revolution, History of the, I, 424.
Abbe Raynal's, II, 416, 492.
Seaman, escaped.
Letter from, II, 517.
Injustice to, by Judge of the Ad
miralty, II, 23.
Service, proposal to furnish a regi
ment of German soldiers for, IV,
426.
Squadron, Officers of the.
Letter from, IV, 422.
Troops, clothing for, IV, 302.
Uniforms for, I, 3303, 331. II,
215, 218.
Vessels, Capture of, by Moorish
Corsair, IV, 327.

American Vessels — Continued.
To borrow from French Govern
ment to meet the demands of,
III, 256.
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, at Boston.
Letter from, II, 348.
Mentioned, II, 343, 349, 371-
III, 287, 290, 292, 364, 365.
Memoirs of, III, 301.
" American Museum," published by
Mathew Carey.
Mentioned, III, 374.
American Philosophical Society.
Mentioned, I, 13, 44, 55, 97, I°2,
104, 122, 166, 276.
II, 77, 243, 348, 47i-
III, 37, 78, 158, 190, 251, 258, 259,
270, 277, 283, 285, 295, 299, 305,
310, 316, 317, 321, 326, 328, 329,
334, 337, 338, 34°, 343, 34«, 347,
348, 353, 356, 358, 359, 361, 362,
3*9, 37«, 385, 392, 399-
IV, 155, 158, 203, 204, 324.
Electrical apparatus to be purchased
for, IV, 179.
Hall of, on Fifth Street, III, 396.
Ingen Housz's Book on Vegetables
sent to, III, 262.
Jean Baptiste Le Roy elected mem
ber of, III, 487-
Magellanic Fund of, III, 331, 361.
Meeting of, at Franklin's House,
III, 396.
Petition of, and of the Library Com
pany of Philadelphia to the As
sembly of Pennsylvania for lots on
State House Square, III, 58, 174.
"Transactions" of, I, 120, 132, 136,
146, 153.
Ill, 301, 316, 322, 325, 331, 333,
34i, 342, 349, 3^7, 37°, 375, 382,
485, 487. IV, 365.
American, A True Born.
Letter from, II, 461.
"American Union," the privateer.
II, 266, 268, 389.

Index

Americans, Escaped from English
prisons, alphabetical list of, III,
547-
In service of British Government,
IV, 261, 437.
" Ameriquiade," The, a poem, I, 370,
3792-
Amherst, Sir Jeffery, Governor-Gen
eral of British North America and
Field Marshal.
Timothy Folger to, IV, 185.
Amiel, Charlotte, Wife of Peter
Amiel.
Letters from, I, 508, 539.
Amiel, Peter, Lieutenant in U. S.
Navy.
Letters from, I, 448, 455.
Mentioned, I, 454, 508, 521. Ill,
431.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 291.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 264.
" L' Amite," American prise.
IV, 430.
"Amity," the Merchant ship.
Ill, 189, 523.
Ammunition, Proposals for furnish
ing, III, 427.
Sent to America for the English,
IV, 79-
Amnesty to all who return to Al
legiance, IV, 486.
"Amor Patriae."
Plan of Union by, IV, 211.
Amore Patriae, The Society.
C. W. F. Dumas to, IV, 323.
Amoretti, Charles, Secretary of La
Societe Patriotique.
Mentioned, III, 305.
Amory, Jonathan, of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 496.
" Amphitrite," French Letter of
Marque in U. S. service.
I, 206, 2072, 209, 236, 251, 261, 3122.
IV, 234, 377.
Cargo of, I, 353.
d'Amraff, Caetanus.
Letter from, I, 399.

"Amsterdam," Letter of Marque,
otherwise known as the " General
Arnold."
II, 102.
Amsterdam in favor of Americans.
I, 272.
Anderson,  . owner of the
American Schooner "Sally."
Mentioned, I, 502.
Anderson, George, of Virginia.
Letters from, I, 501. II, 26, 93.
Mentioned, II, 105.
Anderson, John.
Letter from, I, 307.
Anderson, John, Professor of Na
tural Philosophy at Glasgow.
Letters from, III, 368, 369.
Anderson, William.
To Edward Lloyd, IV, 191.
d'Andilly, Vicomte de la Potherye.
Letter from, II, 140.
d'Andlan, M. and Mme.
Mentioned, II, 193.
Andre, John, Adj.-Gen. of British
Army in America.
Execution of, II, 300, 314.
Mentioned, IV, 433.
Andrews,  . Owner of the
ship "Sally."
Claim of, III, 533. IV, 368.
Andrews, Samuel.
Letters from, II, 449, 453.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 67, 75, 79.
Andrews, Samuel, " formerly of Bos
ton, lately of Demerara."
Mentioned, II, 297.
D'Andrieu,  , of Carcassonne.
Letter from, III, 407.
Andrieu family.
Mentioned, II, 272.
Andrillon, Mile.
Mentioned, IV, 167.
" Andromache," French frigate.
II, 408.
" Andromeda," British man-of-war.
I, 433. IV, 266.

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Andry,  .
Mentioned, III, 195.
" Angelica," partial list of the crew
of the, IV, 226.
D'Angely,  .
Letter from, II, 363.
Angenend,  , Paris tailor.
Letters from, IV, 471, 472.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 69.
D'Angiviller, Comte Charles Claude
Labillarderie, Director-General of
Buildings and Gardens of Louis
XVI. Member of the Academie
des Sciences de Peinture, etc.
Letter from, III, 104.
Mentioned, III, 371.
Angus, John, Captain of the Pennsyl
vania ship "Franklin."
Letters from, II, 407, 423, 443.
Mentioned, II, 426, 442s, 451. . III.
433. IV, 73.
d'Anhic. Mentioned, IV, 274.
Anisson,  , fils.
Letters from, III, 206, 225, 234,
252.
To Charles Jos. Panckoucke, IV, 332.
D'Anmours, Chevalier, of Baltimore,
M. A. P. S., Consul of France for
the Southern Department.
Letter from, I, 203.
Mentioned, I, 240. IV, 22.
" Anna Louisa," the ship.
II, 27.
Annar, Rev. Robert, of Boston.
Mentioned, III, 313.
" Anne," the ship.
II, 393-
Annuities, for industrious poor, IV,
386.
" Anonyme," the ship.
I, 256, 261.
Anonymous. Letters from, I, 5, 12, 172, 31, 53',
86, 129, 132, 133, 162, 177, 194,
197, 262s, 266, 284, 314, 3412, 342°,

Anonymous — Continued.
343°, 345, 386, 402, 442, 446, 449,
488, 515, 5^9, 5726, 573B-
II, 17, 19, 39, 40, 63, 68, 104, 124,
140, 172, 199, 200, 201s, 289, 294,
339°, 34°3, 366, 420, 426, 438, 439",
500, 520, 525*, 526".
Ill, 13, 21, 43, 72, 81, 100, 155',
156, 174, 182, 239", 241, 251, 330,
331, 375, 428*, 429°, 43010, 431s.
IV, 404, 405, 433, 470, 4742.
Letters from and to, IV, 173, 175,
222, 224, 278, 316, 326s, 328, 346,
3818, 38210, 383°, 384, 481, 491, 492,
4932, 498, 4992, 5oo4, 5012, 5072,
5089, 509°-
Letters to, III, 435, 436s, 437", 441,
445, 45°, 45i, 452, 453, 454, 455,
456s, 4612, 462, 463", 464, 465",
467", 468, 471, 4732, 474, 477, 482",
485, 49i4, 492, 499, 5°65, 5H2, 526,
529, 5322, 533, 5352, 5382, 539,
5472, 55°, 552, 554, 557-
IV, 4772, 479s-
Louis Anty to, IV, 336.
Bache & Shee to, IV, 345.
Edward Bancroft to, IV, 369.
Pierre Buisson de Basseville to, IV,
370.
Chevalier de Beauteville to, IV, 490.
Jean Jacques Caffieri to, IV, 370.
Coyendahi Tribe to, IV, 481.
de Fechter to, IV, 235.
George Fox to, IV, 373.
William Franklin to, IV, 216, 354,
373-
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
224, 359, 3^4, 366, 373-
Rene Georges Gastellier to, IV,
324.
Marc Francois Gauthier to, IV, 497.
Guerin to, IV, 337.
James Hunter, Jr., to, IV, 337.
Thomas Jefferson to, IV, 352.
Jenneux to, IV, 247.
Francois Henry Hervee de la Mothe
to, IV, 377.

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ii

Anonymous — Continued.
A Member of Congress to, IV, 239.
Montieu to, IV, 490.
Abbe Morellet to, IV, 335.
A General Officer to, IV, 240.
Reme to, IV, 378.
de la Robole to, IV, 378.
De St. Maurice to, IV, 378.
Col. M. de Sonnemaens and M. A.
de Sonnemaens to, IV, 309.
Prince de Soubise to, IV, 379.
Richmond Springer to, IV, 329.
Strozler to, IV, 282.
Thomas to, IV, 3502.
Mme. Verdelin to, IV, 498.
James White to, IV, 299.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 502.
Anonymous to
 D'Alibart, IV, 247.
Benjamin Franklin Bache, IV, 507.
Chevalier de Beauteville, IV, 490.
 Boisgerard, IV, 292.
William Carmichael, IV, 492.
The author of " The Chronicle,''
IV, 481.
Commissioners of the Sick and
Hurt, IV, 310.
Silas Deane, IV, 258.
Mme. Dutartre, IV, 380.
John Emery, IV, 267.
William Temple Franklin, IV, 5,
m, 144, 149, 167*.
Graham & Simpson, IV, 348.
Joseph Gray, IV, 380.
Mrs. Hawkesworth, IV, 380.
Francis Hopkinson, IV, 366.
Horneca, Fizeaux & Co., IV, 232.
George Mason, IV, 331.
Mme. Melmoth, IV, 279.
Vicomte de Rochambeau, IV, 302.
Messrs. J. Rocquette, A. Elserier &
Brothers Rocquette, IV, 321.
 de St. Marc, IV, 509.
Cradock Taylor, IV, 294.
Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hya-
cinthe, French Orientalist, Mem
ber of I'Academie des Inscriptions
et Belles-Lettres.
Letter from, II, 42.

Anquetil-Duperron — Continued.
 Delacolonge to, IV, 277.
Mentioned, I, 561.
Ansell, William.
Letter from, I, 157.
d'Anspach, Margrave.
Mentioned, II, 446.
Anstey, John, English Barrister.
Mentioned, III, 289, 29s2, 296.
d'Anterroches, Baron, Son of Com-
tesse d'Anterroches.
Request to return to France, IV, 396.
d'Anterroches de Chaunac, Com-
tesse de.
Letter from, III, 261.
Mentioned, III, 47.
Antes, John, Composer.
Letter from, II, no.
Mentioned, II, 224.
" Anthony," the prize.
II,- 491.
Anthony, James.
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Anthony, Mark, Negro servant of
Jonathan Williams, Jr.
Mentioned, IV, 435, 436.
Antifederalists, IV, 366.
Antigua, taking of, II, 207.
Antill, Edward, M. A. P. S., Adju
tant-General of the American
Army in Canada.
Letter to, III, 494.
" Antonia," Letter of Marque.
II, 423, 442, 443- HI, 433-
d'Antrecourt, Abbe.
Letter from, I, 258.
Anty, Louis, Merchant of Nantes.
Claim against Virginia, IV, 301.
To Mile.  , IV, 336.
Mentioned, IV, 373.
Appee, Leonard, Sailor on American
frigate " Providence.''
Letter from, III, 6.
Appendix, IV, 397.
Appleton,  , Son of Nathaniel
Appleton of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 228.

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Appleton, Nathaniel, Director of the
Continental Loan Office in Boston.
Letters from, II, 46. Ill, 401.
Appleton, Nathaniel, Congregational
Minister at Cambridge, Mass.
Mentioned, III, 373.
Apreece, John, Formerly of the Eng
lish Army.
Letters from, I, 497, 503.
d'Aranda, Count, Spanish Minister to
France.
Mentioned, I, 449. II, 63, 172, 458,
491. Ill, 143, 545. IV, 449.
D'Arbaud, Comte Helle, Governor-
General of Guadaloupe.
Letter from, II, 7.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 280.
Mentioned, II, 373. IV, 280.
" Arbustrum Americanum."
By Humphry Marshall, IV, 156.
Arbuthnot, Marriot, Admiral in the
British Navy.
Mentioned, II, 274. Ill, 529.
d'Arcaignac, Daran.
Letter from, II, 376.
Arcedeckne, Charles, Brother-in-law
of Richard Bennett Lloyd.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 74.
d'Arcel,  .
Mentioned, I, 468, 488.
D'Arcet, Jean, French Physician and
Chemist, Member of Academie des
Sciences, Paris.
Letter from, III, 345.
Mentioned, III, 196.
Archambault,  .
Letter from, III, 242.
D'Archambault, Chevalier, Officer in
the Regiment de Rohan Soubise
Letter from, I, 263.
" Archangel," the prize brig.
I, 485-
Archdeacon,  .
Letter from, I, 401.
Archer, H.
Letter from, I, 441.

Arctic exploration, I, 130. IV, 189.
D'Arcy,  .
Mentioned, II, 54, 434.
D'arcy, Mr. and Mrs.
Mentioned, III, 416.
d'Arendt, Baron, Formerly Col., Ger
man Regt., Continental Army.
Letters from, II, 79, 248, 249, 251,
266. IV, 423, 462.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 164.
Mentioned, II, 67, 463, 483. Ill,
126. IV, 328.
" Arethusa," Merchant ship.
Ill, 245.
D'Argainarts,  , Merchant at
St. Jean de Luz, France.
Letter from, II, 189.
Mentioned, III, 207.
d'Argenson, Marquis.
Mentioned, IV, 385.
d' Argental, Charles Augustin de Fer-
riol Comte, Councillor to the Par
liament at Paris.
Letter from, III, 88.
d'Arget,  .
Letter from, I, 332.
" Argo," letter of marque.
II, 490, 492. Ill, 25, 433.
d'Argreum, Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 291.
Aribert, Philippe.
Desires American Consulship, IV,
470.
" Ariel," a French ship of war in
service of United States.
II, 259, 264, 268, 272, 278, 280, 295,
299, 302, 312, 324", 349, 350, 359.
IV, 38, 42, 57, 307, 308, 432.
List of officers and men belonging
to the, IV, 5002.
List of volunteers belonging to the,
IV, 500.
Arle, S. P.
Letter from, III, 63.
Armand,  , Dutch Ambassa
dor.
Mentioned, III, 188.

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13

Armand, Col. Charles, of the Conti
nental Army.
Mentioned, I, 328. II, 62, 497.
IV, 417, 441.
Armand, Mme., Mother of Col.
Charles Armand.
Letter from, I, 328.
D'Armando, The Marquis, Spanish
Ambassador to Great Britain.
Mentioned, I, 418.
Armbruster, Anthony, Printer in
Germantown Philadelphia.
Letters from, I, 25. Ill, 286, 304,
375-
Armitt, John, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 480.
Armonica, I, 129, 137, 171. Ill, 92,
203.
Application of keys to, IV, 471, 479.
Directions for drawing out the tone
from the glasses of the, III, 522.
Glasses for the, III, 188.
Improved, III, 94.
Arms, agreement for repairing of, III,
504, 523. IV, 475.
Expenses for, and repair of, IV,
487.
Proposals for furnishing, III, 427.
IV, 502.
Armstrong, John, Brigadier-General
in the Continental Army, Judge of
Pennsylvania Court of Quarter
Sessions.
Mentioned, III, 353.
Armstrong, John, Jr., Major in the
Continental Army, and Adjutant-
General in Pennsylvania.
Letters from, III, 333, 362.
Mentioned, III, 356.
Army, American, Clothing for, IV,
424, 430, 434-
Goods for, at Amsterdam, IV, 443.
On the organization of a regular,
IV, 390.
Supplies for, IV, 428s, 429, 4302.
Trouble with, IV, 466.
Arnauld,  .
Letter from, II, 508.

-, Brother of Franqois

Arnold, —
Arnold.
Letter from, I, 350.
Arnold, Capt., of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 31.
d' Arnold,  .
Letter from, II, 1.
Arnold, Benedict, Major-Gen. in Con
tinental Army, Traitor, and sub
sequently Brig.-Gen. in British
Army.
Mentioned, I, 176, 181, 182, 325,
420. II, 314, 367. Ill, 359. IV,
44, 55, 240, 433.
Burning of New London, II, 407.
Silas Deane denies intimacy with,
IV, 469.
Marriage to Margaret Shippen, IV,
33-
Trickery of, II, 300, 314, 3202, 321.
IV, 432.
Arnold, Francois,
Mentioned, I, 350.
Arnold, Freegift, an officer in the Con
tinental Army.
Letter from, II, 475.
Arnold, George, of Mayence.
Letters from, I, 325, 420.
Arnold, Jonathan, lieutenant of the
"Black Prince."
Mentioned, II, 178.
Arnoux,  .
Mentioned, IV, 98.
Arnoux, Abbe.
Letters from, I, 352. II, 328.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 117.
Abbe Narduel to, IV, 326.
Mentioned, IV, 64.
Arrenberg, Reinier, Sec'y of the Phys
ical Society at Rotterdam.
Letters from, I, 231, 248, 414.
Mentioned, I, 234, 433.
d'Arros, Baron.
Letter from, II, 270.
Mentioned, III, 524.
Artaud,  .
Letter from, III, 60.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Arthaud, Charles, M. A. P. S., Presi
dent of Le Cercle des Philadel-
phes, Cap Francois, San Domingo.
Letters from, III, 300, 316, 356,
385, 394-
Arthur,  .
Mentioned, I, 488. IV, 136.
Articles of Association for the defense
of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Ill, 436.
Artillery, Instructions by_ Congress to
secure field, IV, 226, 228.
Shipment of, IV, 433.
d'Artillieres, De Launay.
Mentioned, III, 324.
d'Artois, Comte, Brother of Louis
XVI.
Mentioned, III, 193, 394. IV, 131,
155, 156.
d'Artois, Comtesse.
Mentioned, III, 409, 426.
d'Artus,  .
Letters from, II, 488, 492.
Arundel, Lord.
Mentioned, II, 42.
Arzaud,  .
Mentioned, III, 419.
Asgill, Henry.
Mentioned, II, 495.
Ashbridge, George, Member of the
Pennsylvania Assembly.
Mentioned, IV, 199.
d'Asp, L. O.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 164.
Aspinwall,  — .
Mentioned, III, 388.
d'Assas, Chevalier Louis Andre, Cap
tain in the Regiment of Auvergne.
Mentioned, III, 138.
Assemble des Notables, III, 352, 380.
Astle, Thomas, F. R. S., Antiquary
and Paleographer.
Mentioned, III, 188, 197.
Aston's Company, III, 440.
Astori, Francois.
Letter from, II, 42.

Astruc, Daniel, Merchant at Bor
deaux.
Letters from, III, 59, 72.
" Athenian Stuart," a club at Chelsea
io, which Dr. Franklin belonged.
Mentioned, II, 225.
Atherton, Dick.
Mentioned, IV, 182.
Athol, Duke of.
Mentioned, I, 45.
Atkin, Jonathan.
Letter from, I, 530.
d'Attems, Comte.
Letter from, I, 356.
Mentioned, I, 310.
Atwood, John.
Letter from, I, 474.
D'aubenton,  , Councillor of
State.
Letters from, II, 346, 355.
Aubert,  .
Mentioned, II, 16, 216.
d'Auberteuil, Hilliard.
Letters from, II, 470, 481, 494, 518.
Ill, 49, 171. IV, 448, 449, 4503,
4522, 453-
l'Aubespine, Marquis de.
Mentioned, II, 49, 52, 54, 87.
d'Aubreme & Son.
Letter from, III, 13.
Aubry,  .
Letter from, II, 38.
Letter to, III, 519.
Audibert,  , Captain of the
Port of Calais.
To Guillaume Bonsie, IV, 280.
Mentioned, III, 401. IV, 369.
Auditor-General, estimate of monies
loaned to United States, IV, 309.
Auer, Deacon M.
Letters from, II, 125, 138, 263, 392,
504.
Mentioned, II, 383. IV, 463.
Augusta, Georgia, engagement near,
IV, 322.
"Aurora," the prize, II, 251,252,257,
419. IV, 325, 435, 436=.

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Aurora Borealis, I, 5. Ill, .338. IV,
37'-
"Aurore," the ship.
II, 218.
Aury le jeune,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 160.
D'Aussigne, Marquis.
Letter from, I, 539.
Austen,  .
Mentioned, I, 185.
Austin, Benjamin, Merchant in Bos
ton.
Letter from, I, 304.
Austin, Benjamin, Jr., Brother of
Jonathan Loring Austin.
Mentioned, III, 86s.
Austin, Jonathan Loring, Son of Ben
jamin Austin, Secretary to Massa
chusetts Board of War, Secret
Agent in England of Dr. Franklin.
Letters from, I, 499, 522. II, 92s,
119, 168, 303, 304, 386. Ill, 86.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 44.
To John Adams, IV, 273.
Mentioned, I, 303, 305, 313, 513,
520. II, 272, 291, 300. Ill, 86.
IV, 59, 241, 491.
Austin, Samuel, Clergyman.
Mentioned, III, 323.
Austria, The Ambassador of the Em
peror of.
137-
Letters from, II, 502. Ill, 51, no,
Archduchess of, Marriage of the
Duke of Parma and, IV, 377.
Emperor Joseph II expressed regret
at not having seen Franklin at
Paris, II, 374.
Hopes to see Franklin in Vienna
as Minister, II, 484.
Inquires after Dr. Franklin, III,
342.
Refuses to allow Dr. Ingen Housz
to go to Paris, III, 262.
Austrian Court, efforts of, to bring
about mediation, IV, 329.

Austrian — Continued.
And Palatine Courts, differences be
tween, I, 347.
Officers desirous of entering Amer
ican army, I, 239.
Autheaume,  .
Letter from, II, 513.
Autun,  de.
Letter from, II, 405.
Auvergne, Regiment of.
Mentioned, III, 138.
d'Auzeville, Gerard.
Letters from, II, 58, 86, 189.
d'Auzouer, Mme. Carroll.
Letters from, III, 219, 228.
IV, 404, 455.
Auzoiier, Marquis d\
Letters from, II, 210, 342.
D'Avelange,  .
Letter from, III, 108.
Avery, Jonathan, Surgeon on the
Letter of Marque, " Wexford."
Letter from, II, 404.
Aves, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 30.
Avranches,  des.
Letter from, II, 375.
" Awakening of France," a poem.
I, 386.
Aycard,  , Sculptor.
Letter from, II, 127.
Aychmayer,  .
Mentioned, I, 468.
d'Aydie, Abbe.
Mentioned, I, 329.
D'ayen, Due.
Mentioned, II, 414.
Ayres, Captain, of tea ship "Polly.''
The Committee for Tarring and
Feathering to, IV, 483.
Ayres, Capt. John.
Letter from, I, 467.
Mentioned, I, 450, 4782, 481, 496.
Azambuja, Count de.
Mentioned, IV, 402.
B  , Mme. le.
Mentioned, IV, 147, 151, 155, 159,
161.

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B-

-, A  .
Letter from, III, 308.
B  , L  .
Letter from, I, 554.
Babcock, George William, Captain
of privateer " General Mifflin."
To Whom it May Concern, IV, 288.
Mentioned, II, 117, 162, 240, 326.
Babcock, Harry.
Mentioned, I, 90.
Babcock, Joshua, of Rhode Island.
Letters from, I, 158, 431.
Letter to, III, 478.
Babcock, Luke, postmaster at New
Haven.
Mentioned, I, 71, 97, 100.
Baberty, Jacques Christopher.
Letter from, III, 401.
Babson, James, Captain of the priva
teer "Brigadier-Gen. Mercer."
Letter from, I, 319.
Mentioned, I, 375, 499.
Babut and Labouchere, Merchants at
Nantes.
Letter from, I, 524.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 69.
Bache, Mrs. of Preston, Mother of
Richard Bache.
Mentioned, I, 310. II, 3.
Bache, Benjamin Franklin, Grandson
of Benjamin Franklin and son of
Richard Bache.
Letters to, III, 525s.
Anonymous to, IV, 507.
Robert Alexander to, IV, 355.
Bank of North America to, IV, 367.
To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bache,
IV, 315-
To William Temple Franklin, IV,
13, 74, 9°, 125.
To Lucas des Peintraux, IV, 356.
Mentioned, I, 145.
II, 408, 468, 471.
Ill, 82, 143, 185, 328, 474, 475, 476,
479, 481, 483, 484, 487, 5°2, 544,
552.

Bache, Benjamin Franklin — Con
tinued.
IV, 38, 77, 129, 150, 158, 445, 446,
506.
Suffering from fever, III, 78.
To be taught the art of engraving,
III, 218.
Bache, Deborah, Daughter of Richard
Bache.
Inoculated, IV, 73.
Bache, Lydia, Sister of Richard Bache.
Mentioned, I, 307.
Bache, Richard, Son-in-law of Benja
min Franklin, Postmaster-General
of the U. S., Merchant at Phila
delphia.
Letters from, I, 89, 144, 154, 157,
160, 168, 1802, 409, 440, 518.
II, 126, 186.
Ill, 89, 1052, 124, 1978.
IV, 405, 445.
Letters to, III, 481, 493, 495, 538-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 15, 20, 56, 63", 67, 73,
79, 85, no, 117, 119, 121, 132, 160.
Sarah Bache to, IV, 182.
Theophylact Bache to, IV, 220.
Patrick Henry to, IV, 234.
Levi Hollingsworth to, IV, 358.
Mentioned, I, 79, 168, 307.
II, 217, 392, 394, 467, 504, 520.
Ill, 84, 98, 114, 132, 196, 316, 465,
470, 47i, 480, 552.
IV, 2, 32, 59, 61, 120, 167, 2022, 363,
368, 376, 440, 463, 505.
To settle in business in Philadel
phia, III, 479, 480.
Power of attorney to, III, 481.
Refuses to apply for consulship, IV,
85.
Bache, Mr. and Mrs. Richard.
Mentioned, II, 394, 445. Ill, 277,
408, 485, 525. IV, 100, 108, 203.
Benjamin Franklin Bache to, IV, 315.
Bache, Richard, family.
Mentioned, I, 431, 436, 527.
Ill, 164, 266.

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Bache, Sarah, Daughter of Benjamin
Franklin and wife of Richard
Bache. (See, also, Franklin, Sally.)
Letters from, I, 153, 157. Ill, 8.
IV, 438, 4«5-
Letter to, III, 480.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 20, 32, 44, 46, 57, 58, 86,
87, m, 121, 161, 164.
To Mrs. A. F. Burnett, IV, 369.
Isaac All to, IV, 368.
Mrs. A. F. Burnett to, IV, 369.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Coxe to, IV, 371.
Thomas Franklin to, IV, 353.
Martin to, IV, 362.
Debby Robinson to, IV, 368.
Benjamin Vaughan to, IV, 379.
Exertions of, in securing supplies
of clothing for American soldiers,
II, 341.
Has another son, III, 489.
Mentioned, I, 124. II, 303. Ill,
46, 270, 328, 413, 551. IV, 2,
20, 39, 112.
Bache, Sarah, Sister of Richard Bache.
To Richard Bache, IV, 182.
Bache, Theophylact, Merchant at
New York, brother of Richard
Bache.
Letter from, III, 316.
To Richard Bache, IV, 220.
To Henry Cuyler, IV,' 363.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 203.
Bache, William, M. A. P. S., Son of
Richard Bache.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 161.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Bache & Shee, Philadelphia Mer
chants, Richard Bache, senior
partner.
Letter from, III, 156.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, no.
To anonymous, IV, 345.
Mentioned, II, 126, 369. Ill, 21,
48, 153, 169, 194, 354, 376, 384,
548. IV, 160, 3502.

Bachelier, Jean Jacques, Director of
the Royal School of Design, Paris.
Letters from, I, 239, 246. Ill,
141, 172, 4°i-
Letter to, III, 535.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 96.
Back Country, against the settlement
of the, IV, 391.
Backhaus, Jean Guillaume, of Han
over.
Letters from, III, 7, 17.
Bacon,  .
Mentioned, III, 33.
Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam,
Lord Chancellor of England.
Mentioned, III, 388.
Baden, Margrave of.
Mentioned, I, 233, 399.
Margravine of, I, 233.
Badger, Jno.
Letters from, II, 25, 187.
de Baer,  , Secretary of the
Swedish Embassy at Paris.
Letter from, I, 457.
Bagley, Timothy.
Mentioned, IV, 173.
Bailey, Joel, of Chester Co., Penn
sylvania. M. A. P. S.
Mentioned, I, 97, 98.
Bailey, Joseph, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 68.
Mentioned, II, 82.
Bailiff, A.
Letter from, II, 441.
Baillard, Nicolas.
Letter from, III, 401.
Baillivy, Chevalier de.
Letters from, II, 518. Ill, 51.
Baillot,  .
Mentioned, I, 382.
Bailly,  .
Letter from, II, 468.
Bailly, aine,  .
Letter from, I, 511.
Bailly, Jean Sylvain, French savant
and politician.
Letters from, II, 144.

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Bailly, Jean Sylvain — Continued.
Ill, 1872, 195, 196, 207, 214, 230.
Elected Chief Magistrate of Paris,
HI, 395-
Mentioned, III, 186, 196, 393.
Baisch, Ernst Ludwig, Philadelphia
Merchant.
Mentioned, III, 309.
Baker, Dr. (Sir) George, F. R. S.,
London physician.
Mentioned, I, 78.
Baker, Sir William.
Mentioned, I, 123.
Bakery, School of, III, 37.
Bake-stone, IV, 197.
Baldwin,  .
Letter from, III, 353.
Baldwin, Christopher.
Letters from, I, 547. II, 37.
Baldwin, Mrs. Christopher.
Mentioned, I, 547. II, 37.
Balfour, James, Scottish Philosopher.
Letter from, I, 61.
James Parker to, IV, 207.
Balfour, John, Edinburgh bookseller.
Letters from, I, 48, 51, 126.
Mentioned, I, 90.
Ball,  .
Mentioned, IV, 221.
Ballainvilliers,  , Councillor
to the Parliament of Paris.
Letter from, I, 324.
Balliau, Philip.
Letter from, II, 284.
Balliot,  .
Mentioned, III, 305.
Ballivit, Sieur de.
Mentioned, II, 250.
Balloon Ascensions, III, 346. IV,
126, 1272, 479s.
Construction of, III, 313.
Experiments of M. Montgolfier, IV,
468.
Governor Franklin sends letter by,
from Dover, IV, 132.
Invention of, IV, 468.
Lyons, III, 237.
Proposed ascent, Robert's, IV, 126,
1272.

Balloon — Continued.
Expedition in, across the Irish
Channel, III, 261.
Balloons, III, 156, 157, 167, 169, 175,
182, 217, 279, 539. IV, 107, 129,
134, 5°9-
Experiments with, III, 221, 237,
283, 292, 313. IV, 469, 471, 478.
Dr Franklin's letter to the Royal
Society concerning, III, 181.
Baltic Fleet, capture of, II, 150.
Baltimore, Lord.
Mentioned, IV, 1912.
Boundary dispute between the Penn's
and, IV, 401.
" Baltimore," the brigantine.
I, 429.
Baluze, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 206.
Bancroft,  .
Mentioned, I, 134.
Bancroft, Dr. Edward, F. R. S., Con
fidential Agent of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letters from, I, 173, 177, 221, 298,
328, 505, 555'.
II, 187, 239, 392, 514, 519.
HI, 75, 79, 128, 231, 272, 317, 401.
IV, 467.
Letter to, III, 519.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 13, 89, 905, 92, 103, 113,
133, 137, 138, 144, 148-
To Anonymous, IV, 369.
Mrs. Bonsie to, IV, 369.
Joseph Kendall to, IV, 268.
Joshua Johnson to, IV, 293.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 274.
Gen. Chevalier de Laneuville to,
IV, 315-
Mentioned, I, 302, 487.
II, 20, 21, 23, 35, 169, 227, 231,
392, 413, 4i8, 5°9-
III, 263, 520, 553.
IV, 9, 32, 74, 94, 139, 261, 401, 445.
Bancroft, Edward Nathaniel, Son of
Dr. Edward Bancroft.
Letters from, III, 158, 183.

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Bancroft, Sophie, Daughter of Dr.
Edward Bancroft.
Mentioned, III, 183.
Bandeau, Abbe.
Mentioned, I, 340.
Bandeira, de Monteiro.
Letter from, III, 66.
Bank in North America, National,
III, 30. IV, 438, 501.
At Philadelphia, good credit of, III,
77-
Mentioned, III, 226, 334.
Provincial, III, 331.
Scheme of a, II, 476.
Bankrupt Office, Commissioners of.
Letter from, III, 381.
Banks, Sir Joseph, President of the
Royal Society, M. A. P. S.
Letters from, III, 107, 130, 133,
325.
IV, 456, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471.
Letters to, IV, 478, 479s.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 131.
Mentioned, III, 106, 126, 212, 351.
Has never entered House of Com
mons, IV, 456.
To publish the Botanical Discoveries
of his voyage, III, 491.
Banks and Solander's Antarctic trip.
I, 130. Ill, 482.
Banley, J.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 171.
Banne,  de.
Mentioned, III, 62.
Bannerman, Benjamin.
Letter from, II, 53.
Baptestin,  .
Letter from, I, 237.
Baradelle,  .
Mentioned, III, 189.
Barbadoes, taking of, II, 207.
Barbancon, Comte de.
Letters from, II, 275, 475. Ill,
166, 324.
Mentioned, III, 105, 324. IV, 156.
Barbary affairs, III, 549.
Corsairs, II, n. Ill, 70, 209.

Barbe, Jean.
Mentioned, IV, 99.
Barbe de Marbois, Francois, Marquis
de, French Statesman and Charge
des Affaires in the U. S.
Letters from, II, 341. Ill, 276,
3'7, 358.
C. Legaux to, IV, 272.
Mentioned, III, 84. IV, 119.
Barbe de Marbois, Pierre Francois,
Vice-Consul of France at Phila
delphia, brother of Francois Barbe
de Marbois.
Letter from, III, 362.
Certificate by, IV, 363.
Mentioned, III, 242, 549.
Barber,  .
Mentioned, IV, 57.
Barber, David F.
Letters from, II, 450, 451.
Barberie, La  .
Letter from, I, 232.
Barbier, B.
Letter from, II, 238.
Barbo, Leopold, Comte.
Letter from, I, 324.
Barboutain aine.
Letter from, III, 227.
Barci, Menedrieu de.
Mentioned, II, 338. IV, 410.
Barclay, Dr.
Mentioned, II, 326.
Barclay, David, M. P., London Mer
chant.
Letters from, I, 179. II, 517. Ill,
185, 253, 302, 313. IV, 451, 464.
Barclay & Sons, David, London Mer
chants.
Letter from, I, 71.
Barclay, David, Jr., Nephew of
David Barclay, London Merchant.
Mentioned, III, 185, 272. IV, 402.
Barclay, John, Philadelphia Mer
chant, Commissioner for settling
accounts of U. S. agents in Europe.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 124.
Robert Morris to, IV, 348.
To Col. David Humphreys, IV, 352.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Barclay & Co., John, Philadelphia
Merchants, Commissioners for set
tling accounts of U. S. agents in
Europe.
Mentioned, III, 269. IV, 390.
Barclay & Co., John and Robert,
London Merchants.
Thomas Blackburn to, IV, 349.
Barclay, Moylan & Co., of I'Orient.
Mentioned, IV, 101.
Barclay, Thomas, U. S. Consul-Gen-
eral in France.
Letters from, II, 407, 424, 441, 448,
452, 455, 457, 495, 500, 502, 515.
Ill, 12, 169, 231.
Letter to, III, 542.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 81, 83, 85, 88, 90, 92, 93,
97, 99, 103, "2, 120, 121, 136,
139, 140.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 364.
To Thomas Osgood, IV, 364.
To the Secretary for Foreign Af
fairs, IV, 344.
Appointed to settle prize-money,
IV, 94.
Commission as Consul to France,
IV, 505.
Mentioned, II, 238, 341, 421, 425,
440, 466, 487, 489.
Ill, 114, 175, 256, 384, 548, 553,
554-
IV, 632, 68, 69", 105, 125, 162, 165,
331, 336, 347, 348, 444, 454, 4«5,
469, 471.
Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas.
Letters from, II, 519. Ill, 77, 80.
Bard, Miss, Daughter of Dr. John
Bard.
Letter from, III, 291.
Bard, Dr. John, New York physician.
Letters from, I, no. Ill, 282, 388.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 369.
Bard, Dr. Samuel, M. A. P. S., Son
of Dr. John Bard.
Mentioned, I, 46, 110.

Bard, Susanna, Wife of Dr. John
Bard.
Letter from, III, 282.
Bardinet,  , Poet.
Mentioned, I, 534.
Bareclo,  .
Mentioned, II, 215.
Bargum,  de.
Letter from, II, 443.
Bariatinskoy, Prince, Russian Am
bassador at Paris.
Letters from, III, 106, 108, 137.
Letters to, III, 537, 538.
Mentioned, II, 335. Ill, 148, 149.
Barisais,  de.
Letter from, III, 401.
Barker,  .
Mentioned, I, 25.
Barker, Dr.
Mentioned, III, 453.
Barker, Joseph, American prisoner.
Deposition by, IV, 281.
Barker, Nicholas, of Rotterdam.
Mentioned, IV, 293.
Barker, Maj. Sir Robert., F. R. S.
Mentioned, I, 25, 29s.
Barker, Thomas.
Letters from, I, 407, 437. Ill, 302.
Barker, W.
Letter from, I, 186.
Mentioned, I, 190.
Barletti, Rere Carlo, Italian physi
cist.
Mentioned, II, 501.
Barlow, Joel, author, lawyer, Chap
lain of Poor's brigade of the Mas
sachusetts line.
Poems by, printed, IV, 462.
Barnard, Capt. Tristram, of Boston.
Letter from, I, 511.
Mentioned, I, 482, 506.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 274.
To settle in America for life, IV,
274.
Barnes, Captain, of the "Active."
Mentioned, IV, 320.

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Barnes, Corbin, Captain of the "De
spatch."
Navy Board, Eastern Department
to, IV, 490.
State of Massachusetts Bay to, IV,
490.
Mentioned, I, 438, 497, 501, 522.
Barnes, Thomas, Surgeon of the
" Hampden."
Mentioned, I, 475.
Barney, Capt. Joshua, Commander of
Letter of Marque.
Letters from, II, 505, 512. Ill, 2,
136, 137.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 112, 113.
Mentioned, III, 14, 77, 80,. 141.
IV, 90, 104.
Barnzen, Friedrich.
Letter from, I, 288.
Baron,  , Merchant at Dun
kirk.
Leters from, II, 375. Ill, 95.
Baron,  Le, Merchant and
American Agent at Dieppe.
Letters from, I, 534, 539. II, 514.
Letters to, III, 5132, 533.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 12, 13, 120, 138.
Job Prince to, IV, 276.
Baron fils,  Le, of Ostend.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 80.
Barons, Anthony.
Letter from, II, 475.
Barre,  .
Letter from, I, 414.
Barre,  de, Lieutenant in the
French navy.
Mentioned, IV, 251.
Barre, Mme. Baudoiiin.
Letters from, III, 176, 183, 201,
208, 216.
Barrett,  .
Mentioned, I, 185.
Barrett, James.
Letter from, III, 186.

Barrett, Nathaniel.
To John Jay, IV, 331.
Mentioned, II, 493. IV, 52.
Barrington, General.
Mentioned, IV, 93.
Barrington, Lieut.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Barrington, Richard.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 93.
Barrington, William Wildman, Vis
count, M. P., Chancellor of Ex
chequer, Secretary at War.
To Richard Partridge, IV, 177.
Barry,  .
Mentioned, II, 220.
Barry,  du.
Mentioned, IV, 343.
Barry, Capt.
Arrival in the " Union " from Eden-
ton, I, 453.
Mentioned, IV, 250.
Barry, Capt., Husband of Amelia
Barry.
Mentioned, II, 245. Ill, 489.
Barry, Mrs. Amelia, Daughter of
Lewis Evans, Geographer.
Letters from, I, 55, g6, 217, 264,
272, 43«, 500.
II, 150, 186, 245, 286, 416, 499.
Ill, 24, 178, 180, 231, 385.
Mentioned, I, 157. II, 387, 479.
Ill, 247, 269, 489, 495.
Barry, Ann Hellier, Wife of Dr.
David Barry.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
369-
Mentioned, III, 159.
Barry, Dr. David.
To Continental Congress, IV, 369.
Mentioned, III, 159.
Barry, John, Captain, U. S. Navy.
Letters from, II, 359, 360, 363, 364,
444, 446, 45«, 457, 4592, 4<>2.
Mentioned, II, 358. IV, 43, 239,
317, 43«, 444-
Account with crew, IV, 324.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Barry, John — Continued.
Capt. de Galatheau to, IV, 317.
Names of prisoners taken during his
trip to Boston, II, 364.
Prize-money, IV, 99.
Releases ship belonging to the sub
jects of the Republic of Venice,
IV, 321.
To have all the American sailors
he can get in any French ports,
II, 451.
Bart, Jean, Sailor on Continental brig
"Lexington." (See also Elie
Trigant.)
Letters from, II, 327, 427.
Mentioned, III, 425.
Barth,  de, Syndic-General
of the Province of Alsace.
Mentioned, II, 271.
Barth, Johann Wilhelm.
Letter from, III, 243.
Barthelemy,  .
Letter from, III, 261.
Barthelemy, Abbe Jean Jacques,
French writer and antiquary.
Mentioned, III, 386.
Barthold, A.
Letter from, III, 123.
Bartillat, Marquis de.
To Comte de St. Germain, IV, 231.
Bartlet, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 530.
Bartoli, Joseph, Italian Antiquary and
Poet.
Letters from, III, 43, 48.
Sonnets by, IV, 223, 333.
Barton, Matthias, Son of Rev. Thomas
Barton.
Mentioned, III, 67.
Barton, Rev. Thomas, of Lancaster,
Pa., M. A. P. S.
Mentioned, III, 67.
Barton, William, M. A. P. S., Son of
Rev. Thomas Barton.
Letters from, III, 67, 387, 388, 399.
Bartram, Alexander, Philadelphia
Merchant.
To the Public, IV, 482.

Bartram, Elizabeth, Daughter of John
Bartram.
Mentioned, I, 119.
Bartram, John, M. A. P. S., Amer
ican botanist.
Letters from, I, 89, 95, 102, 113,
119.
Mentioned, I, 8, 23, 25, 41, 117.
Translation of catalogue of Trees
and Shrubs by, III, 184.
Bartram, John, Jr., Son of John Bar
tram.
Mentioned, I, 119.
Bartram, Joseph, Midshipman U. S. N.
Letter from, II, 408.
Bartram, William, M. A. P. S., Bot
anist, son of John Bartram.
Mentioned, II, 275. Ill, 105, 289.
IV, ' 56, 63.
Travels of, III, 399.
Seeds from, IV, 66.
Barwell, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 149.
Basecourt, Marquis de, General of St.
Sebastian.
Mentioned, I, 347.
Baskerville, John, London printer.
Letter from, I, 151.
Letter to, III, 490.
Basmurieu,  de.
Mentioned, I, 191.
Bass,  .
Mentioned, IV, 379.
Bassemaison, Boullet, of St. Malo.
Letter from, II, 205.
Basseporte, Mile.
Mentioned, I, 85, 153, 164, 364. II,
63. Ill, 401.
Basserode, Chevalier de.
Letters from, I, 237, 257.
Basseville, Pierre Buisson de.
Letters from, I, 209, 220.
To Anonymous, IV, 370.
Bassi,  , French writer.
Letters from, II, 293', 328, 477.
Ill, 191. IV, 456.
Bassue,  de.
Mentioned, I, 130.

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Bastide, Mme.
Letter from, IV, 474.
Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefon-
dervinderlijke Wysbergeerte, The.
Letter from, I, 121.
" Batavia," German merchant-ship.
Ill, 40.
Batchelder, Samuel, Member of the
Council of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, IV, 286, 310.
Bates, Benjamin, officer on Continen
tal ship "Boston."
Letter from, I, 457.
Bath, Sir William Pulteney, Earl of,
British Statesman.
Mentioned, IV, 399.
Baths, building for different kinds of,
III, 252.
Batley,  .
Letter from, II, 299.
Batner, William.
Mentioned, I, 117.
Battery, floating, plan for, IV, 385.
Battier, Mme.
Mentioned, II, 474, 479.
"Battle of the Kegs," by Francis
Hopkinson.
IV, 302.
Baucher, Denis, An officer on board
the " Bon Homme Richard."
Letter from, II, 478.
Bauchers & Co., Jean, Merchants at
Prague.
Letter from, I, 326.
Bauchot, L.
Letter from, II, 43.
Baud,  .
Letter from, I, 226.
Baudin, fils, Second Lieut, on the frig
ate "Lion," Son of F. Baudin.
Letters from, II, 290, 303.
Mentioned, IV, 250.
Baudin, F., Merchant at Isle of Re.
Letter from, I, 228.
To Col. Thomas Conway, IV, 250.
Baudin, N., Captain of " Amphitrite."
Letter from, III, 253.
Record of services of, IV, 353.

Baudot,  .
Letter from, II, 210.
Baudouin,  , Secretary to M.
de Sartine.
Letters from, I, 324, 555. II, 83,
96.
Mentioned, II, 74, 219.
Baudouin, Comte de.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 81, 82.
Bauer, Conrad.
Letter from, II, 130.
Bauer, Johann Christoph, Glass manu
facturer.
Letter from, III, 105.
Baulny,  .
Order to pay for supplies, IV, 502.
Baumann, Martin.
Letter from, I, 303.
Baume,  .
Letter from, II, 139.
Baumont,  , De.
Mentioned, II, 339.
Baussan, M. and Mme. N.
Letter from, IV, 474.
Baussan, Mme. N.
Letters from, III, 4022.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 164.
Baussancourt,  .
Mentioned, I, 280.
Baussay, E. de.
Letters from, I, 247, 272.
Bausset, Chevalier de.
To Capt. John Paul Jones, IV, 252.
Bavaria, Elector Palatine of.
John Herbergs to, IV, 375.
Bavaria and America, commercial re
lations of, III, 47, 53, 74.
Bavarian succession, war of the, I,
462.
Bay, Jaques J. de.
Letter from, I, 310.
Bayard,  .
Letters from, I, 410. Ill, 234.
IV, 461.
To  Coder, IV, 233.
Mentioned, II, m.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Bayard & Co., of Bordeaux.
Mentioned, I, 383.
Bayard, Samuel.
Mentioned, III, 2.
Bayard, William, New York Mer
chant.
To Governor William Franklin,
IV, 1882, 209, 211.
Deposition of, IV, 188.
Mentioned, I, 84, 89, 103. IV, 187.
Bayer,  .
Mentioned, III, 251.
Bayeux, College of.
IV, 4i3-
Bayle, Wilhelm.
Letter from, I, 246.
Bayley, General Jacob.
Mentioned, IV, 238.
Baynes, John.
Letters from, I, 297. Ill, 116, 117.
Mentioned, III, 96.
Baynton,  .
Mentioned, I, 147.
Baynton, Benjamin.
Mentioned, IV, 98.
Baynton & Wharton, Philadelphia
Merchants.
Letter from, I, 33.
Mentioned, I, 150.
Baynton, Wharton & Morgan, Phila
delphia Merchants.
Letters from, I, 45, 51.
To Robert Callender, IV, 195.
To William Franklin, IV, 197.
To Hon. Thomas Gage, IV, 195.
Mentioned, I, 69, 75. II, 223. IV,
202, 213.
Bayonne, Advantages of the port of.
Ill, 47. IV, 391-
To be free port, IV, 118.
Bays,  de.
Letters from, III, 105, 282.
Bazantin, Chevalier de, officer in Con
tinental army.
Letters from, I, 326, 386.
Mentioned, I, 421, 432, 434. IV,
408, 414, 415.
Bazile, Marc-Antoine.
Mentioned, III, 24.

Beacham's son, Mr.
Mentioned, I, 11.
Beall, Samuel.
Letters from, II, 498, 499.
Bearus, James, of the Continental brig
" Lexington."
Mentioned, I, 443.
Beaubourg,  de.
Letter from, I, 296.
Beaufain, Baron de Berenger de.
Letter from, III, 178.
Beaufort, Badler de.
Letter from, III, 79.
Beaufort, Comte de.
Letter from, II, 82.
Beaufort, Henry, Duke of.
To Christopher, Baron de Graffen-
ried, IV, 169.
Beaugeard,  .
Letter from, II, 187.
Beaugeard,  , Merchant at St.
Malo.
Mentioned, I, 283.
Beaugeard, De Segray, Jr., Merchant
at St. Malo.
Letter from, I, 391.
Beauharnois, Chevalier de.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 134s.
Beauharnois, Marquis.
See Beauharnois, Chevalier.
Beauharnois, Fanny, Comtesse de,
French poetess.
Letters from, III, 210, 266.
Mentioned, II, 144. IV, 353.
Beaujeu, Comte de.
Letters from, III, 44, 52.
Beaujeu, Hyacinthe Marie L. de,
French Commandant at Niagara.
Mentioned, I, 5.
Beaujon,  .
Mentioned, II, 26.
Beaulieu,  de, Captain in
Pulaski's Legion.
Letter from, I, 546.
Mentioned, I, 409.
Beaulieu, Anquetin, an Officer of la
Loge des Bans Amis.
Letter from, IV, 473.

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-. of Bordeaux.

Beaumann, —
Mentioned, III, 509.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron
de, U. S. secret agent in France,
traded under firm name of Horta-
lez & Co.
Letters from, I, 491. II, 242, 179,
202, 319. IV, 453.
Mentioned, I, 259, 329, 353, 564.
II, 41, 48, 94, 97, 104, 215, 347,
466, 514. Ill, 366, 433. IV, 48,
148, 296, 291, 352, 4212.
Claim of, IV, 451.
Contract with, I, 422.
Memorandum for purchase of mili
tary stores, IV, 278.
Beaumont,  De.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 112, 119.
Beaumont, Jean Baptiste Jacques Elie
de, F. R. S., Parisian barrister.
Letters from, I, 223, 224, 260, 268,
407. II, 464. Ill, 50.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 81.
Mentioned, I, 259, 516.
Beaumont,  .
Tariff Schedules in the Different
States of Europe, IV, 508.
Beaumont, Chevaliere D'Eon de.
Letter from, III, 240.
Beaumont, Mme. de.
Mme. Montfort de Lusignan to, IV,
257.
Beaumont, Santerre de.
Letter from, II, 177.
Beaunoir, Robineau de.
Letter from, II, 411.
Beauquesne,  De.
Letters from, II, 493. IV, 455.
Beauregard,  de, Vice-Consul
of Sardinia at Cette.
Letter from, III, 134.
Beaurepaire, Durieux de, Merchants
at Amiens.
Letter from, II, 446.
Beauteville, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 329.

Beauteville, Chevalier de — Continued.
Anonymous to, IV, 490.
To Anonymous, IV, 490.
Beauvais fils, de.
Letter from, I, 294.
Beauveaux, Mme. la Marechale de.
Mentioned, IV, 81.
Beauvilliers, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 253.
Bebiniere, Gaspard de.
Letter from, III, 189.
Becard,  .
Mentioned, I, 277.
Beccaria, Giambatista, F. R. S., Prof.
of Physics at Turin University.
Letters from, II, 181, 313.
Letter to, III, 494.
Mentioned, I, 27, 189. II, 182.
Ill, 191.
Becker,  .
Letter from, I, 374.
Becker, G.
Letters from, I, 369. II, 218.
Becker & Saltzmann, Merchants in
Berlin.
Letters from, II, 6s2, 106, 116.
Mentioned, II, 75.
Becket, T.
Letter from, I, 31.
Beckford,  .
Mentioned, I, 108.
Beckley, John, Clerk of the Virginia
Assembly.
Mentioned, IV, 159.
Beckwith, John, Major-General in the
British Army.
Letter from, II, 187.
Mentioned, IV, 201.
Beckwith, Miss S.
Letter from, II, 445.
Mentioned, III, 8, 121.
Bedaulx,  , Father of Col.
Charles Frederic Bedaulx.
Letter from, I, 323.
Bedaulx, Charles Frederic, Colonel in
Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 1902, 222.
Mentioned, I, 186. II, 309, 336.

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Bedel, Thomas.
Death of, IV, 172.
Bedford, Gunning, M. C. C, Muster-
Master-General in the Continental
Army, Governor of Delaware.
To Samuel Chase, IV, 225.
Bedford, Jr., Gunning, lawyer, Aide-
de-camp to Gen. Washington,
Member of the Constitutional Con
vention.
Letter from, III, 398.
Bedford, Jenny, Daughter of James
Parker.
Letter from, I, 144.
Bedot, fils aine.
Letter from, I, 288.
Bedout, James.
Letters from, I, 281, 290, 297.
Bedtinger,  .
Letter from, III, 232.
Letter to, III, 548.
Beelen, Baron de.
Mentioned, III, 137.
Beer family.
Mentioned, II, 402.
Beer, Thomas, English rope-maker.
To Francis Coffyn, IV, 502.
Mentioned, IV, 4422.
Beerenbrock, Dr.
Letter from, II, 173.
Bees, observations on, IV, 468.
Begouan, Demeaux & Co., Merchants
at Havre.
Letter from, III, 391.
Begougne,  .
Letter from, I, 293.
Begue de Presle, Achille Guillaume
Le, French physician.
Letters from, I, 269, 311, 329, 547,
553- II, 176, 224, 244, 251, 260,
270, 298, 334, 335, 368, 372, 414.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 83.
Mentioned, II, 374, 418, 471, 494.
HI, 27, 57, 76, 259.
Behem, Martin, German navigator.
Mentioned, IV, 359.

Behic,  .
To Jean Holker, IV, 320, 321.
Behr, Baron.
Mentioned, III, 473. IV, 509.
Behrends, Joann-Adolph.
Letter from, I, 523.
Bek,  .
Letter from, II, 92.
Belair,  Du.
Letters from, I, 523, 534, 551.
Belgaree, Jean Baptiste de.
Mentioned, I, 333.
Belgioioso, Count of.
Letter from, I, 137.
Belgium, American trade in, III, 24.
Belin, Abbe.
Mentioned, IV, 123.
Bell, Charles.
Nathaniel Briggs to, IV, 217.
Bell, Daniel, Nephew of David Bar
clay.
Letter from, III, 272.
Mentioned, III, 185.
Bell, I., British Commissioner for the
exchange of prisoners.
To David Hartley, IV, 281, 299.
To John D. Schweighauser, IV, 281.
Mentioned, II, 74.
Bell, John, Captain of the British
brig " Hopewell."
Mentioned, II, 152, 280, 401.
Bell, Thomas, Captain of the Penn
sylvania ship " Chevalier de la
Luzerne."
Letters from, I, 527, 530.
Mentioned, I, 332, 517. II, 440,
444, 448, 498- IV, 29.
Belle Isle, English cruisers off, I, 319.
" Belle Poule," French ship of war.
Naval engagement of the, I, 446.
Bellehache, Parent de.
Letter from, IV, 463.
Bellescizes,  .
Letters from, II, 67, 68.
Mentioned, . II, 69.
Bellescizes, Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 328.

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Belletti, Dominique-Francois.
Letters from, III, 45, 48, 50, 55,
107.
Mentioned, II, 209. IV, 337.
Belleville, Bourgeois de, Secretary of
La Loge des Bons Amis.
Letter from, IV, 473.
Bellini,  .
Letter from, I, 548.
" Bellona," the English gun-ship.
II, 26.
" Bellone," French Corsair.
Mentioned, I, 554, 558.
Bells, Romley made, for Dr. Franklin,
IV, 363.
Bellujeu, Count de.
Letter from, III, 26.
Belp, De Watteville de.
Letter from, I, 185.
Belsague,  de.
Letter from, I, 350.
Belt, James, Commander of the "Ma
tilda."
To whom it may concern, IV, 332.
Mentioned, IV, 335.
Belt, Walter, of the brigantine
" Brighton."
Mentioned, III, 433.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 303.
Belton, Jonas.
To Joseph Belton, IV, 304.
Belton, Joseph.
Letter from, II, 23.
Jonas Belton to, IV, 304.
Mentioned, II, 30, 434.
Benandet, the port of, I, 529.
Benard,  .
Letter from, II, 364.
Benard, Mme.
Letter from, II, 396.
Benbridge, Henry, portrait painter.
Mentioned, I, 93. Ill, 473.
Benet, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 323.
Benezet, Anthony, Philadelphia phil
anthropist.
Letters from, I, 132. Ill, 59.

Benezet, Daniel, Philadelphia mer
chant.
IV, 207.
Benezet, John, Philadelphia Mer
chant?
Mentioned, IV, 56.
" Benganza," the American privateer.
IV, 373.
Benger, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 7.
Benincasa, L., French Consul-General
at Ancona.
Letter from, III, 214.
" Benjamin," the American Mer
chantman.
I, 4*3, 5°7-
Benjamin, Charles.
Letter from, III, 158.
Bennet,  , Curate and neigh
bor of Erasmus Darwin.
Experiments in electricity by, III,
343-
Bennet, Capt., of the "Franklin."
Mentioned, II, 377.
Bennet, James.
Letter from, III, 108.
Benoist,  .
Letter from, III, 245.
Benson, a pseudonym for Silas Deane.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 261.
P  C  to, IV, 262.
Benson, Egbert, Attorney-General of
the State of New York.
George Washington to, IV, 340.
Appointed Commissioner to inspect
the embarkation of the British,
IV, 340.
Document signed, IV, 340.
Benson, George.
To Elkanah Watson, IV, 322.
Bentalon,  .
To  Bessiere, IV, 304.
Bentick, Count, of Holland.
Mentioned, I, 151.
Bentley, Thomas, Potter, partner of
Josiak Wedgwood.
Death of, II, 319.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Benyowsky, Comte Maurice-Auguste
de, Hungarian nobleman.
Letters from, I, 297, 311. II, 418,
424, .443.
Impoverished by loans made to
Madagascar, III, 303.
Mentioned, III, 22, 312.
Rumor of the massacre of, III, 304.
Benyowsky, Countess.
Letters from, III, 299, 303, 304,
312, 313.
Berail, Louis.
Letter from, I, 556.
Berail, Peter.
Letter from, II, 95.
Berard,  .
Letter from, I, 280.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 73.
Berard, Freres & Co., Merchants at
I'Orient.
Letter from, I, 191.
Berard, J. T., Merchant at L'Orient.
Mentioned, IV, 152.
Berard, J. T., & Co., Merchants at
I'Orient.
Letter from, II, 442.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 151.
Mentioned, III, 200.
Berard, Simon, Consul-General of
Sweden at I'Orient.
Letter from, II, 426.
Mentioned, I, 324. Ill, 433.
Berdmore, Thomas, London dentist.
Mentioned, III, 210.
Berenger,  de, French Am
bassador io the Low Countries.
Mentioned, I, 381.
Berenger, Baron de.
Henry Laurens to, IV, 341.
Berenger de Beaufain, Hector.
Mentioned, III, 178. IV, 341.
Berenger, Jean-Pierre, a Swiss writer.
Letters from, I, 369, 480, 531.
Berenger, Louiseau de.
Letter from, I, 404.

Berg, Charles Gustave, Captain of the
Swedish ship " La Vicioire."
To the Admiralty Judges, IV, 286.
Bergen, Town of, New Jersey.
Relative to division of common
lands of, IV, 188, 369.
Release of unappropriated lands
in the, IV, 173, 187.
Commissioners. To Governor William Franklin,
IV, 188.
Freeholders of.
To the House of Representatives
of New Jersey, IV, 187.
Bergeon & Co., Jacques.
Letter from, II, 356.
Berger, J. C. de.
Letters from, II, 128, 165.
" Bergere," the French merchant ship.
II, 33, 38.
Bergere,  .
Letter from, I, 219.
Bergman, John, servant of the Swed
ish Consul at Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 360.
Berington, Joseph, Catholic divine.
Letter from, III, 402.
" Berkenbos," prize of "Alliance."
II, 234. IV, 449.
Berkenhout, Dr. John, Physician and
Naturalist, British Commissioner
to America.
Mentioned, II, 2.
Berkenroode, L'Estevenon de, Dutch
minister at Paris.
Mentioned, I, 363, 388. II, 496.
Bermbach, A.
Letters from, II, 492, 493.
Bermont, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 294.
Bermuda, proposals in regard to, IV,
391.
Berna,  .
Letter from, III, 402.
Bernard,  .
Letter to, III, 543.
Bernard,  .
Mentioned, II, 24.

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Bernard, Augustus.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Bernard, de Chateauvieux de.
Letter from, II, 298.
Bernard, Dom, Benedictine Monk.
Letter from, I, 496.
Bernard, Sir Francis, Governor of
New Jersey, and subsequently of
Massachusetts Bay.
Selectmen of Boston to, IV, 207.
Mentioned, I, 51, 94, 101. IV, 181.
Commission of Charles Read, IV,
183.
Bernardi, Gioanni De.
Letters from, II, 34, 46.
Letter to, III, 519.
Bernardo,  de.
Mentioned, III 159.
Bernier & Gourlade.
Mentioned, I, 295.
Bernier, F.
Letter from, III, 70.
Bernstorff, Johann Hartwig Ernst
Count de, Danish Diplomatist.
To Baron de Bulow, IV, 212.
Berny, Chevalier de.
Letters from, I, 408, 429, 455, 466,
484, 5", 524-
Berrien, John, Judge of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey, and one of
the Commissioners for the Di
vision of Bergen.
To Governor William Franklin, IV,
188.
Berruyer, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 63.
Berry, Due de.
Mentioned, IV, 452.
Berry, William, et al.
Letter from, I, 533.
Bersoll,  , Merchant at Brest.
Letters from, I, 402, 403. II, 366.
375-
Mentioned, I, 429, 435.
Bertail, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, IV, 409.
Berteval, de Rubigny de.
Letter from, III, 180.

Berthelot, Capt. Paul.
Mentioned, I, 357.
Berthier, Pere Joseph Etienne, F. R.
S., French Physicist.
Letters from, I, 94, 195, o~92, 380,
411. II, 187. Ill, 23.
Letter to, III, 469.
Mentioned, I, 149.
Berthier fils,  .
Letter from, III, 141.
Mentioned, III, 67.
Bertholf, Baron de Beelen.
Mentioned, III, 122.
Bertholon, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 328.
Berthon de, Maisonneuve.
Letters from, I, 262, 269, 295.
Bertin,  .
Letter from, II, 461.
Mentioned, IV, 83.
Bertin, Madame.
Letters from, I, 416, 556s.
Mentioned, IV, 388.
Bertin, Henri Leonard Jean Baptiste,
Controller-General of Finances of
France.
Mentioned, II, 472.
Bertin,  Le.
Mentioned, I, 535.
Bertinot,  .
Letter from, II, 143.
Bertols, Julien.
Letters from, II, 14. Ill, 406.
Bertrand,  .
Letters from, II, 297, 343.
Mentioned, IV, 70.
Bertrand, de Bois, Lieut. Col. in Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, I, 282.
Bertrand, V. I.
Letter from, II, 137.
Bertsch & Mayer, Messrs., of Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, III, 309.
Berville,  , Merchant of
Paris.
Letter from, III, 269.
Claim of, IV, 390.

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Berwick, Regiment de, II, 28, 32.
Besancon, Mme. de Poulinet de.
Mentioned, IV, 412.
" Besbro," the packet.
IV, 304.
Bescheloche,  De.
Letter from, IV, 406.
Besnard,  .
Letter from, III, 212.
Besonque, J.
Letter from, II, 225.
Bessborough, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 21. IV, 400.
Besse, Jacques, Printer.
Letters from, II, 387. Ill, 230.
IV, 440.
Bessel, Frederick Guillaume, Baron
de.
Letter from, II, 109.
Bessiere,  .
Bentalon to, IV, 304.
Besson, George Leopold, of Mont-
beliard, France.
Letters from, II, 125, 133, 173, 217,
255, 275.
Mentioned, I, 183, 185.
To the Secretary of Dr. Franklin,
IV, 304.
Bethlehem, attacks upon, IV, 405.
Bethman,  .
Letter from, II, 187.
Bethune, Comte de.
Mentioned, IV, 149.
Betlen, Sir Patrick.
Letter from, III, 236.
" Betsey," the letter of marque.
II, 255, 444, 464.
" Betsey," the schooner.
II, 67, 123. Ill, 432. IV, 29, 66.
Captured by the Morocco privateers,
III, 2.
" Betsy," the brig, of Philadelphia.
Capture of, III, 241. IV, 327.
" Betsy," the British brig.
IV, 288.
Bett, William.
Letter from, II, 141.

Bettally & Noseda.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 85.
Bettoja, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 105.
Beudet, M.
Mentioned, I, 192.
Bevage, Abbe.
Letter from, III, 127.
Bevans, Capt. George.
Mentioned, II, 491.
Beveridge, Jno., Scotch poet, Profes
sor of Languages in Academy at
Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 54.
Beverley,  .
Mentioned, IV, 84.
Beville, Maj.-Gen. de.
Letter from, III, 52.
Mentioned, III, 36.
Bevos,  .
Letter from, I, 551.
Bewick, Lady.
Mentioned, I, 150.
Beyer,  .
Letters from, II, 380, 388. Ill,
242, 251.
Beyerle, Maj.-Gen. de.
Mentioned, III, 59.
Beyerle de Fachevert, John Francis,
Nephew of Maj.-Gen. de Beyerle.
Letter from, III, 59.
Mentioned, III, 323.
Beymont, Pigault de.
Letter from, II, 126.
Bezanger,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 25.
Beze,  de.
Letter from, I, 533.
Bianchi,  , Lecturer on Phys
ics.
Letter from, II, 406.
Programme of lectures by, IV, 327.
Biancourt,  de.
Letter from, I, 304.
Bianot,  .
Letter from, I, 422.

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Bible, translation from a chapter in
the, by Dr. Franklin, III, 506.
Bibles wanted for America, I, 321,
433-
Printed in Holland, I, 414.
Bicker, L.
Letter from, I, 247.
Bickley,  .
Mentioned, II, 521.
Biddle, Charles, Vice President of
Pennsylvania.
Letters from, I, 196. Ill, 305,
3", 327s, 340, 353, 35«-
Letter to, III, 552.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 161.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
373-
Biddle, James.
Mentioned, IV, 192.
Biddle, John, of Philadelphia.
Asks to be appointed head measurer
of salt and grain, III, 281.
Biddle, Nicholas, Captain U. S. S.
"Randolph."
Mentioned, I, 119, 430.
Biddle, Owen, M. A. P.S.
Mentioned, I, 97, 98.
Biedermann, Ehrenhold Fredric, LL.
D., University of Leipsic.
Letters from, III, 33, 40.
Mentioned, III, 179.
Bielby,  .
Mentioned, I, 150.
Bien de Chevigny, Chevalier de Chef
de.
Mentioned, III, m.
Bieter, General.
Mentioned, IV, 32.
Bigelow, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 47.
Biheron, Mile., Modeller in wax.
Letters from, I, 137, 149, 164.
Mary Hewson to, IV, 225.
Mentioned, I, 85, 133, 138, 139,
141, 142, 146, 153, 155. Ill, 485.
Bilbao, blankets to be shipped from.
I, 318.

Biles, Langhorne.
Plan of a tract of land in Bucks
County, Pa., belonging to, IV,
396.
Billardon de Sauvigny, Edme Louis,
French poet and dramatist, Royal
Censor.
Mentioned, IV, 115.
Billingsport, New Jersey, IV, 239.
Bills, Blank form of, III, 548.
Drawn upon John Adams, IV, 384.
From various persons, III, 427.
Interest, resolution of Congress not
to issue any more, IV, 458.
List of, not accepted, III, 559.
Of Credit, Act for calling out of
circulation certain, IV, 496.
Of exchange, III, 427, 558. IV,
237, 261, 292, 312, 313, 322, 326,
334, 3844-
Of Lading, IV, 384.
Passed in England with regard to
America, IV, 5.
Payable, blank form of book for en
try of, III, 559.
Receivable, blank form of book for
entry of, III, 559.
Bilon, Louis Pierre.
Letter from, II, 202.
Bingel, R.
Letters from, II, 504, 515.
Bingham, James.
Mentioned, I, 3.
Bingham, William, M. A. P. S., U.
S. Commercial Agent at Martin
ique.
Letters from, I, 278, 280, 309, 312,
313, 372, 43°, 44i, 4722, 475, 485,
489, 498-
II, 4, 20, 23, 36, 90, 115, 134, 220.
Governor of Guadaloupe to, IV, 302.
Mentioned, I, 192, 332, 39s3, 511.
II, 276, 437, 460. Ill, 65, 67,
256, 549. IV, 305, 445.
Bingham, Mrs. William.
Mentioned, III, 65.
Bingley, William.
Mentioned, II, 159.

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Bion,  .
Letter from, II, 244.
Birckel,  .
Letters from, II, 407, 413, 439,
447. Ill, 120.
Bjrckenstock, J. M.
Letter from, III, 327.
Bird,  .
Mentioned, IV, 88.
Bird, Mr. and Mrs.
Mentioned, III, 380.
Bird, Samuel.
Letter from, III, 162.
Birkbeck & Blakes, London Mer
chants.
Letter from, III, 356.
Biron, Marquis de.
Mentioned, III, 424. IV, 128.
Biscontin, Luet de.
Letter from, I, 509.
Bishoff, George Michel.
Mentioned, I, 364.
Bishop appointed for the United
States by the Congregation for the
Propagation of the Faith at Rome,
III, 90.
Concerning election of a, III, 283.
Establishing a, in America, III, 550.
First American Bishops should re
ceive their consecration from Eng
lish, III, 283.
Who refused alms to a beggar,
story of, by Benjamin Franklin,
III, 511.
Bissy, Stephano, Baron de.
Letters from, I, 294. Ill, 20.
To Comte de St. Germain, IV,
247.
To the U. S. Senate, IV, 225.
Bissy, Baronne de.
Mentioned, III, 169.
Bissey, Mile. de.
Letter from, III, 402.
Bitaube, Paul Jeremie, Prussian
writer.
Mentioned, III, 404, 521.
Bitter,  Le, interpreter.
Mentioned, IV, 425.

Black boys.
Mentioned, IV, 195.
Black, Dr. Joseph, Scotch Chemist.
Doctrine of Latent Heat, I, 503.
Black & Co., John, Merchants at
Bordeaux.
Mentioned, I, 222.
Blackberry jelly, III, 358.
Blackburn, John, Member of Penn
sylvania Assembly.
Mentioned, I, 116. Ill, 453.
Blackburn, John.
Edmund White to, IV, 290.
Mentioned, IV, 287.
Blackburn, Thomas.
To John and Robert Barclay & Co.,
IV, 349-
Mentioned, III, 272.
" Black Prince," the U. S. Privateer.
I, 368.
II, 62, 84, 90, 95, 96, 98, 106, 114,
120, 121, 122, 127, 129, 140, 142,
i452, 147, 149, 151, 1523, 1783, 182,
184, 206, 207, 208, 210, 212, 2142,
218, 248, 266, 276, 280, 281.
IV, 22, 293, 294, 295, 304, 424", 425,
426, 430.
Journal of, II, 273.
Prisoners taken by, II, 207. IV,
296.
Wrecked, II, 238, 242.
"Black Princess," the, U. S. Priva
teer.
II, 122, 142, 145, 151, 152, 178, 182,
184, 207, 208, 212, 233, 237, 243,
255, 256, 258, 269, 276, 278, 280,
281, 297, 397, 450.
IV, 22, 425*, 426.
Prizes taken by, II, 212.
Blacke, William,
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 284.
Blackit, Peter.
Letter from, II, 232.
Blackrie, Alexander.
Lixivium, III, 249.
Blackwell, Capt., of Schooner "Mil-
ford."
Mentioned, I, 411. II, 139.

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Blagden, Col.
Mentioned, III, 217.
Blagden, Sir Charles, F. R. S., M. A.
P. S., Physician, Secretary of the
Royal Society.
Letters from, III, 76, 83.
Mentioned,. Ill, 220. IV, 328, 467,
470.
Blair, Dr. John, F. R. S., Chronologist.
Letters from, I, 105, 106.
Blair, Captain William?
Mentioned, II, 501.
Blake, William, of South Carolina.
Mentioned, IV, 8, 9.
Blake, Mrs. William, of South Caro
lina.
Mentioned, IV, 40.
Blakey, W.
Letter from, I, 348.
Blanchard,  .
Letters from, III, 4022.
Blanchard, Francois (sometimes called
Jean Pierre), French aeronaut.
Letters from, III, 141, 227.
Mentioned, III, 346. IV, 132, 140.
Ascensions of, III, 313.
Experiments of, III, 173, 257, 266.
Two aerial voyages made by Dr.
Jeffries and, IV, 357.
Blanchard, Joseph.
Letter from, II, 296.
Blanchard's Remedy for the Stone, I,
11.
Blanches, Jacques, of the Continental
frigate "South Carolina."
Mentioned, III, 54.
Blanchet,  .
Mentioned, I, 503.
" Blanchette." See Mme. Caillot.
Bland, Elias.
Mentioned, I, 2.
Bland, Theodorick, M. C. C, Colonel
in Continental Army.
Letter from, IV, 457.
Bland & Ducastel.
Mentioned, III, 202.

Blankenberg, Charles.
Letter from, II, 133.
Blardierres, Delaunay des.
Letter from, III, 394.
Blaugy, Ducarne De.
Letters from, IV, 468s.
Blauquet, J. S.
Letter from, III, 246.
Bleakley, John,
Mentioned, IV, no.
Bleton,  .
Mentioned, III, 181, 183.
Blin,  .
Letter from, I, 318.
Bliss, Nathaniel, F. R. S., Astronomer
Royal.
Mentioned, I, 35.
Blittenberg,  .
Letter from, II, 118.
Blodget, Nathan, Purser on the "Al
liance."
Letters from, II, 35. IV, 419.
To James Moylan, IV, 307.
James Moylan to, IV, 307.
Mentioned, II, 227, 268. IV, 16,
104.
Blome, Baron Otto de, Danish Min
ister to France.
Letters from, II, 374. Ill, 57.
To Thomas Jefferson, IV, 362.
Mentioned, II, 431.
Blondeau, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 7.
Blondel,  .
Letter from, I, 201.
Blossier,  .
Letter from, III, 157.
Blount, Webster.
Letter from, III, 247.
Blue Anchor Inn, at Philadelphia.
IV, 358.
Blunderbuss, drawing of a, IV, 509.
Blunt, Sir Charles.
Mentioned, I, 147.
Blunt, Charles William.
Letter from, II, 154.
Mentioned, I, 215.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Blunt, Dorothy.
Letters from, I, no, 147, 148, 1552,
170. II, 44.
Mentioned, III, 172. IV, 126.
Blunt, Lady.
Mentioned, I, 177.
Board of Property, meeting of, III,
311.
Board of Trade, Province affairs have
a hearing before, III, 450.
Mentioned, III, 498. IV, 212.
Disallowance of Laws by, IV, 217.
Boardman, Captain, of the Schooner
" Betsey."
Mentioned, IV, 29, 45, 48.
Boat, an unsinkable, III, 308.
Model of a, constructed along new
lines, III, 340.
Bocheron,  .
Letter from, II, 82.
Bodin,  .
Mentioned, III, 183.
Boeckmann, Jean Laurent, German
physicist.
Letter from, I, 399.
Boers,  .
Letter from, III, 60.
Bohlen, Anna Sophia Susanna de,
nee Franklin, claims to be grand-
niece of Dr. Franklin.
Letter from, II, 404.
Boileau,  .
Letter from, I, 214.
Boiler, improved, III, 378.
Boillat, Peter, Captain of the Amer
ican privateer " Laurens."
Letter from, III, 36.
Boirargues, Louvel de.
Letters from, I, 4302.
Bois, Pierre Frangois de.
Letter from; II, 371.
Mentioned, III, 530.
Boisbertrand, Gayault de, French
Officer.
Mentioned, I, 477, IV, 268, 272.
Petition of, IV, 301.
Boisboudron,  .
To  Pingre, IV, 231.

Boisgerard,  , Merchant at
Nantes.
Anonymous to, IV, 292.
Boislandry, Louis de, Merchant of
L'Aigle.
Letter from, III, 184.
Mentioned, III, 5.
Boismartin, Veillon De.
Letter from, III, 218.
Boismauger, Lucas de.
Letter from, I, 403.
Boisrenard, Abbe de.
Letter from, II, 246.
Boisroger, M. and Mme.
Mentioned, I, 453.
Boisroger,  de, Secretary to
Louis XVI.
Letter from, III, 35.
Boisroger, de Vanquelin de.
Letter from, I, 500.
Boisselin, Count de.
Mentioned, IV, 285.
Bois-Valee,  de Vyssery.
Letter from, II, 513.
Bollan,  .
Letter from, II, 512.
Bollard, Robert.
To the Principal Officers of his
Majesty's Ordnance, IV, 293.
Boiling, Thomas Tabb.
Letters from, III, 233, 2912.
Bolloche, Thibault Le.
Mentioned, II, 25.
Bolton & Watt, British Engineers.
Mentioned, III, 378.
Bomare, Jacques Christoph Valmont
de, Director of the Museum of the
Prince de Conde, at Chantilly.
Letters from, I, 535. II, 173, 316,
414. IV, 462.
Bond,  .
Mentioned, I, 377.
Bond, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 192.
Bond, D.
Letter from, III, 402.
Bond, George, Deputy Secretary of
the Continental Congress.
Mentioned, IV, 444, 445, 502.

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Bond, Phineas, Jr., British Consul for
the Middle States, Son of Dr.
Phineas Bond, of Philadelphia.
Letters from, III, 343, 390.
Mentioned, III, 318.
Bond, Richard, Son of Dr. Thomas
Bond.
Mentioned, I, 122.
Bond, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia physician.
Letters from, I, 97, 122. II, 145,
243. Ill, 294.
Mentioned, I, 41. Ill, 2, 317. IV,
203, 204.
Bond, Thomas, Jr., M. A. P. S., son
of Dr. Thomas Bond.
Letter from, I, 436.
To Dr. Jacob Rieger, IV, 224.
Bond, Vens.
Letter from, III, 287.
Bond & Byrn, Philadelphia merchants.
Mentioned, I, 97.
Bond of Indemnity, blank, III, 559.
Bondfield, John, Merchant, U. S.
Commercial Agent at Bordeaux.
Letters from, I, 279, 384, 388, 390,
39i, 39«, 409, 418, 419, 436, 4403,
441, 444, 446, 449, 453, 454, 459,
4782, 481, 485, 487, 489, 492, 494,
496, 506, 508, 512, 514, 531, 535,
538, 542, 556-
II, 1, 5, 13, 18, 22, 26, 30, 31, 39,
40, 51, 64, 68, 72, 73, 82, 95, 98,
101, 103, 106, 113, 117, 131, 134,
145, 177, 181, 212, 215, 218, 219,
293, 341, 357, 368, 381, 399, 402,
405, 414, 422, 443, 447, 483.
Ill, 123, 256, 368, 390, 392, 3952,
396. IV, 433, 439, 450.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 7, 163.
To Pierre Roussille, IV, 306.
Louis Sazerac l'aine and fils to, IV,
493-
Bill for cannon, IV, 500.
Mentioned, I, 522. II, 424, 442.
Ill, 4322, 433- IV, 107, 136, 355.

Bonds, Forms of, for Letters of
Marque and Reprisal, III, 560.
Given by Commander of a Letter of
Marque, III, 560.
Bongars, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 426.
Bonhome,  , Secretary in the
Dutch secret service.
Mentioned, III, 97.
" Bon Homme Richard," U. S. ship
of war, see also " Duras."
II, 772, 104, 107, no, 1122, 1202, 123,
124, 138, 149, 169, 194, 217, 264,
270, 278, 280, 315, 478, 507.
Ill, 222, 227.
IV, 17, 42, 308, 422, 458, 467, 484,
494, 49«, 498-
The Crew of the.
Letter from, II, 267.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 308.
" Alliance " runs foul of, court-mar
tial relative to, II, 130.
John Paul Jones to the Court-mar
tial on board the, IV, 493.
Prize-money still due, IV, 449.
Bonhours, Pere.
Mentioned, IV, 165.
Boniface,  .
Mentioned, I, 471.
Bonin, Capt., from Boston.
Mentioned, II, 145.
Bonnafons, Aime.
Mentioned, III, 100, 110.
Bonne,  de.
Mentioned, I, 446.
Bonne, Souer de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 70.
" Bonne Voitiere," the frigate.
IV, 35-
Bonneau,  .
Mentioned, II, 488.
Bonnefoux,  .
Letter from, II, 484.
To Miss Bethia Alexander, IV, 504.
" Bonnefoy," the French ship.
IV, 391.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

-, Member of the Borie,

Bonnefoy, —
College of Surgery at Lyons.
Letter from, III, 136.
Bonnet,  .
Letter from, I, 412.
Bonnet, Charles, Swiss Naturalist.
Mentioned, II, 87.
Bonniot, Michel.
Letter from, I, 367.
Bonsart,  .
Mentioned, IV, 87.
Bonvouloir, Achard De.
Letters from, I, 5562.
Bonzon,  .
Letter from, III, 33.
Books, list of, IV, 386, 388.
Purchased at Alleyne's sale, ex
change of, IV, 312.
Booth, Richard.
Letter from, II, 158.
Borch, Thomas, British prisoner.
Mentioned, IV, 425.
Borde, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 381.
" Bordeaux," the frigate.
I, 564.
Bordeaux, How trade is carried on at,
during hostilities, IV, 12.
The Archbishop of.
Letter from, III, 300.
Mentioned, III, 349, 393.
"Bordelais," the ship.
I, 367-
Bordet, Jean Baptiste la.
Mentioned, II, 146.
Bordot, I., Merchant at Rochelle.
Letters from, I, 538. II, 33, 87,
137, 342-
Mentioned, I, 359. II, 17.
Borel, A.
Letters from, I, 470, 505, 518. II,
19. IV, 411.
Letter to, III, 511.
Mentioned, I, 528.
Borges,  . Merchant at Ham
burg.
Mentioned, III, 82.

-, One of the Commis

sioners appointed by Louis XVI to
investigate Animal Magnetism.
Death of, IV, 350.
Born, Ignace, Chevalier de, German
Mineralogist.
Letter from, III, 129.
Mentioned, III, 128.
Borth,  .
Mentioned, III, 348.
Borthwick, John.
Letter from, I, in.
Bory,  .
Mentioned, II, 26, 405.
Bospin,  du.
Mentioned, I, 558.
Bossut, L'Abbe.
Description by, of a balloon ascen
sion, IV, 506.
"Boston," the U. S. frigate.
I, 390, 426, 436, 440, 451, 467, 468.
481. II, 32, 77, 281, 327, 337.
Ill, 267. IV, 267, 279, 306, 312,
489.
Plot to betray, IV, 410.
" Boston," the privateer.
Ill, 544-
Boston, The Commissioners of Cus
toms at, Governor William Frank
lin to, IV, 205.
Committee of the Town of.
Letter from, I, 101.
Evacuation of, I, 179.
The Freeholders and Inhabitants of.
Letter from, I, 107.
Governor of.
Mentioned, IV, 176.
Non-importation agreement, I, 104.
Protests against the blockading of
harbor, III, 499.
Selectmen of.
Letter from, I, 91.
To Gov. Francis Bernard, IV, 207.
" Boston Independent Chronicle,"
Supplement to the, III, 530.
Bostoneses, Semencia de los.
Mentioned, IV, 374.

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Botetourt, Lord Norborne ilerkeley,
Baron, Colonial Gov. of Virginia.
Mentioned, I, 99, 129.
Both,  de.
Mentioned, III, 103.
Bouchet,  .
Letter from, II, 498.
Bouchet, Major Denis Jean-FIori-
mond-Langlois Du, in the Conti
nental service.
Letter from, II, 3. Ill, 36.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 10, 115.
To John Adams, IV, 278.
Mentioned, I, 438.
Bouchet, Captain Pierre, of " I' Aim-
able Elizabeth."
Mentioned, IV, 352.
Account of the shipwreck of his ves
sel, " Aimable Elizabeth," IV, 369.
Boucheville, Mutel de.
Letter from, II, 301.
Boudet,  .
Letter from, I, 319.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 491.
Boudinot, Elias, New Jersey delegate
to and President of Continental
Congress.
Letters from, III, 56, 69, 99, 122.
Election as President of Congress,
IV, 462.
Mentioned, III, m, 189.
Boudinot, Lewis, Brother of Elias
Boudinot.
Letter from, III, in.
Boudon,  .
Mentioned, II, 481, 485. IV, 329.
Bouffe, Gabriel.
Letters from, I, 419, 420.
Bouffe, Pierre.
Letters from, I, 419, 420.
Bouffe, Mme.
Mentioned, II, 16.
Bouflers-Rouvrel, Marie Charlotte
Hippolyte Comtesse de.
Letters from, III, 88, 259.

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de,
French Navigator.
Mentioned, IV, 148.
Bouget, A.
Letter from, IV, 413'.
Bougon,  de.
Letter from, III, 403.
Mentioned, III, 409.
Bouille, Marquis Francois Claude
Amour de, Governor of Guade
loupe.
Mentioned, I, 214, 547.
Bouille, La Marquise De.
Letter from, IV, 472.
Bouillon,  .
Letter from, I, 288.
Bouillon, de Mauviel de.
Letter from, III, 183.
Bouillot, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 69.
" Bouitte, La," the vessel.
IV, 292.
Boulainvilliers, Mme. de.
Letters from, II, 329'. Ill, 86.
Letter to, III, 523.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 26, 46.
Mentioned, III, 235.
Boulainvilliers, Mile. de.
Marriage to Vicomte de Clermont
Tonnere, IV, 26.
Boulainvilliers, Marquis de.
Letters from, II, 322, 354.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 26.
Boulanger, Mr.
Mentioned, I, 56.
Boule,  .
Letters from, II, 58. IV, 420.
Boullancourt, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 219.
Boulton, Matthew, F. R. S., British
Engineer. ¦
Mentioned, III, 302.
Boundary Commission, New York
and New Jersey, I, 86, 89.

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Bouquet, Col. Henry, of British Army,
Served in Pennsylvania during
Colonial Period.
Letters from, I, 313, 32.
Letters to, III, 444, 457.
To William Denny, IV, 178.
Desertion from army of, I, 31.
Mentioned, I, 16, 29, 33, 35, 362.
Ill, 444, 458.
Bourbon, Louis Henri de (Prince de
Conde).
Letters from, II, 34, 174, 188, 216,
377, 447, 468.
Bourcel, —  De.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 44.
Bourdic, Marie Anne Henriette Payan
de l'Etang, Baronne de, French
litterateur.
Letters from, II, 519. Ill, 141,
1422.
Bourdic, Comtesse de.
Jean Jacques Coirard to, IV, 370.
Bourdieu, James, London Merchant.
Letter from, III, 224.
Bourdin,  .
Letter from, I, 246.
Bourez, Sutaine de.
Letter from, I, 99.
Bourgeois,  .
Letter from, II, 158.
Bourgoin,  . Printer.
Mentioned, III, 239. IV, 162.
Bourgoing, Jean Frangois, Baron de,
French Minister to Hamburg.
Louis Phillipe, Comte de Segur, to,
IV, 367-
Bourke,  , French Master.
Mentioned, III, 474.
Bourne, — —  , London broker.
Mentioned, III, 260, 261.
Bourne, Dominique.
Letter from, III, 327.
Bourne, John, Husband of Anne Du
Pont.
Mentioned, III, 314. IV, 155.
Bourne, John.
Letter from, IV, 466.

Bournons, -

-, Member of Royal

Acad, of Sciences, Brussels.
Mentioned, III, 94.
Bourzeil, Dr. De.
Letter from, III, 403.
Boush,  .
Mentioned, II, 135.
Bousie, Guillaume.
Audibert l'aine to, IV, 280.
Passport for vessel of, III, 518.
Bousie, Mrs.
To Edward Bancroft, IV, 369.
Mentioned, III, 401.
Bousquetry,  .
Letter from, III, 72.
Boussin,  .
Letter from, I, 556.
Bout,  De.
Letters from, I, 434. IV, 414, 415.
Boutey, Surgeon.
Mentioned, II, 184.
Bouvier,  .
Letter from, I, 351.
Bouvinghausen,  de.
Letters from, II, 398, 422, 483.
Bouvoire, Vicomte de.
Letter from, II, 367.
Boux,  .
Letters from, I, 214, 234, 368. IV,
474-
Mentioned, II, 432. Ill, 412, 413.
To his uncle, IV, 488.
Bowdoin, James, M. A. P. S., Mem
ber of Boston Committee of Cor
respondence and Governor of
Massachusetts.
Letters from, I, 27. II, 244, 343.
Ill, 109, 142, 287, 301, 337, 339,
34i, 3732, 375, 378.
Letter to, III, 479.
Caleb Gannet to, IV, 365.
Mentioned, I, 218, 232. II, 398.
Ill, 103, 107, 290, 316, 318, 395.
Telescope, pedestal for his, I, 30.
Bowen, Penuel.
Letter from, I, 126.
Bowles, John.
To William Strahan, IV, 369.

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Bowman, J.
Letter from, I, 299.
Bownas, Samuel.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 172.
de Boy, Pierre Francois, Maj., U. S. A.
Letters from, II, 280, 284, 455.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 311.
Mentioned, II, 78, 282.
Boyd,  .
Mentioned, I, 163.
Boyd, Lawrence.
Letter from, II, 55.
Boyd, William R.
Letters from, II, 166, 214.
Boyenval,  .
Letter from, II, 42.
Boyer,  .
Letter from, II, 79.
Boyer,  .
Letter from, III, 14.
Boyer,  , French actor.
Mentioned, IV, 76.
Boyetet,  , Spanish Consul-
General for France.
Mentioned, II, 403.
Boyle, Henry, et al., Manchester cot
ton manufacturers.
Letter from, II, 410.
Boylston, John, Boston Merchant, son
of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.
Letter from, I, 445.
Mentioned, IV, 272, 274.
Boylston, Nicholas, Boston Merchant.
Mentioned, I, 70.
Braddock, Gen. Edward, Commander-
in-Chief of the British forces in
America in 1755.
Mentioned, I, 13, 31. IV, 176.
Braddock's army supplies, paid for
by Dr. Franklin, I, 13.
Bradford, John, Continental Agent in
Massachusetts.
Letters from, I, 217. II, 4, 307.
To William Lee, IV, 248.
To Thomas Morris, IV, 248.
To Pliarne, Penet & Co., IV, 231.
Mentioned, IV, 22, 34, 199.

Bradford, Samuel, Son of John Brad
ford.
Mentioned, I, 346, 550, 553. II,
48, 300, 307, 326.
Bradford, Thomas, printer, Captain
of a Military Company in Phila
delphia, son of William Bradford.
Letter to, III, 500.
Bradford, William, Philadelphia
printer, and publisher of the Penn
sylvania Journal, Colonel in the
Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 92.
Bradstreet, Col. John, of British
Army.
Granted peace to Delaware and
Shawanese, I, 32.
Brady, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 169.
De Bragelonne de filley de la Barre.
Letters from, I, 23 82, 248.
Brahm,  de.
Letter from, I, 237.
Brahm, Major Ferdinand J. S., M. A.
P. S., Officer in Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 237.
Brahm, Francois de.
Letter from, III, 56.
Brailey,  .
Samuel White to, IV, 335.
Brailsford, William.
Letter from, II, 377.
Mentioned, II, 351.
Braley, Nathaniel.
Mentioned, IV, 97.
Brancas, Comte and Comtesse de.
Letter from, III, 142.
Brancas, Lowendal, Comtesse de.
Letter from, IV, 409.
Brancas, Marquis de.
Letter from, III, 53.
Branche,  .
Letter from, I, 494.
Branco,  .
Letter from, II, 324.
Brandenstein, Frederic Guillaume
Ferdinand de.
Letter from, III, 142.

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Brandywine, battle of, I, 423. IV,
405.
Braner,  .
Letter from, II, 300.
Brantsen, Gerard van de, Minister
Plenipotentiary of the States-Gen
eral to the Court of France.
Letters from, II, 510. Ill, 57.
IV, 461.
Mentioned, II, 496.
Brault & Demezaudre.
Letters from, II, 54, 84.
Braumuller, John Gottfried.
Letters from, III, 92, 115.
Braunius, M.
Mentioned, I, 40.
Brav, Monte.
Letter from, III, 227.
Letter to, III, 546.
" Brave Normand," the ship.
II, 124.
Braxton,  .
Mentioned, IV, 165.
Braxton, George, Jr.
To William Temple Franklin, IV,
382, 39, 42.
Mentioned, IV, 38, 41, 43.
Bray, Associates of the late Dr.
Letters from, I, 67. Ill, 278, 301.
IV, 402.
Mentioned, III, 463.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin made mem
ber of, I, 21.
To purchase a piece of land in
Philadelphia, III, 278.
Reports concerning negro school es
tablished by, III, 450.
Brazil, The Princess of.
Mentioned, III, 252.
Bread made of potatoes, I, 510, 516.
Breda, Victor, American prisoner.
Letter from, III, 403.
Breeches, Order for leather, III, 435.
Breget,  de.
Cure ascribed to magnetism, III, 175.
Breget, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 415.

Breidenstein, John Philip.
Letter from, III, 84.
Breintnall, Joseph, Secretary of the
Library Company of Philadelphia
and Sheriff of Philadelphia.
Peter Collinson to, IV, 173.
Bremont, Alexis.
Letter from, III, 403.
Bremoutier,  .
Letter from, III, 246.
Breneisen,  .
Mentioned, III, 381.
Brent, W.
Letters from, II, 272, 274.
Brentano,  , Major de, Aide
to Gen. Viomenil.
Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth to, IV,
503-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 503.
Bres, Chevalier de.
Letter from, IV, 445.
Bresillac, De Marion.
Letter from, I, 350.
Bresson,  .
Mentioned, I, 468.
Brest, The fleet from, IV, 7, 9, 33.
Major de Place of.
Mentioned, II, 419.
Bret,  .
Letter from, II, 28.
Breteuil, Louis Auguste le Tonnelier
Baron de, French diplomatist,
Minister of Louis XVI charged
with the Department of Paris.
Letters from, III, 139, 140.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 263.
The Royal Commissioners to In
vestigate Animal Magnetism to,
IV, 350.
Mentioned, II, 189. Ill, 158, 234,
413. IV, 142.
Brethren's Church at Bethlehem, Pa.,
Ill, 368.
Bretigney, Bernard De, Father of
Chevalier de Bretigney.
Letter from, II, 444.

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Bretigney, Chevalier De, Officer in
Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 255, 257, 259, 329.
IV, 411.
Mentioned, I, 262, 293. II, 486.
Ill, 504.
" Breton," the merchant ship.
II, 285, 331. Ill, 524. IV, 432.
Breton, Cape, Expedition against, III,
435-
Breton,  .
Mentioned, II, 412.
Breton, Alexandre.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 22, 26.
Breton,  Le.
Letter fiJom, II, 427.
Breton, Abbe Le.
Letter from, II, 123.
Breuze,  de.
Letter from, III, 84.
Brevitt, John.
Letter from, II, 158.
Brevost,  , Agent for the So-
ciete Philantropique.
Letters from, III, 251, 253, 256,
258.
Brewer, Joseph.
Mentioned, I, 163.
Brewse, Lieut.-Col.
Mentioned, II, 457.
Brewse, Mrs. and Miss.
Letter from, II, 457.
Brewster, Oliver.
Mentioned, III, 86.
B riant,  .
Letter from, III, 102.
Briaud,  .
Letter from, III, 103.
Brice, James, Mayor of' Annapolis.
Mentioned, IV, 343.
Brice, John.
Letter from, II, 125.
Bridgen, Edward, F. R. S.
Letters from, I, 258, 378. II,
138, 141, 171, 483, 516. Ill, 72,
105, 1882, 194, 196, 197, 213, 255,
265, 268, 2732, 278, 285, 287, 313,
327-

Bridgen, Edward — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 504. II, 423, 443.
Ill, 323.
Restoration of estate of, in North
Carolina, III, 309, 327.
Bridgen & Waller, of London.
Mentioned, III, 105, 313.
Bridges, Models of, III, 338, 349^
Bridges, Robert.
Mentioned, II, 24.
Brie, Derneux de.
Letter from, I, 293.
Brienne, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 358.
Briere,  , Engineer.
Mentioned, III, 431.
Briffaut,  .
Mentioned, II, 3.
Brig, John.
Letter from, II, 113.
Brigant,  Le.
Letter from, II, 282.
Briggs, Nathaniel.
To Charles Bell, IV, 217.
To Thomas Drue, IV, 217.
To David Mill, IV, 217.
Briggs, Richard, of Boston, Surgeon.
Receipt by, IV, 379.
Bright, Jacob, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 459, 465.
Bright, Michael, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 454, 455, 456.
To James Cuming, IV, 328.
" Brighton," the brigantine.
HI, 433-
Brilhac,  .
Letter from, II, 147.
Brillon, Mme. d'Hardancourt.
Letters from, I, 314, 374, 377, 381,
440, 450, 525, 539, 548, 5577, 558s.
II, 12, 18, 41, 45, 76, 116, 164, 165,
167, 169, 187, 210, 312, 313, 316,
317, 329, 33°*, 34i, 35i, 353, 361,
368, 397, 398, 400, 402, 412, 419,
424, 427s, 4287, 429*, 44i, 447, 4^3,
5i95-
III, 1423, 1432, 174, 186, 187, 193,
234, 235", 270, 273, 274, 284, 292,
326, 357, 386, 4°3*, 404', 4°5', 406°.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Brillon, Mme.— Continued.
Letters to, III, 509, 511, 5153, 521,
522, 527, 529, 530, 531, 540, 541,
547, 548, SS62.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 91.
To Louis Guillaume Le Veillard,
IV, 278.
Anonymous to, IV, 384.
Mile. Brillon to, IV, 370.
Leseurre to, IV, 352.
Vernet to, IV, 504.
Mme. Watelet to, IV, 380.
Mentioned, II, 210. Ill, 253, 368,
385, 402, 410, 425, 515, 520, 525.
IV, 5, 12, 51, 81, 104, 159, 162,
166, 352, 380.
Declines a marriage between Wil
liam Temple Franklin and Mile.
Brillon, II, 368.
Brillon, Mile.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 148.
To Mme. Brillon, IV, 370.
William Temple Franklin's suit for
the hand of, II, 368. IV, 102, 104.
Marriage of, III, 276, 280. IV, 1462.
Mentioned, IV, 52, 126, 1452.
Brillon, Miles.
Mentioned, IV, 94, 154.
Brillon, de Jouy,  , Receiver-
General of Trusts of Parliament,
and husband of Mme. d'Hardan-
court Brillon.
Letters from, I, 532, 556, 558s. II,
148, 4272. Ill, 290.
Letters to, III, 505, 548.
Mentioned, I, 572. Ill, 291, 404,
506, 530, 541. IV, in, 1452, 157,
158, 370.
Death of, III, 344, 357. IV, 159.
Brillon, M. and Mme. de Jouy.
Letter from, III, 122.
Brillon family.
A serio-comic address to Dr. Frank
lin by, II, 427.
Mentioned, IV, 127, 150, 154, 1562,
160.

Brimmer, Martin, Merchant at Bos
ton.
To Thomas Aston Coffin, IV, 330.
Mentioned, III, 39.
Brion,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 416.
Brionne, Countess of.
Mentioned, III, 426.
Brisbois,  .
To whom it may concern, IV, 491.
Brisson,  .
Letter from, I, 329.
Mentioned, I, 206.
Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre, M.
A. P. S., French publicist.
Letters from, II, 39, 423. Ill,
384.
Mentioned, III, 378, 387.
" Bristol," The British war-ship.
IV, 323.
Bristol, Attack upon, by British, IV,
411.
Fair, II, 212.
Bristow, Benjamin.
Letter from, IV, 413.
" Britannia," the cartel ship.
II, 275.
" Britannia," the prize.
I, 347- IV, 267.
Britannic Majesties, Print of their,
IV, !63.
British, Attack upon Bristol by, IV,
411.
Cabinet, reply to de Simolin with
reference to mediation, IV, 329.
Cruisers, vigilance of, I, 211.
Defeat of, near Charleston, IV, 493.
At Trenton, IV, 33.
Goods, resolutions to consume no
more, III, 472.
Government attempts to make secret
contracts for masts, II, 392.
Ministry, illegal acts committed by
the, IV, 377.
Officer desires to enter American
Army, I, 277.
Property, vessels to prey upon, IV,
403.

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43

British — Continued.
Transports, reported capture of six,
IV, 426.
Troops forming an expedition under
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, list of,
IV, 395-
Trouble between, and Hessian
troops, IV, 487.
Vessels, capture of a convoy of, IV,
17-
" Briton," nam de plume of Dr.
Franklin.
Of the Means of Disposing the
Enemy to Peace, III, 451.
Brocklesby, Richard, M. D., F. R. S.
Letter from, II, 159.
Broell, Leonhard Magnus.
Letter from, III, 181.
Brogden, Dr.
Mentioned, III, 228.
Broglie, Charles Frangois, Count de.
Mentioned, II, 203.
Broglie, Victor Claude, Prince de.
Letters from, II, 469, 503.
Bromfield, Henry, of Boston.
Mentioned, I, 507. II, 272. Ill,
434-
Bromfield, Jr., Henry, Amsterdam
Merchant.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 49.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 313.
Bromfield, Thomas, London Mer
chant.
Letter from, I, 174.
Brongniart, Alexandre Theodore,
Architect to Louis XVI.
Letters from, II, 499. Ill, 8, 13,
95-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 141.
Medal commemorating the Union
of America and France, being
struck by, III, 107.
Proofs of, being made by, III,
8, 13-
Struck by order of Dr. Franklin,
designed by, III, 243.

Brongniart, Antoine Louis, French
Chemist.
Letters from, I, 391, 473.
Mentioned, II, 59.
Brooke, Dr. Laurence, Son of Rich
ard Brooke and Surgeon on the
"Bon Homme Richard."
Mentioned, I, 464, 474. II, 246.
Brooke, Richard, of Virginia.
Letter from, I, 12.
Mentioned, I, 464.
Brooke, Robert, son of Richard Brooke.
Mentioned, I, 464, 474.
Broom, Jacob, Delaware delegate to
the Constitutional Convention.
Letters from, III, 381, 390, 398.
Broomfield, Rosetta.
To Ann Loviel, IV, 331.
Brossiere,  , Clergyman at
I'Orient.
Letter from, III, 16.
Brotier, L'Abbe Gabriel.
Mentioned, I, 351.
Broughton, Capt. Nicholas, of Mar-
blehead, Mass.
Mentioned, II, 348.
Broughton, Sarah.
Letter from, I, 61.
Broussonet, Pierre Marie Auguste,
French physician and naturalist.
Mentioned, IV, 456.
Brown,  .
Letter from, III, 342.
Brown,  .
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 262.
Brown,  .
Mentioned, I, 266. II, 227.
Brown, Captain, of the privateer
"Dolphin."
Mentioned, I, 252, 296.
Brown, Ephraim, adopted son of
Mary, widow of Peter Franklin.
Letters from, I, 42, 62, 100.
Mentioned, I, 40, 160.
Brown, Henton,' London Banker.
Letter from, I, 28.
To Goldney Smith & Co., IV, 184.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Brown, John, Lieut.-Col. in the Con
tinental Army.
To General Benjamin Lincoln, IV,
238.
Mentioned, IV, 238.
Brown, John, assumed name of Alex
ander John Alexander.
Mentioned, III, 233. IV, 133
Brown, Joseph.
Mentioned, I, 422.
Brown, Moses, Captain of an Amer
ican privateer.
Letter from, II, 386.
Brown, Walter.
Letter from, III, 127.
Brown, William.
Mentioned, III, 195.
Brown & Collinson, London bankers.
Letter to, III, 500.
Mentioned, III, 500.
Brown, Collinson & Tritton, London
bankers.
Failure of, IV, 448, 449.
Brown University, Providence, R. I.,
see, also, Rhode Island College.
Soliciting the patronage of the King
of France for, III, 157, 298.
Browne, Isaac, Rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church at Newark, N. J.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 183.
Browne, John, Lieutenant on the
"Bon Homme Richard."
Letter from, II, 77.
Browne, Joseph, Surgeon in the Con
tinental Army.
Letter from, III, 288.
Browne, Joseph, V ice-Chancellor of
the University of Oxford.
To Dr. John Kelly, IV, 185.
Browne, Sir William, British physi
cian.
Letter to, III, 486.
Brownrigg, Dr. William, F. R. S.,
Chemist.
Letter from, I, 134.
Mentioned, I, 166/275.
Brubacher, Johannes.
Mentioned, I, 475.

Bruelt, R.
Letter from, III, 406.
Bruet, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 98.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 124.
Bruges, Comte de.
Letters from, I, 292, 299.
Mentioned, I, 298.
Briihl, John Mauritius, Count de,
F. R. S., Minister of the Elector
of Saxony to Court of St. James.
Letters from, III, 114, 179.
Brulley,  .
Letter from, I, 484.
Brun, Abbe Joseph Andre.
Letter from, III, 250.
" Brune," the ship.
I, 360.
Agreement between owners of, and
the crew, IV, 245.
"Brunetta," the Dutch Merchant
ship.
II, 148, 162, 240.
Bruni,  de.
Letter from, I, 212.
Brunier,  .
Mentioned, III, 118.
Brunnet, Jean, of the Crew of the
" Bon Homme Richard."
Letter from, III, 227.
Brunswick, battle at, I, 269.
Brunswick, Duke of.
Mentioned, II, 226.
Portrait of, IV, 158, 160.
Brunville, de Flaudre de.
Letters from, III, no, 123.
Brus, Ch. de.
Letter from, I, 242.
Brush, William.
Mentioned, IV, 30.
Brusle,  .
Letter from, I, 250.
Brust, C. L.
Letter from, II, 67.
Brutiere, Guirquette Anquetil.
Letters from, I, 558. II, 30. Ill,
68.

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45

Brutiere, Guirquette Anquetil — Con
tinued.
Letter to, III, 518.
Brutiere & Co., Guirquette Anquetil.
Letters from, I, 437, 554.
Brutus. Mentioned, IV, 60.
Bry,  . Surgeon on "La Ven
geance."
Letter from, III, 94.
Bryan, Arthur.
Letters from, I, 428, 525. Ill, 20.
Bryan, George,. M. A. P. S., Philadel
phia delegate to Stamp Act Con
gress. President of Supreme Exec
utive Council of Penna. and Justice
of Supreme Court of Penna.
Mentioned, I, 49.
Bryan, Jonathan (?), Georgia patriot.
Mentioned, I, 144.
Bryan, William, Jr.
Letters from, I, 428, 525. Ill,
20.
Bryant,  .
Mentioned, I, 139.
Bryson,  .
Mentioned, IV, 58.
Buat,  du.
Letter from, I, 426.
Bubier, Christopher, et al.
Letter from, II, 179.
Buc,  du.
Letter from, IV, 468.
Bucaille,  .
Letter from, II, 497.
" Buccaneer," the, Massachusetts pri
vateer.
II, 401. IV, 92, 334.
Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl
of, M. A. P. S.
Letters from, I, 160. Ill, 23, 305,
318.
Mentioned, III, 31.
Buchanan, George, M. A. P. S., Bal
timore Physician.
Letter from, III, 336.
Buchanan, George.
Mentioned, III, 433.

Buchoz, — :  .
Letter from, I, 515.
Buckingham, 

Mentioned, III, 180.
Buckingham, George Nugent-Temple-
Grenville, Duke of, British States
man, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Mentioned, III, 367, 394.
Buckmaster, George, of Newport,
R. I.
Letter from, III, 298.
Bucks County, Pa., Location and Ex
tent of John Williams's land in,
IV, 396.
Plan of a Tract of Land belonging
to Lawrence Growdon and Lang
horne Biles in, IV, 396.
" Buckskin," the ship.
II, 38.
Bucquet, J. D. Marie, Chemist.
Letter from, I, 558.
Buc-Saint-Olympe,  du.
Marriage of, and Mme. de Longpre,
IV, 468.
Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte
de, M. A. P. S., F. R. S., French
Naturalist.
Letters from, III, 331, 348.
Mentioned, I, 23, 150. II, 59. Ill,
125, 300, 345, 346, 371, 401.
Buhring,  .
Letter from, II, 222.
Buisson, Chevalier du, of the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, II, 349.
Buisson, Chevalier du, Uncle of
Chevalier du Buisson of the Con
tinental Army.
To Barbeu Dubourg, IV, 489.
Bulet,  .
Letter from, I, 294.
Bulkeley,  .
Mentioned, II, 26.
Bull, John, Colonel in the service of
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, III, 327.
Bullets, Hollow, IV, 372.
New process of making, I, 361.

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Bullett, Thomas, Virginia surveyor.
Mentioned, IV, 217.
Biilow, Baron de.
Count de Bernsdorf to, IV, 212.
Bumel,  .
Mentioned, I, 257.
Bunker, Job.
Letter from, III, 78.
Bunker, Capt. Joshua.
Mentioned, IV, 208.
Bunnel, John, of New Haven.
Mentioned, II, 303.
Buquet,  .
Letter from, III, 98.
Burckwald,  de.
Letter from, I, 312.
Burd, Edward, of Philadelphia, M. A.
P. S.
Mentioned, II, 237.
Burdett,  .
Letter to, III, 489.
Burdett, P. P.
Letters from, I, 233, 250. Ill,
294, 35i-
Burdy, Robert.
Mentioned, II, 85.
Burdy, Thomas.
Mentioned, II, 85.
Burecourt, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 406.
Burette,  .
Letter from, I, 250.
Burgh, Walter Hussey, M. P. in the
Irish Parliament, Chief Baron of
the Irish Exchequer.
Mentioned, III, 118.
Burgoyne, John, Lieut.-Gen., British
Army in America.
Mentioned, I, 170, 1762, 177, 182,
265, 353, 433- II, 70, 423- IV,
222, 238, 240, 241, 245, 247, 248,
262, 405, 439.
To Gen. William Heath, IV, 243%
244.
Gen. Horatio Gates to, IV, 240, 242.
Gen. William Heath to, IV, 243.
Arrival in London, I, 423.
Capture of, I, 303, 314, 321, 348.

Burgoyne, John — Continued.
Destination of, I, 209.
Embarkation of troops at Rhode
Island, IV, 245.
Exchange of, for Henry Laurens,
IV, 437, 438.
Roster of Army of, IV, 242.
Speech of, I, 430.
Surrender of, I, 302, 303, 3042, 313,
314, 404. IV, 475.
Tried by court-martial, IV, 411.
Burk,  .
Mentioned, IV, 38,
Burke,  .
Mentioned, I, 249.
Burke, Edmund, M. P., British States
man.
Letter from, IV, 439.
Bill for general exchange of prison
ers, II, 458, 464.
Mentioned, III, 500.
Burke, Judge, of Charleston.
Mentioned, III, 324.
Burlingham, William, Captain of the
Letter of Marque " Nancy."
Mentioned, IV, 83. '
Burlington Free School, Trustees of.
Letter from, I, 143.
To George III, IV, 218.
Burlington Island, IV, 218.
Matininuck Island given to, for edu
cational purposes, IV, 168.
Burlington Society for the Promotion
of Agriculture and of Domestic
Manufactures, IV, 163.
Burnell, John, Captain of the Letter of
Marque, " Montgomery."
To  Lampre, IV, 248.
To Jean Baptiste Le Roy, IV, 248.
Mentioned, I, 257, 397. Ill, 511.
Money due to, I, 397.
Burnet seeds, I, 26.
Burnett, Mrs. A. F.
Mrs. Sarah Bache to, IV, 369.
To Mrs. Sarah Bache, IV, 369.
Burnett, Robert.
Commission as Secretary of New
Jersey, IV, 173.

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47

Burpy,  .
Death of, IV, 201.
Burr, Thaddeus, Member of the Con
necticut Assembly.
Mentioned, II, 408.
Burrow, Sir James, London barrister.
Mentioned, I, 52. II, 216.
Burrowes,  .
Mentioned, III, 216.
Burrows, Dr.
Mentioned, II, 499. Ill, 24.
Burrows, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 24.
Busaray,  .
Letter from, I, 522.
Buscalier, Frederick.
Mentioned, IV, 97.
Busch, Dr.
Mentioned, II, 99.
Bush, David, of Wilmington, Del.
Letter from, III, 280.
Busson, Thomas Frangois.
Mentioned, IV, 410.
Bussy,  de, formerly Ambas
sador to England.
Mentioned, I, 353.
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of.
Mentioned, I, 25, 451.
Buter,  .
Mentioned, III, 397.
Butler,  . Captain of the
" Arethusa."
Mentioned, III, 245.
Butler, Capt., of the Privateer
" Molly."
Mentioned, I, 348.
Butler, Mrs.
Mentioned, II, 148, 159, 163.
Butler, A.
To Col. Hugh Shields, IV, 322.
Butler, John.
Letter from, II, 257.
Butler, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, III, 84.
Butler, Otto Magnus de.
Letter from, I, 535.
Butley, Thomas.
Letter from, II, 417.

Butor,  .
Letter from, I, 235.
Butot, Lucas.
Letters from, I, 361, 374.
Butre,  de.
Mentioned, III, 294.
" Butterfly," the English ship.
II, 18.
Buxueil, the Old Hermit of.
Letter from, I, 410.
Poems by, IV, 370.
Buyck, Pierre, of Ghent.
Letters from, II, 352. Ill, 42.
_ IV, 454-
Buyck, Mme. Pierre, of Ghent.
Letter from, III, 275.
Byde, Thomas Plumer, formerly M. P.
Letter from, III, 17.
Byles, Mather, Boston Clergyman.
Letter from, III, 341.
Byrne vs. Ridgely, IV, 184.
Byrne, Bartholomew, et al.
Letter from, I, 528.
Byrne, Edward, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, II, 93.
Byrne, James.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Byrne, James.
David Finney vs., IV, 219.
Byrne, John Augustus.
Mentioned, II, 510.
Byrne, Capt. Thomas, of the Schooner
" Peter."
Mentioned, II, 262.
Byrnes, Captain James.
Mentioned, IV, 45.
Byron, Lord John, British Rear- Ad
miral.
Damage to squadron of, II, 4.
Destination of, I, 446.
Squadron of, I, 443, 496, 514, 542.
II, 4, 115, 128.
Mentioned, IV, 13, 262, 296.

Letter from, II, 100.
C  , Baron de.
Mentioned, II, 99.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

C  ," busybody.
Mentioned, II, 231.
C  , J  .
Letter from, I, 142.
C  , Conduct of M.
II, 234.
C  , P  .

To

Benson, IV, 262.

Caarten, Mentioned, I, 247.
Cabanes, F. M. De.
Letter from, III, 107.
Cabanis,  fils, Son of Pierre
Jean Georges Cabanis.
Letter from, II, 247.
Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges, M. A.
P. S., French writer, physician,
and philosopher Member of
I'Academie des Sciences Morales
et Politique.
Letters from, II, 56, 187, 335.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 17, 27.
Elected member of The American
Philosophical Society, IV, 361.
Cabanoux, Joly de, Lieutenant on " Le
Languedoc" in the fleet of Comte
d'Estaing.
Mentioned, III, 180.
Cabaret,  .
Letters from, II, 485, 520.
Letter to, III, 531.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 91.
Cabarras, Francis, Spanish Banker.
Mentioned, IV, 94.
Cabbage, Anjou, I, 26.
Cabot, George.
Mentioned, IV, 450.
Caccia,  , Banker.
Pouchard to, IV, 338.
Mentioned, IV, 114, 338.
Caccini,  .
Letter from, II, 27.
Cachard, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 54.
Cacheur, Pierre le.
Letters from, II, 14. Ill, 406.

Cadet,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.
Cadet, John Lafitte.
John Matthias Halstead to, IV, 375.
Cadet de Vaux, Antoine Alexis Fran-
gois, M. A. P. S., French Chemist.
Letters from, I, 510, 516, 522, 538.
II, 114, 138, 256. Ill, 37, 107,
n82, 125, 133, 159, 166, 168, 179,
185, 254.
Mentioned, III, 132.
Cadignun, Baron de.
Mentioned, I, 276.
Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe, Cap
tain in the French Army, founder
of Detroit, Mich.
Grant of land to, from the Gov
ernor of Canada, IV, 169.
Cadillac, Marie Therese de Lamothe.
Letters from, III, 190, 192.
Cadio, Frangois.
Letter from, III, 406.
Cadiz, Refusal to admit English ships
into the port of, IV, 253.
Cadou,  , fils.
Letter from, I, 534.
Cadwalader, Miss, Daughter of Dr.
Thomas Cadwalader.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Cadwalader, General John, of the
Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 505. IV, 493.
Cadwalader, Dr. Thomas, of Phila
delphia, Physician, Vice-President
of The American Philosophical
Society.
Mentioned, II, 271.
" Caesar," the ship, belonging to the
fleet of Comte d'Estaing.
II, 21.
Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, French sculptor.
Letters from, I, 256, 262, 318. II,
43, 45, 95, 245, 256, 467, 493. Ill,
8, 41, 102, 1212, 141, 262, 264.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 93, 136, 1382, 139, 506.
To anonymous, IV, 370.

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Caffieri, Jean-Jacques — Continued.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
355-
Lair De Lamotte to, IV, 354.
Mentioned, I, 262. IV, 386.
Caffieri, Quentin.
Order by, IV, 236.
Cagliostro, Alexandre, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 290, 300.
Count and Countess, III, 308.
Caille,  .
Letter from, I, 427.
Caille, Stephen D'audibert.
Letters from, I, 396. Ill, 201.
To William Carmichael, IV, 327.
Correspondent for the United States
in Morocco, IV, 327.
Caillot,  .
Mentioned, III, 144, 429.
Caillot, Armand, Son of Mme. Caillot.
Mentioned, IV, 162.
Caillot, M. and Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 127.
Caillot, Mme.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 134, 1443, 1462, 1473, 1482,
1502, 151, 152, 1532, 1542, 155, 1562,
I573, I592, l6o> l61', !62.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
357, 3«o.
Mentioned, IV, 52, 104, 1472.
Cain, Alexander, Captain of the Let
ter of Marque "St. James."
Letter from, III, 207.
Mentioned, II, 500, 502. IV, 478.
Caire, Comtesse de.
Letter from, I, 263.
Cairol, M. de.
Mentioned, I, 220.
Caladaron, Observations on, IV, 385.
Calculus, Remedy for, III, 239.
Caldani, Leopold, M.A., F. R. S.,
Professor of Physics in University
of Padua and President of the
Academy of Sciences, Letters and
Arts of Padua.
Letter to, IV, 478.

Calder, Mrs.
Mentioned, II, 274.
Calder, Dr. John, non-conformist min
ister in London, and author.
Letters from, III, 34, 101.
Mentioned, III, 87.
Caldwell, Messrs. Andrew and James,
of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 72.
Calhoun, James, Justice of the Peace
at Baltimore.
Letters from, II, 505, 513.
Mentioned, II, 513.
Calico Printing, III, 319.
Calkoen,  .
Letter from, III, 407.
Callender, Capt. Robert.
To Baynton, Wharton & Morgan,
IV, 195-
Mentioned, IV, 195.
Callender, William, Member of Penn
sylvania Assembly.
Letter from, I, 20.
To John Hunt, IV, 181.
Richard Peters to, IV, 179.
Jacob Spicer to, IV, 181.
Calmels,  , Merchant at Brest.
Letters from, II, 3, 42.
" Calonne," the, French war vessel.
II, 238.
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de,
Comptroller-General of France.
Discourse pronounced on taking of
fice as Minister of Finances, IV,
345-
Mentioned, III, 291. IV, 140, 160.
Calvert, Harry, English Officer.
Mentioned, II, 450.
Calvert, Pierre du, Montreal Mer
chant.
Letters from, III, 204, 215, 216,
240.
Mentioned, III, 248, 265.
" Camberwell," Letter of Marque.
II, 516-
Cambon,  .
Letter from, I, 363.

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Cambray, Colonel Chevalier de,
French Engineer serving in the
Continental Army.
Letters from, III, 90, 100, 143, 276.
Mentioned, III, 235, 281.
Cambray, Miles, de.
Letter from, III, 235.
Cambridge, Sir John.
Mentioned, III, 257.
" Camden," the British prize.
IV, 425", 426, 496.
Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl of, Lord
Chancellor of England.
Mentioned, I, 170, 190, 324, 423.
IV, 218, 221.
Campagnoni, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 313.
Campan,  .
Mentioned, IV, 352.
Campan, Mme. Jeanne Louise Hen-
riette Genet, French educator.
Mentioned, IV, 151.
Campbell, Rev. Colin, Clergyman at
Burlington, N. J.
Mentioned, I, 62. Ill, 467.
Campbell, Duncan, Captain of u Com
pany of Canadians.
Mentioned, IV, 227.
Campbell, Lawrence Robert. Captain
in the British Army.
Parole of, IV, 332.
Campbell, Thomas.
Mentioned, II, 57.
Campi, Charles Joseph.
Letter from, I, 162.
Campo-de-Arbe,  .
Letter from, III, 16.
Campomanes, Don Pedro Rodriguez,
Count de, M. A. P. S., Spanish
statesman, President of the Cortes,
Director of the Royal Academy of
History.
Letters from, III, 205, 343.
Letter to, III, 542.
Mentioned, III, 202, 208, 346.
Acknowledging his election to The
American Philosophical Society,
III, 205.

Camus, Charles Etienne Louis, French
Astronomer.
Mentioned, I, 85.
Canada, Committee of Congress to
proceed to, I, 179.
Conquest of, IV, 184.
Expedition against, II, 2, 3.
Governor of, grants land to Cadil
lac, IV, 169.
Retaining of, III, 453.
Revolution in, IV, 262.
And Louisiana, The conquering of,
III, 501.
Canadians who assisted Americans
were never paid, III, 248.
Canals in America, II, 98.
Canary Islands, IV, 345.
Latitude of, IV, 95.
Cancer, poke weed as a cure for, III,
437-
Candles, phosphorous, IV, 85.
Canier, Major in the Independent
Dublin volunteers.
Letter from, III, 231.
Mentioned, III, 225.
" Canister," the sloop, of Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 252.
Canning, Stratford, London Banker.
father of Viscount Stratford de
Redcliffe.
Letter from, III, 216.
Mentioned, III, 213.
Cannon, Agreement to deliver to the
' United States, IV, 315.
Bill for, IV, 500.
Contract made with Spain for, II,
68.
New kind of, invented by Hanno-
teau, IV, 178.
Purchase of, I, 343, 439, 487. Ill,
505. IV, 247, 439, 493.
Cannon, A. Theodore.
Letter from, III, 220.
To Anonymous, IV, 257.
Cannon, Le Grand, of Connecticut.
Mentioned, III, 94. IV, 504.
Canolle,  .
Mentioned, III, 48.

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5i

Canstadt, Carl Friderich Schilling
von.
Letter from, III, 309.
Canterbury, Archbishop of.
Mentioned, IV, 175.
Refusal of, to ordain Americans
unless Oath of Allegiance is taken,
III, 202.
Cantini,  .
Letter from, I, 326.
Canton, John, of London, F. R. S.,
electrician.
Letters from, I, 30, 67.
Mentioned, I, 26, 56, 121. Ill, 454.
Cape Artifer, IV, 276.
Capet,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 107.
Capion,  .
Letter from, III, 85.
Capitaine,  .
Letters from, II, 135, 145, 151.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 17, 18, 24, 25, 76, 82,
102, 108.
" Capitaine Jaune," the ship.
II, 409, 4i5-
Capitulation, Articles of, IV, 324.
" Capricieuse," the ship.
Ill, 61.
Passport for, III, 505, 556.
" Captain Jones," the ship.
IV, 30.
" Captain Rotch," French Merchant
man.
I, 256.
Captures at sea, validity of, IV, 102.
Carabas,  .
Mentioned, I, 245.
Caraminico, Prince de, Ambassador
of France to the King of Sicily.
Letter from, III, 218.
Carantene, Paul Frangois Jean Bap-
tiste de, Captain in the Bavarian
Army.
Letter from, I, 276.
Mentioned, IV, 203.

Carayon, Jean Pierre, Merchant at
Nimes.
Letter from, III, 202.
Carberry, Henry, Captain in the 4th
Continental Dragoons.
Mentioned, IV, 342.
Carbouriech & Co., French Merchants.
Letter from, II, 45.
Carburi, Count J. Baptiste, F. R. S.,
Professor of Medicine at Uni
versity of Turin.
Letter from, I, 115.
Carcassone, the Masonic Lodge of.
Letter from, III, 276.
Mentioned, III, 375.
Carcot, Denis.
Mentioned, IV, 165.
Cardone,  de.
Letters from, I, 254, 271.
Mentioned, I, 558.
Cards, visiting, III, 428.
Tradesmen's, III, 428.
Carey, John, Captain of the Amer
ican privateer "Hercules."
Mentioned, II, 115, 317, 513. IV,
432.
Carey, Mathew, Philadelphia pub
lisher and political economist.
Letters from, III, 303, 314, 354,
374-
Letter to, III, 554.
Cargoes, bonds given for the delivery
of, in the United States, III, 433,
434-
Carie le jeune.
Letter from, II, 445.
Carier,  .
Mentioned, IV, 434.
Carinton,  .
Mentioned, I, 42.
Carles, L., Member of the Masonic
Lodge of Carcassone.
Letters from, III, 311, 375.
Mentioned, III, 276.
Carleton, Sir Guy, Baron Dorchester,
General in the British Army
Governor of Quebec.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Carleton, Sir Guy — Continued.
Gen. George Washington to, IV,
3392, 5°3-
To Gen. George Washington, IV,
5°3, 5°4-
Deputed to act with Admiral Robert
Digby on the Peace Commission,
IV, 503.
Mentioned, I, 265. IV, 200, 244,
340.
Carli-Rubbi, Jean Renaud, Comte de,
Italian archaeologist and econo
mist, President of the Council of
Finances.
Mentioned, III, 113, 174.
Carlisle College, Pennsylvania.
Ill, 289.
Donation of books to, III, 271.
Carmainville,  de.
Letter from, I, 293.
Carmarthen, Francis Godolphin,
Marquis of, British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
Mentioned, III, 289.
Carmichael,  .
Letter from, II, 69.
Carmichael, William, Sec'y to U. S.
Minister to Spain, and Charge
d'Ajfaires at Court of Spain.
Letters from, I, 241, 329, 359, 524.
II, 384, 396, 403, 409, 454, 458,
508. Ill, 143, 184, 202, 208, 209,
216, 2502, 252, 256, 346. IV, 409.
Letters to, III, 545.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 53', 55, 60, 62, 85, 94",
97, "2, 119.
Anonymous to, IV, 492.
Stephen D'Audibert Caille to, IV,
327-
C. G. F. Dumas to, IV, 234s, 236.
D'Escarano to, IV, 355.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
35i-
Joshua Johnson to, IV, 228.
Robert Listen to, IV, 355.
J. Oliphant to, IV, 241.

Carmichael, William — Continued.
Appointment as Secretary to Com
missioners at Paris, IV, 244.
Mentioned, I, 282, 347, 358, 452,
555. II, 211, 228, 231, 239, 385,
420. Ill, 412, 511. IV, 17, 24,
73, 98, 337, 34i, 447-
Proposal to meet, IV, 492.
Carmier, Andrew.
Letters from, I, 422, 547.
Carn,  de.
Letter from, I, 352.
Carnes, Burrill.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 1062.
Mentioned, III, 99.
Carolina, plan for conquering, II, 29.
Carothorne, William.
Mentioned, I, 200.
Carpenter,  .
Mentioned, IV, 76.
Carpenter, Benjamin, of the Brigan-
tine "Adventure."
Mentioned, III, 434.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 303.
Carpenter, Preston, Justice of the
Peace of Salem County, N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 205.
Carpenter, Stephen.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Carr, James, carpenter on the Pennsyl
vania privateer " A dice."
Letter from, II, 516.
Mentioned, II, 511.
Carrel,  .
Letter from, III, 175.
Carriage, travelling, III, 230.
Carriere,  de.
Mentioned, I, 293.
Carrol, Archibald.
Letter to William Temple Frank-
linn, IV, 128.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, M.
C. C.
Letters from, I, 282. II, 177.
Mentioned, II, 233, 342. IV, 224,
455-

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53

Carroll, Mrs., Wife of Charles Car
roll.
Mentioned, II, 210.
Carroll, Daniel, M. C. C, Member of
the Constitutional Convention.
Letter from, IIP, 359.
Carroll, John, Archbishop of Balti
more.
Letters from, I, 351. II, 498. Ill,
339-
Carrouge,  .
Letter from, III, 35.
Carson,  .
Mentioned, II, 458.
Carter, John, Son-in-law of Philip
Schuyler, of New York.
Letters from, III, 14, 141.
Mentioned, III, 79, 89.
Mr. and Mrs. John, III, 143.
Carter, Mrs. John, Daughter of Gen.
Philip Schuyler.
Letter from, III, 143.
Mentioned, III, 89.
Carter, John, of Providence, R. I.
Mentioned, III, 243.
Carter, Robert.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 189.
Cartineau, L. W.
Letter from, III, 28.
Carver, Capt. Jonathan, American ex
plorer.
Mentioned, II, 395.
Cary, Colonel Henry.
James MacSparran to, IV, 174.
Cary, J.
Letter from, II, 131.
Casani, Xavier.
Letter from, I, 345.
Casas, Dr. Simon de, of the household
of Marquis d'Aranda.
Mentioned, III, 143.
Case, Jane Franklin, Daughter of
Stephen Case.
Letter from, III, 177.
Mentioned, III, 177.
Case, Stephen.
Letter from, III, 177.
Casey, Silas, of Rhode Island.
Mentioned, IV, 440.

Casey, Wanton, Son of Silas Casey.
Mentioned, IV, 440.
Casey, William.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 79, 83.
Cashier of Wurttemberg, The Ducal.
Embezzlement of, IV, 448.
Cashman, Bartholemus.
Letter from, II, 454.
Caslon, 3rd, William, London type
founder.
Letter from, III, 371.
Letter to, III, 556.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 24, 31, 37, 130, 131, 141.
Mentioned, IV, 20.
Caspere,  l'aihe.
Letter from, I, 154.
Cassan,  .
Mentioned, IV, 509.
Cassini fils,  De, Director of
the Royal Observatory and Mem
ber of the Academie Royale des
Sciences.
Letter from, III, 156.
Cassini de Thury, Cesar Frangois,
French Astronomer.
Letter from, III, 425.
Cassiny, Marquise de.
Mentioned, II, 456.
Castagni, Gaspard, Agent of the
French Navy.
Certificate by, to Jean Dian, IV,
277.
Castel,  Du.
Letter from, II, 365.
Castella,  De.
Letter from, IV, 461.
Castelle, Le Grand de, of Dunkirk.
Letters from, III, 26. IV, 442.
Castiglio, Chevalier.
Mentioned, III, 192.
Castillon, Jean Frangois Andre Le
Blanc de, Attorney-General to the
Parliament of Provence.
Letter from, III, 143.
Castle, Joy, Captain of a Pennsyl
vania privateer.
Letters from, I, 298, 444.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Castle, Joy — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 428, 440, 525. IV,
253-
Oath of Allegiance to the United
States, IV, 264.
Castle, William, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 444.
Castor Oil, virtues of, IV, 167.
Castries, Charles Eugene Gabriel de
la Croix, Marquis de, French Min
ister of Marine.
Letters from, II, 353, 397, 416, 490.
Ill, 50, 51, 256.
Letters to, III, 527, 549.
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 336.
French sailors to, IV, 373.
Alexander Hegnye to, IV, 467.
Julien David Le Roy to, IV, 362.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 501.
Mentioned, I, 556, 569. II, 358,
359, 379, 389, 393, 4*9, 425, 45*,
4612, 469, 481, 486, 511, 520. Ill,
16, 20, 38, 44, 161, 162, 177, 201,
207, 214, 227, 255, 266, 267, 303,
319, 34°, 542- IV, 83, 122, 124,
142, 318.
Castries, Mme. Fleury.
Letter from, II, 291.
Castrioto, Felix Antonio, Portuguese
Merchant?
Letters from, I, 296, 315, 434. II,
89.
Mentioned, IV, 234.
Caswell, Richard, Governor of North
Carolina.
Letter from, III, 309.
To President Henry Laurens, IV,
248.
Baron von Steuben to, IV, 293.
Mentioned, IV, 248.
Cat, loss of Dr. Franklin's Angora.
Ill, 285.
" Catalogue of Characters," IV,
30.
Catarrh, origin of, I, 129.
Cathalant, Etienne, Merchant at Mar
seilles.
To Silas Deane, IV, 253, 255.

Catharine, Empress, of Russia.
Mentioned, III, 367.
" Catharine," the sloop.
IV, 243.
Cathcart, Captain, Commander of the
British privateer "Essex."
Mentioned, IV, 322.
Catholic Church at Neuville, near
Boulogne-sur-Mer, extracts from
Parish records of, IV, 389.
Cauffman, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 238.
Cauvou,  .
To the Board of War at Boston, IV,
241.
Cavachini, Mile.
Mentioned, II, 330.
Cavalier,  .
Letter from, I, 255.
Cavallier,  .
Letter from, II, 116.
Cavallo, Tiberius, F. R. S., Natural
Philosopher.
Mentioned, I, 269. IV, 83.
Cavelier fils.
Letter from, I, 558.
Cavendish, Hon. Henry, F. R. S.,
Natural philosopher.
Mentioned, I, 67. Ill, 133, 483.
Cavendish, Mary (alias Stewart) see
also Stewart.
Letter from, I, 490.
Cavoleau,  .
Letter from, I, 274.
Cavril, Augustin de, Royal Notary.
Mentioned, IV, 247.
Cayrol, E., Amsterdam Merchant.
Letter from, I, 266.
To  Coder, IV, 230.
Mentioned, IV, 230.
Cayrol & Co., E., Amsterdam Mer
chants.
Letters from, II, 476, 478, 491.
Cazaneuve, Durif de, Commander of
the "Marquis de Lafayette."
Letter from, II, 30.
Cazeneuve, Jerome.
Letter from, IV, 410.

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55

Cazneau, Isaac, of the brigantine
" Penelope."
Edmund Dunkin to, IV, 304.
Mentioned, III, 434.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 304.
" Cecil," the ship.
IV, 40.
Ceintre fils.
Letter from, II, 326.
Ceintre, Poulain de.
Letter from, II, 342.
Celessa,  , Late Genoese Min
ister to London.
Mentioned, II, 283.
Ceraqui,  , Italian sculptor.
Mentioned, III, 57.
Cercle des Philadelphes.
Mentioned, III, 300, 316, 356, 385,
394-
Dr. Franklin's name enrolled on list
of, III, 316.
Cereler, Charles Simon Le.
Power of Attorney by, IV, 233.
Cerisier,  .
Tableau des Provinces Unies, I, 505.
Ceronio, Joseph, of Genoa.
Letters from, I, 271, 362. II, 298.
Ceronio, Stephen, Agent of Robert
Morris (?)
Mentioned, I, 261. IV, 406.
Certificate of the genuineness of a
deed, III, 528.
Cette, Grangent desires Consulship at,
IV, 376-
Chabanet, Jacob Henry.
Mentioned, I, 272.
Chabanon, Chevalier de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 87.
Chabaud,  .
Letters from, III, 210, 217.
Chabert, Joseph Bernard, Marquis de,
F. R. S., French Astronomer and
Vice-Admiral in the Navy.
Letter from, III, 240.
Chabot, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 158.
VOL. VI — 5

Chabot, Augustus de, of Geneva.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 6.
Chabrit, Pierre, French litterateur.
Letter from, III, 64.
Chadd's Ford, IV, 452.
Chadirac,  de.
Letter from, III, 199.
Chaffert,  .
Mentioned, II, 339.
Chaimley, George, American prisoner.
Letter from, IV, 456.
Chaimley, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 456.
Chais,  .
Letter from, II, 376.
Chaisinet, Mme. de.
Letter from, I, 486.
Chalut,  de.
Letters from, II, 361, 364.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 91.
Mentioned, I, 272. II, 132, 403,
413, 433-
Chalut, Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 188...
Mentioned, II, 247.
Chalut, Abbe de.
Letters from, I, 408. II, 330.
Ill, 28.
Chalut and Arnoux, Abbes de.
Letters from, II, 229, 312, 3302,
331, 403, 409, 413, 429, 438, 503,
5052, 515. Ill, 81, 326.
Fay de Sathonnay to, IV, 332.
Mentioned, II, 361, 409. Ill, 268.
Chamber of Commerce.
Certificates by, IV, 267.
Of Dunkirk.
To Farmers-General, IV, 494.
" Chambers," the ship.
IV, 495-
Chambers,  .
Letters from, I, 79. Ill, 153.
Chamillard, Paul de, Captain of Ma
rines, on "Bon Homme Richard."
Mentioned, II, 152.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Champigny, Goueslard de.
Letters from, I, 241, 244.
Champigny, Colonel Jean Chevalier
de, French Historian.
Letters from, I, 171, 279, 302, 390.
455, 475, 476, 5i9, 559-
Letters to, III, 511.
Mentioned, I, 224.
Champion,  , French Mer
chant.
Letter from, II, 273.
Champion & Lescuyer, French Mer
chants.
Letter from, II, 465.
Champion, Richard, ceramist and
British Government official.
Letter from, III, in.
Mentioned, III, 194.
On Lord Sheffield's book, III, 197.
Champlost, IV, 54.
Champlost,  De.
To  Coder, IV, 220.
" Chance," the British privateer.
IV, 26.
Chancel and fils, David.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Chandler,  .
Mentioned, I, 413.
Chandler, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 380.
Chandler, Col.
Mentioned, I, 526.
Channing,  .
Mentioned, II, 401.
Channing, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 483.
Channing, John.
Letter from, I, 482.
Channing, Miss.
Mentioned, II, 401.
Chanorie,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 95-
Chanson,  .
Letter from, II, 391.
Chantay,  de.
Mentioned, I, 234.

Chanteclair,  de.
Letter from, I, 330.
Chantel,  .
Mentioned, II, 313.
Chantereyne,  de.
Letters from, I, 413. II, 214, 238,
377-
Acknowledging his debt to William
Addiscott, IV, 489.
Chantoiseau, Roze de.
Letters from, III, 22, 30.
Chapel, Jacques, French manufacturer.
Letters from, III, 4, 214.
Letter to, III, 544.
Chapman, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 371.
Chapman, Philip.
Mentioned, II, 82.
Chapman, W.
To William Henly, IV, 218.
Chaponel,  .
Mentioned, III, 202.
Chappe, Abbe.
Letter to, III, 468.
Charbonnet,  .
Letter from, II, 15.
Chardon, Daniel Marc Antoine, Pro-
cureur General pres du Conseil
des Prises.
Letters from, II, 9, 49.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 88.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
345-
Chardron,  Agent for Mas
sachusetts.
Mentioned, II, 262.
Charity Association, for the assistance
of Prisoners, Paris.
Letter from, I, 408.
Charity School, Dr. Franklin's, List of
boys in, IV, 507.
Charle, Paul.
Mentioned, II, 476, 478, 491.
Charlemont, Viscount James Caul'
feild, Earl of, Irish Statesman.
Mentioned, III, 324.

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57

Charles II.
Mentioned, IV, 185.
Charles, Gerevais.
Letter from, II, 119.
Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar, M.
A. P. S., Member of the Academie
Royale des Sciences, French physi
cist and aeronaut.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
373-
Mentioned, III, 133.
Account of balloon ascension, IV,
4792-
Elected member of The American
Philosophical Society, IV, 361.
Experiment in aerial navigation, III,
139.
Charles, Robert, Formerly agent in
England for the Province of Penn
sylvania.
Letters from, I, 15. IV, 400.
Letter to, III, 443.
Mentioned, I, 22. Ill, 440, 447.
IV, 176.
Charleston, S. C, British leaving, IV,
463.
Fire in, I, 406. Ill, 509. IV, 253.
Possible evacuation of, IV, 457.
Slaves in great demand at, IV, 219.
Taking of, II, 263, 264, 270.
Charlestown, Mass., Defeat of Brit
ish near, IV, 493, 494.
Pillaged, II, 144-
Charleville, Rasquin de.
Letter from, II, 369.
Chariot,  .
Letter from, I, 287.
" Charlotte," Parole of, the Captain,
Crew and Passengers of the sloop,
IV, 293.
Charlus de la Croix, Comte de, Son of
Marquis de Castries.
Letter from, II, 413.
Charme,  de.
Mentioned, III, 384.
Charmois, Abbe de.
Letter from, III, 224.
Letter to, III, 546.

Charost, Armand Joseph de Bethune,
Due de.
Letters from, I, 414. Ill, 298.
Charpentier, Frangois Philippe, French
engraver and mechanician.
Mentioned, III, 403. IV, 384.
Charrene, Jn.
Letter from, III, 161.
Charretie, John.
Letters from, II, 318, 322, 326.
Charretier,  .
Letter from, III, 222.
Charriere,  .
Letter from, I, 480.
Charrin,  .
Letter from, III, 215.
Charronnes, Abbe de.
Letter from, I, 272.
Charter-party, IV, 388.
Chartres, Louis Philippe d'Orleans,
Due de.
Mentioned, I, 433, 500. IV, 94,
127, 142, 148.
Chartres, Duke of.
The First President of the Court of
Aids to, IV, 371.
Chartres, Duchesse de (Mme. de
Montesson).
John Paul Jones to, IV, 275.
Mentioned, I, 434.
Charvet,  .
Letter from, III, 113.
Charvetie,  .
Letter from, III, 139.
Chase,  , of Providence, R. I.
Mentioned, I, 99.
Chase, Joseph.
Letters from, I, 344. II, 21.
Chase, Samuel, Of Maryland, Signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
Letters from, III, 108, 137, 162,
198.
Letter to, III, 539.
Gunning Bedford to, IV, 225.
Mentioned, III, m. IV, 224.
Chasseaulx,  , Consul at
Bergen.
Mentioned, II, 308.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Chasseneuil, Marquise de.
Letters from, I, 387, 527.
" Chasseur," French warship.
II, 1, 145, 244.
Chastellux, Frangois Jean, Marquis
de, M. A. P. S., Traveller and
Maj.-Gen. in French Army.
Letters from, II, 317, 348. Ill, 67,
69, 147, 310, 325.
Mentioned, I, 168. II, 333, 431.
Ill, 145, 262, 421. IV, 115, 167,
296.
Received diploma of Doctor of Laws
from the Academy at Philadel
phia, III, 325.
Travels of, forwarded to Dr. Frank
lin, III, 325.
Chateaufort,  .
Mentioned, III, 139, 188.
Chateaurenault, Comtesse de, Mother-
in-law of the Comte d'Estaing.
Mentioned, I, 519.
Chatham, William Pitt, First Earl of,
Prime Minister of England.
Letter to, III, 500.
Mentioned, I, 161, 170, 210, 267,
324, 329, 405, 43o, 45i-
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to,
IV, 201.
To Thomas Walpole, IV, 221.
Conciliatory measures of, III, 498,
499-
Eulogy of, III, 359.
Proposition by, I, 356.
Thanked by the Continental Con
gress, III, 500.
Verses on, IV, 381.
Chattin, James, Philadelphia printer.
Mentioned, I, 12.
Chaubet & Bremont.
Letter from, II, 462.
Chaulnes, Marie Joseph d'Albert
d'Ailly, Due de.
Letters from, I, 330. II, 88, 107,
188.
Mentioned, II, 122. Ill, 30, 427.
IV, 101, 341.
Chaumont,  .
Letter from, III, 310.

Chaumont,

Secretary Gen

eral of the Hussars.
Letters from, IV, 424, 426.
de Chaumont family.
Mentioned, III, 291, 528. IV, 12,
66.
Chaumont, Mile, de, Daughter of Le
Ray de Chaumont.
Letter from, III, 273.
de La Salle to, IV, 376.
Mentioned, IV, 31.
Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de,
Confidential Agent in Franco-
American negotiations.
Letters from, I, 196, 200, 295, 330,
559-
II, 71, 74, 77, 120, 124, 132, 138,
172, i88z, 211, 262, 285, 291, 292,
300, 315, 321, 322, 3317, 382, 429,
4304, 5202.
Ill, 191, 236, 271, 274, 276, 286, 291,
296.
IV, 424, 434, 471.
Letters to, III, 5281, 533, 541, 542,
556. IV, 475, 478.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 64, 84, 143.
Mme. de Chaumont to, IV, 370.
Denis Nicolas Cottineau de Klo-
guene to, IV, 496.
Farges to, IV, 372.
Joseph Matthias Gerard de Rayne-
val to, IV, 378.
Alexander Gillon to, IV, 300.
Theodore Jauge et fils to, IV, 3142.
Pierre Landais to, IV, 303.
Mar to, IV, 497.
Montplaisir to, IV, 498.
Benjamin Vaughan to, IV, 269.
de Villiers de Terrage to, IV, 343.
Account against the United States,
IV, 478.
Accounts of, IV, 121.
Agreement between Benjamin Frank
lin and, relative to their respective
claims, III, 531, 532, 533, 541, 542.
Failure of, IV, 49, 433, 434, 435.
Dr. Franklin requests loan of piano,
HI, 556-

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59

Chaumont, Donatien LeRayde— Con
tinued.
Dr. Franklin's profiles made at Fay-
ence factory of, IV, 4.
Mentioned, I, 239, 243, 302, 332,
354, 37i, 448, 525-
II, 6, 73, "°, i", 118, 130, 1692,
178, 184, 221, 270, 283, 28s2, 295,
313, 3i52, 317, 338, 348, 356, 398,
404, 520, 526.
Ill, 158, 178, 217, 324, 344, 400,
4122, 415, 506, 514, 5182, 524, 526*,
530, 53i, 542-
IV, 9, 10, 23, 28, 32, 39, 41, 522, s82,
61, 267, 300, 314, 347, 408, 426,
431, 434, 453, 471, 497, 500.
Necessity of accepting peace if
America loses her credit, IV, 500.
Plan to buy frigate to be commanded
by John Paul Jones, IV, 10.
Project for sinking paper money,
IV, 500.
Repairs made by Dr. Franklin in
house of, III, 5 5 12.
Resumes payment, IV, 435.
Terms agreed upon by, for shipping
freight to America, IV, 427.
To adjust account with Benjamin
Franklin without arbitrator, III,
541.
Chaumont fils, Le Ray de.
Letters from, III, 324, 397, 400.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 12, 17, 42, 63, 65, 67, 68,
70, 73, 742, 94, 149, 155-
Mentioned, IV, 522, 138, 145, 357,
363.
Chaumont, Mme. de, Wife of Dona
tien Le Ray de Chaumont.
Letters from, II, 426, 462.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 370.
Antoine Terrasson to, IV, 372.
Mentioned, I, 402, 535. II, 402.
Ill, 286. IV, 121, 148.
Chaumont fille ainee, Donatien Le
Ray de.
Letters from, II, 299, 352.

Chaumont, Sophie de, Daughter of
Le Ray de Chaumont.
Letter from, III, 270.
Chautel,  .
Letter from, II, 182.
Chauveau,  .
Mentioned, III, 35.
Chavagnes, Bide de, Captain of
French ship of war " Sensible."
Letter from, II, 332.
Mentioned, III, 242.
Chavannes,  . formerly Com-
missaire de Guerre.
Letter from, II, 230.
Chavere, Lazare,
Mentioned, III, 205.
Cheese, Parmesan, Receipt for mak
ing, III, 298, 478.
Cheever, William, of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 425.
Cheffontain, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, I, 278.
Cheminot, Madame de.
Letters from, II, 393. Ill, 180.
Mentioned, II, 148. Ill, 337.
Chemisard, Guillaume.
Letter from, III, 407.
Chenel,  .
Certificate by, IV, 370.
Cherisey, Comtesse de.
Letter, from, II, 332.
Cherokee Indians, III, 357.
War, I, 27.
Chesapeake Bay, Naval engagement
in, III, 528.
Cheselles, Perros de.
Letter from, III, 247.
Chesnaye, Capt. Gleyo La, Master of
the ship " Mere Bobie."
Letter from, IV, 407.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 236.
Chess, Books on, III, 445.
" Chess, The Game of," by Dr.
Franklin.
Ill, 522.
" Morals of," II, 102. Ill, 541.
IV, 3012.

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Chess-player, Automatic.
Ill, 67.
"Chester," the ship.
I, 320, 364, 505.
Chester, Andre, English interpreter at
Marseilles.
Letters from, III, ,c, 143.
Mentioned, III, 32.
Cheston, Daniel, of Maryland.
Letter from, I, 3, 4.
Cheston, James, of Maryland.
Letter from, II, 304.
Mentioned, II, 3043, 312. IV, 265.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 314.
Chevalier,  .
Letter from, III, 189.
Chevalier, Henri, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 332.
Chevalier, Jno.
To Nathaniel Falconer, IV, 209.
Chevalier, Peter.
To Nathaniel Falconer, IV, 209.
Chevallie, Pierre Frangois.
Letters from, III, 221, 248.
Account of, with the State of Vir
ginia, IV, 274.
Mentioned, II, 289. Ill, 226. IV,
3522.
Chevmont,  de, French of
ficer.
Mentioned, I, 212.
Chew, Benjamin, M. A. P. S., Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania.
Letter from, III, 306.
Mentioned, I, 50, 253. IV, 140.
Chew, Benjamin, Master of an Amer
ican privateer.
Letter from, I, 479.
Chew, Joseph, of the Post-office at
New London.
Letters from, I, 54, 103.
Mentioned, I, 74, 75, 98, 102.
Chew, Robert Benjamin.
Letter from, II, 377.
Chew, Samuel, Prothonatory of the
Court of Common Pleas in Dela
ware.
Mentioned, IV, 184.

Cheylus, Marquis de.
Letter from, II, 453.
Chickesaw Captain.
Letter from, III, 345.
" Childers," the English ship.
IV, 276.
Childs, Francis, Printer at New York.
Letters from, III, 277, 284, 293,
294, 298, 301, 303, 304, 307, 308,
310, 312, 314, 3162, 3202, 327, 332,
335, 339, 34i, 352, 356, 3«3, 366,
383-
Letter to, III, 552.
Chillau, Comte de, Commander of
the " Diligente."
Mentioned, II, 150.
China, Census of, III, 490.
Chinon, Comtesse de.
Letter from, II, 430.
Choctaw Chief.
Letter from, III, 345.
Choiseul, Baron de, French Ambas
sador to Sardinia.
Mentioned, I, 561.
Choiseul, Comtesse de.
Letters from, I, 431. IV, 468.
Choiseul, Etienne Francois, Due de.
Mentioned, IV, 149.
Choiseul, Vicomtesse de.
Mentioned, I, 255.
Choiseul - Gouffier, Marie - Gabriel-
Florent-Auguste, Comte de, Mem
ber of the French Academy.
Letter from, II, 332.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Choisy,  de.
Letter from, III, 52.
Cholmondeley, Lord.
Mentioned, II, 210, 447.
Chondeville,  .
Letter from, II, 2.
Chotek, Count, Chancellor of Bohemia
and Austria.
Mentioned, III, 102, 156.
Chovet, Dr. Abraham, Philadelphia
Physician.
Mentioned, II, 378.

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61

Chrestien,  .
Letter from, II, 332.
Chrestien & Co., Paris Merchants.
Letter from, II, 262.
Christ Church and St. Peter's in Phila
delphia, Address sent to Jacob
Duche, Jr., by, III, 54.
Christian, Evan, Vicar-General of the
Isle of Man.
Letter from, III, 270.
Mentioned, III, 291, 294.
Christin,  .
Letter from, I,, 499.
" Chronicle," the author of the.
Anonymous to, IV, 481.
Church of Paris, The Dean, etc.
Letter from, II, 182.
Church,  .
Letter from, III, 198.
Church,  .
Mentioned, II, 287.
Church, Edward, of Boston.
Letter from, III, 227.
Churchill, C.
HI, 91, 99-
Churchman, George.
Letter from, III, 332.
Churchman, John, Physicist, Member
of the Imperial Academy of Sci
ences of Russia.
Letters from, III, 312, 334, 336,
3382, 347-
Inventions of, III, 552.
Mentioned, III, 400.
Churchman, Mordecai, Brother of
John Churchman.
Mentioned, III, 347.
Ciccati, Beraud de.
Letter from, II, 452.
Letter to, III, 530.
Cice, Comte de Champion de, Com
mander of a vessel in the squad
ron of Comte de Grasse.
Mentioned, III, 300.
" Cicero," the American vessel.
IV, 460.

Cigna, John Francis, F. R. S., Secre
tary of the Academy of Sciences
at Turin.
Letter from, IV, 468.
Cincinnati, General Society of the.
To the State Societies of the Cincin
nati, IV, 350.
Mentioned, III, i37) 163, 165, 170,
180, 193, 199, 200, 215, 2182, 2292,
253, 262, 319, 347, 379. IV, 1222.
Marquis de la Fayette desires to find
out if Chevalier Dubuysson is eli
gible to, III, 140.
Cross of the, III, 199, 300.
La Ciotat, Request of citizens of, that
they might enjoy privileges of
trade with the United States, III,
49-
Situation of, IV, 391.
Cipher Code, III, 430, 506.
Cissay,  de.
Mentioned, III, 266.
" Civis," to the Inhabitants of Penn
sylvania, IV, 483.
Clairbois, Vial du, Naval Officer.
Letter from, I, 477.
Clairval, Frauche de, Theatrical Di
rector.
Letters from, III, 63, 143.
Mentioned, III, 112, 113.
Claphamson, Samuel, London Cabinet
Maker.
Letter from, I, 115.
Clare, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 131.
Clarendon, Earl of.
Impeachment of, III, 452.
Clark, Dr.
Mentioned, I, 42.
Clark, Mrs.
Mentioned, III, 131, 210, 320.
Clark, Capt. Elisha.
Letter from, I, 541.
Mentioned, I, 523.
Clark, Sir Francis.
Mentioned, IV, 240.

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Clark, George Rogers, Colonel of Vir
ginia Militia operating in the
Western Country, elder brother of
William Clark, the Western Ex
plorer.
Mentioned, II, 108.
Clarke, Anne, Wife of Peter.
Letter from, I, 120.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 134.
Clarke, Capt. Peter.
Mentioned, I, 112.
Clarkson,  .
Mentioned, III, 2.
Clarkson, John L., Sec'y pro-tem. of
the Board of Treasury.
Mentioned, II, 342.
Clarkson, Matthew, M. A. P. S., Com
missioner of the Bankrupt Office,
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 381.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 137.
To John Hull, IV, 195.
Mentioned, I, 131.
Clarkson, Matthew, Lieut.-Col. in
Continental Army, Pres't of the
Bank of New York, Philanthro
pist.
Mentioned, III, 195, 206.
" Clary and Durimel," Fragment of
a scene in, IV, 388.
Claus, Daniel.
Letter from, I, 13.
Clauser,  .
Letter from, III, 407.
Clawes, Henry, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 361.
Clay, Ann.
Letter from, I, 125.
Cleary, Abbe Patrice Brother of Tim
othy Cleary.
Letters from, I, 469, 488.
Cleary, Timothy, of Newburn, N. C.
Mentioned, I, 469, 488.

Clegg, Edmund, Silk Manufacturer.
Letters from, II, 425, 467, 473,
4782, 485-
Clelone, William.
Mentioned, III, 373.
Clememderin,  .
Letter from, II, 423.
Clement,  .
Mentioned, II, 419-
Clergy in the State, right and au
thority of the, IV, 389.
Clermont,  de.
Letter from, I, 284.
Clifford, George.
Letter from, II, 375.
Clifford, Thomas, of Philadelphia, M.
A. P. S.
Letter from, I, 101.
Clifford, Jr., Thomas, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, I, 101.
Clifton,  — -
Mentioned, III, 351-
Clifton, Miss, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 32.
Clifton, The Misses, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 21.
Clifton, Anna Maria.
Letter from, I, 221.
Clinton, George, Member of the Con
tinental Congress, Brig.-Gen. in
the Continental Army.
Letter from, III, i95-
Document signed, IV, 340.
Clinton, Gen. Sir Henry, Commander-
in-chief of British Army in Amer
ica.
To Lord George Germain, IV, 497.
Besieged in New York, I, 476.
Death of, II, 263.
Mentioned, I, 170, 433, 496> 537-
II, 97, 204, 245, 249, 253, 2612,
278, 300, 335, 431. IV, 40, 48,
266, 405, 428, 429, 494.
Clive, Robert, Baron, F. R. S., Gover
nor of Bengal.
Mentioned, IV, 201.

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Clives, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 369.
Clock with three wheels invented by
Dr. Franklin, III, 96.
Clonard, Comte de.
Letters from, II, 43, 75.
Augustus Charles Fallon to, IV, 263.
Mentioned, IV, 22.
Clonitz,  .
Mentioned, IV, 509.
Clos, Beruin.
Letter from, III, 377.
Clothing, proposals for furnishing,
III, 427.
And arms to be furnished by French
Government, IV, 61.
Orders concerning, IV, 426, 434.
Shipments of, IV, 427.
Clouds and Rain, I, 5.
Clouet, Jean Frangois, Member of the
French Academy of Sciences,
French Chemist.
Letters from, I, 471, 484.
Clough, Elizabeth.
Letter from, I, 377.
Cloupet, Captain.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Club, The, I, 30.
' Clutterbuck,  .
Mentioned, I, 42.
Coal Mine drawings, III, 489.
Coastin, Comtesse de.
Cottereau to, IV, 235.
Coates, Capt.
Mentioned, III, 468.
Coates, Christopher, Sec'y of the Prov
ince of New Jersey.
Mentioned, I, 129.
Cobalt Mine, III, 340.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, French en
graver.
Letter from, II, 27.
Mentioned, IV, 22.
Cochin, Denis Claude, French Bot
anist.
Mentioned, II, 141.
Cochran,  .
Letter from, IV, 474.

Cochran, C. B. E., Son of Robert
Cochran and friend of Benjamin
Franklin Bache.
Mentioned, II, 99, 440.
Cochran, John, Sea Captain of Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, IV, 67, 692.
Cochran, Dr. John, Director-General
of Hospitals in Continental Army.
Mentioned, III, 262.
Cochran, Mary, Wife of Robert Coch
ran.
Letter from, II, 383.
Cochran, Robert.
Letter from, I, 477.
Cochrane, Sir Alexander Forrester,
Admiral in the British Navy.
Mentioned, III, 3742.
Cochrane, John, Deputy Commissary
to the British forces in North
America.
Mentioned, III, 374s.
Cock,  de.
Letter from, III, 37.
Cocke, William, General of Militia
and Senator from Tennessee.
Letter from, III, 310.
Cod, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 202.
Cod and whale fisheries, IV, 185.
Coder,  , Captain in French
Infantry, and Manufacturer of
Cloth Fabrics.
Letters from, I, 220, 249, 250, 251,
255, 257, 258, 273, 3303, 3314, 497,
559- II, 157, 169, 203, 285. IV, 6.
To Barbeu Dubourg, IV, 230.
Bayard to, IV, 233.
E. Cayrol to, IV, 230.
De Champlost to, IV, 220.
Baron de Wimpfen to, IV, 226.
Mentioned, I, 248, 254s, 266, 306,
364, 559. IV, 446.
Coder, Mme.
Letter from, II, 288.
Coder,  de.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gual-
bert Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 370.

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Codner, Christopher, Commander of
the Privateer "American Union."
To Messrs. Poreau & Co., IV, 330.
Mentioned, II, 389. IV, 454.
Coffee, growth of, I, 154.
Remarks on, I, 155.
Coffin, Alexander, of Boston.
Letter from, II, 102.
Mentioned, II, 84.
Coffin, Capt. Jno., of Nantucket.
Mentioned, II, 479.
Coffin, Thomas Aston, Loyalist, Pri
vate Sec'y to Sir Guy Carleton.
Martin Brimmer to, IV, 330.
Coffyn fils,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 140.
Coffyn, Francis, Merchant of Dun
kirk.
Letters from, I, 352, 356, 370, 380,
395, 4432, 449, 454, 455, 45^, 559-
II, 95, 122, 129, 142, 145, 149, 152,
153, 178, 182, 203, 219, 275, 324,
327, 350, 359, 387, 400, 426, 440,
462, 4722, 494. Ill, 4, 48, 55, 183.
IV, 442, 450.
To Silas Deane, IV, 255.
Thomas Beer to, IV, 502.
John Torris to, IV, 295.
Mentioned, I, 447, 455, 456, 505,
533. II, 28, 140, 156, 178, 248,
353, 392, 402, 418. Ill, 27, 70,
75, 96, 263, 330, 539. IV, 265,
357, 3^3, 379-
Coffyn, Francois Jean, Ship broker
and interpreter at Dunkerque.
Mentioned, IV, 267, 491.
Coggeshall, John.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Cohin & Coinge.
Letter from, II, 508.
Coigny, Marie Francois Henri de
Franquetot, Due de, Marshal of
France.
Letters from, III, 269, 273.
Coimet,  .
Letter from, III, 259.

Coin, circulation of copper, suspended,
IV, 367.
Coins, valuation of gold, III, 11.
Cointerval, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 559.
Coirard, Jean Jacques.
To Comtesse de Bourdic, IV, 370.
Cold by evaporation, III, 455.
Colden, Alexander, Son of Cadwal
lader Colden and Postmaster at
New York.
Letters from, I, 103, 122, 124, 143,
148, 150.
To Henry Potts, IV, 186.
Mentioned, I, 9, 18, 60, 61.
Colden, Cadwallader, M. A. P. S.,
Physician and Surveyor-General
of New York.
Letters from, I, 4, 8, 9.
Letters to, III, 436, 437, 438, 450.
Article on fluxions by, III, 436.
Mentioned, I, 19, 51, 60, 61, 71,
1002, 102, 104, 138, 150.
Colden, David, Son of Cadwallader
Colden.
Mentioned, I, 9.
Colden, David, Nephew of Cadwal
lader Colden.
Letter from, I, 18.
Colden, Henrietta Maria, Widow of
Richard Nicholls Colden, of New
York.
Letter from, III, 35.
Colden, Richard Nicholls, Son of Al
exander Colden.
Letter from, I, 159.
Letter to, III, 493.
Colds and their causes, I, 142, 147.
Ill, 486, 488.
Cole, James.
Letters from, I, 267, 306.
Cole, John.
Mentioned, IV, 179.
Cole, Col. William, of Maryland.
Mentioned, I, 151.
Coleman,  .
Mentioned, III, 470, 471.

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Coleman, William, M. A. P. S., and
its Treasurer, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the Province
of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, III, 452.
Collas, Jane, Daughter of Jane Me-
com and wife of Peter Collas.
Letter from, II, 376.
Mentioned, I, 304. II, 155.
Collas, Peter, Captain in the Merchant
Marine and son-in-law of Jane
Me com.
Letters from, I, 469, 484, 510, 531.
II, 6, 155.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 252.
Mentioned, I, 191, 392. II, 376.
Ill, 431. IV, 8, 9, 248.
College affair, the, IV, 400.
In America, plan to found, I, 481.
In Philadelphia, III, 387, 392.
Of justice, II, 326.
Of Medicine, Boston, III, 31.
Colleton, James Nassau, descendant
of Gov. James Colleton of South
Carolina.
Letter from, I, 458.
Colleton, Margaret.
To Francis Kinlock, IV, 267.
To Robert Raper, IV, 267.
Collier, Sir George, Vice-Admiral in
British Navy.
Expedition of, II, 150.
Collignon,  .
Letters from, II, 332, 327. IV,
473-
Collineau, Capt., of the " Elegante."
Mentioned, I, 426, 429. IV, 415.
Collins, Charles, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 109, 232, 243.
Collins, James, Merchant at Philadel
phia.
Mentioned, IV, 84.
Collins, John, of Dublin.
Mentioned, II, 290.
Collins, John ?, of Rhode Island.
Mentioned, I, 26.
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Collins, Mark, Commander of the ship
"Herr Adams."
Letter from, III, 207.
Collins, Thomas.
Letter from, II, 296.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 43.
Mentioned, III, 434.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 312.
Collinson, Capt., of Bordeaux.
Mentioned, II, 80.
Collinson, Michael, Son of Peter Col
linson.
Letter to, III, 470.
Mentioned, I, 95.
Collinson, Peter, F. R. S., English
Naturalist.
Letters from, I, 2, 42, 52, 6s, 73, 83,
9, 10, 15, 23, 252, 262, 27. IV, 402.
Letter to, III, 440.
To Joseph Breintnall, IV, 173.
To Capel Hanbury, IV, 184.
Mentioned, I, 4, 23, 41, 89, 95, 1022,
113, 153. Ill, 470.
Collinson, Thomas, Son of Peter Col
linson,
Letters from, I, 77. Ill, 126.
To his uncle, IV, 184.
Mentioned, III, 302.
Collyer, Thomas, Captain of American
privateer " Vengeance."
Letter from, II, 387.
Mentioned, III, 432. IV, 60.
Cologan,  .
Mentioned, I, 467.
Cologan, Mme. de.
Letters from, III, 60, 1442.
Colomb, Pierre, Major in the Con
tinental Army.
Letters from, II, 488, 494.
Mentioned, II, 27, 157, 214, 246,
3i5-
Colonia,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 133.
Colonial Agents in England, III, 479,
480.
Cause, New York's desertion of the,
IV, 482.

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Colonies, American. ,
Alliance of the, with France, IV,
295.
Constitutions of the, translation of,
I, 229.
Disputes in, IV, 209.
Edict prohibiting intercourse be
tween the Dominions of Portugal
and the, IV, 402.
Observations on the laws, etc., gov
erning, held by Greece and Rome,
IV, 387-
On the relation of the, to England,
IV, 392.
Postal arrangements in the, IV, 369.
Representation in Parliament of the,
IV, 393.
Scheme for uniting the, I, 12.
Taxation of the, IV, 393.
Temper of the, III, 502.
Trade with the, III, 469. IV, 170.
Unanimity throughout the, III, 499.
Writers try to widen the breach be
tween the, III, 491.
Colonne,  .
Mentioned, III, 336.
Colony forming, A new, III, 484, 485.
Colors seen in closed eye after gazing
on luminous objects, I, 157.
Colougnac,  .
Mentioned, IV, 331.
Colson,  , Agent for the So-
ciete Philantropique.
Letters from, III, 201, 233.
Mentioned, IV, 473.
Colston, Rawleigh, Agent for the
Commonwealth of Virginia at
Martinique.
Letters from, I, 365, 400, 438.
Patrick Henry to, IV, 241.
Appointed Agent for Virginia in the
Island of Hispaniola, IV, 241.
Coltin, Rezia.
To Jane Mecom, IV, 206.
Columbian Magazine desires an ac
count of Franklin's life, III, 314.
" Columbus," the U. S. ship of war.
I, 456, 568.

Columbus, the vision of Christopher.
IV, 382.
Colville, Lord, Rear Admiral in Brit
ish Navy, Commander of North
American Station.
Mentioned, I, 54. IV, 194.
Order to seize every vessel cleared
without stamp paper, IV, 193.
Combes, Joseph, Merchant of Langue-
doc.
Mentioned, III, 249.
Comedie Frangais Theatre, sculptured
figures on the stage front in, IV,
386.
Comet, III, 472.
" Comite," the ship.
IV, 24.
" Commerce," the ship.
I, 561-
Commerce, Commissioners of.
To the Governor of Guadeloupe,
IV, 302.
Foreign, premature in all new states,
III, 320.
Freedom of, III, 502.
Plans for destroying England's, I,
331.
Commercial Agents in France, I, 362.
Treaty with England, IV, 100, 138,
506.
Treaties with European powers, IV,
35i-
Commines, Gaston de.
Letter from, II, 180.
Commission on a commercial trans
action, III, 557.
Commissioners, appointed for obtain
ing the delivery of all property
in possession of the British, IV,
340.
Commissioners to France, American.
Account of money received from,
HI, 555-
Appointment of, I, 187.
Form of Bond issued by the, III,
559-
Instructions to, I, 187, 188, 1932.
Lack of confidence in, III, 510.

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Commissioners to France — Continued.
Arthur Lee's charge of negligence,
against, III, 509.
Orders by any two, sufficient, IV,
476.
Personal intercourse of the, III, 510.
Settlement of accounts of, III, 509,
510.
To borrow £2,000,000, I, 193.
To defend and support the public
cause at all hazards, IV, 475.
To forward to, all letters addressed
to Mr. Deane, III, 511.
To hazard the censure of Congress,
IV, 475-
To procure battleships, I, 188.
Commissioners to Spain, Tuscany,
Vienna and Berlin, American.
Expenses of, IV, 258.
Commissioners of the Revenue, Dub
lin.
Reuben Harvey to, IV, 341, 342.
" Committee," the schooner.
II, 175, 208.
" Common Sense," by Thomas Paine.
I, 179. IV, 22.
Translation of, I, 188.
Commons, House of, Bill freeing the
New England Plantations from
paying duty, IV, 168.
Resolutions by, IV, 499.
"Comte d'Estaing," the brig.
II, 94, 402.
" Comte de Maurepas," the frigate.
IV, 228.
Comte, Jacques, Ship Captain of Bor
deaux.
Letter from, III, 407.
" Comtesse de Brionne," the frigate.
I, 389-
Comus, Nicolas Philippe Ledru,
French Physicist.
Mentioned, III, 118, 175, 182, 185.
Comyn, Michel, of Marseilles, of Irish
birth.
Letters from, I, 449, 559.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 263, 266,
268, 269, 270.

Comyn, Michel — Continued.
Appointment as Consul, IV, 269,
270.
Mentioned, I, 561. IV, 2632.
Conciliatory Bills, I, 417, 433s, 439.
Conclair,  , of Marseilles.
Mentioned, III, 23.
" Concord," the American privateer.
I, 5342, 539- II, 29.
" Concord," The, Merchant ship.
Mentioned, I, 153, 191.
Concord, the Battle of, brought on
by British Soldiers, IV, 221.
Conde, Prince de (see Bourbon, Louis
Henri).
Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de, Abbe
de Mureaux.
Mentioned, I, 366.
Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nico
las Caritat, Marquis de, M. A. P.
S., French Philosopher and Math
ematician, Perpetual Secretary of
the Academy of Sciences of Paris.
Letters from, I, 151, 166, 300, 409.
HI, 236, 376.
Letter to, III, 494.
Mentioned, III, 127.
Condormes, Roches de.
Letter from, I, 379.
Conductor, new prime, I, 146.
Conductors, on the form to be given
to, I, 337.
And non-conductors, use of the
terms, III, 437.
" Confederacy," the U. S. frigate.
II, 179, 211, 212, 214, 228, 393, 408,
421. IV, 25, 28, 30.
" Confederation," the U. S. frigate.
II, 462.
Confiscated estates, Restoration of, to
the loyalists, III, 265.
In North Carolina, III, 273.
" Congress," Letter of Marque.
II, 439.
Congress at New York, proposed
Stamp Act, I, 46.
Congress, Continental.
Letters from, I, 187*, 1882, 1933, 195,

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Congress, Continental — Continued.
198, 211, 308, 311, 413, 416, 475
508, 521.
II, 2, 24, 91, 97, 104, 126, 2502, 2542,
277, 279, 283, 285, 286, 306, 317,
325, 34°, 342, 3782, 379, 410, 480.
Ill, 187.
IV, 403, 421, 4222, 424, 429, 433, 434,
4363, 437, 438, 439, 441, 443, 444*,
445, 449, 45i, 457, 459°, 4^4-
To John Jay, IV, 312.
To Louis XVI, IV, 278, 293, 320,
328, 353, 503.
To people of United States, IV, 289.
David Barry and Ann Hellier Barry
to, IV, 369.
Silas Deane to, IV, 501, 507.
Robert Montgomery to, IV, 341.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV, 360.
Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton,
John Pemberton, Thomas Whar
ton, Henry Drinker, Thomas
Fisher, Samuel Pleasants and Sam
uel R. Fisher to, IV, 486.
Samuel Stanley to, IV, 273.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 273.
Acknowledgment to the King of
France of the Treaties of Amity
and Commerce, IV, 258s.
Action of, on Lord Howe's message,
IV, 225.
Agreement among foreign represen
tatives of, IV, 276.
Application by Benjamin Franklin
to, in behalf of William Temple
Franklin, IV, 132.
Appointment of Commercial Agents
by, IV, 249.
Appointments by, IV, 2972.
Beaumarchais's accounts, IV, 290.
Congratulations on the preliminaries
to be inserted in a definitive treaty,
HI, 532-
Consular Commission by, IV, 505.
Decision not to use British goods,
III, 496.
In regard to Foreign Commerce, IV,
349-

Congress, Continental — Continued.
Instructions by, IV, 2262, 322.
To Commanders of Letters of
Marque, IV, 224.
To John Laurens, IV, 315.
Letter from, to the King of France,
IV, 454-
Loan Office Certificates, IV, 237.
Mentioned, I, 165, 166, 168. Ill,
497-
Order for gunpowder by, IV, 222.
Papers relating to the " Aimable
Elizabeth," IV, 338.
Petition to Parliament, III, 498.
Proposed resolution of, III, 501.
Refusal of, to accept Franklin's res
ignation, II, 396.
Relative to Bills of Exchange, IV,
312.
Relative to claims of South Carolina
against Spain, IV, 349.
Relative to the compensation of Rod-
erigue Hortalez & Co., IV, 256,
260.
Relative to the correspondence be
tween J. G. Diricks and Dr.
Franklin, IV, 278.
Relative to the expenses of the Com
missioners to the Courts of Spain,
Tuscany, Vienna and Berlin, IV,
258.
Relative to the proceeds of the sale
of the Portuguese snow, IV, 281.
Relative to raising troops, IV, 362.
Relative to supplying funds to the
Ministers appointed to treat with
France and England, IV, 296.
Report by, IV, 247, 280.
Report of committee of, on de Fran-
cey's memorial, IV, 290.
Resolutions by, IV, 225, 226s, 237,
240, 2423, 243, 244, 245, 255, 258,
2592, 260, 261, 294, 321, 348, 485,
490, 502.
Successes of, III, 496.
Thanks of, to Marquis de la Fay
ette, IV, 275.
To the Earl of Chatham, III, 500.

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Congress, Continental — Continued.
To treat with the English for peace,
IV, 4i5-
The Committee of the.
Joseph Haisley to, IV, 223.
Commercial Committee.
Letters from, I, 362, 424, 429.
IV, 422.
Invoice by, IV, 260.
Committee of Foreign Affairs.
Letters from, I, 241, 244, 249,
256, 257, 260, 263, 278, 2992, 302,
307, 3i42, 398, 407, 421, 422, 443-
II, 172, no, 114, 281, 307, 372.
IV, 421.
Letter to, III, 517.
Report of, IV, 237.
Committee on Secret Correspondence.
Letters from, I, 189, 1922, 195,
201, 211, 353. IV, 403.
Committee on Treasury, IV, 291,292.
Marine Committee
Letter from, I, 439.
Appointment of Robert Robinson
by, IV, 484.
Massachusetts Bay, Delegates in.
Letter from, II, 76.
Secret Committee.
Letters from, I, 200, 201.
To Thomas Morris, IV, 228.
Virginia Delegates in.
Thomas Walke to, IV, 339.
A member of.
George Washington to, IV, 239.
To anonymous, IV, 239.
The President of.
Letter to, III, 538.
John Laurens to, IV, 318, 319.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV,
360.
Various persons to, IV, 286.
George Washington to, IV, 340.
Letter to, desired for John Wil
liams, IV, 427.
Note payable to, for money re
ceived from Dr. Franklin, III,
560.

Conkling, Joseph, Captain of Letter
of Marque " Whim."
Letters from, II, 291, 300, 346, 354.
Mentioned, II, 381. IV, 50.
Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
Letter from, III, 347.
Connecticut Settlers, Claims of, to
land in the Wyoming Valley,
Pennsylvania, IV, 377.
Connell, B.
Mentioned, IV, 218.
Connelly,  .
Verses by, IV, 225.
Connelly Sons & Arthur, Merchants
at Dunkirk.
Letter from, III, 15.
Connelly, Thomas, American prisoner.
Mentioned, III, 4.
Conner, James, of Germantown, Phila
delphia.
Letter from, II, 72.
Connor, John.
Letter from, II, 62.
" Conqueror," a Maryland galley.
I, 548-
Conscious Lovers, Comedy of, I, 571.
IV, 6.
" Constance," the prize ship.
I, 549, 552, 553-
" Constant Reader."
Letter from, I, x.
Constard, Mme.
Letter from, III, 407.
Constitution of 1777 rejected by Mas
sachusetts, IV, 411.
Federal, III, 364, 366, 369, 371, 37«2,
379, 383-
Resolution of Virginia Assembly
concerning the convention to
ratify the, III, 362.
Ratified by New Jersey, III, 364.
Constitutional Convention.
Letter from, III, 342.
Mentioned, III, 352, 355, 357, 359,
361, 366, 369, 371. IV, 159, 1602,
162.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Constitutional Convention — Con
tinued.
Dr. Franklin's speech before, III,
357, 359, 361, 362.
Invitation to dine with, III, 346.
Society, I, 169, 171.
Constitutions of America, IV, 386.
Translation of, I, 470.
Consular powers, II, 495.
Consuls, Appointment of, III, 539.
IV, 348.
Necessity of appointing, IV, 349.
Convention relative to, IV, 466.
Consulship, American.
Sir Edward Newenham desires, at
Marseilles, IV, 3602.
N. Reboul applies for, at La Ciotat,
IV, 466.
Philip Aribert desires, IV, 470.
Conte, E., et al.
Letter from, II, 242.
Content & Co., Le.
Letter from, II, 101.
Conti, Frangois Louis de Bourbon
Prince de.
Mentioned, I, 155.
Contour, Chevalier Duvet de.
Mentioned, II, 241, 466.
Contracts given to French officers
paid by the American Govern
ment, interest on, III, 241.
Contrepont, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 119.
Converez, M. de.
Mentioned, I, 182.
Convicts, ships transporting to Amer
ica, III, 487.
Convoys, unlimited, II, 213, 237.
Conway,  .
Mentioned, IV, 401.
Conway,  , Sec'y of State of
Rhode Island.
Mentioned, I, 54, 59, 64.
Conway,  , Father of Gen.
Thomas Conway.
Letter from, I, 465.

Conway, Comtesse D. B. de, Wife of
Gen. Thomas Conway.
Letters from, I, 236, 289, 328, 331,
457, 54«, 5592- II, 5°, J88.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 8, 92.
Mentioned, I, 505.
Conway, Thomas, Comte de, Brig.-
Gen. in U. S. Army.
Letters from, II, 47, 87. IV, 416.
F. Baudin to, IV, 250.
Duel with Col. John Cadwalader,
IV, 9.
Mentioned, I, 265, 304, 375, 394,
465. II, 3, 501. IV, 409.
Reported illness of, IV, 9.
Conyngh,  .
Mentioned, II, 244.
Conyngham, Ann, Wife of Captain
Gustavus Conyngham.
Letter from, II, 143.
Conyngham, Gustavus, Captain of an
American privateer.
Letters from, I, 346. II, 171, 176,
3792, 382.
To Silas Deane, IV, 223.
Agreement by, and his crew of the
privateer " Benganza," IV, 250.
Arrival of, at Corunna, I, 441.
Capture of, II, 246. IV, 298.
Complaint against, by Spanish Gov
ernment, III, 515.
Death of, II, 335.
Escape of, IV, 437.
Mentioned, I, 236, 295, 320, 367,
368, 376, 393, 423, 467, 514, 568.
II, 80, 104, 113, 117, 129, 137, 143,
144, 155, 160, 161, 165, 171, 174,
178, 182, 190, 202, 274, 275, 317,
3532, 359, 426, 47°, 5°4-
HI, 73, 513, 515-
IV, 21, 65, 100, 251, 253, 256, 310,
321, 373, 405.
Power of Attorney by, IV, 247.
Cook,  .
Mentioned, III, 482.

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Cook, Capt. James, F. R. S., Circum
navigator.
American corsairs not to injure, II,
188.
Mentioned, II, 84. IV, 349.
Medal struck by Royal Society in
honor of, IV, 471.
Voyage of, III, 319. IV, 471.
Cooke, John.
Mentioned, I, 125.
Cooke, Richard Donaldson.
Letter from, II, 217.
Mentioned, I, 440.
Cookson, Thomas.
Mentioned, I, 38.
Coombe, Rev. Thomas, M. A. P. S.,
Assistant Minister at Christ
Church, Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 95.
Letter to, III, 495.
Mentioned, I, 147. Ill, 480.
Coombs, William, Member of the
Council of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, IV, 286.
Cooper, Sir Grey, M. P., Secretary of
the Treasury.
Letter from, I, 100.
Mentioned, I, 328.
Cooper, Richard, Son of William
Cooper of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 274.
Cooper, Samuel, Boston Clergyman.
Letters from, I, 145, 149, 163, 179,
186, 218, 231, 303, 304, 346, 364,
433, 450, 535- II, 3, 168, 228,
252, 272, 274, 288, 348, 350, 476,
496. Ill, 862, 116. IV, 4082, 411.
Letter to, III, 479.
Death of, III, 129, 170.
Dr. Franklin's bill on the late, III,
286.
Honorary degree from University of
Edinburgh, III, 466.
Mentioned, I, 70, 465, 472. II,
397. Ill, 62, 68, 133, 197, 453.
Cooper, Samuel, Son of William
Cooper of Boston.
Letters from, II, 460. Ill, 128.
vol. vi — 6

Cooper, William, Town Clerk, Bos
ton, Brother of Dr. Samuel Cooper.
Mentioned, I, 107.
Cooper, William, Jr., Son of William
Cooper of Boston.
Letter from, I, 408.
Mentioned, I, 364, 391. II, 460,
496. IV, 250.
Coote, G. M., M. P. for Dublin.
Mentioned, II, 200.
Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
To be presented to Dr. Franklin,
I, 9, 10.
Coppens fils.
Letter from, II, 480.
Copper, IV, 257.
Copying machine, IV, 119.
Coquillot,  , Prior of Epinay.
Letters from, III, 45, 91.
Corbett, Vin, of the Office for Sick
and Hurt Seamen.
To John D. Schweighauser, IV, 281.
Corcelles, Pierre Bon de.
Letters from, II, 37, 278. Ill,
247, 385.
Letter to, III, 519.
Corcelles, Polier de.
Letter from, I, 387.
Cordes,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 84.
Cordier,  Le.
Compagnie des Indes to, IV, 217.
Cordis,  .
Mentioned, IV, 16.
Coreil, Captain.
Brig belonging to, III, 48.
Mentioned, III, 55.
Corgemont,  .
V. Voisin to, IV, 380.
Corin,  .
Letter to, III, 435.
Cork, George.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 160.
Corkeran, Ann.
Dennis McCarthy to, IV, 189.
Corn, Invention for grinding, III, 98.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Corneille, Pierre, Poet and Play
wright.
Statue of, II, 493.
Corney, Louis Dominique-Ethis de,
Commissary of War.
Mentioned, II, 350.
Comic, Veuve Min.
Letter from, I, 460.
Comic, Veuve Min, et fils.
Letters from, I, 552. II, 18.
Cornie, Estris de.
Mentioned, IV, 439.
Cornu,  , Valet to the Marquis
de la Fayette.
Letter from, II, 448.
Mentioned, II, 448.
Cornu, Capt., of the French Corsair
" Princesse de Robec."
Mentioned, II, 269.
Cornwallis, Charles, Earl, Lieut.-Gen.
in British Army in America.
Banastre Tarleton to, IV, 320.
Besieged at Yorktown, IV, 63.
Defeat of, I, 209, 279, 352.
Forced to surrender, II, 407, 409,
410, 411, 412, 413, 418, 419, 431.
Ill, 528. IV, 673, 682, 324, 443-
Mentioned, I, 265, 269. II, 274,
296, 341, 364, 367, 394, 4072, 423.
IV, 48, 53, 64, 322, 324.
Proposed terms of capitulation, II,
406.
Corps,  du.
Mentioned, I, 212.
Correspondent de Philadelphie,
Nom de Plume of Barbeu Du-
bourg.
Mentioned, I, 164.
Corrick, James.
Letter from, II, 105.
Corsange,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 58.
Corvalle, Madame de.
Letter from, II, 3.
" Corvette," the French Merchantship.
II, 291.
Cosse, Marquis de.
Letter from, I, 419.

-, Officer on board

Cossont, —
the "Pallas."
Ill, 95-
Cossoul,  , Merchant at Nan
tes.
Letters from, II, 260, 280, 283.
Coste, Dr. Jean Frangois, M. A. P. S.,
Surgeon in Chief of the French
Army in America.
Mentioned, III, 69, 147, 262.
Costentin, Berube de, in charge of
vessels and prizes at Brest, belong
ing to the U. S.
Letters from, I, 482, 491.
Mentioned, II, 53.
Cotiere, Cathallet.
Letter from, I, 509.
Cotte, Robert de.
Letter from, III, 41.
Cottereau,  .
To Comtesse de Coastin, IV, 235.
Cottier,  .
Letter from, II, 349.
Cottin and fils, Jauge, J.
Letters from, II, 457. IV, 440.
Cottineau de Kloguene, Denis-Nicolas,
Captain of the U. S. S. "Pallas."
Letters from, IV, 423, 431.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 496.
Mentioned, II, 159, 160. IV, 494.
Quarrel between John Paul Jones
and, IV, 496.
Couder, J. M.
Letter from, II, 320.
Coudray, see Tronson Du Coudray.
Coulougnac,  .
Letter from, IV, 460.
Coulougnac & Cie, French Merchants.
Letters from, II, 373. Ill, 14.
Council of War at Kassel, I, 443.
Couneler, Laurent, of Marseilles.
Letter from, III, 23.
" Count de Grasse," a Virginia pri
vateer.
II, 467-
" Count de Vergennes," the ship.
I, 213, 2152, 222, 225, 229, 230.
" Countess of Berigen," the frigate.
II, 147-

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" Countess of Moreton," American
prize.
Mentioned, I, 467.
" Countess of Scarborough," British
sloop of war.
II, I492, 152, 153, 156, 203, 207, 251,
445- IV, 431.
" Courageuse," the French frigate.
II, 33-
Courcelles, de Gars de.
Mentioned, III, 158.
Courcy, Veuve de.
Letter from, II, 127.
Courier de PEurope, IV, 281.
Courreget fils,  .
Letter from, I, 256.
Court de Gebelin, Antoine, French
savant.
Letter from, I, 235, 378. II, 190,
343, 37i, 485- HI, 130- IV, 414,
446.
Jean Paul Rabaut-St. Etienne to, IV,
329.
Mentioned, I, 565. Ill, 196.
Court of Aids, First President of the.
To the Duke of Chartres, IV, 371.
" Court of Aydes."
To the King, IV, 211.
Courtanvaux, Frangois Cesar Le Tel-
lier, Marquis de (Due de Dou-
deauville), Soldier and Scientist.
Letters from, I, 400, 523.
Death of, II, 383.
Mentioned, I, 153, 342. II, 25.
Courtauld, George.
Letter from, III, 279.
Courtauld, Samuel.
Letters from, II, 4702.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 327.
Courter, Harmon, Captain of the Let
ter of Marque "Jay."
Letters from, I, 376, 413. II, 298,
308, 315, 318.
Mentioned, I, 422. II, 318, 324.
Courtney, Nicholas, of Cornwall
County, England.
Bond to Joseph Growdon, IV, 168.

Courtois, Joseph Gabriel Mounier de.
Letter from, I, 339.
Cousturier,  .
Letter from, II, 493.
Couteulx,  Le, Cadiz banker.
Mentioned, I, 488.
Couteulx & Co., Joseph Louis and
Laurent, of Cadiz.
To Silas Deane, IV, 2532, 254, 256s.
Couteulx,  Le, Paris Banker.
Letter from, II, 394.
Couteulx & Co., Le, Paris Bankers.
Letters from, II, 460. Ill, 200.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 68.
Mordecai Lewis & Co., to, IV, 356.
Peter Whitesides & Co., to, IV, 356.
Willing, Morris & Swanwick to, IV,
356.
Mentioned, IV, 358, 437.
Coutteux,  Le.
Mentioned, IV, 155.
Couture, Guillaume, French Archi
tect.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 141.
Coux, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 505.
Covay, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 407.
Cowdry,  , British Agent in
charge of American prisoners.
Mentioned, IV, 375.
Cowell, 
Mentioned, I, 97.
Cowley, William, Major 22d Reg't,
British Army.
Mentioned, II, 397, 405.
Cowper, William, English poet.
Mentioned, II, 468.
Cox,  .
Mentioned, I, 157.
Cox,  .
Mentioned, IV, 290.
Coxe,  .
Mentioned, IV, 8.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Coxe, Daniel (second).
Grant for lands on Mississippi, I,
26, 28, 292.
Coxe, Daniel (fifth), of Trenton,
Member of the Council of New
Jersey, M. A. P. S.
Mentioned, I, 77, 120. Ill, 475.
Coxe, John D., Grandson of Colonel
Daniel Coxe (third), lawyer.
Mentioned, I, 152, 547.
Coxe, Tench, M. A. P. S., Grandson
of Colonel Daniel Coxe (third),
and younger brother of John D.
Coxe.
Letters from, II, 482. Ill, 311,
34i, 344, 366, 37i, 374, 383-
Coxe, Jr., William.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 163.
Coxe, Mr. and Mrs. W.
To Mrs. Sarah Bache, IV, 371.
Coyand,  .
Letter from, III, 315.
Coyendahi tribe.
To Anonymous, IV, 481.
Coyesarne, Sampson.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 169.
Crafton, Robert, a London friend of
Dr. Franklin.
Letter from, I, 118.
" Craftsman," the newspaper.
IV, 165.
Craig,  , of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, I, 392.
Craig, J.
To John Ross, IV, 494.
Craig, John.
Mentioned, IV, 26.
Craig, Mrs. John, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Craik, Dr. James, Surgeon in the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, III, 262.
Cram, John.
Mentioned, III, 292.
Cramer, Mme. C, nee de Wesselow,
oversees the education of Benja
min Franklin Bache.

Cramer, Mme. C. — Continued.
Letters from, II, 373, 471. Ill,
168. IV, 445.
Mentioned, II, 408.
Cramer, de Wesselow, of Geneva,
oversees the education of Benja
min Franklin Bache.
Letter from, II, 469.
Crane, Stephen, Member of the As
sembly of New Jersey.
Letter, from, I, 122.
Crantz,  .
On the aurora borealis, IV, 371.
Craven Street Gazette.
Letter to, III, 474.
Crawford, Adair, M. A. P. S., F. R.
S., English Physician and Chemist.
To Benjamin Vaughan, IV, 371.
Crawford, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 128.
Crawford's book, William, historian.
II, 153.
Crawley,  . of London.
Mentioned, I, 92.
Cray, Due de.
Letter from, II, 188.
Credit in Europe, American, III, 302.
Importance of supporting, IV,
466.
Creek Indians.
Mentioned, I, 30. Ill, 353, 357.
Creery,  , of the Continental
Army.
Letter from, II, 32.
Crenis, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, II, 75.
Crespin, Jacques Francois, American
Sailor.
Letters from, II, 317, 504, 517.
Cretelle,  de.
Mentioned, III, 300.
Creuze,  .
Letters from, III, 138, 157.
Letter to, III, 539.
Crevecoeur,  de, Father of
Michel Guillaume Jean de Creve
coeur.
Mentioned, II, 402.

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Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume Jean
de, M. A. P. S., French Consul at
New York, Member of the French
Institute.
Letters from, II, 391, 398, 416, 466,
520. Ill, 2, 144, 311, 362, 366,
370.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 114.
L. le Fevre Des Mars to, IV, 344.
Mentioned, II, 388, 402, 421, 488,
491, 504. Ill, 44, 104, 316. IV,
326.
Crevecoeur, St. John de.
See Michel Guillaume Jean de
Crevecoeur.
Crigan, Claudius, Bishop of Sodor and
Man.
Letter to, III, 550.
Crignon, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 233.
Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton
de, Due de Mahon, Lieut.-Gen. in
the French Army.
Letter from, III, 122.
Mentioned, IV, 60.
" Crisis," Publication of the, I, 423.
Crocco, Giacomo Francisco, Agent of
the Emperor of Morocco.
Letter from, III, 83.
Croft, Lieut. Richard, British prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 159.
Croghan, George, Deputy Indian
Agent, Pennsylvania and Ohio In
dians.
Letters from, I, 76, 91.
Anonymous to, IV, 180.
Journal by, of Expedition down Ohio
. River, IV, 190.
Mentioned, I, 17, 39, 47, 57, 69, 76,
92. IV, 181, 202, 214, 2192.
To draw Ohio Indians to a confer
ence, IV, 179.
Croiset,  .
Letter from, I, 498.
Croize, Pierre.
Letter from, III, 407.
Croker, Catherine, see Catherine
Croker Mead.

Croker, Isaac, Son of Richard Croker.
Letter from, III, 290.
Croker, John, Brother of Richard
Croker.
Mentioned, III, 290, 297.
Croker, Richard, Brother of John
Croker.
Mentioned, III, 290.
Croker, Rev. Temple Henry, British
writer.
Letters from, III, 344, 351, 359.
Crome, Augustus Friedrich Wilhelm,
German economist.
Letter from, III, 30.
Crommelin and fils, Daniel, Amster
dam Bankers.
Letter from, II, 332.
Mentioned, II, 183, 248, 362.
Crosby, Josiah.
Mentioned, I, 372.
Cross, John, English Engineer.
Mentioned, II, 254.
Crossley, Adam, American Sailor.
II, 158.
Crouss, Cordier de.
Letters from, III, 39, 58.
Crow, Whipple, American Sailor.
Mentioned, II, 472.
Crow, Ro de, American Sailor.
Letter from, II, 443.
Crowley, Thomas, of London.
Letters from, I, 55, 114.
Crown, The British, Aids to be
granted to, IV, 196.
Persists in severe measures against
America, III, 497.
Power of, to make void laws pre
sented for its approval, III, 492.
Crown Point.
Expedition against, I, 13.
Cubieres, Chevalier Michel de, lit
terateur.
Mentioned, II, 144.
Cucket,  .
Letter from, II, 3.
Cugny, Marquis de.
Mentioned, II, 223.
Cuillie,  .
Letter from, II, 361.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Cullen, William, M. A. P. S., F. R. S.,
Edinburgh Physician.
Letter to, III, 463.
Mentioned, I, 147.
On the gout, I, 555.
Cullman, David.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 249.
" Culloden," the British ship.
II, 376.
Cumberland County, Rebellion in,
I, 4i2, 43, 4«, 81.
Cumberland, Richard.
Mentioned, IV, 85.
Cuming, James, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 263.
Cuming, James, Merchant at I'Orient.
Letters from, II, 158, 288, 357.
Michael Bright to, IV, 328.
William Sharp to, IV, 294.
Cuming & Macarty, Merchants at
I'Orient.
Letters from, II, 465, 491, 505, 520.
Letter to, III, 531.
Cumming, Alexander, Mathematician
and Watchmaker in London.
Mentioned, I, 35.
Cumming, Thomas, of London.
Letters from, I, 27, 79.
Mentioned, I, 27.
Cummings, Mr.
Mentioned, I, 32.
Cummings, Mrs.
I, 88.
Cummings, Alexander, American pris
oner.
Letter from, II, 475.
Cummings, William.
John Rice to, IV, 205.
Cumstock, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 413.
Cunningham, Mr., of Quebec.
Mentioned, I, 51.
Cunningham, Capt. Gustavus, see
Conyngham.
Cure at Passy.
Letter from, IV, 471.
Currency, Plan for a general, in
America, IV, 198.
Question of, IV, 305.

-, Captain of an Eng-

Currie, —
lish privateer.
Mentioned, II, 155.
Curson, Samuel.
Letter from, III, 6.
Curson, Samuel, Merchant at St. Eu-
statius.
Mentioned, II, 372, 393, 484.
Curtis,  , of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 378.
Curtis,  .
Mentioned, I, 417.
Curwen, John.
Letter from, III, 119.
Cushing, Thomas, Speaker, Massachu
setts House of Representatives,
Delegate to the Continental Cong
ress.
Letters from, I, 101, 122, 125, 149,
168, 178, 2192, 305. Ill, 200. IV,
408.
Letters to, III, 479, 49s2, 498.
To Silas Deane, IV, 2-50.
Mentioned, I, 231. IV, 376.
Cushing, Thomas, Jr., Son of Thomas
Cushing.
Mentioned, I, 232, 283. IV, 231,
408.
Cussac,  .
Letter from, III, 144.
Customs Bureau, Receipt for duties,
IV, 338.
Cuthbert,  .
Mentioned, III, 459.
Cuthbert, John, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
F. R. S.
Letter from, I, 150.
Letter to, III, 489.
Cutler, B. C.
Letter from, II, 479.
Cutler, Manasseh, M. A. P. S., Con
necticut Clergyman, Physician in
the Continental Army.
Mentioned, III, 329.
Cuyler, Henry.
Theophylact Bache to, IV, 363.

Mentioned, IV, 40.

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d-

-, Abbe N-

Letter from, III, 144.
Dabadie,  .
Letter from, I, 429.
Dabbe,  , Captain in Cham-
boron Reg't of Hussars.
Letter from, II, 189.
Dacier, Joseph Bon, Baron, French
litterateur and Perpetual Secre
tary of the Academie des Inscrip
tions et Belles-Lettres.
Letter from, III, 70.
Da Costa,  , owner of the
" Cecil."
Mentioned, IV, 40.
Dacosta, Telles.
Mentioned, III, 97.
Daer, Lord, Son of Lord Selkirk.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 164.
Mentioned, IV, 342.
Dagge,  .
Mentioned, I, 93.
Dagge, Henry, F. R. S.
Letters from, III, 2362, 274.
Dagoneau, Comte de Bussy.
Letters from, I, 469. Ill, 18.
Dagord, Vincent.
Letters from, II, 5, 44.
D'Aguiton,  . Merchant of
Geneva.
Mentioned, I, 394.
D'aigueville,  .

Letter from, II, 8.
Daillens, Weiss de, Major in Swiss
Army.
Letter from, I, 540.
Mentioned, I, 545.
Dainval,  .Merchant of Lyons.
Mentioned, III, 62, 69. IV, 387.
Dale, Lieut. Richard, U. S. S. "Bon
Homme Richard."
Mentioned, II, 263. IV, 308.
Dalet, Comte.
Letter from, I, 374.
Dalgres,  .
Letter from, II, 293.
Dalibard,  — .
Letter from, I, 559.

Dalibard,  .
 Guerin to, IV, 374.
Dalibard, Thomas-Frangois, French
Physician and Electrician.
Letters from, I, n, 23, 85, 199.
Letters to, III, 468, 472.
Mentioned, I, 142, 145, 149, 257,
310.
Dalkerque, De Lattre.
Letter from, I, 389.
Dalrymple, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 117, 370.
Dalrymple, Alexander, F. R. S., Hy-
drographer to British Admiralty.
Letter from, I, 170.
Dalrymple, Gen. John, Sixth Earl of
Staer.
Mentioned, II, 296.
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ire
land, III, 368.
Dalton, John, et al., American seamen.
Letter from, II, 167.
Dalton, Tristram, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Letters from, II, 77s, 154, 273, 356.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 333.
Mentioned, II, 493. Ill, 25. IV,
286.
Damalix,  .
Letter from, II, 393.
Damboix,  .
Letter from, III, 3.
Damdraga, Urtado, Marquis.
Letters from, II, 267, 338. Ill, 28.
Dames, William.
Letter from, I, 2.
Dampierre, Le Maire de.
Letter from, I, 332.
Dana, Francis M., M. C. C, Sec'y to
the Commissioners for negotiating
Peace with Great Britain, Minister
to Russia.
Letters from, II, 300, 328, 347,
360, 370.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 53, 70.
To Comte d'Osterman, IV, 339.
Mentioned, II, 2542, 404, 420, 456.
Ill, 527. IV, 71, 94, 311.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Dandelot, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 542.
Dangeuil,  de.
Letters from, I, 331, 332.
Guillard to, IV, 374.
Dangirard, freres, French Merchants.
Letter from, II, 520.
Dangiviller, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 418.
Daniell, William, Printer in Kingston.
Letters from, I, n3, 13.
Daniels,  .
Estate of, IV, 185.
Danish and Norwegian ports, Trade
in, IV, 271.
Danish Minister.
Mentioned, IV, 348.
Dantoine,  .
Letter from, I, 531.
Danton, Joseph, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, I, 141.
Danton, William, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, I, 141.
Darang, Chevalier,
Letter from, II, 173.
Darbaumont,  .
Mentioned, IV, 294.
Darby, Captain, of the "Hope."
Mentioned, IV, 53.
Darby, John.
Mentioned, III, 26, 30.
Darcel,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 102.
Darcet, N.
Letters from, III, 69, 84.
Darcour, Pierre Feree.
Letter from, I, 560.
Dariban, Sr.,  , Merchant at
Agen.
Letter from, I, 404.
Darlincourt,  , Farmer-Gen
eral.
Letter from, I, 560.
Darlincourt and fils, Merchants at
Paris.
Letter from, II, 40.

Darling, Thomas (?), of New Haven.
Mentioned, I, 4.
Darrach, David, of Philadelphia?
Mentioned, I, 120.
Darrell, Josiah.
Letter from, II, 14.
Dartmouth, William Legge, Second
Earl of, Colonial Secretary in the
British Cabinet.
Letter to, III, 499.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 221.
Advice of, to disarm Colonies by
force, III, 498.
Mentioned, I, 143, 145, 160, 172.
IV, 221, 222.
Portrait of, by Joseph Wright, III,
57-
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire.
Letters from, II, 506. IV, 335, 347,
460.
Benefactions solicited for, III, 73.
Darwin, Erasmus, M. A. P. S., F. R.
S., English Physician.
Letters from, I, 136, 157. Ill, 343.
Translation of the Botanical Works
of Linnaeus by, III, 343.
Darwin, Sir George Howard, Medal
lion of Benjamin Franklin pre
sented to The American Philo
sophical Society by, I, Frontis
piece.
Darwin, Robert Waring, M.D., F. R.
S., son of Erasmus Darwin and
father of Charles Darwin.
Letter from, III, 292.
Mentioned, III, 343.
Daschkow, Ekaterina Romanova,
Princess, M. A. P. S., President of
the Imperial Academy of Sciences
of St. Petersburg.
Letters from, II, 346, 347.
Mentioned, II, 325.
Dashwood, Sir Francis, see Le De-
spencer, Baron.
Dassart, Dupin.
Mentioned, III, 36.

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79

Daste, Jean.
Mentioned, III, 267.
" Date obolum Belisario," by Fran
cis Hopkinson.
IV, 302.
Daubenton, Jr., Louis Jean Marie,
M. A. P. S., F. R. S., Member of
the Academy of Sciences at Paris.
Letters from, I, 1502.
Daubert,  .
Letter from, II, 347.
Daume & Co.
Letter from, III, 205.
Dauphin, birth of the, Duke of Nor
mandy.
II, 434, 435, 437- HI, 5282. IV,
68, 78, 328, 375, 503.
Joy in America over, IV, 450.
" Dauphin," the schooner, of Boston.
I, 543. II, 301.
Davenant, Charles, Political econo
mist.
Mentioned, I, 12.
Davenport, Josiah Franklin, of New
Jersey, Great Nephew of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 3.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 182.
To William Franklin, IV, 1972.
To the Mayor's Court, IV, 201.
Mentioned, I, 148.
Davesne,  .
Mentioned, II, 252.
David,  , of Bordeaux(?)
Letter from, I, 265.
David,  , Philadelphia(f)
Physician.
Letter from, II, 378.
David l'aine, Secretary of the Legation
at Paris of the Elector Palatine.
Letters from, II, 52, 234, 282, 296.
Mentioned, I, 316.
David, Jean Pierre, French physician.
Mentioned, IV, 81.
Davidson,  , of Rotterdam.
Mentioned, I, 186.
Davies, Cecilia.
Mentioned, IV, 377.

Davies, John.
Letter from, IV, 461.
Davies, Mary Ann.
Letters from, III, 55, 117.
Her skill in playing on the Ar-
monica, III, 55.
Mentioned, II, 519.
Davies, Williams, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, II, 381.
Mentioned, II, 381.
Davis,  .
Mentioned, I, 280.
Davis, Captain.
Mentioned, I, 7, 103.
Davis, Caleb.
Letter from, III, 97.
Davis, Nicholas, of Amsterdam.
Letter from, II, 71.
Mentioned, II, 75, 81.
Davis, Richard, Massachusetts sailor.
Letter from, III, 7.
Davis, William.
Letters from, III, 365, 373.
Davison, Samuel, Captain of the
American privateer "Phoenix."
Letters from, II, 108, in.
Mentioned, II, 63, 108, in.
Dawes, Cephas  , of Pennsyl
vania.
Letter from, II, 489.
Mentioned, II, 486.
Dawrey,  .
To William Hodgson, IV, 318.
Dawson,  .
Mentioned, IV, 136.
Dawson, Major, Lieut.-Governor of
the Isle of Man.
Letter to, III, 483.
Mentioned, I, 197.
Day, William.
Letter from, I, 290.
Dead, on burying of the, IV, 392.
Deale, Richard, Captain of the Letter
of Marque " Queen of France."
Mentioned, II, 500, 502. IV, 478.
Dean, John, Member of the Supreme
Executive Council of Pennsyl
vania.
Mentioned, III, 361.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

" Deane," the U. S. frigate.
Arrival of, I, 452. IV, 409.
Mentioned, II, 36. IV, 250.
Deane, Mrs.
Letter from, IV, 399.
Deane, Barnabas, Brother of Silas
Deane.
Letters from, I, 362. II, 443.
Deane, Jesse, Son of Silas Deane.
Mentioned, IV, 21, 248, 254.
Deane, Silas, M. C. C, U. S. Com
missioner to France (see also
 Benson).
Letters from, I, 193, 231, 245, 254,
263, 266, 267, 269, 271, 302, 320,
332°, 358, 391, 489, 49«, 5i7- II,
157, 184, 276, 344, 347, 355, 372,
3732, 466. IV, 404, 419, 437, 441,
447, 4^7, 4^92-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 8, 21, 43, 67, 69.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
501, 507.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 371.
Anonymous to, IV, 258.
Etienne Cathalant to, IV, 253, 255.
Francis Coffyn to, IV, 255.
Gustavus Conyngham to, IV, 223.
Joseph Louis and Laurent Le Cou
teulx & Co., to, IV, 25 32, 254, 2562.
Thomas Cushing to, IV, 250.
Charles Guillaume Frederic Dumas
to, IV, 232.
Fairholme & Luther to, IV, 254.
John Folger to, IV, 240.
Conrad Alexandre Gerard de Ray-
neval to, IV, 227, 233, 245.
Jared Ingersoll to, IV, 255.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 249, 251,
2522.
La Goaner & Co., to, IV, 251.
Le Blanc to, IV, 255.
William Lee to, IV, 237.
William MacCreery to, IV, 253, 254.
William MacKean to, IV, 243.
Manieu to, IV, 259.
Martin De Marron to, IV, 235.
Massieu to, IV, 254.
Robert Morris to, IV, 246, 485.

Deane, Silas — Continued.
Samuel Nicholson to, IV, 233, 249.
John Ross to, IV, 254.
Gurdon Saltonstall to, IV, 248.
Major Benjamin Tallmadge to, IV,
502.
Terrasson to, IV, 256.
Viel to, IV, 233.
Jeremiah Wadsworth to, IV, 502.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 230,
231, 252.
Accounts, IV, 447.
Accounts to be examined by a Vice-
Consul, IV, 502.
Arnold, denies intimacy with Bene
dict, IV, 469.
Bill against Congress, IV, 507.
Certificate as to the probity of, in
the Public service, III, 516.
Certifies that he has not sold certifi
cates which he was given power
to sell, IV, 501.
Desires to be assured of personal
safety, IV, 467.
Innocent of embezzlement, IV, 476.
Memorandum of purchase of Mili
tary stores, IV, 278.
Mentioned, I, 195, 199, 214, 221,
222, 225, 230, 248, 255, 258, 274,
295, 307, 328, 366, 370, 4°3, 4i3,
439, 479, 544, 553, 554-
II, 19, 20, 222, 28, 31, 33, 36, 61, 69,
70, 126, 272, 276, 298, 350, 360,
406, 514.
Ill, 85, 324, 363, 430, 528.
IV, 4, 13, 322, 392, 66, 68, 69, 74,
228, 234, 237, 2422, 246, 258, 266,
279, 281, 409, 418, 422, 428, 437,
444, 445, 4753, 4762, 485, 5°3-
Private letters intercepted, IV, 447.
Quarrel with Arthur Lee, IV, 476.
Recall of, I, 376. IV, 420.
Recall of, due to misrepresentations,
IV, 475-
Worth of, IV, 475.
Deane, Simeon, Brother of Silas
Deane.
Letter from, I, 398.
Letter to, IV, 476.

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81

Deane, Simeon — Continued.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, io.
Mentioned, I, 368. II, 13, 29. Ill,
5i7-
Secret Commission to Congress, IV,
476.
Deane, William.
Letter to, III, 487.
De Baris, Lt.-General Forget.
Letter from, I, 349.
De Beche & Graff.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 88.
De Berdt, Dennys, Agent for the
Assembly of Massachusetts Bay.
Letter to, III, 474.
Debons,  .
Letter from, I, 432.
De Boor,  .
Mentioned, III, 122.
Debt, arbitration to collect, III, 437.
British, non-payment of, III, 313.
Contracted before the war, III, 536.
"Liquidated," IV, 162.
National, III, 265, 481.
Payment of, III, 333, 552.
Decambray,  .
Letter from, II, 429.
De Casson,  .
Letters from, I, 268, 289.
Deceased, method of announcing sex
of, IV, 175.
Deck, Frantz Xaverius, Brewer.
Mentioned, I, 206.
Declaration of Independence.
I, 210. IV, m.
Attack on, IV, 412.
To celebrate anniversary of, II, 99,
103, 105, 109. Ill, 520, 536.
De Corny,  .
Letters from, II, 417. Ill, 255.
De Corny, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 2.
De Court, de Sorlut.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 11, 19.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 269.

De Court, de Sorlut— Continued.
Reflections on the War between
Great Britain and her Colonies,
IV, 220.
Defay,  , Paper Manufacturer
in Paris.
Letters from, II, 394. Ill, 16.
Defay,  , Member of the So-
ciete Royale des Sciences de Mont-
pellier.
Letters from, III, 158, 259.
Defay, Mile.
Letter from, II, 450.
" Defiance," the English privateer.
II, 87.
Defleury, Bertherand.
Letter from, I, 323-
" Deformed and handsome leg,"
Bagatelle by Benjamin Franklin.
Ill, 525, 541.
Defouchy,  .
Letters from, III, 407, 408.
Mme. and Mile., Ill, 408.
Defrancq, J. J.
Letter from, I, 425.
Degenfeld, Comte de, Dutch Minister
at Vienna.
Mentioned, I, 347.
Degge, James Arthur, Lieutenant on
the U. S .S. "Alliance."
Letters from, IV, 428, 430.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 298.
Pierre Landais to, IV, 306.
Certificate by, IV, 499.
Mentioned, II, 265. IV, 298.
De Gimat,  , Lieut.-Col. in
Continental Army, Aide-de-Camp
to Gen. de la Fayette.
Mentioned, I, 343, 352. II, 81.
" De Graaff," the Letter of Marque.
II, 378.
De Gruyere,  .
Letter from, I, 394.
Dehaistre,  : — .
Letter from, I, 274.
De Harold, Edmund.
Letters from, I, 304, 315.

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Dehez, Bernard.
Letter from, II, 117.
Mentioned, IV, 247.
Deinet,  .
Letter from, IV, 417.
Dejean,  , Formerly Lieu
tenant in French Navy.
Letters from, III, 316, 319.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Delacolonge,  .
Letter from, III, 245.
To Anquetil Duperron, IV, 277.
Desires appointment as Agent for
the United States at Lyons, IV,
277.
De Lafaye,  .
de Ponteney to, IV, 235.
Delafaye, Charles.
To Sir William Keith, IV, 170.
Delagenetiere,  .
Mentioned, II, 188.
Delagrange,  .
Letters from, I, 366. II, 147.
Delahaulsse, Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 481.
Delaire,  .
Letter from, I, 387.
Delamain,  .
Mentioned, I, 194.
Delamar, Mordyay.
Letter from, III, 2.
Delamoignon, Marie Elizabeth, Aunt
of Chevalier de la Luzerne.
Letter from, II, 139.
De Lancey, James, Lieutenant-Gov.
of New York.
Mentioned, I, 4.
Delap, John Hans, Bordeaux Mer
chant.
Bond to, IV, 270.
Delap, S., and John Hans, U. S. Com
mercial Agents at Bordeaux.
Letters from, I, 416, 462, 499. II,
38.
Mentioned, I, 324, 438. II, 38.
Delassau, Lambert.
Letter from, I, 345.

Delavoiepierre,  .
Letter from, III, 144.
" Delaware," the Letter of Marque.
II, 393-
" Delaware," Pennsylvania frigate.
IV, 239, 271.
Delaware Indians, I, 36, 47. IV, 179.
Vocabulary of the, II, 371.
Interpretation of Language of, III,
336.
Islands, I, 46, 143.
People of, Gen. Sir William Howe
to, IV, 486.
Pilots, Committee for Tarring and
Feathering to the, IV, 483.
River, forts on the, IV, 239.
Del Campo,  . Confidential
Sec'y to Spanish Minister of State.
Mentioned, II, 409, 459. Ill, 31.
IV, 449.
Deleutre,  .
Mentioned, IV, 345.
Delfino, Chevalier, of Padua.
Letter from, II, 468.
Delisle,  .
Balloon ascension, IV, 507.
Mentioned, III, 50.
Delisle-Pierrogues. Letter from, III, 79.
Delius, Arnold, Merchant at Bremen.
Letter from, III, 17.
Mentioned, III, 22.
Delivet,  .
Letter from, III, 255.
Delleville, Philippe de.
Letters from, II, 236, 246, 332.
Delmot, Jean, Merchant at Leyden.
Letter from, II, 308.
Deloigne, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 315.
De Lome, John Louis, v
Letter from, III, 408.
Delon,  .
Mentioned, II, 447.
Delor,  .
Letter from, I, 349.
Mentioned, I, 160.

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De Lor,  .
Electrical machine by, III, 482.
Delorme,  .
Mentioned, IV, 138.
Delos,  .
Letter from, IV, 412.
Delott, Baron.
Memoirs of, III, 409.
Delseny, Chevalier.
Letter from, III, 408.
Demareuil, Tripse, Lieut, in the Royal
Grenadiers.
Letter from, I, 552.
Demayr,  , Prussian officer.
Letter from, II, 268.
Demazaudre,  .
Letter from, II, 92.
Demolon,  .
Letter from, I, 520.
Demonplaisir,  , Merchant at
I'Orient.
Letter from, I, 353.
" Demophile." Verses by, IV, 372.
Demronti, Chevalier de Savari.
Letter from, I, 245.
Denans,  .
Letter from, III, 62.
Denham, William.
George III to, IV, 495.
Denis, Mme., and daughter.
Letter from, III, 161.
Denmark, Dr. Franklin's Memorial to
the Court of, IV, 429.
Indemnity offered, for certain prizes
restored to the British, IV, 473.
Intrigues at Court of, IV, 212.
King of, III, 471.
Treaty of Friendship and Com
merce with, III, 82, 122. IV, 336.
Denneville, Mme.
Mentioned, I, 255.
Dennie,  .
To the Navy Board, IV, 279.
Dennie, William, of Boston.
Mentioned, I, 360.
Denny, Col.
Letter from, IV, 400.

Denny, Lady Arabella.
Mentioned, IV, 381.
Denny, John.
Mentioned, IV, 285, 291.
Denny, William, Deputy-Gov. of
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 19. IV, 1812.
Proprietors discard, III, 4472.
Denombe, Andre Frangois Broche.
Letter from, I, 333.
Denward, Rev. Thomas, of London.
Letter from, I, 543.
Mentioned, I, 552.
Depire, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 116.
Deplaine,  .
Letter from, I, 455.
Depotot,  .
Letter from, II, 259.
Dereine,  .
Letter from, II, 242.
Derglanieres,

Letter from, I, 382.
Derkenne, Louis.
Letter from, II, 344.
Deroillers, Marquise.
Mentioned, III, 8.
Derry, the Bishop of.
J Letter from, III, 236.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 124.
De Saillian, Frangois Louis Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 340.
Des Bancels, Larguier.
Letter from, I, 290.
Desbois, Mile.
Mentioned, III, 16.
Desbrossee,  .
Letter from, III, 45.
Deschamps,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 134.
Deschenaix, Duhamel.
Letter from, III, 172.
Descombes, Sieur Broche.
Mentioned, I, 404.
Des Cotes & Co., Messrs. James.
Letter from, I, 73.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Desdodiere, Felix.
Letter from, I, 521.
Desdoit, de Gueydon.
Letter from, I, 270.
Desdonaires,  .
Mentioned, II, 174.
De Segray,  , Merchant at St.
Malo.
Mentioned, II, 303. Ill, 526.
De Segray, Beaugeard fils & Co.,
Merchants at St. Malo.
Letter from, II, 301.
De Segray & Co., Merchants at St.
Malo.
Letters from, II, 297, 310, 452.
Deseitre, M. and Mme.
Mentioned, II, 422.
Desertion in Bouquet's Army, I, 31.
Desfours,  .
Letter to, III, 546.
Des Genettes, Baron Rene Nicolas
Dufriche, Member of the Acad
emic des Sciences de Paris.
Mentioned, III, 195.
Desgrange,  .
Letter from, II, 259.
Desgranges & Co., Paris Merchants.
Letters from, I, 529. II, 29.
Deshautesrayes, Prof.
Letters from, II, 348, 430.
Deshayes,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 142.
Deshon, John, Member of Navy
Board, Continental Congress.
Mentioned, I, 437. IV, 417, 490.
Deslande, Mme. Loyer.
Letter from, III, 92.
Deslon, Charles, French physician.
Mentioned, III, 186, 196, 237, 291.
Desmarain,  .
Letter from, III, 408.
Desmaret,  .
Letter from, II, 441.
Description by, of a balloon ascen
sion, IV, 506.
Des Mars, le Fevre L.
To St. John de Crevecoeur, IV, 344.

Desmortiers, Le Bouvyer.
Letter from, III, 242.
Desnos,  .
Letter from, IV, 411.
Desnos, Odolant, of Alencon, France.
Letters from, III, 391. IV, 416.
Desouche,  .
Mentioned, III, 153.
Desparbez,  .
Letter from, I, 349.
D'Esparre,  .
Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine to, IV, 484.
" Despatch," the Merchant schooner.
I, 437, 438, 5°i- IV, 490.
Despatches, sending public, I, 365.
Despeintreaux, Lucas.
Letters from, III, 157, 377.
Desplaces, Machillot, valet de cham-
bre to the Marquis de la Fayette.
Letter from, I, 503.
Desportes, Dalmas, French lawyer.
Letter from, I, 418.
Desprades, Abbe.
Letter from, I, 190.
Despret, Sieur.
Mentioned, I, 414.
Dessein,  .
Mentioned, III, 210.
Dessin, Pierre, Merchant at Calais.
Letters from, III, 74, 115, 123, 229.
Mentioned, IV, 342.
Dessoud,  .
Letter from, II, 139.
Dessours l'aine  .

Letters from, III, 125, 220.
Dessous,  .
Letters from, III, 230, 232.
Destelan de Norey, Jean Louis.
Letter from, I, 325.
Destouches,  .
Letters from, II, 318, 324, 384.
IV, 430, 456.
Mentioned, II, 335.
Des Touches, Charles Rene Domi
nique Sochet, Chevalier.
Engagement between, and Admiral
Arbuthnot, III, 529.

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85

Destouches freres.
Letter from, IV, 462.
Destours, Chevalier.
Mentioned, II, 354.
Detrez, Brd.
Letter from, II, 202.
Deubome,  .
Letter from, I, 529.
Deucher, Riedy & Co., Merchants at
Nantes.
Letter from, I, 416.
Deudon, A. C. G.
Letter from, III, 94.
Deuersine, et al.,  .
Letter from, I, 502.
Deux-Ponts, Dowager Duchess de,
Widow of Duke Christian de
Deux-Ponts, see Forbach, Com
tesse de.
Deux-Ponts, Duke de.
Death of, IV, 472.
Deux-Ponts, Mesdames de, Daugh
ters of the Dowager Duchess de
Deux-Ponts.
Mentioned, II, 415.
Deux-Ponts, Charles, Prince de,
elder brother of Maximilian, King
of Bavaria, and nephew of Duke
Christian de Deux-Ponts.
Letters from, III, 74, 98.
Letter to, III, 536.
Mentioned, III, 53, 56. IV, 102.
Deux-Ponts, William, Comte de,
younger son of Christian, Duke of
Deux-Ponts-Birkenfeld and Bar
oness de Forbach, Lieut.-Col. of
the Regiment Royal-Deux-Ponls,
serving in America.
Mentioned, II, 408, 413, 415. IV,
69, 70, 109.
Deux-Ponts, Messieurs William and
Christian de, Sons of Christian,
Duke of Deux-Ponts.
Mentioned, II, 236.
Deux-Ponts, Countess Elizabeth de,
Daughter of the Dowager Du
chess de Deux-Ponts.
Mentioned, IV, 109.

Deux-Ponts family, de.
Mentioned, IV, 66.
Devellenne,  .
Letter from, III, 408.
" Development of Reason," The
author of the.
Letter from, III, 241.
Devienne, Marquis.
Letters from, I, 277, 289.
Deville, Mme.
Letter from, III, 408.
Deviller,  .
Letter from, III, 172.
Devoute freres, Merchant at Mar
seilles.
Letter from, III, 41.
Dewees, Jr., William,
Letter from, III, 434.
Dewey, Sarah.
Mentioned, IV, 206.
Dexter, Dr., of Boston.
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Dezoteux, Capt. Frangois?
Letter from, II, 273.
Mentioned, II, 275.
Dialogue on North America in her ef
forts to obtain freedom, IV, 388.
Between Britain, France, Spain,
Holland, Saxony and America,
III, 505-
Between some wreckers and a cap
tain of a ship, IV, 504.
" Diamond," the ship.
II, 152. IV, 60.
Dian, Jean, of Boston.
Mentioned, IV, 277.
Dianot,  .
Letters from, II, 127, 138.
Diary of Dr. Franklin, III, 518.
Dick, Sir Alexander, M. A. P. S.,
Edinburgh Physician.
Letters from, I, 46, 65.
Letter to, III, 463.
Mentioned, I, 23, 41, 479.
Dick, Lady, Wife of Sir Alexander
Dick.
Letter from, I, 24.
Mentioned, I, 41.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Dickinson, John, M. A. P. S., Brig.-
Gen. Continental Army, M. C. C;
Member of Constitutional Conven
tion, Author of " Farmer's Letters."
Letter from, II, 517.
Mentioned, I, 35, 37, 48, 49, 159
HI, 54-
Charge against Joseph Galloway of
having obtruded on the public a
pretended speech, IV, 481.
Dickinson, William.
Mentioned, I, 44.
Dickinson, Lloyd and Nicklin, London
Merchants.
Mentioned, III, 60.
Dickson, David,
Mentioned, III, 433.
Dickson & Co., David,, London Mer
chants.
Letter from, III, 223.
Dictionary, Chambers's, of Arts and
Sciences, III, 386.
Perry's Pronouncing English, III,
358, 364, 37°-
Universal, III, 297.
Didelot,  , Farmer-General.
Letter from, II, 441.
To N. M. Gellee, IV, 294.
Mentioned, II, 119, 427.
Diderot, Denis, French Philosopher.
Mentioned, III, 426.
Dieche, Chevalier.
Letters from, II, 230, 246.
Dieffenbach, Michel, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 370.
Dieffenbach, Philippe.
Letter from, II, 370.
Diel, Michel.
Mentioned, II, 511.
Diesbach, Comte de.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 117, 120.
Dieskaw, Baron de, Maj.-Gen. of
French troops in Canada.
Wounded, I, 13.
" Digby," English frigate.
I, 4«3-

Digby, Robert, Admiral and British
Commander-in-Chief in North
America.
To General George Washington,
IV, 504.
Sir Guy Carleton deputed to act
with, on Peace Commission, IV,
503.
Digges,  .
Mentioned, III, 339.
Digges, George, of Maryland. •
Mentioned, III, 301.
Digges, Thomas, of Maryland, resi
dent in London, a spy in the em
ploy of both the American and
English Governments.
Letters from, II, 206, 254. IV,
418, 419, 421, 4232.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 25, 38, 73.
Mentioned, II, 238, 325, 351, 362,
366, 371, 380, 381, 385. Ill, 265.
IV, 262.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 287.
Dike, Timothy, of Falmouth, Maine.
Letter from, III, 103.
" Diligente," the French frigate, be
longing to the fleet of Comte d'Es
taing.
II, 137, 150.
Dillaway, Arthur, Sailing Master, U.
S. sloop of war, "Dolphin."
Mentioned, I, 280.
" Dillon," the bark, American prize.
I, 323. II, 194.
Dillon, Count Arthur, Colonel of Dil
lon's Irish Reg't, French Army.
Mentioned, II, 57, 286.
Dillon, Comtesse, Wife of Count Ar
thur Dillon.
Letters from, II, 295, 430. Ill,
145.
Mentioned, II, 328.
Dillwyn,  , of Burlington.
Mentioned, I, 160.
Dilly, Charles, London Bookseller.
Mentioned, III, 317, 341.

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Dilly, Messrs., London Booksellers.
Mentioned, III, 485.
Dimsdale,  , of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 70.
Dimsdale, Thomas, Baron, F. R. S.,
English Physician.
Mentioned, I, 83. IV, 451.
Dinan Castle, British prison.
I, 5i7-
DTnarre,  .
Letter from, III, 222.
Diot, John, Merchant at Morlaix.
Letters from, II, 120. Ill, 85.
Mentioned, II, 214. IV, 291.
Diot & Co., John, Merchants at Mor
laix.
Letters from, II, 207, 212, 242, 255,
256, 269, 273, 278, 281, 285.
Diriks, Colonel, J. G., of Holland.
Letter from, II, 78.
Mentioned, I, 544. II, 99, 166.
IV, 278.
Diseases, effect of fresh air on, III,
488.
" Dispatch," Virginia Brigantine.
I, 461. IV, 270.
Dissenters, charge against, III, 483.
Diterich, Johann Matthias, of Berlin.
Letter from, II, 107.
Divine goodness, confidence in, III,
456, 459-
Recompense, On, IV, 392.
Divorce laws and the Division of the
Children, Draft of, IV, 393.
Dixon,  .
Mentioned, I, 138.
Dixon, John, of Williamsburg, Va.
Letters from, II, 209. Ill, 305.
Mentioned, II, 466.
Dixwell, John, Regicide.
Mentioned, IV, 185.
Doan, Aaron.
Letter from, III, 339.
Dobbs, Francis, Irish politician.
Mentioned, IV, 446.
Dobree,  , Son-in-law of John
D. Schweighauser.
Mentioned, IV, 407.
vol. vi — 7

Dobree,

 , of Guernsey, father
of Peter Frederick Dobree.
Mentioned, II, 12.
Dobree, Peter Frederick.
Letter from, I, 480.
Dobson, Joseph.
Deposition by, IV, 190.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 286.
Dobson, Matthew, F. R. S., British
Physician.
Mentioned, III, 302, 363.
Dodd, William.
Letter from, I, 210.
Doels, Count.
Mentioned, III, 222.
Doerner, Jr.,  .
Letters from, I, 300, 321, 347.
Dohren, Jacques von, of Hamburg.
Letter from, I, 395.
Dohrman, Arnold Henry, Lisbon Mer
chant.
Letters from, I, 413, 502.
Mentioned, I, 501. II, 93, 94, 105,
106.
Dollars, value of, in French money,
IV, 114.
Dollond, Peter, M. A. P. S., London
Optician.
Mentioned, III, 271.
"Dolphin," a Maryland naval
schooner.
I, 265, 267, 273, 293, 294, 296, 343,
379, 420, 425, 548. II, 301. IV,
263, 281.
List of stores on board the, IV, 396.
Dominica, Officer in New York to a
friend in, IV, 487.
Domuer,  .
Mentioned, I, 531.
Donaldson, John, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 197.
Donath,  .
Mentioned, III, 76.
Donath, Joseph, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Letter from, III, 322.
" Don Francisco's Garden." IV, 57.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

"Don Galvez," a Letter of Marque.
H» 439, 483, 49i-
Donjeux, Antoine de.
Letter from, I, 333.
Donmartin, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 762.
Donnaldson,  .
Letter from, IV, 472.
Donop, Count, Carl Emil Kurt von,
Colonel of the Hessian Jaegers.
Mentioned, I, 443.
Doppelmair, Capt. von.
Letter from, II, 205.
Dorhman,  .
Mentioned, III, 368.
Dorlay, Eleazer, Gunner on the " Con
federacy."
Letter from, II, 421.
Dornan, A. J.
Mentioned, IV, 32.
Dorset, John Frederick Sackville,
Duke of, British Ambassador to
France.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 142.
Mentioned, III, 165, 542.
Dorsett, William, American sailor.
Letters from, II, 233, 332.
Dorsey, Benjamin,
To Thomas Gassaway Howard, IV,
191.
Dorsey, John, Merchant at Baltimore.
Deposition of, IV, 335.
Dorsey, Whelen & Co., Baltimore
Merchants.
Mentioned, IV, 335.
Dorsius,  , Merchant at
Charleston.
Mentioned, II, 520.
Dosnot, Sutaine de, Uncle of Gen. du
Coudray.
Letter from, I, 424.
Douglas, Archibald, Mate of Capt.
Burnell's Letter of Marque" Mont
gomery."
Letter from, I, 257.
Douglass, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 399.

Douglass, Andrew.
Letters from, I, 510, 513.
Douglass, Dr. William, of Boston.
Mentioned, I, 7.
Douillemond,  .
Letter from, II, 300.
Douin, Randall.
Letter from, I, 560.
Doumolon,  .
Mentioned, I, 541.
Douson,  .
Mentioned, I, 419.
Dousset,  .
Letter from, I, 410.
Dove, David James.
"A Prayer to Satan," by, IV, 481.
Dowell's widow, Capt., Daughter of
Oswald Peel.
Mentioned, I, 98.
Dowlin, Patrick, et al., Captain of
the "Black Prince."
Letters from, II, 178, 212, 233.
Mentioned, II, 1522, 182, 238, 257.
IV, 304.
Downe, Col.
Mentioned, III, 248.
Downes,  , Brother of Mrs.
William Franklin.
Mentioned, I, 124.
Dowse, Joseph, of Boston.
Letter from, I, 3.
Mentioned, III, 436. IV, 180.
Dowse, Nathaniel, Commander of the
ship "Mercer."
Letter from, I, 413.
Mentioned, I, 376.
Doyle, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 348.
Doyle, William,
Letter from, III, 202.
Drage, Theodorus Swaine, Clergyman
of Salisbury, N. C.
Letter from, I, 118.
" Drake," British sloop of war.
I, 416, 418, 426, 433, 512. II, 115.
IV, 288, 489, 490.
Engagement between the "Ranger"
and, I, 429.

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" Drake " — Continued.
Letters from the crew of, I, 424.
II, 83.
Drake, Jno.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 163.
Drayton, William, South Carolina
Jurist.
Mentioned, III, 314.
Drayton, William Henry, President
of the Council of Safety of South
Carolina and M. C. C.
Mentioned, I, 528.
Eldest son studying at Caen, III, 265.
Drinker, Edward, Pioneer resident of
Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 346.
Drinker, Henry, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia Merchant.
Letter from, III, 304.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
Drinker, John, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia Merchant.
Refusal of, to receive bills of credit
emitted by Congress, IV, 484.
Driver, Edward, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 514.
Drogart, C, formerly of Penet, Da
Costa & Co.
Letter from, II, 490.
Drogart & Co., C.
Letter from, III, 194.
Droin, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 67.
" Dromedary," the ship.
II, 152.
D'ron,  .
Letter from, III, 4.
Droomgoole, Major.
Mentioned, III, 357.
Droop, Johann Friedrich.
Mentioned, III, 35.
Dropsy, tobacco ashes a remedy for,
I, 211, 3112, 324, 347, 360, 366,
395, 427, 5°9- II, 42, 371.
Drouart, Chevalier.
Letter from, II, 377.

Drouart, Henry Dieudonne.
Mentioned, II, 377. IV, 20.
Drouet,  .
Letters from, I, 446, 479, 560. IV,
416.
Drouet,  .
Mentioned, II, 123.
Drouilhet & Co., Etienne, Merchants
at Madrid.
Letter from, III, 181.
Mentioned, III, 184.
Drouillard,  .
Letter from, I, 560.
Drown, Dr. Solomon.
Mentioned, III, 188, 258, 264.
Drue, Thomas.
Nathaniel Briggs to, IV, 217.
Drummond, Baronne De.
Ill, 188, 190.
Drummond,  . Lord of Perth.
Mentioned, I, 369.
Drummond, James.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 101, 119.
Dryburugh,  , Captain of
French coaster.
Mentioned, II, 227.
Duane, James, M. C. C, New York
jurist.
Letter from, III, 195.
Dubbeldemutt, F. and A. Rotter
dam Merchants.
Letters from, I, 318, 320. II, 189.
Mentioned, I, 428, 434, 446.
Dubeaucage,  .
Letter from, III, 45.
Dubeller, Frangois Barthelemy.
Letter from, I, 560.
" Dublin," the British Merchant Ship.
II, 121, 159. IV, 294.
Duboccage, Mme., Marie Anne Le
Page, French poetess, cousin of M.
Montaudouin
Letter from, I, 333.
Frangois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
to, IV, 241.
Mentioned, I, 192.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Du Bois,  .
Letter from, II, 286.
Dubois,  .
Mentioned, II, 446.
Dubois,  .
Mentioned, IV, 338.
Du Bois, Abbe.
Letter to, III, 517.
Du Bois, Henry, Merchant at Am
sterdam.
Letters from, II, 32, 161.
Mentioned, I, 309.
Dubois, Jean Baptiste.
Letter from, IV, 418.
Dubois, Mme. Jeanne.
Letters from, II, 409, 415. IV, 458.
Dubois, Mile. J.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 30.
Dubois & Thierin, Paris Bankers.
To  , IV, 244.
Duboishalbrand, Chevalier Depotien.
Letter from, II, 252.
Du Boisviolette, Genevois & Co.,
Merchants at Nantes.
Letter from, I, 316.
Dubosc,  .
Letter from, II, 415.
Dubosque, Fabre.
Letter from, III, 80.
Du Bost,  .
Letter from, III, 221.
Dubourg, Barbeu, M. A. P. S., Phy
sician at Paris, Editor of the
French edition of Franklin' s
Works, see also noms de plume
of Correspondent de Philadelphie,
and Samuel Tone.
Letters from, I, 83, 113, 121, 133,
138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 153,
i558, 156, 159, 1642, 169, 172, 1972,
205, 206, 210, 226, 228, 248, 249,
254, 2602, 282, 298, 306, 309, 364,
442, 468, 470, 474, 488, 517, 560.
II, 58, 59, 63, 74, 86, 102, 121, 128,
130, 141, 148, 180, 189, 412.
Ill, 408, 409.

Dubourg, Barbeu — Continued.
IV, 410, 446.
Letters to, III, 472, 485s, 486, 488",
492-
Chevalier du Buisson to, IV, 489.
Coder to, IV, 230.
Comte de Mirabeau to, IV, 227.
Due de la Rochefoucauld to, IV,
375-
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 226.
Funeral of, II, 181.
Mentioned, I, 85, 113, 149, 164, 172,
181, 219, 222, 229, 233, 243, 247,
249, 250, 257, 266, 349, 402.
II, 90, 114, 117, 157, 180.
IV, 6, 225, 247.
"The Morals of Chess," IV, 3012.
Paratonnerre of, III, 488.
Preface to French Edition of Frank
lin's Works, IV, 219.
Remarks on Political Economy, IV,
372-
On Importing tobacco from the
United States and selling it to the
Farmers-General, IV, 228.
Treaty between Farmers-General
and, I, 226.
Dubourg, Madame, Wife of Barbeu
Dubourg.
Mentioned, I, 257, 260. Ill, 485.
Illness of, IV, 226.
Dubourg & Dalibard.
To furnish rifles, I, 331.
Dubourg, Debout & Co., to furnish
Farmers-General with tobacco.
I, 210.
Dubourgneuf,  .
Letter from, I, 333.
Du Breuil, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 98.
Du Breuil fils.
Letter from, I, 217.
Dubrocq, Alexandre.
Letter from, I, 560.
Du Buat, Pierre Louis Georges, Comte
de, French Military Engineer.
Letter from, I, 205.

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91

Dubuisson, Paul-Ulrich, French Dufaux, Morel.
writer. Letters from, II, 479. Ill, 114.
Letter from, II, 92. Mentioned, I, 531.
Dubuysson, Chevalier, Lieut.-Col. Dufay,  .
Continental Army. Mentioned, IV, 49, 51.
Letters from, II, 409, 413, 414. Duff, Charles Adam.

Ill, 140.
Du Chateau,  '¦ — .
Mentioned, III, 64.
" Due de Choiseul," the ship.
I, 425.
Duche, Jr., Jacob, M. A. P. S., Rec
tor of Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Letters from, I, 17. Ill, 53, 185.
Duchemin,  .
Mentioned, III, 7.
Duchemin, Daniel, Lieut, in Conti
nental Army.
Letters from, II, 62, 117, 345. Ill, Duffield, Betsy.
53. Mentioned, IV, 33.
Duchesac,  . Theatrical Di- Duffield, Edward, M. A. P. S., Clock-
rector, maker at Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 143. Mentioned, III, 466.
" Duchesse de Grammont," French Duffield, Sally.
Merchant Ship. Mentioned, IV, 33.
I, 371, 373, 37^, 379, 386, 395, 465, Duffield family, of Philadelphia.
478. Mentioned, IV, 21.
Ducis, Mme., Veuve Morin, Merchant Dufour, Madame, Wife of a Paris

Mentioned, III, 1.
Duff, James, of Cadiz.
Mentioned, II, 131.
Duffield,  .
Mentioned, IV, 250.
Duffield,  .
Mentioned, I, 184.
Duffield, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 57.
Duffield, Benjamin, M. A. P. S.,
Philadelphia Physician.
Letters from, II, 80. Ill, 328.

at Paris.
Letter from, II, 202.
Ducker, 
Letter from, III, 145.
Duclaux,  ,
Letter from, I, 293.
Duclos,  .
Letter from, II, 252.
Du Cosquer, Georgelin.
Letter from, 1, 439.
Dudley, John.
To Governor William Franklin, IV,
343-
Dudouit,  .
Mentioned, I, 244.
Du Doyer, Peltier.
Leconte to, IV, 490.
Diieil, Mme. de Gravellines.
Letter from, III, 243.

tailor.
Letter from, III, 25.
Dufourneau, Moreau.
Letter from, III, 2.
Duhattoy, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 356.
Duhil, Even, Captain in the First
South Carolina Reg't.
Letter from, II, 238.
" Duke of Leinster," U. S. Merchant
Brigantine.
IV, 38, 42.
Dulany, Walter.
Letter from, III, 358.
Duler,  , Supercargo on ship
" Harmony."
Mentioned, II, 526.
Dulonprey,  .
Mentioned, I, 397. IV, 248.

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Du Luc,  .
Letters from, I, 307, 318.
Mentioned, I, 316.
Dumagny,  .
Letter from, I, 394.
Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frederic,
U. S. Secret Agent in Holland.
Letters from, I, 118, 166, 172, 1912,
205, 217, 225, 246, 264, 273, 283,
291, 306, 310, 312, 333, 347, 363,
373, 375, 378, 381, 383, 388, 391,
402, 406, 419, 427, 434, 438, 439,
44i, 447, 452, 461, 4^3, 4^4, 468,
478, 486, 490, 491, 493", 495, 506,
513, 514, 515, 520, 522, 523, 525,
526s, 530, 532, 535, 537, 540, 542,
546, 560.
II, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 26,
31, 33, 35, 36, 43, 482, 51, 52, 55,
62, 64, 702, 72, 742, 8 12, 82, 84,
86, 88, 902, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98,
99, 104, "3, 141, 143, H92, 15°,
156, 157, 159, 160, 162, 1632, 1652,
166, 171, 1742, 177, 1812, 1822, 186,
204, 207, 211, 2132, 214, 216, 218,
2212, 226, 228, 230, 2312, 235, 2372,
239, 241, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255,
257, 2612, 264, 265, 268, 269s, 273,
277, 279, 283, 285, 288, 290, 2922,
293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 301, 3052,
307, 310, 312, 313, 318, 321, 323,
325, 327, 340, 344, 34«2, 347, 350,
357, 358, 364, 372, 374, 383, 385,
391, 394, 417, 449, 452, 49«-
III, 165, 168, 177, 205, 206, 208,
257, 287.
Letters to, III, 501, 550.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 124.
To Mme.  , IV, 280.
To William Carmichael, IV, 234^
236.
To Silas Deane, IV, 232, 234.
To Sir George Grand, IV, 2722.
To the Society Amore Patriae, IV,
323-
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
351-

Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frederic
— Continued.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 301.
Robert R. Livingston to, IV, 324.
J. D. Van de Capellan to, IV, 303.
Duties as American Agent, I, 205.
Mentioned, II, <)6, 124, 159, 163,
164, 168, 171, 195, 308, 328, 331.
Ill, 99. IV, 282.
Oath of Allegiance, II, 323, 325.
Observations on the States-General
of Holland, IV, 345.
Dumas & Mallet.
Letter from, I, 264.
Dumay, Esther Brickland.
Letter from, III, 403.
Dumay, Ignace.
Mentioned, III, 403.
Dumenil, Pierre, Merchant at Havre.
Letter from, II, 229.
Dumesnil de St. Pierre, John Lewis,
In the Continental Service.
Mentioned, I, 439, 500. II, 392.
IV, 254.
Dumesnil de St. Pierre, Mme. John
Lewis.
Letter from, II, 392.
Dumolon,  .
Mentioned, I, 530.
Du Mont,  , French writer.
Letters from, I, 362, 381, 384. II,
79-
Dumont,  , Son of the Mar
quis D'aubarede.
Letter from, I, 333.
Dumont, M., of Mayence.
Mentioned, III, 402.
Dumouchel,  .
Letter from, II, 447.
Dumoulin,  .
Letters from, I, 519, 560.
Dumouriez,  .
Letter from, II, 257.
Dunbar, William, Sailor.
Letter from, I, 561.
Dundonald, Archibald Cochrane, Earl
of.
Mentioned, III, 374.

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93

Dunies, J.
To Jonathan Nesbitt, IV, 347.
Dunkin, Edmund.
To Isaac Cazeneau, IV, 304.
Dunkirk, advantages of the Port of,
III, 48. IV, 390.
Extract from records of the Ad
miralty Office at, IV, 321.
The Ship-owners of, to the French
Ambassador, IV, 280.
Dunlap,  .
Mentioned, IV, 364.
Dunlap, Benjamin, Son of Rev. Wil
liam Dunlap.
Mentioned, I, 129, 183.
Dunlap, D. (Mrs. William), Niece of
Mrs. Deborah Franklin.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 218.
Poor health of, IV, 218.
Dunlap, Thomas.
Mentioned, III, 216.
Dunlap, Rev. William, of Virginia.
Letter from, I, 183.
Mentioned, I, 129.
Dunlap, William, Printer at Philadel
phia, relative by marriage of Mrs.
Deborah Franklin.
Letters from, I, 17, 54, 912.
Letters to, III, 443, 471.
Appointed Postmaster at Philadel
phia, III, 443.
Mentioned, I, 35, 382, 45, 94.
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of,
Royal Governor of Virginia.
Mentioned, I, 124, 147, 169, 220.
Dunn, Capt., of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 378.
Dunn, Robert.
Margaret McKinney to, IV, 188.
Dunois,  .
Letter from, I, 561.
" Du Papillon," the prize.
II, 67.
Duparny,  .
Mentioned, I, 316.
Duparquet, Lieut.-Colonel.
Letters from, I, 239, 244, 24s2, 246.

Dupaty, Charles Marguerite Jean
Baptiste Mercier, French writer.
Letter from, III, 409.
Dupee, Capt. Nicholas, see Dupuy,
Captain Michael.
Du Perier, Alard.
Letter from, IV, 452.
Duperon, Anisson, Printer at Paris.
Letters from, I, 551. IV, 409.
Duperron, Anquetil, see Anquetil Du-
perron.
Dupin, D' Assarts.
Letters from, II, 270, 292. Ill,
160.
Duplacy, Joseph Ruault.
Letters from, IV, 417.
Duplan,  .
Letter from, III, 101.
Duplessis,  .
Letter from, I, 261.
Duplessis,  .
Mentioned, IV, 473.
Du Plessis, Huet.
Mentioned, I, 515.
Duplessis, Louis Gourlet, see also
Duplessy.
Certificates of services of, IV, 227.
Mentioned, IV, 440.
Duplessy, Louis Gourlet, formerly of
Quebec.
Letter from, II, 279.
" Du Ploy la Sensible," French frig
ate.
IV, 18.
Du Ponceau, Chevalier, Brother of
Peter S. Du Ponceau.
Letters from, III, 104, 140.
Du Ponceau, Louise Genevieve, Sis
ter of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau.
Letters from, II, 452. Ill, 66.
To Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, IV,
334-
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, Presi
dent of The American Philosoph
ical Society, on the staff of Baron
von Steuben, Jurist.
Letter from, IV, 444.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen — Con
tinued.
Louise Genevieve Du Ponceau to,
IV, 334-
Mentioned, III, 104.
Dupont,  .
Letters from, I, 5612.
Du Pont,  .
Mentioned, IV, 222.
Du Pont, Anne, Wife of John Bourne.
Mentioned, III, 314.
Du Pont, Victor Marie, son of Pierre
Samuel Du Pont de Nemours.
Mentioned, III, 355.
Du Pont fils,  , Son of Pierre
Samuel Du Pont(f).
Letter from, I, 398.
Dupont and fils, Messrs., of Paris.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV, 352.
Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel,
M. A. P. S., French Political
Economist, Member I'Academie
des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres,
Member of the States-General.
Letters from, I, 83, 276. Ill, 314,
355-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 155.
Mentioned, I, 145, 547.
Table of the Principles of Political
Economy, II, 31.
Duportail, Louis Le Begue, General
in the Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 1962, 198, 203, 2042,
206, 207, 211, 2122, 245.
Letter to, III, 506.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 82, 91.
Mentioned, I, 222, 547, 553. II,
444. Ill, 244, 503. IV, 243.
Duprat, Count de.
Mentioned, III, 429.
Dupre,  , French Medallist.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 140, 141.
Dupre, Lewis.
Mentioned, II, 118.

Dupre de St. Maur, Mme.
John Holker fils, to, IV, 295.
Dupuis,  .
Mentioned, III, 232, 548.
Dupuy,  .
Letter from, II, 489.
Dupuy, Ferrand.
Letters from, I, 425, 427.
Dupuy, Capt. Michael, of the schooner
" Lively."
Mentioned, I, 284, 509.
Duquene, Roger,
Letter from, III, 264.
Du Radier,  .
Letters from, III, 29, 145.
Duran, L.
Letter from, IV, 410.
Durand,  .
Mentioned, III, 69.
Durand,  , French Consul in
Sardinia.
Letters from, I, 477, 561. II, 344-
Durand, Gabriel.
Mentioned, I, 477.
"Duras," the ship, later the "Bon
Homme Richard."
I, 322, 348, 354.
Duras, Emmanuel Felicite de Durfort,
Due de, Marshal of France, mem
ber of French Academy.
Mentioned, I, 227.
Durat, Comte de.
Mentioned, II, 151.
Durden,  .
Mentioned, I, 82.
Dureux,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 76.
Durfy, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 79.
Durham Iron Works, accounts of, IV,
173.
Duriquet, Abbe.
Letter from, III, 7.
Durival, Jean, French Diplomatist.
Letter from, IV, 455.
Mentioned, III, 411.

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95

Dursousquet,  .
Letters from, III, 4092.
Dusaillant, Marquis, Son-in-law of
the Marquis de Mirabeau.
Mentioned, III, 18.
Dusaix, Desmignons.
Letter from, III, 206.
Dusaulx, Jean, Member of the French
Academy.
Letter from, II, 290.
Dussaut, Chevalier, French Officer
who served in America.
Letter from, II, 393.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 44.
Dutaille, Saint Pierre, Officer in Con
tinental Service.
Letter from, II, 29.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 282.
Dutartre, Mme. Melin, Friend of Dr.
Franklin.
Letters from, I, 527. II, 189. Ill,
193, 253. IV, 465.
Anonymous to, IV, 380.
Death of, III, 295. IV, 148.
Mentioned, II, 3302.
Dutch forts, for wounded British
prisoners, IV, 496.
Loan, I, 403. IV, 448.
Scheme for relief of the poor, I, 134.
Ships declared fair prizes, II, 226.
Dutchmen, Franklin's supposed en
mity to Pennsylvania, I, 47.
Duties, export, on goods sent to Amer
ica, IV, 427, 429.
Freight, IV, 436.
Inland, I, 28.
On wine, IV, 4062.
Protecting, IV, 348.
Release of, by France, IV, 479.
Unjust, levied by Farmers-General
on goods sent to America, IV, 490.
Dutilh, Jacques.
Letter from, III, 145.
Dutilh, Pierre, French Merchant.
Letter from, II, 520.
Mentioned, I, 235.

Dutour, Etienne Frangois, French
physicist.
Mentioned, I, 23.
Duvaudier,  , formerly en
graver and printer to the King of
Portugal.
To Langlin, IV, 323.
Duvaunoel,  .
Letter from, I, 278.
Duverger,  .
Letter from, II, 35.
Duvivier,  .
Letter from, II, 99.
Du Vivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin,
French medallist, member of the
Academie des Beaux Arts.
Letters from, II, 240, 253.
Letter to, III, 523.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 372.
Dyer, Eliphalet, of Connecticut, Jurist,
Colonel in the French War, Con
troller of the Port of New Lon
don, Delegate to Stamp Act Con
gress.
Mentioned, I, 47.
" Dying Legacy," III, 126.
Dyke, Charles de.
Letter from, II, 270.
"Eagle," the frigate.
IV, 85.
" Eagle and the Cat," allegorical
fable by Dr. Franklin.
I, 554-
Eagleson, Jno., Presbyterian clergy
man at Cumberland, Pa.
To Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, IV, 203.
Earle, John, Captain of American
merchant vessel.
Mentioned, III, 356.
Earth, Dr. Franklin's hypothesis con
cerning the extraordinary motions
of, IV, 470.
Earthquake, account of, I, 4.
Hypothesis of, III, 221.
East India Co., English.
Mentioned, III, 367.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Easton, Conference at, III, 442.
d'Eberstein, Messrs.
Mentioned, III, 76.
Echlin, Henry.
Letters from, I, 204, 209.
Eckerling, Gabriel, of the Ephrata
Community of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 33.
Eckerling, Israel, of the Ephrata
Community of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 33.
Eckerling, Samuel, of the Ephrata
Community in Pennsylvania.
Letter from, I, 33.
Eckhardt, Anthony George, F. R. S.,
of Utrecht.
Letters from, II, 237. Ill, 161.
Eckhardt, T. and N.
Letter from, I, 312.
Eckstrom, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 108.
" Eclipse," the American privateer.
II, 508. IV, 333.
Eclipses, III, 441.
L'Ecluze de vieux Chatellet.
Letter from, II, 373.
Economic Society of Berne.
Letter from, I, 298.
Economical Society, Memoirs of.
II, 39«-
Eddystone Lighthouse, IV, 470.
Eden, William, Baron Auckland,
Statesman and diplomatist.
Letter to Earl of Carlisle. II, 253.
Edenton, North Carolina.
Arrival of brig from, II, 19.
Edes, Caroline.
Letters from, II, 418, 423, 443.
" Edgar," the ship.
II, 152.
" Edict by the King of Prussia," a
canard by Dr. Franklin.
I, 157-
Edinburgh, City of.
Admitted as burges and gild-brother
of, I, 20.
Editor of  . The.
Letter to, III, 492.

Edmonds, William, of Nazareth,
Pennsylvania.
Letter from, III, 277.
Edrobal,  .
Letter from, I, 356.
" Edward," the ship.
Ill, 192.
Edwards, Capt. Cony.
Mentioned, IV, 175.
Edwards, David.
Death of, III, 450.
" Eel, Torporifick," IV, 401.
Egleton, John.
Letter from, III, 234.
" Egmont," the British war-ship.
IV, 323.
Egmont, Sir John Perceval, Earl of,
F. R. S.
Mentioned, I, 28, 31.
Egremont. Sir Charles Wyndham,
Earl of.
Mentioned, I, 26.
Ehet, Jno. Thaddeus de.
Letters from, II, 5072.
Ehlers, Martin, German Philosopher.
Letters from, III, 304, 355.
Eicke, Jean Frederic.
Letter from, II, 388.
d'Ejean,  , Merchant of Lan-
guedoc.
Mentioned, III, 249.
Elam, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 382.
Letter to, III, 555.
Mentioned, III, 361.
Election, the Judges of.
Letter from, III, 281.
Memoranda, IV, 187.
Electric Bells, III, 447.
Shock, injurious effects of, III, 96.
Insane might be restored by, III,
96.
Electrical explosions by which Dr.
Franklin was hit, III, 96.
Machine, patent, III, 95.
De Lor's, III, 482.
Dr. Franklin's, III, 482.
Abbe Nollet's, III, 482.

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97

Electrical — Continued.
Storm in Oxfordshire, account of,
III, 95-
Electricity, Discussion about, III,
514.
Experiments with, I, 5, 6, 296. II,
522. Ill, 343.
Mentioned, I, 286.
Dr. Priestley's History of, III, 468.
In treatment of disease, I, 19, 25, 53,
155- HI, 55, "82, 185, 491.
Electrics and non-electrics, III, 437.
Electrometer, III, 288.
"Electrophorus," Theory of, II, 351,
366, 374.
" Elegante," the French Merchant
Ship.
I, 426, 429. II, 80, 381, 393. Ill,
5- IV, 415-
Eliot, Jared, F. R. S., Connecticut
Clergyman, Physician, Trustee of
Yale College.
Letter to, III, 437.
" Eliza Belle," the American prize.
Ill, 401.
" Elizabeth," the brigantine.
Passport for, III, 556.
Elizer, Isaac.
To whom it may concern, IV, 483.
Ellery, William, M. C. C, Signer of
the Declaration of Independence.
Letters from, I, 362, 424, 429. Ill,
280.
Invoice of articles to be imported,
IV, 260.
Ellicott, Andrew, M. A. P. S., Sur
veyor-General of the United States.
Letter from, III, 395.
Ellinkhuysen, Major.
Letter from, III, 328.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, of Edinburgh.
Mentioned, I, 47.
Elliot, John(?) of the U. S. Marines.
Mentioned, I, 283.
Elliot, Nancy, of South Carolina.
Mentioned, II, 489.
Elliott, Grey.
Letter from, I, 153.

Ellis,  .
Mentioned, I, 144.
Ellis, Henry, of London, F. R. S.
Letters from, I, 154, 155.
Ellis, Welbore, British Secretary at
War.
John Glover and Barlow Trecothick
to, IV, 194.
Ellison, Robert.
Letter from, I, 493.
Elmsly, P.
Letters from, I, 302. Ill, 106.
Mentioned,. Ill, 101.
Elphinston, James, schoolmaster.
Letter from, I, 98.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, i, 101, 123, 139, 143.
Mentioned, IV, 37.
Elwes, Henry.
Letter from, I, 101.
Embargoes on grain and on the poor.
IV, 387.
Embser, Prof.
Letters from, II, 440, 478. Ill, 28.
" Emelia," the French Merchant Ship.
II, 448.
" Emerald," the English frigate.
II, 381. IV, 415.
" Emeraude," French frigate.
II, 505- HI, 109. IV, 332, 3342.
Emerich, Carl, Baron von.
Letter from, I, 315.
Emery,  .
Mentioned, II, 64.
Emery, Jacob.
Letter from, II, 141.
Emery, John, Merchant at Bilbao.
Letters from, I, 352, 375, 499, 509,
530. II, 63.
Anonymous to, IV, 267.
Capt. Sargent Ingersoll to, IV, 285.
Emigrants, rush of, to America, IV,
99-
Emigration to America, II, 487. IV,
348.
Emmery pere et fils, Merchants at
Dunkirk.
Letter from, I, 357.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Emmons, Nathaniel, of the Town of
Franklin, Mass.
Letter from, III, 311.
Employment, public, III, 538.
Empson,  , Husband of Eliza
beth Empson.
Mentioned, I, 119.
Empson, Elizabeth.
Letter from, I, 119.
D'Enach,  .
Letter from, I, 548.
" Endymion," the British war-ship.
IV, 320, 323.
Engelhard,  .
Letter from, II, 262.
Engineer School, IV, 376.
England, Bank of, Maryland's Stock
in the, III, 162. IV, 496.
Mentioned, IV, 357.
Coalition of European powers
against, IV, 48.
Commercial treaty with America,
IV, 100, 138, 506.
Declares war on Holland, II, 340.
IV, 46, 49.
Expedition against, IV, 20.
People of, Francis Adams to, IV,
368.
Refuses Russia's offer of mediation,
II, 364-
England and America.
Chances of another war between,
III, 320.
Invoice of pamphlets on the rela
tions of, IV, 392.
On peace negotiations between, IV,
388.
Present condition of war between,
IV, 299.
Restoring trade between, III, 31.
Separation of, I, 38.
Trouble between, IV, 222.
England, Allen and Joseph.
Letter from, I, 18.
England, Major Richard.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 89.
William Franklin to, IV, 333.

English Cartel, passport for, III, 533.
Church at The Hague burnt, II,
340.
Colonies in America, boundaries of,
and their form of Government,
IV, 187.
Fleet destined for Indies captured,
II, 288.
Engagement between French fleet
and, IV, 20, 318, 437.
Plan for setting fire to, in New
York Harbor, I, 342.
Return to New York of, IV, 63.
Language, dissertation on the, III,
389.
Grammatical Institute of the, III,
307, 330.
Rules for Construing Latin into
the, IV, 387.
Ships, refusal to admit, into the Port
of Cadiz, IV, 253.
West India Fleet, II, 128.
" English Gentleman," An.
Letter from, III, 409.
"English Shepherd," (nom de plume
of Francis Adams).
To the people of England, IV, 368.
Engraver, An.
Letter to, III, 491.
Engraving on Chinaware, III, 491.
Engs, Samuel.
Letter from, I, 26.
Enlistment of white servants.
Complaint concerning, IV, 173.
d'Enneville, Mme.
Letter from, IV, 468.
Enore,  .
Letter from, IV, 464.
" Enterprise," a prize.
II, 278, 281.
d'Enville, Duchesse.
Mentioned, III, 385. IV, 148.
D'Eon, Charles Genevieve Louis Au-
guste Andre Timothee, Chevalier,
French Diplomatist and Captain of
Dragoons.
Letter from, I, 354.

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99

D'Eon, Mile., Wife of Chevalier
O'Gorman.
Mentioned, IV, 333.
" Epervier," French brig of war.
IV, 273.
Ephemera, The Story of the.
Ill, 512, 515. IV, 450.
" Ephemerides of a Citizen."
I, i33, 138, 140- HI, 485-
Epidorge,  , of Dunkirk.
Letters from, II, 353, 426, 470.
Episcopal Office in Virginia and New
York, Election for, III, 315.
Epp, Charles.
Letters from, I, 450. II, 112.
Erenatius, Baron.
Letter from, I, 333.
Erie enterprise, I, 210.
" Eripuit coelo fulmen, sceptrum-
que tyrannus," French transla
tion of, II, 357, 360, 476. IV, 371.
Erkelens, Gosrunus, Dutch gentle
man residing in Connecticut.
Letter from, III, 340.
Mentioned, II, 2.
Ermet,  .
Mentioned, I, 4.
Erries,  .
Letters from, II, 189, 190.
Erroll, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 163.
Erskine, Frances Moore, Wife of the
Hon. Thomas Erskine, Subse
quently Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain.
Mentioned, III, 318.
Erskine, Sir Harry, M.P.,Lieutenant-
General in British Army.
Mentioned, I, 48.
Erskine, Lord Thomas, Lord High
Chancellor of Great Britain.
Mentioned, III, 318.
Erskine, Sir William.
Mentioned, I, 55.
" Ersten," the brigantine.
IV 453-

Eruptions, remedies to cure, IV, 81.
Erving, Capt.
Mentioned, III, 375.
Erving, William, Brother-in-law of
James Bowdoin.
Mentioned, III, 341.
Erwin, James, Commander of the
brig "Betsy," Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 241.
Capture of a vessel belonging to, by
a cruiser of the Emperor of Mo
rocco, III, 241.
Mentioned, IV, 327.
D'Escarano,  . Clerk in the
Madrid Post-office.
To William Carmichael, IV, 335.
Esch, Johann Thaddeus von.
Letter from, II, 319.
L'Escop,  .
Letter from, II, 442.
d'Escordeck, Comte.
Letter from, I, 266.
Escudier fils,  .
Letter from, II, 137.
Esdaile,  .
Passport for, IV, 41.
d'Eshen, Messrs. Waiz.
Mentioned, II, 50.
" Esmangard," the ship.
IV, 259.
Esmangare,  .
Letter from, III, 124.
d'Espagnac, Jean Baptiste Joseph
Damazit de Sahugut, Baron de,
French General.
Letter from, IV, 462.
D'Espagne,  .
Letters from, IV, 406, 407.
" Esperance," French Merchant Ship.
I, 445, 453-
Essarts,  des.
Letter from, III, 28.
Esser, H.
Letter from, II, 273,
" Essex," the privateer.
IV, 322.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

d'Estaing, Charles Henri Theodat,
Comte, Admiral, Lieutenant-Gen
eral of the French Naval Forces.
Letters from, II, 227, 380, 420,
474- HI, 297, 299.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 62, 100.
Mentioned, I, 401, 478, 489, 492,
4962, 509, 542, 553, 560, 564, 571.
II, 3, 4, 17, 3°, 36, 126, 134, 150,
156, 163, 175, 1792, 184, 192, 229,
248, 252, 312, 331, 349, 526.
Ill, 138, 229, 350.
IV, 7, 13, 15, 19, 24", 97, 292, 295,
296, 493.
Arrival in Boston, I, 462.
Conquest of Grenada by, II, 115.
IV, 202.
Engagement between English Fleet
and, II, 13.
Fete at Bordeaux in honor of, II,
226.
Fleet, II, 177. IV, 9.
Position of, off Sandy Hook, IV,
492-
d'Esteins Comte, French Minister to
the Court of Prussia.
Louis Phillipe, Comte de Segur to,
IV, 367-
d'Estko, Anne, Sister of Count Thad
deus Kosciuszko.
Letter from, III, 136.
"Etats d'Artois," Capture of the
ship, IV, 39.
Etienne, Capt., of the French corsair
"La Bellone."
Mentioned, I, 554, 558.
L'Etombe,  , De, Consul at
Boston.
Mentioned, III, 208, 227.
Etres,  Des.
Letter from, III, 408.
Ettwein, John, Moravian bishop.
Letter from, III, 368.
Eudel,  .
Letter from, II, 224.
Eupen, Henri van, Merchant at Ant
werp.
Mentioned, IV, 453.

European policy, America's, IV, 462.
Eustace, John Skey, Major in the
Continental Army, Adjutant-Gen
eral of Georgia.
Mentioned, III, 393.
d'Euville, Duchess.
Mentioned, I, 300.
Evans, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 210.
Evans, Amelia, see, also, Barry,
Amelia.
Letters from, I, 5 s2, 96.
Evans, Ann, of Gloucestertown, Va.,
Mother of Ann Loviel.
To Ann Loviel, IV, 330.
Mentioned, II, 498, 499. IV, 330,
33i-
Evans, Cadwalader, M. A. P. S.,
Philadelphia physician.
Letters from, I, 41, 78, 97, 98, 102,
120.
Letters to, III, 484.
To William Franklin, IV, 197, 199,
203.
William Franklin to, IV, 204.
Mentioned, I, 147. Ill, 482, 489.
IV, 204.
Evans, John, a British prisoner.
Letter from, II, 173.
R. Grey to, IV, 299.
Evans, Lewis, Geographer.
Mentioned, III, 495.
Evans, Rowland, M. A. P. S., Mem
ber of Pennsylvania Assembly.
Mentioned, I, 48.
Evans, Sarah, Sister of R. Haines.
Mentioned, I, 258.
" Eveille," French war vessel in the
fleet of Comte de Ternay.
II, 340.
Even,  .
Letter from, II, 89.
" Evidence of the Fathers respecting
the Nature of Jesus Christ," by
Dr. Priestley.
IV, 139.
Ewart,  .
Mentioned, IV, 107, 119.

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Ewing, Alexander, Captain of the
Merchant brig " Catherine."
Letters from, I, 333, 409.
Ewing, John, M. A. P. S., Provost of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, I, 104, 109.
Mentioned, III, 322. IV, 199, 203.
Ewins,  .
Discharge for, III, 440.
Exchange and Banking System in the
United States, III, 547.
Excise law, IV, 4832.
Exercises in French, by Benjamin
Franklin.
Ill, 506.
d'Exmes, Le Prevost.
Letter from, I, 415.
Expedition from Ireland to America.
II, 104, 108.
" Experiment," Pennsylvania galley.
II, 32.
Explorers to Newfoundland and to
Hudson's Bay Territory, Notes rel
ative to the history of the early,
IV, 39i-
Exports from Great Britain, account
of, IV, 187.
Eyes, George White.
Letter from, III, 377.
D'Eyk, Count, Envoy of the Elector
of Bavaria.
Mentioned, I, 266.
Eyles,  , Warden of the Fleet.
Mentioned, III, 474.
Eyraut,  .
Letter from, I, 240.
F. + S.
Mentioned, III, 469. IV, 205.
F  . J  .
Letter from, III, 44.
Faber,  .
Mentioned, IV, 55, 56.
Fabroni,  .
Mentioned, IV, 423.
Fadeville, M.
Letters from, I, 187, 202.
Fagan,  .
Mentioned, III, 62.

Faillieux,  .
Letter from, I, 479.
Failly, Chevalier de, Lieut.-Col. in the
Continental Army.
Letter from, III, 165.
Fain,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 15.
" Fair Play," the brigantine, of New
bury, Massachusetts, Giddings,
Captain.
II, 7, «5, 76", 772, 154, 265, 273, 356.
493. Ill, 25. IV, 280, 285, 286,
287s, 3022, 333.
Indemnity for, III, 524, 527.
Papers relating to, IV, 310.
Fairholme and Luther, Merchants of
St. Martin de Re, France.
Letters from, I, 436, 452, 523.
To Silas Deane, IV, 254.
To J. R. Hamilton, IV, 234.
Mentioned, I, 313.
Falck, Lars, of Stockholm.
Letter from, II, 353.
Falck, Dr. Nicholas, of New York.
Mentioned, I, 73.
Falconer,  .
Mentioned, I, 394.
Falconer, Nathaniel, Captain of a
packet plying between Philadel
phia and London, Manager of the
Pennsylvania Hospital, see also
Falkner.
Letters from, I, 42, 46, 86, 137, 140,
148, 154, 168. Ill, 61, 71, 772,
82, 85.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 114.
Jno. and Peter Chevalier to, IV, 209.
Robert Wain to, IV, 209.
Mentioned, III, 495, 499.
Falconer, William, F. R. S., British
Physician.
Mentioned, III, 302.
Falconet, Ambroise, French lawyer.
Mentioned, III, 240.
Falconi, Signor.
Mentioned, III, 348.

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Falkenstein, Count.
Mentioned, II, 74.
Falkner, Capt., of a Merchantman
see, also, Falconer, Nathaniel.
Mentioned, I, 77, 78.
Fallavel,  .
Letter from, II, 275.
Fallon, Andrew.
Mentioned, IV, 263.
Parole as British prisoner, IV, 490.
Fallon, Augustus Charles.
To Comte de Clonard, IV, 263.
Falls, James.
Letter from, II, 383.
Falmouth, Casco Bay, For relief of
sufferers at, III, 103. IV, 344.
Committee of, III, 109.
Inhabitants of, III, 142.
Families, perpetuation of, by estates,
III, 542.
Famin, Jean Baptiste, of Paris.
Letter from, II, 176.
Mentioned, II, 186.
Famin, Devoize and Cie, of Paris.
Letters from, II, 186.
Fanning,  .American prisoner.
Mentioned, III, 51.
Fanning, James.
Letter from, III, 193.
Fanning, Capt. Nathaniel, of New
London.
Letters from, II, 508. Ill, 10.
Protest by, IV, 333.
" Fanny," American merchant ship.
I, 192. II, 197.
Farcis,  .
Letters from, II, 14. Ill, 406.
" Farges," the ship, an English prize.
I, 3"-
Farges,  .
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 372.
Farley, Henry.
Letter from, I, 541.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Farmers- General of France.
Letters from, I, 199, 216, 227. Ill,
85.
Letters to, III, 5032, 504. IV, 479.

Farmers-General — Continued.
Chamber of Commerce of Dunkirk
to, IV, 494.
Action of, regarding tobacco, I, 538.
Agreement between Thomas Morris
and, IV, 230.
Duties demanded by, II, 406.
Levied by, on goods sent to Amer
ica, IV, 490.
Mentioned, III, 200. IV, 364, 428.
Negotiations with, I, 197.
Proposition of. III, 505.
To remit duty on clothing, IV, 233.
" Farmers Letters," Second edition
of, III, 362.
Farquharson, Walter, of the Office
for Sick and Hurt Seamen.
To David Hartley, IV, 281.
To John D. Schweighauser, IV, 281.
Farrant, Godfrey Lee, Registrar of
the English High Court of Ad
miralty.
Mentioned, IV, 484.
Farrell, Margaret.
Letter from, III, 328.
Farron, Captain Christopher, Irish
Smuggler.
Mentioned, IV, 255.
Farry,  , English Surgeon.
Letter from, I, 392.
Fast-day on account of the American
War, IV, 226.
Fauchet,  .
Mentioned, III, 236.
Faucon,  .
Letter from, II, 473.
Faucon, Julien.
Mentioned, II, 473.
Faudoas, Vicomte de.
Letter from, III, 104.
Faujas De St. Fond, Barthelemy,
French Geologist.
Letters from, III, 6, 74, 75.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 101.
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507-
Mentioned, IV, 342.

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Fauquier, Francis, Lt.-Governor of
Virginia.
To John Larpent, IV, 192.
To Edward Sedgewick, IV, 188.
Faure, Donneau and Cie, Merchants
of Marseilles.
Letter from, IV, 415.
Antoine Gautier to, IV, 313.
Mentioned, III, 5.
Faurines, Jean Baptiste Alexandre.
Letter from, I, 334.
Fautrel,  , Captain of the
" Amphitrite."
Mentioned, I, 251.
Fautrel, V. C, Lieut., Royal Marines.
Letter from, I, 435.
Favarez,  de.
Letter from, I, 324.
Faverolle, Guenard de, Officer in the
French Dragoons.
Letter from, II, 190.
Favi,  , Charge d' Affaires of
the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Letters from, II, 486, 515. IV,
452.
Favier, 
Letter from, IV, 464.
Favier,  .
Mentioned, II, 430.
" Favorite," the Letter of Marque.
Ill, 433.
Favre, Jean Louis, Officer in French
Navy.
Letter from, II, 255.
Favrot,  .
Letter from, I, 334.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, Joint Post
master-General of Great Britain.
Mentioned, III, 443.
Fawkener, Lady Hannah, Widow of
Sir Everard Fawkener and wife
of Thomas Pownall.
Mentioned, I, 66.
Fay, Mile. de.
Mentioned, II, 464.
Fayenberg,  .
Letter from, I, 285.
vol. vi — 8

Fayerweather, Samuel, of Cam
bridge, Mass.
Letter from, I, 90.
Fayet,  de, Officer in French
Army.
Mentioned, I, 566.
Faynard, Jacques.
Letter from, IV, 420.
Mentioned, IV, 370.
" Fearnot," American privateer, Capt.
Ryan.
II, 208, 209, 212, 216, 257.
Febiger, Christian, Brigadier-General
in the Continental Service.
Letter from, III, 312.
Febvet,  .
Mentioned, IV, 229.
Fechter,  de.
Letter from, I, 268.
To Anonymous, IV, 235.
Feillens, Comtesse de.
Letter from, I, 293.
Felarme,  de.
Letter from, III, 265.
Felons, Act for sending, to America,
IV, 198.
Femme Bastard.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.
" Femme de Poche," see Le Roy,
Mme. Jean Baptiste.
Fendall, Philip R.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 284.
" Fendant," French ship of war in
the fleet of Comte d'Estaing.
II, 222.
Fendrich, Alexander, of Strasbourg.
Letter from, I, 297.
Fennel, John.
Report of vessels captured and lost,
IV, 327.
Feoren, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 80.
Feray, Jean Baptiste A.
Letter from, II, 426.
Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince.
To Lord Chatham, IV, 201.

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Ferguson, James, F. R. S., M. A. P.
S., British Astronomer.
Mentioned, I, 124.
Ferguson, Col. Patrick, of the Brit
ish Army.
Mentioned, II, 203, 313.
Fergusson, W.
Letters from, I, 197, 334.
Feriet, Baron De.
Letters from, III, 67, 162, 188, 203,
230.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 120.
Mentioned, IV, 132.
Fermoy, see Rochefermoy.
Feron,  .
Letter from, III, 14.
Ferrier,  .
Letter from, III, 32.
Ferrier, James.
Letters from, I, 464, 487.
Ferriere,  De.
Letter from, IV, 457.
Ferriere, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, IV, 4.
Ferry,  .
Letters from, III, 42, 114.
Ferry,  .
To Henry Grand, IV, 338.
Ferry,  . Officer in the French
Army.
Letter from, II, 368.
Ferry, Jeremiah.
Letters from, I, 1992.
•" Fete Apolloniene," Notice and pro
gramme of, IV, 309.
Feuilly, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, II, 272.
Feutry,  , M. A. P. S., French
Engineer.
Mentioned, III, 189.
Feutry, Aime Ambroise Joseph, French
poet.
Letters from, I, 233s, 234, 237, 238,
239, 240, 276, 3342, 401. II, 31,
309, 473. Ill, 328. IV, 408.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 4, 31, 57, 58, 59, 75.

Feutry, Aime Ambroise Joseph — Con
tinued.
Antoine Frangois Quetant to, IV,
231.
Verses by, IV, 232s, 233, 372*.
Copy of Verses by Mme. Greuze, IV,
235-
Mentioned, IV, 3212
Fevre, L.
Letter from, I, 151.
Fibery, Treeton de.
Letter from, III, 91.
Fichet, Jh., owner of the ship " Le
Prudent."
Letters from, I, 412. Ill, 231.
Fick, Frangois.
Mentioned, IV, 424.
" Fier Rodrique," the man-of-war.
II, 276. Ill, 221.
Figeac, Prat de.
Mentioned, IV, 304.
Filangieri, Charlotte, Wife of Gae-
tano Filangieri.
Letter from, III, 380.
Filangieri, Gaetano, Italian Lawyer
and Publicist.
Letter from, III, 290.
Death of, III, 380.
Mentioned, II, 388, 507. Ill, 38,
88, 133-
Filature, Managers of the, Philadel
phia Society for the encouragement
of silk culture.
I, 140.
Filleul,  .
Letter from, III, 409.
Filleul, Mme.
Letters from, III, 4092, 410.
Finance, the Superintendent of.
James Milligan to, IV, 347.
Finances, III, 516.
Deplorable state of, IV, 438.
Embarrassed, IV, 466.
Finck, Jacques, Dr. Franklin's maitre
d'hotel.
Letters from, III, 145, 146'. IV,
470, 472.
Expense account of, IV, 509.

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Findats, Alex., Lieut, on board the
American privateer " Greyhound."
Mentioned, II, 472.
Finlay, George, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 481.
Finlay, Hugh, Postmaster of the Que
bec Post-office.
To James Goldfrap, IV, 200.
To William Hey, IV, 198.
To James Potts, IV, 199.
James Goldfrap to, IV, 200.
Finlay, Sir Robert, Bordeaux
Banker (?).
To John Paul Jones, IV, 372.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 257.
Mentioned, II, 224.
Finney, David, of Newcastle, Dela
ware.
Letters from, I, 159. II, 384.
Finney, David, vs. James Byrne.
IV, 219.
Finnie, William, of Williamsburg,
Va.
Letter from, II, 247.
Mentioned, II, 306.
" Fire-brand," the ship.
Ill, 280.
Fire engine, coal consumed by, I, 68,
722-
Fireplace, the Franklin, III, 244. IV,
180.
Fisher,  .
Letter from, III, 186.
Fisher,  , Uncle of Joseph
Gilpin.
Mentioned, III, 382.
Fisher, Hendrick, Member of As
sembly of New Jersey.
Mentioned, I, 107.
Fisher, Hezekiah, of the town of
Franklin, Mass.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Fisher, Miers, Philadelphia Lawyer.
Letter from, III, 378.
Fisher, Samuel, Philadelphia Mer
chant, son of Joshua Fisher.
Refusal of, to receive bills of credit
emitted by Congress, IV, 484.

Fisher, Samuel R., Philadelphia Mer
chant.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
Fisher, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia Merchant, son of Joshua
Fisher.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
Refusal of, to receive bills of credit
emitted by Congress, IV, 484.
Fisheries, Cod and whale, IV, 185.
Importance of, IV, 456, 465.
Fisson,  , of Malaga.
Mentioned, IV, 80.
Fitch,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, IV, in.
Fitch, John, inventor of the steam
boat.
Letters from, III, 277, 280, 317.
Mentioned, III, 370.
Steam boat, III, 360, 366.
Fitzgerald,  .
Letter from, I, 24.
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, Irish pa
triot.
Mentioned, IV, 383.
Fitz-Herbert, Alleyne, British Min
ister-plenipotentiary for negotia
ting peace with the U. S.
Letter from, II, 513.
Fitzmaurice, Lord, Eldest son of Lord
Shelburne.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 125.
Mentioned, III, 204, 219. IV, 128,
130, 135, 35i-
Fitzmaurice, Thomas.
Letter from, I, m, 112.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Fizeaux,  , Amsterdam
Banker.
Mentioned, II, 382s, 383.
Jan Derek Van der Capellen to, IV,
277.
Fizeaux & Co., H., Amsterdam Bankers.
Letters from, III, 239, 242.
Fizeaux & Grand, Messrs., Amster
dam Bankers.
Mentioned, II, 149, 408. IV, 31.

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Fizeaux, Grand & Co., Amsterdam
Bankers.
Letters from, II, 332, 403. Ill,
r5- IV, 452.
Flachenfeld, —  de.
Letter from, II, 146.
Flad, Charles Louis de, Captain in the
Regt of Royal-Deux-Ponts.
Mentioned, II, 299.
Flagg, Josiah, Son of Sally Mecom,
and grand-nephew of Dr. Franklin.
Letters from, III, 295, 298, 318.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom, IV, 359.
Mentioned, III, 304.
Flaghac,  de, Officer in
French Army.
Letter from, II, 230.
Flahaut, Mme. de.
Mentioned, III, 418.
" Flaman," the ship, burned, II, 7.
" Flamand," the ship, Commanded by
Captain Pierre Landais.
II, 33-
Cargo of, IV, 486.
Flamarens, Marquis de.
Letter from, I, 561.
Flamenque,  .
Mentioned, I, 240.
Flanders and the United States, es
tablishment of commercial rela
tions, II, 439.
Flavigny, Gratien Jean Baptiste Louis,
Vicomte de.
Letter from, I, 549.
Mentioned, I, 402.
Flavigny, Madame de, Wife of Vi
comte de Flavigny.
Letters from, I, 402, 5612.
Mentioned, I, 549.
Fleet, plea for a powerful, to be sent
to America, IV, 310.
English, arrived near the Chesa
peake, II, 496.
French, set sail from Brest, II, 453.
Fleming, Alexander.
Letter from, II, 287.
Fleming, Joseph.
LETTER n")M. Ill, 390.

Fletcher, John.
Letter from, II, 344.
Fletcher, John Walter.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 272.
Fletcher, Joseph.
Mentioned, III, 434.
Fleury,  de, Father of Lieut.-
Col. de Fleury.
Letters from, I, 487. Ill, 161.
Fleury le jeune,  .
Letter from, II, 314.
Fleury, Frangois Louis Teisseidre de,
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Conti
nental Army.
Letters from, II, 213, 219, 233.
Medal for, II, 233, 240.
Mentioned, I, 329, 402, 533. IV,
440.
Fleury & Nemadieres, Merchants at
Orleans.
Letters from, II, 301, 320, 342. Ill,
21.
Fleus, Harmen, French pilot.
Mentioned, II, 177.
Flevy, Grandjean de.
Letter from, III, 243.
Flies, Experiment of drowning, in
Madeira wine, I, 159.
Floirac, L'Abbe de.
Letter from, III, 47.
Flood, Henry, Irish Statesman.
Mentioned, III, 120, 125. IV, 108.
" Flora," an American prize.
II, 248, 261, 264.
"Flora," the French frigate.
II, 98.
" Flora," the ship.
Ill, 288.
Flores, Don Joseph Miguel de, Presi
dent of the Spanish Academy, M.
A. P. S.
Letter from, III, 341.
Mentioned, III, 346.
Florida Blanca, Francisco Antoine
Moiiino, Spanish Premier.
Letter from, III, 247.
Mentioned, I, 203. II, 129. Ill,
250. IV, 449.

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-, u Watchmaker, of

Flower, —
Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 451;
Floyd,  .
To John Welch, IV, 380.
Flushing smugglers, piratical act of
the, IV, 280.
Flying Machine, III, 61, 133, 182.
Rough draft of a, III, 538.
Foache,  .Book-seller at Neuf-
chatel.
Mentioned, I, 516.
Fog, Conjectures on the Universal
Dry, by Dr. Franklin, III, 262.
Folger,  .
Mentioned, IV, 220.
Folger, Capt. John, Nantucket Mer
chantman.
To Silas Deane, IV, 240.
Mentioned, II, 406, 455. IV, 59, 248.
Folger, Sylvester.
Mentioned, III, 391.
Folger, Capt. Timothy, of Nantucket
(?)¦
Letter from, II, 382.
To Sir Jeffery Amherst, IV, 185.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 196,
208.
Mentioned, 1, 102. Ill, 434. IV, 206.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 321.
Foligne,  De, Lieutenant in
French Navy.
Letters from, II, 127, 190, 379.
Mentioned, I, 278.
Foncier,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 108.
Fontaine,  .
Letter from, II, 249.
Fontallard, Baronne de.
Letter from, II, 229.
Fontana,  .
Mentioned, IV, 423.
Fontanges, Vicomte de, Maj.-Gen. in
the Naval Army in America of
Comte d'Estaing,
Mentioned, III, 199.

Fontelle, Comte de.
Mentioned, I, 243.
Fontenai, Abbe de.
Letter from, III, 170.
Fontenailles,  de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 14.
Fonteneau,  , Maitre-d' Hotel
to the Archbishop of Rouen.
Mentioned, III, 246.
Fontenet,  de, Brother of the
Dowager Duchess de Deux-Ponts.
Letter from, III, 223.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 102, 127.
Mentioned, III, 144. IV, 50.
Fontevieux,  de, Nephew of
the Dowager Duchess de Deux-
Ponts, Lieutenant in the Continen
tal service.
Mentioned, I, 327, 376, 478. II, 44.
Fontfrede,  de.
Letter from, II, 115.
Fontinet,  de.
Charles d'Hirschberg to, IV, 276.
Forbach, Comtesse de, see, also, Dow
ager Duchess de Deux-Ponts.
Letters from, I, 327, 417, 478, 489.
II, 24, 97, 520. Ill, 38, 50, 53,
56, 80, 144, 145.
Letter to, IV, 476.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 70.
Marquis de la Fayette to, IV, 283.
Mentioned, I, 421, 519, 538, 570.
II, 47, 60, 69, 88, 3522, 3542, 355,
408, 412, 413, 420, 452, 453, 502,
514. Ill, 10, 87, 93, 223. IV, 50,
5i2, 455-
Forbes, Benjamin.
Marriage of, and Elizabeth Sterling,
IV, 389-
Death of, IV, 389.
Forbes, Donald (see Digges, Thomas).
Forbes, James, Member of the Con
tinental Congress, from Maryland.
Mentioned, I, 362.

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Forbes, James, Commander of Amer
ican privateer "Annapolis."
Letter from, II, 304.
Forbes, John.
Mentioned, IV, 253.
Will of, IV, 220.
Forbonnais, Frangois Veron de,
French Economist, Member of In-
stitut de France.
L'histoire des Finances, by, IV, 508.
Forbouay,  de.
Mentioned, III, 413.
Ford, Hezekiah, Private Secretary to
Arthur Lee.
Letters from, I, 445, 448, 463. II,
10.
Foreign Countries, rule to be observed
while travelling through, III, 476.
Representatives, money for salaries
of, IV, 456.
Forest, Colonel.
Mentioned, III, 332.
Forester, Col.
Letter from, I, 334.
Forestier,  .
Letter from, II, 287.
Forestier, Lt.-Col. de.
Letter from, I, 446.
Forged paper by Price & Haywood.
Ill, 226.
Forman, Ezekiel.
Letter from, III, 348.
Forman, Richard.
Thomas Roberts to, IV, 288.
Forrest, Uriah.
Letter from, III, 182.
Forrester, James.
Mentioned, III, 455.
Forster, Johann Reinhold, M. A. P.
S., F. R. S., German Naturalist.
Letter from, II, 475.
Mentioned, I, 569.
Forster's Brothers, of Bordeaux.
Letter from, III, 194.
Mentioned, IV, 336.
Forstuer, Chevalier de.
Letter from, II, 51.

Fort George, New York.
IV, 238.
Fort,  Le.
Mentioned, IV, 415.
Forton Prison, near Portsmouth, Eng.,
where American prisoners were
detained.
Sufferers in, I, 479.
Forts, men for Western, IV, 184.
In Pennsylvania frontier, III, 441.
IV, 179.
" Fortune," the ship, an American
prize.
I, 466. II, 194.
" Fortunee," the ship, to be com
manded by John Paul Jones.
I, 389-
Fossard,  .
Mentioned, III, 201.
Fossil shells, I, 53.
Foster,  .
Mentioned, II, 260.
Foster, Ingham.
Mentioned, II, 216.
Foster, John, Baron Oriel, Speaker of
the Irish House of Commons,
Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer.
Mentioned, III, 120.
Fothergill, Dr. John, F. R. S., M. A.
P. S., London Physician.
Letters from, I, 142, 166. II, 326.
Letters to, III, 446, 454.
Israel Pemberton to, IV, 176, 179.
James Pemberton to, IV, 179.
Account of Franklin's examination in
Parliament, IV, 196.
Biography of, by Dr. John Coakley
Lettsom, IV, 464.
Death of, II, 343.
Eulogy on, II, 438.
Life of, III, 163.
Memoirs of, III, 254.
Mentioned, I, 15, 68, 95, 102, 113,
117, 132, 154, 155. II, 77, 146,
324, 395, 471- HI, 92, 315, 348,
449. IV, 451.
On Stamp Act, I, 60.

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Fottrell, John, Merchant at Ostend.
' Letter from, III, 24.
Foucault, Mme.
Mentioned, I, 279. II, 402. IV,
107, 232.
Foucault, Jean Simon David de.
Letter from, I, 279.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 7, 8, 106.
Fouche, Louis.
Letter from, I, 491.
Foulger, Thomas.
Letter from, I, 163.
Mentioned, I, 168.
Foulke, Dr. John, of Philadelphia, M.
A. P. S., Physician to the Penn
sylvania Hospital.
Letters from, II, 400. IV, 450.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 62, 70, 712, 73, 98, 118.
Mentioned, II, 243s, 359. IV, 34,
432, 54, 55, 57, 59, 66, 43°.
Foundling Hospital.
Advantages of, III, 226.
In Ireland, IV, 381.
Fouquet, Sieur, Master gun-powder
maker at Yorktown, Pa.
Mentioned, I, 471, 484. II, 199.
Fourcroy, Antoine Frangois, Comte
de, Member of the Institute of
France and of most of the learned
Societies of Europe, Professor of
Chemistry at the Museum d'His-
toire Naturelle, etc.
Mentioned, III, 337.
Fournier, Mme.
Letter from, II, 308.
Fournier l'aine, T. T., Printer and
type founder at Paris.
Letter from, III, 218.
Fournier fils, T. T, Printer and type
founder at Paris.
Letters from, I, 291, 520.
Fournier le jeune, Printer and type
founder at Paris.
Letters from, I, 361, 458, 494. II,
22, 141, 247, 281, 284, 287, 357,
358. Ill, 69, 243, 244, 267. IV,
431.

Fournier le jeune — Continued.
Letter to, III, 523.
Mentioned, III, 29.
Fouville,  .
Letter from, II, 386.
Fowler,  , Inventor of a hemo
static powder.
Mentioned, I, 318.
Fowler, Alexander, Former Officer in
the British Army.
Letter from, I, 473.
Fowler, Francis, a Scotchman who
sought a Letter of Marque.
Letter from, I, 253.
Mentioned, I, 253, 275.
Fowler, Peter.
Mentioned, IV, 90.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 304.
Fowler, Samuel, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, I, 141.
" Fox," British frigate.
I, 268, 280, 498, 500, 502.
Taking of the, IV, 9.
Fox, Anthony, Secretary of the Sons
of Shamrock.
Mentioned, IV, 349.
Fox, Charles James, Baron Holland,
British Statesman and Secretary of
State.
Proposal to admit American vessels,
IV, 506.
Mentioned, I, 205. IV, 119, 446.
Fox, George, of Philadelphia, M. A.
P. S.
Letter from, III, 101.
Letter to, IV, 478.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 402, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 51,
53, 542, 552, 5<5, 57, 59, 65, 66, 67,
68, 75, 79, 80, 82, 91, 100, 101,
102, 108, no, 1143, 121, 145.
To Anonymous, IV, 373.
John Adams to, IV, 503.
Mentioned, II, 243, 408, 470. Ill,
2. IV, 42, 43, 51, 57, 65, 67, 69,
430, 498.
Offers to carry Definitive Treaty of
Peace to America, IV, 100.
Passport for, IV, 503.

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Fox, Henry, Bason Holland, British
Statesman.
Mentioned, I, 10, 24.
Fox, John.
Letters from, III, 4102.
Fox, Joseph, M. A. P. S., Speaker of
the Pennsylvania Assembly.
Mentioned, I, 48. IV, 186.
Fox, Joseph M., of Philadelphia,
brother of George Fox.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 57.
Fox & Sons, George C.
Letter from, III, 323.
Foxcroft, John, M. A. P. S., Deputy
Postmaster-General in North
America.
Letters from, I, 93, 112, 116, 126,
169, 175.
Letters to, III, 480, 482, 494, 496.
Mentioned, I, 38, 40, 43', 45, 71, 73,
75, 84, 92, 96, 110, 112, 122, 123,
124, 129. Ill, 456, 462, 473, 475,
497, 499- IV, 220.
Foxcroft, Mrs. John.
Mentioned, I, 149.
Foxcroft, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Con
nected with the Post-Office at Phil
adelphia.
Letter from, I, 132.
Letter to, III, 493.
Mentioned, I, 62, 157. Ill, 475.
Foy,  .
Mentioned, II, 483.
Fraguier, Madame Mandat de.
Letter from, III, 5.
Fraissignea, Jacques, American
prisoner.
Letter from, IV, 417.
Fraley, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 366.
Francalanza, Felicie Frangoise.
Letter from, II, 65.
France, Admiralty Court of.
Letters from, IV, 4242, 425".
Affairs in, III, 376", 380, 385, 388,
3932, 394, 3952, 39<>, 397-
Alliance with, IV, 295.

France — Continued.
Ambassador of, at Vienna, IV, 263.
Attitude of the United States to
ward, IV, 375.
Clothing and arms to be furnished
by, IV, 61.
Consul-General to, IV, 321.
Crisis in, III, 386, 392.
Declaration of Spain in favor of,
IV, 295.
Financial condition of, IV, 390.
Loan to be raised in, I, 249. IV,
438.
On the Peers of, IV, 392.
Queen of, gives birth to a daughter,
I, 534-
Rejoicing over the consummation of
two treaties with, IV, 4082, 409.
Relief map of, IV, 390.
Revolution in, III, 395, 396.
Six millions appropriated by, IV,
451.
France, King of, Contract between,
and the United States for loan of
six million livres, IV, 3362.
Dr. Franklin's accepting and retain
ing the picture of, III, 299.
Latin inscription on statue of, III,
27.
The people of Port Louis to, IV,
378.
France and America, Contract be
tween, for reimbursement of loan,
HI, 534-
First naval salute between, IV, 251.
Removal of packet boats between,
III, 387.
Treaty between, III, 399, 508, 509.
France and Great Britain, Commer
cial treaty between, III, 323, 336.
Efforts of, to destroy civil liberty,
III, 501.
Funds for Ministers appointed to
treat with, IV, 297.
Preliminary treaty between, IV, 335.
France and Netherlands.
Alliance between, III, 206, 288.
Draft of a Treaty between, IV, 389.

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Frances,

-, French Minister at

London.
Mentioned, I, no.
Franchessin,

Letter from, I, 266.
Francis,  .
Mentioned, I, 72.
Francis, 
Mentioned, II, 276.
Francis, Tench, of Philadelphia,
Agent for the Penn Family.
Mentioned, I, 516. IV, 201.
de Francey Memorial, IV, 290.
Franck,  .
Letter from, II, 411.
Francke,  de.
Letter from, III, 63.
Francken, Christian von, late of the
Hannoverian Army.
Letter from, II, 70.
Francklin, Lieut.-Gov.
Letter from, I, no.
Francky Freres, Strasbourg Mer
chants.
Letter from, II, 75.
Francois  .
Jules, Comte de Montfort to, IV,
312.
Francy,  de.
Letter from, II, 289.
Francy, John Baptiste Lazarus There-
neau de, Agent of Roderique Hor-
talez & Co.
Mentioned, IV, 255, 256.
Frank, J.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 87.
Frankland, Richard,
Letter from, III, 258.
" Franklin," Letter of Marque.
II, 44, 222, 324, 377, 384, 407, 423.
Ill, 21, 431, 432. IV, 95, 96,
456.
Franklin, the Town of, Mass.
Letter from, III, 311.
Dr. Franklin's gift to, III, 318.
The Library of, III, 260, 264, 290,
3"-
List of books for, IV, 140.

Franklin, Benjamin.
Letters from, III, 435-560. IV,
475-479-
Letters to, from various persons, I,
1-573. II, 1-526. Ill, 1-434-
IV, 399-474-
Mentioned, III, 288, 427, 483, 532,
5342-
IV, 1, 2, 42, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21, 22,
23, 242, 252, 28, 29, 30, 31, 322,
34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 423, 43, 452,
462, 47, 48, 492, 522, 532, 552, 56,
58, 59, 602, 61, 62, 64*, 652, 66, 68,
«92, 70, 713, 723, 74, 752, 77, 79,
802, 813, 823, 832, 85, 88, 89, 91,
94, 95, 972, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
104, 1052, 107, 1083, no2, 1124, 1133,
1143, 115, 1161, 1172, 118, 120, 121,
124s, 1252, 126, 127, 1283, 130, 131,
133, 135, 136, 1392, 141, 1422, I432,
I452, 146, 1472, 148, 1492, 150, 1532,
155, 1562, I572, 1583, 160, 1614, 162,
1642, 1662, 1672, 174, 1752, 176, 179,
1802, 1812, 183, 1843, 1853, 186, 1872,
189, 191, 1922, 193, 1942, 195, 1972,
1982, 199, 2002, 2023, 203, 204, 205,
2062. 2072, 2085, 209, 212, 214, 215,
2l6, 220, 221, 224, 227, 2282, 229,
230, 2313, 235*, 236, 237, 242, 246,
2473, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 2614,
264, 267, 2682, 272, 273, 274", 275,
276, 277s, 278s, 279, 2802, 2842, 288,
290, 2912, 293, 2952, 2962, 2972, 298,
299*, 3°°2, 3°i, 3022, 3033, 304, 3052,
306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 3122, 3",
314, 316, 323, 3242, 325s, 3262, 328',
3292, 33'°, 3322, 333, 335, 336*,
3372, 338, 3402, 34i2, 3422, 343, 346,
348, 349, 35°2, 35i3, 3522, 353s, 354,
355, 358, 359s, 361, 362", 363, 365",
3662, 368, 369', 37o2, 37i, 372, 3742,
376, 3782, 379, 38o4, 3832, 387, 388s,
399, 400, 4062, 4072, 4^2, 423, 427,
428, 471, 4752, 476, 485, 49i, 492,
495, 496, 4972, 498, 5°o, so1, 503,
5044, 5°5, 506.
Bust of, I, 223, 231, 318, 547. II,
43, 95, 475, 506. Ill, 172, 217,
261, 262, 359. IV, 16, 20, 32,

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
108, 138, 139, 279, 355, 405, 506.
To be honored by Masons, III,
238. IV, 135.
Commission as Colonel of Philadel
phia Regiment of Foot, I, 14.
Giving Military Authority over
Northampton County, Pa., I, 14.
Medallion of, I, Frontispiece, 379,
515. IV, 451, 456.
Nom de plume of
"A Briton," III, 451.
"A Londoner," III, 498.
" Francis Lyon," I, 94.
" Offended Fellow of the Royal So
ciety," III, 486.
" Old England in its Senses," III,
470.
Portrait of, I, 122, 126, 153. II, 271,
281. Ill, 121, 141, 409, 477.
IV, 4, 21, 70, 92, 103, 122, 137,
368, 405, 411, 476.
Crowned with laurel, I, 545.
To sit for, II, 247. Ill, 523.
Verses to be put under, IV, 222,
377-
Royal Society presents Copley Medal
to I, 9, 10.
Statue of, IV, 93.
In wax by Patience Wright, IV,
56.
Works, out of print, III, 317.
New edition of, to be printed in
London, III, 317.
Translation of into French, I, 133,
138, 139, 141, 145, 155, 156,
162. Ill, 489.
List of errata in, III, 488.
Into German, II, 339. Ill, 92.
390.
Writings. Advice for those who wish to re
move to America, III, 541, 545.
Aurora borealis, I, 5. II, 62, 66,
83, 86, 109, 181, 193.
" Bagatelles " printed at Passy,
HI, 54i-
Bible, translation from chapter in,
III, 506.

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Bishop who refused alms to a beg
gar, story of, III, 511.
Causes of the American Discon
tents, I, 84.
Chess, the game of, III, 522.
Morals of, II, 102. Ill, 541.
Clouds and Rain, I, 5.
Colonies, legislation for, during
the 17th century, III, 465.
Productions and population of
the, III, 464.
Taxation of the, on the, III,
465.
Deformed and Handsome Leg,
HI, 525, 54i-
Difficulty of establishing a good
Constitution, founded entirely
on the sacred writings, III,
385-
French translation of, III, 385.
Disaffection toward the new sys
tem of government, address on,
III, 394.
Electricity, Experiments and Ob
servations on, I, 4, 5, 15.
England and America, causes of
the existing bad feeling between,
III, 498.
England in its senses, Old, III,
470.
Examination before the House of
Commons, Relating to the re
peal of the Stamp Act, III,
461. IV, 196.
Translation of, into French, I,
303.
Executive justice, III, 308.
Fables, allegorical, I, 5542.
Fog, conjectures on the universal
dry, III, 262.
Gout, dialogue with the, II, 313,
371. Ill, 525, 527, 530, 551.
Gulf stream, observations on, III,
364, 397-
Heat and cold, on, III, 444.
Increase of mankind, I, 5, 9, 17.
Information to those who would
remove to America, III, 205.

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Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Land concern, heads of articles
relating to, III, 465.
Legislation for the Colonies dur
ing the 17th Century, III, 465.
"Letters from a Farmer in Penn
sylvania," Preface to, III, 469.
Magnetism and the theory of the
earth, ingenious queries con
cerning, III, 375.
Mareashine, poem on, III, 556.
Maritime observations, III, 313,
337, 34i, 374- IV, 362.
Navigation from Newfoundland
to New York, Remarks upon,
HI, 55i-
Non-importation resolutions, rise
and present state of the misun
derstanding with North Amer
ica, and effect of the, III, 473.
Observations on 'Water, Air,
Trade Winds, etc., Ill, 437.
Paper currency, account of, I, 25,
208.
On the issue of, in the American
Colonies, III, 464.
Paper Money Act of 1739, III,
468.
Parliament of Great Britain and
the Province of Massachusetts
Bay, III, 498.
Physical and meteorological obser
vations, conjectures and supposi
tions, III, 442. IV, 174.
Plain Truth, I, 5.
Politeness amongst the Savages,
remarks on, III, 541.
Political, Miscellaneous and Phil
osophical Pieces edited by
Vaughan, I, 186. II, 86, 122.
Posts on the American frontier, on
the retention by the English of
the, III, 344.
Rise and Present State of the Mis
understanding with North Amer
ica and the effect of the Non
importation Resolutions, III,
473-

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Rules for reducing a Great Em
pire to a Small One, III, 4902.
On the Savages of North Amer
ica, III, 547.
On smuggling, I, 84. Ill, 467.
Song, copy of, IV, 381.
Stoves, on, I, 508. II, 375. Ill,
132, 166, 313. IV, 477.
Ten Commandments, on the, I,
377-
True State of the Proceedings in
the Parliament of Great Brit
ain and in the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, III, 498.
Turkish war, remarks on, III, 378.
Ventilation, papers on, III, 382,
388, 389.
Vindication and Offer from Con
gress to Parliament, IV, 402.
Water-spouts, on, I, 6, 7.
Waves, stilling of, by oil, I, 166.
Weather, on the, I, 6.
Whistle, Story of the, II, 169. Ill,
521.
"Young Lion and the Mastiff,"
Allegorical fable, I, 554.
Academy of Sciences of Paris, Gift
to, I, 151, 262.
Account of his life, promise to write,
III, 283, 295, 306, 344, 371, 380,
385, 3862.
Accounts of, II, 520. IV, 134.
Chief Justice Allen, Charge against,
by, I, 60.
Malevolence of, shown by his ac
cusation against, I, 59.
America, passage to, III, 257. IV,
142.
Appointed Commissioner of Acad
emy of Sciences of Paris, I, 421.
Attack on, by Anti-Federalists, III,
359-
Attacks upon, I, 49.
Baggage of, IV, 356.
Balloon ascension, description of,
IV, 507.
Banking account, IV, 96.

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Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Bells brought from Europe to, Mu
sical, III, 392.
George Leopold Besson to the Secre
tary of, IV, 304.
Books, list of, IV, 477.
Gen. Braddock, zeal with which he
served, III, 443.
de Cambray applies for position as
Secretary to, II, 429.
Capture of, by Algeriens, report of,
III, 278, 280.
Le Ray de Chaumont and, relative
to their respective claims, Agree
ment between, III, 531, 532, 541,
542.
Le Ray de Chaumont, to adjust ac
count with, without an arbitrator,
HI, S4i-
Le Ray de Chaumont's house, Ar
rangement by which Dr. Franklin
and William Temple Franklin
dined at, IV, 475.
Chimneys, Reflections on, III, 96,
342-
Clock invented by, III, 96.
Colonel, Commission as, I, 14.
Commission to negotiate treaty of
peace with Great Britain, II, 378,
396-
Copley Medal presented to, I, 9, 10.
IV, 174-
Craven Street, lodges in, III, 447.
Declaration of Independence, Cele
bration of Anniversary of, III,
520.
Degree of D.C.L., Oxford to confer,
on, IV, 185.
Diary of, III, 518.
Drafts on, IV, 429.
Due de Coigny places his carriage
at the disposal of, III, 269, 273.
Dutch, Charged with enmity to, I,
47-
Earth, Hypothesis concerning the ex
traordinary motions of, IV, 470.
Elected Counsellor for the City of
Philadelphia, III, 281.
President of Pennsylvania, III,

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
2812, 283, 2842, 286, 287, 2892,
290, 297, 299. IV, 357.
Elected Member of the Academie des
Sciences Belles-lettres et Arts
of Lyons, III, 268, 550.
Associate of the Academy of
Lyons, III, 81.
Honorary member of the Academy
of Sciences, Letters and Arts of
Padua, IV, 478.
Member of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, II, 351.
President of The American Philo
sophical Society, I, 98.
To the French Academy of Sci
ences, I, 137.
To the French Medical Society, I,
523-
Member of the Manchester Lit
erary and Philosophical Society,
III, 258.
Member of the New York Society
for Promoting Useful Knowl
edge, III, 257.
Member of the Royal Academy of
History of Madrid, III, 202.
Member of the Royal Society of
Medicine of Paris, III, 504.
Honorary member of the Societe
Royale de Physique, d'Histoire
Naturelle et des Arts d'Orleans,
IV, 472.
Corresponding Member of the So
ciety for Encouragement of Arts,
I, 13, 16.
Electrical apparatus of, I, 519. Ill,
482.
Electricity, Theory of, and simili
tude of lightning and, III, 95.
England, Account of expense of voy
age to, III, 555,
Decides to stay in, until he learns
the result of the first Congress,
III, 496.
Declines visiting, III, 534.
Departure for, III, 445. IV, 356.
Expectation of his friends of see
ing him in, III, 51.

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Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
England, situation in, hazardous,
HI, 497-
Expenses, IV, 453, 476.
Fireplace, Reflections on the new,
II, 501.
Fireproof house, would build, III,
476.
Finck, Debts contracted in his name
by his steward, IV, 146.
Fothergill's works sent to, III, 271.
France and Italy, thinks of return
ing home through, III, 485.
William Temple Franklin, desires to
see, married, IV, 151.
Friends, Death of his, III, 534.
Georgia, Appointment as Agent for,
in Great Britain, I, 106, 109.
Gout, Attack of, III, 459, 484, 550.
IV, 433-
Gun-powder, Proposal as to the
preservation of, I, 25.
Hair cap worn by, I, 207.
Hat worn by, I, 524.
Inquiries after the health of, III,
428. IV, 3, 70, 72, 136, 137, 141.
Hodgson, William, statement of ac
count with, III, 5582.
Home, departure of, for, III, 268.
Expects permission to return, III,
549-
Preparations for returning, III,
550.
Honorable, Does not wish the title
of, used before his name, III, 448.
Hopes to do his country some ser
vice, III, 446.
Household expenses, IV, 470.
Receipted bill of, IV, 404.
Gen. Howe, Appointed to confer
with, I, 186.
Illness, I, 28. Ill, 446, 4492, 458, 466.
Instructions as Agent for Georgia
in England, I, 108, 109.
As Agent of Pennsylvania in Eng
land, I, 16.
Irish Parliament, Introduction to the,
III, 479, 480.

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Izard's hatred of Franklin and
Deane, I, 517.
Journal kept during residence in
London, III, 555.
la Fayette's exertions in behalf of,
injurious to, IV, 129.
Lands in Nova Scotia, title to, III,
55i-
Learning, meets men of, III, 446.
Ledgers "A," "B" and " D," III,
555-
Letter in typographical terms written
by, in, 319-
Letters, accused by Stephen Sayre of
keeping, IV, 271.
Library, Visit to King's, I, 207.
Life of, Sketch of the, III, 246, 271.
IV, 386.
Lightning, Explanation of wood split
by, I, 569.
Lightning rods, Answers to ques
tions concerning the erection of,
IV, 81.
Loan, project for procuring, II, 128.
La Loge des Neuf Soeurs offers
prize for eulogy on, III, 303.
London, Arrival in, III, 446. IV,
399-
Celebration of his safe arrival in,
I, 4i-
Love, lines oi), copied by, IV, 382.
Medals ordered by, II, 253. IV, 37.
Memoranda, bills and, III, 558.
Memorandum Book, III, 555.
Meredith, dissolution of partnership
with, I, 1.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Court of
France, appointed, I, 496, 521,
524. II, 27', 282, 32, 36", 39,
43, 51, 114. IV, 420. '
Alterations made in powers of,
IV, 459-
Ministry, Concerning the change of,
IV, 198.
Money lent to the Public by, III, 89.
New Jersey, Appointed Agent for
Great Britain in, I, 33, 127.

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Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Lord North, Address to, I, 431.
Northampton, Commission giving
military authority over County
of, I, 14.
Office, desires to be relieved from,
IV, 466.
Official communications to, must be
made in private, IV, 499.
Opera house, escape from the, IV,
56.
Paris, arrival in, I, 197, 198.
James Parker, Statement of account
with the Estate of, III, 558.
William Penn's grandchildren, Ap
pointed guardian of, II, 508.
Pennsylvania, Appointed Agent in
Great Britain for, I, 32.
Aid in defending, I, 31.
Assembly requests him to take his
seat in the House, I, 178.
Expenses and compensation as
Agent for, III, 454.
Personal effects, statement of freight
on, III, 285.
Philadelphia, Arrival in, III, 454.
IV, 146.
Reception in, III, 283. IV, 147.
Postmaster-General, Displaced from
office of Deputy, III, 493, 4942,
495-
Post-office accounts, III, 558.
Book, III, 555.
Power of attorney by Arthur Lee
giving, power to transact all busi
ness for him in Paris, IV, 404.
Printing material, Arrival of, III,
293.
Office in America, to establish a,
III, 29.
Press sold to the State of Vir
ginia, IV, 405.
Presses, manufacture of, IV, 384.
Privy Council, Treatment of, in, I,
166. Ill, 493.
Promissory notes for money received
from, IV, 286.
Recall of, rumor of, IV, 129.
Receipt book of, III, 555.

Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Reported that he is to be under-Sec-
retary of State to Lord Hillsbor
ough, I, 84.
Reports spread about, III, 446, 459.
Resignation accepted, IV, 149.
Return home, request to, III, 77.
Safe, IV, 3.
Rhode Island, Thanks for gift to,
II, 149.
Salary of, as Minister, IV, 462.
Scissors, gift of, from Mme. de For
bach, IV, 476.
Sedan chair belonging to, request
for loan of, III, 375.
Settlers, On free grants of lands to,
II, 37-
Sliding irons, IV, 198.
Societies of which he was a member,
List of learned, III, 555.
Song in honor of, Drinking, IV, 371.
Spain, appointed Commissioner to
the Court of, I, 198.
Spies, surrounded by, I, 201, 219.
Stamp Act, enemy to the repeal of,
I, 59-
Cause of bringing on, I, 60. Ill,
460.
Stoves, I, 508. II, 375. Ill, 132,
166, 313. IV, 477.
Telescope made for, III, 343.
Prismatic, IV, 378.
Thermometer ordered by, III, 454.
Travels. To Bath and Bristol, III, 470.
To Canada, IV, 2.
In England, III, 447, 448, 483.
In Holland and Flanders, III,
452-
To Paris, III, 467.
To Pyrmont, III, 462.
To Switzerland, III, 483.
Through the United Kingdom,
HI, 477, 478, 479, 480.
To Vienna, III, 57.
Mentioned, III, 475, 476.
Treaties, Congratulations on the con
summation of two French, IV,
408.

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Franklin, Benjamin — Continued.
Treaty of Friendship and Commerce
with Spain, IV, 403.
Type for, IV, 31.
United States, account with, IV, 467.
Verses in honor of, III, 114. IV,
470.
Wars, Opinion of, III, 534.
Wife, How to choose a, III, 478.
Will of, III, 436. IV, 55, 109.
Jonathan Williams, Statement of ac
count with, III, 558.
Jonathan Williams, Jr.'s, intention to
go to America with, IV, 473.
Windmill, improvement on thj hori
zontal, III, 351, 359.
Wine, beer, etc., consumption of, in
the household of, II, 500.
Franklin, Deborah, Wife of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letters from, I, 42, 145, 152, 153.
Letters to, III, 435, 438, 439, 440,
4412, 442s, 444", 445s, 446s, 447s,
448*, 4494, 45o2, 45i, 4522, 453, 454,
4553, 4584, 459*, 460°, 4612, 462*,
463, 464", 4652, 4664, 467, 468, 469s,
47o3, 47i3, 4733, 474, 4752, 476s,
4772, 479, 480, 4812, 483", 484, 486,
4872, 4892, 49i, 494, 495-
Theophylact Bache to, IV, 203.
Isaac Browne to, IV, 183.
Robert Carter to, IV, 189.
Josiah Franklin Davenport to, IV,
182.
Mrs. William Dunlap to, IV, 218.
Timothy Folger to, IV, 196, 208.
Elizabeth Franklin to, IV, 210.
James Franklin, Jr., to, IV, 183.
William Franklin to, IV, 202.
Robert Grace to, IV, 192.
Sarah R. Grace to, IV, 374,
John Holt to, IV, 195.
William Homes to, IV, 183.
Francis Hopkinson to, IV, 482.
John Hughes to, IV, 208.
William Hunter to, IV, 183, 205.
Christopher Hussey to, IV, 196, 197.

Franklin, Deborah — Continued.
Benjamin Mecom to, IV, 175.
Jane Mecom to, IV, 208, 214.
James Parker to, IV, 1912, I972, 1982,
zoi, 202, 207, 2102.
Jenny Parker to, IV, 2142.
John Peyton to, IV, 202.
Sarah Salt to, IV, 187.
Robert Smith to, IV, 195.
Mary Standley to, IV, 379.
D. Weyman to, IV, 177.
Susy Wright to, IV, 190, 194.
Accounts of, III, 477.
Dr. Franklin sends his picture to,
III, 447.
Does not like her to borrow money,
HI, 475-
Mentioned, I, 95, 97, 124, 150. Ill,
46. IV, 175, 183.
New House, III, 459, 460.
Not to engage in party disputes, III,
447-
Power of attorney to, III, 435, 444.
Receipt to Sarah Dewey by, IV, 206.
Franklin, Mrs. Elizabeth, Wife of
Governor William Franklin.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, i, 2, 3, 42.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 210.
Mentioned, I, 124, 458. IV, 1992.
Franklin, James.
Mentioned, III, 358.
Franklin, James, formerly of New
port, son of James Franklin, and
nephew of Benjamin Franklin.
Indenture as apprentice to Benja
min Franklin, I, 1.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 183.
Franklin, Jeanne.
Letter from, I, 207.
Franklin, John, Brother of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letters from, I, 8, n.
Letter to, III, 436.
To William Franklin, IV, 174.
Mentioned, I, 6. II, 404.
Will of, IV, 177.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Franklin, Josiah, Brother of Benjamin
Franklin.
Mentioned, I, 127.
Franklin, Mary, Wife of Peter Frank
lin.
Letter from, I, 3.
Letter to, III, 463.
Mentioned, III, 462.
Death of, I, 62.
Franklin, Peter, of Newport, brother
of Benjamin Franklin.
Letters from, I, 40, 52. Ill, 445.
Mentioned, I, 8. Ill, 4503.
Death of, I, 62. Ill, 462, 463.
Franklin, Sally, Wife of Richard
Bache, and daughter of Benjamin
Franklin, see also Bache, Sarah.
Engagement of, III, 465, 466.
Benjamin Franklin's consent to mar
riage of, IV, 202.
Inoculated, III, 435.
Marriage of, I, 96.
Mentioned, I, 52, 61, 79. Ill, 44s2,
449, 455, 458, 460, 465, 466, 467,
473, 487. IV, 183, 189.
Franklin, Samuel, of Boston, cousin
of Benjamin Franklin and grand
son of the latter's uncle, Benjamin
Franklin.
Letter from, I, 154.
Letter to, III, 478.
Franklin, Sarah, Daughter of Peter
Franklin.
Mentioned, I, 3.
Franklin, Thomas, of Lutterworth,
Eng,, grandson of John Franklin
who was uncle of Benjamin Frank
lin.
Letters from, I, 39, 63, 70.
Franklin, Thomas, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Letters from, III, 288, 393.
To Sally Bache, IV, 353.
Rachel Taylor to, IV, 357.
Mentioned, III, 358.
Franklin, William, M. A. P. S., son
of Benjamin Franklin and Gov
ernor of New Jersey.

Franklin, William— Continued.
Letters from, I, 12, 18, 50, 57, 61,
65, 72, 74, 77, 79, 80, 84, 91, 92,
94, 1152, 118, 121, 124, 128, 130,
134, 135, 138, 140, 143, i47, 148,
150, 157, 160, 166, 174, 175.
Letters to, III, 438, 475, 4802, 496.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, i2, 28, 35, 4, 127, 132.
To Anonymous, IV, 216, 354, 373.
To the Commissioner of Customs at
Boston, IV, 205.
To Major Richard England, IV, 333.
To Cadwalader Evans, IV, 204.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 202.
To the General Assembly of New
Jersey, IV, 215.
To Lord Halifax, IV, 1883.
To the Earl of Hillsborough, IV,
211, 2132, 216.
To the Lords of Trade, IV, 188.
To William Strahan, IV, 213.
William Alexander, Earl of Stir
ling, to, IV, 217.
Anonymous to, IV, 199.
John Bard to, IV, 369.
William Bayard to, IV, 1882, 209,
210, 211.
Baynton, Wharton & Morgan to,
IV, 197.
Bergen Commissioners to, IV, 188.
John Berrien to, IV, 188.
Josiah Franklin Davenport to, IV,
1972.
John Dudley to, IV, 343.
Cadwalader Evans to, IV, 197, 199,
203.
John Franklin to, IV, 174.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
222.
Thomas Gage to, IV, 216.
Joseph Galloway to, IV, 193, 1962,
1982, 200, 202, 2192.
Earl of Hillsborough to, IV, 211,
2162, 217.
Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr., to, IV,
216.
John Hughes to, IV, 208.

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Franklin, William — Continued.
Abel James to, IV, 196, 201.
Lewis Johnston, et al., to, IV, 483.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV, 505.
Wiljiam Strahan to, IV, 212.
John Temple to, IV, 207.
Charles Thomson to, IV, 179.
William Trent to, IV, 214.
John Wetherhead to, IV, 354.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 192, 198,
199, 214, 220.
Thomas Wharton to, IV, 21 52.
Abuse he has been subjected to, IV,
2.
Accounts of, IV, 180.
Angora cat for, IV, 356.
Appointed Governor of New Jersey,
I, 24. Ill, 453, 454.
Bills and business memoranda by
and to, IV, 189.
Certificate by, IV, 215.
Has avoided all correspondence with
Dr. Franklin and William Tem
ple Franklin, IV, 333.
Letters to, not allowed to pass, IV, 4.
Map of lands belonging to, on Ran-
cocus Creek, IV, 394.
Mentioned, I, 14, 24, 28, 46, 52, 87,
88, 99, 102, 142, 458. Ill, 25,
37, 56, 211, 212, 214, 438, 445, 447,
454, 459, 461, 466, 467, 475, 545,
551. IV, x, 15, 20, 98, 127, 138,
156, 176, 184, 1922, 363.
Not to give his assent to any law
inconsistent with the King's in
structions, IV, 212.
Ordered to set out for Princeton,
IV, 3.
Safe arrival in England, IV, 505.
Sailed for England, IV, 86.
Franklin, William Temple, M. A. P.
S., son of William Franklin, Sec
retary to Peace Commissioners.
Letters from, I, 184, 186, 193, 199.
II, 401, 402, 414. Ill, 146, 210,
2112, 212, 214, 217, 218, 219, 220,
222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 338.
IV, 437-

Franklin, William Temple — Con
tinued.
Letters to, III, 500, 5023, 513, 520,
528, 543, 543, 5452, 552. IV, 1-167.
To John Adams, IV, 351.
To Peter Allaire, IV, 303.
To Anonymous, IV, 224, 359, 364,
366, 373.
To Charles Biddle, IV, 373.
To Jean Jacques Caffieri, IV, 355.
To Mme. Caillot, IV, 357, 360.
To William Carmichael, IV, 351.
To Daniel Marc Antoine Chardon,
IV, 345-
To Jacques Alexandre Cesar
Charles, IV, 373.
To C. W. F. Dumas, IV, 351.
To William Franklin, IV, 222.
To de Gouvion, IV, 354.
To Charles Hicks, IV, 356.
To Hoffman, IV, 506.
To Le Fevre, IV, 269.
To Andrew Limozin, IV, 3562.
To George Morgan, IV, 358, 3612.
To Sir James Nicholson, IV, 343.
To Thomas Paine, IV, 357.
To William Pyne, IV, 354, 358.
To Antoine Frangois Quetant, IV,
33i-
To Abbe Poncelin de la Roche-Til-
hac, IV, 332.
To Benjamin Vaughan, IV, 274.
To Louis Guillaume Le Veillard,
IV, 359, 360, 361.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 251.
Aide-de-Camp to la Fayette, IV, 192.
Appointed as Secretary to the Com
missioners to conclude peace with
Great Britain, III, 532.
Attachment for his grandfather, IV,
H3-
Baggage, IV, 146.
Ball to be given by, IV, 95.
Desire to settle in France, IV, 97.
Dismission of, III, 122.
Election to the Burlington Society
for the Promotion of Agriculture
and Domestic Manufactures, IV,
163.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Franklin, William Temple — Con
tinued.
Exercises by, IV, 373s.
Gun barrels purchased for America
of poor quality, IV, 509.
Lee & Izard against, as Secretary to
Benjamin Franklin, I, 518.
Liaison with Mme. Caillot, IV, 146.
List of letters and papers sent to Ar
thur Lee by, IV, 488.
Memorandum, IV, 373.
Mentioned, I, 91, 98, 162, 185.
II, 206, 329, 419.
Ill, 56, 94, no, 128, 143, 146,
222, 273, 275, 278, 282, 304, 309,
37i, 387, 4°4, 4i7, 5i7, 553-
IV, 18, 20, 84, 105, 129, 132, 135,
143, i47, 148, 152, 153, 155, 158,
159, 160, 161, 167, 333, 348, 3512,
353, 363, 376, 387, 462, 495-
Oath of Office as Secretary to the
Commissioners to conclude peace
with Great Britain, III, 146.
Portrait of, IV, 159, 160.
William Pyne's agreement with,
IV, 151.
Salary arranged for, III, 77.
'Seeks appointment in Europe, IV, 357.
Son of, IV, 357.
Squirrel skins sent to, IV, 20, 32, 44,
in.
To assume his proper name, I, 91.
To embark at Havre with the French
troops for England, IV, 19.
To join expedition to England, II,
134-
Franklin family in England, III, 463.
Franklin & Williams.
Mentioned, III, 438.
Frankliniana, Filosofia. I, 136.
Franks, David.
Mentioned, III, 258.
Franks, David Salisbury, Major in
Continental Army.
Letters from, II, 341, 419, 422, 424,
445-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 662, 68, 69, 712, 74, 782, 79,
130, 142.

Franks, David Salisbury — Continued.
Richard Harrison to, IV, 323.
Mentioned, II, 395, 401, 420. Ill,
160, 552. IV, 622, 63, 69, 123,
438.
Franks, Moses.
Letter from, I, 93.
Franquelin,  .
Letters from, I, 237, 334. II, 345,
363.
Franval, Capt. de.
Letters from, I, 355, 360.
Franval, Chevelier de, Brother of Cap
tain de Franval.
Letter from, I, 365.
To the Board of War at Boston, IV,
241.
Fraser, Major.
Mentioned, IV, 257.
Fraser, John.
Letter from, I, 188.
Fray, Baron de.
Mentioned, I, 228.
Frazer, *  .
Mentioned, II, 493.
Frazer, John Gizzard, Ex-Maj. Con
tinental Army.
Letters from, II, 101, 105, 138, 158.
To Cradock Taylor, IV, 290, 296,
297.
Mentioned, II, 93, 136.
Frecou, Felix.
Letter from, III, 198.
Frederic, F., French priest.
Letter from, III, 410.
Frederick, Sir Charles, F. R. S.
Benjamin Wilson to, IV, 217.
Frederick the Great.
Death of, III, 300, 322. IV, 155.
Life and character of, III, 327.
"Freedom." Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 56, 61.
Freeman,  .
Mentioned, II, 200.
Freeman, Enoch, of Falmouth, Maine.
Letter from, III, 103.
Petition concerning the sufferings of
the people of Falmouth, IV, 344.

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121

Freeman, James.
Letter from, III, 258.
Freeman, Samuel, of Falmouth,
Maine.
Letter from, III, 103.
Petition concerning the sufferings of
the people of Falmouth, IV, 344.
Freeman, William.
Letter from, II, 180.
Freemasonry, three degrees of, IV,
346.
Freme,  du.
Letter from, III, 201.
To  de la Grange, IV, 256.
Freminville, D'Auberteuil de.
Letter from, III, 157.
Frenay, Benoist de.
Letter from, III, 118.
French Admiralty, to Gerbier & Cie.,
IV, 328.
Alliance, IV, 409.
To be inscribed on the column at
Yorktown, IV, 443.
Ambassador, ship owners of Dun-
kerque to, IV, 380.
Army, Departure of, from America,
IV, 4«5-
Court, Offense given to the, by John
Adams's letter, IV, 477.
Expedition to Ohio, I, 6.
Fleet, on the American coast, main
taining a, IV, 444.
To be increased, IV, 319.
Bad news about, II, 430.
Cruising off the Atlantic Coast,
III, 445.
Departure of the, IV, 450.
Destination of, IV, 311.
Engagements between English and,
IV, 20, 318, 437.
Newport, arrival at, IV, 39, 40.
Toulon, returned to, IV, 262.
On point of sailing for America,
II, 356.
Gazette, of Leyden.
IV, 232.
Islands, duty on slaves imported
into, III, 542.

French — Continued.
Marine in America, payment sus
pended by all bills drawn by,
HI, 30.
Neutrality, IV, 418.
Officers, return of dissatisfied, I, 314.
Names and addresses of several
titled, IV, 508.
And men taken prisoners while
serving in the United States,
List of, IV, 395.
Politeness, Amusing account of, IV,
476.
Revolution, Outbreak of, IV, 383.
Sailors, to Marquis de Castries, IV,
373-
Successful expeditions against, I, 20.
Treasury, Periods for the reimburse
ment of the, III, 534.
Troops, Festivities in honor of, IV,
64.
Letter of credit drawn on Con
gress for needs of, II, 315.
Vessel, Passport for a, III, 514.
French and British fleets, Engage
ment between, IV, 20, 318.
French and Indians.
Arguments in favor of concerted and
vigorous action against, IV, 388.
Armed resistance to, IV, 175.
Outline of plans for the defense of
Pennsylvania against, III, 439.
French and Spanish Colonies in
America, Fate of the, IV, 220.
" French Sailor," A.
Letter from, III, 410.
French,  .
Letter from, III, 236.
French,  , of Bordeaux.
Mentioned, IV, 432.
French, Katharine.
Letters from, I, 93, 115.
French, Robert, late of Newcastle,
Delaware.
Mentioned, I, 161. IV, 182.
French, Crawford & Co., Merchants
at Glasgow.
Mentioned, III, 117.

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French, William, of Glasgow.
Mentioned, III, 117.
French and Nephew, Messrs. V. and
P., Merchants at Bordeaux.
Letter from, II, 395.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 107, 113, 118.
.To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 314.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 316.
Freny, James, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 400.
Frerot,  , Cannon founder at
Nantes.
Mentioned, I, 257.
Fresnel,  .
Mentioned, II, 434.
Fretwell, Ralph.
Mentioned, II, 213.
Frey,  , friend of Barbeu Du
bourg.
Mentioned, I, 113.
Frey, — :  De, Captain in Pu
laski's Legion in the Continental
Army.
Letters from, II, 278, 279, 286, 290.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 76.
Mentioned, I, 572. II, 235, 244,
487. IV, 325.
Frey,  De, Captain in the
Regiment Belgioioso and brother
of Captain De Frey of Pulaski's
Legion in the Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 562. II, 146, 298.
Frey, Madame De, Wife of Captain
De Frey, of Pulaski's Legion.
Letter from, II, 97.
Fribourg fils,  .
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 1642.
Friend in Paris, A Gentleman in
Portugal to, IV, 349.
Friend,  , Captain of the Mer
chant ship " Carolina."
Mentioned, I, 25.
Friendly Association for Regaining
and Preserving Peace with the In
dians by Pacific Measures, Min
utes of, IV, 178.

Friendly Society, of London.
I, 197-
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Society
of the.
Mentioned, III, 336.
Friends misrepresented to the Govern
ment, IV, 177.
Religious scruples of, in Pennsyl
vania, IV, 464.
Quarterly Meeting of, To " Our
Friends and Brethren at the Meet
ing for Sufferings in London," IV,
48c.
" Friendship," an American prize.
II, 255, 257. Ill, 434. IV, 498.
Fries, Comtesse de, of Vienna.
Mentioned, III, 159.
Frigate, proposal to sell a newly
built, I, 342.
Frin, J. F., & Co., Paris bankers.
Letters from, II, 183, 225, 228, 295,
362, 385, 480.
Frisi, Paullus, Italian Mathematician.
Letter from, III, 192.
Fritsch,  .
Mentioned, III, 126.
Froberville, Huet de.
Letters from, III, 270. IV, 472s.
Froelich, Christian Emanuel.
Letter from, II, 365.
Froger, de Larigaudiere.
Letters from, III, 26, 43, 47.
Frohard, de Lamette.
Letter from, III, 204.
Froman, Paul.
Letter from, III, 312.
Froman, Solomon.
Mentioned, III, 312.
Froncy, Jean Jacques.
Letters from, III, 4102.
Frontier County, Bill relative to the
new, IV, 218.
Posts, evacuation of, by Great Brit
ain, III, 552.
Fruits, Securing, from frost, III, 486.
Frus, J.
Letter from, I, 167.
Fry, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 186.

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Fiihrer,  .
Letter from, II, 325.
Fulford, John.
Mentioned, III, 432.
" Furepscord," the ship.
II, 308.
Furstenberg, Prince de.
Mentioned, III, 390.
Fyot,  .
Letter from, I, 470.
Gadd, Charles.
Letter from, I, 493.
Gadolle,  , Schoolmaster.
Letters from, I, 1972.
Gadsden, Christopher, Member of
First Continental Congress, Brig.-
Gen. Continental Army, Governor
of South Carolina.
Letters from, I, 421, 459.
Elected Governor of South Caro
lina, II, 483.
Gage, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Governor
of Massachusetts, Maj.-Gen. and
Commander-in-Chief of British
Army in America.
Baynton, Wharton & Morgan to, IV,
195-
To William Franklin, IV, 216.
Action against, for damages, I, 473.
Mentioned, I, 50, 54, 84, 101, in,
163, 176. IV, 198.
Gahan, John.
Letter from, III, 66.
Gailhard,  de.
Letter from, I, 235.
Gaine, Hugh, Printer at New York.
Mentioned, I, 80.
Gaisberg, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 232.
Galart,  .
Letter from, III, 47.
Galatheau, de, Captain of the "Mar
quis de la Fayette."
To Capt. John Barry, IV, 317.
To James Moylan, IV, 317, 320.
Mentioned, II, 355

Galatheau and Compere, French Mer
chants.
Mentioned, II, 438.
Galbert, Vicomte de.
Letter from, I, 509.
Gale, Benjamin, M. A. P. S., Con
necticut Physician.
Letters from, I, 66, 114, 173.
Gale & Co., Benjamin, of Killings-
worth, Connecticut.
Proposal by, IV, 303.
Galenval,  de.
Letter from, III, 146.
Galevon,  .
Letter from, I, 347.
Galiani, Abbe Ferdinand, Italian
Economist.
Mentioned, I, 107.
Galitzin, Prince Dmitri de, F. R. S.,
Ambassador to Holland of the
Empress of Russia.
Letter from, I, 209.
Mentioned, II, 9, 47, 265, 283, 325,
403.
Gallagher, Bernard, Captain of the
Letter of Marque "Betsey."
Mentioned, II, 464.
Galland,  .
Letter from, I, 287.
Gallard,  de Bayonne.
Mentioned, III, 28.
Gallatin, Albert, M. A. P. S., States-
maifa Secretary of the U. S'. Treas
ury.
Mentioned, II, 251.
Galloway, Eliza, Daughter of Joseph
Galloway.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 55.
Galloway, Joseph, M. A. P. S.,
Speaker of the Pennsylvania As
sembly, Loyalist.
Letters from, I, 16, 18, 34, 38, 39,
4°, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 592, 60, 62,
64, 68, 73, 76, 822, 88, 99, no,
m, 119, 138, 152. IV, 401.
Letters to, III, 493, 496, 499.

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Galloway, Joseph — Continued.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 109.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 193,
1962, 1982, 200, 202, 2192.
To the Public, IV, 481.
To Mrs.  , IV, 221.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 218.
Dr. Franklin's Will entrusted to, IV,
55, i°9-
John Dickinson's charge against, of
having obtruded on the public a
pretended speech, IV, 481.
Mentioned, I, 29, 46, 48, 55, 65, 71,
74, 98, 129, 134, 136, 142, 170, 184,
208. II, 58, 96, no. IV, 4, 186,
192, 197, 218, 482.
Preface to speech of, II, 86.
Six arguments against choosing him
an assemblyman, IV, 482.
Supporter of the repeal of the Stamp
Act, IV, 196.
Gallwey & Co., David, Merchants at
Nantes.
Letter from, III, 164.
Mentioned, IV, 345.
Gallwey, Richard, Merchant at Nan
tes.
Mentioned, III, 118.
Galvan, M. de.
Mentioned, I, 232.
Galvez, Bernard, Governor of Louis
iana, nephew of Don Joseph Gal
vez.
Mentioned, II, 384. Ill, 345.
Galvez, Don Joseph, Spanish Minister
of State.
Mentioned, II, 384. Ill, 216.
Gamba,  .
Letters from, I, 401, 554.
Samuel Hartley to, IV, 264.
Application for consulship at Dun-
kerque, IV, 264.
Gambier, Miss.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 164.

Gambier, James, Vice-Admiral of
British Navy, Commander-in-
Chief on North American Station.
Letter from, III, 236.
Mentioned, III, 479.
Gambier, John.
Mentioned, IV, 189.
Gamgius, Isaac.
Letter from, I, 117.
Gamon, Don Miguel Manuel de.
To Francisco de Sarratoe, IV, 374.
Gandelier, C,
Letter from, II, 381.
Gannan & Zoon, B.
Letter from, IV, 453.
Gannett, Caleb, Rec. Sec'y of American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
To James Bowdoin, IV, 365.
Mentioned, III, 375.
Ganot, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 460.
Ganseford, G.
Letter from, I, 374.
Gant, Edward, Episcopal postulant.
Letter from, III, 202.
Garanger,  . Captain in the
French Artillery.
Letters from, I, 206, 334.
Garat,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 103.
Garbutt,  .
Mentioned, III, 396.
Garden, Dr. Alexander, M. A. P. S.,
F. R. S., physician, botanist and
zoologist, of Charleston, S. C.
Letter to, III, 444.
Garden, Alexander, M. P. for Aber
deenshire.
Mentioned, III, 269, 272.
Gardeur,  .
To paint Dr. Franklin's portrait,
III, 409.
Gardner, John, Captain of the
" Amity."
Letter from, III, 208.
Mentioned, III, 189.

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Gardner, Shubael.
Letter from, I, 548.
Gardner, Theophilus.
Mentioned, III, 382.
Gardner, William, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 47, 68.
Mentioned, II, 10.
Gardoqui, Diego de, M. A. P. S.,
Spanish Minister to the United
States.
Letters from, III, 343, 345.
To John Jay, IV, 360.
Mentioned, III, 216, 257, 3062, 545.
IV, 94-
Gardoqui, James, see Gardoqui, Di
ego de.
Gardoqui, Joseph, U. S. Commercial
Agent at Bilbao, Spain.
Mentioned, I, 227, 318, 319. IV,
38.
Gardoqui, Joseph, and Sons, U. S.
Commercial Agents, Bilbao, Spain.
Letters from, II, 64, 210, 263.
Gargaz, Pierre Andre, a Galley Slave.
Letters from, II, 25, 1902. Ill, 29.
Mentioned, III, 535.
Garnauld, J. J.
Letter from, I, 216.
Gamier,  .
Letters from, II, 283, 454.
Gamier,  , Secretary to the
French Embassy at London.
Mentioned, I, 267, 378.
Garos,  .
Letters from, III, 7, 58.
Garrigues, Edward, Philadelphia
Merchant.
Letter from, III, 334.
Garrigues, Isaac.
Letter from, I, 24.
Garrigues, Rebecca, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 148.
Garth, Charles, Agent in London for
South Carolina.
Letters from, I, 79s.
Garthshore, Dr. Maxwell, F. R. S.,
London Physician.
Letter from, III, n.

Garvey, Plowden.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 143.
Gas, vat for experiments with, IV, 5.
Gasse, Baron de.
Mentioned, IV, 236.
Gassies, Vestas de.
Mentioned, IV, 276.
Gastebois,  .
Letter from, I, 227.
Gastellier, Rene Georges, M. A. P. S.,
a physician of Gatinais.
Letters from, I, 382. II, 464. Ill,
7, 18, 29, 147.
To Mile.  . IV, 324.
Mentioned, II, 450. Ill, 16, 19.
" Gates," the brigantine.
II, 361. IV, 329.
Gates, Horatio, Maj.-Gen. in Conti
nental Army.
Letters from, I, 175, 1762, 179, 541.
Ill, 209, 281.
To Gen. John Burgoyne, IV, 240,
242.
To John Hancock, IV, 23 82, 240.
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln to, IV, 238.
To the President and Council of
Massachusetts Bay, IV, 241.
Action between Gen. Cornwallis
and, I, 356.
Advised by Lord Dartmouth to dis
arm some of the Colonies by force,
III, 498.
Certificate by, IV, 251.
Debt owing by the United States to,
III, 281.
Defeat at Camden, IV, 43.
Mentioned, I, 268, 277, 304, 312,
352, 529. II, 5, 21, 136, 181, 300,
320, 323. Ill, 202. IV, 41, 44,
"5, 315, 405, 433-
Operations in Canada, I, 309.
Victory over Burgoyne at Saratoga,
I, 302, 445.
Gatinais, Regiment of, IV, 324.
Gaudin, Elizabeth, Widow of Philip
Gaudin.
Letter from, III, 293.

126 Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Gaudin, Philip, of the Massachusetts
privateer " Oliver Cromwell."
Mentioned, III, 293.
Gaudini, Carolus, Genoese physician.
Letter from, I, 369.
Gaugnet,  , served under
Commodore John Paul Jones.
Letter from, III, 338.
Gaul, Martin.
Mentioned, III, 421.
Gaulay,  , French surgeon.
Letter from, I, 445.
Gaupin, J.
Letter from, III, 75.
Gauthey, Emiland Marie, French en
gineer.
Letter from, III, 35.
Gauthier,  .
Letter from, III, 71.
Gauthier, Marc Frangois.
Letter from, IV, 414.
To anonymous, IV, 497.
Gautier,  .
Letter from, III, 410.
Gautier,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 140.
Gautier,  , of Barcelona.
Mentioned, III, 68, 150.
Gautier fils.
Letters from, I, 261. IV, 406.
Gautier, Antoine.
To Messrs. Faure, Donneau & Cie.,
IV, 3i3-
Indemnity received by, from State
of Virginia, IV, 313.
Mentioned, I, 426, 429. II, 80.
Gautier, Father.
Mentioned, I, 326.
Gautier Jacques.
Letter from, III, 411.
Gautier, John Guy.
Letter from, I, 411.
Request for a Consulship, IV, 374.
Gautray,  .
Letter from, II, 163.
Gavin, David.
Letter from, IV, 461.

Gavrelle,  .
Mentioned, III, 257.
Gay,  .
Mentioned, II, 302.
Gayeres, Dillion des, Commissary for
French Troops destined for Amer
ica.
Mentioned, II, 427.
Gayette fils, 
Letter from, I, 307.
Gazette to be established in Boston,
I, 465.
" Gazette de France," IV, 64, 354,
367.
" Gazetteer," the ship.
II, 43o-
Gazetteer, The Printer of the.
Letter to, III, 470.
Geay, Frangois.
Letter from, III, 58.
Mentioned, III, 58, 59.
Gebhard,  .
Letter from, III, 8.
Geddes, George, Captain of Letter of
Marque " Congress."
Mentioned, II, 439.
Gedike, L. F. G. E.
Letter from, II, 93.
Gehag fils, de Pachelbel de, Gentle
man of the Chamber to the Prince
Palatine, reigning Duke of Deux-
Ponts.
Letter from, IV, 472.
Geiger, Henry.
Letter from, III, 281.
Geisselin, Marguerite.
Certificate of Marriage to Christian
Remshard, IV, 376.
Gelatte,  .
Letter from, III, 61.
Gell,  , English Attorney.
Mentioned, I, 69.
Gellee,  .
Remarks on the politics of Europe,
IV, 374-
Gellee,  . Father of N. M.
Gellee.
Letter from, II, 51.

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127

Gellee, N. M., Secretary to Dr. Frank
lin.
Letters from, II, 49, 119.
Didelot to, IV, 294.
Mentioned, I, 422. II, 123, 127,
138, 143, 427- IV, 279.
Geltier, C. P.
Letter from, I, 286.
" General Arnold," the American
privateer, Capt. Jason Lawrence.
II, 18, 103. IV, 17.
" General Garveret," the American
privateer.
Ill, 17.
" General Gates," the brigantine, of
the Continental Navy.
II, 36.
" General Mercer," the Letter of
Marque.
II, 73, 75, 82. IV, 309.
" General Mifflin," U. S. privateer.
I, 481, 485". II, 113, 116, 121, 148,
180. Ill, 514. IV, 288.
" General Monk," the British sloop
of war.
Action between the American ves
sel "Hyder-Ally" and, II, 483.
" General Officer, A," to anonymous,
IV, 240.
" General Pickering," the American
Merchantman.
II, 263.
" General Sullivan," the American
Letter of Marque?
II, 457-
" General Washington," the Amer
ican Letter of Marque.
II, 376. IV, 12.
Genet, Edme Jacques, Under-Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Letters from, I, 359, 381, 414, 450,
464, 465, 470, 472, 504, 528, 562.
II, 56, 160, 266, 347. Ill, 113.
IV, 407, 408, 411, 412, 413, 415,
417.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 36.

Genet, Edme Jacques — Continued.
Mentioned, II, 141, 263.
Genettes,  des.
Mentioned, III, 246.
Geneva, Bennger's History of, II, 149.
Geneve, Mellet de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 138.
Genevese Navy, have British sympa
thies, IV, 6.
Genlis, Charles Alexis Pierre Brulart,
Comte de.
Letter from, I, 294.
Genlis, Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de
Saint Aubin, Comtesse de, French
litteratrice.
Mentioned, IV, 455.
Gennete, Claude Leopold, Physicist.
Mentioned, I, 134.
" Gentle Frigate," the ship.
II, 141.
Gentzkow,  , Officer in the
English Army.
Letter from, I, 365.
Geoffroy,  , Sec'y to the Count
de Vergennes.
Letter from, II, 515.
Geofroy,  .
Letter from, III, 180.
Geographer for the United States,
Appointment of a, III, 395.
George II., King of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Commission of Robert Burnett, IV,
173.
George III., King of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Letter from, I, 86.
To John Langley and William Den-
ham, IV, 495.
Trustees of the Burlington Free
School to, IV, 218.
Address on accession and marriage
of, III, 453-
Address on behalf of peace, IV, 505.
Coronation of, III, 452.
Escape of, from an assassin, II, 323.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

George III.— Continued.
Health drunk at French Minister's.
IV, 100.
Insanity of, III, 383.
Letters of Marque against Spain is
sued by, IV, 498.
Mentioned, III, 392. IV, 383.
On pointed and blunt lightning con
ductors, I, 342.
Proclamation by, IV, 187.
Ratification of the Definitive Treaty
of Peace, IV, 349.
Recovery of health of, III, 391.
Speech to Parliament, IV, 216, 299.
Georgel, L'Abbe Jean Frangois, French
diplomatist.
Letter from, I, 235.
Georgia Acts, I, 116.
Act for governing slaves, IV, 210.
Relative to Parishes, IV, 210.
Appointed Agent of, I, 82, 84, 106,
1092.
Commons House of Assembly of.
IV, 240.
Address to the King by, IV, 206.
Gen. Anthony Wayne to, IV, 362.
To Gov. James Wright, IV, 209.
Governor of.
Letter from, I, 377.
Lieutenant, recommendation of a,
III, 520.
Plan for conquering, II, 29.
Province of.
Letters from, I, 82, 1062, 108,
1093, 159.
Claim against, IV, 461.
List of papers relating to the af
fairs of, III, 477.
Need of assistance in, IV, 402.
"Georgia, History of," IV, 15.
Gerard,  .
Letters from, III, 41 12.
Gerard de Rayneval, Conrad Alex
andre, M. A. P. S., First Secretary
to the French Foreign Office,
French Minister to the United
States.

Gerard de Rayneval, Conrad Alex
andre — Continued.
Letters from, I, 196, 316, 358, 359,
497. II, 206, 207, 228, 241, 255,
267.
Letter to, III, 507.
To Silas Deane, IV, 227, 233, 245.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 2872.
Election to The American Philo
sophical Society, II, 145.
Mentioned, I, 193, 387, 403. II,
27, 52, 61, 88, 137, 142, 148, 179,
186, 215, 218. Ill, 163. IV, 20,
21, 24, 25, 32, 44, 57, 295, 404.
Gerard de Rayneval, Mme. Devisly,
Wife of Conrad Alexandre Ge
rard de Rayneval.
Letter from, II, 52.
Gerard de Rayneval, Joseph-Matthias,
Succeeded his brother Conrad
Alexandre Gerard de Rayneval as
first Secretary to French Foreign
Office.
Letters from, II, 118, 195, 394.
Ill, 992, 139, 188.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 105, 119.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 378.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 295.
Mentioned, II, 512, III, 76, 87.
IV, 119, 354-
Gerardin,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 140.
Geraud,  .
Letter from, I, 458.
Gerbier,  .
Letters from, II, 4812.
Gerbier k Cie, Merchants at Nantes.
Letter from, II, 481.
French Admiralty to, IV, 328.
Gerbier, Humbert.
Elected Member of The American
Philosophical Society, III, 326.
" Germain," a British sloop of war.
Ill, 36.

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129

Germain, Lord George Sackville,
British Sec'y of State for the Col
onies.
Letter from, II, 358.
To James Simpson, IV, 317.
Sir Henry Clinton to, IV, 497.
David Hartley to, IV, 292.
Mentioned, I, 172, 370, 423, 571.
II, 249. IV, 484.
German College to be erected at Lan
caster, Pa., Ill, 325.
Colony in the United States, II, 311.
Ill, 45-
Emperor, the Ambassador of the.
Letter to, III, 529.
Lutheran Congregation, Minister
and Vestry of.
Letter from, III, 359.
Prince, proposal to furnish a regi
ment of Soldiers for the American
service, IV, 426.
Reformed Church in Philadelphia,
IV, 406.
Society, establishment of, in Phila
delphia, I, 510.
States, trade with the, III, 536.
Troops, plan to raise regiment of,
to aid America, I, 199. Ill, 17.
Respecting the hiring of, IV, 484.
Germans in Pennsylvania, Check of
power of, I, 6.
Germantown, Attack on English
near, IV, 23 92, 240.
Battle of, I, 423.
Germany,  de.
Letters from, I, 229, 279.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 247.
Germany, Intervention of the Em
peror of, II, 362.
Commission to accept mediation of
the Emperor of, II, 378.
And Russia, Mediation of, III, 529,
537-
Gerrard,  .
To  Jones, IV, 312.
Gerrey,  .

Mentioned, III, 180.

Gerry, Elbridge, Massachusetts dele
gate to Continental Congress.
Letter from, II, 76.
To John Adams, IV, 305.
Mentioned, I, 284. IV, 307.
Gesse, Baron de.
Mentioned, I, 2812.
Geusau, Baron de.
Letter from, I, 366.
Geyer, Frederick William.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 132.
Gianolio, Frangois.
Letter from, I, 308.
Gibbes, Mrs.
Letter from, IV, 418.
Gibbes, Sir Philip.
Letters from, I, 3462.
Gibbon, Grant, Justice of the Peace of
Salem County, N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 205.
Gibbons, Jr., Samuel.
Mentioned, IV, 187.
Gibbons, Capt. William.
Mentioned, II, 400.
Gibbs,  .
Mentioned, II, 399, 410. IV, 63.
Gibbs, W.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 157.
Gibelin, Esprit Antoine, French printer
and author.
Letter from, III, 243.
Gibraltar, Plan of, IV, 6.
Intended siege of, II, 454.
Gibson, John, Jr., Auditor-Gen. of
U. S. Treasury Board.
Letter from, I, 474.
Mentioned, II, 346. IV, 261.
Giddings, Andrew, Captain of the
brigantine "Fair Play" of New-
buryport, Mass.
Letter from, II, 65.
Deposition by, IV, 287.
Indemnity to, II, 273.
Mentioned, II, 84, 154, 265. IV,
280, 2872.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Gien, Denis Germain.
Letter from, III, 236.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 134.
Gifford, William.
Mentioned, IV, 171.
Gigglong, God. de.
Letters from, II, 130, 134.
Gika, Alexandre Andronique.
Letters from, I, 562. Ill, 31, 38.
Gilbank, Jno., Lieut. Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 527, 533', 539, 546,
55°, 55i, 552. II, n.
Gilbert, Thomas, M. P., poor law re
former.
Mentioned, III, 372.
Giles, Lieut.-Col.
Letter from, III, 206.
Gilibert & Co., Charles, Merchants at
Lyons.
Letter from, III, 10.
Gill, Lieut., of the "Alliance."
Mentioned, II, 448.
Gill, Nicholas, Judge of the Court of
Vice-Admiralty at St. John's,
Newfoundland.
Mentioned, III, 211.
Gillon, Alexander, Commodore of
South Carolina Naval forces.
Letters from, II, 9, 15, 66, 83, 102,
175, 399, 401-
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 300.
To John Jay, IV, 323.
To Pierre Landais, IV, 306.
To  Morel fils, IV, 501.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gual-
bert Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 306.
Chosen to fill Mr. Schweighauser's
place, II, 105.
Departure of, for America, IV, 458.
Goods left by, IV, 459.
Mentioned, I, 453, 459, 462. II,
29, 67, 211, 214, 222, 226, 258, 259,
261, 262, 278, 350, 383, 389, 392,
394, 398, 403, 404, 4°7, 417, 44i,
448, 457, 49o. HI, 529- IV, 14,
3252, 442, 454, 458, 462, 501.

Gillon, Susanna Hodenpyl, G. B., Sis
ter of Commodore Alexander Gil
lon.
Letter from, II, 29.
Gillot,  .
Mentioned, I, 349.
Gilpin, George.
Mentioned, I, 178.
Gilpin, Israel, of Wilmington, Del.
Letter from, I, 178.
Gilpin, Joseph, of Cecil County, Mary
land, M. A. P. S.
Letter from, III, 372.
Gilpin, Thomas, M. A. P. S., of Ches
ter County, Pa.
Letter from, I, 112.
Gimat,  .
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 20, 125.
Gimat,  de.
To Marquis de la Fayette, IV, 288.
Gimcrack, Nicolas.
Mentioned, III, 461.
Ginet, L.
Letter from, II, 218.
Ginet & Meirieu, Merchants at Paris.
Letter from, III, 171.
Ginette freres & Luc Laugier, Mer
chants at Marseilles.
Letters from, III, 42, 61.
Giordana, Frangois.
Letters from, III, 103, 119.
Girandeau, B., Merchant at La Ro-
chelle.
Letter from, I, 322.
Girard,  .
Letters from, I, 529. II, 13, 352.
Ill, 146.
Mentioned, I, 564.
Girard, Lieut.-Col. de.
Letters from, I, 215, 256, 284.
Girardin,  .
Letter from, II, 25.
Girardot,  .
Letters from, I, 212, 229.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 32, 76.

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131

Girardot, Haller & Co., Merchants in
Paris.
Letters from, I, 428, 434, 446, 516,
527. II, 141, 159, 504. Ill, 74.
Giraud,  .
Letter from, III, 137.
Girault,  .
Letter from, II, 184.
Mentioned, II, 185.
Girond, Honore.
Mentioned, III, 400.
Givonne, Mile. de.
Portrait of Dr. Franklin by, III, 141.
Givricourt, Drouart de.
Letter from, III, 264.
Gladin, John, Master of the "Nancy."
Mentioned, III, 66. IV, 341, 342,
343-
Deposition by, IV, 343.
Glarisegg, Grand de.
Letter from, III, 232.
Glass, Cedar wood used in coloring,
HI, 363-
Composition of, III, 488.
Conductivity of, III, 436.
Experiments with burning, and its
effects on gold, III, 288.
Glass-works, to be established in
America, III, 14.
Glazier, Col.
Mentioned, IV, 201, 202.
Gleed, Thomas, et al., American pris
oners.
Letter from, I, 540.
Gleiss,  .
Mentioned, II, 375.
Glier,  .
Letter from, III, 216.
Gloden, Major von.
Mentioned, II, 451.
Gloro,  .
Letter from, I, 200.
Gloucester, Dean of.
Mentioned, I, 221.
Glover, John, Brig.-General in Con
tinental Army.
To Welbore Ellis, IV, 194.
Mentioned, IV, 241.

Goddard, William, Printer and pub
lisher of the "New York Gazette
and Post Boy " and of the " Penn
sylvania Chronicle."
To James Parker, IV, 193.
To the Public, IV, 482.
Mentioned, I, 65, 69, 84, 136, 159,
160. IV, 200.
Trouble between Benjamin Towne
and, IV, 482.
Godet, Henricus, Merchant at Amster
dam.
Letters from, I, 369, 377, 451.
Godfrey, Thomas, of Philadelphia,
Mathematician, Inventor of an
improvement in the quadrant.
Mentioned, III, 108.
Godwin, William, British Philosopher
and Novelist.
Mentioned, IV, 128.
Goerne, Baron de, Prussian Minister
of Finance.
Mentioned, II, 67.
Goffe, Edward, Regicide.
Mentioned, IV, 185.
Goforth, Capt. William, Command
ant at Three Rivers, Canada.
Letter from, I, 178.
Gognet, — :  , Officer on board the
"Pallas."
Mentioned, III, 95.
Gohier,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 83.
Golden, Benjamin, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 415.
" Golden Eagle," the privateer, II,
293.
"Gold-finch and the Eagle," the
fable of, I, 554.
Goldfrap, James, Secretary of the
province of Quebec.
Hugh Finlay to, IV, 200.
To Hugh Finlay, IV, 200.
Gole, Joseph, American sailor.
Mentioned, II, 462.
Golker,  .
Mentioned, IV, 118.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Goll, Le President de.
Letter from, I, 183.
Golofkin, Comtesse de.
Letters from, II, 333% 358, 430,
431s, 432s. Ill, 236, 237.
Letter to, III, 556.
Verses by, IV, 374.
Mentioned, II, 310.
Golphin, George, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs.
Indians to, IV, 232.
Gombert,  de.
Letter from, III, 162.
Gonault & Co., Messrs. de, French
Merchants.
Mentioned, I, 351.
Gonnet, Antoine.
Letter from, III, 411.
Gonnett,  , Commissary of the
port of I'Orient.
Mentioned, I, 226, 240.
Gonneville, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 239.
" Good Intent," the ship, plying to
the Moravian Mission settlements
in Labrador.
Passports for, I, 423. II, 60.
" Good Will," the ship.
II, 151. IV, 294.
Goolding, T., London tradesman.
Letter from, I, 52.
Gordon,  .
Mentioned, I, 470. II, 130.
Gordon, Alexander.
Letters from, I, 18. II, 292.
Gordon, Lord George.
Mentioned, II, 258.
Gordon, Patrick, Governor of Penn
sylvania.
Appointed Governor of Pennsyl
vania, IV, 171.
Gordon, Thomas, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 93.
Gordon, Rev. William, of Massachu
setts, Author of a history of the
Revolutionary War.
Letters from, I, 228, 268, 299. II,
19, 72.
Mentioned, I, 238, 253.

Gore, Christopher, U. S. District At
torney for Massachusetts, Gover
nor of Massachusetts, Senator.
Letter from, III, 374.
Mentioned, III, 373.
Gorham, Nathaniel, Member of the
Provincial Congress, of the Board
of War, of the Continental Con
gress and of the Constitutional
Convention.
Letters from, III, 357, 361.
Gorjy, Jean Claude, French writer.
Letter from, I, 306.
Gospel, Society for Propagating the.
Mentioned, III, 368.
Goss, Joshua, et al., American prison
ers.
Letter from, II, 468.
Gossec, Moufle de.
Letter from, III, 178.
Mentioned, II, 361.
Gosum, I.
Letter from, I, 349.
Gotthier,  .
Letter from, II, 418.
Goudar,  .
Letters from, I, 344, 360, 385.
" Goude Roos," the ship.
Mentioned, II, 244.
Goudeman,  .
Letter from, I, 317.
Letter to, III, 505.
Goue,  de.
Mentioned, III, 407.
Gouhard,  .
Letter from, III, 103.
Gould, Capt., Private Secretary to the
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 201, 202.
Gourdon,  de.
Letters from, III, 167, 178.
Mentioned, III, 131.
Gourlade,  , Merchant and U.
S. Commercial Agent at I'Orient.
Letters from, I, 219, 266, 327. II,
3142.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 18.
James Moylan to, IV, 267.

Index

i33

Gourlade — Continued.
To Capt. Lambert Wickes, IV, 228.
Mentioned, I, 204, 240, 345. II,
313, 315, 321, 324-
Gourlade, Berard freres & Cie, Mer
chants and U. S. Commercial
Agents at I'Orient.
Letter from, I, 353.
Gourlade & Moylan, Merchants and
U. S. Commercial Agents at
I'Orient.
Letters from, I, 543. II, 27, 38,
67, 138, 139, 158, 161, 210, 216,
246, 247, 280, 319, 333, 348, 350,
357, 358- IV, 442.
Mentioned, II, 130.
Book for entry of Bills of Exchange
by, IV, 326.
Gout, Cause of, III, 527.
Dialogue with the, II, 313, 371. Ill,
525, 527, 53°-
How to treat, III, 10.
Gouther, Jean David.
Letter from, III, 411.
Gouverneur, Isaac, St. Eustatius
Merchant.
Mentioned, II, 372, 393, 423, 458,
484.
Gouvion, Marchioness de.
Mentioned, II, 50.
Gouvion, Jean Baptiste de, Col. in the
Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 206. II, 50. Ill,
244, 503. IV, 243.
Gouvion, Y.
Letters from, I, 456. Ill, 207.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 86.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
354-
Gover, Robert, of Baltimore.
Letters from, II, 59, 70.
Government, National, Amendments
to the proposed, IV, 366.
" Governor Livingston," the Letter
of Marque.
II, 1, 145, 216, 222. Ill, 432.
Governors should be paid by the
Legislature, III, 479.

Gower,  .
Mentioned, IV, 107.
Gower, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 92.
Goyon, Chevalier Carre de.
Letter from, I, 471.
" Grace," prize ship.
List of men taken prisoners on the,
IV, 395-
" Grace Bermuda," the brig, Letter of
Marque.
II, 489.
Grace, Robert, early friend of Ben
jamin Franklin.
To Deborah Franklin, IV, 192.
Mentioned, III, 288. IV, 183.
Grace, Sarah R.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 374.
" Gracieux," the prize brig.
I, 346. IV, 223.
Gradelmiiller, Hieronymus, German
printer.
Letter from, II, 168.
Graff, P. B.
Letter from, II, 302.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 73, 84, 96, 101, 109, I232,
124.
Graffenried, Christopher, Baron de.
To Rodolph Valltravers, IV, 270.
Henry, Duke of Beaufort to, IV,
169.
Account of ancestors of, settling in
America, IV, 270.
Agreement with the Tuscaroras, IV,
170.
Demand that, be set at liberty, IV,
170.
Graffenried, Ischarner de.
Mentioned, IV, 192.
Graffenried family, de.
Mentioned, IV, 188, 192, 388.
" Grafton," the British War-ship.
IV, 323.
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy,
Duke of, British Statesman.
Mentioned, I, 372.
Graham, James, quack doctor.
Mentioned, II, 274. Ill, 182.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Graham & Co., Richard.
Mentioned, II, 252.
Graham & Simpson.
Anonymous to, IV, 348.
Grahme, Miss.
Mentioned, I, 195.
Grain, embargoes on, IV, 387.
Gramaguac,  .
Letter from, III, 387.
Grammont, Marquis de.
Letter from, III, 3.
Death of, IV, 148.
Granchain de Semerville, Comte, M.
A. P. S., French Marine Officer.
Mentioned, III, 358.
Granchamp, Person de.
Letters from, I, 471, 472.
Granchez, D. P.
Letter from, III, 411.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 48.
Grand,  .
Mentioned, IV, 67.
Grand 1'aine,  , of Paris.
Letters from, II, 420. Ill, 413.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, no, 124.
Grand, Ferdinand, of Paris, banker to
the American Minister.
Letters from, I, 267, 335s, 514. II,
25, 53, 72, 1902, 202, 3332, 352,
4323, 445, 4462, 458, 459, 468, 489,
512. Ill, 131, 146, 252, 259, 386,
4113, 4129. IV, 418, 419, 446, 464,
466, 468.
Letters to, III, 511, 513, 515, 531,
548.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 4, 72, 27, 38, 49, 712, 114,
134, 1642.
To Marquis de Luce-Seillans, IV,
239-
Boudet to, IV, 491.
Baron de Breteuil to, IV, 263.
Michael Comyn to, IV, 263, 266,
268, 269, 270.
Joseph Matthias Gerard de Rayne
val to, IV, 295.

Grand, Ferdinand — Continued.
de Germany to, IV, 247.
Hqrneca, Fizeaux & Co., to, IV, 50.
James Hutton to, IV, 264, 272, 274.
Pousin to, IV, 314.
E. and N. Weis et fils to, IV, 271.
Henry Wyld to, IV, 505.
Decision as Arbitrator, III, 532.
Declines acting as arbitrator, III,
5412.
List of cannon wanted, IV, 247.
Mentioned, I, 227, 236, 376, 387,
555- H, 130, 225, 325, 355, 368,
428, 438. Ill, 151, 244, 266, 276,
306, 3912, 515, 517, 531. IV, 41,
49, 58, 60, 71, 77, 78, 254, 260,
263, 361, 371, 418, 445, 478, 509.
To accept no bills without the joint
order of Commissioners, III, 511.
Grand, Mme. Ferdinand.
Letters from, I, 242. II, 191. Ill,
302, 413.
Mentioned, II, 428.
Grand, Frederic, of Paris.
Mentioned, II, 504.
Grand, Sir George, of Amsterdam,
brother of Ferdinand Grand.
Letters from, I, 403, 480, 486, 490.
II, 154, 432- Ill, 413-
C. G. F. Dumas to, IV, 272s.
James Hutton to, IV, 276.
Mentioned, I, 320. II, 204, 231,
239- HI, 53i-
Opened letter to Mr. Carmichael, II,
235.
Grand, Henry, Paris Banker, son of
Ferdinand Grand.
Letters from, I, 320, 550. II, 179,
227, 272, 325, 3332, 334, 406, 444,
456, 487- HI, 4i34, 4'4-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 46", 56, 69, 71, 91, 96,
109, 113, 1142, 117, ii92, 121, 125,
127, 130, 132, 136, 1392, 141, 165.
Mentioned, II, 482, 74, 86, 117, 166.
IV, no, 137. 141.
Grand, Mr. and Mrs. Henry.
Letter from, II, 334.

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Grand, Louis Le, Merchant at Havre.
Letter from, II, 355.
Mentioned, II, 161.
Grand & Co., Bankers at Paris.
Lftters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 1622.
To J. B. Ross, IV, 3642.
Grand family.
Letter from, III, 413.
"Le Grand d'Estaing," French mer
chant vessel.
Ill, 21, 54.
Grand Facteur of Amsterdam, I, 439,
441. IV, 233, 336.
Grand Pensionnaire of Amsterdam.
Mentioned, I, 373, 402, 427, 434,
439, 447, 461.
Franklin's letter to, II, 297.
" Grand Tiger," the schooner, from
Virginia.
II, 138, 139-
Grandais, Du Demain.
Letter from, III, 126.
Grandam, Jn. P., of Bordeaux.
Letter from, I, 221.
Grandclos, B. de.
Letter from, II, 345.
" Grandville," the French privateer
brigantine.
II, 149. IV, 428.
Grangent,  .
Desires Consulship at Cette, IV, 376.
Granger, F. R., Merchant at Dunkirk.
Letter from, II, 386.
Granges,  des.
Mentioned, I, 306.
Gransby, Lady.
Mentioned, IV, 17.
Grant,  , of Jamaica.
Mentioned, I, 144.
Grant, Sir Alexander.
Mentioned, III, 475.
Grant, Charles, Vicomte de Vaux.
Letters from, IV, 410, 457.
To Marquis de la Fayette, IV, 505.
Lost his fortune in aiding America,
IV, 505-
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Grant, Parliamentary, proportionment
of, according to the number of ef
fective men in the field, III, 451.
Grant, Thomas, Merchant at Bor
deaux.
Letter from, I, 507.
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, Baron,
M. P., British Diplomatist, Leader
of the House of Commons and
Joint Postmaster-General.
Mentioned, IV, 400.
Grantley, Fletcher Norton, , Baron,
Speaker of the British House of
Commons.
Death of, III, 383.
Granville,  .
Mentioned, II, 363.
Grasse, Vicomte de.
Letter from, III, 215.
Grasse, Frangois Joseph Paul, Comte
de, Lieut.-Gen. in Command of
the French Naval forces in Amer
ica.
Letters from, II, 49s2. Ill, 11, 49.
Defeat of, II, 496.
Engagement between Admiral Rod
ney and, II, 479.
French fleet under, on point of sail
ing for America, II, 356.
Mentioned, II, 399, 415. Ill, 300,
379. IV, 60, 322, 326, 328, 493.
Grasset, Frangois, et Cie., Swiss book
sellers.
Letter from, I, 495.
Grate, Philadelphia, I, 81.
Gratien, Lieut.-Gen.
Letters from, II, 67, 159.
Grattan, Henry, Irish Statesman.
Mentioned, III, 120, 132. IV, 108.
Graux, Galart des.
Mentioned, II, 396.
Seeks appointment as Consul at Bay
onne, IV, 320.
Gravel, prescription for, III, 99.
Gravellini, Mme. Dueil de.
Letter from, III, 97.
Graves,  .
Governorship offered to, III, 447.

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Graves, Admiral Samuel, of British
Navy.
Mentioned, II, 274, 289. Ill, 109,
142. IV, 39.
Gravier,  .
Letter from, I, 394.
Gravier, Chevalier du.
Mentioned, I, 306.
Gray, D.
Letter from, I, 562.
Gray, Sieur Frangois.
Mentioned, III, 7.
Gray, Joseph.
Anonymous to, IV, 380.
Great Britain, Account of exports and
imports from, 1689 to 1762, IV,
187.
Cruelty with which, has waged war,
IV, 489.
Maps of, IV, 23, 25.
Parliament of, Bill by, IV, 194.
Pretended reply of, to the Declara
tion of Independence, IV, 407.
To prevent, sending foreign troops,
I, 195-
Treaty of Peace with America, Com
ments on, IV, 94, 96.
Definitive, III, 99. IV, 346, 349.
Denial of report of, I, 311.
Fishery and territory rights se
cured by, II, 476.
Selection of bearer of, to America,
III, 102, 106, 159.
Twenty-second Article of Prelimi
nary, III, 119, 138. IV, 95,
102, 107, 109, 117, 220.
Sketch of the signing of the pre
liminary, IV, 122.
Great Britain and her Colonies.
Differences between, III, 465s.
Union between, advocated, IV, 502.
" Political reflections on the dispute
between," I, 38.
Great Britain and Ireland, Maps of,
II, 206.
Greek priests used knowledge of elec
tricity to work wonders, II, 247.
Greelaud, H. I., of Nantes.
Letter from, II, 155.

Green,  .
Mentioned, II, 173.
Green,  .
Mentioned, III, 453.
Green, Benjamin, English Mezzotint
engraver.
Mentioned, II, 489.
Green, John, Captain of U. S. pri
vateer.
Letters from, II, 100, 107.
Mentioned, I, 285. II, 101, 106,
238. IV, 17, 29.
Vessel sunk, II, 214.
Green, Jonas, of Annapolis, Md.
Letter from, I, 3.
Green, Peter, American prisoner.
Letter from, III, 73.
Greene, Catherine, Wife of Gov. Wil
liam Greene, see also, Ray, Cath
erine.
Letters from, I, 29, 176, 304. II,
142, 380, 512. Ill, 279, 358, 360.
Letter to, III, 478.
Mentioned, III, 68.
Greene, Griffin.
Letter from, III, 139.
Mentioned, III, 87.
Greene, Nathanael, Maj.-Gen. in the
Continental Army.
To Samuel Huntington, IV, 317.
To Gen. George Washington, IV,
317.
Battle between, and Gen. Cornwal
lis, III, 529.
Mentioned, II, 19, 79, 274, 364, 407,
435, 453- HI, 62, 87. IV, 53,
632, 3222.
Greene, Mrs. Nathanael.
Mentioned, III, 360.
Greene, Ray, Son of Gov. William
Greene.
Letter from, I, 183.
Mentioned, II, 149, 512. Ill, 279.
Greene, William, Governor of Rhode
Island.
Letters from, I, 176, 543. II, 149.
Mentioned, II, 55, 155.
Greenleaf, Joseph, of Boston.
Letter from, II, 5.

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Greenleaf, Thomas.
Letter from, III, si-
Greenwood,  , Boston painter.
Letter from, I, 335.
Gregoire,  .
Mentioned, II, 130, 136. IV, 446.
Gregoire freres.
Letter from, I, 562.
Gregoire, Barthelemy de.
Mentioned, III, 190.
Gregorie, David, lawyer at Dunkirk.
Letters from, II, 297, 305.
Gregory, Etienne.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Gregory, Stephen, Lieutenant on U. S.
frigate " Confederacy."
Letters from, II, 393, 443.
Mentioned, IV, 443.
Greig, Henry, Merchant at Gotten-
burg.
Letters from, II, m, 390.
Greissot,  .
Letter from, III, 54.
Greive, George.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 319.
Grelett, A., of Dantzig.
Mentioned, I, 82.
Grenada, Conquest of, II, 115. IV,
202, 296.
Grenel, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 172.
Grenus, Col. Tissot.
Letters from, I, 230, 260, 274.
Grenville claim, III, 159.
Grenville, George, First Lord of the
Treasury and Chancellor of the
Exchequer of England.
Mentioned, I, 29, 79, 84. Ill, 479.
Has full powers to treat for Peace
and offer of independence to
America, IV, 504.
Grenville, William Wyndham, Brit
ish Statesman.
Mentioned, II, 485.
Gresplang,  de.
Letter from, II, 122.
Greuze, Mme.
Letter from, III, 414.

Greuze, Mme. — Continued.
Verses by, IV, 235.
Grey, R.
To John Evans, IV, 299.
Greyer, Herr.
Letter from, III, 67.
" Greyhound," the Letter of Marque.
Mentioned, II, 472.
Gridley, Joseph.
Letters from, II, 32, 107, 231,
Mentioned, IV, 427.
Gridley, Richard, Chief Engineer and
Commander of Artillery of the
Colonial Army at Cambridge.
Letter from, I, 523.
Griffin,  , of the Admiralty
Court of France.
Letters from, IV, 424, 425.
Griffin, Cyrus, M. C. C, Virginia
Jurist, Judge U. S. District Court.
Letter from, II, 148.
Elected President of Congress, III,
365-
Griffith, C. E., of London.
Letter from, II, 521.
Griffitts, Dr. Samuel Powel, M. A. P.
S., Professor in the University of
Pennsylvania.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 86.
Mentioned, II, 384. IV, 58.
Grigby, Joshua, Jr.
Mentioned, III, 26, 30.
Grigson,  . i
A. Johnston to, IV, 329.
Grillet, J., American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 159.
Grimaldi, Geronimo, Duke of.
Mentioned, I, 325, 227.
Grimm, Frederic Melchior, Baron de,
French critic.
Letter from, III, 246.
Grimoult, J. B.
Letters from, II, 462. Ill, 114.
Grinnell, Moses, Captain U. S. Mer
chant Marine.
Mentioned, II, 32, 159, 172, 179.
Arrived at Boston, II, 502.

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Grinnell, Richard, of Newport, brother
of William Grinnell, Captain in
U. S. Merchant Marine.
Letters from, I, 456, 497, 509, 520.
Jacobus Lefferts to, IV, 219.
Thomas Randall to, IV, 219.
Mentioned, I, 141. IV, 217, 483.
Grinnell, Lieut. William, U. S. Navy.
Mentioned, I, 456.
Grist Mill, Invention of a wheel for
a, by Mr. Kelsy, IV, 432.
Grive,  .
Mentioned, III, 59, 72.
Grivel, Guillaume, M. A. P. S., French
litterateur.
Letter from, III, 48.
Grivet,  , French Merchant.
Letter from, II, 191.
Grobert, L. J. de.
Letter from, III, 50.
Groc, F. Deumie.
Letters from, III, 228, 234.
Letter to, III, 549.
Groc, J. Baptiste Deumie.
Terrasson Freres & Co., to, IV, 351.
Grooss, William, of County of Corn
wall, Eng., tinner.
Bond to Joseph Growdon, IV, 168.
Gros,  .
Letter from, I, 161.
Grose, Alexander, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 521.
Grosett, Charles.
Letter from, III, 160.
Grosley, Pierre Jean, F. R. S., Mem
ber of Academie des Inscriptions
at Paris.
Letter from, II, 345.
Gross, Sieur, Surgeon.
Mentioned, I, 453.
Grosser's Widow & Co., Godfrey,
Merchants at Leipsic.
Letter from, III, 47.
Grouet,  .
Mentioned, I, 200.
Grove, Leslie.
Letter from, I, 469.

Grove, Sil., of London, Trustee for
the State of Maryland.
Letter from, II, 287.
Growdon, Joseph, Member of the
Provincial Council of Pennsylva
nia, Speaker of the Assembly and
Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
Bond from Nicholas Courtney to, IV,
168.
Bond from William Grooss to, IV,
168.
Growdon, Jr., Joseph, Attorney-Gen
eral of Pennsylvania, son of Joseph
Growdon.
To his brother, IV, 1722.
Growdon, Lawrence, Member of the
Assembly of Pennsylvania, Mem
ber of the Provincial Council, Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, son of
Joseph Growdon.
J. Banley to, IV, 171.
Bond for Edmund Morrice to, IV,
168.
Samuel Bownas to, IV, 172.
Sampson Coyesarne to, IV, 169.
Jenet Hooper to, IV, 172.
John Hooper to, IV, 170, 1713, 172.
John Kelly to, IV, 174.
Mary and William Williams to,
IV, 173-
Plan of a tract of land belonging to,
in Bucks County, Pa., IV, 396.
Receipt for rent from Mary Walker,
IV, 168.
Growdon, Mrs. Lawrence.
Charles Hooper to, IV, 171.
Death of, IV, 172.
" Growing Lock of Hair," IV, 313.
Grubb,  .
Letter from, III, 5.
Mentioned, II, 450.
Grubb,  .
Failure of, III, 97.
Grubb, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 3.
Grubb, J.
Letters from, III, 203, 256.

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Grubb, J. — Continued.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.
Gruber, Abbe.
Mentioned, III, 390.
Gruel, J., Nantes Banker.
Letters from, I, 1912, 192, 193, i942,
210, 270, 551. IV, 403.
To P. Penet, IV, 301.
Mentioned, I, 196, 499, 507. II,
338.
Gruel, J., & Co., Nantes Bankers.
Willing to advance their credit to
Virginia, I, 300.
Mentioned, II, 30.
Gruffy,  de.
Letters from, I, 375, 381, 505.
Grugenot, 
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 17.
Grumly, see Kelly, Amy and Capt.
John.
Griinberger,  , Civil Engi
neer.
Letter from, I, 412.
Mentioned, I, 412.
Gruner, A. Rodolph.
Letters from, I, 2942, 361.
Guadaloupe, the Governor of.
To William Bingham, IV, 302.
The Commissioners of Commerce to,
IV, 302.
Guards, The State of Pennsylvania's
Invalid.
Letter from, III, 326.
Guay,'  de, Captain of Artil
lery in the service of Georgia.
Mentioned, IV, 417.
Gudin de la Brenellerie, Paul Philippe,
French litterateur.
Mentioned, III, 337.
Guemadeuc, Baudoin de, French
pamphleteer.
To Jean Baptiste Le Roy, IV, 268.
Guen, Charles Le.
Letter from, IV, 443.
Gueneau,  de Montbeliard.
Mentioned, II, 522.

Guerin,

-, Merchant of Auray,

France.
Letters from, I, 202, 275, 310, 311.
To his cousin, IV, 337.
To M. Dalibard, IV, 374.
Jealousy between the Admiralty of
ficers of Vannes and, I, 200.
Guernsey privateer off the mouth of
the Loire, I, 296.
Ships, IV, 234.
Guess, Charles.
Letter from, III, 293.
Guevel, Ollivier de, et al.
Letter from, II, 475.
Guevelin, Marguerite.
Bill of expenses, IV, 509.
Gueyssac, Messrs. de, French Officers.
Mentioned, I, 237.
Guez,  , of Lausanne.
Mentioned, I, 235.
Guffroy, Armand Benoit Joseph, Law
yer at Arras.
Letter from, III, 130.
Guibert family.
Mentioned, III, 106.
Guichard aine,  , Brother of
Augustin Guichard.
Letters from, I, 465, 476, 488.
Guichard, Augustin, Officer on board
the U. S. privateer "Lexington."
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 485.
Mentioned, I, 465, 476.
Guichard de Meinieres, Mme.
Letters from, III, 101, 106.
Guichen, Luc Urbain du Bouexic,
Comte de, M. A. P. S., Lieutenant-
General of the French Naval
Armies.
Mentioned, III, 358.
Guienne,  de.
Letter from, I, 304.
Guigon,  .
Letter from, I, 487.
Guild, Benjamin, of Boson.
Letter from, II, 459.
Mentioned, II, 244, 343.
Guilde, Ebenezer, et al., of Franklin,
Mass.
Letter from, III, 318.

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Guilin,

Fruit Dealer at Guitton,

Captain of the

Chaillot.
Letter from, III, 414.
Guiliet,  .
Letter from, II, 337.
Guillard,  .
To Dangeuil, IV, 374.
Guillaud, Claud.
Letter from, I, 393.
Guillaume,  .
Letter from, III, 37.
Guillaume,  .
Strange to, IV, 292.
Guillaume, Veuve.
Letter from, III, 81.
Guillaume, Paul.
Mentioned, III, 81.
Guillot,  .
Letter from, III, 256.
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace, French Phy
sician.
Letters from, III, 345, 350, 357,
366, 370, 376.
Desires to become an American citi
zen, III, 345, 366.
Mentioned, III, 196.
Guilman,  , Captain of the
French war-ship " Calonne."
Mentioned, II, 238.
Guinchard,  .
Letter from, III, 55.
Guinea, Thomas.
Letter from, II, 132.
Guines, Due de.
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507.
Guinot,  .
Letter from, II, 103.
Guion de St. Marie, Mile.
Mentioned, I, 149.
Guiot,  .
Letter from, I, 500.
Guirant,  , of Bordeaux.
Letter from, I, 217.
Guiraud, Nicolas.
Letter from, I, 562.
Guist, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 65.

Militia Forces in the French West
Indies.
Mentioned, IV, 176.
Guitton, Le Camus.
Letter from, I, 293.
Gulf-Stream, Dr. Franklin's Obser
vations on, III, 364.
True course of the western edge of,
HI, 397-
Gum, elastic, IV, 401.
Gun barrels purchased for America, of
poor quality, IV, 509.
Gun carriage, improvements in, made
by M. Mancet, III, 423.
Gun-powder, exportation of, pro
hibited, I, 178.
Ordered, IV, 222.
Rendered non-explosive, I, 504.
Gunnison, Benjamin, Captain of the
brig "Morris."
Letter from, I, 545.
Mentioned, I, 552.
Gurard, Dupuy du.
Mentioned, III, 364.
Gursch, Theodore, of the Prussian
Army.
Letter from, II, 115.
Guyetand, Claude Marie, French poet.
Letter from, II, 315.
Guyon,  .
Letters from, III, 130, 132.
Guyot,  .
Letter from, III, 414.
Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard,
Baron de, Member of the French
Academy, F. R. S., French chemist.
Mentioned, I, 220, 223.

H-

-, F-

Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 129.
H  , J  .
Letters from, I, 214. Ill, 43.
H  y, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 38.
Haag, Jean, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 164.

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Haas, Col. de, of the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, I, 181.
Habakkak, the book of, IV, 182.
Haberlin (nee Luther), Christine
Marguerite.
Letter from, III, 230.
Habersham, James, Governor of
Georgia.
Letter from, I, 109.
Hachis,  .
Role of the Cook, in the play "L'En-
rage," IV, 387.
Hacker, Hoysted, Captain of the pri
vateer "Buccaneer."
Mentioned, II, 401.
Hackney coaches in London, III, 446.
Haddock,  .
Mentioned, III, 479.
Hadenbrock, Jean.
Letter from, III, 54.
Hagen,  .
Mentioned, I, 72.
Hagen, Messrs. Jacob, and Son, of
London.
Mentioned, II, 2.
Hagendorp, Charles de.
Letter from, III, 73.
Haight, Capt. Cornelius.
Mentioned, I, 243.
Haine, Mary, Wife of an American
prisoner.
Letter from, II, 384.
Haines, R., map and print seller in
Paris.
Letters from, I, 258. II, 228.
Haines, Reuben, of Germantown,
Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 184.
Haineville, Mme.
Letter from, I, 277.
Hains, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 79.
Haisley, Joseph.
To the Committee of the Continen
tal Congress, IV, 223.
Hakins, George, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 12.

Halbach, Jean and Caspar, and fils.
Letter from, III, 48.
Haider & Co.
Letter from, II, 323.
Haldimand, Gen. Sir Frederick, Gov
ernor of Canada.
Mentioned, III, 204, 215.
Hale,  .
Mentioned, I, 144.
Halifax, George Montague Dunk, Earl
of, British Secretary of State.
Gov. William Franklin to, IV, 1883.
Mentioned, I, 6, 9, 29.
Hall,  .
Models for a bridge, III, 309.
Hall, David, M. A. P. S., Philadelphia
printer and partner of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letter from, I, 37.
Peter Timothy to, IV, 1752.
Mentioned, I, 27, 48, 49, 52, 62, 65,
124, 127, 135, 137, 144, 458. Ill,
448, 452, 487- IV, 215.
Hall, David, of Lewes, Delaware.
To James West, IV, 202.
Hall, Elijah, Lieut, in U. S. Navy.
Letters from, I, 435, 568.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 249.
Hall, John.
Matthew Clarkson and Michael Hil-
legas to, IV, 195.
Charles Morris, Jr., to, IV, 202.
Francis Peabody to, IV, 201.
Mentioned, IV, 201, 202.
Hall & Sellers, Philadelphia printers.
Letter to, III, 544.
Halley, Dr. Edmund, Astronomer.
Life Insurance observations, IV, 374.
Halliman, John.
Letter from, III, 414.
d'Halluin, Mme.
Letters from, III, 414s, 415.
Hallyday, J. H.
Mentioned, IV, 493.
Halstead, John Matthias.
To John Lafitte Cadet, IV, 375.
Haltzendorff, Baronne de.
Letter from, III, 415.

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Haly, Dr.
Mentioned, I, 126.
Hamburg, Burgomasters and Senators
of the Republic of.
Letter from, III, 44.
Hamelin,  , of Nantes.
Letter from, II, 30.
Hamet, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 20.
Hamilton,  .
Letter from, III, 328.
Hamilton,  .
Mentioned, I, 24, 26.
Hamilton,  , of Ireland.
Mentioned, II, 41.
Hamilton, Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 195.
Hamilton, Dr.
Mentioned, . I, 5.
Hamilton, James, President of The
American Philosophical Society,
Governor of Pennsylvania.
General Assembly of Pennsylvania
to, IV, 184.
Mentioned, I, 22, 34, 35, 36. Ill,
379-
Hamilton, J. R.
Fairholme & Luther to, IV, 234.
Hamilton, R.
Letter from, I, 292.
Hamilton, William, of the Wood
lands, near Philadelphia, M. A.
P. S., nephew of Gov. James
Hamilton.
Mentioned, IV, 157.
Hamilton, Sir William, F. R. S., Brit
ish Minister at Naples.
Mentioned, II, 240. Ill, 490.
Hamilton & Balfour, Booksellers in
Edinburgh.
James Parker to, IV, 194.
Mentioned, I, 90.
Hammet,  .
Visiting card, IV, 509.
Hammon, John, sailor. ,
Mentioned, III, 124.
Hammond, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 224, 225, 228, 250.

Hammond, EInathan.
To Capt. Isaac All, IV, 359.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Hammond, George.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 109, no2.
Hammond, Mrs. John Arnold.
Mentioned, IV, 359.
Hammond, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 316.
Hamor, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 267.
" Hampden," the privateer.
I, 475, 520, 568.
Hampden, Sir Thomas.
Anonymous to, IV, 224.
Hamson, Stephen, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 343.
d'Hanache, Marquis Alexandre.
Letters from, IV, 404, 415.
William Alexander, Earl of Stirling,
to, IV, 495.
Mentioned, IV, 416.
Hanbury, Capel.
Peter Collinson to, IV, '184.
Hanbury, C. and O., of London.
Mentioned, I, 44.
Hanbury, Osgood, of London, Trustee
for the State of Maryland.
Letter from, II, 287.
" Hancock," the U. S. ship of war.
II, 376.
Hancock, George.
Mentioned, IV, 443. '
Hancock, John, President of the Con
tinental Congress and Governor
of Massachusetts.
Letters from, I, 362. IV, 442.
Letter to, III, 527.
Gen. Gates to, IV, 238s, 240.
Major Ottendorff to, IV, 227.
Gen. Washington to, IV, 239.
Mentioned, I, 91, 182, 198, 391, 408,
480, 486. II, 288, 422, 438. Ill,
431. IV, 22, 224, 225, 2262, 229,
248, 403, 44i, 484-
Hancock, Philip.
Letters from, I, 467, 470.

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Hand, Gen. Edward, M. C. C. from
Pennsylvania, Brig.-Gen. in the
Continental service.
Mentioned, IV, 441.
Hankars, Jean Nicolas Joseph, of
Liige.
Mentioned, III, 149.
Hannay, Samuel.
• Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 165.
Hannet,  .
Mentioned, I, 381.
"Hannibal," the ship.
IV, 98.
Hannon, John, Irish prisoner.
Mentioned, IV, 344.
Hannoteau,  .
Mentioned, IV, 178.
Hanson, Gustavus, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 376.
Hanson, John, M. C. C, from Mary
land, and President of the Con
gress.
Mentioned, IV, 329.
" Happy Alliance," privateer.
II, 123.
"Happy Return," the British cartel
ship.
II, 21 82.
Harcken, Johann Wilhelm, Clergy
man of Hamburg.
Letter from, I, 441.
Harding, Ralph, Retired Officer in the
India Service.
Letter from, I, 431.
Mentioned, I, 438.
Harding, Richard, Captain of the brig
" Success."
Mentioned, IV, 256.
Harding-Gesche, Mme.
Letter from, III, 204.
d'Hardoncelle, Mme.
Letters from, III, 4152.
Hardouin,  .
Letter from, II, 87.
Hardy,  , Roman Catholic
priest.
Letter from, III, 136.

Hardy, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 83, 89.
Hardy, Amable, Merchant at Nantes.
Letter from, II, 129.
Hardy, Charles.
Richard Hillback to, IV, 361.
Hardy, Sir Charles, Admiral in the
British Navy and Commander of
the Channel Fleet.
Mentioned, II, no, 200.
Hare, Georgiana Shipley, Daughter of
Jonathan Shipley (see also Ship
ley, Georgiana).
Letter from, III, 240, 275.
Mentioned, III, 323.
Hare, J., Brother of Robert Hare, of
Philadelphia.
Letter from, II, in.
Hare, Richard, Jr., of Cork.
Letter from, II, 454.
Hare, Robert, of Philadelphia.
Letters from, I, 152. Ill, 392.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. William White to,
IV, 366.
Harford,  .
Mentioned, IV, 458.
Harford, Henry, of Maryland.
Letter from, II, 521.
Mentioned, II, 521.
D'Hargicourt,  .
Letter from, I, 410.
Hari, Mechia Caph. de.
Letter from, IV, 406.
Harlem River, wooden bridge to span,
HI, 3°9-
Harman & Lewis to Jonathan Wil
liams, Jr., IV, 309.
Harmand,  .
Letter from, II, 316.
Harmanson, John S., of Virginia.
Letters from, I, 348. II, 49.
Harmar, Fort, Ohio.
Ancient fortifications found near,
HI, 367-
Harmar, Josiah, Colonel in the Con
tinental Army, Adjutant-General
of Pennsylvania.
Letter from, III, 336.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Harmar, Josiah — Continued.
Mentioned, III, 166, 188.
Ratification of Definitive Treaty of
Peace entrusted to, III, 159.
Harmar & Lewis, Phila. Merchants.
Mentioned, IV, 40, 49.
Harmonica (see Armonica).
" Harmony," the merchant ship.
II, 526. Ill, 505.
" Harmony Hall," merchant ship from
Newbern, North Carolina.
I, 384-
Harnage, Major, British Officer.
Mentioned, II, 183.
Harpsichord, music for the, III, 454.
" Harrier," the brigantine.
HI, 433-
Harriman, James.
Letters from, I, 403, 528.
"Harriott," the brig.
IV, 228.
Harris,  .
Letter to, III, 441.
Harris,  , Captain of the mer
chant ship " Concord."
Mentioned, I, 191.
Harris, Sir James, Earl of Malmes-
bury, British Ambassador to Rus
sia.
Mentioned, II, 346.
Harris, Robert, Lieutenant on board
the "Reprisal."
Letter from, III, 389.
Harrison,  .
Letter from, III, 138.
Harrison,  .
Mentioned, III, 97.
Harrison,  .
Mentioned, III, 252.
Harrison,  . Captain of the
"Jolly Tar."
Mentioned, II, 505.
Harrison, Benjamin, Virginia dele
gate to the Continental Congress.
Letters from, I, 192, 195, 200, 211,
241, 256, 263, 278. Ill, 205, 211.
IV, 403.

Harrison, George, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 380, IV, 57, 66.
Harrison, John, British Horologist.
Book on watch of, III, 466.
Improvement for measuring equal
time at sea, I, 24, 49.
Harrison, Jos., of Rhode Island, M.
A. P. S.
Mentioned, I, 34, 35, 43, 49.
Harrison, Richard, Agent at Mar
tinique for Virginia and Mary
land.
Letter from, II, 128.
To David Salisbury Franks, IV, 323.
Mentioned, II, 90.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 300.
Harrison, Robert, American prisoner.
Letters from, I, 509, 515.
Harrison, William.
To William Vaughan, IV, 363.
Hartley,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 120.
Hartley, Mrs.
Letter from, II, 299.
Hartley, David, Member of Parlia
ment, Commissioner for negotia
ting Peace in America, see also
" Humanitas."
Letters from, I, 165, 173, 179, 241,
367, 370, 435, 442, 456, 458, 477,
5072, 5", 543, 547-
II. i32, 35, 52, 54, 65, 66, 74, 103,
154, 1612, 170, 203, 204, 206, 221,
230, 299, 378, 398.
Ill, 254, 272, 275, 307, 320, 333, 369,
395-
Letters to, III, 499, 536.
To Lord George Germain, IV, 292.
I. Bell to, IV, 281, 299.
Walter Farquharson to, IV, 281.
Robert Lulman, IV, 2992.
Mentioned, I, 360, 367, 405, 408,
423. II, 28, 35. Ill, 120, 306,
500, 545. IV, 15, no2, 117, 148,
338, 5°4-
Protest by, IV, 375.

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Hartley, Samuel, of London, cousin of
David Hartley.
Letter from, I, 360.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 57, 60.
To  Gamba, IV, 264.
Mentioned, II, 378. IV, 61.
Hartley, Thomas, Colonel of the Penn
sylvania forces.
Letter from, I, 181.
Hartman, Isaac.
Mentioned, III, 312.
Hartmann, John Frederick.
Letter from, I, 75.
Hartmann, Rudolphe Ernest, of Am
sterdam.
Letters from, II, 22, 38. IV, 412,
413.
Hartung family, Genealogical Rec
ord of the, from 1589-1777, IV,
394-
Hartwell, James, of Salem, Mass.
Death of, III, 251.
Mentioned, III, 264.
Seizure of, by the Spanish Inquisi
tion, III, 545.
Hartwell, John, of Boston.
Letter from, II, 183.
Hartwig, Sebastian.
Letters from, I, 406. Ill, 59.
Harvard College.
Letters from, I, 8, 161.
Governor Pownall's Deed to, III, 28.
" Philosophical Papers " sent to, by
Dr. Franklin, III, 472.
Harvey, Mrs.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 84.
Harvey, Reuben, of Cork.
Letters from, II, 480. Ill, 89.
To the Commissioners of the Reve
nue, Dublin, IV, 341, 342.
Benjamin Vaughan to, IV, 342.
To Henry Laurens, IV, 343.
Haselton, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 197.
Hasenclever,  .
Mentioned, II, 67.

Hasenclever, Peter.
Letters from, II, 67. Ill, 322.
Hastings, Francis Rawdon, Mar-
quis of.
Mentioned, II, 413. IV, 348.
Hatch, Captain.
Mentioned, I, 481.
Hatton, John, Collector of Customs
at Salem, N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 2052, 207.
Complaint by, against Justices of the
Peace at Cape May, IV, 213.
Indictment of, for perjury, IV, 392.
Haudouin, Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 327.
d'Hauteville, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 212.
Havana, the taking of, III, 453, 454.
Havet,  .
Letter from, III, 415.
Havre, warlike preparations against
England at, II, 112.
" Hawk," schooner.
I, 347, 399-
Hawker, James, Captain of British
sloop of war " Sardoine."
Mentioned, I, 52. II, 183.
Hawkesworth, Mrs.
Anonymous to, IV, 380.
Hawkesworth, Dr. Jno., British Au
thor.
Letter from, I, 116.
Mentioned, I, in, 112, 147. Ill,
335-
Hawkins,  . of Carolina.
Letter from, I, 405.
Mentioned, I, 389.
Haxthausen, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 27.
Hay,  .
Mentioned, I, 151.
Hay, David, Lt.-Col. of the British
Army.
To the Lords of the Treasury, IV,
287.
Mentioned, IV, 290.
Hay, Hannah.
Letters from, III, 397.

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Hay, John, Jr.
Letters from, II, 104, 108.
Haydock, Eden.
Estate of, III, 334.
Haydock, Rebecca, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 19.
Hayes, W.
Letter from, I, 323.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.
Haygarth, Dr. John, F. R. S., Brit
ish physician.
Letter from, III, 383.
Haynes,  .
Mentioned, I, 147.
Hays, Getlah.
Letter from, III, 397.
Hays, Solomon.
Mentioned, III, 397.
Haywood,  .
Mentioned, II, 42, 216.
Haywood, William.
Mentioned, III, 4322.
" Hazard," the Letter of Marque.
Ill, 432. IV, 95-
Hazard, Ebenezer, M. A. P. S., Post
master-General of the United
Colonies.
Letters from, I, 1802.
Hazard, Samuel, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Letter to, III, 444.
Hazlehurst, Isaac, American Mer
chant at Nantes.
Letter from, II, 464.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 75, 91.
Mentioned, II, 375, 450.
Hazlehurst & Grubb, American Mer
chants at Nantes.
Mentioned, II, 456.
Head, talking, III, 74, 75.
Hearing, Franklin's suggestion to as
sist, III, 389.
" Heart of Oak," the American mer
chant ship.
I, 413-

Hearts of Oaks.
Mentioned, IV, 193.
Heat, Light, etc., General Ideas on,
by Dr. Franklin.
Ill, 262.
Heat-conducting quality of different
metals, II, 474.
Heath, William, Major-General in
the Continental Army.
Gen. Burgoyne to, IV, 243s, 244.
To Gen. John Burgoyne, IV, 243.
Mentioned, IV, 242.
Heathcote, Harriott.
Letter from, I, 453.
Heaven, description of, and how Dr.
Franklin intends to spend his time
in, III, 515.
Heberden, Sr., William, F. R. S., Brit
ish Physician.
Letter from, IV, 402.
Hebert,  .
Mentioned, II, 191.
Hechtfischer, Rev. Erhard Christien.
Letter from, I, 355.
Heckingham, House of Industry at,
struck by lightning, II, 471.
Hector,  .
Mentioned, II, 419.
Hegnye, Alexander.
Petition of, to the Marquis de Cas
tries, IV, 467.
Heimenthal, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 142.
Heines, G. Keith & Co., Wm., of Os-
tend.
Mentioned, IV, 101.
Heitz,  , of Strasbourg.
Letter from, I, 492.
Hellfriedt,  de.
Letter from, I, 363.
Hellstede, Charles, Swedish Consul at
Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 360.
Helman,  .
Letter from, III, 348.
Helman de Villebrouk, Nicolas A.
To Marechal de Segur, IV, 380.

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Helvetius, Mme. Anne Catherine de
Ligneville d'Autricourt.
Letters from, II, 191, 521. Ill,
237, 268, 297, 328.
Mentioned, I, 557. II, 47, 56, 138,
187, 192, 335, 435, 4362, 5182. Ill,
132, 208, 291, 299, 301, 346, 3492,
428s. IV, 17, 72, 75, 89, 122, 130.
Hemmer, Abbe Jacob.
Letters from, I, 510. II, 279.
Hemostatic powder, IV, 370, 420.
Hemp machine, new, I, 26.
Henckell, E.
Letter from, I, 157.
Henderson, Richard.
Mentioned, II, 276.
Henessienne, Dr.
Letter from, I, 504.
Henin,  .
Mentioned, III, 76.
d'Henin, d' Alsace, Prince.
Letter from, II, 411.
d'Henin, Princess.
Mentioned, IV, 149.
Henley, David, Colonel Continental
Army.
Mentioned, I, 433.
Henly, William, F . R. S., Electrician.
Letters from, I, 117, 125, 1283, 141,
146.
W. Chapman to, IV, 218.
Electrometer of, III, 288.
Mentioned, I, 141. II, 109, 122,
143.
Hennet,  , Merchant at Paris.
Letters from, I, 287, 335, 350, 382.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 278.
Mentioned, I, 556. Ill, 505.
Henry,  .
Letter from, IV, 416.
Henry,  , Colonel in the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, II, 147.
Henry of Prussia, Prince, visits Dr.
Franklin, IV, 128.
Henry, George, Merchant of Philadel
phia.
Mentioned, III, 370. IV, 363.

Henry, Patrick, Delegate to First Con.
tinental Congress, Governor of
Virginia.
Letter from, I, 371.
Letter to, III, 518.
To Richard Bache, IV, 234.
To Rawleigh Colston, IV, 241.
Mentioned, I, 539. II, 53.
Signature of, IV, 477.
Henry, William, of Lancaster, M. A.
P. S., Pioneer in steam navigation.
Mentioned, I, 98.
Henshaw, Joshua, Boston Selectman.
Letter from, I, 91.
Henzile, Charles.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 319.
Hepburn,  .
To marry Miss Duffield, IV, 57.
Herault, Mrs. Robert, of Calais.
Letter from, I, 507.
Heraut,  .
Letter from, III, 146.
Herbelot,  , Dr. Franklin's
servant.
Jules, Comte de Montfort to, IV,
311.
Herbergs, John, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 277.
To the Elector Palatine of Bavaria,
IV, 375.
d'Herbigny, Mme. Rutledge, Daugh
ter of Sir Walter Rutledge.
Letters from, III, 41, 64.
Mentioned, III, 40.
" Hercules," the Letter of Marque.
II, 317. IV, 432.
Hereaud, Jean, Captain of the Letter
of Marque "Mercury."
Mentioned, I, 277.
D'herimez,  .
Letters from, I, 462. .II, 411.
Herkimer, Nicholas, Brig.-Gen. of
New York Militia in Continental
Army.
Mentioned, IV, 246.
Hermans, Heroquelle, French Manu
facturer.
Letter from, III, 32.

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" Hermione," French ship of war.
II, 87, 223, 252. IV, 39, 57.
Hernia, IV, 410.
" Hero," the English vessel.
I, 373-
" Heroic Postscript," a poem.
HI, 495-
D'Herouville de Claye, Antoine de
Ricouart, Comte, Lieut.-Gen. in
French Army, and military writer.
To Jean Baptiste Le Roy, IV, 375.
Mentioned, I, 233.
Herreria, Vicomte de la, Spanish En
voy at The Hague.
Mentioned, II, 99. Ill, 31.
Herreria, M. and Mme. la Vicomtesse
de la.
Mentioned, III, 12.
Herreyns, Guillaume Jacques, Flem
ish Painter.
Mentioned, III, 37.
Herries & Co., Sir Robert, London
Bankers.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 119, 124, 131.
Hersaut,  .
Letter from, II, 73.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 27.
Herschel, Sir William, F. R. S., M.
A. P. S., British Astronomer.
Letter from, III, 334.
Discovery of two satellites, III, 337.
Mentioned, III, 126.
Observations on Mars, IV, 470.
d'Hertin, Coppen, Officer of the French
Admiralty.
Letter from, II, 251.
Hervey, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 76.
Hesse, Raising of troops in, IV, 403.
Hesse, Mrs.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 101, 104, 127, 134.
Mentioned, IV, 99.
Hessians, ships sent for, I, 209.
Denouncing the, IV, 224.

Hessians — Continued.
Hung by Americans, I, 209.
Kindness to, in prison, I, 246.
Trouble between the British and, IV,
487.
Het, Lenormant de.
Letter from, III, 76.
" Hetty," the brig.
IV, 93-
Heusch, Baron de.
Letter from, I, 321.
Hevin, A. M. de Navarre.
Letter from, I, 311.
Letter to, III, 505.
Hewes, Josiah, Director of the Phila
delphia Library Co.
Letter from, I, 133.
Letter to, III, 493.
Hewlings, Abraham, Member of the
New Jersey Assembly.
Letter from, I, 128.
Hewlings, T. P., of New Jersey.
Letter to, III, 493.
Mentioned, III, 496.
Hewson, Mary, nee Stevenson, wife
of Dr. William Hewson.
Letters from, I, 171, 177, 1852. Ill,
334. IV, 449, 455.
Letter to, III, 534.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 129, 130, 1313.
To Mile. Biheron, IV, 225.
Mentioned, I, no, 146. II, 491.
Ill, 217, 219, 222, 224, 227, 238,
274, 3i5, 388, 494, 545. IV, 6,
122, 126, 135.
Hewson, Dr. William, of London, M.
A. P. S., F. R. S., Anatomist.
Mentioned, I, 115, 149. Ill, 474.
Death of, III, 494.
Hewson, Dr. and Mrs. William.
Letter from, IV, 401.
Hewson, Jr., William, Son of Dr. Wil
liam Hewson.
Mentioned, III, 484.
Hey, Anne.
Mentioned, III, 382.

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Hey, William, Chief Justice of
Canada.
Hugh Finlay to, IV, 198.
Mentioned, IV, 200.
Heyliger, Thomas, of Amsterdam.
Letter from, II, 375.
Heyman's Sons, Herman, Merchant at
Bremen.
Letters from, III, 22, 40, 91, 162.
Heyward, Thomas, South Carolina
delegate to Continental Congress.
Letter from, I, 444. '
Heywood,  , of Paris.
Mentioned, I, 394.
Hickey, Chevalier.
Mentioned, I, 471.
Hicks, Charles, Servant of Benjamin
Franklin.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
356.
Mentioned, III, 285. IV, 356.
Hill,  .
Letter from, I, 487.
Mentioned, III, 259.
Hill, Charles, of Bristol, England.
Mentioned, II, 344.
Hill, Charles, of Manchester, England.
Letter from, III, 3.
Hill, Henry, M. A. P. S., Philadelphia
Merchant and one of the execu
tors of the last will of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letter from, III, 381.
Hill, J.
Letter from, II, 495.
Hill, James.
Letters from, III, 193, 204, 328.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 131.
Hill, James, of Manchester, England.
Letter from, III, 3.
Hill, Joseph, of Manchester, England.
Mentioned, III, 3.
Hill, Joses, Merchant at Bordeaux.
Letter from, I, 507.
Hill, Samuel, Surgeon on the British
sloop "Drake."
Letter from, II, 115.

Hillary & Scot.
Letter to, III, 450.
Hillback, Richard.
To Charles Hardy, IV, 361.
Hillegas, Michael, of Philadelphia,
M. A. P. S., Treasurer of the
U. S.
Letters from, I, 95, 101, 252, 368.
Ill, 2, 323, 374, 379.
To John Hall, IV, 195.
Mentioned, I, 48, 117. II, 234, 407.
Hillegas, Mr. and Mrs., Ill, 83.
Hilliard, Timothy, Congregational
Minister at Cambridge, Mass.
Mentioned, III, 373s.
Hills, Stephen, Officer on the U. S. S.
"Alliance."
Letters from, IV, 418, 419, 421.
Hillsborough, Wills Hill, The Earl
of, F. R. S., Joint Postmaster-Gen
eral and Secretary of State for the
British Colonies.
To Governor William Franklin, IV,
211, 2162, 217.
William Franklin to, IV, 211, 21 32,
216.
Sir William Johnson to, IV, 210.
Mentioned, I, 92, 138, 372. Ill,
473, 474, 479, 480. IV, 212, 213.
Hindman, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 396.
Hinman, Elisha, Captain of U. S. S.
" Alfred."
Letter from, I, 480.
Hinson, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 222.
Hippisley, R.
Letter from, I, 23.
Hiriart,  .
Letter from, I, 448.
Hirigoyen, Iph.
Letter from, II, 516.
" Hirondelle," French merchantman.
I, 370.
d'Hirschberg, Charles, Professor at
University of Strasbourg.
Letters from, I, 303, 361, 520.
To  de Fontinet, IV, 276.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

His, Mme.
Letter from, III, 113.
L'histoire des Finances, by M. de For-
bonnais, IV, 508.
Histoire Naturelle de Mineraux, III,
348.
d'Hiver, Taverne Demont.
Letters from, I, 428. II, 31, 40.
Hixon, Joseph, of Montserrat, Wind
ward Islands.
Mentioned, I, 304.
Hobart,  .
Letters from, II, 397, 398, 403.
Ill, 107.
Hobart,  .
Mentioned, II, 387.
Hocklerin, Anne Catharine, of Wurt-
temberg.
Mentioned, II, 125, 392, 467, 5042.
IV, 463.
Hocklerin, Frederick.
Mentioned, IV, 505.
Hodge, William, of Philadelphia,
Agent in Europe for the Continen
tal Congress for fitting out ships.
Letters from, I, 386, 423.
Mentioned, I, 328. II, 355. IV,
32, 405.
Hodgson, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 172.
Hodgson, William, M.D., of London,
politician and author.
Letters from, II, 172, 212, 225, 231,
248, 278, 280, 293, 319, 343, 362,
366, 371, 381, 385, 393, 397, 405,
423, 444, 454, 458, 464, 4692, 47i,
478, 482, 485, 503, 507, 513.
Ill, 3, 4, 92, 26, 31, 121, 162, 177.
Letters to, III, 533, 537.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 93.
Dawrey to, IV, 318.
Rev. Thomas Wren to, IV, 315, 316,
317-
Desires to hold position of negotiator,
II, 464, 469.
Mentioned, II, 458. Ill, 20, 44.
IV, 90, 91, 348, 418.

Hodgson, Mrs. William.
Mentioned, IV, 133.
Hoefle, Johann Jacob, a cooper.
Mentioned, II, 511.
Hoffman,  .
William Temple Franklin, Gus
tavus H. Temple and Samuel
Vaughan, Jr., to, IV, 506.
Polytype page, by, IV, 507.
Hoffmann,  , London Mer
chant.
Mentioned, IV, 102.
Hoffmann, John George.
Letter from, III, 114.
Hoffmeister, H. Adolphe.
Letters from, II, 426. Ill, 43.
Hogarth, William, British painter and
engraver.
Epitaph on, III, 457.
Hoggins, John, sailor.
Mentioned, I, 241.
Hogland,  .
Mentioned, IV, 298.
d'Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, Baron,
French philosopher and writer.
Mentioned, II, 340.
Holker,  .
Mentioned, IV, 149
Holker, Jean, Merchant at Rouen and
French Consul-General, in the U. S.
Letters from, I, 307, 467, 488, 562.
II, 148, 163, 175, 229, 243, 410,
419, 456, 514. Ill, 140, 260.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 24, 32, 138.
To Samuel Huntington, IV, 276.
Behic to, IV, 320, 321.
Joseph Moore to, IV, 353.
Arrival of, I, 414.
Mentioned, I, 272, 302, 526. II,
159, 366. IV, 33, 121.
Mission to Congress, I, 444.
Holker, Mme. Jean.
Mentioned, IV, 56.
Holker, Jr., John, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 61.

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151

Holker, Jr., John — Continued.
To Mme. Dupre de St. Maur, IV,
295.
To Robert Morris, IV, 347.
Robert Morris to, IV, 347.
Mentioned, IV, 347.
Holland, The Ambassador of.
Letters from, II, 465. Ill, 88.
Assembly, IV, 281.
Armed neutrality, II, 318, 321, 344,
Attitude of, towards America, I
523. IV, 232.
Commercial treaty with, I, 506. II
318.
Complaints of Spain and, IV, 487
English have declared war against,
IV, 46, 49-
Loan, II, 432. Ill, 5182, 522, 530,
548. IV, 272?.
Neutrality broken by, I, 225.
Russia strongly for, II, 344.
Sale of vessels in, IV, 487.
Secret agent in, I, 247.
Holland and Germany.
Peace between, III, 276, 286, 288.
War between, inevitable, III, 282.
Holland, Elizabeth, Widow of Thomas
Holland.
Letter from, III, 65.
Mentioned, I, 122, 143.
Holland, Samuel, Printer at Lancaster,
Pa.
Lettets from, I, 82.
Holland, Thomas.
Mentioned, III, 65.
d'Hollande, Comite.
Mentioned, I, 402.
Hollingsworth, Levi, M. A. P. S.,
Philadelphia Merchant.
Letter from, III, 296.
To Richard Bache, IV, 358.
Mentioned, IV, 356s.
Hollis, T. Brand.
Letter from, III, 268.
Holmes,  , Captain of the
"Shellala."
Mentioned, IV, 56.
vol. vi — 11

Holmes, Abiel, M. A. P. S., Clergy
man, Father of Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
Letter from, III, 385.
Mentioned, III, 389.
Holmes, Richard.
Letter from, III, 117.
Holper, Anton.
Mentioned, I, 206.
Holquart,  .
Mentioned, I, 421.
Holroide, Richard.
Letter from, II, 242.
Holstein, Family tree of, IV, 387.
Holt, Mrs.
Mentioned, III, 212.
Holt, George.
Letter from, II, 511.
Holt, John, New York Printer.
Letter from, I, 125.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 195.
Mentioned, I, 32, 53, 56, 57, 59, 61,
62, 63s, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74,
77, 782, 80, 812, 82, 86, 87, 88, 90,
95, 99, i°7- IV, 207.
Holterman, Nicolaus Jacob.
Letter from, I, 289.
Holton, Samuel, Massachusetts dele
gate to the Continental Congress.
Letter from, II, 76.
Holtzendorff, Baron de.
Letters from, II, 5, 10, 85, 99, 140.
Mentioned, I, 368.
Holtzer, Antoine.
Letters from, I, 540, 562. II, 4.
Home, Henry (Lord Kames), Scottish
Judge and Author.
Letter from, I, 81.
Mentioned, I, 65.
Home, Dr. James, of Edinburgh.
Mentioned, I, 262.
Homes, William, Son of Mary Frank
lin and Robert Homes, and nephew
of Benjamin Franklin.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 183.
D'honne, Mrs.
Letter from, III, 145.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Honore, Andre.
Letter from, II, 94.
Hood,  , Messenger?
Mentioned, I, 221, 238.
Hood, Lord Samuel, M. P., Admiral
of British Navy, Commander on
North American Station, 1767-
1770.
Mentioned, I, 101. IV, 119.
Hood, Thomas.
To whom it may concern, IV, 485.
Hooper,  .
Mentioned, IV, 172.
Hooper, Charles.
To Mrs. Lawrence Growdon, IV,
171.
Hooper, I.
Letters from, III, 41 52.
Hooper, Jenet, Sister of Lawrence
Growdon.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 172.
Hooper, John.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 170,
1713, 172.
Hooper, Jr., Robert Lettis, of New
Jersey, Deputy Quartermaster-
General in Continental Army.
To William Franklin, IV, 216.
Mentioned, IV, 214.
Hooper, Stephen, of Newburyport,
Member of the Council of Massa
chusetts.
Letter from, II, 65.
Mentioned, IV, 286, 310.
Hooper, William, North Carolina
delegate to Continental Congress.
Letters from, I, 189. IV, 403.
Mentioned, I, 323.
Hooper & Co., Stephen, Merchants at
Newburyport.
To P. Penet, IV, 329.
Hoopes, A.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 165.
Hoops,  , Captain of the
" Nancy."
Mentioned, II, 410. IV, 632, 66,
101, 108.

" Hope," the brigantine.
Passport for, III, 521. IV, 53.
" Hope," the prize.
I, 448.
Hope, Col.
Mentioned, II, 72.
Hope, Messrs. of Amsterdam.
Letter from, IV, 400.
Hope & Co., Amsterdam Merchants.
Letters from, II, 2. Ill, 117.
Hope, John, F. R. S., Professor of Bot
any at Edinburgh.
Letter from, I, 41.
Hopes, Jno., American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 230.
" Hopewell," the ship.
II, 152, 280. IV, 296.
Hopkins,  .
Mentioned, II, 410. IV, 63.
Hopkins, Daniel, Member of the
Council of Massachusetts.
Letter from, IV, 417.
Hopkins, James.
Letter from, II, 105.
Hopkins, John Burroughs, Captain of
the Continental Navy.
Mentioned, II, 100.
Hopkins, Stephen, of Rhode Island,
M. A. P. S., Signer of the Declara
tion of Independence.
Letters from, III, 157, 188.
Mentioned, IV, 347.
Hopkinson, Francis, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence, M.
A. P. S., U. S. District Judge.
Letters from, I, 52, 73, 82, 108,
519. II, 137, 385. Ill, 41, 190,
329, 361. IV, 473.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 482.
To John Ingen Housz, IV, 283.
Anonymous to, IV, 366.
Appointed Treasurer of Loans, I,
519.
Article on trees by, III, 42.
Bills of exchange drawn by, on
Henry Laurens, and accepted by
John de Neufville & Son, IV, 384.
Engraved advertisement of, IV, 482.

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Hopkinson, Francis — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 131, 498. Ill, 54,
301. IV, 342, 35, 362, 37, 40, 45,
49, 5°, 93, 313, 357, 379-
Petition against the abolishment of
his salary as Judge of the Ad
miralty, IV, 473.
New game of cards devised by, III,
42.
Plot to ruin, III, 42.
Political ballad by, IV, 303.
Verses by, IV, 302.
Hopkinson, Mary, Wife of Thomas
Hopkinson, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 48.
Hopkinson, Molly, Daughter of
Thomas Hopkinson and wife of
Dr. John Morgan.
Mentioned, I, 49.
Hopley,  .
Mentioned, IV, 186.
Hoppe, Jacob Augustus.
Letter from, III, 86.
Hopton & Co., Powell.
Mentioned, IV, 219.
Hore, F. Dilkes.
Letter from, I, 380.
Horel, James, an American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 12.
Horion & Co., Eost.
Letter from, III, 82.
Horn,  .
Letter from, III, 43.
Hombostel, John Christopher, of
Marseilles.
Letter from, I, 420.
Mentioned, II, 507.
Hornby,  .
Mentioned, IV, 182.
Horneca, Fizeaux & Co., Amsterdam
Bankers.
Letters from, I, 492, 550.
Letters to, III, 517. IV, 476.
Anonymous to, IV, 232.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 501.
Mentioned, I, 493. II, 50.
" Hornet," U. S. sloop of war.
I, 316, 475. IV, 484.

Hortalez & Co., Roderique, firm name
of Pierre Augustin Caron de Beau-
mar chais.
Mentioned, I, 424. II, 101. IV,
255, 256, 2602.
Power of Attorney by, IV, 256.
Hoskins, John, Trustee of the Bur
lington, N. J., Free School.
Letter from, I, 143.
Hospitals, III, 488.
Houba, Jean.
Letter from, III, 93.
Houckgeest, A. E. Braam.
Letter from, I, 284.
d'Houdetot, Comte, Lieut.-Gen. of
Gendarmes.
Mentioned, II, 391.
d'Houdetot, Elisabeth Frangoise
Sophie, Comtesse.
Letters from, II, 388, 402, 433s, 462,
469, 504- HI, 6, 15, 44, 72, 88,
104, 113, 115, 175, 192, 213, 232,
294, 308, 340.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 108, 132.
Mentioned, II, 398, 520. Ill, 113,
316, 362, 430.
Houdin,  .
De Martigny to, IV, 268.
Mentioned, IV, 268.
Houdon, Jean Antoine, French sculp
tor, Member of the Academie des
Beaux Arts, Paris.
Letter from, III, 125.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 148.
Commissioned by Congress to make
two statues, IV, 138.
Mentioned, III, 259, 272. IV, 136,
144, 146, 1502, 355, 359.
Houry, Captain.
Mentioned, I, 94.
Housberg,  .
Mentioned, II, 504.
House,  .
Mentioned, IV, 175.
House, Specifications for a new dwell
ing, III, 458.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

House of Industry, Accident to, IV,
327.
Houston, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 503, 505.
Houston, William Churchill, M. C.
C. from New Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 429.
Houstoun, John, Governor of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 377.
Houze, Baron de la.
Mentioned, II, 211, 213, 214.
" How not to Govern too Much,"
IV, 385-
Howard, Ann, of Annapolis, Md.
Deposition relative to marriage, IV,
343-
Marriage to Jean Le Vache de Vau-
brun, III, 109.
Howard, Jr., Martin, of Newport, R. I.
Letters from, I, 33, 43, 84, 174.
Howard, Thomas Gassoway.
Benjamin Dorsey to, IV, 191.
Howard, William, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 353.
Howe, Richard, Earl, Vice-Admiral
and British Commander-in-Chief
on North American Station.
Letters to, III, 5022.
Mentioned, I, 178, 179, 182, 184,
233, 243, 367, 423. IV, 225, 261,
262.
Peace proposals of, IV, 408.
Howe, Gen. Sir William, Fifth Vis
count Howe, Commander-in-Chief
of British forces in America.
To the people of Pennsylvania, Dela
ware and Maryland, IV, 486.
Battle between, and General Wash
ington, IV, 487.
Cruelty of, I, 445.
Inaction of, I, 282.
In possession of Philadelphia, I, 305,
309. IV, 487.
Mentioned, I, 170, 185, 192, 217,
ri9, 222, 227, 228, 230, 263, 268,
269, 280, 312, 313, 353, 433. IV,
229, 239, 241, 244, 248, 250, 405,
421, 486.

Howe, Gen. Sir William — Continued.
Paliamentary investigation of con
duct of, II, 199.
Retreat of, I, 260.
Surrender of, I, 344.
To attack Philadelphia, I, 199, 230.
Howell, David, Member of Continen
tal Congress from Rhode Island,
Professor in Brown University,
Judge in U. S. District Court.
Letter from, III, 298.
Howell & Emlen.
Mentioned, III, 379.
Howes, Moses.
Mentioned, II, 462.
Howland, Philip, of Boston, mate.
Receipt by, IV, 379.
Howland, Samuel, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, III, 391.
Hubbard,  , of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, I, 5.
Hubbart,  .
Mentioned, I, 72, 100.
Hubbart, E., Niece of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letters from, I, 13, 14.
Hubbart, Samuel, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 352, 463.
Hubbart, Tuthill, Nephew of Benja
min Franklin.
Letters from, I, 159, 422.
Mentioned, IV, 208.
Hubert, Madame.
Mentioned, I, 233.
Huck, Mrs. Cille.
Letters from, III, 329s.
Huddy, Capt.
Mentioned, IV, 451.
Execution of, IV, 462.
Hudet,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 102.
Hudson, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 101.
Hue,  .
Letter from, III, 215.
Huerne, P.
Letter from, IV, 412.

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Huey, Joseph.
Letter to, III, 437.
Hughes,  .
Mentioned, III, 339.
Hughes, Hugh, of New York, a Son
of Liberty, school teacher.
Mentioned, I, 47, 52, 63, 64, 65,
106, 125, 126.
Hughes, James.
Letter from, III, 319.
Hughes, John, Member of Pennsyl
vania Assembly, Stamp Officer and
Stamp Distributor for Pennsylva
nia and Delaware, Collector of
Customs at Charleston, S. C.
Letter to, III, 449.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 208.
To William Franklin, IV, 208.
To citizens of Philadelphia, IV, 192.
Mentioned, I, 37, 48, 532, 88, 92,
125. IV, 186, 1932, 195.
Hughes, Price.
Mentioned, III, 330.
Hugounen,  , Commander of
a French merchant ship.
Letter from, II, 251.
Huguet,  .
Letter from, III, 192.
Huguier, A. Benoist.
Letters from, II, 355, 368.
Hiillmandel,  .
Letter from, IV, 455.
Hulme, Dr. Nathaniel, English Phy
sician.
Mentioned, III, 10.
Hiilsen, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 73.
Humane Society in Boston.
Mentioned, III, 296, 373.
" Humanitas," Assumed name of
David Hartley.
IV, 375-
Hume, David, British Historian.
Letter from, I, 23.
Mentioned, I, 71.
Humidity in rooms, Danger in health
from, IV, 379.

Humphreys, Col. David, M. A. P. S.,
Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Washing
ton, Secretary to Commissioners to
negotiate commercial treaties with
foreign powers, poet.
Letters from, III, 269, 297, 307, 323.
Jno. Barclay to, IV, 352.
Authorized to provide medals, or
dered by Congress, III, 209.
Mentioned, III, 198.
Translating poem of, III, 310.
d'Hunaud,  .
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507.
Hune,  la.
Letter from, IV, 423.
Hungaries, Gabriel.
Letter from, III, 298.
Hunt, George, English Clergyman.
Mentioned, III, 348.
Hunt, I.
Letter from, III, 79.
Hunt, Isaac, of Philadelphia, Lawyer
and Clergyman.
Letters from, I, 58, 127.
Hunt, John.
Mentioned, IV, 425.
Hunt, John.
William Callendar to, IV, 181.
To the President and Council of
Pennsylvania, IV, 486.
" Hunter," the prize ship.
I, 481.
Hunter,  .
Mentioned, I, 18.
Hunter, Dr.
Letter from, III, 191.
Hunter, George.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 352.
Mentioned, I, 525.
Hunter, James, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 146.
Hunter, James, of Richmond, Va.
Letter from, IV, 456.
Mentioned, III, 90, 123. IV, 457.
Hunter, Mrs. James, of Richmond, Va.
Mentioned, III, 54.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Hunter, Jr., James, of Virginia.
Letters from, II, 390, 491.
To Anonymous, IV, 337.
Hunter, Jno.
Letter from, III, 296.
Hunter, Dr. William, of London, F.
R. S., Anatomist.
Letter from, I, 167.
Death of, III, 30.
Mentioned, III, 170, 474.
Hunter, William, Deputy Postmaster-
General with Benjamin Franklin.
Letters from, I, 17, 99.
Letter to, III, 439.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 183,
205.
Mentioned, I, 32, 67. Ill, 439, 442s.
Huntington, Samuel, M. A. P. S.,
Connecticut delegate to and Presi
dent of the Continental Congress,
Governor of Connecticut.
Letters from, II, 270. Ill, 340.
Letter to, III, 524.
Maj.-Gen. Nathanael Greene to, IV,
317.
Jean Holker to, IV, 276.
Election as President of Congress,
IV, 422.
Mentioned, II, 340, 3782, 379, 404.
IV, 312, 315, 320, 322, 424, 433,
434, 436, 438.
Hupsch, Baron de, M. A. P. S., Editor
of Universal Gazette of Cologne.
Letter from, I, 437.
Hurd, Colonel.
Mentioned, III, 301.
Hurd, John, of Boston.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 357.
Mentioned, IV, 156.
Huron, Messrs. John Baptist and Law
rence.
Mentioned, IV, 358.
Huske, John, of Boston, subsequently
Member of Parliament.
Letters from, I, 67s, 68, 131.
Letter to, III, 484.
Mentioned, I, 33, 99, 143, 159, 323.

Hussey, Albert, Son of Christopher
Hussey.
Mentioned, IV, 196, 197.
Hussey, Christopher.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 196,
197.
Hutchins, Thomas, U. S. Agent(?)
at I'Orient, Geographer-General
of the U. S.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 303.
Mentioned, II, 137, 227.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 303.
Hutchinson,  , Ship Captain.
Mentioned, I, 270.
Hutchinson, Dr. James, M. A. P. S.,
Professor in the University of
Pennsylvania.
Letter from, I, 335.
Hutchinson, Thomas, Royal Governor
of Massachusetts.
Letter from, I, 56.
To Dr. James Lloyd, IV, 491.
Mentioned, I, 57, 149, 150, 160, 228.
Hutchinson letters, I, 149, 159. HI,
493-
Mr. Temple procures, II, 496.
Copies of, III, 495.
Hutson, Richard, M. C. C. from South
Carolina.
Mentioned, I, 424, 429. IV, 260.
Hutton, James, Founder of the Mora
vian Church in England.
Letters from, I, 139, 346, 353, 356,
370, 394, 400, 423, 427, 477, 483.
II, 60, 61, 622, 283. Ill, 172. IV,
405.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 126.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 264, 272,
274.
To Sir George Grand, IV, 276.
Joseph Kendall to, IV, 279.
Mentioned, I, 378, 405, 480, 4862.
H, 44, 461-
Huxham,  , Charleston, S. C,
Merchant.
Mentioned, III, 279.

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i57

Huxham, Dr. John, F. R. S„ British
Physician.
Mentioned, I, 66.
Hyde, John Charles Villiers, Earl of
Clarendon and Baron, British
Statesman.
Mentioned, I, 28, 29.
Hyde, Thomas.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 119.
" Hyder-Ally," the American vessel.
Action between British vessel " Gen
eral Monk," and, II, 483.
Hydrostatical Lamp, Keir's, IV, 386.
Hygrometer, III, 131.
De Luc's III, 371, 372.
Hygrometry, Essay on, IV, 469.
Hynson, Captain Joseph.
Mentioned, I, 332.
Ice boat, I, 68, 72.
Igneous fluid, Experiments on the, II,
543-
Illens,  de, Merchant at Mar
seilles.
Letters from, II, 275. Ill, 13, 62.
Illinois affair, IV, 220.
Colony at the, I, 57, 65, 142. IV,
199.
Country, Croghan to take possession
of, on behalf of the Crown, I, 39.
Imbault,  .
Letter from, IV, 449.
Imported goods, Resolves concerning
the auction of, IV, 483.
Imports into Great Britain, Account
of, IV, 187.
Imprisonment, Remonstrance against
unjust, IV, 4862.
Inarre, D.
Letter to, III, 545.
Inches, Henderson, Selectman of Bos
ton.
Letter from, I, 91.
" Increase of Mankind," by Franklin.
I, 5, 9, 17-
Incubator, chicken, I, 153.

" Independence," Letter of Marque.
II, 167. Ill, 432.
" Independence," the sloop.
II, 9i2-
Independence, American, IV, 89.
Celebration of, in Dr. Franklin's
house, III, 520. IV, 102.
Offer of, IV, 504.
Song composed for anniversary of,
III, 8i.
Indes, Compagnie des.
To M. Le Cordier, IV, 217.
India Rubber, IV, 29.
" Indian," the Continental frigate
afterward called "South Caro
lina."
II, 425, 432- HI, 527- IV, 10, 275,
3i92-
Indian Affairs, IV, 179, 1802, 181.
Charity School in Connecticut, Trus
tees in England of, Declaration of
trust by, IV, 335.
Grant of land to sufferers in 1763,
I, 173-
Losses, IV, 198, 199.
Treaties, Committee appointed to at
tend, to the Assembly of Pennsyl
vania, IV, 186.
Tribes, title of land to, I, 173.
Words, vocabulary of, desired by the
Empress of Russia, III, 397.
" Indian Prince," a cartel ship.
II, 281.
Indian's Message from his Nation
with reference to Contemplated
Measuring of Land, IV, 388.
Indians, the.
To Geo. Golphin, IV, 232.
Conference with, IV, 179.
At Carlisle in September, 1753,
III, 438.
At Easton, IV, 181.
Cruelty of, near Sunbury, II, 483.
Disorder arising from sale of In
toxicating Liquors to, IV, 210.
Families near Shamokin cut off by,
III, 4402.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Indians — Continued.
Influence of French among, IV, 438.
Massacres by the, IV, 402.
Minutes of meetings with, IV, 178.
Trade with the, IV, 480.
Transacting business with the, IV,
179.
Treaty at Fort Pitt with the, IV,
21 92.
Trouble with the, IV, 180.
"Indien," see "Indian."
Indigo, Capture of, II, 63. IV, 69.
" Information to those who would
remove to America," by Benja
min Franklin.
Remarks on, III, 205.
Ingen Housz, Jan (or John), M. A.
P. S., F. R. S., Physician to the
Emperor of Austria.
Letters from, I, 189, 198, 210, 232,
261, 287, 289, 507, 532.
H, 59, 83, 170, 320, 350, 366, 374,
392, 418, 474, 484, 494, 5°i, 5°92-
III, 10, 27, 57, 76, 96, 102, 128, 156,
159, 167, 240, 259, 262, 299, 331,
342, 355, 378-
IV, 404.
Letters to, III, 490, 554.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 137.
To Samuel Vaughan, Jr., IV, 357,
363.
Francis Hopkinson to, IV, 284.
Book on Vegetables by, III, 331.
Business venture with Mr. Samuel
Wharton, III, 262.
Desires to become a member of The
American Philosophical Society,
III, 128.
Desires to dedicate his work to
Franklin, III, 10.
Entrusts Samuel Wharton with
money to invest, II, 474, 484.
Experiment of burning wire, II, 501,
509.
Melanges de Physique et de Mede-
cine, by, to be dedicated to Dr.
Franklin, III, 241.

Ingen Housz, Jan — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 121, 141, 262, 266,
321, 565. II, 157, 251, 335, 434,
486, 499, 502. Ill, no, 2602, 262,
282, 369. IV, 92, 452, 461.
Money placed in the public loan of
fice at Boston by, III, 46.
New discoveries in vegetables made
by, II, 501.
Passport for, III, 557.
Profile of, III, 46, 76.
To spend his declining years in
America, II, 494.
Ingersoll, Col.
Mentioned, III, 395.
Ingersoll, Jared, M. A. P. S., Stamp
Agent for Connecticut.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 39, 63, 81.
To Silas Deane, IV, 255.
Mentioned, I, 54, 74, 77.
Ingersoll, Sargent, Captain of the
cutter " Saucy Jack."
To John Emery, IV, 285.
Mentioned, II, 63.
Ingles & Co., Messrs., of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 131.
Inglesina, Davies.
Letters from, I, 357, 502.
Inglis, Charles, Loyalist, Assistant
Minister of Trinity Church, N. Y.,
First Bishop of Nova Scotia.
Mentioned, IV, 3.
Ingraham, Duncan, of Boston.
Mentioned, I, 535. II, 153.
Ingraham & Bromfield, Merchants at
Bordeaux.
Letter from, III, 18.
Inoculation, I, 6, 32, 46, 198, 210.
Inspection and Observation, The
Committee of, of the City of Phila
delphia.
Declaration by, IV, 484.
Instructions to those who think of
Settling in America, translated
into German, III, 260.
Insurance, Life, Observations en, IV,
374-

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i59

"Interest of Great Britain with re
gard to her Colonies," I, 21.
HI, 451, 452.
Author of, reputed to be Mr. Ken
nedy, I, m.
" Intrepid," the British ship.
II, 503.
Invitations, III, 428.
Replies to, III, 428.
Ireland, Condition of the poor in, III,
478.
English Ministry's conduct towards,
IV, 6.
Free trade granted to, II, 391.
List of tenants in, with their hold
ings, IV, 395.
Map of, II, 206.
Questions relating to, III, 486.
Rising in, III, 262.
Statement of strength of the army
in, IV, 285.
To secure her independence,, IV, 56.
Irish patriots beginning to stir, II,
165.
Politics, III, 397.
Settlers, Passport to, III, 556.
Iron mines in America, III, 543.
Works in New Jersey, threat to de
stroy, I, 115.
Irons, sliding, IV, 198.
Ironicus, Titus.
Mentioned, IV, 483.
Irwin, J.
Letter from, I, 398.
Irwin, John, British Officer.
Mentioned, IV, 288.
Irwin, Lady.
Mentioned, I, 105.
Irwitt, Samuel R., & Co., of Marble-
head, Mass.
Mentioned, II, 492.
Iry,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 434.
" Isabella," American merchantman
and recaptured English prize.
I, 497, 509, 5r3-

Ischiffely,

of Berne.

Letter from, I, 469.
Iselin, Isaac, of Basle, Switzerland.
Letter from, I, 466.
Israel,  , of Philadelphia.
Death of, II, 145.
d'lvernois, M. F.
Letter from, II, 169.
Ivers, Thomas, of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 474, 479.
Izard, Ralph, of South Carolina, M.
A. P. S., U. S. Commissioner to
the Court of the Grand Duke of
Tuscany.
Letters from, I, 194, 297, 344, 349,
3572, 361, 372, 384, 385, 388, 403,
406, 442, 483, 511, 519. II, 10,
221.
Letters to, III, 507, 5092, 516, 517.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 5.
John Julius Pringle to, IV, 257.
Enmity of, against Franklin, I, 518.
Mentioned, I, 263, 274, 517. II,
164, 214, 228, 433. Ill, 517. IV,
257.
Izard, Mrs. Ralph.
Letter from, III, 53.
Mentioned, III, 36.
J  , F  .

Letter from, I, 545.
Jackson,  .
Letter from, IV, 473.
Jackson, C.
Letter from, I, 150.
Jackson, E.
Letter from, II, 371.
Jackson, John, English pilot.
Mentioned, II, 182.
Jackson, Jonathan.
Mentioned, III, 221.
Jackson, Joseph, Selectman of Boston.
Letter from, I, 91.
Jackson, Primate.
Mentioned, I, 124.

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Jackson, Richard ("Omniscient Jack
son"), Politician, M. P., Agent
of Pennsylvania in London.
Letters from, I, 10, 12, 18, 25, 28,
293, 34, 53, 1282, 161. Ill, 267.
IV, 401.
Mentioned, I, 18, 28, 37, 55, 113,
116, 128. Ill, 227, 473, 477. IV,
218.
Jackson, Thomas.
Israel and James Pemberton to, IV,
179.
Jackson, Major William, of South
Carolina, Sec'y to Col. John Lau
rens in France, and Aide-de-Camp
io Gen. Washington.
Letters from, II, 358, 381, 382",
383, 398, 406, 433. Ill, 132. IV,
447-
Mentioned, II, 399, 403, 405. IV,
323, 443-
Jacob,  .
Letter from, III, 206.
Jacobson,  , of Gothenburg.
Mentioned, III, 304.
Jacque,  .
Letter from, II, 271.
Jacquier, D. & Co., of Nantes.
Letter from, II, 242.
Jaeger, Jean Guillaume, of Frankfort,
a. M.
Letter from, I, 322.
Jaffie, Paul, British Officer.
Mentioned, IV, 288.
Jalheau,  .
Letter from, III, 252.
Jalouzet, Dr.
Letter from, I, 284.
Jamaica Fleet, II, 119.
Island of, III, 372.
Logwood trade in, IV, 462.
Slave trade in, III, 350.
James, Abel, M. A. P. S., Philadel
phia Merchant and Manager of
the Pennsylvania Society/ for Pro
moting Silk Culture.
Letters from, I, no, 140.

James, Abel — Continued.
Letter to, III, 494.
To William Franklin, IV, 196, 201.
Mentioned, IV, 178, 198, 199.
James, Joseph, M. A. P. S.
To  Shore, IV, 498.
James, Thomas, Major of the Royal
Artillery.
Mentioned, I, 50.
James, William.
Letter from, III, 71.
"James and Thomas," the American
prize.
IV, 424", 425, 426.
Jameson,  .
Mentioned, IV, 474.
Jamogne, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 415.
Jannesson,  ,
Letter from, II, 305.
Janssoone,  , Officer of the
French Admiralty.
Mentioned, II, 251.
January, Benjamin, Philadelphia
Bookbinder.
Letter from, III, 346.
Jardin, CEgidius Du, Shipping Mer
chant at Gand.
Letter from, I, 376.
Jarley, Henry.
Mentioned, III, 413.
Jarry,  .
Poems by, IV, 375.
Jarvis, James.
Letter from, III, 261.
Jary,  .
Letter from, II, 521.
Jary, Abbe.
Letter from, III, 415.
" Jason," American prize.
I, 270.
Jaubert fils,  .
Letter from, IV, 452.
Jaucourt, Count de.
Letter from, III, 416.
Jauge,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 125.

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Jauge, Theodore, Bordeaux Merchant.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 7, 8o2, 89, 94, 99.
Loss of two of his vessels, IV, 7.
Jauge et fils, Theodore, Bordeaux
Merchants.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 3142.
Jauge & Co., Bordeaux Merchants.
Mentioned, II, 317, 322. IV, 316.
Jauge & Cottin, Bordeaux Merchants.
Mentioned, III, 5262.
Jaume, Guillaume, of Lyons.
Letters from, II, 409. IV, 446.
Mentioned, IV, 64.
"Jay," the Letter of Marque, Cap
tain Harmon Courier-
II, 298.
Jay, Sir James, Elder brother of John
Jay.
Letters from, I, 399. II, 61. Ill,
52, 113, 146-
Letter to, III, 510.
Mentioned, I, 300. II, 61.
Jay, John, M. A. P. S., New York
delegate to and President of the
Continental Congress, U. S. Min
ister to Spain, Commissioner to ne
gotiate peace with Great Britain.
Letters from, II, 191. Ill, 12, 15,
i39, 247, 278, 3o62, 327, 333, 370.
IV, 449-
Letters to, III, 545, 554.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 53, 54, 55, 63, 68, in,
113, 114, 146, 163.
Nathaniel Barrett to, IV, 331.
Continental Congress to, IV, 312.
James Gardoqui to, IV, 360.
Alexander Gillon to, IV, 323.
Bills accepted by, protested, II, 468.
Departure of, III, 192.
Drafts on, IV, 429.
Instructions as Minister at the Court
of Madrid, IV, 312.
To negotiate a loan at Madrid, IV,
438.
Mentioned, I, 254. II, 2, 179, 211,
2152, 222, 308, 362, 366, 373, 374,

John Jay — Continued.
384, 422, 445, 467, 477- HI, 87,
105, 162, 191, 209, 255, 413, 499,
529, 53i, 532, 5342, 545- IV, 38,
75, 79, 97, 103, 112, 114, 126, 337,
341, 421, 423, 424.
Jay, Mrs. John.
Letter from, III, 15.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 14.
Mme. de Ste. Olympe to, IV, 346.
Arrest of negro slave belonging to,
III, 121, 537.
Mentioned, III, 158, 537. IV, 532,
54, 55, 101, no, 113, 119, 150, 167.
Jay, Mr. and Mrs. John.
Mentioned, IV, 100.
Jean, Mr. Robeson's negro.
Letter from, II, 274.
Jeannotas,  , Hotelkeeper in
Paris.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 118.
Jeaurat, Edme Sebastien, French As
tronomer.
Letter from, III, 226.
Jebb, John, F. R. S., British Physician.
Letter from, III, 96.
Jefferson, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Mem
ber of the Academie des Sciences,
Virginia delegate to the Continen
tal Congress, Governor of Vir
ginia, Minister to France.
Letters from, I, 181, 282. Ill, 196,
246. IV, 473.
Letter to, III, 546.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 135, 163.
To Anonymous, IV, 353.
Baron Otto de Blome to, IV, 363.
Added to Peace Commission, IV, 463.
Colonne's letter to, III, 336.
English printing press of, III, 356.
In England, IV, 152.
Mentioned, II, 399. Ill, 200, 205,
217, 307, 316, 339, 344, 378, 393,
545, 549- IV, 119, 124, 138, 1552,
156, 160, 162, 3512, 465.

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Jefferson, Thomas — Continued.
Negro, article on, by, III, 316.
" Notes on Virginia," translated by
Abbe Morellet, III, 300, 349.
Observations on Virginia, III, 300,
349-
Signature of, IV, 477.
Understands French perfectly, IV,
125.
Writing machine for, IV, 137.
Jeffries, Dr. John, of Boston, Physi
cian and Aeronaut.
Letters from, II, 6. Ill, 265, 266.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 136, 140, 142, 143, 144,
148.
To the Royal Society of London, IV,
358.
Aerial voyage of, III, 301.
Voyages made with Frangois
Blanchard, IV, 358.
Frangois Blanchard's indebtedness to,
IV, 140.
Mentioned, III, 214, 272, 290. IV,
132.
Jengnis,  .
Mentioned, III, 32.
" Jenifer," the ship, of Maryland.
Mentioned, I, 224.
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas, M. C.
C. from Maryland, and Member
of the Constitutional Convention.
Letter from, IV, 438.
Jenings, Edmund, Secretary to John
Adams.
Letters from, II, 99, 178.
Jenkins,  , Captain of the U.
S. merchant ship " Hawke."
Mentioned, I, 363.
Jenkins, Morgan, of London.
Mentioned, IV, 293.
Jenner, Robert, Proctor at Doctors'
Commons.
Mentioned, IV, 498.
Jenneux,  .
To  , IV, 247-
Jennings,  .

Mentioned, II, 239.

Jennings, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 401.
Jennings, Joseph Hill.
Mentioned, IV, 60.
Jennings, Samuel, Artist.
Letters from, III, 355, 378.
Mentioned, III, 348.
Jennings, Theobald, et al., American
prisoners.
Letter from, II, 236.
Jepson, Benjamin.
Letter from, II, 351.
Jersey line, clothing for, II, 342.
Jesser,  .
Letter from, I, 138.
Mentioned, I, 124, 138.
"Jeunesse," the ship.
I, 410.
Jeuneux,  .
Mentioned, I, 349.
Jimis, James, American prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 181.
Joannis,  .
Letter from, III, 147.
" John," the prize brig.
II, 297.
John, Reverend Father.
Mentioned, I, 543.
" John and Thomas," List of prize
crew on the ship, IV, 395.
Johns, Aquila.
Letter from, IV, 419.
Johnson,  .
Mentioned, III, 348.
Johnson, Col.
Mentioned, IV, 238.
Johnson, Dr.
Mentioned, I, 103.
Johnson, Governor.
Mentioned, I, 522.
Johnson, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 61.
Dr. Franklin's bounty to, IV, 64.
Johnson, Eleazer, Captain of Amer
ican ship "Dalton."
Mentioned, I, 359, 370.
Johnson, Henry.
Letter from, III, 343.

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Johnson, Henry, Captain of the priva
teer " Lexington."
Letters from, I, 359. II, 493.
Arrest of, I, 271, 273.
Mentioned, I, 236, 239, 262, 264,
265, 267, 276, 278, 294, 370, 408.
II, 460.
Johnson, James.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 272.
Johnson, John.
Mentioned, I, 531.
Johnson, Joshua, of Maryland, Mer
chant at Nantes, brother of Gov.
Thomas Johnson, of Maryland.
Letters from, I, 298. II, 32, 38, 50,
66, 69, 75, 162, 220, 259, 267. Ill,
91.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 12.
To Edward Bancroft, IV, 293.
To William Carmichael, IV, 228.
To John Laurens, IV, 319.
Gov. Thomas Johnson to, IV, 253.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 292.
Mentioned, I, 388. II, 239. Ill,
12, 431, 432*, 4332, 511.
To apply to France, Spain and Hol
land for Military Stores, IV, 253.
To examine the accounts of the
American Commissioners, IV, 297.
Johnson, Martha, of Letchlade, Eng.
Letters from, I, 80, 81, 84, 310.
Johnson, Robert, Justice of the Peace
of Salem County, N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 205.
Johnson, Sam, Lieutenant in British
Navy.
Mentioned, IV, 57.
Johnson, Thomas, Governor of Mary
land.
Letters from, I, 388. II, 388.
To Joshua Johnson, IV, 253.
Johnson, General Sir William, M. A.
P. S., Agent and Superintendent of
affairs of the Six Nations and
other Northern Indians, Major-
General of New York Militia.

Johnson, General Sir William — Con
tinued.
Letters to, III, 439.
To the Earl of Hillsborough, IV,
210.
Mentioned, I, 13, 65, 76, 90, 91.
HI, 439, 442- IV, 199, 202.
Johnson, William.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 299.
Johnston,  .
Mentioned, I, 317.
Johnston, Capt., see Johnson, Capt.
Henry.
Johnston, A.
To  Grigson, IV, 329.
Johnston, Lewis, et al.
To Governor William Franklin, IV,
483.
Johnston, Samuel, M. C. C. from
North Carolina.
Mentioned, I, 464. Ill, 270.
Johnston, William, of the brigantine
" Harrier."
Mentioned, III, 433.
Johnstone, John.
Letter from, I, 383.
Mentioned, I, 387.
Johonnot, Col. Gabriel, Son-in-law
of Rev. Samuel Cooper, of Boston.
Letters from, II, 371, 396. Ill,
65.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 62, 64.
Mentioned, II, 349.
Johonnot, Samuel Cooper, Son of Col.
Gabriel Johonnot.
Letters from, II, 371, 397, 439.
Ill, x, 96, 100, 185. IV, 465.
Mentioned, II, 409. Ill, 65, 952,
103. IV, 62.
Jokely, William (or Tokely), Captain
of the American merchant ship
" Fanny."
Mentioned, I, 192. II, 197.
Joli, Louis, see Jolly, Louis.
"Jolly Tar," the, British prize.
II, 505. IV, 332.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Jolly, Louis.
Mentioned, II, 429, 438.
Joly,  .
Mentioned, II, 490.
Joly,  de.
Letter from, III, 180.
Joly de Fleury, Jean Frangois, For
merly French Minister of Finance.
Letters from, III, 36, 48.
Mentioned, III, 39. IV, 61, 64.
Jones,  .
Mentioned, I, 218.
Jones,  , of London.
Gerrard to, IV, 312.
Jones, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 112.
Jones, Dr.
Letter from, III, 416.
Jones, D.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 124.
Jones, Edward, of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 269.
Jones, Edward Jackson.
Letters from, II, 280, 334s.
Jones, Evrard, of Boston.
Mentioned, III, 269. IV, 390.
Jones, Ezra.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 30.
Jones, Griffith, London printer.
Letter from, I, 27.
Mentioned, I, 27.
Jones, Herbert.
Letter from, III, 47.
Jones, John.
Letter from, III, 252.
Jones, John Coffin, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Letter from, II, 356.
Mentioned, IV, 286.
Jones, John Paul, Captain U. S. Navy.
Letters from, I, 208, 251, 288, 315,
363, 389, 416, 429, 433, 434, 436,
438, 460, 472, 477, 481, 486, 487s,
495, 498, 500, 502, 516, 521, 525,
543, 5633-
II, 39, 7i2, 78, 84, 104, 106, 107,

John Paul Jones — Continued.
no, 112, 118, 119, 120, 123, 130,
152, 155, 168, 174, 180, 209, 215,
3i72, 219, 222, 224, 226, 227, 231,
234, 240, 241, 259, 263, 264, 268,
270, 278, 295, 305, 313, 315, 319,
324-
III, 137, 163, 177, 399.
IV, 405, 428, 432, 449, 471, 473.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 9, io2, ii, 44, 120.
To Peter Amiel, IV, 291.
To Edward Bancroft, IV, 274.
To Duchesse de Chartres, IV, 275.
To the Court-martial on board the
" Bon Homme Richard," IV, 493.
To Silas Deane, IV, 249, 251, 2522.
To Lieut. James Arthur Degge, IV,
298.
To C. G. F. Dumas, IV, 301.
To Pierre Landais, IV, 307, 308,
494.
To Due de la Vauguyon, IV, 300.
To Louis XVI, IV, 275.
To Prince De Nassau, IV, 273.
To Capt. Richard Pearson, IV, 298,
496.
To John D. Schweighauser, IV, 2822.
To Thomas Simpson, IV, 257, 259,
489.
To Antoine Jean Marie Thevenard,
IV, 498.
To John Walsh, IV, 288.
To Abraham Whipple, IV, 270.
To Lieut.-CoI. Antoine Felix Wui-
bert, IV, 496.
Chevalier de Bausset to, IV, 252.
Crew of the " Bon Homme Richard "
to, IV, 308.
Sir Robert Finlay to, IV, 372.
Pierre Landais to, IV, 298, 309, 494,
499-
Arthur Lee to, IV, 306.
Jean B. De La Porte to, IV, 251.
Monplaisir to, IV, 498.
Thomas Mullowney to, IV, 300.
Comte d'Orvilliers to, IV, 492.
Matthew Parke to, IV, 250.

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Jones, John Paul — Continued.
Capt. Richard Pearson to, IV, 298.
Robert Robinson to, IV, 497.
John D. Schweighauser to, IV, 301,
492.
Thomas Simpson, Elijah Hall and
David Cullman to, IV, 249.
Talliot, et al., to, IV, 494.
John Walsh, et al., to, IV, 277.
Abraham Whipple to, IV, 270.
Lieut.-Col. Antoine Felix Wuibert to,
IV, 495-
Accidental killing of a mutinous
sailor by, II, 39.
Act of Congress authorizing, to ac
cept the Order of Military Merit,
IV, 120.
Arrival of Fleet of, II, 203, 207.
Authority of, denied by Pierre Lan
dais, IV, 498.
Capture of Baltic Fleet, II, 150.
Charges against Pierre Landais
made by, IV, 422.
Departure of Fleet, II, 204.
Dispute with Lieut. Simpson, I, 461.
Dutch ship taken by, II, 254, 255.
Efforts to get a command, IV, 13.
Frigate to be purchased for, I, 244.
IV, 10.
Health impaired, II, 215.
In disfavor with Court of Russia,
IV, 367.
List of men from St. Malo, IV, 510.
List of officers and men belonging to
the "Ariel," IV, 500.
Mentioned, I, 3052, 351, 383, 402,
409, 413, 4i53, 4182, 425", 426, 428,
435, 448, 449, 457, 479, 505, 537,
559, 564, 5682.
II, 18, 22, 39, 51, 53, 64, 71, 72,
74, 76, 77, 792, 98, 108, 120, 124,
I492, 1502, 153, 154, 156, 158, 159,
1632, 165, 166, 168, 173, 174, 1752,
179, 1812, 182, 185, 186, 189, 203,
206, 3ii, 214, 2162, 2212, 230, 233,
334, 237, 239", 241, 245, 247, 249,
250, 2542, 2602, 261, 262, 266, 267,
268, 272, 2732, 281, 286, 291, 299,

Jones, John Paul — Continued.
302, 314, 319, 321, 323, 331, 336,
338, 341, 349, 365, 3722, 460.
Ill, 75, 80, 94, 95, 201, 338, 554.
IV, 13, 14, 16, 22, 25, 33, 34s, 36,
38, 39, 42, 45, 97, "3, 136, 266,
300, 301, 3072, 308, 367, 421, 4302,
43i, 432, 436, 45°, 484, 493, 495,
497, 5002.
Offended by Sartine, I, 516. IV, 10.
Order of St. Anne conferred on, IV,
367.
Plan for regulation and equipment
of Navy, IV, 231.
Prize money due, IV, 451.
Quarrel with Pierre Landais, IV, 499.
Refused the Letter of Marque offered
him by the French Court, IV, 300.
Return to Brest, IV, 6.
Services in Russia, IV, 367.
Squadron, III, 472.
To command a Dutch fleet against
Great Britain, II, 355.
Jones, Lewis, New York Printer, son
of Griffith Jones, of London.
Letters from, I, 32. Ill, 297.
Mentioned, I, 27, 64, 65, 108, 109.
IV, 210.
Jones, Noble Wimberly, of Savannah,
Physician, Delegate to the Conti
nental Congress; Speaker of the
first Georgia Legislature.
Letters from, I, 90, 91, 112, 1142,
1182, 123, 130, 131, 144, 248. IV,
402.
Letter to, III, 482.
Elected Speaker, I, 144.
Mentioned, I, 106.
Jones, Peter Faneuil, of the" Alliance."
Letter from, II, 323.
Jones, Robert Strettell, of Philadel
phia, M. A. P. S., Director of the
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Letter to, III, 493.
Mentioned, I, 117, 131, 133.
Jones, Silas, Captain of the Letter of
Marque " Don Galvez."
Mentioned, II, 439, 491.

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Jones, Sir William, F. R. S., English
Orientalist and Jurist.
Letters from, II, 85, 86, 88. IV,
455-
Appointed as one of the Judges in
Bengal, III, 31.
Mentioned, IV, 421.
Jones, William, Commander of the
ship " Eagle."
Letter from, III, 207.
Jordan, John, Agent in Maryland for
Lord Baltimore.
Mentioned, IV, 191.
Jordan, Thomas, London Brewer.
Letter from, III, 335.
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Mentioned, II, 374, 484. Ill, 262,
342, 363-
" Josephine," the French ship.
II, 256.
Josey, Cousin.
Mentioned, III, 448.
Josiah, James, Captain of the Letter
of Marque " Lady Washington."
Mentioned, II, 500, 502. IV, 478.
Josselin, Laurent, Civil and Military
Engineer.
Letter from, IV, 434.
Mentioned, IV, 460, 504.
Jouchery, Scherer de.
Letter from, I, 295.
Jourdan,  .
Letters from, II, 350, 388.
Journal, Dr. Franklin's, kept during
his residence in London, III, 555.
Journal of Paris.
To the Editors of, III, 174, 185.
IV, 73-
Mentioned, IV, 278.
Jousserant,  de.
Letter from, I, 230.
Joy, Benjamin, Captain of the brig
" Swallow."
Mentioned, II, 386. Ill, 434.
Joy, Henry, Jr.
Letter from, III, 86.
Joyce, Miss.
Letter from, III, 416.

Joyner, John, Captain of an Amer
ican merchantman.
Mentioned, II, 66.
Jugement rendu dans Paffaire du
Canada, III, 457.
Julien, Claude.
Letter from, I, 344.
Jullian, Charles Nicholas.
Letter from, I, 533.
Jullien,  .
Letter from, II, 24.
July 4th, Ode in honor of, IV, 507.
Jumeaux, Abbe Dupont de.
Letter from, I, 412.
Junck, J. B.
Letter from, I, 355.
Junker, George Adam, Censor Royal
for Belles-Lettres, History, etc.
Letters from, I, 453. IV, 414.
" Juno," the frigate.
I, 498.
Junquiere,  de.
Letter from, III, 201.
Junto, The, I, 44, 55. IV, 204.
Just, Dr. George.
Mentioned, IV, 383.
" La Justine," brigantine.
Siezed by the privateer " Lancashire
Witch," IV, 338, 344.
Juvel, Neveux & Cauchoit, Merchants
at Rouen.
Letters from, II, 294, 296.
Letter to, III, 525.

K-

-, C-

W-

Letter from, I, 214.
Kalb, Mile, de, Sister of Gen. de Kalb.
Letter from, II, 316.
Kalb, Baron Johann de, Maj.-Gen. in
Continental Army.
Mentioned, II, 316. IV, 10.
Kalm, Prof. Peter, Swedish Botanist.
Letter from, I, 5.
Mentioned, I, 10.
Karnes, Lord, see Home, Henry.
Kampl,  de, Counsellor of
Finances of Emperor of Austria.
Mentioned, II, 516, 517.

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Kanguez, Chevalier Reau de.
Letter from, III, 416.
Karsaint,  de.
Mentioned, I, 278.
Katz, Georg Theobald, of Lancaster,
Pa.
Mentioned, I, 474.
Katz, Philipp Conrad, of Budingen.
Letter from, I, 474.
Kaufmann,  , of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 114.
Kaum, Philip Jacq., of Strasbourg.
Letter from, I, 364.
Kaunitz-Ritberg, Wenceslas Antoine
Prince de, Austrian Diplomatist.
Count d'Oeynhausen to, IV, 337.
Mentioned, I, 347.
Kearl, Thomas, of Norfolk, Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 219.
Keating, William, of Virginia, Amer
ican prisoner.
Letters from, I, 510, 517.
Keay,  . of Paris.
Letters from, I, 369. II, 121. IV,
418.
Marignie to, IV, 376.
Mentioned, III, 337.
Keeling, John.
Letter from, I, 400.
Keiser,  .
Letter from, II, 219.
Keith, Robert.
Letter from, II, 228.
Mentioned, II, 255.
Keith, Sir Robert Murray, Lieut.-Gen.
and British Ambassador at Vienna.
Mentioned, II, 501.
Keith, Sir William, Lieut.-Gov. of
Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Charles Delafay to, IV, 170.
Case against Springett and Hannah
Penn, IV, 171.
Kelby,  , of the New Haven
Post Office.
Mentioned, I, 100.
Kelly, Amy, alias Grumly, wife of
Capt. John Kelly.
Letter from, II, 498.
vol. vi — 12

Kelly, Capt. John, alias Grumly,
American prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 498.
Kelly, Dr. John, Regius Professor of
Medicine at Oxford.
Joseph Browne to, IV, 185.
William Strahan to, IV, 186.
To William Strahan, IV, 186.
Oxford offers the degree of D.C.L. to
Dr. Franklin, IV, 185.
Kelly, Jno.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 174.
Kelly, Timothy.
Letter form, II, 268.
Kelso, Nathan.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Kelsy,  .
Invention of a wheel for a grist
mill, IV, 432.
Kemble, Peter, Member of the Council
of the Province of New Jersey.
Letter from, I, 12.
Kemp, John, Captain of the American
privateer " Greyhound."
Mentioned, II, 472.
Kempel,  de.
Letter from, III, 67.
Kempelen, Wolfgang, Baron de,
Hungarian mechanician.
Mentioned, III, 114.
Kemtenstrauss,  de, of Mu
nich.
Letter from, II, 311.
Kendall, George, of Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 49s.
Kendall, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 462.
To Edward Bancroft, IV, 268.
To James Hutton, IV, 279.
Kendrick, Capt., American prisoner.
Mentioned, IV, 429.
Kendrick, John, of Wareham, Mass.,
Commander of the American pri
vateer " Comte d'Estaing."
Letter from, II, 94.
Kenguer, Y. Bertrand.
To Gregorio Alvarez de Verjusty,
IV, 265.

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Kennedy, —
puted author of " The Interest of
Great Britain Considered in Re
gard to Her Colonies."
Mentioned, I, in.
Kennedy, Archibald, Captain in the
British Navy.
Mentioned, IV, 1882, 194.
Kennedy, David, Secretary to the
Pennsylvania Land Office.
Letter from, III, 311.
Kennedy, William, of Baltimore, Cap
tain of Letter of Marque.
Mentioned, II, 389.
" Kensington," the Letter of Marque.
Ill, 432.
Kent, Benjamin, of Boston.
Letters from, I, 54, 63.
Mentioned, III, 382.
Kent, John.
Letter from, I, 168.
Kentisbear, William, of Marblehead,
Mass., American prisoner.
Letters from, I, 531. II, 14, 15,
108.
Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, Admiral
and Commander-in-Chief of Brit
ish Navy.
Mentioned, I, 443, 454. IV, 13, 14,
266.
Kepple, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 161.
Keralio, Agathon Guinement de,
Brother of Chevalier de Keralio,
Preceptor to the Prince de Deux-
Pont, Inspector-General of the
Military Schools and Marshal of
the Camp.
Letter from, I, 519.
Keralio, Louis Felix Guinement,
Chevalier de, Professor of the
Ecole Militaire at Paris.
Letters from, I, 421, 538, 563. II,
9, 25, 47, 6°, 66, 69, 88, 157, 208,
227, 236, 249, 3522, 3542, 355, 356,
363, 4°4, 4°8, 412, 413, 452, 453,
502, 514. Ill, 10, 52, 55, 56, 65,
87, 93, 131, 147- IV, 420.

Keralio, Chevalier de — Continued.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 9, 15, 28, 33, 43, 44, 45,
46, 49, 502, 512, 54, 98, 1002, 107,
109, 118.
Mentioned, I, 346, 519. II, 213.
HI, 53, 144-
Kerguelen-Tremarec, Mme. Bonte
de, Wife of Yves Joseph de Ker
guelen-Tremarec.
Letter from, I, 501.
Kerguelen-Tremarec, Yves Joseph
de, French navigator.
Letters from, I, 496, 563.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 236.
Mentioned, I, 281.
Kermelin, Baron de, of Sweden.
Letter from, II, 510.
Kermorvan, Chevalier de, Brother of
Col. Gilles de Kermorvan.
Letter from, I, 335.
Kermorvan, Gilles de, Col. in the
Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 181, 182, 335, 534,
563-
To Prince de Montbarrey, IV, 251.
Mentioned, IV, 251.
Kerninon, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, III, 419.
Keroudou, Girault de, Grand Master
Adjunct of the College of Louis
Le Grand.
Letters from, III, 77, 134.
Kerschner, J. Daniel.
Letter from, III, 225.
Khales, Riou.
Letters from, II, 361, 367.
Kheun, Daniel (see Kuhn).
Kiddell, Jr., John.
Letter from, III, 416.
Kilby, Christopher, of Connecticut.
Mentioned, I, 97.
Killceys, Lois.
Letter from, I, 181.
Killen, C. J., Son of William Killen.
Mentioned, III, 381.
Killen, Jacob A., Son of Wm. Killen.
Mentioned, III, 390, 3982.

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Killen, William, Chief Justice of Dela
ware.
Letter from, III, 398.
King,  , an Irish Gentleman.
Passport, III, 530.
King, John.
Letter from, I, 300.
King, Rufus, M. C. C. from Massa
chusetts, Member of the Constitu
tional Convention, U. S. Senator,
Minister to Great Britain.
Letter from, III, 318.
"King George," the British packet.
I, 502.
Kingstand, Edmund.
Mentioned, IV, 173.
Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duch
ess of.
Mentioned, I, 490. IV, 447.
Kinlock, Francis, of Charleston, S. C.
Margaret Colleton to, IV, 267.
Kinnersley, Ebenezer, of Philadel
phia, M. A. P. S., Electrician.
Mentioned, I, 5. Ill, 438, 483.
First Experiment in Electricity, I,
30.
Kinnier, Capt. John, British prisoner.
Letter from, II, 444.
Mentioned, II, 440, 448. IV, 65.
Kinsey, James, M. C. C, Member of
Assembly of New Jersey, Chief
Justice of New Jersey.
Letter from, I, 169.
Letters to, III, 493, 4972.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 222.
Mentioned, III, 389, 4962.
Kinsey, Philip, Brother of James
Kinsey.
Letter from, III, '389.
Letter to, III, 555.
Kippis, Dr. Andrew, F. R. S., Non-
Conformist divine and biographer.
Mentioned, I, 82. Ill, 322.
Biography of Sir John Pringle by,
III, 96.
Kirk, Arthur, Captain of the Letter of
Marque " Independence."
Mentioned, II, 167. Ill, 432.

Kirwan, Andrew.
Letter from, III, 45.
Kirwan, Richard, M. A. P. S., F. R.
S., Member of the Academic des
Sciences, Chemist and Natural
Philosopher.
Mentioned, III, 352.
Treatise on Phlogiston by, III, 341.
Kitchine, Jean.
Letter from, II, 228.
Kitt, Solomon.
Mentioned, I, 446.
Klenguy, Rogon de.
Letter from, I, 347.
Klinglin, Abbe de.
Letter from, IV, 454.
Kluseman, Fr. William.
Letter from, III, 394.
Kneeland, Samuel, Boston Printer.
Mentioned, IV, 180.
Knoepffelius, Andrew Christian.
Letters from, I, 400. IV, 406.
Knowles, Sir Charles, Rear Admiral
in British Navy.
Mentioned, I, m, 112.
Knox,  , Lord George Ger
main's Secretary.
Mentioned, II, 393.
Knox, Henry, Major-General in
the Continental Army, M. A.
P. S.
Letters from, III, 306, 347.
Mentioned, I, 264. II, 433. Ill,
372. IV, 442.
To negotiate exchange of prisoners,
H, 483-
Knox, William, of Boston, brother of
General Henry Knox.
Letter from, IV, 443.
Mentioned, II, 119, 121, 125. IV,
442-
Knox, William, Agent in Great Brit
ain for Georgia and East Florida,
Under-Secretary of State for Amer
ica.
Letter from, I, 117.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 66, 77.

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Knyphausen, Baron Wilhelm von,
General, second in command of
Hessian Army in America.
Mentioned, II, 290. IV, 40.
Kollock, Jacob, Speaker of the As
sembly of New Castle, Kent and
Sussex on Delaware.
Mentioned, IV, 187.
Konig, August.
Letters from, III, 390, 393.
Kornmann & Co., of Paris.
Letter from, II, 408.
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, M. A. P. S.,
Polish patriot, Brigadier-General
in the Continental Army.
Mentioned, III, 136, 170. IV, 326.
Kossakowski, Abbe Corvini.
Letter from, III, 416.
Kothkowski, Count, a Polish Officer.
Letters from, I, 325, 367.
Kovats, Michael, of Hungarian Army.
Letter from, I, 201.
Krazeisen,  .
Letter from, III, in.
Krohne, G. B. de.
Letter from, I, 259.
Kuhn, Daniel, Brother of Dr. Adam
Kuhn, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, I, 122.
Kiimmel, Adam Christian.
Letters from, III, n, 147.
Kurlbaum, Fredric G.
Letter from, II, 363.
Kurouski,  de, Lieutenant in
the Polish Infantry.
Mentioned, II, 484.

-, B-

D-

To Mme. D'orbelin, IV, 355.
L  , M  .
Letter from, II, 360.
Laaschet, Henri van, of Crefeld,
Germany.
Letter from, I, 263.
La Bahard, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 17.

la Balme, Mottin de, Captain in the
French Cavalry, Colonel of Cav
alry in the Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 190.
Mentioned, III, 242. IV, 446.
Labarre,  de.
Mentioned, III, 12.
la Barre, Chevalier de, French Gene
ral in Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 208, 265.
la Bassee,  de.
Letter from, II, 482.
La Bastide,  . French Officer.
Letter from, I, 302.
la Bastide, De Cliniac de, French Of
ficer.
Letter from, I, 286.
Labate, Eymas.
Letter from, I, 367.
la Baume, Chevalier Frangois de Ra-
bier de, Officer in Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 285, 563.
Mentioned, I, 449. IV, 266.
la Bedoyere, Marquis de.
Letter from, I, 318.
Labhard, Mile.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 70.
Labilliere, Major.
Mentioned, III, 57.
la Blanchardiere, Dubourg de,
Nephew of Barbeu Dubourg.
Mentioned, I, 468.
la Blancherie, Mames Claude Pahin
Champlain de, French writer.
Letters from, I, 416, 421, 490, 496,
563. II, 9, 14, 172, 439, 505. Ill,
360. IV, 409, 410, 412, 414, 4162.
Project of, I, 56s2. II, 19, 28.
" Labour in Vain or an Attempt to
Wash the Black-Moor White."
Poem entitled, IV, 481.
Laboureau, Franklin.
Letter from, I, 403.
Laboureau, Mme. Franklin.
Mentioned, II, 242, 346.

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la Boyere, Jean Pierre Berage de,
Captain in Soissonnais Regt. serv
ing in America.
Mentioned, III, 127.
Labrador, Missionaries in, I, 353, 423.
II, 283.
Ship carrying supplies to, I, 483.
la Briche, Lalive de.
Letter from, III, 260.
La Brick,  De.
Letter from, II, 375.
la Brosse, Du Trembly, Comtesse de,
Sister of Millin de la Brosse.
Letters from, II, 511. Ill, 120.
la Brosse, Millin de, French Officer in
the Continental Service.
Letters from, I, 358, 367, 479. II,
460.
Mentioned, I, 320. IV, 243.
la Brossiere, Mallet de, French Army
Surgeon.
Letter from, III, 163.
Labussiere,  de.
Letter from, II, 75.
La Cadette, Romaneix.
Letter from, I, 537.
Lacaze and Mallet, Spanish Merchants
in Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 129, 513.
Lacepede, Comte Bernard Germain
Etienne de La Ville de, F. R. S.,
French physicist, Member of the
Academie des Sciences at Paris.
Letters from, I, 325. II, 481, 514.
Mentioned, I, 565.
la Chaise, Grand de.
Letter from, II, 453.
Mentioned, IV, 67.
la Chambre, Le Chevalier de.
Letter from, IV, 443.
Lacharle, Vicomte de.
Letter from, II, 334.
Lachassaigne,  .
Letter from, II, 241.
La Clause, Henry Jasme.
Letter from, II, 322.
La Clausse,  .
Mentioned, I, 294.

La Combe, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 97.
Lacombe, Etienne Rousseaux, Father
of Jean Rousseaux.
Letter from, I, 336.
La Condamine, La Sabliere de,
French Physician.
Letters from, III, 175, 182.
Letter to, III, 540.
La Corbiere,  De.
Letters from, I, 525. II, 358, 361.
La Corbiere, Mme. De, Principal of
a girls' boarding school.
Letter from, I, 420.
La Coste,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 454.
La Coste, Mme. de.
Letter from, IV, 454.
Lacoudrais, Nicolas Louis Guillaume,
Swedish Consul at Honfleur.
Letter from, III, 214.
la Coupe, Pillat de.
Letter from, II, 117.
Lacour,  .
Letter from, III, 125.
la Cour, Charles Joseph Mathon de,
of Lyons.
Letter from, III, 268.
Letter to, III, 550.
la Courchambeau, Baronne de.
Mentioned, I, 307.
la Courtelle, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 135.
La Crespiniere, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 354.
Lacroix,  De.
Letter from, III, 194.
La Croix,  de.
Letter from, III, 199.
la Croix, Boyer de.
Letter from, II, 112.
Lacy, Franz Moritz, Count von, Aus
trian Field Marshal.
Mentioned, III, 57.
Ladies' disputes, III, 471.
" Ladies Resolution," English priva
teer.
II, 87.

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Ladixmerie,

et al., of the

Loge des Neuf Soeurs.
Letter from, IV, 423.
" Lady Grune," Capt. Joseph Smith,
American privateer.
II, 483-
" Lady Washington," the American
privateer.
II, 500. IV, 478.
Laennec,  .
Letter from, II, 214.
Lafarge, Francis Marc Antoine de.
Letter from, I, 336.
Lafargue, Mme., Cook to Dr. Frank
lin.
Letters from, II, 345, 433.
Lafargue, J.
Letter from, I, 272.
Lafargue, Nicolas, Servant of Ben
jamin Franklin.
Mentioned, III, 309.
La Fay,  De.
Mentioned, III, 557.
La Faye,  De.
Letters from, I, 296, 453. II, 125.
IV, 416.
la Faye,  de.
Mentioned, I, 427. IV, 412, 458.
la Fayette, George Washington de
Motier de, Son of Marquis de la
Fayette.
Mentioned, II, 183.
la Fayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch
Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis
de, M. A. P. S., Maj.-Gen. in
Continental Army.
Letters from, II, 18, 34, 50, 69, 81,
112, 120, 125, 126, 131, 132, 1342,
150, 151, 154, 156, 165, 1672, 183,
191", 1922, 206, 207, 215, 218, 221,
323, 229, 233, 300, 313, 323, 349,
445, 455, 457, 485, 499, 5", 5212.
HI, 70, 76, 78, 115, 117, 135, 147,
1572, 161, 166, 171, 179, 193, 237,
245, 248", 251, 253, 255, 262, 270,
297.
IV, 22, 434, 448, 459, 466.
Letters to, III, 518, 520. IV, 478.

la Fayette, Marquis de — Continued.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 19, 20, 23, 25, 46, 91, 109,
in, 137, 138, 1494.
To Comtesse de Forbach, IV, 283.
de Gimat to, IV, 288.
Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux to,
IV, 505.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV, 348.
Birth of a daughter, II, 499. IV,
459, 478.
Engraving of, at Yorktown, IV,
509.
Family picture of, III, 211.
Mentioned, I, 307, 394, 412, 489,
524-
II, 17, 21, 26, 47, 71, 78, 80, 84, 91,
107, 148, 163, 189, 252, 266, 274,
294, 336, 35°, 4°7, 444, 4562-
III, 32, 100, 102, 125, 140, 144, 162,
177, 181, 198, 200, 2092, 210, 225,
242, 245, 253, 261, 295, 311, 334,
352, 363, 374, 393, 394, 395, 396,
423, 430.
IV, 6, 18, 21, 26, 31, 32, 68, 75, 94,
97, 115, 119, 126, 302, 320, 322,
352, 353, 357, 382, 409, 417, 426,
430, 444, 45i, 495-
Portrait of, III, 192. IV, 79, 121.
Return to France, I, 518. II, 410.
IV, 444.
Safe arrival in France of, III, 292.
Sword made for, II, 28, 133, 134.
Ill, 520, 5222. IV, 275, 302.
Thanks of Congress to, IV, 275.
la Fayette, Marquise Noailles de,
Wife of Marquis de la Fayette.
Letters from, I, 336, 564. II, 192,
263, 390. Ill, 198, 200, 245.
Letter to, III, 528.
Makes present to a young man, of
snuff box with Franklin's portrait
on it, IV, 9.
Mentioned, II, 270, 420, 488. Ill,
514. IV, 56, 100.
la Fayette, Vicomte de Noailles de,
Son of Marquis de . la Fayette.
Mentioned, II, 336.

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la Ferte,

de.

la Genetiere,

de.

Mentioned, III, 260.
Laffaye,  de.
Mentioned, I, 246.
Laffitte, Louis, Lieutenant on an
American privateer.
Letters from, II, 334. IV, 417.
la Fitte, Chevalier de, Brother of
Abbe la Fitte.
Mentioned, II, 304.
la Fitte de Pellepore, Abbe de.
Letter from, II, 304.
Lafitte, Leonard St. Jean, Merchant at
Bordeaux.
Letters from, II, 336, 334.
La Fleche, Lt.-Gen. of the Presidial of.
Mentioned, I, 349.
La Flotte,  de, Adjutant to
Count de Weckenstein.
Mentioned, II, 433.
Lafont,  .
Letter from, III, 147.
Letter to, III, 547.
Lafontaine,  .
Letter from, III, 233.
Lafosse,  de.
Letter from, III, 33.
Laframboise,  .
Mentioned, II, 16.
Lafrete, M. and Mme.
Letter from, II, 415.
Letter to, III, 510.
Lafrete,  De.
Letters from, I, 396, 416, 453. II,
27, 159, 254, 372. Ill, 28, 33.
IV, 470.
Mentioned, II, 232.
Lafrete, Mme. Martinville De.
Letters from, I, 396, 416. II, 396.
Ill, 12.
Mentioned, II, 254.
Lagarde,  .
Letter from, III, 163.
Lagau, Philippe Jean Joseph, French
Consul at Hamburg.
Letter from, II, 219.
la Gaudinay, Chevalier de.
Letter from, II, 166.

Letter from, I, 384.
La Goaner,  , Merchant at
Corunna.
Mentioned, I, 295s, 316. II, 160.
La Goaner & Co., Merchants at Cor
unna.
Letters from, I, 367, 368.
To Silas Deane, IV, 251.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 254.
la Gonterie,  De.
Letter from, I, 305.
la Grainehais,  de.
Mentioned, II, 477.
la Grange,  de.
Letters from, I, 417, 564.
du Freme to, IV, 256.
La Grave,  .
Letter from, III, 245.
Lahannee, Louise, Pastry cook at
Passy.
Letter from, III, 416.
la Haullde, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, III, 415.
Lahaye, L. J.
Letter from, III, 68.
La Houssaye, Vicomte de, Chief
Treasurer of the War Department
in Brittany.
Letter from, III, 58.
Laignier, A.
Letter from, III, 79.
Lainneville,  .
Letter from, IV, 412.
de Laisne, Marquis de Chappe.
Mentioned, III, 360.
la Jousselandiere, Vigneron de.
Letter from, III, 116.
Lake Champlain, Situation of Amer
icans on, IV, 402.
George, IV, 238.
Lake, James, Captain of ship "Sally."
Rodolph Valltravers to, IV, 361.
Lalaisse,  de.
Letter from, I, 272.
la Lande,  de.
Letters from, I, 505. II, 117.
Mentioned, II, 121.

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Lalande, Joseph Jerome Le Frangais
de, French Astronomer.
Letter from, III, 229.
Lalanne,  .
Letters from, I, 448. Ill, 21.
Lalanne et fils, Veuve, Merchants at
Bayonne.
Letter from, I, 445.
To John Adams, IV, 326.
Mentioned, I, 453.
Lallement,  .
Letter from, I, 457.
La Louelle, Elizabeth Angelique Fau
con, Veuve.
Letter from, I, 498.
la Luzerne, Comtesse.
Letter from, II, 406.
la Luzerne, Chevalier Anne Cesar de,
M. A. P. S., French Minister to the
U. S.
Letters from, II. 135. Ill, 249,
356-
House struck by lightning, II, 483.
Mentioned, II, 66, 69, 78, 80, 127,
137, 139, 142, 177, 188, 218, 265,
326, 394, 406. Ill, 84, 87, 89, 98,
109, 183, 261, 276, 311. IV, 18,
20, 22, 160, 295, 326.
Oratorical entertainment at home of,
IV, 57-
la Luzerne, Brigueville de.
Letter from, II, 223.
la Luzerne, Cesar Henri Comte de,
Lieut.-Gen., brother of Anne Cesar
de la Luzerne.
Letter from, II, 411.
la Mailiere, Abbe de, Son of General
de la Mailiere.
Mentioned, III, 141.
la Mailiere, Gen. de.
Mentioned, III, 141.
la Maillardiere, Bridon de.
Letter from, III, 207.
la Malmaison,  de.
Letter from, I, 338.
la Marck, Mme. la Comtesse de.
Mentioned, II, 518. Ill, 83, 199.
IV, 98, 452-

La Marck et Stein, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 39.
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Lamardelle,  de.
Letter from, III, 135.
Lamarque,  .
To Lair De Lamotte, IV, 504.
Lamarque & Fabre, Paris Merchants.
Mentioned, II, 396. IV, 462.
Lamarque, Fabre & Co., Paris Mer
chants.
Letters from, II, 185, 204, 394, 397.
IV, 4582-
la Mazelle, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, IV, 231.
Lamballe, Marie Therese Louise de
Savoie Carignan, Princess de.
Mentioned, I, 434.
Lambert,  .
Letters from, I, 325, 38s2.
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Lambert, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Lambert, Sir John, of Paris, Banker.
Letters from, II, 263, 295, 390.
Mentioned, II, 336. Ill, 216, 240.
Lambesc, Charles Eugene, Prince de,
French General.
Mentioned, III, 116.
la Merville, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 290.
Lameth, Comtesse de Broglie de.
Letter from, IV, 408.
Mentioned, I, 434. IV, 414, 415.
Lameth, Charles Malo Frangois, Chev
alier de, Aide to Rochambeau in
A merica.
Letter from, III, 54.
Lamize,  de.
Saugrain de Vigny to, IV, 364.
Lamoligniere, Duboys de.
Letter from, III, 90.
Lamont, Aeneas, printer.
Letter from, III, 335.
la Morliere, Comte de, French General.
Letters from, I, 524. Ill, 208.
Lamot,  .
Mentioned, III, 140.

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Lamothe, D'Isle de, Brother of Fran
cois Henry Hervee de Lamothe.
Letter from, I, 403.
la Mothe, Frangois Henry Hervee,
Chevalier de, in Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 339.
To General  , IV, 377.
Mentioned, I, 343.
la Mothe du Pin,  .

Letter from, II, 20.
la Motte,  de.
Mentioned, III, 286.
La Motte, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 270.
La Motte, Vicomte de, Lt.-Col. in
French Army.
Letter from, II, 284.
Mentioned, IV, 378, 379.
Lamotte, Lair De, Sec'y to Dr. Frank
lin and nephew of Barbeu Du
bourg.
Letter from, II, 181.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 125, 1262, 127, 1282, 129,
143, 146.
To Jean Jacques Caffieri, IV, 354.
To  Le Veux, IV, 351.
Lamarque to, IV, 504.
Mentioned, II, 203. Ill, 550. IV,
138, 148.
La Motte Valois Mme. de.
Mentioned, III, 290, 306, 308.
Lampre,  .
Capt. John Burnell to, IV, 248.
Lamy,  .
Letters from, III, 123, 138.
" Lancashire Witch," the privateer.
Seizure of the brigantine " La Jus
tine " by IV, 338.
Lancaster, widow.
Mentioned, IV, 182.
Land-Concern, Heads of Articles re
lating to, by Dr. Franklin.
Ill, 465-
Landais, Pierre, Captain in U. S.
Navy.
Letters from, II, 21, 27, 33s, 34, 35,

Landais, Pierre — Continued.
41, 44, 51, 57, 64, 70, 73, 76, 78,
123, 130, 149, 153, 160, 185, 206,
208, 215, 220, 225, 226, 253, 254,
260, 261, 267, 269. IV, 419, 430.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 24.
To James Degge, IV, 306.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 298, 309,
494, 499-
Officers of the "Alliance" to, IV,
495-
Le Ray de Chaumont to, IV, 303.
Alexander Gillon to, IV, 306.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 307, 308,
494.
Arrest of, II, 299.
Charges against, II, 185. IV, 422,
495-
Court-martial of, II, 152.
Defense of, in the, IV, 495.
Minutes of, IV, 496.
Denies having received instructions
from Le Ray de Chaumont, IV,
500.
Deprived of command of the " Al
liance " by Dr. Franklin, IV, 498.
Insubordination of, IV, 4222, 494.
Mentioned, II, 53, 54, 61, 84, 106,
120, 153, 155, 156, 168, 1742, 188,
215, 227, 258, 2592, 260, 263, 2642,
2652, 2682, 278, 288, 331, 340, 349.
IV, 16, 22, 43, 229, 259, 288, 3062,
307, 308, 417, 420, 421, 429", 430,
454, 5°i-
Minutes of court-martial of, IV, 496.
Quarrel between John Paul Jones
and, IV, 499.
Refusal to receive Dr. Franklin's
letter, IV, 477.
Resolution pertaining to the appoint
ment of, to command certain ves
sels, IV, 490.
Resumes commmand of the " Al
liance," IV, 498.
Landells, John.
Letter from, III, 416.

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Landerneau, a port in Brittany.
II, 292.
Landers, Capt. John, American
prisoner.
Letter from, II, 415.
Mentioned, II, 409.
Landeuville, Count de.
Letter from, III, 416.
Landolt,  , of Zurich.
Mentioned, III, 246.
Landriani, Marsilio, Professor of
Physics at Milan.
Mentioned, III, 92. IV, 469.
Laneorlon, Mesdames.
Letter from, IV, 458.
LaneuviUe, Chevalier Louis Jfierre
Lombart de, Brig.-Gen. in Conti
nental Service.
Letters from, I, 227. II, 109, 192,
327.
Letter to, III, 536.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 22, 23", 26, 27, 28s, 29s, 30,
31, 33s, 34s, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45,
46, 48, 49, 5i, 54, 6s2, 70, 94, 101,
104, 105, 115, 118, 165.
To Dr. Edward Bancroft, IV, 315.
Mentioned, I, 330, 448, 509. II, 21.
IV, 25.
Certifying to signature of, IV, 477.
LaneuviUe, Noirmont de, Major in
the Continental Army, brother of
Gen. Chevalier de LaneuviUe.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 47s.
Mentioned, I, 448, 509. II, 21. IV,
26, 112, 315.
Langdon, John, New Hampshire dele
gate to the Continental Congress,
Continental Agent, Speaker of the
New Hampshire Assembly, Dele
gate to the Constitutional Conven
tion, Governor of New Hampshire,
U. S. Senator.
Letters from, I, 304, 518.
Mentioned, I, 415. IV, 240.
Langle, Fleurian de, Relative of Mar
quis de la Fayette.
Mentioned, II, 6. Ill, 516.

Langley, John.
George III to, IV, 495.
Langlin,  .
Duvaudier to, IV, 323.
Lanoix, L.
Letters from, III, 21. IV, 463.
Lanoue,  .
Letter from, III, 61.
Lansdowne, Marquis of (see also
Shelburne, Earl of).
Letter from, III, 295.
Lanthenar, Frangois.
Letters from, II, 6, 192.
La Perouze,  de, Captain of
the French frigate " Amazone."
Mentioned, II, 309.
la Piolotte, Miiller de, Glass manu
facturer.
Letter from, I, 389.
La Plaigne, Emanuel Pierre De, Cap
tain First Georgia Reg't Continen
tal Army.
Letters from, I, 336, 383, 446, 456,
533- II, 16, 449- IV, 417.
Agent of Georgia, I, 248, 336.
Mentioned, I, 429.
la Plaigne, Gambie de.
Mentioned, I, 480.
la Platiere, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 223.
la Pleigniere, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 374.
la Porte,  de.
Mentioned, II, 522.
La Porte,  De.
Letter from, III, 169.
La Porte,  de, of the Regi
ment de Nivernois.
Letter from, I, 417.
Laporte, Freres de.
Letter from, II, 192.
La Porte, Jean B. De, Intendant at
Brest.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 251.
Mentioned, I, 487. IV, 252.
la Pottere, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, I, 298.
la Prade, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 512.

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la Prade, Richard de, French Physi
cian.
Letter from, I, 286.
la Prevalaye, Pierre Dumas, Marquis
de, Captain French? ship of war
"Lively." Mentioned, I, 486.
la Radiere,  De, Father of
Col. De la Radiere of the Conti
nental Service.
Letter from, I, 361.
Mentioned, I, 364, 421.
la Radiere, Col. Deshaye De, French
Engineer in the Continental Serv
ice.
Letter to, III, 503.
Mentioned, IV, 243.
Report of the death of, IV, 14.
Lardner, John, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, no, 164.
Lareguy,  . French Agent in
Boston.
Mentioned, II, 242.
Larendoutte,  , Officer on the
"Marquis de la Fayette."
Mentioned, II, 380.
la Riviere,  de.
Letter from, I, 164.
la Robole,  de.
To Anonymous, IV, 378.
la Rocatelle, Flobergue de, Engineer
in French Army.
Letters from, I, 337s.
Mentioned, I, 283. IV, 269.
la Roche, Abbe Lefebvre de, Chap
lain to the Comte d'Artois.
Letters from, II, 192, 193. Ill,
349-
Mentioned, II, 56, 187, 313, 428.
HI, 179, 42i- IV, 65, i56z, 479.
La Roche-Tilhac, Abbe Poncelin de.
Letter from, II, 492.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 862, 91, 94, 105, 112.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
332.
Mentioned, IV, 87.

la Rochefoucauld, Marie Louise
Elisabeth Nicole de, Duchesse
d'Anville, Mother of Due de La
Roche-Guyon et de la Roche
foucauld d'Anville.
Letter from, II, 251.
la Rochefoucauld, d'Anville Louis
Alexandre Due de La Roche-
Guyon et de, M. A. P. S.
Letters from, I, 229, 312, 338", 383,
564. II, 58, 175, 196, 524. Ill,
40, 49, 100, 152", 157, 288, 296,
307, 334, 337, 352, 366, 376, 386,
416, 417.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 6.
To Barbeu Dubourg, IV, 375.
To Comte Aubin de St. Lambert,
IV, 326.
Mentioned, I, 498. II, 414, 502.
Ill, 99, 172, 324, 344, 396. IV,
11, 56-
Laroque, Abbe.
Mentioned, III, 291.
la Rouarie, Armand Tafin, Marquis
de.
Letter from, III, 241.
Larpent, John, in British Secretary of
State's Office, Southern Depart
ment.
Francis Fauquier to, IV, 192.
Larrouy, Jean.
Mentioned, III, 175.
Larwood and Van Hassett and Van
Suchtelen, Merchants at Amster
dam.
Letters from, II, 452, 463.
La Salle,  de.
To Mile, de Chaumont, IV, 376.
La Salle, Comtesse de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 59.
La Salle, Marquis de, of the Lodge
of the Neuf Soeurs.
Letter from, II, 510.
La Seyne, Plans for improving the
port of, IV, 391.

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Laskowski, Josephus Corabita de.
Letter from, III, 5.
Lasseray,  , of Paris.
Letter from, II, 370.
Lassize,  de.
Mentioned, III, 394.
Lasson,  de.
Letter from, III, 138.
la Sudire, Cosson de.
Letter from, I, 251.
Latache,  .
Letter from, I, 396.
La Terriere,  .
Letter from, III, 392.
"La Therese," the ship.
I, 240, 491. II, 24.
Lathrop, Dr. John, Boston Clergy
man.
Letters from, III, 353, 373.
Mentioned, III, 296.
Latin, Rules for constructing, into
English, IV, 387.
Classic works, List of, about to be
published, IV, 395.
And Swedish books, Catalogue of,
IV, 394-
la Torre, Isidoro de, Merchant at
Cadiz.
Letter from, II, 82.
Mentioned, II, 101.
Latouche,  .
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 50, 121.
La Touche, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 8.
Latouche, Estourneau de.
Letter from, I, 293.
La Touche -Treville, Louis Rene
Madeleine Le Vassor de, French
Admiral, Commandant of Fleet
under Comte de Grasse.
Mentioned, I, 457, 535.
Latour,  de.
Letter from, I, 286.
la Tour, Jolly de.
Mentioned, I, 410.
Lattier, Major.
Mentioned, III, 325.

Laubarede,  de.
Letters from, III, 181, 188, 194,
225.
Lauber, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 151.
Laubertie, Victoire, Mother of the
children of Col. de Donap.
Letter from, I, 443.
Laublin,  .
Letter from, II, 522.
Laudrin,  .
Letter from, II, 471.
Laugier,  .
Letter from, III, 255.
Laumoy,  de, French Engi
neer Officer, Colonel in the Conti
nental Army.
Letter from, III, 244.
Mentioned, I, 206, 211. Ill, 503.
IV, 243-
Laumoy, Mme. de.
Letter from, IV, 407.
Launay de Tillieres,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 149.
Launey, Frangois de, French Mer
chant.
Letter from, III, 33.
Lauraguais, Louis Leon Felicite de
Brancas, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 288.
Laureau,  , Professor of Math
ematics at Rochefort.
Letter from, I, 460.
Laurence,  .
Mentioned, III, 44.
Laurence, Henry, et al.
Letter from, IV, 423.
"Laurens," the American privateer.
Ill, 36.
Laurens, Harry, Son of Henry Lau
rens.
Mentioned, IV, 13.
Laurens, Henry, M. A. P. S., South
Carolina delegate to and Presi
dent of the Continental Congress,
U. S. Minister to Holland, Com
missioner for negotiating peace
with Great Britain.

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Laurens, Henry — Continued.
Letters from, II, 480, 496, 497, 516.
Ill, 193. IV, 464, 467.
Letter to, IV, 475.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 84.
To Baron de Berenger, IV, 341.
Richard Caswell to, IV, 248.
Reuben Harvey to, IV, 343.
Robert Morris to, IV, 246.
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull to, IV,
245.
Bills drawn upon, IV, 3842.
Exchange of, IV, 424, 433, 434, 437,
438, 504-
Mentioned, I, 194, 242, 307, 311.
II, 2532, 254, 255, 257, 285, 295,
297, 301, 3022, 3052, 3073, 3082,
309, 310, 311, 312, 321, 348, 376,
385, 4°7, 410, 412, 415, 416, 418,
423, 444, 479, 507, 510, 516-
III, 20, 72, 89, 127, 194, 249, 5321.
IV, 13, 67, 84, 104, 115, 126, 242,
247, 259, 338, 379, 415, 438, 446,
454, 462.
Resignation as Commissioner for
Negotiating a Treaty of Peace
with Great Britain, IV, 459.
Laurens, Mrs. Henry.
Death of, II, 410.
Laurens, James, Jr., Brother of Henry
Laurens.
Letters from, I, 504, 532.
Mentioned, II, 369.
Laurens, Jean Frederic.
Letter from, III, 249.
Laurens, John, Son of Henry Lau
rens, Lt.-Col. and Aide-de-Camp
to Gen. Washington, U. S. Special
Minister to France.
Letters from, II, 358, 377, 433s,
4342-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 71, 72.
To the President of Congress, IV,
318, 319.
To Louis XVI, IV, 318.
Joshua Johnson to, IV, 319.
John D. Schweighauser to, IV, 320.

Laurens, John — Continued.
Appointed Secretary of Embassy at
French Court, II, 187. IV, 297.
Appointed Envoy Extraordinary to
Court of Versailles, IV, 435.
Death of, IV, 85.
Instructions to, as Minister at the
Court of Versailles, IV, 315.
Mentioned, II, 340, 348, 349', 358,
359, 364, 369, 371, 373, 375, 379,
3822, 383, 392, 396, 399, 403, 431,
440. Ill, 527. IV, 54", 69.
Particulars as to Artillery, IV, 318.
Laurens, Martha, Daughter of Henry
Laurens,
Letters from, II, 369, 407, 444, 522.
Mentioned, III, 14, 24.
Laurenson, Larvon.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 85.
Laurent, Pierre,
Letter from, II, 389.
L' Aureole,  de.
Letter from, III, 167.
Lauron,  de.
Letters from, I, 2512.
Mentioned, IV, 231.
Laussat,  .
Letter from, II, 449.
Lauzun, Duchesse de.
Mentioned, IV, 138.
Lavabre & Doerner, of Paris.
Letters from, I, 325, 327. II, 7, 27.
Lavabre, Doerner & Cie, of Paris.
Notarial deed by, IV, 316.
To Louis Guillaume Le Veillard,
IV, 316.
Mentioned, II, 354.
Laval,  de.
Letter from, I, 382.
Laval & Wilfilsheim, French Mer
chants.
Letter from, III, 31.
la Valette,  De.
Mentioned, III, 344. IV, 1522.
Lavalette,  .
Letter from, II, 64.
la Valiniere,  de.
Letter to, III, 544.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Lavallee, Gilles De.
Letters from, III, 224, 293.
Lavallee, N.
Letter from, III, 123.
la Valliere, Duchesse de.
Mentioned, III, 204.
la Valliere, Louis Cesar La Baume Le
Blanc, Due de.
Letter to, III, 484.
Library of, III, 129.
Mentioned, III, 174, 403. IV, 382.
Lavan, Hudson de.
Letter from, III, 417.
la Vauguyon, Paul Frangois de Que-
len, Due de, French Ambassador
to Holland.
Letter from, II, 175.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 300.
Mentioned, II, 11, 159, 163, 180,
231, 383, 460.
Lavaysse & Co., Merchants at I'Ori
ent.
Letter from, II, 122.
Lavaysse, Puchelberg & Co., Mer
chants at I'Orient.
Letters from, III, 313, 332.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 152.
la Verdiere,  de.
Letters from, I, 554. II, 99.
la Verite, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 298.
la Ville,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 103, 506.
Laville, D.
Letter from, I, 257.
la Villeboisnet,  de.
Mentioned, II, 420.
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, M. A. P.
S., F. R. S., French Chemist.
Letters from, I, 254. II, 312, 334,
347-
Description by, of a balloon ascen
sion, IV, 506.
Mentioned, IV, 453.
Pamphlet on heat by, III, 123.
Lavoisier, M. and Mme.
Letter from, II, 522.

La Vrilliere, Due de.
Mentioned, III, 288. IV, 233.
Law, Act for regulating the practice
of, IV, 211.
Lawder, George, et al., British
prisoners.
Letter from, II, 114.
Lawrence,  .
Mentioned, III, 209. IV, 156.
Lawrence, Captain.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 485.
Lawrence, E.
Mentioned, III, 373.
Lawrence, Jason, Captain of the
schooner " General Arnold."
Mentioned, II, 18.
Lawrence, Jno., of Burlington, N. J.
Letters from, I, 182. Ill, 286.
John Taylor to, IV, 363.
Laws, Criminal, unjust, III, 457.
Sent to England for King's approba
tion, Poor Condition of, III, 449.
Lawton, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 160.
Leach, John, Captain of the "Frank
lin."
Mentioned, I, 549.
Learning, Aaron, Member of the New
Jersey Assembly.
Letter from, I, 127.
Leamy, John, Philadelphia Merchant.
Mentioned, III, 344.
Le Bel, Fortin De.
Letters from, III, 224, 226.
Le Blanc,  , Cavalry Officer
in Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 344, 366.
To Silas Deane, IV, 255.
Le Blanc, Alexis.
Marriage of Anne Tendon and, IV,
186, 227.
Leblond,  .
Mentioned, I, 338.
Leboistel,  , Lieut.-Col. in the
Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment.
Official recommendation of Paul
Frangois Jean Baptiste de Caran-
tene by, IV, 203.

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Le Bolloche de IZascoct,  .
Letter from, II, 25.
Lebon,  .
Mentioned, IV, 414.
Lebrun, 
Letter from, I, 561.
Le Brun,  , of Paris.
Letters from, I, 29s2, 316. II, 160.
Le Brun,  , in the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, IV, 242.
Le Brun,  , de Bellecour, Lt.-
Col. in Pulaski's Legion.
Mentioned, II, 361.
Le Cerf, George.
Letter from, III, 200.
Lechault,  , of St. Malo.
Letter from, II, 303.
Le Connu (see Baussay, E. de) .
Leconte,  .
To Peltier Du Doyer, IV, 490.
Lecoq,  .
Letter from, I, 274.
Le Cordier,  , of Port Louis,
France.
Letter from, I, 504.
L'Ecosse,  de.
Letter from, II, 365.
Lecourbe, Mme.
Letter from, II, 193.
Le Despencer, Francis Dashwood,
Baron, F. R. S., Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Joint Postmaster-Gen
eral.
Letter from, I, 160.
Claims upon George Henry, IV,
363-
Mentioned, I, 88, 175. Ill, 354.
Rates of Postage by, IV, 484.
Ledgers, A and B and D, Benjamin
Franklin's, III, 555.
Ledlie, Hugh.
Letter from, III, 342.
Ledoigt,  .
Letter from, I, 247.
Le Due,  .
Letter from, II, 139.

Le Due, Jean Pierre, in the service of
South Carolina.
Mentioned, II, 425.
" Lee," the Continental schooner.
William Addiscott appointed master
of the, IV, 486.
Lee, 
Visiting card of, IV, 510.
Lee, Arthur, of Virginia, M. A. P. S.,
F. R. S., Physician, London Law
yer, Agent of Massachusetts in
London, Secret Agent of the Con
tinental Congress in London, U.
S. Commissioner to France, brother
of Richard Henry Lee.
Letters from, I, 172, 209, 214, 217,
221, 225, 227, 306, 318, 347, 351,
355, 357, 359, 360, 364, 365, 367,
3683, 369, 37i, 383, 385, 387', 389,
424, 538, 551, 564-
II, 2, 15, 202, 21, 22s, 28, 30, 42, 45,
71, 72, 101, no, in, 131, 140, 146,
152, 220, 259.
IV, 404, 418, 420.
Letters to, III, 507, 5083, 5093, 5103,
553- IV, 476.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 5, 16, 18, 21, 1652.
To John Adams, IV, 267.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 306.
To Joshua Johnson, IV, 292.
To La Goaner & Co., IV, 254.
To Capt. Jacques Le Maire, IV,
273, 279.
To James Moylan, IV, 488.
To  Paulze, IV, 232.
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 281.
To Samuel Wharton, IV, 279.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 259.
Thomas Barclay to, IV, 364.
Sir Robert Finlay to, IV, 257.
Capt. Jacques Le Maire to, IV, 273,
274.
James Moylan to, IV, 488.
Penet, D'Acosta Freres and Cie, to,
IV, 269.
Puchelberg & Co., to, IV, 265.

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Lee, Arthur — Continued.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 263,
283.
Contract with Penet, D'Acosta and
Co., IV, 265.
Challenge to Mr. Leadwell, IV, 165.
Declines to give up the original
papers of Joint Commission, II,
30, 45-
Dispute with Capt. Le Maire, IV, 10.
Franklin's reasons for not answer
ing letters of, III, 509, 510.
Has communications with Lord Shel-
burne, IV, 419.
In regard to the personal inter
course between the Commission
ers, III, 510.
Mentioned, I, 88, 212, 241, 245, 269,
358, 359, 367, 428, 438, 442, 499,
501, 507, 521, 523, 526, 537, 544,
546.
II, 15, 17, 18, 24", 40, 41, 48, 50,
55, 66, 79, 105, 109, 114, 115, 116,
118, 126, 135, 157, 160, 165, 226,
251, 259, 2602, 262, 264, 270, 288,
298, 324, 362.
HI, 77, 191, 35i, 430.
IV, n, 32, 62, 249, 260, 273, 278,
2792, 420, 423, 4372, 4752, 476, 488.
Money retained by man-servant of,
IV, 276.
Quarrel with Silas Deane, IV, 476.
Theft of papers from, IV, 234.
Lee, Charles, Maj.-Gen. in Continen
tal Army, formerly Major in British
Army.
Letters from, I, 82, 177, 178.
Capture of, I, 223, 224, 2252.
Estate in Virginia, IV, 85, 86.
Exchange of, for Gen. Richard Pres
cott, IV, 486.
Mentioned, I, 157, 176, 363, 553.
IV, 229.
Lee, Henry, Captain of a brig from
Philadelphia.
Letter from, II, 185.
Lee, John, British Jurist, Member of
Parliament and Attorney-General.
Mentioned, III, 26.

Lee, Richard Henry, Virginia delegate
to and President of the Continen
tal Congress.
Letter from, IV, 403.
Mentioned, I, 189, 200, 307, 310,
3142, 421, 422, 444. II, 67. IV,
353-
Lee, Stephen, Irish prisoner.
Letter from, II, 434.
Lee Thomas, of Cambridge, Mass.
Mentioned, III, 373s.
Lee, William, U. S. Commercial
Agent at Nantes, brother of Rich
ard Henry Lee.
Letters from, I, 169, 255, 261, 264,
265, 287, 289, 297, 301, 328, 370,
373, 374, 378, 380, 393, 472, 498,
542, 545, 564- H, 13, 532, 55, 91,
136, 193, 487, 494.
Letters to, III, 5082, 512.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 13.
To Silas Deane, IV, 237.
John Bradford to, IV, 248.
Appoinment as Commissioner to
Court of Prussia, I, 362.
Demands of, IV, 454.
Enmity against Franklin, I, 518.
Mentioned, I, 263, 3712, 373, 375,
379, 392, 4902, 4932, 5i7, 537- H,
55, 165, 214, 305, 307. Ill, 517,
518. IV, 263, 264, 322, 409, 423.
Leempoel, Professor de.
Letter from, II, 299.
Lefebure, Marquis.
Letter from, I, 323.
Lefebure, Frangois, Captain of the
French bark " Le Dillon," son of
Marquis Lefebure.
Mentioned, I, 323.
Le Febvre,  .
Letter from, III, 134.
Le Febvre de Villeu,  .
Mentioned, III, 52.
Lefebvre, J. S.
To John Torris, IV, 305.
Le Fer, Chevalier, Lieut, in the Royal
Cuirassiers.
Mentioned, I, 205.

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183

Le Fevre,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 6.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
269.
Le Fevre,  .
Letter from, I, 307.
Lefevre,  , of Lisbon.
Mentioned, II, 459.
Lefferts, Jacobus.
To Capt. Richard Grinnell, IV, 219.
Le Fort, Marc, Merchant at Mar
seilles.
Letters from, I, 426, 429. II, 80,
381, 393, 502.
Le Franc,  .
Mentioned, IV, 147.
Le Francq,  , Father of An
toine Maximilien-Cesar Le Francq.
Letter from, I, 327.
Le Francq, Antoine Maximilien-Ce
sar, former Commander of the
Maryland galley " Conqueror."
Letter from, I, 548.
Mentioned, I, 327.
Lefrique,  .
Letter from, II, 242.
Legall,  de.
Letter from, III, 240.
Legaux, C.
To Frangois, Marquis de Barbe de
Marbois, IV, 272.
Leger, Edward, Lieutenant of the U.
S. sloop of war "Hornet."
Mentioned, I, 475, 485.
Legislation for Colonies during 17th
Century, by Benjamin Franklin.
Ill, 465-
Legislature, the preservation of the
supremacy of the, III, 472.
Legouve,  .
Letter from, III, 171.
" Le Gracieux," French brigantine.
II, 104.
Le Grand and Molinos, Messrs.
Mentioned, III, 133.
VOL. VI — 13

L'Ehombe, M. de, of the Superior
Council of Port au Prince.
Mentioned, I, 205.
Leidenfal,  de.
Letter from, III, 126.
Lelay,  .
Mentioned, III, 100.
Leleu, Veuve.
Letter from, II, 47.
Leleu, N., of Amiens.
Letters from, I, 463. II, 477, 509.
Mentioned, II, 477.
Leleu & Co.
Letter from, III, 131.
Le Maire, Capt. Jacques, Inspector of
Military Stores for Virginia.
Letters from, I, 493, 499, 501, 507,
5", 53o, 54i- II, 7, 193- IV,
470.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 10, 11, 12, 122.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 273, 279.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 273, 274.
In difficulty for lack of funds, IV, 11.
Mentioned, I, 371, 405, 502, 503,
514, 520. II, no. IV, 279, 412.
Le Marege, Frangois.
Letter from, 1, 336.
Lemercier,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 144.
Le Merle, Frederic.
Letter from, I, 275.
Lemerre,  .
Letter from, II, 522.
Le Mire, Noel, French engraver.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 79, 121.
Mentioned, IV, 509.
Lemire,  . Merchant at
Dieppe.
Letter from, II, 8.
Lemon, John, American prisoner.
Letters from, I, 514, 515.
Lemoyne,  .
Letter from, III, 207.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

L'Enfant,  , Father of Maj.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant of the
Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 397.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, Major in
the Continental Army, Engineer,
laid out City of Washington, D. C.
Letters from, III, 145, 341.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 158.
Mentioned, IV, 47.
Lenoble, Capt. de.
Letter from, III, 15.
Lenoir, Jean Charles Pierre, Coun
cillor of Stale and Lieut, of Police
at Paris.
Letters from, II, 164, 348, 370, 470,
474. Ill, 90, 121, 126, 132, 206,
246, 254, 256. IV, 458.
Letter to, III, 537.
Mentioned, IV, 115.
Le Normand,  .
Mentioned, I, 488.
Lenormant, d'Etioles.
Letter from, III, 409.
Lenox, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 312.
Lenox, David.
Letter from, III, 353.
Le Pelley, Pleville.
Mentioned, III, 42.
" Le Pierre," an American prize.
IV, 430.
l'Epinasse, Charles, F. R. S.
Mentioned, I, 88.
Lepine, J.
Letter from, II, 312.
Lepinoy, President Pigault de, of
Calais.
Letters from, I, 460. II, 497.
Le Poer, Abbe.
Letter from, III, 151.
Lermonth, Alexander.
Letter from, III, 78.
Le Roi, Anne Marie.
Mentioned, IV, 184.
Le Roi, Jean Jacques.
Mentioned, IV, 184.

Le Rouge,  , Map seller at
Paris.
Letters from, II, 317, 362, 434, 454.
Lerouge, Camusar & Co.
Letters from, IV, 460, 461.
Le Roux,  .
Mentioned, III, 354.
Le Roux,  , Author of the
Journal of Education.
Letters from, I, 420. II, 23, 28, 32,
135. Ill, 196. IV, 413, 449.
Le Roy,  , Interpreter.
Letter from, I, 397.
Le Roy,  , of Cherbourg.
Letter to, III, 511.
Leroy, Alphonse.
Letter from, IV, 459.
Le Roy, Charles, French Physician,
brother of Jean Baptiste Le Roy.
Mentioned, I, 107.
Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, M. A. P. S.,
F. R. S., Member of the Academie
des Sciences de Paris, French
Physicist.
Letters from, I, 107, 127, 130, 146,
149, 167, 237, 244, 249, 259, 262,
337*, 4322, 454, 460, 501, 524, 564s,
5655-
II, 28, 543, 78, 174, 1933, 271, 282,
335E, 4i4, 434*, 435, 464, 5223.
Ill, 6, 18, 131, 147, 148s, 1492, 169,
237, 279, 283, 288, 303, 313, 3292,
337, 35i, 4I75, 4i89, 419°, 4202.
IV, 410, 434, 465, 470.
Letters to, III, 469, 472, 482, 487,
488, 539, 557-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 13, 43, 95, 115, 1652.
Capt. John Burnell to, IV, 248.
Baudoin de Guemadeuc to, IV, 268.
Comte D'Herouville to, IV, 375.
Lavinier to, IV, 313.
Vitel to, IV, 313.
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507.
Electrical Machine by, III, 482.
Elected Member of The American
Philosophical Society, III, 487.

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185

Le Roy, Jean Baptiste — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 23, no, 134, 153, 172.
II, 87, 494. Ill, 57, 107, 180, 186,
196, 346, 425, 5063, 511, 514, 5172.
IV, no, 155, 157, 379-
Le Roy, Mme. Jean Baptiste (La
Petite Femme de Poche).
Letters from, I, 344, 565. II, 435,
523°. Ill, 346, 421.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 165.
Mentioned, I, 259. Ill, 6, 299.
Le Roy, Julien David, M. A. P. S.,
Member of I'Academie des In
scriptions et Belles-Lettres, French
Architect, brother of Jean Bap
tiste Le Roy.
Letters from, III, 310, 337, 340,
345, 354-
To Marquis de Castries, IV, 362.
Mentioned, III, 329.
Le Roy, Louis Gabriel, French ma
chinist.
Letters from, I, 399, 565.
Le Roy, Pierre, French clockmaker,
brother of Jean Baptiste Le Roy.
Mentioned, I, 107, 146, 169.
Le Sage,  ¦.
Mentioned, I, 369.
Lesage, Auguste, of Lille.
Letters from, II, 241, 246.
La Sage, Dotun, a Paris sharper.
Mentioned, II, 394.
Leschevin,  . of Versailles.
Mentioned, II, 337.
Lescossois, Dusantoy.
Letter from, II, 395.
Lescun,  de.
Letter from, I, 290.
Lesease,  .
Letter from, II, 351.
Le Seque, Louis, Son of Salvator Le
Seque.
Mentioned, III, 420.
Le Seque, Salvator.
Letter from, III, 420.
Le Seurre,  , French Consul
at Nice, Italy.
To Mme. Brillcn, IV, 352.

Lesguillon,  .
Letter from, I, 512.
Leslie, Gen. Alexander, British soldier.
Mentioned, IV, 48.
L'Esperance, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 17.
Lesqui,  , Translator into
French of Franklin's works.
Letters from, I, 15 6s.
Mentioned, I, 138.
Lestarjette, Louis, of Charleston, S. C.
Letter from, II, 435.
Lestrades,  de, Physician to
the King at Martinique.
Mentioned, III, 16S.
Lestume and Coquillon, Merchants at
Brest.
Letter from, I, 565.
Letang, Chevalier de Hooke.
Letter from, III, 97.
Le Tellier, James.
Letter from, III, 420.
Letre  de.
Letter from, III, 116.
Le Trone,  .
Mentioned, III, 391.
Letter of Marque ships, British, In
structions given to, IV, 484.
"Letter of two Great Men," III,
451.
Letter press copies, Directions for
making, IV, 390.
" Letters from a Farmer in Penn
sylvania," Preface to, by Benja
min Franklin.
Ill, 469.
Letters of Marque and Reprisal.
Bonds given upon taking out, III,
43i, 432, 433, 56o.
Instructions to commanders of, IV,
224, 241.
Mentioned, I, 253.
Lettsom, John Coakley, M. A. P. S.,
F. R. S., London Physician.
Letters from, I, 142. II, 395. Ill,
92, 163, 246, 254, 271, 315, 348.
Biography of Dr. John Fothergill
by, IV, 464.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Le Vache de Vaubrun, Jean, Captain
in the Continental Army.
Deposition relative to marriage, IV,
343-
Mentioned, III, 109, 53;.
Levent,  .
Letter from, I, 460.
Leverer, John.
Mentioned, II, 295.
Levers, Robert, of Easton, Pa.
Letters from, III, 279, 321.
Le Veux,  .
Mentioned, III, 209.
Leveux, James, Merchant at Calais.
Letters from, I, 427, 438, 475, 486.
II, 45. Ill, 173, 179.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 141.
Lair De Lamotte to, IV, 351.
Lewis,  .
Mentioned, III, 204.
Lewis, Elijah, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 464.
Lewis, Francis, New York delegate to
Continental Congress, Commis
sioner Board of Admiralty.
Letter from, II, 341.
Mentioned, II, 7. IV, 422.
Lewis, George.
Mentioned, IV, 461.
Lewis & Co., Mordecai, Philadelphia
Merchants.
To Le Couteulx & Co., IV, 356.
Lewis, Dr. William, F. R. S., Eng
lish Chemist.
Mentioned, I, 55.
Lexington, battle of, I, 171, 172.
Brought on by British soldiers,
IV, 221.
" Lexington," the brig, U. S. pri
vateer.
I, 236, 265, 340, 356, 465, 536, 555.
II, 327, 427, 460. Ill, 106.
Leyden Jar Experiment, I, 156, 330.
Ill, 488, 514.
Lherbelle,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 95.

L'heritier,  .
Letter from, III, 417.
Allegorical definition of calumny,
IV, 375-
Mentioned, IV, 223.
L'Heritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis,
French Botanist, Member of Aca
demie Royale des Sciences.
Letter from, III, 258.
L'Heritier, Huigen & Co.
Letter from, IV, 443.
" L'heroine," the French ship.
IV, 256.
Libertati, Pierre, an assumed name.
Letter from, I, 459.
" Liberty," the ship.
II, 419. IV, 325.
Liberty and Necessity, authorship of
essay on, II, 122.
Liberty, Civil, Efforts of France and
England to destroy, III, 501.
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Letters from, I, 89, 117, 131, 133,
169.
Plan for uniting with Loganian Li
brary, III, 174.
Mentioned, I, 25, 26. Ill, 34, 244,
493. IV, 83, 173.
Receipt of, for annual dues, IV, 183.
Library, the Franklin, Mass., Ill, 290.
Lichtenstein, Princess of.
Mentioned, III, 96.
Liege, Louis.
Letter from, III, 420.
Lieliendahl, Frangois.
Letter from, I, 401.
Life, Thomas, London lawyer, and
legal adviser to Dr. Franklin.
Letters from, I, 1132, 116, 119.
Mentioned, I, 37, 55, 116.
Liger,  , maker of sword pre
sented by Congress to Marquis de
la Fayette.
Letter from, II, 133.
Light, Franklin's theory of, III, 437.
Lightning, Account of stroke of, I, 12.
Ill, 437-
Direction of, III, 438.

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187

Lightning — Continued.
Explanation of wood split by, I,
569.
House struck by, IV, 58.
With conductors struck by, II, 360.
Similitude of, and electricity, III,
95-
Speculations on, III, 338.
Lightning Bells, I, 145.
Rod, I, 40, 43, 127, 144, 343. Ill,
95, 105, 232, 313, 329. IV, 22,
81, 217, 247, 418.
On powder magazine, IV, 62.
Pointed, for magazines, III, 487.
Observations on, III, 484.
Usefulness of, II, 298. Ill, 485.
Benjamin Wilson objects to, III,
490.
Repeal of a sentence abolishing,
IV, 468.
Size of, to protect house, III, 484.
To be erected on public buildings
in Austrian Lombardy, IV, 469.
Town terrorized by, II, 513.
Use of, in America, IV, 469.
Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de,
Austrian Field Marshal.
Letter from, III, 219.
Ligonier,  de.
Letter from, I, 337.
Lille, Proces-Verbal de la Publication
de la Paix a, IV, 345.
de Limbourg-Hyrum-Holstein, Prince Comte Regnant.
Letter from, III, 420.
Limozin, Andrew, Havre banker, and
U. S. Agent for prizes.
Letters from, II, 409. Ill, 80, 229,
272, 28s2, 329, 365.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 142, 1442.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 324,
325, 326.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
3562-
Mentioned, III, 554. IV, 69, 70.
Request to be appointed U. S. Con
sul at Havre, IV, 325.

Limprie,  .
Mentioned, I, 30.
Limwick, Rev. Paul.
James MacSparran to, IV, 174.
Lin, Madame du.
Mentioned, II, 125.
Linckh, Jean Bernard, Austrian Mer
chant.
Letter from, III, 19.
Lincoln, Benjamin, Maj.-Gen. in
Continental Army, Secretary of
War.
Letter from, II, 500.
To Maj.-Gen. Gates, IV, 238.
John Brown to, IV, 238.
British surrender to, IV, 494.
Defeat of Gen. Prevost by, IV, 23.
Mentioned, I, 571. II, 67, 274.
Ill, 541. IV, 238, 421.
Lindau, Baronne de, Mother of a
Hessian Officer.
Letter from, I, 503.
Linden,  De.
Mentioned, II, 391.
Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henry, French
Lawyer and Publicist.
Memoir on the Bastille by, III, 51.
Mentioned, III, 316.
Liniere,  de.
Letter from, I, 404.
Lining, Dr. John, Charleston Physi
cian.
Letter to, III, 444.
Linnaeus, Carolus, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S., Swedish Botanist.
Translation of the botanical works
of, III, 343.
" Lion," American privateer.
I, 306, 360, 371, 412, 425, 426. II,
502. IV, 250, 410, 488.
Lironcourt, Chevalier de, French
Naval Agent at Amsterdam.
Mentioned, II, 182.
Lisle, W., English Physician.
To Benjamin Vaughan, IV, 331.
Mentioned, IV, 82.
Lismore, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 337.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Lissalde, Laborde, Merchant at Bay
onne.
Letter from, I, 549.
Lister, Dr.
Mentioned, II, 486.
Liston, Robert.
To William Carmichael, IV, 355.
Literary and Philosophical Society in
Manchester, establishment of, III,
187.
Little, George, et al., American
prisoners.
Letter from, II, 386.
"Little Resolution," the American
war vessel.
II, 113.
Littlepage, Lewis, of Virginia, Di
plomatist, relative of John Jay.
Letters from, II, 215, 222. Ill,
102.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 48, in, 117, 126.
Liturgy, abbreviated, III, 283.
" Lively," the schooner, Letter of
Marque.
I, 284, 446, 509. II, 382.
" Liverpool," of the British Navy.
Mentioned, I, 180.
Livezey, Thomas, Member of the
Pennsylvania Assembly.
Letter from, I, 78.
Mentioned, I, 48, 77.
Livingston,  .
Mentioned, II, 133.
Livingston, Abraham, Merchant and
Continental Agent at Boston.
Letters from, I, 422, 516.
Livingston, Henry Beekman, Colonel
in the Continental Army.
Mentioned, II, 279. IV, 227.
Livingston, Henry Brockholst, Lieut.-
Col. in Continental Army, Brother-
in-law of John Jay.
Mentioned, IV, 53.
Livingston, Musco, Lieut, command
ing frigate " General Livingston."
Letters from, I, 400, 463, 482, 500.
Applies for a Letter of Marque, I,
512.

Livingston, Musco — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 407, 419, 452, 539,
552. II, 69. Ill, 432. IV, 267.
Livingston, Robert R., New York
Delegate to Continental Congress,
U. S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
Chancellor of the State of New
York.
Letters from, II, 442. Ill, 65.
IV, 444, 445, 447, 45o, 451, 453,
454, 456, 457, 4592, 462", 463, 465",
4662, 467-
Letter to, III, 532.
To C. W. F. Dumas, IV, 324.
Robert Montgomery to, IV, 337.
Appointment as Secretary for For
eign Affairs, IV, 439.
Mentioned, II, 516. Ill, 62, 105.
IV, 94-
Livingston, Walter, M. C. C, Com
missioner of the Treasury.
Letter to, III, 553.
Mentioned, III, 351.
Livingston, William, M. C. C, M.
A. P. S., Brig.-Gen. of New Jersey
Militia and Governor of New
Jersey.
Letter from, III, 364.
Livingston & Turnbull, of Gibraltar.
Mentioned, IV, 255.
Livius, George.
Letter from, III, 420.
Mentioned, III, 172.
Livoys,  de, of the Continen
tal Navy.
Mentioned, I, 306.
Lixaute, Felix.
Letter from, II, 202.
Lizete, Louis, of Quebec.
Mentioned, I, 512.
Lloyd,  .
Mentioned, IV, 249.
Lloyd, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 12.
Lloyd, David, Member of the Pro
vincial Council of Pennsylvania,
Speaker of the Assembly and
Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.
To William Penn, IV, 480.

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189

Lloyd, Edward, Agent of Lord Bal
timore, and Receiver-General of
Maryland.
William Anderson to, IV, 191.
To Richard Bennett Lloyd, IV, 493.
Mentioned, IV, 191.
Lloyd, Dr. James, M. A. P. S., Boston
Physician.
Thomas Hutchinson to, IV, 491.
Lloyd, Jno.
Letter from, I, 43.
Lloyd, John, American Merchant at
Nantes.
Letters from, II, 4, n, 16, 19.
Lloyd, Peter Zachary, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 484.
Lloyd, Richard Bennett, of Maryland.
Letters from, II, 28, 35, 59, 93,
100, 106, 205, 216, 225.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 14, 15, 162, 18, 20, 34,
33, 64, 81.
Edward Lloyd to, IV, 493.
Mentioned, II, 239. IV, 74.
Lloyd, Thomas, Lieutenant-Colonel of
the Second Pennsylvania Bat
talion (French-Indian War) .
Letters from, I, 14. Ill, 83.
Mentioned, I, 22.
Loan, I, 299, 493.
Application for, in France, III, 66.
IV, 444.
By bankers in Italy, III, 39.
In Europe, IV, 244, 4592.
In France, IV, 465, 467.
In Genoa, I, 484.
In Holland, I, 447, 490. II, 14, 432.
Ill, 518, 522, 530, 548. IV,
272, 466, 501.
Difficulty in procuring, II, 366,
367.
John Jay to negotiate, at Madrid,
IV, 438.
Louis XVI to guarantee, in Holland,
IV, 318.
Of two million Sterling, IV, 247.
403.
Of six millions of livres, III, 16.

Loan — Continued.
Plan for, of twelve millions, II, 361.
Loan Office Bills, amount of, accepted
by Benjamin Franklin, III, 559.
Certificates, IV, 7, 25, 69, 85, 237,
307, 316.
Reduced in value, II, 258.
Contracts issued by the, III, 549.
Mentioned, I, 252. IV, 19, 21,
28, 105, 357, 373, 375.
Receipts, IV, 283.
Loans, Treasurer of.
Letters from, I, 498, 529, 544. II,
2, 19, 29, 37, 46", 73, 88, 97, 139,
171, 208, 224, 249, 292, 3062, 309,
310, 311, 337.
Bills of exchange, IV, 313, 379.
Loch,  .
Mentioned, III, 16.
Lochner, Christopher, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, I, 262.
Locke, John, American prisoner.
Letters from, I, 530. II, 162.
Lockyer,  , of the British
Navy.
Mentioned, II, 226.
Lockyer, B.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 31.
Loder,  , First Physician to
the Duke of Saxe-Weimar.
Mentioned, II, 475.
Lodge of Patriotism, IV, 346.
Logan, George, M. A. P. S., son of
William Logan.
Letter from, II, 238.
Logan, James, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court and President of
the Provincial Council of Pennsyl
vania.
To Horace Walpole, IV, 480.
Mentioned, III, 437.
Logan, James, Son of James Logan,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
and President of the Provincial
Council of Pennsylvania.
Letter from, I, n.
Mentioned, III, 174.

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Logan, William, M. A. P. S., Son of
James Logan, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court and President of
the Provincial Council of Penn
sylvania.
Mentioned, I, 118. IV, 191.
Loganian Library, plan for uniting
with Library Co. of Philadelphia,
HI, 174-
Loge des Bons Amis.
Letters from, IV, 4732.
Logographe Frangaise, IV, 396.
Logwood trade in Jamaica, IV, 462.
" l'Oiseau," the frigate, of the French
Navy.
II, 177. IV, 265.
l'Oiseau,  de.
Mentioned, I, 554.
Loiselle, L.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 117, 126, 137, 139, 149.
To Prevot, IV, 352.
Loller,  , Iron founder.
Letter from, II, 6.
Lomagne-Tarride, Vicomte de, of
Colonel Armand's Legion.
Letters from, III, 43. IV, 457.
Mentioned, IV, 441.
Lombardy, Austrian, Lightning rods
to be erected on all public build
ings in, IV, 469.
Lombart,  .
Letter from, 111,-420.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 57.
Lomonozow, Sieur, of St. Peters
burg.
Ezra Stiles to, IV, 189.
Mentioned, I, 39.
London, Bristol and Liverpool, Mer
chants of.
Merchants of Philadelphia to, IV,
1932.
To Paris, Directions for travelling
from, IV, 389.
" London Chronicle," The Printer of.
Letters to, III, 448, 451, 467, 469.
A Portugal Merchant to, IV, 205.

"London Evening Post," IV, 313.
" London Packet," a merchant vessel.
Letter to, III, 518.
London Philanthropic Society.
Mentioned, III, 392.
London and Paris, Plan for fast
ship to ply between, IV, 362.
Long,  .
Mentioned, IV, 139.
Long, Jr., Charles, Baron Farnbor-
ough, F. R. S., British Politician.
Mentioned, III, 254.
Long, Elizabeth.
Letter from, III, 384.
Long Island, Evacuation of, IV, 402.
Longchamps,  .
Letter from, III, 283.
Longchamps,  .
Letters from, III, 163, 164, 166.
Longchamps,  de, of the
Continental Service.
Letter from, I, 566.
Longchamps, Chevalier de.
Adventures of, IV, 121.
Longchamps, Fille.
Letter from, I, 566.
Longchamps Fils, III, 167.
Longchamps, Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 239.
Longeville, Lefebvre de.
Letters from, I, 414, 415.
Longpre, Mme. de.
Marriage of, IV, 468.
Longwell, James, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 56, 58, 193.
Loose, Jean Baptiste de.
Letters from, II, 500. IV, 464.
Lopes, Toussaint.
Letters from, III, 285, 287.
Lopez, Aaron, of Newport, R. I.
Letter from, I, 141.
Lopez, Maria de los Dolores, Public
Chastisement of, IV, 322.
" Lord Charlemont," the brig.
IV, 56, 61.
" Lord Chatham," a prize.
Mentioned, I, 402, 403, 405, 409,
411, 425, 426, 469, 569.

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Lords Committee, Report of the, on
the Massachusetts Circular Letter
in relation to imposing duties on
that Province, IV, 388.
Lords of Trade, Governor William
Franklin to, IV, 188.
Application to, for a reimbursement
of the Traders' losses, IV, 393.
Proceedings before, IV, 177.
Lord's Prayer, New version of the,
III, 486.
Loreilhe, L.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 101.
Lorin,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 33.
Lorinet,  .
Letters from, II, 446s.
Lorme,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 354.
Lorthe, G. L. de.
Letter from, I, 414.
Lotbiniere, Marquis Michel Chartier
de, Engineer-in-Chief of New
France.
Letters from, I, 431, 550. Ill, 14,
17, 4i, 347, 365-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 143.
Lotcher, John, Master of the Swedish
ship " Victoria."
Mentioned, II, 37.
Lottery in America, Plan to establish
a, II, 358-
Prizes, to pay off, III, 441.
Tickets, I, 231. Ill, 4412.
Lottilby, J. G., of Dublin.
Letter from, I, 119.
Loudeyx, Chevalier.
Letter from, I, 337.
Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of,
Commander-in-Chief in America,
1756-1758.
Mentioned, I, 31. Ill, 442, 445s.
Louelle, Bernard La, Surgeon on U.
S. brig of war "Reprisal."
Mentioned, I, 498.

Loughead, Justice James, Philadel
phia County Magistrate.
Mentioned, III, 3602.
Louis XIII, King of France.
Mentioned, IV, 386.
Louis XV, King of France.
Court of Aydes to, IV, 212.
Louis XVI, King of France.
Continental Congress to, IV, 278,
293, 320, 328, 353, 503.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 275.
John Laurens to, IV, 318.
Jacques Necker to, IV, 492.
Rhode Island College to, IV, 347.
Contract between, and the United
States, IV, 336.
Deficit in revenues of, IV, 158.
Financial offers by, II, 390.
Gratitude of Continental Congress
to, IV, 320.
Inscription for memorial to, IV, 347.
Instructions concerning the Engi
neer School, IV, 376.
Manifest declaring war against Eng
land and promising to help the
United States, IV, 376.
Mentioned, III, 396. IV, 323, 372.
Model of projected column to the
glory of, III, 95.
Passport issued by, IV, 316.
Proclamation by, with reference to
advances of money made to the
United States, IV, 336.
Statue of, II, 127, 197. Ill, 538.
To guarantee loan in Holland, IV,
318.
Louis XVI, Secretary to.
Letters from, II, 197", 19810, 435,
482, 488, 492. IV, 4472.
Louis, D.
Letter from, I, 271.
Louisiana, Sad condition of, III, 234.
Louitz, Comte de, formerly Governor
of San Domingo.
Letter from, III, 421.
Loutherbourg, Baronne de.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, no, 120.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Louvel,  .
Mentioned, III, 6.
Louvigny, Chevalier de, Captain in
the Royal Cuirassiers.
Mentioned, I, 205.
Lovell, James, Massachusetts Delegate
to the Continental Congress.
Letters from, I, 264, 398, 443, 513,
542. II, 76, 94, 126, 218, 245, 308,
364, 373, 399- IV, 409, 420, 422.
Letters to, IV, 4762.
John Penn to, IV, 301.
Mentioned, I, 421, 422, 444, 566.
II, 17, 158, 235, 307. IV, 258,
421, 429-
Lovell, Langford.
Letter from, II, 93.
Mentioned, II, 143.
Lovell, Michael, West India Mer
chant.
Mentioned, IV, 277.
Lovell, Patience, Niece of John Wes
ley, see also Patience Wright.
Letter from, I, 386.
Lovely, Jno.
Letter from, III, 391.
Loviel,  .
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Loviel, Ann, Daughter of Ann Evans.
Rosetta Broomfield to, IV, 331.
Ann Evans to, IV, 330.
Christiana Vaughan to, IV, 330.
Mentioned, II, 498, 499.
Lowenhardt, Baron.
Letter from, III, 223.
Lowndes,  .
Mentioned, IV, 438.
Lowndes, Rawlins, President of the
Province of South Carolina.
Letter from, I, 462.
Lownes, Caleb, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 253.
Loyal,  .
Courtney Melmoth to, IV, 489.
Loyalists, Concessions to American,
IV, 504.
Parliament divided with regard to,
III, 56.

Loyaute, Chevalier de, Brother of
Colonel Loyaute.
Mentioned, III, 205.
Loyaute, Anne Philippe Dieudonne
de, French Artillery Officer, Col
onel in Continental Army.
Mentioned, III, 205, 415.
Loyseau,  .
Letters from, II, 493. Ill, 15,
18, 22.
Luberien, Minister, of Germantown.
Certificate of marriage by, IV, 376.
Lucas,  .
Letter from, III, 268.
Lucas, Charles, Irish patriot and phy
sician.
Mentioned, III, 479.
Lucas, Henry, of Virginia.
Letter from, II, 123.
Luce de Lancival, Jean Charles Julien,
French litterateur.
Letter from, III, 158.
Letter to, III, 539.
Luce-Seillans, Marquis de Marol-
les de.
Letters from, I, 295, 296. Ill, 27.
Ferdinand Grand to, IV, 239.
Mentioned, I, 295.
Lucy,  .
Letter from, II, 147.
Ludewig, Joachim Heinrich.
Letter from, III, 40.
Ludlam, William, M. A. P. S., Eng
lish Mathematician.
Mentioned, I, 49.
Ludwell,  .
Mentioned, III, 455.
Ludwig,  , Son of Chretien
Theophile, German Botanist and
Physician.
Mentioned, I, 163.
Ludwig, Georg Balthasar.
Letter from, II, 7.
Lugny,  de, of Bordeaux.
Letters from, I, 396. IV, 407.
Lulman, Robert, of the Office for Sick
and Hurt Seamen.
To David Hartley, IV, 299".

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Lunardi, Vincenzo, Secretary to the
Neapolitan Ambassador in Eng
land, First Aerial traveller in the
English atmosphere.
Balloon ascension of, III, 217.
Failure of, III, 257.
Letter from, I, 47.
Lunier, Joseph, an American sailor.
Letter from, II, 319.
Mentioned, II, 310.
Lunn, Joshua.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Lunt, Joseph, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 506.
To Antoine Felix Wuibert, IV, 277.
Luscombe, Roger, Cousin of Gen.
Horatio Gates.
Letter from, II, 136.
Lusignan, Mme. Montfort de.
To Mme. de Beaumont, IV, 257.
Luther, Henry Ehrenfeld.
Mentioned, III, 230.
Luther, John, of St. Martin de Re.
Letter from, I, 401.
Luther, T. M., of Frankfort.
Letter from, I, 70.
Mentioned, I, 73.
Lutheran Ministers at Philadelphia,
II, 321.
Luton, William.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 132.
Lutterloh, Henry Emanuel, Major of
the Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 198, 1992, 204, 465.
Mentioned, I, 222, 229, 368, 518.
II, 211.
Lutton,  , Captain of the Mer
chant Marine.
Mentioned, I, 140.
Luxembourg, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, IV, 319.
" Luxford," the British ship.
IV, 478.
Luynes, Charles, Marquis d' Albert,
Due de.
Mentioned, IV, 386.

Luz, Prince de.
Letter from, III, 149.
" Luzerne," the ship.
II, 219. IV, 30.
Luzerne County, Pa., Instructions to
the Commander of the Militia and
to the Commissioners, in relation
to the riot in, III, 553.
Lyancourt, Duke de, Bill of expenses
for the, IV, 395.
Lydius,  .
Mentioned, I, 258.
Lynch, Anthony.
Mentioned, II, 472.
Lynd, Lieut. James, et al., of the U. S.
S. "Alliance."
Certifying that articles were trans
ferred from the " Serapis " to the
" Alliance," IV, 497.
Lynen, Isaac, le jeune, German
Manufacturer.
Letter from, III, 23.
Lynn, Francis, a nom de plume as
cribed to Benjamin Franklin.
Mentioned, I, 94.
"Lyon of Bristol," the vessel.
IV, 504.
Lyons, the Intendant of.
Letters from, III, 62, 69.
Lyons, Archibald, Officer of the Amer
ican ship "Revenge."
Letter from, II, 362.
Letter to, III, 527.
Lyttelton, Thomas, Secretary to the
Associates of Dr. Bray.
Mentioned, III, 301.
Lyttelton, William Henry, Baron,
Governor of South Carolina.
Mentioned, I, 21, 139.

M-

-, Mile.
Mentioned, IV, 145.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot Abbe de,
French Publicist, Historian and
Philosopher.
Letter from, III, 149.
Mentioned, II, 515.
Portrait of, III, 326.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Mc-

-n,

Mentioned, IV, 183.
Macarty, Mr. and Mrs.
Letter from, II, 344.
Macarty, George William Rene.
Letter from, III, 20.
Macatter, Edward, Captain of the
privateer "Black Princess."
Letter from, II, 275.
Mentioned, II, 182, 255, 256, 257,
258, 269, 273, 276, 288, 297, 305,
450, 498.
Macatter, Mary, Wife of Capt. Ed
ward Macatter.
Letter from, II, 498.
Macaulay, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 409, 504.
McCall, George, of Glasgow.
Letter from, I, 464.
McCarthy, Dennis.
To Ann Corkeran, IV, 189.
McCartney, Lord.
Mentioned, II, 140.
McCarty,  .
Mentioned, IV, 58.
McCaulay, Mrs. Catharine, British
Historian and Controversialist.
Letter from, I, 317.
McCausland, Conolloy, American
prisoner.
Letter from, II, 311.
McClenachan, Blair, Philadelphia
Merchant.
Mentioned, IV, 366.
Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of,
M. P., Astronomer, President of the
Royal Society.
Speech of, on awarding the Copley
Medal to Benjamin Franklin, IV,
174.
McClintock, Samuel, Jr., Second
Lieut, of the brigantine " Fair
Play."
Letter from, II, 65.
Deposition by, IV, 285.
McClurg, John.
To Mr. Norton, IV, 211.

M'Connell, Matthew, Philadelphia
Broker.
Letter from, III, 339.
McCormick, Nicholas, an Irish Fran
ciscan friar.
Letter from, I, 339.
McCraken, John, British prisoner.
Letter from, II, 121.
MacCreery, William, Bordeaux Mer
chant.
Letters from, I, 339, 566. II, 34,
38, 63, 235.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 40, 55, 58.
To Silas Deane, IV, 253, 254.
To John Adams, IV, 266.
McCulloch, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 361.
Macdonald, Comte.
Letter from, I, 203.
MacEgan, Chevalier, Captain in the
Berwick Regiment.
Mentioned, IV, 140.
McFerran, John.
Robert McFerran to, IV, 190.
McFerran, Matthew.
Mentioned, IV, 190.
McFerran, Robert.
To John McFerran, IV, 190.
McFerran's son, James.
Mentioned, IV, 190.
McGruder,  .
Mentioned, I, 99.
McHenry, James, M. A. P. S., Sur
geon in the Continental Army,
Maryland Delegate to the Conti
nental Congress, Secretary of War.
Letter from, III, 210.
Mentioned, III, 359.
Machmaster, William, of the schooner
" Mary " from Charlestown.
Mentioned, I, 241.
Macintosh,  .
Letter from, III, 53.
Mclntyre, Lieutenant, with Capt.
James Willing.
Mentioned, I, 407.

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Mackay, Francis.
Letter from, I, 195.
Mackay, Patrick.
Mentioned, III, 178.
McKean, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Dela
ware Delegate to and President of
the Continental Congress, Chief
Justice and Governor of Pennsyl
vania.
Letter from, III, 325.
Mentioned, II, 234. IV, 161, 219.
MacKean, William.
To Silas Deane, IV, 243.
MacKellar, Edward, American pris
oner.
Letter from, I, 506.
"Mackerel," the brig, the American
prize.
II, 310.
Mackinnen, William, Jr.
Letter from, III, 47.
Mentioned, III, 35.
McKinney, Margaret.
To Robert Dunn, IV, 188.
McKirdy, John.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Macklot, Michel.
Letter from, III, 81.
Mackrath,  , Postmaster at
Charlestown.
Mentioned, I, 21.
Maclane, Lauchlan, Under Secretary
of State for the American Depart
ment.
Mentioned, IV, 1992.
McLaughlin,  , of the Conti
nental Army.
Letter from, II, 32.
Mac Lean, Capt.
Mentioned, III, 3.
MacMahon,  de.
Mentioned, III, 402.
MacMahon, I., French Physician.
Letters from, I, 297, 321, 346s, 348,
353, 379- II, 363- HI, 19, 4°,
167.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 81, 113.
Mentioned, II, 69.

Macnamara,

Lieutenant of

Artillery of the State of Maryland.
Mentioned, II, 387.
McNamara, Carrol, of Virginia.
Mentioned, III, 258.
Macnamara, James.
Letter from, III, 354.
McNamarre, Michael, Captain of
Marines on board the "Matilda."
Deposition of, IV, 334.
McNeill, Daniel, Captain U. S. pri
vateer " Gen. Mifflin."
Letters from, I, 497, 513.
Mentioned, I, 48s2, 513, 517, 540.
H, 8, 77, 354- HI, 5i5, 52i- IV,
92, 10.
McNott,  .
Mentioned, I, 38.
Macomble, Cavelier de.
Letter from, III, 68.
Macquart, Louis Charles Rene, French
Physician.
Mentioned, I, 159.
Macquer,  . of Paris, M. A.
P. S.
Mentioned, III, 169.
MacRea, Miss.
Mentioned, II, 481.
MacSparran, James, Minister of St.
Paul's Church, Narragansett, R. I.
To Col. Henry Cary, IV, 174.
To the Rev. Paul Limwick, IV, 174.
" Madame," the French privateer.
II, 295.
Madden, Jean Butler, of Nantes.
Letter from, I, 394.
Madeira, Climate of, III, 453.
Madier,  .
Letter from, IV, 442.
Madlin,  .
Letter from, III, 56.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV 96, 992, 100.
Madras, English have lost, IV, 384.
Madrid, Court of, Instructions to the
United States Minister at, IV, 312.
John Jay to negotiate a loan at, IV,
438.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Maer, -

, Lieut.-Col. in the Con

tinental Army.
Mentioned, IV, 229.
Magalhaens, Jean-Hyacinthe de, see
Magellan.
Magaw, Rev. Samuel, M. A. P. S.,
Vice-Provost of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Letter from, III, 362.
Magazines, Powder, Conductors for,
I, 36, 210. Ill, 483, 486, 487, 488,
490, 492. IV, 62.
Father Beccaria against conductors
for, I, 210.
Minutes of the Committee on the, at
Purfleet, III, 483.
Security of, at Purfleet, III, 483.
Magee, James, Captain of the " Gen
eral Arnold," otherwise known
as the "Amsterdam."
Mentioned, II, 102.
Magellan, Jean-Hyacinthe de, of
London, M. A. P. S., F. R. S.,
Scientific Investigator.
Letters from, I, 163. II, 77, 98,
321, 47i- IV, 413.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 130.
Edward Nairne to, IV, 328.
Mentioned, I, 172. II, 73, 244,
3342. Ill, 212, 331, 488.
Maggi, Pietro, III, 66.
Magic circle, Description of, III, 436.
Square, I, 141.
Method of making, IV, 387.
Magna Britania, her Colonies Reduc'd,
III, 462.
Magnet, Treatise on, III, 348.
Magnetism, Animal, III, 216, 228,
238, 54°, 546-
Commissioners of Royal Academy
of Sciences at Paris appointed
to inquire into, III, 186, 187,
196, 207, 213, 231. IV, 126.
Report on, III, 2122, 214, 230,
543. IV, 125, 128.
To Baron de Breteuil, IV, 350.

Magnetism, Animal — Continued.
Epigram in French on, IV, 128.
Experimental, III, 351.
" Magnifique," French war ship be
longing to the fleet of Comte d'Es
taing.
II, 496.
Loss of the, IV, 457.
Mahon, Charles, Lord, subsequently
3d Earl Stanhope, F. R. S., M.
A. P. S.
Mentioned, III, 219.
Mahuet, Baronne de.
Letter from, II, 54.
Maiguien, B.
Letter from, I, 356.
Mail, Cost of transportation of, from
Quebec to Montreal, IV, 389.
Mailhe,  .
Letter from, I, 481.
Maillart,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 165.
Maille, Count de.
Mentioned, II, 304, 305.
Maillebois, Mme. de.
Mentioned, II, 54.
Maillebois, Yves Marie Desmarets
Comte de, Lieut.-Gen. in French
service.
Letters from, I, 566. II, 194, 456.
Ill, 62.
Mentioned, I, 295, 320, 420, 564.
II, 54, 87, 193, 271, 335, 435.
Mailly, Chevalier de (Marquis de
Neele).
Letter from, III, 19.
Mailly, Augustin Joseph de, Marquis
d'Haucourt, Marshal of France.
Letter from, III, 149.
Mainvielle, Capt., of Charleston, S. C.
S. C.
Mentioned, IV, 120.
Maise, Robert [or Mease?], of Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, I, 195.
" Maison Philantropique."
Letter from, IV, 473.

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" Maison Philantropique " — Con
tinued.
Mentioned, III, 201, 251, 253, 256,
258, 298.
Maisonneuve-Dommartin, 
de.
Letter from, II, 508.
Majan, Abbe Bert de.
Letter from, I, 297.
Majancourt, Countess de, I, 234.
Majault,  , Member of the
Royal Academy of Medicine, Paris.
Mentioned, III, 196, 230. IV, 350.
Malachelle,  de, Son-in-law
of Mme. Brillon.
Marriage of Mile. Brillon and, IV,
1462.
Mentioned, IV, 159.
Malachelle, Mme.  de,
Daughter of Mme. Brillon.
Mentioned, IV, 153.
Malarme, Charlotte de Bournon, Com
tesse de, French writer.
Letter from, III, 46.
Malberg, Carre de.
Letter from, III, 127.
Malcom, J. P., Philadelphia engraver.
Letter from, III, 337.
Malesherbes, Chretien Guillaume de
Lamoignon de, Jurist and Royal
Councillor of France.
Letter from, II, 66.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 42.
Mentioned, I, 137, 167. II, 236,
338. Ill, 279, 324.
Malherbe, Dom Joseph Frangois
Marie, French writer and chemist.
Letter from, T, 566.
Malibran, Jh.
Letters from, I, 408, 415, 418.
Malide,  .
Mentioned, III, 114.
Maligny, Garde de.
Letter from, II, 129.
Mallack,  .
Mentioned, III, 180.
Mallet,  , of Havre.
Letters from, II, 376. IV, 440.

Malony, Thomas, British prisoner.
Letter from, II, 233.
Malouin, Paul Jacques, French Phy
sician.
Mentioned, II, 327.
Malta, the Ambassador of.
Letters from, III, 184, 224, 237.
Manay,  de, Master of the
"Dolphin."
Mentioned, I, 283.
Mancet,  .
Impovement in a gun carriage made
by, III, 423.
Mancet & Co., Merchants at Brest.
Letter from, II, 222.
Manchester, Duke of, see Montagu,
George.
Literary and Philosophical Society,
III, 258.
Measures to purify the air of, III,
322.
Medical school established at, III,
322.
Mancler, Abbesse de.
Letter from, I, 410.
Mane,  , French Sculptor.
Letter from, I, 515.
Manell, Jean, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 378.
Manfrin, Jerome, Merchant in Venice.
Desires to entertain Franklin during
his stay in Venice, III, 60.
Mangeant,  , Paris Watch
maker.
Mentioned, II, 284.
Mangridge, William.
Mentioned, IV, 206.
Manheim, Academy of.
Mentioned, II, 282. Ill, 381.
Manieu,  .
To Silas Deane, IV, 259.
Manifold,  .
Mentioned, II, 460.
Manini, Lorenzo, Publisher at Cre
mona, Italy.
Letters from, III, 113, 174, 247.
Manley, John, Captain in U. S. Navy.
Letters from, II, 281, 376.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 310.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Manley, John— Continued.
Mentioned, I, 268, 274, 280, 290.
II, 301, 397. IV, 426.
Mannevan, Mereau de.
Mentioned, I, 393.
Manning, James, President of Rhode
Island College (Brown Univer
sity).
Letter from, III, 157.
Mentioned, IV, 347.
Manning, William, Father-in-law of
Benjamin Vaugkan.
MENTIONED, II, 151. Ill, 35.
Manning, William, Jr., Brother-in-
law of Benjamin Vaughan.
Mentioned, IV, 137, 139.
Mansfield, Samuel, Captain in U. S.
service.
Mentioned, II, 494.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of,
Lord Chief Justice of England.
Mentioned, I, 224, 572. II, 287.
Ill, 75. IV, 221.
Secret correspondence between
Comte de Maurepas and, IV, 447.
Manson,  .
Mentioned, I, 264.
Mante, Thomas de.
Letters from, I, 491. II, 31, 4I) 94;
206, 340.
To Amelot, IV, 285.
Manuel,  .
Mentioned, IV, 151.
Manufactory erected at Darby, near
Philadelphia, III, 319.
Manufacturers, Encouragement of
home, III, 475.
Manufacturing life, Unwholesomeness
of, III, 490.
Maps, Commissions for, IV, 73.
Mar,  .
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 497.
Marancourt, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 338.
Marasse,  .
Letter from, II, 164.

Marat, Jean Paul, French Physician,
Physicist and Revolutionist.
Letters from, II, 49, 522, 53, 60, 87,
194. Ill, 91.
Mentioned, I, 39.
Marazzani, Comte de.
Letter from, II, 207.
Marcel,  .
Letter from, IV, 460.
Marcel, Mme. Espivent de, Sister of
Espivent Villeboisnes.
Letter from, II, 420.
Marcel, Samuel.
Letter from, II, 45.
Letter to, III, 519.
Marcellin,  .
Mentioned, IV, 412.
Marcenay, Mme. Herbaut de.
Letters from, I, 508. II, 194. IV,
415.
"March of the Insurgents," III,
540.
Marchand, Mme.
Letter from, III, 384.
Marchant, Capt. Stephen, of Boston,
Commander of the privateer
"Black Prince."
Letters from, II, 20, 33, 98, n8,
132, 147-
To John Torris, IV, 291, 295, 302.
Mentioned, II, 31, 43, 75, 90, 95,
103, 106, 122, 145, 152, 153, 287.
IV, 293.
Marche,  .
Letter from, II, 68.
Marcorelle,  .
Letter from, II, 340.
Marcrany, Soeur de.
Letter from, I, 290.
Marcy, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 57, 64.
Mareashine, Poem on, by Benjamin
Franklin.
HI, 556-
Mareschal, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 13.

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199

Maresquelle, Louis de, Colonel of Ar
tillery and Inspector-General of
the Foundries at Boston.
Mentioned, III, 196.
Marey, Lanneau de.
Letter from, II, 48.
Marggrander, Adam, Brewer and
Cooper, subsequently enlisting in
the Militia.
Mentioned, III, 184.
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria.
An Allegory in honor of, II, 400.
Death of, III, 55.
" Maria Theresa," the merchant ship.
II, 496. Ill, 42.
" Mariana," the brig, Letter of
Marque.
II, 405. Ill, 433.
" Marianne," the ship.
IV, 128.
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.
Letter to, III, 528.
" Marie Catherine," the sloop of war.
I, 280.
Marignac, G. L. de, Tutor to Benja
min Franklin Bache at Geneva.
Letter from, III, 156.
Mentioned, II, 471.
Marignie,  ,
To Keay, IV, 376.
Marigny, Charles Rene Louis de Ber
nard, Vicomte de, Captain in the
French Navy.
Letter from, II, 44.
Marin, Frangois Louis Claude, French
Litterateur.
Mentioned, II, 28.
Marine, the Minister of.
Letter to, III, 530.
Marine of America, IV, 387.
Marioge,  .
Letter from, III, 221.
Letter to, III, 546.
Marion freres.
Letter from, III, 36.
Maritime observations, by Dr. Frank
lin.
Ill, 313-
VOL. VI — 14

Maritt, Izaac.
Mentioned, II, 187.
Markoff, Arcadi Ivanovitch, Comte
De, Russian Ambassador at the
Court of France.
Letter to, III, 537.
Marky, J.
Letters from, II, 257, 262, 284.
Marlar & Stewart, of London.
Mentioned, III, 413.
Marlborough, George Spencer, Duke
of.
Mentioned, I, 115.
Marlborough, George Spencer, Duke
of, et al., Stewards.
Letter from, I, 71.
Marmontel, Jean Frangois, Member
of Academie Francaise, French
Litterateur.
Mentioned, II, 436. IV, 115.
Marniquel,  .
Letter from, I, 411.
Marolles de Luce, Chevalier de.
Letters from, I, 308, 338, 344, 489,
516, 566.
Maroteau, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 98.
Marquand, Joseph, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Letter from, II, 356.
Mentioned, IV, 286.
Marques, Ausquer du.
Letter from, I, 328.
Marquigny,  .
Letter from, I, 338.
" Marquis de la Fayette," Letter of
Marque and transport.
II, 18, 30, 82, 2112, 285, 300, 301,
315, 321, 322, 338, 348s, 350, 355,
357, 3622, 363, 364s, 380, 381, 385,
429, 43°, 438, 497-
III, 204, 526, 528, 530.
IV, 50, 52, 54, 59, 314, 316, 320,
4352, 4362, 5°o, 5°i-
Capture of, II, 381.
France to replace the cargo of, II,
396.
Insolence of the captain of, IV, 51.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

" Marquis de la Fayette " — Con
tinued.
Invoice of, IV, 84.
Names of Americans who stole their
advance payments from, IV, 394.
Sales catalogue of the, IV, 323.
" Marquise de la Fayette," privateer.
II, 67, 117, 131.
Marriage, Early, III, 470.
In Pennsylvania, III, 512.
Notices of, III, 428.
Validity of, by Protestant ministers,
HI, 539-
With one's deceased wife's sister,
III, 491-
Marron, Martin De.
To Silas Deane, IV, 235.
" Mars," the merchant ship.
H, 3°3, 3i72, 322. Ill, 526. IV,
44, 54, 432, 433-
Marseilles, Society of Friends of
America at, III, 517.
Marsey, John, Captain of the " Swal
low," British prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 486.
Marshall, Humphry, M. A. P. S.,
Pennsylvania Botanist.
Letters from, I, 109, 117, 160. Ill,
289.
Letter to, III, 475.
" Arbustrum Americanum," by, IV,
156.
Catalogue of trees, shrubs and plants
native to North America, IV, 376.
Mentioned, III, 315, 334.
Marshall, Dr. Moses, Nephew of
Humphry Marshall.
Mentioned, III, 289.
Marshel, William.
Deposition of, IV, 365.
Martel,  .
Letter from, II, 170.
Marter, Professor.
Mentioned, III, 51, 129, 137, 535.
" Martha," the ship.
IV, 484-
" Marthy," the ship, American prize.
Mentioned, I, 386.

Martignan,  .
Letter from, II, 388.
Martigny,  De, Captain of
Infantry.
To Houdin, IV, 268.
Mentioned, I, 390.
Martin,  .
Mentioned, I, 270.
Martin,  .
Letter from, I, 407.
Martin,  .
To Sarah Franklin Bache, IV, 362.
Martin,  .
Letter from, IV, 415.
Martin fils,  .
Letter from, III, 275.
Martin fils,  .
Letter from, IV, 407.
Martin, Col., of Antigua.
Mentioned, I, 10.
Martin,  , of Bayonne.
Mentioned, II, 464.
Martin,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 386.
Martin,  , of Neuville.
Letter from, II, 382.
Martin, Barthelemy (fils, aine).
Letters from, II, 453. Ill, 149.
Martin, Benjamin, London Instrument
Maker.
Mentioned, I, 68.
Martin, D.
Letter from, I, 287.
Martin, David, English Painter and
Engraver.
Portrait of Dr. Franklin by, IV, 368.
Martin, Du Bois.
Letters from, II, 185. Ill, 103.
Martin, Louis, Lieutenant of the Fifth
South Carolina Battalion.
Letter from, I, 281.
Mentioned, I, 288.
Martin, Luther, Attorney-General of
Maryland, Member of the Consti
tutional Convention.
Mentioned, III, 359.
Martin, Pierre, of Livourne.
Letter from, II, 116.

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20 i

Martin, Samuel.
Letter from, I, 376.
Martin, William.
Letter from, III, 378.
Martineau, L.
Letter from, III, 9.
Martinelli, Vincenzio, Italian his
torian.
Letter from, II, 146.
Martinet, Mathieu, of the American
warship " Protector."
Letter from, II, 523.
Martinique Fleet, Taking of, IV, 38.
Marunay,  de.
Mentioned, I, 432.
" Mary," the British merchant ship.
Ill, 9, 26.
" Mary," merchant schooner, Captain
John Robarts.
I, 241.
Mary,  .
Letter from, II, 208.
Mary of Hesse Cassel, Princess,
Death of, IV, 216.
"Mary Carroll," the merchant ship.
IV, 229.
"Mary Elizabeth," the merchant ship,
Captain Young.
I, 191, 192. II, 197.
"Mary Fearon," the ship, Letter of
Marque.
II, 30, 145.
" Mary of London," the prize.
II, 487-
Maryland, Assembly of, John Hughes
glad to render any service to
the, III, 449.
An Act for calling out of circula
tion certain bills of credit, IV,
496.
House of Delegates of, to apply to
the Courts of France and Spain
for arms, etc., IV, 244.
State of, Agent for, II, 90.
Empowering Joshua Johnson to ap
ply to France, Spain and Hol
land for military supplies, IV,
253-

Maryland — Continued.
European funds of the, IV, 35.
Letter for the Governor of the,
II, 50.
Loan for the, II, 66.
Money belonging to, in England,
II, 239, 287.
To sell shares in the Bank of Eng
land owned by, IV, 496.
The people of, Gen. Sir William
Howe to, IV, 486.
Safest way to convey a letter to
Charles County, II, 257.
Masasquelle, Col. de.
Mentioned, I, 303.
Mascall,  .
Mentioned, III, 75.
Maschal, Sr.,

Letter from, III, 384.
Maseres, Baron Francis, F. R. S.,
Mathematician, Cursitor Baron of
the Exchequer, Great Britain.
Letters from, I, 134, 142, 152. Ill,
265.
Mentioned, III, 333.
Maskelyne, Dr. Nevil, M. A. P. S.,
F. R. S., Astronomer Royal.
Letter from, III, 369.
Mentioned, III, 351, 400, 401.
Mason,  .
Mentioned, III, 116.
Mason, Charles.
Letter from, III, 320.
Mason, Daniel.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 160.
Mason, Jr., George.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 61, 62, 87, 98s.
 to, IV, 331.
Mentioned, IV, 98, 108, 427.
Mason, John.
Letter from, III, 303.
Masonic Lodge, Fete to be given in
honor of peace by, III, n6.
At Goerlitz, II, 365.
Temple at Paris, Dedication of new,
HI, 32-

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Massachusetts, Affairs of, III, 495.
Almanac of, IV, 332.
Assembly, Speaker of, III, 489.
Claim against, for Arms, IV, 371.
Constitution of Government of, II,
244.
Council of.
Letters from, I, 218, 232, 438.
Letter to, IV, 475.
Mentioned, IV, 287.
General Assembly of.
Letter from, I, 519.
Governor for, John Hancock has
Majority of votes for, II, 288.
Of, IV, 176.
House of Representatives, Resolu
tion of, IV, 376.
Illegal conventions in, and the Su
preme Court of, prevented from
proceeding with their business by
a mob, III, 318.
In relation to imposing duties on,
IV, 388.
Insurrections in, III, 3212, 323, 337,
499. IV, 362.
State of, Appointment by, IV, 486.
To Capt. Corbin Barnes, IV, 490.
Massart,  .
Letter from, I, 363.
Masse,  .
Letters from, III, 199, 212.
Massequan,  .
Letters from, I, 253, 275.
Masseran, Prince of.
Mentioned, IV, 60.
Masseran, Princess.
Mentioned, IV, 56.
Masserett,  .
Mentioned, IV, 266.
Masseure, Francis-Geron.
Letter from, I, 539.
Massey, J.
Mentioned, I, 537.
Massie, Joseph, British Political Econ
omist.
Agreement signed by, III, 477.
Massieu, 
Letter from, I, 439.
To Silas Deane, IV, 254.

Massieu, Madame de.
Letter from, III, 169.
Masson,  .
Letter from, I, 444.
Masson,  de.
Mentioned, I, 419.
Masson, Jr.,

Letter from, III, 180.
Masters, Mary, Wife of Lieut.-Gov.
Richard Penn.
Mentioned, I, 516.
Masters, William.
Letter from, I, 104, no.
Materre,  .
Letter from, IV, 426.
Materre, Jacques.
Mentioned, IV, 426.
Matges, Arnaud.
Letter from, III, 421.
Mather, Rev. Dr. Samuel, of Boston,
Son of Rev. Cotton Mather.
Letters from, I, 445. Ill, 126.
Mentioned, I, 154.
Mather, Samuel.
Letter from, III, 392.
"Matilda," the American ship.
Ill, 109. IV, 332, 334, 335, 348.
Matininuck, Island of, in the Dela
ware River.
Given by General Assembly of New
Jersey to Burlington for educa
tional purposes, IV, 168.
Matter, Argument against the opinion
that, is infinitely divisible, IV,
387.
Inertia of, III, 436.
Principles of action in, III, 437.
Mattey,  de.
Mentioned, II, 288.
" Matty," the ship, of Glasgow.
IV, 26.
Maty, Dr. Matthew, F. R. S., Li
brarian of the British Museum.
Letter to, III, 488.
Mentioned, I, 155. Ill, 353.
Maubaillarcy, Pierre, of Brest.
Letter from, I, 438.
Maubaillon,  .
Mentioned, I, 470.

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203

Maucherie,

de la.

Maxwell,

de.

Letter from, I, 235.
Maucomeil, Mme. de.
Mentioned, III, 291.
Mauduit,  .
Mentioned, II, 195.
Mauduit, Jasper, Agent for Massa
chusetts in England.
Mentioned, I, 123.
Mauduit, Thomas Antoine de, Cheva
lier Duplessis, Major in the Conti
nental Army.
Letters from, I, 339, 412. II, 27.
Ill, 35o.
Mentioned, I, 205, 308, 340, 343,
350, 526, 555. II, 317, 525. Ill,
399. IV, 117.
Mauduit de la Varenne, Pierre Jean

Etienne, French Physician and Mayor,

Mentioned, II, 369.
" May Season," the Letter of Marque.
Ill, 433.
Mayer, Joseph.
Letter from, II, 385.
Mayers,  de.
Letter from, III, 239.
Mayo, John.
Mentioned, II, 390.
Mayo, Joseph, of Virginia.
Letters from, II, 398, 404. Ill,
138.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 41, 42, 43, 51, s82, 62, 65,
67, 73, 81, 98.
Mentioned, II, 252. IV, 42, 43s,
54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 66, 67.

Naturalist.
Letter from, IV, 413.
Mauger et Compagnie.
Letter from, IV, 439.
Maugonne,  de.
Letter from, II, 455.
Maupin,  , Agriculturalist.
Letter from, III, 159.
Maur,  .
Letter from, III, 154.
"Maurepas," the ship.
Mentioned, I, 222.
Maurepas, Jean Frederic Phelippeaux,
Comte de, French Minister of
State.
Mentioned, I, 204, 287. II, 408.
IV, 491-
Secret correspondence between Lord
Mansfield and, IV, 447.
" Maurice," the merchant ship.
H, 496.
Mauroy, Vicomte de, of the Continen
tal Army.
Mentioned, I, 511.
Maussalle,  .
Letter from, II, 146.
Maxwell, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 131.

To Louis Le Veillard, IV, 376.
Mayor's Court at Philadelphia, the,
Petition of Josiah Franklin Daven
port to, IV, 201.
Mayz,  de.
Letter from, II, 183.
Mazue,  , Merchant at Mar
seilles.
Letters from, III, 40, 171.
Letter to, III, 540.
Mazurie, Jacques.
Mentioned, III, 58.
Mazurie, Jh.
Letters from, I, 405. II, 292.
Mazzei, Philip, Italian Physician,
friend of Thomas Jefferson.
Letters from, I, 2912. II, 186, 283,
374, 389, 410.
Mentioned, II, 181, 277, 387, 410.
IV, 331.
Mead,  .
Letter from, IV, 399.
Mead, Catherine Croker, Niece of Ben
jamin Franklin and daughter of
John Croker.
Letters from, III, 283, 287, 297.
Meade,  .
Letter from, III, 321.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Meade, George, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 185.
Mease, Matthew, Purser U. S. S. "Al
liance."
Letter from, I, 254.
Mease, Robert, of Alexandria, Va.
Letter from, II, 271.
Mentioned, II, 245, 318.
Mease, Barclay, Caldwell & Co., of
Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 30.
Mechain, Pierre Frangois Andre,
Member of Academie Royale des
Sciences.
Letter from, II, 163.
Mecom, Benjamin, Printer, son of
Jane Mecom.
Letter from, I, 16.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 175,
1802.
Mentioned, I, 39, 41, 45) 47) 4g,
52, 53, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66,
70, 71, 73, 79, 80, 82, 91, 95, ioo,
105, 1062, 109, 182. Ill, 470.
Mecom, Ebenezer, Son of Mrs. Jane
Mecom.
Mentioned, IV, 180.
Mecom, Mrs. Jane, Sister of Benja
min Franklin.
Letters from, I, 165, 191. IV, 460.
Letters to, III, 477.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 208,
214.
Josiah Flagg to, IV, 359.
M. Walker to, IV, 224.
Can walk ten miles without resting,
IV, 214.
Death of her granddaughter, IV,
460.
Mentioned, I, 5, 29, 133, 144, 152,
183, 184, 422. II, 6, 55, 121, 127,
142, 155. Ill, 61, 264, 279, 298,
3°4, 342, 353, 355, 358, 373, 395,
398, 400. IV, 53, 54, 59, 75, 208,
214.
Receipt for Crown Soap, IV, 376.

Mecom, Jenny, Daughter of Mrs.
Jane Mecom.
Letter from, I, 148.
Mentioned, I, 183.
Mecom, John, Son of Mrs. Jane
Mecom.
Mentioned, I, 91. Ill, 46. IV,
180.
Mecom, Polly, Daughter of Mrs. Jane
Mecom.
Death of, I, 76.
Mecom, Sally, Daughter of Mrs. Jane
Mecom.
Mentioned, III, 295.
Medal struck in honor of capitulations
of Saratoga and Yorktown, II,
525. Ill, 38, 41, 141, 150.
Acknowledgments of, III, 48s, 49*,
5°3, 53, 572, 62, 70, 76, 96, 122,
149, 156, 209, 271, 294, 351. IV,
99, 100, 116.
Description of, III, 59. IV, 333,
334, 505-
Request for, III, 58, 60, 87, 144.
IV, 100, 112, 134.
Medals ordered struck by the Con
gress, II, 213, 233, 240, 253.
Medical prescriptions for William
Temple Franklin, IV, 166.
Society, formation of a, in Phila
delphia, IV, 203.
The First in the Thirteen United
States of America.
Letter from, II, 247.
To the Royal Medical Society of
France, IV, 305.
Of London.
Letter from, III, 348.
Medico, Count Frangois Antoine del.
Letter from, III, 238.
Medina, Don Luis.
Letter from, III, 310.
Meed, Catharine, of Sunbury, daugh
ter of John Croker.
Letter from, I, 177.
Meggs, Capt. George, British prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 509.

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205

Mehaney, Thomas, American pris
oner.
Letter from, II, 281.
Mehelm, John, Member of the Pro
vincial Council of New Jersey.
Letters to, III, 4972.
Mehl,  . of Wurttemberg.
Letter from, I, 262.
Meiborn, Major, British Officer.
Mentioned, IV, 240.
Meilhan, De Pere.
Letter from, I, 348.
Meinert & Co., of Nantes.
Letter from, I, 437.
Melcher, Colonel.
Letter from, III, 421.
Melfort, Duchesse de.
Letter from, I, 369.
Mentioned, I, 518.
Melleville, Forbin de.
Letter from, I, 292.
Melmoth, Mme.
Anonymous to, IV, 279.
Melmoth, Courtney, nom de plume
of Samuel Jackson Pratt, British
writer.
Letters from, I, 345, 349, 356, 357,
366, 376, 3772, 378, 386, 402, 419,
566, 567". IV, 407.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 13.
To Loyal, IV, 489.
Mentioned, I, 309.
Melville, Robert, F. R. S., Antiquarian
and Lieut.-Gen. in British Army.
Letter from, III, 87.
Mentioned, III, 34, 101.
Memoranda, III, 435, 439s, 4412, 442,
460, 471, 472, 474, 475, 481, 492,
498, 503, 504, 507, 515, 516, 522,
529, 54i, 547, 548, 55i8, 5572, 558.
IV, 186, 296, 322, 363, 390, 4772,
478, 487-
Memorandum Book, Benjamin Frank
lin's, III, 555.
Mengeh, Sophie, nee Mittler.
Mentioned, II, 441.
Mengs, George, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 370.

Menly, Jean, Sailor on the "Bon
Homme Richard."
Letter from, II, 194.
Menou, Comtesse de.
Letter from, III, 282.
Mercantile Equity, A Question in,
III, 451.
" Mercator." Mentioned, III, 292, 298.
" Mercer," the merchant ship, Capt.
Nathaniel Dowse.
Mentioned, I, 413.
Mercer, George.
Letter from, I, 42.
Mercer, Col. George.
Mentioned, I, 380. IV, 442.
Mercer, Hugh, M. A. P. 3., Brig.-
Gen. in the Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 182.
Mercer, Robert, Captain of the mer
chant ship " Commerce."
Mentioned, I, 561.
Merchant Vessels at Nantes and
Neighboring ports, Captains of.
Letter from, I, 393.
Merchants of the Town of Boston,
Committee of.
Letter from, I, 104.
Of Pennsylvania.
To Merchants of London, I, 52.
Of Philadelphia, The.
Letters from, I, 89, 96.
To Merchants of Great Britain, I,
5i-
Mercier,  .
Letters from, IV, 4042, 4052.
Letter to, IV, 475.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 4872.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 487,
488.
Agreement with, for repairing arms,
III, 504, 533. IV, 475.
Mercier,  .
Mentioned, I, 386. II, 31, 179.
Merckle, Johannes Ph., of Amsterdam.
Letters from, I, 306, 383, 567.
Mentioned, I, 375. IV, 479.
" Mercury," the merchant packet.
Description of, I, 203.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

" Mercury " — Continued.
Despatches sent by, IV, 501.
Examination of cargo of, I, 205.
Mentioned, I, 207, 2082, 211, 261,
277. II, 122, 168, 291. IV, 35,
428.
Sailing of, I, 206.
" Mercury," the newspaper.
IV, 165, 383-
Mercury, Fixation of, III, 250. IV,
355-
Possibility of rendering, a fusible
metal, III, 258.
Solidifying and melting of, III, 455.
Mercury, Transit of, I, 6.
Mercy and Lacaze and Fils, Mer
chants at Cadiz.
Letter from, II, 129.
Mercy-Argenteau, Comte Frangois
de, Austrian Diplomatist.
Mentioned, II, 515.
" Mere Bobie," the merchant ship.
IV, 236.
Merechy, Marshal de.
Letter from, I, 567.
Meredith, Hugh, Philadelphia Printer,
partner of Benjamin Franklin.
Letter from, I, 1.
Mentioned, III, 434.
Meredith, Mrs. Samuel, Wife of Gen.
Samuel Meredith, of the Pennsyl
vania Militia in the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Meredith, Simon, Father of Hugh
Meredith.
Letter from, III, 434.
Meriton,  , Captain of the
"London Packet."
Mentioned, III, 518. IV, 280, 369.
Merk,  .
Mentioned, I, 107.
Merlet,  , Uncle of Messrs. de
LaneuviUe, of Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 509.
Merry, Anthony, of London.
Letters from, II, 183, 216.

Merry, Jean, Captain of a French
Corsair.
Mentioned, IV, 236.
Merville, A  en.
Letter from, IV, 451.
Merville, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 19.
Merwin, Miles.
Letter from, III, 398.
Mesmer,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 139.
Mesmer, Friederich Anton, German
Physician.
Letter from, II, 175.
Book by, II, 434.
Complaint of Report on Animal
Magnetism, III, 543.
Loss of prestige of, III, 290.
Mentioned, I, 508. Ill, 175, 182,
237, 291. IV, 125, 126.
Mesmerism, see Magnetism, Animal.
Mesnil de St. Pierre, Henriette du.
Letter from, I, 270.
Mesny,  .
Letters from, I, 427. IV, 412, 458.
Mesplet, M.
Mentioned, I, 188.
Mess's Tavern, Germantown, IV,
366.
Messe, Count Del.
Mentioned, IV, 114.
Messey, Louis Frangois Antoine Nico
las, Marquis de, French General.
Letters from, III, 1492.
Mestre, Etienne.
Letter from, III, 375.
Metal wire, Manner of setting fire to,
II, 418.
Metastasio, Abbe Pietro, Italian Poet.
Song by, IV, 377.
Meteors, Movement of, I, 31. IV,
470.
" Meulan," the French ship.
Captured, I, 261.
Meunier,  .
Letter from, I, 540.

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207

Meuricoffre, Frederick Robert.
Letter from, III, 70.
Mentioned, I, 567.
Meuricoffre & Co., of Naples.
Letter from, I, 567.
Meusnier, Jean Baptiste Marie, French
General, Physicist and Mechani
cian.
Mentioned, III, 148, 313, 346.
Meyen, Johann Jacob, Ph.D.
Letter from, III, 375.-
Meyer, J., of the U. S. ship of war
" Ranger."
Letter from, II, 152.
Mentioned, I, 457.
Meyers, 
Mentioned, II, 465.
Meyners,  .
Mentioned, II, 239.
Meyronnet de St. Marc, Chevalier de,
Vice-Consul of France at Fayal.
Letter from, III, 13.
Mezancy, Caqueray de.
Letter from, III, 150.
Meziere, Chevalier La Coste de.
Mentioned, I, 407.
Mical, L'Abbe, French Mechanician.
Mentioned, III, 74.
Michaelis,  .
Mentioned, II, 390.
Michau,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 83.
Michel,  , of Beauvais.
Mentioned, IV, 94.
Michel, Henry.
Letter to, III, 523.
Michell, Carey, Collector of Customs
at Hampton, Virginia.
Certificate for discharging non-enu
merated Bond, IV, 219.
Michell, John, F. R. S., British As
tronomer.
Letters from, I, 75, 131. IV, 400.
Michet, F. Ludry.
Letter from, I, 288.
Michilimakinac, peltry and fur trade
of, I, 108.

Middleton, Arthur, South Carolina
Delegate to the Continental Con
gress, Signer of the Declaration
of Independence.
Letter from, I, 453.
Middleton, Thomas, Brother of Ar
thur Middleton.
Letter from, I, 535.
Mieger, Theodore, a Tailor in Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, II, 441, 492, 493.
" MifHin," the privateer, see " Gen
eral Mifflin."
Mifflin, John, Sr., of Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 329.
Mifflin, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Maj.-
Gen. in Continental Army, Presi
dent of the Continental Congress,
Pennsylvania Delegate to the Con
stitutional Convention, Governor
of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, III, 166, 177.
Mentioned, III, 202, 393. IV, 349.
Mikoviny, Major Anthony.
Letter from, III, 34.
Mildred & Roberts, of London.
Mentioned, IV, 209.
Milee l'aine,  .
Letter from, III, 176.
Letter to, III, 540.
Miles, Emanuel, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 524.
Miles, John Oliver, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 524.
Miles, William Augustus, British Po
litical Writer.
Letter from, III, 219.
"Milford," schooner, an American
merchantman.
I, 4H-
Milford, Chevalier.
Mentioned, II, 106.
Milford & Brown, Messrs.
Mentioned, IV, 450.
Milhas, Jr.,  .
Letter from, II, 217.
Military Commissions in Philadelphia,
Governor unwilling to grant, 1, 16.

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Military — Continued.
State, On Perfection in, IV, 390.
Stores, Arms, Ammunition, Clothing,
etc., Petition of Congress to Louis
XVI for, IV, 293.
Proposals for furnishing III, 427.
Purchase of, IV, 278.
Militia, Act, Lower County's, IV, 178.
Bill, IV, 179.
Companies, Dr. Franklin's Address
on the Assignment of, III, 440.
Forming in Philadelphia, III, 440.
Free, Granville Sharp's tracts on,
HI, 332-
French subjects excused from service
in the, III, 317.
Instructions to, in relation to riot in
Luzerne County, Pa., Ill, 553.
Mill, David.
Nathaniel Briggs to, IV, 217.
Millar, Andrew, London Publisher.
Letter from, I, 71.
Millenburg,  , Parson of the
Dutch Church [Henry Melchior
Muhlenberg?].
Mentioned, I, 55.
Miller,  .
Letter from, III, 7.
Miller,  .
Mentioned, I, 69.
Miller,  , Captain of a letter
of Marque.
Mentioned, IV, 296.
Miller, Henrich, Philadelphia printer
and publisher.
German newspaper published by,
III, 468.
Miller, Jeremiah, of New London,
Member of Connecticut Assembly.
Letters from, I, 47, 102.
Miller, John, otherwise Johann Sebas
tian Miiller, Draughtsman and
Engraver, Published illustration of
the "Sexual System in Plants"
(arranged according to the system
of Linnaeus).
Mentioned, II, 471.

Miller, John, Justice of Peace at Phila.
Mentioned, IV, 326.
Miller, John Still, of the Post-office at
New London.
Mentioned, I, 47, 102.
Miller, Joseph, Commander of the
American prize brig "Sampson."
Letter from, II, 121.
Miller, Josiah.
Mentioned, III, 223.
Miller, Rev. Peter, of the Ephrata, Pa.,
brethren, M. A. P. S.
Letter from, III, 320.
Millery, Buffot de.
Letter from, I, 511.
Milliet,  .
Mentioned, III, 368, 554.
Milligan, James, Comptroller and later
Auditor-General of Treasury.
Letter from, III, 281.
To the Superintendent of Finance,
IV, 347-
Estimate of monies loaned to the
United States, IV, 309.
Milliquet, John.
Mentioned, I, 127.
Millon, Charles, French litterateur.
Letters from, I, 320. II, 247.
Mentioned, I, 470.
Millon, J. C.
Letter from, III, 372.
Mills, John, F. R. S., writer on agri
culture.
Letters from, I, 24, 30.
Milly, Comte de, Father of Mme. Jean
Baptiste Le Roy.
Letters from, I, 419, 567.
Jean le Rond D' Alembert to, IV,
37i-
Mentioned, I, 344.
Milly, Comte de, et al., Ill, 150.
Milne, James.
Letter from, II, 250.
"Minerva," the American ship.
Ill, 3.
Mingos, Indian tribe.
Mentioned, I, 36.

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Ministers and Ambassadors, List of,
of all nations, IV, 470.
Minning, Col.
Mentioned, I, 514.
Minto, Dr. Walter, M. A. P. S., Pro
fessor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy at Princeton College.
Mentioned, III, 305, 307.
Miollis, Sextus Alexandre Frangois,
French General serving in Amer
ica.
Letters from, III, 170, 339.
Mirabeau, Gabriel Honore Riquetti,
Comte de, Son of Marquis de
Mirabeau.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 118, 134.
To Barbeu Dubourg, IV, 337.
Mentioned, III, 313, 318, 543. IV,
1272, 148.
On the Prussian Monarchy, III, 380.
Mirabeau, Vassan, Marquise de.
Letter from, III, 239.
Mirabeau, Victor de Riquetti, Marquis
de, French Political Economist.
Letters from, I, 270. Ill, 19.
Mentioned, I, 83, 145, 378. Ill, 347.
Miromesnil, Armand Thomas Hue de,
French Statesman.
Letter from, III, 88.
Oudet to, IV, 321.
Missa,  .
Letter from, IV, 413.
Mississippi River, Seizure of British
posts on, I, 449.
Mitchel, Abraham.
Mentioned, I, 167.
Mitchell,  .
Mentioned, I, 35. Ill, 126, 133.
Mitchell, Captain.
Mentioned, I, 10.
Mitchell, George, American prisoner.
Letters from, II, 166, 176.
James Sterling to, IV, 296.
Mitchell, Harry.
Mentioned, IV, 296.
Mitchell, Henry, of Boston.
Mentioned, II, 482.

Mitchell, James, of York, Pennsyl
vania.
Letter from, I, 7.
Moeballe, Nicholas George, Colonel
in Continental Army.
Letter from, II, 239.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 24, 26, 34.
Moffat, Dr. Thomas, of Newport, R. I.
Letters from, I, 30, 32.
Mentioned, I, 44.
Moffett, David.
Letter from, II, 107.
Molasses, duty on, I, 28, 3572.
Moleres,  de, Captain in the
French Navy.
Letter from, I, 339.
Mollien and fils aine, Veuve Gaspard.
Letter from, III, 150.
Mollier,  .
Letter from, I, 484.
" Molly," the ship, American priva
teer.
I, 348.
Monbreton,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 104.
Monchanin, P. de, French Writer on
Political Economy.
Letters from, II, 217, 245.
Monchy, F. W. de, of Rotterdam.
Letters from, I, 65, 68, 72.
Monchy, S. de, Physician and Profes
sor at Rotterdam.
Letter from, I, 538.
Monckton, Robert, Lieut.-Gen. in
British Army, M. P.
Mentioned, IV, 262.
Mondrecourt, Hocquet Delulain de.
Letter from, I, 339.
Monet, Gen., Comte de.
Letters from, III, 92.
Money, Advanced to the United
States by France, II, 488.
Advantages of Paper, IV, 393.
Bad reports of paper, III, 316.
Calculation of interest on, IV, 393.
Continental, I, 408. Ill, 554-

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Money — Continued.
Different kinds of, in use in the
United States, III, 547.
Easiest way of raising, in Great
Britain to continue the war, III,
448.
Need of, by United States govern
ment, IV, 459.
" On the Issue of Paper Money by
Congress," by Dr. Franklin, III,
516.
Paper, I, 29, 38. Ill, 344, 378, 445.
IV, 199, 438.
Deplorable situation of, I, 489.
Depreciation of, II, 5, 222, 379.
IV, 409.
Evils of, IV, 508.
Not liable to depreciation, III, 314.
Project for sinking, IV, 500.
Redemption of, IV, 308.
State of, in Virginia, IV, 177.
" Relative to the Scheme of Issuing
Paper, and the Effect Thereof," by
Dr. Franklin, III, 468.
Staple, III, 332.
Monezy, Frere, Carmelite Friar.
Letter from, I, 326.
Mongez, Jean-Andre.
Letter from, III, 150.
Mongin, Frangois, American prisoner.
Letter from, IV, 417.
Mongin, Laurens, American prisoner.
Letter from, IV, 417.
Monie,  , French Artist.
Mentioned, IV, 279.
Monier, Jno.
To James Parker, IV, 207.
"Monitor," nom de plume, IV, 383.
Monneron,  , Engineer in the
service of the U. S.
Mentioned, II, 497.
Monneron, Paul Merault de.
Letter from, I, 402.
Mentioned, I, 402.
Monngard, M. and Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 21.
Mono, Joh. Georg.
Letter from, III, 128.

Monplaisir,  . Merchant at
I'Orient.
To Le Rsy de Chaumont, IV, 498.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 498.
Mon's, Samuel Stanley, Baron de, see
also, Stanley, Samuel.
Letter from, I, 339.
Mon's, Baronne de.
Letter from, II, 37.
" Monsieur," French privateer.
II, 119, 149. IV, 428.
Mont,  .
Mentioned, III, 174.
Mont Blanc, Ascent of, III, 326.
Montagnac, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 355.
Montago, Mourete, Marquise de.
Letters from, II, 214, 246.
Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, Authoress,
Leader of Society.
Letter from, I, 91, 92.
Montagu, George, Duke of Man
chester.
Letter from, IV, 401.
Montague, W., colored servant of
Capt. William Robeson.
Mentioned, IV, 61, 62, 78.
Montagut, Ewart & Co., Merchants
at Barcelona.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 107.
Montalembert, Marc Rene, Marquis
de, French General and Engineer,
Member of the Academy of Sci
ences at Paris.
Mentioned, II, 193.
Montant,  .
Letter from, I, 247.
Montarche,  de, formerly In-
tendant of San Domingo.
Mentioned, I, 233.
Montauban, Magniel & Co., French
Merchants.
Letter from, II, 273.
Montaudouin,  , Nantes Mer
chant.
Letters from, I, 192, 205, 209, 243,
379, 5°3- II, 36.

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Montaudouin — Continued.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 377.
Mentioned, I, 199, 202, 218, 219,
560. II, 52, 234, 323. IV, 48.
Montaudouin & Rozee, Nantes Mer
chants.
Mentioned, II, 285, 317. IV, 314.
Montauville, Mile. de.
Mentioned, III, 201.
Montazeau, Buler de.
Letter from, I, 550.
Montbarrey, Alexandre Marie Lenor
de St. Mauris, Prince de, French
Minister of War.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 19.
Gilles de Kermorvan to, IV, 251.
Certificate by, IV, 369.
Mentioned, I, 331, 447. II, 206,
230.
Montboissier, Comte de.
Letter from, II, 6.
Montboissier, Earl of.
Mentioned, II, 250.
Montcarel, Le Goiieslier de.
Letters from, I, 364, 421. Ill, 87.
Montconsul, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 149.
Montecot,  , of Paris.
Letter from, I, 382.
Mentioned, I, 515.
Montee,  .
Letter from, I, 233.
Monteil, Chevalier de.
Letter from, III, 64.
Monteil, John.
Letter from, I, 406.
Montels, Laroque de.
Letter from, I, 327.
Montesquieu aine,  , Mer
chant at Toulouse.
Letter from, II, 465.
Montesquieu, Baron de, Son of the
distinguished French Publicist.
Mentionfd, I, 556.
Montessuy, D.
Letter from, I, 420.
Montford, Major.
Mentioned, IV, 419.

Montfort,  .
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Montfort,  de.
Mentioned, III, 424. »
Montfort, Jules, Comte de.
Letters from, II, 103, 158, 277, 282,
284, 335- IV, 440.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 22, 23, 34, 47.
To Herbelot, IV, 311.
To Frangois  , IV, 312.
Mentioned, II, 202. IV, 304.
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel de, Mem
ber of the Academie des Sciences,
French Aeronaut.
Letter from, III, 106.
Balloon experiments, IV, 468, 507.
Invention by, IV, 478.
Mentioned, III, 118, 130, 148, 149,
161, 539-
Montgolfier, M. B.
Letter from, II, 447.
Montgolfier brothers, French Aero
nauts.
Aerostatic machine invented by, IV,
506.
" Montgomery," .the sloop, American
privateer.
I, 279, 397.
Montgomery, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 249.
Montgomery, Mrs. Dorcas, of Phila
delphia.
Letters from, II, 394, 401, 405, 408,
409, 435. Ill, 113, 266.
Mentioned, IV, 58, 445.
Montgomery, John, M. C. C, Colonel
of Pennsylvania Associators, one
of the founders of Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle.
Letter from, III, 289.
Montgomery, Richard, Major-Gen. in
the Continental Army.
Death of, IV, 92.
Mentioned, I, 176, 256, 262. Ill,
424.
Monument of, I, 483. Ill, 121. IV,
139, 272, 276, 355.
Tomb, IV, 137.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Montgomery, Robert, American Mer
chant residing in Spain.
Letters from, I, 390, 432. II, 101,
109, 129, 133, 165, 184.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
341.
To Robert R. Livingston, IV, 337.
Mentioned, IV, 348.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 272.
Offers his services as Consul at Ali
cante, IV, 337.
Montgomery, Robert.
Mentioned, IV, 219.
Monthigny, Gourdeau de.
Letter from, II, 524.
Monthuley,  . French Mer
chant.
Letter from, II, 10.
Montieu,  , French Merchant.
Letter from, II, 43.
To Anonymous, IV, 490.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 492.
Memorandum for purchase of Mili
tary stores, IV, 278.
Mentioned, I, 223, 278, 527, 534.
II, 6, 44, in, 372. Ill, 522. IV,
43, 37i-
Montigni, Etienne Mignol de, Treas
urer of France, Member of Acad
emy of Sciences at Paris.
Mentioned, II, 87.
Montigny,  de, of the Amer
ican frigate " South Carolina."
Mentioned, II, 455.
Montleger,  .
Letter from, II, 101.
Montluisan,  de, Lieutenant
in the French Infantry.
Letter from, II, 266.
Montmorin-Saint-Herem, Armand
Marc, Comte de, French Ambas
sador to Spain, Minister of For
eign Affairs.
Louis Phillipe, Comte de Segur to,
IV, 367-
Mentioned, II, 302.
Montorcier, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, III, 244.

Montplaisir,  de, Merchant,
I'Orient.
Mentioned, II, 239, 262, 278, 291.
Montreal,  de, Director of
Military Hospitals, French Army.
Letters from, II, 5242.
Montresor, Sir Francis.
Letter from, I, 444.
Monts, Chevalier de.
Letters from, I, 397, 408.
Monville,  de, French Printer.
Mentioned, III, 171.
Moodie, Thomas, Deputy-Secretary of
the Province of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 118.
Moody, William, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 128.
Moore,  .
Letter from, III, 12.
Mentioned, I, 547. IV, 42.
Moore, Rev. Dr., British spy.
Mentioned, II, 89.
Moore, Charles, Clerk of the As
sembly of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 196.
Moore, George, Son of Philip Moore.
Mentioned, IV, 431.
Moore, Sir Henry, Colonial Governor
of New York.
Mentioned, I, 84, 100.
Commission to James Parker, by,
IV, 196.
Moore, James, of Scotland.
Mentioned, II, 476.
Moore, James.
Oath of Allegiance by, III, 421.
Moore, Joseph.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 133.
To Chevalier Jean Holker, IV, 353.
Moore, Philip.
Mentioned, III, 257s, 265, 269. IV,
431.
Moore, Samuel Preston, M. A. P. S.,
Consulting Physician to the Penn
sylvania Hospital, Treasurer of
the Province of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 480.

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Moore, William, of New Jersey.
Letter from, I, 444.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 264.
Moore, William, of Moore Hall, Penn
sylvania Jurist.
Trial and Conviction of, III, 447.
Moore, William, Member of the Penn
sylvania Council of Safety and
President of the State.
Mentioned, I, 36.
Marriage of, IV, 180.
Moore & Co., William.
Mentioned, II, 490.
Moore's Charity School, historical ac
count of, IV, 335.
Moorish Ambassador.
Mentioned, IV, 341.
Corsair, Capture of an American
vessel by, IV, 327.
"Morals of Chess," II, 102. Ill,
541. IV, 3012.
Moran, W., First Lieut, on the Conti
nental sloop "Hornet."
Letter from, I, 316.
Morand, Dr. Jean Frangois Clement,
F. R. S., French Physician.
Letters from, I, 280, 508, 567.
Mentioned, I, 348. Ill, 489.
Morande,  de, Secretary to
M. de Beaumarchais.
Mentioned, I, 572.
Morande, Rey de, of Cadiz.
Agreement to deliver cannon to the
United States, IV, 315.
Contract between the American
Commissioners and, III, 505.
Moravian Doctrine, Edict of Banish
ment against a certain sect which
has failed to conform to the, IV,
393-
Mission Settlement in Labrador,
Passport for vessels bound for,
II, 60, 461.
Moravians going to Bethlehem, pass
ports for, I, 477. IV, 272.
More, MacCarthy.
Letter from, II, 382.

Moreau,  .
Letters from, II, 147, 194. IV,
406.
Perrin to, IV, 488.
Moreau,  , Secretary io Comte
de Vergennes.
Letter from, I, 508.
Moreau, Nicolas.
Letter from, I, 466.
Moreau de St.-Mery, Mederic Louis
Elie, M. A. P'. S., of Cap Fran
gais, San Domingo.
Letter from, III, 353.
Mentioned, III, 358.
Morel,  .
Letters from, II, 80, 82, 92.
Morel fils,  .
Alexander Gillon to, IV, 501.
Morel, Benjamin.
Mentioned, III, 161, 169.
Morel, Gaspard, Merchant at Dunkirk.
Letter from, I, 322.
Morel et fils, Veuve, Merchants at
Dunkirk.
Letters from, I, 531, 568. II, 203.
Morellet, Abbe Andre, French Writer
and Philosopher, Member of the
French Academy.
Letters from, I, 138. II, 335", 435,
4362. Ill, 176, 349, 4214. IV,
446.
Letter to, III, 540.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 72s, 75, 115, 130, 135, i66B.
To his cousin, IV, 335.
Jefferson's " Notes on Virginia "
translated into French by, III,
300, 349-
Mentioned, II, 428. Ill, 81, 117,
219. IV, 70, 128, 378.
On life of Edward Drinker, IV, 346.
Remarks on the Faculty of Memory,
IV, 346-
Work on the American Colonies, IV,
446.
Morellet & Drago.
Letter to, III, 542.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Mores, Edward Rowe, English Anti
quary.
Letter from, I, 148.
Moresby, Miss, Pupil of Benjamin
West.
Mentioned, I, 158, 235.
Moret,  de.
Mentioned, III, 372.
Moreton, Dr.
Mentioned, I, 139.
Morey, Count de.
Mentioned, IV, 351.
Morgan,  .
Passport for, IV, 503.
Morgan, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 369.
Morgan, Benjamin, of Philadelphia,
M. A. P. S., Manager of the " Fila
ture."
Letter from, I, 140.
Letter to, III, 494.
Morgan, Daniel, Colonel in the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, IV, 238, 251.
Morgan, George, of Philadelphia, M.
A. P. S.
Letters from, I, 147, 173.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155,
156.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
358, 3612.
Baron Poellnitz to, IV, 366.
Mentioned, I, 174. IV, 151.
Morgan, Mrs. George.
Mentioned, IV, 151.
Morgan, Dr. John, of Philadelphia,
M. A. P. S., F. R. S., Surgeon-
General of the Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 49.
Mentioned, I, 58. IV, 203.
Morgan, Jr., John.
Letter from, III, 324.
Morgan, Joseph, Minister of Dutch
Reformed Church at Maidenhead,
N. J.
Letter from, I, 1.

Morgan, Maurice, Secretary of the
Colony of New Jersey.
Mentioned, I, 71, 84, 129.
Morgand,  .
Mentioned, III, 154.
Morice, Augustin.
Mentioned, IV, 105, 440, 453.
Morisan,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 166.
Morisse, Alexandre.
Letter from, II, 246.
Morizot,  .
Letter from, III, 32.
Morlaix, David de.
Mentioned, II, 36.
Mornay, Duplessis, one of the most
illustrious representatives of the
Reformation in France.
Mentioned, IV, 386.
Morocco, American vessel held at,
III, 252.
Correspondent for the United States
at, IV, 327.
Mentioned, III, 256.
Treaty of Commerce with, III, 247.
IV, 341-
Morocco, Emperor of.
Mentioned, III, 201, 512.
Not inimical to the United States,
IV, 327.
Spain to send Ambassador to, III,
250.
Treaty between Spain and, III, 252.
Willing to sign a Treaty of Peace
and Commerce, III, 83.
Morquet,  de.
Letter from, II, 221.
Morres, Sir H.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 86.
Morrice, Edmund, Blacksmith, of
Cornwall County, Eng.
Bond to Lawrence Growdon, IV,
168.
" Morris," the Continental brig.
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Morris,  .
Mentioned, II, 7, 298.
Morris, Anthony, Member of Penn
sylvania Assembly, and Mayor of .
Philadelphia, son of Anthony
Morris, the emigrant.
Mentioned, IV, 480.
Morris, Benjamin Wistar, Philadel
phia Merchant, oldest son of
Samuel Morris.
Mentioned, II, 517.
Morris, Jr., Charles.
To John Hall, IV, 202.
Morris, Eleanor, Daughter of Dr.
Franklin's Aunt, Hannah Franklin
Morris.
Letter from, I, 80.
Morris, Gouverneur, M. C. C.
To negotiate exchange of prisoners,
II, 483.
Mentioned, III, 385, 386. IV, 366.
Morris, John.
Mentioned, IV, 154.
Morris, Joseph, of Philadelphia,
grandson of Anthony Morris, the
emigrant, Manager of Pennsylva
nia Hospital, Treasurer of Library
Company of Philadelphia.
Letter from, II, 384.
Mentioned, IV, 183.
Morris, Lewis R., one of the Secre
taries of the Continental Congress.
Letters from, IV, 462, 467.
Mentioned, IV, 443, 445.
Morris, Luke, of Philadelphia, son of
Anthony Morris, the emigrant.
Mentioned, II, 145. IV, 197.
Morris, Robert, M. A. P. S., M. C. C,
U. S. Sup't of Finance, Delegate
to Constitutional Convention.
Letters from, I, 222, 229, 230, 326.
II, 142, 232, 380, 401, 463, 483.
HI, 57, 66, 210, 217, 391. IV,
428, 4372, 4382, 440, 444, 445, 4482,
451.
Letter to, III, 538.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 129.
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Morris, Robert — Continued.
To John Barclay, IV, 348.
To Silas Deane, IV, 246, 485.
To John Holker, Jr., IV, 347.
To Henry Laurens, III, 246.
To Messrs. John de Neufville &
Sons, IV, 503.
To the Public, IV, 501.
John Holker, Jr., to, IV, 347.
James Milligan to, IV, 347.
Appointment as Minister of Finance,
IV, 437-
Approaching resignation from office
of, III, 217.
Cipher Code No. 4, IV, 86.
Claims on, IV, 462.
Commercial house established in
New York by, III, 210.
Correspondence of, with Thomas
Morris, I, 373.
Embittering experience as a public
officer, IV, 428.
Mentioned, I, 189, 192, 2012, 203,
244, 298, 375, 390, 393, 394, 395,
417, 476, 487, 494, 520. Ill, 15,
54, 72, 169, 176, 207. IV, 71, 94,
98, 107, 119, 132, 228, 248, 334,
444s, 447, 479-
Pledges personal honor for repay
ment of French loan, IV, 448.
Powers as Superintendent of Fi
nance, IV, 459.
Statement of account of, II, 489.
IV, 334-
Unmerited abuse of, II, 141.
Morris, Mrs. Robert.
Mentioned, III, 311.
Morris, Robert Hunter, F. R. S., Lieu
tenant-Governor of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, I, 14s.
Mentioned, I, 13, 15.
Morris, Samuel, Captain of Philadel
phia Troop of Light Horse (now
First Troop, Philadelphia City
Cavalry) which acted as Gen.
Washington's bodyguard during
the campaign in New Jersey.
Mentioned, II, 517.

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Morris, Thomas, Brother of Robert
Morris, U. S. Agent at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 224, 228, 241.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 245.
John Bradford to, IV, 248.
Secret Committee of the Continental
Congress to, IV, 228.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 245.
Willing, Morris & Co., to, IV, 246.
Agreement by, and the Farmers-
General of France, IV, 230.
Damaging accounts of Actions of, as
American Agent in France, IV,
485.
Death of, I, 359, 360.
Mentioned, I, 196, 202, 209, 214,
219, 225, 234, 239, 242, 317, 326,
368, 371, 390, 392, 472. IV, 246",
254.
Papers of, I, 370, 373, 374, 551, 564.
Ill, 5082, 512, 514.
Removal of, from Commercial
Agency, I, 362.
Morris, William.
Deposition of, IV, 365.
Morse, Jedediah, Connecticut Clergy
man.
Mentioned, III, 323.
Mortality owing to impure air, I, 149.
Mortemart, Duchesse de.
Mentioned, I, 348.
Mortgage, Association, Plan for, III,
436.
Morton, Dr. Charles, F. R. S., Sec'y
to the Royal Society, Principal Li
brarian of the British Museum.
Letter from, I, 24.
Letter to, III, 557.
Morton, James Douglas, Earl of,
President of the Royal Society,
Member of French Academy.
Letter from, I, 79.
Morton, John, Pennsylvania Delegate
to the Continental Congress, Signer
of the Declaration of Independ
ence.
Mentioned, I, 49.

Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron Guy
ton de, see Guyton de Morveau.
Mory, Vicomte de.
Mentioned, III, 156.
Moseby,  .
Mentioned, IV, 98.
Moseley,  .
Letter from, III, 64.
Mosny,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 38.
Moss, Charles, F. R. S., Bishop of St.
David's.
Mentioned, III, 198.
Mostowski, Prince.
Letters from, I, 365, 395.
Letter to, III, 507.
Proposition to reward, IV, 353.
Mosueron, J., of Nantes.
Letter from, I, 196.
Moucherel,  .
Letters from, I, 435, 495.
Mouchy, Duchesse de.
Letter from, II, 336.
Mouchy, Philippe de Noailles, Due de,
Marshal of France.
Letters from, II, 336s.
Mouge,  , of Beaune, France.
Mentioned, I, 236.
Moullaine,  De.
Letter from, II, 488.
Moullaine, fils,  De.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 16, 27.
Moultrie, William, Colonel of Second
Colonial Regiment of South Caro
lina Militia, South Carolina Dele
gate to Continental Congress, Maj.-
Gen. in Continental Army and
Governor of South Carolina.
Mentioned, II, 67, 92.
British surrender to, IV, 494.
Moultson, John, Captain of the
schooner "Sophia."
Mentioned, II, 480.
Mounier, Jacob.
Mentioned, I, 538.

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217

Mounier & Denis, Merchants of Mid-
delburg, Netherlands.
Letters from, I, 534, 546.
Mount Defiance, IV, 238.
Independence, IV, 2382.
Mouret, Jno., Surgeon on the Conti
nental brig "Morris."
Letter from, II, 318.
Mouret, Prosper, Printer, of Aix en
Provence.
Letter to, III, 544.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 27.
Mentioned, II, 196. Ill, 143, 544.
IV, 378.
Mourier,  du.
Letter from, II, 397.
Mourlens, L'Abbe de.
Letter from, II, 465.
Mouron,  . of Calais.
Mentioned, III, 254.
Moussefat, Due de.
Letter from, I, 350.
Moustier, Eleonore Frangois Elie
Comte de, French General and
Diplomat, Minister to the United
States.
Letters from, III, 367, 387.
Appointed Minister to America, III,
367.
Moutard,  .
Letter from, III, 213.
Letter to, III, 543.
Poullard to, IV, 378.
Moylan, James, Merchant and U. S.
Commercial Agent at I'Orient.
Letters from, I, 327, 345, 348, 354,
358, 384, 399, 4°5, 409, 4", 418,
420, 440, 448, 451, 455, 468, 476,
478, 485, 5i3, 5i7- II, 261, 265,
442, 482, 487. Ill, 38.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 88.
To Nathan Blodget, IV, 307.
To Gourlade, IV, 267.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 488.
Nathan Blodget to, IV, 307.
Capt. de Galatheau to, IV, 317, 320.

Moylan, James — Continued.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 488.
Mentioned, I, 327, 468. II, 314,
455, 463, 475- IV, 56, 477, 498,
499-
Moylan, Col. Stephen, Brig.-Gen. in
the Continental Army.
Lieut. John Sullivan to, IV, 342s.
Moyria, Baron de.
Mentioned, IV, 100.
Mud Island, Evacuation of, I, 328,
346, 349-
Mentioned, I, 338.
Muette, Chateau de la, III, 274.
Mugford, Francis, Captain of the ship
" Good Intent."
Mentioned, II, 60, 61.
Muhlberger, Nicola Victor.
Letter from, III, 176.
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, M. A.
P. S., German Lutheran Clergy
man in Pennsylvania.
II, 184.
Mentioned, see Millenburg.
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel,
Lutheran Clergyman, Maj.-Gen.
in Continental Army, son of Henry
Melchior Muhlenberg.
Letter from, III, 381.
Timothy Pickering to, IV, 377.
Mentioned, II, 388. IV, 441.
Mullens,  .
Mentioned, II, 50.
Muller, Frangois, Louis de.
Letter from, III, 333.
Mullowney, Thomas.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 300.
Mumford, David, of Hartford, Conn.
Letter from, II, 360.
Mumford, Gurdon S., Son of David
Mumford, of Hartford, Conn.
Letter from, II, 511.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 75, 76, 77, 782, 80, 89,
109, 504-
Mentioned, II, 360, .467. IV, 72.
Mumford, Thomas, of Connecticut.
Letters from, II, 360, 467.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Munster, Protest of the minority of
the Chapter of, II, 2692.
Murinais, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 170.
Murinet, Comte de.
To Princess Sapieha, IV, 326.
Mentioned, III, 136.
Murphy,  , American prisoner.
Thomas L. Yates to, IV, 239.
Murphy, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 475.
Murphy, Patrick, et al.
Letter from, III, 108.
Murray, Miss, of Ghent.
Mentioned, II, 474, 479.
Murray, John.
Letter from, II, 364.
Murray, Sir John.
Mentioned, I, 172.
Musical characters, Invention of, III,
523-
Muskingum & Ohio rivers, Evidences
of an early civilization found at
the confluence of the, III, 367.
Musschenbroek, Pierre Van, F. R. S.,
Dutch Physician and Physicist.
Letter from, I, 19.
Mentioned, IV, 386.
Musset, Veuve.
Letter from, II, 524.
Musset-Pathay,  de.
Mentioned, II, 504.
Muster-roll, Humorous imitation of
a, IV, 485.
Mutel, Chevalier, Son of Jacques Fran
gois Mutel de Boucheville.
Mentioned, II, 301.
Mutel de Boucheville, Jacques Fran
gois, French litterateur.
Letter from, II, 301.
Mutiny Bill, IV, 194.
Myers,  .
Mentioned, III, 412.
Myers,  .
Letter from, III, 421.
Myers,  , of Amsterdam.
Mentioned, IV, 103.

Myers, Moses, Merchant at Amster
dam.
Letter from, II, 489.
Myers, Samuel, Merchant at Amster
dam.
Letter from, II, 489.
Mynock, Francis, of London.
Mentioned, IV, 209.
" My plain country Joan," IV, 381.
Myrcle,  .
Mentioned, I, 209.
Myrick, Joseph, Captain of the priva
teer "American Union."
Letter from, II, 266.

N  . F  .
Letter from, I, 277.
Naghel,  , Paris Merchant.
Letter from, II, 183.
Nairne, Edward, M. A. P. S., F. R. S.,
London Electrician and Instru
ment Maker.
Letters from, III, 95, 131, 454.
To John Hyacinth de Magellan, IV,
328.
Mentioned, I, 141. II, 176, 471.
HI, 37i-
Patent machines of, III, 30, 490.
Nairne, Richard, Brother of Edward
Nairne, Captain of an English
Merchantman.
Letter from, II, 132.
Mentioned, I, 104. II, 98.
Nancarrow, John, of Philadelphia,
M. A. P. S.
Letter from, III, 379.
" Nancy," the ship.
IV, 101.
" Nancy," Letter of Marque.
IV, 83, 341, 342, 343, 345, 347.
" Nancy," of Edenlon, North Carolina,
the vessel.
I, 507. Ill, 66, 89, 101, 118, 1642,
169, 228, 249. IV, 108, 339, 369.
" Nancy," The Underwriters of the
ship, Comte de Vergennes to, IV,
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219

Nancy, W. de.
Letter from, III, 199.
Nantenville,  de.
Letter from, III, 422.
"Nantes," the brig.
I, 37i-
Nantucket, Island of, Memorial of
the inhabitants of the, IV, 185.
Statistics of population, etc., in, in
1786, IV, 395.
Nanty,  , of Nantes.
Mentioned, IV, 113.
Napier, James Lenox, American pris
oner.
Letters from, II, 48, 85.
Narduel, Abbe.
To Abbe Arnoux, IV, 326.
Nartus,  — .
Letter from, II, 250.
Nassau-Siegen, Charles Henri Nicolas
Othon, Prince de.
Mentioned, I, 482, 495, 502. IV,
275.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 273.
National Academy of Education, II,
23.
"National Riches," by Anne Robert
Jacques Turgot.
IV, 131.
" Native of New England," a paper
by "Poor Richard."
I, i34-
Naudins, Roger Rossard des.
Letter from, I, 245.
Naval Stores, Petition of Congress to
Louis XVI for, IV, 293.
Navigating Rivers, Kind of boats
most suitable for, III, 310.
Navigation, Experiments in, III, 354.
Internal, in United States, IV, 389.
Remarks by Dr. Franklin on, from
New Foundland to New York, III,
55i-
Navy, American, List of clothing to
be imported for, IV, 396.
Plan for regulation and equip
ment of, IV, 231.

Navy — Continued.
English, Manuscript book of Com
missioners of, I, 504.
French, masts for, I, 518.
Navy Board.
Dennie to, IV, 279.
Of the Eastern Department.
Letters from, I, 360, 393, 437,
450. II, 122, 131. IV, 417.
To Capt. Corbin Barnes, IV, 490.
To Samuel Tucker, IV, 488.
To Abraham Whipple, IV, 4892.
Nazro, Nathaniel, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 414.
Neale, William.
Letter from, IV, 400.
Neate, Mrs. C.
'Tetter from, I, 432.
Neave, Messrs., London Merchants.
Mentioned, II, 127, 137.
Neave, Richard, F. R. S., Governor of
the Bank of England, see also
Neave, Richard, & Son.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 294.
Neave, Richard, Jr., London Mer
chant.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 294.
Neave, Richard, & Son, London Mer
chants.
Letters from, II, 223, 363, 405.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 52, 64, 82.
Neave, Samuel, friend of Hugk Rob
erts, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, I, 44.
Neaves, Barnabas, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 195.
Necker, Jacques, French Controller-
General of Finance.
To Louis XVI, IV, 492.
Mentioned, I, 374, 528, 570. II,
32, 135, 213, 325. Ill, 267, 371,
392. IV, 12, 34, 50, 430, 435.
Retires from office, IV, 552.
Speech to the notables, III, 387.
Necker, M. and Mme. Jacques.
Letter from, II, 362.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Neckerman, Canon.
Mentioned, III, 246.
Needam, Abraham.
Mentioned, IV, 425.
Needle, Magnetic, III, 336, 338, 490.
Churchman's theory of the variation
of the, III, 369.
Neef, Ary de.
Certifying to his cargo being British
property, IV, 497.
Negro with Dr. Franklin, Warrant
for the arrest of, III, 422.
Negroes, Article on the, by Thomas
Jefferson, III, 316.
Carried away from New York con
trary to one of the articles of the
Treaty of Peace, III, 536.
Enlisted by South Carolina, IV, 497.
Plan for establishing school in Phila
delphia for,, III, 278, 463.
Retention at Martinique of a cargo
of, III, 280.
Society for Relief of Free, III, 344.
Negroni,  , Italian teacher.
Letter from, III, 237.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 11.
Negus, Bennet, Captain of the Letter
of Marque " Franklin."
Letter from, II, 384.
Mentioned, II, 384. IV, 456.
Nekrep, Abbe, President of the Ori
ental College at Vienna.
Letters from, III, 195, 298.
Mentioned, III, 167.
Nelson, Nathaniel.
Mentioned, II, 499.
Nelson, Jr., William, Major in Seventh
Virginia Re^t, Continental Army,
Professor of Law in the College
of William and Mary.
Letter from, III, 393.
Nepean,  , Under Secretary of
Stale to Great Britain.
Letter from, II, 508.
Neptune, the merchant schooner.
I, 284.

Nesbit, Dr.
Mentioned, III, 362.
" Nesbitt," the brigantine, Letter of
Marque.
II, 100, 304.
Nesbitt, John Maxwell, Philadelphia
Merchant, Treasurer of the Penn
sylvania Board of War, Founder
of the Society of the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick.
Letter from, III, 336.
Nesbitt, Jonathan, Banker at I'Orient.
Letters from, II, 144, 167, 203, 237,
259, 304, 312, 321, 359, 393, 395,
401, 440, 442, 448, 498, 500, 502.
HI, 33, 98, "8, 119, 138, 164,
169, 177, 232.
Letter to, III, 523.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 84.
J. Dunies to, IV, 347.
Mentioned, II, 444, 475. Ill, 432.
Nesbitt & Co., Jonathan, Bankers at
I'Orient.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 93.
Stephen Stewart to, IV, 265.
Nesmoz & Valliant.
Letter from, III, 350.
Nethard,  .
Letter from, I, 499.
Neuf-Soeurs, La Loge des, Masonic
Lodge in Paris.
Letters from, II, 49, 128, 523.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 135.
Felicitates Franklin on approaching
peace, II, 510.
Mentioned, I, 457. II, 117. Ill,
4272- IV, 15, 414, 446.
Offers prize for Eulogy on Dr.
Franklin, III, 303.
Public fete of, IV, 423.
Neufville, John de, Amsterdam Mer
chant.
Letters from, I, 550. II, 369.
Letters to, III, 5182.

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Neufville, John de — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 537. II, 3, 43, 64,
74, 75, 84, 95, 97, 98, 99, 104, 154,
165, 182, 207, 253, 305, 307, 416,
441.
Project of raising a loan, II, 48,
102. Ill, 529.
Neufville, L. de, Amsterdam Mer
chant.
Letter from, II, 351.
Neufville & Son, John de.
Letters from, I, 568. II, 86, 93, 96,
102, 124, 150, 154, 159, 161, 164,
168, 171, 172, 173, 179, 194, 207,
210, 245, 253, 267, 271, 285, 293,
295, 299, 301, 302, 307, 308, 309,
328, 3362, 34i, 345, 354, 366, 389,
392, 397, 399, 407, 4J72, 4'9, 424,
425, 4362, 442, 487- HI, 105-
Letters to, III, 522, 5302, 559.
To John Adams, IV, 325.
To Van Arp & Co., IV, 325.
John Adams to, IV, 325.
Robert Morris to, IV, 503.
Bills of exchange drawn by Francis
Hopkinson on Henry Laurens, and
accepted by, IV, 384.
Mentioned, II, 255, 418, 448. Ill,
529. IV, 325.
Preliminary agreement respecting a
loan, III, 530.
To float a loan, II, 436.
Neutral Nations, Conduct of priva
teers towards, IV, 259.
Neutrality popular among the Powers,
armed, II, 250.
" Never-Ceasing Source of Gold,"
Reyhermann's, Dedication and in
troduction to, IV, 394.
Nevill,  .
Letter from, III, 12, 150.
New Castle, Episcopal Church at, III,
367.
New Castle, Kent and Sussex on the
Delaware, the counties of, Act ap
pointing New Trustees for the
General Loan Offices for, IV, 187.
Pleas before the Supreme Court for,
IV, 182.

New England Coast, Charts of, needed,
IV, 231.
Colonies, To deprive the, of their
fisheries, III, 4992.
Plantations, Bill passed by the
House of Commons freeing from
paying duty, IV, 168.
New Jersey, Affairs in, IV, 216.
Assembly, The Acts of, III, 475.
Committee of the.
Letters from, 1, 102, 107, 162.
Gives Burlington the Island of
Matininuck for educational
purposes, IV, 168.
Refusal of, to provide for King's
troops, IV, 211, 213, 215.
Petition of, IV, 221, 222.
Governor William Franklin to
the, IV, 215.
Census of, IV, 173.
College of, I, 10. Ill, 178.
To solicit benefactions in Eng
land and France for, III, 178.
Council of.
Letters to, III, 497s.
Charges by, I, 205.
Minutes of, IV, 191.
House and Council of.
Letter from, I, 127.
House of Representatives of.
From the Freeholders of the
Township of Bergen to, IV,
187.
In account with Joseph Sherwood,
IV, 185.
Land Society, IV, 366.
Laws of, disallowed by the King,
IV, 216.
Parliamentary restrictions upon
the trade of Pennsylvania and,
IV, 388.
Patent for Secretary of, I, 129.
New Orleans, Redeeming marshes
near, IV, 394.
New Wales on the Ohio, I, 25.
New York, Danger of being taken by
the Colonists, IV, 497.
Militia of, ordered out, IV, 235.
Records of Province of, III, 2.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

New York — Continued.
Report of capture of, I, 354. IV,
23-
The Council of Safety for the
State of.
To  , IV, 235.
Governor of.
Mentioned, IV, 176.
" Morning Post," III, 297.
Non-importation agreement at, I,
50.
An Officer in, to his friend in
Dominica, IV, 487.
Society for Promoting Useful
Knowledge.
Letter from, III, 257.
And New Jersey, Act settling
boundary between, III, 493,
4962-
And Pennsylvania, Relative ad
vantages of, for settlers, III,
556.
Newbold family, of New Jersey.
Mentioned, III, 2.
Newburyport, Mass., Merchants of,
Affidavit by, IV, 286.
Newcastle, Sir Thomas Pelham Hol
ies, Duke of, F. R. S., British
Statesman, First Lord of Treasury.
Mentioned, I, 10.
Newell, Thomas.
Dishonest conduct of, II, 220.
" Newenham," the sloop.
Ill, 434.
Newenham, Sir Edward, M. A. P. S.,
Irish Politician, Member of Par
liament.
Letters from, II, 2, 76, 100, 103,
290, 311, 342, 344, 349, 357, 5°62,
507. Ill, 107, 118, 120, 125, 129,
J32, 159, 182, 217, 219, 225, 232,
261, 292, 293, 300, 312, 314, 323,
3352, 352, 359, 363, 367, 386, 393,
396, 397. IV, 446.
Letter to, III, 519.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 108.

Newenham, Sir Edward — Continued.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
360.
To the President of the Continental
Congress, IV, 360.
To Messrs. Dupont and fils, IV, 352.
To Governor William Franklin,
IV, 505.
To Marquis de la Fayette, IV, 348.
To Gen. George Washington, IV,
360.
David Young to, IV, 333.
Mentioned, I, 537. II, 173, 296,
349, 5°3, 505- HI, 219, 231, 327.
IV, 332.
Plan to go to America, III, 217.
Newenham, Grace Anna, Wife of Sir
Edward Newenham.
Letter from, III, 316.
Mentioned, II, 438. IV, 348.
Newenham, Robert, Son of Sir Ed
ward Newenham.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Newfoundland fisheries, destruction
of, I, 280.
Newland, Mehetable, Wife(?) of
Trevor Newland.
Letter from, I, 183.
Newland, Trevor, American Officer.
Letter from, I, 42.
Newman, Capt., British Naval Officer.
Mentioned, I, 216.
Newman, Henry, Nephew of Thomas
Cushing.
Mentioned, I, 219, 283.
Newman, Joseph, Captain of the brig
antine " Gates."
Mentioned, II, 361.
Newport, French fleet arrives at,
IV, 39-
Newspaper, The editor of a.
Letter to, III, 459.
In English language, French, IV,
389.
Newspapers, Definition of British,
HI, 557-
Humorous account of, III, 459.

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223

Newton, Sir Isaac, Natural Philoso
pher, President of the Royal So
ciety, M. P., Warden of the Mint.
Theory on the pulses of air, III,
190.
Neydecker,  .
Letter from, II, 51.
Niagara, reduction of Fort, I, 202.
Falls, description of, I, 5.
Nicephore, P., a Capuchin monk.
Letter from, I, 381.
Nichols, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 514.
Nicholson, Captain.
Dr. Franklin wishes to take passage
in vessel of, for America, IV, 142.
Nicholson, Lady.
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Nicholson, John, Captain of the Con
tinental sloop " Hornet."
Mentioned, I, 316.
Nicholson, Jno., M. A. P. S., Comp
troller-General of Pennsylvania.
Letter from, III, 379.
Nicholson, Robert.
Mentioned, I, 474.
Nicholson, Samuel, Captain U. S.
Navy, Commanding sloop of war
" Dolphin."
Letters from, I, 264, 280, 283, 292,
294, 296, 366.
To Silas Deane, IV, 233, 249.
Mentioned, I, 202, 222, 223, 262,
283, 301, 308, 322, 368, 413. II,
301.
Nicklin, Philip, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 60, 333.
Nicolas, Pierre-Frangois, Member of
the French Academy, French Phy
sician and Chemist.
Letter from, II, 9.
Nicoli, Abbe.
Letter from, I, 266.
Nicolson, Lady.
Mentioned, IV, 123.
Portrait of, III, 94. IV, 105, 343.
Nicolson, Sir James.
Letter from, III, 94.

Nicolson, Sir James — Continued.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 105.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
343-
Nicoud, T. T. S.
Mentioned, II, 116.
Niebelschiitz, Capt.
Letter from, II, 503.
Niehaus, Alexander.
Letter from, I, 512.
Nierhausen,  , Prussian Postal
Officer.
Letter from, I, 527.
" Nile," the ship.
Captured by a French privateer, I,
511.
Niles, Robert, Captain of the Amer
ican merchant schooner "Spy."
Letters from, I, 473, 522. II, 12.
Thomas Simpson to, IV, 266.
Capt. Nathan Strong to, IV, 265.
James Watson to, IV, 258, 265.
Mentioned, I, 430, 497.
Niou aine,  , of Brest.
Letter from, I, 415.
Nirmont,  .
Letter from, III, 124.
Nisbitt, David.
George Nisbitt to, IV, 377.
Nisbitt, George.
To David Nisbitt, IV, 377.
Nismes, Colomb de, of the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, II, 7.
Nivernois, Louis Jules Barbon Man-
cini Mazarine, Due de, F. R. S.,
French Diplomatist and Littera
teur.
Letter from, III, 36.
Mentioned, II, 338.
Niviere, Sieur.
Mentioned, III, 5.
Nixon,  .
Mentioned, II, 397.
Nixon, Capt. James.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Nixon, Rev. William.
Mentioned, IV, 362.

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Noaille,

de.

Mentioned, I, 427.
Noailles, Louis Marie, Vicomte de,
Brother-in-law of Marquis de la
Fayette, Colonel of the Soisson-
nais Regiment with Rochambeau
in America.
Mentioned, II, 444.
Noble,  , Captain of an Eng
lish merchantman.
Mentioned, II, 63.
Noble, Abbe Le.
Mentioned, I, 565.
Magnets of, III, 195.
Noble, Arthur.
Petition from proposed settlers in
North America, IV, 378.
Noble, Samuel, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 127.
Noelporion, Mme. Marie.
Letter from, IV, 474.
Nogaret, Frangois Felix, French Poet
and Litterateur.
Letters from, II, 347, 357, 365, 367,
400, 416, 436s. Ill, 32, 44, 68,
150. IV, 447, 451, 452, 456.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 72, 96, 1152.
Nogueres, D. C.
Letter from, III, 422.
Nolin, Abbe, French Agriculturist.
Letters from, II, 136. Ill, 84, 104,
184.
Nolken, Baron de.
Mentioned, IV, 125.
Nollet, Abbe Jean Antoine, F. R. S.,
French Physicist.
Mentioned, I, 8, 11, 15, 232. Ill, 127.
Electrical machine by, III, 482.
Non-importation Agreement, I, 170.
In Boston, I, 104.
In New York, I, 50.
In Philadelphia, I, 50. IV, 193,
206.
Of Pennsylvania, Repeal of, IV,
482.
Violations of the, IV, 482.

" None-such," Letter of Marque.
II, 511. Ill, 432. IV, 79.
Norcliffe, Sir James.
Mentioned, IV, 14.
Norfolk, Va., Enemies' ships of war
lying at, IV, 18.
Mayor of.
Letter from, I, 15.
Norris, Charles, Brother of Isaac Nor
ris, Speaker of the Pennsylvania
Assembly.
Mentioned, III, no, 441.
Norris, Isaac, Speaker of the Pennsyl
vania Assembly.
Letters from, I, 17, 19, 202, 21,
222, 44.
Letters to, III, 445, 450, 4512.
Mentioned, I, 48. Ill, 453. IV,
184.
Norris, Isaac, Son of Charles Norris
and nephew of Isaac Norris,
Speaker of the Pennsylvania As
sembly.
Mentioned, III, no, 184, 339.
North, Dr.
Apparatus for making Pyrmont
water, III, 495.
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford,
Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Leader of the House of Com
mons.
History of the Administration of, II,
494. Ill, 398.
Mentioned, I, 108, 159, 328, 347,
367, 408, 423, 491, 532. II, 70,
89, 243. Ill, 482. IV, 2613, 262,
423.
Plan of reconciliation, I, 367, 370.
HI, 499- IV, 251.
Policy of, I, 414.
Verses to, IV, 381.
North, William, Major U. S. A., and
U. S. Senator.
Letters from, III, 329, 350.
North America, Catalogue of trees,
shrubs and plants native to, IV,
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North America — Continued.
Dialogue on the efforts of, to obtain
freedom, IV, 388.
Maps of, IV, 303.
Trade with, IV, 346.
North America, Bank of.
Letter from, III, 388.
Letter to, III, 558.
To Benjamin Franklin Bache, IV,
367-
"North America since the begin
ning of the War, History of,"
IV, 108.
North American Colonies will form a
great nation, IV, 220.
North Pole, Effort to discover the, II,
59-
French expedition to the, III, 482,
487.
Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
Prothonotaryship of, III, 321.
Opinion of the Court of, IV, 194.
Northwest Passage, Hopes of dis
covery of, I, 7. Ill, 468.
Norton,  .
John McClurg to, IV, 211.
Norton, George, to Matthew Ridley,
IV, 274.
Norton, George F.
Passport for, III, 519.
Norway, Richard, assumed name.
Letter from, II, 178.
Norwegian ports, Danish and, Trade
in, IV, 271.
" Nostra Signora," the Portuguese
vessel.
Letters from, II, 48 12.
Passport for, III, 557. IV, 328,
467.
Notables, Assembly of, IV, 1583, 159,
160.
Note given by prisoners in England
for money advanced to assist in
returning to the U. S., Ill, 560.
Notes, Miscellaneous, III, 428.
Social, III, 428.
" Notre Dame," the brig, privateer of
the State of South Carolina.
II, 310.

Nottingham, Pa., Charity School
started in, III, 332.
"Nottingham," the ship.
I, 445-
Nourse, Joseph, Register of the U. S.
Treasury.
Mentioned, IV, 325, 328.
Nouvelle Librairie de la Cour.
Letter from, II, 516.
Nozieres, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 185.
" Neustra Senora de la Merced,"
Spanish brigantine.
Testimony in the case of, IV, 288.
Nuncio, The Apostolic.
Letter from, III, 90.
Nuter, Jacob, et al., of the U. S. S.
" Alliance."
Letter from, IV, 428.
Nuttle, Samuel, an American, First
Lieutenant on the "Josephine"
French Navy.
I, 520. II, 256.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 39, 47.
Mentioned, II, 255. Ill, 432.
Oath of Allegiance of, IV, 271.
Nyctalopia, dissertation on, III, 376.
O'  , Comtesse de.

Letter from, III, 422.
" Obadiah Honesty," a Remon
strance defending the Rev. Wil
liam Smith, IV, 481.
Obelisk to be erected to Liberty, In
scription for pedestal of an, III,
144.
Obenaus, Susanah.
Letter from, III, 422.
Oberleithner, Jacobus.
Letter from, I, 348.
O'Brien,  .
Mentioned, IV, 177.
O'Brien,  , of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 377.
" Observations," Acknowledgment of,
IV, 461.
d'Obsonville, Chevalier.
Letter from, III, 422.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

O'Cahill, Baron.
Letter from, I, 291.
Mentioned, III, 81.
O'Connell, Mr.
Mentioned, II, 193.
O'Connell, Daniel, Count, French
General.
Letter from, III, 422.
O'Connell, Robert.
Letter from, II, 133.
O'Connor, Dr.
Mentioned, II, 470.
O'Connor, John.
Mentioned, III, 327, 332.
" Ode in Imitation of Alcaeus," An,
IV, 507.
Ode in honor of July 4th, IV, 507.
Odea,  .
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 485.
Odolant, Gaspard Jacques Desnos,
Son of Desnos Odolant.
Mentioned, III, 391.
O'Donnell, Comte.
Letters from, I, 263, 319.
O'Donnoghue,  .
Letter from, IV, 441.
Mentioned, IV, 441.
O'Douin,  .
Letters from, I, 295, 309.
d'Oeynhausen, Count.
To Prince Kaunitz-Ritberg, IV, 337.
Officers, No authority to engage, III,
505.
For Navy, Forbidding American
Commissioners to recommend for
eign, I, 416.
And Privates, Pay of non-commis
sioned, IV, 223.
Resolutions in Congress in relation
to Foreign, IV, 237, 240.
Ogant, Mile.
Letter from, II, 361.
Ogden, Bernard.
Letter from, I, 38.
Ogden, David, Judge of the Supreme
Court of the Province of New
Jersey.
Mentioned, I, 50.

Ogden, Matthias, Colonel of the First
Regiment of the New Jersey Con
tinental line, Brig.-Gen. in Con
tinental Army.
Letter from, III, 100.
Mentioned, III, 56, 57.
Ogden, Titus, Captain of an American
merchantman.
Letter from, I, 468.
Ogden, Rev. Uzal, Bishop elect of
New Jersey.
Letter from, III, 277.
Ogle, Mrs., Sister of Colonel Tasker
of Maryland.
Mentioned, II, 180.
Ogle, Anne.
Letter from, III, 176.
Oglethorpe, Gen. James Edward,
Colonist of Georgia.
Mentioned, III, 257.
O'Gorman, Chevalier.
Letters from, I, 142, 376, 385, 423,
469. II, 163, 447, 449, 470. IV,
406.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 333.
Mentioned, I, 354. II, 449.
O'Gormand,  .
Mentioned, I, 131.
O'Hara, Captain James, Commissary
in the General Hospital of the
United States.
Mentioned, IV, 322.
O 'heguerty,  .
Letters from, II, 21, 120.
Ohio Indians, George Croghan to
draw the, to a conference, IV,
179.
Purchase, I, 221.
River, Grant of Land on the, I,
133, 144, 147, 169- HI, 236.
Ancient towns on, IV, 158.
Settlement, I, 25. IV, 212, 213.
" Oiseau," French war frigate.
I, 384, 440, 448-
Okely, John, M. A. P. S., of Beth
lehem, Pa.
1 Letter from, III, 276.

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Old Age, Cicero on, a translation of,
III, 257.
" Old England in its Senses," nom
de plume of Benjamin Franklin.
Ill, 470.
" Old Jersey," the British prison ship.
Ill, 36.
Oleron, Free port of trade of, III, 72.
D'Oley,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 166.
Oliphant, J.
To William Carmichael, IV, 241.
Oliva, Mile.
• Mentioned, III, 290.
Olivar, D. D. Gabriel.
Letter from, II, 458.
"Olive," the brig.
IV, 93-
" Olive Branch," the merchant ship.
Ill, 77-
Oliver,  .
Mentioned, IV, 14, 182.
Oliver, Richard, Member of Parlia
ment.
Letters from, I, 171. II, 36.
Oliver, Thomas, West India Mer
chant.
Letter from, II, 151.
Mentioned, II, 151, 153, 195. IV,
277.
Olivier, Andre.
Mentioned, I, 354.
Olivier, Baronne Demahuet.
Letter from, I, 354.
Ollabanes,  .
Letter from, II, 442.
Ollive, Louis Michel.
Letter from, II, 224.
Ollivier,  .
Mentioned, II, 443.
Ollivier, et al.,  , Municipal
Officers of Port Louis.
Letter from, III, 20.
Olry,  .
Mentioned, II, 230.
O'Meara,  .
Letter from, I, 244.

O'Neill, Henry.
Letter from, II, 491.
O'Neill, Owen.
Desires Consulship at Barcelona, IV,
380.
Opera house burned, Paris, II, 428.
Orange, Prince and Princess of.
Mentioned, III, 73.
D'Orbelin, Mme.
Letters from, III, 250, 251, 258.
B  D. L  , to, IV, 355.
d'Orbrais,  .

Mentioned, IV, 427.
Ord's Jesuitical Bill, III, 293.
d'Ordan, Cot.
Letter from, I, 255.
Order in Council, IV, 207.
Ordnance, Board of, Method of se
curing the magazine at Purfleet
from lightning, IV, 217.
The Officers of His Majesty's.
Robert Bollard to, IV, 293.
Edmund White and James Pow
ell to, IV, 2833, 284, 28s2, 287,
389s, 390, 391s.
Edmund White to, IV, 2892.
On Account of Incidents, Balance
Sheet, IV, 289.
Works, Balance Sheet, IV, 289.
Stores, Return of, IV, 289.
O'Reilly, Alexander, Spanish Gen
eral.
Mentioned, IV, 285.
O'Reilly, Edward.
Letter from, I, 525.
Ores, Relative to samples of, IV, 391.
L'Orient, Commandant of the Port of.
Facilities and natural advantages
of, IV, 390.
List of English vessels captured by
American privateers " Bucca
neer " and "Revolution," IV,
334-
Situation and government of, IV,
344-
Orillard,  .
Mentioned, III, 257.
d'Orlandes, Marquis.
Mentioned, IV, 507.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

d'Orleans, Louis Philippe Joseph,
Due, called EgalitL
Mentioned, III, 324, 361, 388, 393.
Death of, IV, 148.
d Ormesson, Louis Frangois de Paule
Le Fevre, Marquis, French Mag
istrate.
Letter from, III, 89.
Ormston, Joseph.
Statement of shares of Proprieties in
New Jersey, belonging to, IV,
396.
D'Ornesan,  .
Letter from, I, 333.
Orry,  .
Letter from, II, 406.
Ortlieb, J. M.
Letter from, III, 21.
d'Orvilliers, Louis Guillouet, Comte,
Admiral in French Navy, Com
manding Brest Fleet.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 492.
Mentioned, I, 389, 482, 487. II,
113, 125. IV, 273.
Osborne, Thomas, London Bookseller.
Letter from, I, 35, 68.
Mentioned, I, 4.
Osgood, Samuel, M. C. C, Colonel
in the Continental Army, Member
of the Board of War and Com
missioner of the U. S. Treasury,
Postmaster- General.
Letters to, III, 553s.
Thomas Barclay to, IV, 364.
Mentioned, III, 351.
d'Osmond, Rene Eustache, Marquis,
French Diplomatist.
Letter from, I, 214.
d'Osmont, Chevalier.
Letter from, III, 133.
d'Osmont, Jacques Charles.
Mentioned, III, 133.
d'Ossun, Comte.
Letter from, I, 494.
Mentioned, I, 309.
Oster,  , Vice-Consul of France
at Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 316.

Oster, Mme.
Letter from, IV, 447.
Ostermann, Jean, Comte de, Russian
Ambassador to Stockholm and
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mentioned, II, 421.
Francis M. Dana to, IV, 339.
d'Ostervald, Le Banneret, Printer at
Neufchdtel.
Letters from, III, 16, 229.
Ostervald & Bosset Deluse, Paris
Typographers.
Letters from, II, 241, 244.
O'Sullivan,  , Nephew of Gen
eral Thomas Herbert O'Sullivan.
Letter from, II, 286.
O'Sullivan, Gen. Thomas Herbert,
with John Paul Jones in his Ex
pedition against the Irish Post in
1779.
Mentioned, II, 286.
Oswald, Eleazer, Lieut.-Col. in the
Continental Army and Philadel
phia Printer.
Mentioned, III, 286, 377.
Oswald, Elizabeth (nee Holt), Wife
of Eleazar Oswald.
Letters from, III, 286, 377.
Oswald, Richard, British Commis
sioner for negotiating Peace with
the United States.
Letter from, II, 501.
To Caleb Whitefoord, IV, 338.
Mentioned, II, 482. Ill, 16, 532.
Otis, James, Massachusetts Statesman,
Author of "The Rights of the
Colonies Vindicated."
Mentioned, I, 114.
Ottendorff, Major.
To John Hancock, IV, 227.
Otto,  .
On the Discovery of the Western
Hemisphere, III, 342.
Otto, Lewis William, M. A. P. S.,
Charge des Affaires of France at
Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 277.

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Oudet,  .
To Armand Thomas Hue de Miro-
mesnil, IV, 321.
Mentioned, IV, 321.
Oudin,  .
Mentioned, I, 248.
" Our Friends and Brethren at the
Meeting for Sufferings in Lon
don," The Quarterly Meeting of
Friends to, IV, 480.
" Our Lady of Mount Carmel and
St. Anthony," a Portuguese ship.
IV, 260.
Ourry, Ann.
Letters from, III, 62. IV, 472.
Mentioned, IV, 472.
Ourry, L. S., Acting Qr. Master to ist
Battalion, Royal American Reg't.
Letter from, I, 16.
Ovenden,  .
Mentioned, III, 255.
Overyssel, Holland, The Council of
Nobles of the Province of.
Baron Jan Derek Van der Capellan
to, IV, 223.
Owen, 
Mentioned, IV, 14.
Owen, Henry.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Ox, Pierre, Secretary of State of the
Republic of Basle in Switzerland.
Letter from, III, 213.
Oxford University offers the degree of
D.C.L. to Dr. Franklin, IV, 185.
" Oxonian in Town," a drinking
song.
IV, 381.
P  , J 
Letter from, II, 285.
P  n, Baron von.
Mentioned, IV, 383.
Paca, William, M. C. C, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence, Gov
ernor of Maryland.
Letter from, III, 280.
Mentioned, III, 228, 281.
Pacaud,  .
Mentioned, III, 136.

Paccard,  .
Ascent of Mont Blanc, III, 326.
Pachelbel,  de.
Letter from, II, 464.
Mentioned, III, in.
Pachot, Nicholas.
Letter from, III, 292.
" Pacifique," the French merchantship.
HI, 362.
Packets for America to sail regularly,
I, 310, 330.
Paddack, Seth, Captain in the Amer
ican Merchant Marine.
Letters from, I, 102, 151, 276.
Mentioned, I, 230. IV, 301.
"Padmore," the brig, American
prize.
II, 369, 273-
Page,  , acted as Due de
Brillon's Aide-de-Camp at Mi
norca.
Mentioned, II, 459.
Pagin, Pere.
Letters from, III, 364, 368.
Mentioned, II, 398, 438. Ill, 530.
IV, 278.
Paillet,  .
Letter from, III, 63.
Paillier,  . French Merchant.
Letter from, I, 271.
Paine, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Author
of " Common Sense," and " The
Rights of Man," Editor of " Penn
sylvania Magazine."
Letters from, I, 168, 423, 424. II,
36, 375- HI, 276, 291, 309, 338,
346.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 47, 146.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
357-
Bridge approved by Academie des
Sciences, III, 366, 377.
Mentioned, III, 346, 351. IV, 437,
459-
Model of an iron bridge by, III,
349-
Seizure of model of bridge, IV, 160.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Paitre Freres & Co., French ship
owners.
Letter from, II, 194.
Palasseau, Abbe.
Mentioned, III, 429.
Palatinate Academy of Sciences, I,
510.
Paleske, Charles.
Letters from, III, 31, 66.
Palfrey, Col. William, Paymaster-
General in Continental Army and
Consul-General in France.
Mentioned, II, 398. IV, 435.
Pallard, Denis.
Mentioned, I, 402. Ill, 37.
" Pallas," the U. S. ship of war.
II, 78, 104, 106, 107, no, 112, 149,
160, 203, 207, 251, 375. Ill, 32,
95. IV, 422, 458.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, Admiral in the
British Navy.
Mentioned, IV, 14.
Palmer, I., of Philadelphia.
Letters from, II, 124, 168.
Palmer, John, Brother-in-law of Dan
iel Hopkins.
Mentioned, IV, 417.
Palmer, Joseph, Nephew of I. Palmer.
Mentioned, II, 124, 168.
Palmer, Capt. Richard.
Mentioned, I, 386.
Panchaud,  .
Mentioned, IV, 14.
Panckoucke, Charles Joseph, Paris
Bookseller and Writer.
Letter from, II, 507.
Anisson fils to, IV, 332.
Paneboeuf, M. de.
Letter from, I, 482.
Panier,  , Manufacturer of
Printing Presses.
Mentioned, II, 27, 28.
Panin, Nikita Ivanovitch, Comte de,
Russian Premier.
Mentioned, II, 421.
Panthever, Due de.
Mentioned, IV, 75.

Panton, Francis.
Letter from, I, m.
Paon, Jean Baptiste Le, French Artist.
Letter from, II, 455.
Paper, Act laying duties on, I, 76.
Made at the Brandywine manufac
tory, III, 372, 378.
Money Act of 1739, Account of, by
Benjamin Franklin.
Ill, 468.
Paquin, Michel, French convict.
Letters from, II, 4372.
Paradis, Mme.
Letter from, III, 223.
Paradise, John, F. R. S., Linguist and
friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Letters from, I, 258. II, 86, 88,
298. IV, 455.
Departure of, for Virginia, III, 355.
Mentioned, II, 85, 86, 372, 478.
Ill, 181, 219, 378. IV, 421.
Subject of United States, III, 393.
Paradise family.
Mentioned, III, 214.
Paralysis, Electrical treatment for,
III, 55-
Parens, M., of Sevres.
Mentioned, I, 239.
Paris, Archbishop of.
Mentioned, II, 182.
Paris,  , Son-in-law of Mme.
Brillon.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 131.
Marriage with Mile. Brillon, IV, 142.
Paris, Mme. Daughter of Mme. Bril
lon.
Mentioned, IV, 1502, 153.
Death of, IV, 161.
Paris, Ferdinand John, Agent in Eng
land for the Province of Penn
sylvania.
To Richard Partridge, IV, 178, 181.
Parish & Thomson.
Mentioned, III, 413. IV, 58.
Parke, A.
Letter from, II, 445.

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Parke, Matthew, Captain U. S. Ma
rines.
Letters from, II, 458. IV, 436. '
To John Paul Jones, IV, 250.
Mentioned, II, 263. IV, 249, 49s2.
Parker,  .
Mentioned, II, 19. Ill, 188, 398.
Parker,  . a Merchant from
Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 469.
Parker, Dr.
Mentioned, IV, 6<j.
Parker, Charles, of London.
Mentioned, I, 572.
Parker, Daniel.
George Washington to, IV, 340.
Appointed Commissioner to inspect
the embarkation of the British, IV,
34°-
Parker, James, Printer at Woodbridge,
N. J., New York, and New Haven,
and Comptroller of Post-offices of
North America.
Letters from, I, 3, 4, 28, 32, 35, 38s,
41, 43, 452, 472, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53,
56, 57, 59, 612, 62, 632, 64, 65, 662,
67, 692, 70, 713, 722, 73s, 743, 752,
772, 782, 80, 812, 82, 83, 852, 86a,
87s, 882, 89, 90, 92, 93, 943, 952,
96s, 97, 982, 992, 1004, 101, 102,
1032, 104, 105, 1062, 107, 108, 109.
Letters to, III, 435, 444, 496.
To James Balfour, IV, 207.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 1912,
1972, 1982, 201, 202, 207, 208, 2102.
To Messrs. Hamilton & Balfour, IV,
194.
Anonymous to, IV, 209.
William Goddard to, IV, 193.
John Monier to, IV, 207.
Accounts with, III, 481.
Commission of, as Agent and Comp
troller of the Post-offices of North
America, III, 444.
Death of, I, no.
Instructions to, as Comptroller of the
General Post-office, III, 444.
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Parker, James — Continued.
Land Waiter at New York, I, 47.
IV, 196.
Mentioned, I, 32, 40, 48, 51, 103,
126, 130, 144. Ill, 277, 297, 455,
4962.
Statement of account with the estate
of, III, 558.
Parker, James, of Perth Amboy.
Letter from, I, 162.
Parker, Jenny, Daughter of James
Parker.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV,
2142.
Parker, John, of South Carolina.
Mentioned, III, 193.
Parker, Jr., John.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 166.
Parker, Joseph.
Letter from, I, 340.
Parker, Mary, Wife of James Parker.
Letters from, I, no, 112.
Parker, Sir Peter, Admiral in the
British Navy.
Mentioned, II, 392.
Parker, Sally.
Letter from, III, 330.
Parker, Samuel F., Son of James
Parker.
Letters from, I, 86, no.
Parkin, Richard.
Mentioned, I, 98.
Parkinson, George.
Letter from, III, 399.
Parliament, Dissolution of, III 497.
George Ill's Speech to, IV, 216.
Motion in, IV, 209.
New, III, 497.
Resolves concerning the representa
tion of the Colonies in, IV, 393.
Revenue Acts of, IV, 206.
Parliamentary Reform, IV, 348.
Parma, Duke of, Marriage of the, and
Archduchess of Austria, IV, 377.
Parmele, Timothy, American prisoner.
Letter from, III, 73.

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Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, Mem
ber of the French Academy, French
Agriculturalist and Philanthropist.
Mentioned, I, 510, 516. II, 256.
Parnasse, Societe de.
Mentioned, I, 545.
Parny,  de.
Letter from, II, 11.
Parny, Evariste Desire de Forges
Chevalier de, Member of French
Academy, French Poet.
Mentioned, IV, 154.
Parraud,  .
Letter from, III, 72.
Parseval, Pierre Charles de, French
General.
Mentioned, III, 405.
Parsons, Ebenezer, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Letter from, II, 356.
Mentioned, IV, 286.
Parsons, Mrs. R., Wife of William
Parsons.
Letters from, I, 475, 478, 506, 525.
Letter to, III, 513.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, Maj.-Gen.
in Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 448.
Parsons, Theophilus, Justice of the
Peace at Newburyport, Mass.
Mentioned, IV, 285, 287.
Parsons, William, Surveyor-General
of Pennsylvania, and Member of
Franklin's Junto.
Death of, III, 446. IV, 180.
Parsons, William.
Letters from, I, 366, 471.
Mentioned, I, 475.
Parsons, Alstron & Co., of Marti
nique.
Letter from, II, 276.
Partridge,  , Merchant of Leg
horn.
Mentioned, III, 178, 180.
Partridge, Elizabeth, nee Hubbard,
Daughter of the widow Hubbard,
second wife of John Franklin,
brother of Benjamin Franklin.

Partridge, Elizabeth — Continued.
Letters from, I, 185. Ill, 305, 360,
382.
Letters to, III, 478. IV, 476.
Mentioned, III, 395.
Partridge, James.
Letter from, III, 247.
Partridge, Richard, Pennsylvania
Agent in England.
Letters to, III, 440, 443.
Lord Barrington to, IV, 177.
Ferdinand John Paris to, IV, 178,
181.
Israel and James Pemberton to, IV,
179.
Mentioned, I, 17. Ill, 440. IV,
176.
Pascall, Sarah.
Letter from, III, 322.
Paschall,  .
Mentioned, I, 42.
Paschen, John B., of Hamburg.
Mentioned, I, 384.
Paschke, Martin.
Letter from, I, 464.
Pasley, Robert, and family, Passport
for, III, 557.
Passport for a ship, Correction of a
form of, IV, 394.
Form of, given by French Govern
ment, IV, 396.
Passports, III, 5182, 5192, 520, 5212,
5232, 525, 534, 556. IV, 477.
Pastoret,  .
Letter from, III, 233.
Paterson, Daniel, Author of " The
Road Book."
Mentioned, IV, 14.
Paterson, John.
Mentioned, IV, 101.
" Patience," prize ship.
I, 482, 486, 487, 535, 543. II, 85.
Patriot, A Sincere.
Letter from, I, 515.
" Patriote," the French vessel.
II, 238.
Patten, I., American prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 214.

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233

Patterson, John, Captain of a Balti
more merchantman.
Letter from, I, 552.
Patterson, Robert, M. A. P. S., Ass't
Surgeon in the Continental Army,
Prof, of Mathematics in Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Director of
the Mint.
Ill, 396.
Patterson, Thomas.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Patterson, Captain William, subse
quently Justice of the Peace in
Bedford County, Pa.
Mentioned, I, 81.
Patton, Capt. Andrew.
Mentioned, II, 331, 430.
Pattulls,  .
Letter from, I, 513.
Paty,  du.
Mentioned, III, 300, 316.
Paul,  .
Letter from, II, 185.
Paulding, John, Soldier in the Conti
nental Army.
Mentioned, II, 314.
Paulmy, d'Argenson, Antoine Rene
Voyer, Marquis de, French Diplo
matist, Historian and Litterateur.
Mentioned, II, 193.
Paulus, Father, a S. Petro.
Letter from, II, 223.
Paulze,  , Farmer-General of
France.
Letters from, I, 206, 207, 227, 244,
270, 291. II, 33.
Letter to, III, 504.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 232.
Mentioned, IV, 232, 233.
Pavola,  de.
Letter from, III, 60.
Pawling, Henry, Member of Pennsyl
vania Assembly.
Letter from, III, 381.
Mentioned, I, "48.
Paxson, Henry, Member of the Pro
vincial Council of New Jersey.
Letter to, III, 497s.

Payes, Jean.
Letter from, II, 194.
Payes, Pierre.
Letters from, I, 553. II, 194.
Payne, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 115.
Payne, James.
Letter from, I, 73.
To Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, IV,
208.
Peabody, Francis.
To John Hall, IV, 201.
Mentioned, IV, 202.
Peace Concluded with France in 1763,
HI, 454-
Prospect of, with France in 1760,
III, 449.
With Great Britain, Treaty of, IV,
466.
Commission for negotiating a, II,
391, 418.
Instructions for negotiation of, II,
379. IV, 464.
Manner in which news of, was re
ceived in America, III, 41.
Negotiations for, IV, 60, 456, 458.
Not to be concluded without the
concurrence of France, IV, 293.
Proclaimed by Congress, IV, 100.
Proposition of English Ministry
for, I, 505, 573. II, 487. IV, 464.
Provisional articles of, III, 532,
536, 537-
Rumors of approaching, IV, 59.
Terms of, IV, 466.
Give satisfaction, III, 56.
United States will make no, unless
the alliance with France is in
cluded, IV, 453.
Lord Grenville has full powers to
treat for, IV, 504.
Peace Commission, Thomas Jefferson
added to, IV, 462.
Sir Guy Carleton to act with Ad
miral Robert Digby on, IV, 503.
Peace Commissioners, Arrival of Brit
ish, I, 443.
Duties and Powers of, II, 403.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Peace— Continued.
With the privateers of Algiers, ne
gotiations for, III, 250.
Preliminaries for a general, II, 496.
" Peace and Plenty," the privateer.
I, 420.
"Peace, Of the Meanes of Dispos
ing the enemie to," III, 451.
Peach, Joseph, American prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 279.
Pearson, Richard, Captain of H. M.
S. " Serapis."
To John Paul Jones, IV, 298.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 298, 496.
Mentioned, II, 182.
Pechigny, Mme. Devillier, Proprie
tress of a Boarding School at
Passy.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 55, 75, 88, 507.
Pecholier,  .
Mentioned, II, 322.
Pecoul,  .
Letter from, III, 126.
Pecuezet,  .
Mentioned, I, 167.
Peel, Oswald.
Mentioned, I, 98.
Pees, Bernard.
Letter from, II, 41.
"Peggy," brig, from North Carolina.
I, 418.
"Peggy," the British ship.
IV, 296.
Peinquelein, Briaut de.
Letter from, I, 208.
Peintraux, Lucas des.
Benjamin Franklin Bache to, IV,
365.
Mentioned, IV, 365.
Peirce, Jeremiah, of East Green
wich, R. I.
Letters from, II, 89, 229.
Pelham, Henry, F. R. S., British
Statesman and First Lord of the
Treasury, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, brother of the Duke of
Newcastle.
Mentioned, I, 6, 10.

Pelissieu, C. Z., Director of Iron
Works near Three Rivers, Canada.
Letter from, II, 16.
Pellegrini, Alphonse.
Letter from, III, 267.
Pellegrini, Joseph.
Letter from, II, 114.
Peller, James.
Mentioned, III, 337.
Pelletier,  .
Letter from, I, 467.
Pellion, Louis Givanetti.
Letter from, I, 237.
Pellizer, Abbe de.
Letter from, I, 518.
Peltier du Doyer, Merchant at Nantes.
Mentioned, I, 2082, 213. II, 48.
Pemberton, Israel, M. A. P. S.,
Philadelphia Merchant, Member
of Provincial Assembly.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
To Dr. John Fothergill, IV, 176,
179.
To Thomas Jackson, IV, 179.
To Richard Partridge, IV, 179.
To the President and Council of
Pennsylvania, IV, 486.
Richard Peters to, IV, 179.
Mentioned, I, 18. Ill, 385. IV,
480.
Pemberton, James, M. A. P. S., Phil
adelphia Merchant, brother of
Israel Pemberton, one of the
founders of the Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
Letters from, III, 372, 400.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
To John Fothergill, IV, 179.
To Thomas Jackson, IV, 179.
To Richard Partridge, IV, 179.
Mentioned, I, 121.
Pemberton, John, of Philadelphia.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
Pemberton, Samuel, a Selectman of
Boston.
Letter from, I, 91.
"Penelope," the brigantine.
Ill, 434.

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235

Penet, P., Merchant at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 225, 242, 267, 273,
396, 425- II, 405, 504- IV, 463.
J. Gruel to, IV, 301.
Stephen Hooper & Co., to, IV, 329.
Mentioned, I, 216, 340, 343, 410,
411, 488, 493, 508. Ill, 14, 433.
IV, 337, 33i2-
To obtain loan for Virginia, II,
405.
Penet, P., & Co., Merchants at Nantes.
Letter from, I, 333.
Penet, D'Acosta & Co.
Letter from, I, 490.
Penet, D'Acosta freres & Co.
Letters from, II, 176, 277.
Mentioned, III, 432. IV, 279.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 269.
Contract with Arthur Lee, IV, 265.
Mentioned, II, 490.
Penide,  .
Letter from, III, 6.
Penington, Edward, M. A. P. S.,
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in Pennsylvania.
Letters from, I, 51, 71, 126.
Mentioned, IV, 186.
Penington, Thomas and Son.
Letter from, I, 47.
Penn,  .
Mentioned, I, 215.
Penn, Ann, Wife of William Penn, 3d.
Letter from, I, 63.
Mentioned, I, 71.
Penn, John, " The American," son of
William Penn.
Mentioned, I, 17.
Penn, John, M. A. P. S., son of Rich
ard, and grandson of William
Penn, Lieutenant-Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 157.
To James Lovell, IV, 301.
To Philip Syng, IV, 481.
Entertainment in honor of appoint
ment as Governor, I, 26.

Penn, John — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 120. Ill, 389. IV,
192, 203.
To establish western boundary of
Pennsylvania, I, 140. IV, 218.
Penn, John, Son of Thomas and Lady
Juliana Penn, and grandson of
William Penn.
Mentioned, III, 34. IV, 90.
Penn, Lady Juliana, Widow of
Thomas Penn.
Letter from, II, 508.
Mentioned, II, 514, 517. Ill, 34, 96-
Penn, Governor Richard, M. A. P. S.,
second son of Richard, and grand
son of William Penn.
Letter from, I, 516.
Mentioned, I, 120, 139. II, SJ7-
HI, 313-
Penn, Springett, Son of William
Penn, 3d.
Letters from, I, 37, 55.
Mentioned, I, 51, 59, 63, 71.
Penn, Thomas, Son of William Penn.
To T. Jackson, IV, 480.
Interest in the Academy, I, 8, 10.
Mentioned, I, 9, 10, 22, 26, 28, 40,
51, 77, 78- IV, 186.
Will support a Rectorship, I, 7.
Penn, William, F. R. S., Proprietor of
Pennsylvania.
David Lloyd to, IV, 480.
Advice to his wife and children, IV,
168.
From the Freemen of Pennsylvania,
IV, 169.
To his friends in Pennsylvania, IV,
169.
Letters, II, 368.
Penn and Lord Baltimore, Boundary
dispute between, IV, 401.
Pennington, Catharine, Widow of
Miles Pennington.
Letters from, III, 289, 294.
Pennington, Miles, Captain of Ma
rines on U. S. S. "Reprisal."
Mentioned, III, 289.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Pennsbury, William Penn's Manor in
Buck's County, Pa.
I, 37, 5i, 59-
Pennsylvania, Amount necessary to
defend the Province of, for one
year, III, 443.
Assembly of.
Letters from, I, 16, 58.
To Governor James Hamilton,
IV, 184.
Act for vesting the estates of the
late Proprietaries of Pennsylva
nia in this Commonwealth, IV,
300.
Acts of, III, 493. IV, 1872.
The Committee to attend the In
dian Treaties to the, IV, 186.
Mentioned, III, 58.
Petitions to, IV, 368.
Proceedings of, on the subject of
the bank, III, 303.
Quarrel between Governor
Thomas and, IV, 480.
Resolution by, relative to aid to be
granted to the Crown, IV,
196.
Appointment by, of Agents of the
Province, in Great Britain, IV,
176.
Committee of.
Letter from, I, 178.
Committee of Safety of.
Letter from, I, 175.
Speaker and Committee of.
Letter to, III, 447.
Bankers for, I, 28.
Bonds, III, 244.
Boundaries of, IV, 218.
Change of Government in, I, 37, 40.
Constitution of, III, 77.
Controller of Finances of.
Letter from, III, 362.
Council of, IV, 366.
Criticism of the conduct of the Co
lonial Governor of, III, 452.
Defenceless state of the Province of,
IV, 177-
Defended against Penn's attacks, IV,
480.

Pennsylvania — Continued.
Exchequer, Money from, III, 450.
Failure of voting supplies in, III,
453-
Dr. Franklin appointed Agent of, in
London, I, 32.
Freemen of.
Letter to, III, 457.
Governor William Penn to, IV,
169.
A Philadelphian to, IV, 483.
To Governor William Penn, IV,
169.
Governor of, Failure of, to pass the
Circuit Bill, IV, 200.
Hanged in effigy, I, 16.
Mentioned, IV, 186.
House of Representatives of.
Letter from, I, 32.
To George II, IV, 173.
Inhabitants of.
Civis to, IV, 483.
Gen. Sir William Howe to, IV,
486.
Lands in, II, 37.
Loan Office, Contract of the, III,
215.
Minutes of Conferences between the
Government of, and Teedyuscung,
King of the Delawares, IV, 181.
Politics, IV, 1802, 199.
Political situation in, IV, 296.
President and Council of, Israel
Pemberton, John Hunt and Samuel
Pleasants to, IV, 486.
Privileges of, affected by coming im
mediately under the Crown, III,
447-
Proprietary Government in, I, 31,
39, 43, 55, 592, 69", 76.
Party in, I, 18, 34, 35, 49, 52. IV,
181.
Proprietors of, Depriving the Friends
of Charter privileges, IV, 480.
Differences with, I, 19.
Interest in the Academy at Phila
delphia, I, 82, 9.
Lands to be taxed, I, 39.
Mentioned, I, 59.

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237.

Pennsylvania, Proprietors of — Con
tinued. Offences against the, III, 457.
To a committee appointed by the
Meeting for Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, IV, 178.
To purchase land from the In
dians, IV, 179.
To sell Government to the Crown
for a peerage, I, 41.
To settle differences with, III, 443.
Uncultivated lands of, not to be
taxed at higher rate, IV, 481.
Will support a Rectorship, I, 7.
Protest of the Representatives of the
State of, against the Proposed In
equality of the Votes in Congress,
and Dissent to the Articles of
Confederation for that reason, III,
501.
Remarks on the Late Protest Against
the Appointment of Mr. Franklin
as Agent for the Province of, III,
457-
Royal Government desired for, I, 38.
Supreme Court Judges to ride the
circuit, I, 6g2.
Supreme Executive Council of, is
sues a call to arms to defend Phil
adelphia from the British, IV,
487.
Troops in the service of the United
States, III, 336.
Reported mutiny of, IV, 436.
University of, III, 322.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Par
liamentary restrictions on their
trade, IV, 388.
Pennsylvania Almanac, III, 156.
"Pennsylvania Chronicle," IV.4822.
" Pennsylvania Evening Post,"
Philadelphia Newspaper.
IV, 3.
"Pennsylvania Gazette," IV, 44,
322.
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Mentioned, I, 58. II, 2. Ill,
382.
Letter from, I, 121.

Pennsylvania Hospital — Continued.
Anatomical drawings and casts
arrived safely at the, III, 454.
"Pennsylvania Journal," IV, 318.
Letters extracted from the, IV, 486.
Pennsylvania Land Company, I, 121.
II, 2.
" Pennsylvania Ledger," Philadel
phia Newspaper.
IV, 3.
Pennsylvania Society for Abolishing
Slavery, III, 354, 364, 383, 400.
" Pennsylvania, State of Province
of," Pamphlet.
IV, 176.
Pennsylvanian, A.
To the inhabitants of Philadelphia,
IV, 482.
Penny, Foster March.
Mentioned, IV, 441.
Pentecost, Dorsey.
Letter from, III. 296.
Perard,  .
Letter from, III, 422.
Perceval, Mile. Sophie.
Mentioned, IV, 51, 52.
Percival, Dr. Thomas, M. A. P. S.,
Manchester Physician and Author.
Letters from, I, 115, 121, 161, 167.
II, 479. Ill, 187, 258, 322.
Letter to, III, 490.
Mentioned, III, 3, 383.
Percy, Sir Hugh, Duke of North
umberland.
Mentioned, I, 433. Ill, 497.
Perdrige, Mme. de, of Boston.
Mentioned, III, 248.
Perier, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 93.
Perkins, Jr., James.
Letter from, III, 399.
Perkins, John, M. A. P. S., Boston
Physician.
Letters from, I, 5, 62, 72, 9, 106,
107.
Letter to, III, 437.
Mentioned, II, 132. Ill, 154, 199.
Perkins, William Lee.
Letters from, IV, 469', 471.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Perpetual Motion Machine, IV, 440.
Perrault,  .
Letter from, III, 9.
Perrault, Frangois.
Letter from, III, 150.
Perree,  .
Mentioned, IV, 259.
Perregaux,  .
Letters from, II, 499, 515. Ill,
209. IV, 441.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 61.
Perret,  .
Letter from, ill, 20.
Perrier,  , Map Engraver.
Mentioned, II, 135.
Perrin,  .
To Moreau, IV, 488.
Perrin, Messrs.
Mentioned, III, 538.
Perrin, D.
Letter from, III, 168.
Perrin, John.
Mentioned, IV, 349.
Perrit,  .
Mentioned, I, 215.
Perrochall,  de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 41.
Perronet, Jean Rodolphe, F. R. S.,
Member of the Academie des Sci
ences de Paris, Bridge Engineer.
Letter from, I, 476.
Perrontray, Sellouf.
Letter from, I, 313.
Perrot and Boyer.
Letter from, I, 452.
Perroy, Mme.
Letter from, III, 422.
Perry,  , a ship builder.
Mentioned, III, 249. IV, 139.
Perygnon,  de.
Letters from, I, 490, 497.
Letter to, III, 512.
" Peter," the American prize.
II, 255, 257, 262.
Peter, Dr. Franklin's servant.
Mentioned, III, 441, 447.

Peter & Co., Walter.
Mentioned, IV, 29.
Peterboro, Bishop of.
Mentioned, I, 106.
Peterkin, William.
Mentioned, III, 269.
Peters, Rev. Richard, M. A. P. S.,
Assistant Minister at Christ
Church, Philadelphia, Secretary to
the Land Office, Secretary to the
Governor of Pennsylvania, and a
Member of Provincial Council.
Letter from, I, 16.
To William Callender, IV, 179.
To Israel Pemberton, IV, 179.
To Chevalier de Trecesson, IV, 305.
Mentioned, I, 8.
Peters, Richard, Son of William
Peters, Secretary of the Continen
tal Board of War and Commis
sioner of War, Member of the
Continental Congress, Judge of U.
S. District Court.
Letters from, I, 211, 372, 431, 476,
526. Ill, 400, 401.
Mentioned, II, 47, 137.
Peters, William, Jurist, Member of
Pennsylvania Assembly from Ches
ter County, Clerk to Committee on
Lands of the Provincial Council,
brother of Rev. Richard Peters.
Mentioned, I, 55, 372, 431, 476, 526.
Petit,  .
Letter from, II, 500.
Petit Code de PHumanite (Dubourg),
I, 133, 138, 141, 146.
Petit-vendin,  du.
Letter from, III, 196.
La Petite Femme de Poche, see Mme.
Jean Baptiste Le Roy.
Petitions, failure of New York and
Quebec, I, 171.
Petrie, S.
Letters from, I, 568. II, 15, 124,
I958-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 26, 27, 32, 82.
Mentioned, II, 297, 303.

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239

Petry,  .
Letter from, IV, 441.
Petry,  , Secretary of the
French Army under Rochambeau.
Mentioned, II, 328.
Petterelly, Lieut.-Col.
Letter from, II, 87.
Pettit, Andrew, Son of Gen. Charles
Pettit.
Mentioned, III, 12.
Pettit, Gen. Charles, M. A. P. S.,
Ass't Quartermaster-General, Con
tinental Army, Member of Conti
nental Congress, Deputy Clerk of
the Council of New Jersey.
Letters from, III, 12, 3212, 342.
Mentioned, IV, 215.
Peuch, C. S., Editor of the Utrecht
Gazette.
Letter from, I, 319.
Mentioned, II, 437.
Peyrelongue, Mme. Dauber de.
Letter from, IV, 413.
Peyrimant, F.
Depositions by, IV, 333.
Peyroux, Pierre Charles.
Mentioned, III, 368.
Peyton, Jno.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 302.
Pezay, Alexandre Frederic Jacques
Masson, Marquis de, French Lit
terateur.
Mentioned, I, 139.
Pezerat,  .
Letter from, I, 469.
Pfeffinger, Jo., et al.
Letter from, I, 206.
Pfortzheim,  .
Letter from, II, 277.
Pharmacopoeia, New, III, 322.
Phelps, Charles.
Letter from, II, 144.
Philadelphia, American troops enter,
I, 443-
Bugbear accounts of the unhealthi-
ness of, III, 456.
Call to arms to defend, from British,
IV, 487-

Philadelphia — Continued.
Citizens of.
John Hughes to the, IV, 192.
College of.
Mentioned, III, 348. IV, 222.
Trustees of the, IV, 204.
Contributionship for the Ensurance
of Houses, &c, from loss by
Fire.
Letter from, III, 243.
Council of, warning against arroga-
tion of powers by, IV, 483.
English preparing to leave, I, 431,
433, 436.
Evacuated by Clinton, I, 444. IV,
415.
Gaieties in, IV, 86.
German Reformed Church in, IV,
406.
In possession of the English, IV, 370.
Inhabitants of.
A Pennsylvanian to the, IV, 482.
Library, see Library Company of
Philadelphia.
Mayor's Court at, petition of Josiah
Franklin Davenport to, IV, 203.
Mentioned, IV, 395.
Merchants, Non-importation resolu
tions of, I, 50. IV, 193, 206.
Merchants and Traders of.
To Merchants and Manufacturers
of London, Bristol and Liver
pool, IV, 1932.
Military districts of, IV, 363.
Outbreaks at, IV, 107, 109.
Style of living in, IV, 364.
Philadelphian, a, to the Freemen,
Citizens of Pennsylvania, IV, 483.
"Philanthrope," On the Illegal acts
committed by the British Ministry,
IV, 377.
Philantropos. Letter from, II, 56.
Phile, Dr. Frederick, U. S. Naval Of
ficer at Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 344.
Philip,  .
Letter from, I, 544.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Philip, Joseph, Dean of the Faculty of
Medicine of the College de France.
Letter from, II, 327.
Phillip," the American prize.
II, 242, 285.
Phillips, George, British prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 180.
Phillips, James.
Letter from, III, 369.
Philosophical Society of Toulouse.
Mentioned, IV, 452.
Philosophy, Definition of, IV, 385.
Phipps, J. Warner, of London.
Letter from, I, 165.
Phlogiston, IV, 453.
Phoenician inscription near James
town, II, 371.
" Phoenix," the British warship.
Mentioned, I, 184.
"Phoenix," the cutter.
Applies for Letter of Marque, II,

-, Merchant in Phila-

Phul, 
delphia.
Mentioned, III, 181.
Physical and Meteorological Observa
tions, Conjectures and Supposi
tions, by Dr. Franklin.
Ill, 443. IV, 174.
Physick, Edmund, M. A. P. S., Re
ceiver-General of Pennsylvania,
Secretary of the Land Office and
Keeper of the Great Seal of Penn
sylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 304.
"Physick and Surgery," Petition to
forbid the practice of, except by
such persons as should pass an
examination, IV, 483.
Phytolacca, Barbeu Dubourg on the,
I, 146.
Piano-forte, sale of Dr. Franklin's,
III, 303-
Pickerin, Thomas, Captain of the
American corsair "Hampden."
Letters from, I, 537, 548, 549, 553,
568. II, 8, 16.
Mentioned, I, 552, 553. II, 18.

Pickering, Timothy, M. A. P. S.,
Quartermaster-General in the Con
tinental Army, Postmaster-General.
Letter from, III, 320.
To Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muh
lenberg, IV, 377.
Pickman, John.
Mentioned, III, 223.
Picque,  .
Letters from, III, 356, 357, 360,
365, 367, 369-
Mentioned, III, 345, 350, 366, 370.
Death of, III, 394. IV, 365.
Picque and Saugrain de Vigny, Mas
sacre of, by Indians, III, 376.
Picquet, de La Motte, Admiral of the
French Navy, Commanding the
ship " L'Annibal" belonging to
the fleet of Comte d'Estaing.
Mentioned, I, 393, 538. II, 74, 82,
91, 131, 134, 244. IV, 252, 326.
Piemontois, Abbe Perno.
Mentioned, IV, 471.
Pierce, Benjamin, et al., petty officers
of the U. S. S. "Alliance."
Letter from, IV, 420.
Pierel, J., of Roscoff, France.
Letter from, II, 62.
Pierlot, Mme. Perille de.
Letter from, III, 267.
Pierrard,  .
Letter from, III, 205.
Pierre,  .
Letter from, IV, 463.
Pierre, Dalzan de la.
Letters from, III, 185, 233, 264.
Pierres, Philippe Denis, Paris Printer
and Publisher.
Letters from, I, 243. II, 403, 499.
HI, 59, 71, 78, 99, i°i, 106, ii3,
123, 151, 189, 219, 222, 245, 275.
Letter to, III, 535.
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 342.
Mentioned, III, 535.
Piers, Jno., American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 529.
Pierson,  .
Mentioned, III, 179.

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241

Pignatelli, Comte de, Ambassador of
the King of Naples at the Court
of France.
Letter from, II, 524.
Pigot, Sir Robert, Lieutenant-General
in British Army.
Mentioned, I, 432. IV, 245, 404.
Pigott, Nathaniel, F. R. S., British
Astronomer.
Mentioned, III, 133.
Pigott, Robert.
Letters from, II, 509. Ill, 78, 109,
iSi2.
Mentioned, II, 409, 425.
Pigou,  .
Letter from, I, 354.
Pike, Nicolas, Justice of the Peace at
Newburyport, Mass.
Mentioned, IV, 286, 310.
Pike, Timothy, of Falmouth, Maine.
Petition concerning the sufferings of
the people of Falmouth, IV, 344.
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean Frangois,
French Physicist and Aeronaut.
Balloon trip from France to Eng
land, IV, 142.
Death of, III, 313.
Mentioned, III, 265. IV, 507.
Pilles, Due de, Governor of Marseilles.
Mentioned, II, 223.
PiUet,  .
Letter from, IV, 404.
Pilots, Treachery of American, IV, 7.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, M. A.
P. S., Statesman, Attorney-Gen
eral of South Carolina, Brigadier-
General in Continental Army,
Member of the Constitutional Con
vention, U. S. Minister to France.
Mentioned, II, 238.
Toasts given at a dinner in honor of,
IV, 509-
Pinckney, Thomas, M. A. P. S.,
Lieutenant in the Continental
Army, Governor of South Caro
lina, Minister to England.
Letter from, III, 356.
Pine, Joseph, British prisoner.
Letters from, I, 500. II, 95, 166.

Pinelli,  , De, nee Costanzia.
Letters from, III, 33, 93.
Pinet,  , Chief Clerk of French
Navy.
Letter from, II, 363.
Pingre,  .
Boisboudron to, IV, 231.
Pinhorn, Mary, Granddaughter of
Richard Ingoldsby, Lieut.-Gov. of
New Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 173, 369.
Pinkerton, James, of the crew of the
British sloop of war "Drake."
Letter from, II, 83.
" Pintade," the merchant ship.
Ill, 50.
Pintard, John Marsden, Nephew of
Elias Boudinot.
Letter from, III, 189.
Mentioned, III, 99.
Pio,  de, Charge d' Affaires of
the Court of Naples at Versailles.
Letters from, II, 388, 507. Ill,
4, 38, 53, 88, 133.
Pioger,  de.
Letter from, III, 52.
Piorrard,  .
Letter from, III, 179.
Pippin grafts, IV, 67.
Pissot,  , Paris Bookseller,
Letter from, III, 200.
Pistol, electrical, I, 349.
Pitfour, Lord, a Senator of the College
of Justice at Edinburgh.
Mentioned, I, 47.
Pitt, Fort, IV, 219.
Pitt, Miss, Sister of the Earl of Chat
ham.
Mentioned, I, 113.
Pitt, William, First Earl of Chatham,
F. R. S.
Mentioned, I, 18. IV, 218.
Letter to Governor Denny, IV, 179.
Pitt, William, Second son of William
Pitt (the First Earl Chatham)
Prime Minister of England.
Mentioned, III, 115, 137, 249.
Mutilation of Statue of, at New
York, III, 377.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Pitt's Walnut Street land, Grant's
right to, III, 438.
Pittieres, Davy des.
Letter from, II, 15.
Pittsburg, goods destroyed at, I, 44.
Planetary System, Description of an
ingenious, IV, 395.
Plantations in America, British, IV,
480.
Plants, American, List of, III, 102.
Platen, M. E. Douairiere de, nee de
Krasson.
Letter from, III, 101.
Platen, Philip de.
Letter from, I, 289.
Mentioned, III, 101.
Piatt, Ebenezer Smith, of Georgia,
prisoner in England.
Letters from, I, 224, 242, 326.
To Mrs. Patience Wright, IV, 229.
230.
Mentioned, I, 213, 220, 224, 231,
242, 308, 320, 388, 410.
Plays, bill for prevention of exhibition
of, in Pennsylvania, I, 69.
Pleasants, Samuel, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
To the President and Council of
Pennsylvania, IV, 486.
Pliarne,  , of the firm of Penet
D'Acosta & Co.
Letters from, I, 184, 244.
Mentioned, I, 273, 351.
Pliarne, Penet & Co., Messrs., Mer
chants at Nantes.
John Bradford to, IV, 231.
Plombard,  , French Consul
at Charleston.
Mentioned, II, 204. IV, 415.
Plombard & Legris.
Letter from, IV, 415.
Plumstead, William, Mayor of Phila
delphia.
Death of, I, 47.
Plunkett,  .
Mentioned, IV, 360.

" Plymouth," the American war
vessel.
II, H3-
Plymouth, England, Treatment of
prisoners at, I, 252.
Pochard, Abbe.
Letters from, II, 354, 437.
Pock,  , Captain of the ship
" Benjamin."
Letter from, I, 340.
Podmaniczki, Baron Joseph Lewis de,
F. R. S., Seigneur d'Aszod Foldrdr.
Letter from, III, 422.
Mentioned, II, 274.
Poellnitz, Baron H. H. de, of Prussia.
Letters from, II, 248, 340, 460.
To Col. George Morgan, IV, 366.
Poincheval,  .
Letter from, I, 484.
Poirier,  . a Lawyer of Dun
kirk.
Mentioned, II, 10.
Poirey,  .
Letter from, II, 488.
Poissonnier, Pierre, F. R. S., French
Physician and Professor of Chem
istry at the College de France.
Letters from, I, 514. II, 195, 451.
Ill, 186, 212.
Mentioned, I, 470.
Poivre, Mr. and Mme. of Lyons.
Mentioned, II, 312.
Poivre, Mme. Pierre, Wife of French
Traveller and Naturalist.
Letters from, III, 423s.
Poix, Philippe Louis Marc Antoine
de Noailles Mouchy, Prince de,
General in French Army.
Mentioned, II, 414.
Polastron, Comte de.
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507-
Poliange, Mme. De, Daughter of M.
Vigeral.
Letters from, II, 282, 296, 302.
Police, Lieut.-Gen. of, of Paris.
Mentioned, I, 516.

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243

Polignac, Due de.
Description of balloon ascension, IV,
507.
Polignac, Vicomte Charles de.
Letters from, I, 545. Ill, 85.
Political economy, remarks on, IV,
372-
Political Inquiries, Society for, III,
341.
Pollard,  .
Letter from, I, 188.
Pollard,  .
Mentioned, IV, 26.
Pollard, Walter.
Letters from, II, 1952.
Mentioned, I, 525, 526.
Pollard, William, of Philadelphia.
Letter from, III, 330.
Pollier, Granier de.
Letter from, III, 89.
Pollock,  .
Mentioned, III, 247.
Pollock, Oliver, Continental Agent at
New Orleans.
Letters from, I, 407. II, 59.
Mentioned, III, 295. IV, 422.
" Polly," the British ship.
H, 472.
"Polly," the tea ship.
IV, 483-
Poloresky, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 253.
Polytype, IV, 506, 507.
Poma,  .
Letter from, III, 40.
Pomaret,  .
Letter from, III, 24.
Pomeroy,  , of London.
Letter to, III, 466.
Pomeroys and Hodgkin, of London.
Letter from, I, 70.
Pommereuille, Sieur De.
Letters from, II, 8, 14, 294.
Pommereul, Frangois Rene Jean,
Baron de, French Officer and Lit
terateur.
Letter from, I, 390.
Poncet,  .
Letter from, II, 442.

Poncins, Marquis de.
Letters from, III, 151, 244, 245.
Ponteney,  de.
Letter from, I, 279.
To De Lafaye, IV, 235.
Mentioned, I, 296. IV, 416.
Pontenil, Mile. de.
Mentioned, I, 453.
Pontgibaut, Chevalier de, Comte de
More, Aide-de-Camp to Marquis
de la Fayette in America.
Mentioned, I, 394.
Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas.
Treaty with, I, 65.
Ponylarmont, De Gimat.
Letter from, I, 352.
Pool & Co., Ambrosius, of Switzer
land.
Mentioned, I, 567.
Poole, Peter Le, Agent of the Gover
nors of Virginia and North Caro
lina at Amsterdam.
Letter from, I, 375.
Poop, Jonathan.
Letter from, I, 378.
Poor, embargoes on the, IV, 387.
Overseers of the, Authorizing the
appointing of a Collector for, IV,
393-
Parliamentary act for the relief of
the, I, 134.
" Poor Princess," the, a prize.
II, 262.
"Poor Richard," I, 142.
New translation of, I, 334.
"Poor Richard," the U. S. ship of
war, see " Bon Homme Richard."
Poor Richard's Maxims, IV, 399.
Pope, Jacob, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 423.
Popery Bill, II, 258.
" Porcupine," the British cruiser.
II, 337-
Poreau,  , Merchant at Dun
kirk.
Mentioned, I, 455.
Poreau, MacKenzie & Co., Merchants
at Dunkirk.
Letters from, I, 447, 454.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Poreau & Co., Merchants at Dunkirk.
Letters from, II, 389. IV, 454.
Christopher Codner to, IV, 330,
Mentioned, I, 428, 454, 455. Ill,
431.
Porquet, P. M.
Letter from, II, 398.
Order by, IV, 236.
Port au Prince, The Superior Coun
cil of.
Request for Marriage certificates,
IV, 227.
Port Louis, The Municipality of.
Letter from, III, 46.
To the King of France, IV, 378.
Observations and description of
the Harbor of, IV, 390.
Port Royal, Explosion of magazine
at, II, 236.
Porter,  . of Connecticut.
Mentioned, I, 485.
Porter, Major.
Mentioned, IV, 74.
Porter, I.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 74, 80.
Porter, Capt. John.
Letter from, I, 252.
Mentioned, I, 254.
Portis, Messrs.
Mentioned, III, 452.
Ports, free, to be accorded to the
United States, III, 62, 72.
Portugal, the Ambassador of.
Letter from, III, 86.
Memorial for, I, 231.
Attitude of, towards America, IV,
4°3-
Edict by the King of, prohibiting in
tercourse between the American
Colonies and Portugal, IV, 402.
A Gentleman in.
To his friend in Paris, IV, 349.
Letters of Marque against, IV, 77,
452.
Report that America declared war
against, II, 479, 480. IV, 77",
450.

Portugal Merchant, A.
To the Printer of the "London
Chronicle," IV, 205.
"Portugal Merchant of Lisbon."
Mentioned, III, 469.
Portuguese prize, II, 324.
Snow, Relative to the proceeds of the
sale of the, IV, 281.
Porvilliers, arrival of, at Paris.
Mentioned, II, 66.
Postage, Rates of, IV, 484.
Postal Affairs, III, 456".
Arrangements in the Colonies, IV,
369.
Postmaster-General, the Deputy, for
North America, I, 108.
Postmasters of France, Instructions
to, IV, 508.
Post-office Accounts, III, 558.
Book, Benjamin Franklin's, III, 555.
William Dunlap's debt to the, III,
471.
Schedule of letters received at the,
III, 458.
Posts between the Camp and Phila
delphia which the Assembly
agreed to support, To settle the,
III, 439.
Evacuation of, in possession of the
British, IV, 339s.
Potain,  .
Mentioned, III, 261.
Poteins, Chevalier de.
Letter from, II, 296.
Poteins, L. V.
Mentioned, I, 187.
Potemkin, Gregor Alexandrovitch,
Prince de, Russian Field-Marshal
and Statesman.
Mentioned, II, 421. Ill, 131.
Poterat, Marquise de.
Letter from, II, 400.
Pothonnier,  , French Banker.
Letter from, II, 377.
Mentioned, IV, 56.
Pothonnier & Co., French Bankers.
Letters from, II, 307, 321.
Potitwodiac, IV, 203.

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Potter, James, Pres't of the First
Medical Society in the Thirteen
United States of America.
To the Royal Medical Society of
France, IV, 305.
Potter, Capt. James.
Mentioned, I, 522.
Potter, Thomas, An American pris
oner, son of Captain James Potter.
Letters from, I, 522. II, 57.
Pottery, Proposal to a manufacturer
of, to come to America, IV, 303.
Potts, Henry, Secretary to the British
Postmaster-General.
Letters from, I, 21, 70.
Alexander Colden to, IV, 186.
Mentioned, III, 494.
Potts, James, Clerk of the Council of
Quebec.
Hugh Finlay to, IV, 199.
Potts, John, Founder of Pottstown, Pa.
Mentioned, I, 62.
Potts, Jonathan, M. A. P. S., Medical
Director-General in the Continen
tal Army.
Letters from, I, 64, 66.
Mentioned, I, 62, 64. Ill, 463s.
Potts, Samuel, Comptroller of the In
land Office, General Post-office of
Great Britain.
Letters from, I, 105. II, 291. Ill,
262, 272, 367.
Potts, Thomas, M. A. P. S., Colonel
of Pennsylvania Battalion in Con
tinental Army.
Letter from, I, 163.
Potts, William.
Letter from, II, 367.
Potts, William, and family.
Letter to, III, 425.
Pouchard,  .
To Caccia, IV, 338.
Pougens, Marie Charles Joseph,
Chevalier de, M. A. P. S., Littera
teur, Linguist and Archaeologist,
Member of I'Institut de France,
and of almost all the Academies
of Europe.

Pougens, Marie Charles Joseph,
Chevalier de — Continued.
Letters from, II, 253, 288, 336.
Mentioned, II, 240.
Poullain or Poullin, Messrs.
Letter from, II, 125.
Mentioned, I, 309.
Poullard,  .
To Moutard, IV, 378.
Poulletier,  .
Mentioned, III, 8.
Poullin, see Poullain.
Pousin,  .
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 314.
Pous-Ludon, Hedoin de.
Letter from, III, 163.
Pouteney, Comtesse de.
Letters from, I, 435. II, 501.
Powder, Curative, IV, 451.
Medicinal, IV, 509.
Powel, Mrs.
Letter from, III, 375.
Powel, General.
Mentioned, IV, 238.
Powel, Samuel, M. A. P. S., Mayor
of Philadelphia, Trustee of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 480.
Powell, James, British Ordnance Of
ficer.
To the Officers of His Majesty's
Ordnance, IV, 283s, 284, 28s2, 387,
389s, 290, 2913.
Powell, Jephne.
Letter from, III, 423.
Powell, Jeremiah, President of the
Executive Council of Massachu
setts Bay.
Mentioned, IV, 490.
Powell, John(?), British Portrait
Painter.
Mentioned, I, 105.
Powell, Sara.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 52.
Power,  , Captain of the
"Good Will."
Mentioned, IV, 294.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Power, William, American prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 1782.
Power of Attorney, to Deborah Frank
lin, III, 435, 444, 481.
To Richard Bache, III, 481.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, III, 531.
Powers, Montfort.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 167.
Powers, Peirce, Midshipman, U. S. S.
" Ranger."
Letters from, I, 444, 454.
Pownall, Thomas, M. P., F. R. S.,
Lieut.-Gov. of New Jersey, Gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
Letters from, I, 66, 70, 76, 104, 120.
II, 479, 487- HI, 28, 269, 371,
475. IV, 400.
Letters to, III, 442.
Mentioned, I, 45, 74, 92, 114, 167,
245- II, 397, 398, 416- HI, 107,
231, 247, 385.
Prades, Jean Martin, Abbe de, French
Theologian and Writer.
Mentioned, I, 159.
Prat, Antoine F.
Letter from, I, 397.
Pratchell, Capt. James.
Letter from, I, 194.
Mentioned, I, 216.
Pratt, Samuel Jackson, British Writer,
see Courtney Melmoth, his nom
de plume.
" Prayer to Satan," A, IV, 481.
Prayer, Book of Common, Abridged
edition of the, III, 51, 491, 492.
Advertisement of, III, 491.
Franklin's reforms of, III, 309.
The catechism in, III, 492.
Prayer-book, New American, III,
314, 3i5-
Preaud, L.
Letter from, III, 400.
Preble, Jedediah, Brigadier-General
of Massachusetts troops in the
Continental Service.
Letter from, III, 103.
Mentioned, II, 503.

Preble, Jedediah — Continued.
Petition concerning the sufferings of
the people of Falmouth, IV, 344.
Preble, Joshua, Captain of the Letter
of Marque "Retaliation."
Letter from, II, 503.
Precorbiu, Veuve de.
Letter from, II, 466.
Prehu, Col. de, formerly Commandant
at the Cape of Good Hope.
To Comte des Rosches, IV, 337.
Presbyterians, preponderance of, in
America, I, 57.
Prescott, Richard, Major-Gen. in
British Army serving in America.
Exchange of, for Gen. Charles Lee,
IV, 486.
Prescott, Gen. Robert, of the British
Army.
Mentioned, I, 268. IV, 404.
Presle de Sainte Marie, Veuve.
Letter from, II, 81.
Presses, Copying, II, 290.
Preuille, Mme. Bouroyan de.
Letter from, IV, 446.
Preville,  de.
Letter from, I, 246.
Prevon,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 28.
Prevost,  .
Mentioned, III, 408.
Prevost, Augustine, Major-General in
the British Army serving in Amer
ica.
Defeat of, by Gen. Lincoln, IV, 23,
27.
Mentioned, II, 128. IV, 421.
Prevot,  .
L. Loiselle to, IV, 352.
Preysing, Comtesse de.
Mentioned, II, 326.
Price,  .
Letters from, III, 22, 25.
Price, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 270.
Price, G.
Letter from, I, 30.

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Price, James.
Letters from, II, 472. Ill, 83.
Mentioned, II, 395. IV, 107.
Price, Joseph, pilot of merchant ship
" Virginia."
Mentioned, I, 316.
Price, Richard, M. A. P. S., F. R. S.,
Non-conformist Minister and
Writer.
Letters from, I, 66, 72, 137, 417.
II, 7, 157. Ill, 181, 203, 204, 221,
260, 261, 285, 333, 354, 383. IV,
450.
Letter to, III, 481.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 127, 128.
Book on the Constitution of the
United States by, IV, 132.
Controversy between Dr. Joseph
Priestley and, IV, 13.
His assistance in regulating finances,
I, 508.
Mentioned, I, 82, 145, 161, 208, 228,
258, 404- II, 356, 371, 478- HI,
73, 139, 213, 220, 222, 285, 287,
372, 394, 501, 543- IV, 75, 140,
35i-
Price, Mrs. Richard.
Illness of, IV, 128, 134.
Mentioned, III, 220.
Price, Robert Friend, Member of the
Provincial Council of New Jersey.
Letters to, III, 497s.
Price, Thomas.
Letter from, II, 477.
Price-list, of Provisions, Wines, etc.,
in Boston, IV, 260.
Prichard, John.
Letter from, I, 246.
Prichard, William, Philadelphia
Printer.
Letter from, I, 180.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S., Chemist and Theologian.
Letters from, I, 56", 63, 88, 90, 93,
112, 134, 135, 151, 152, 178, 319.
II, 41, 73, 146, 195, 5i3- IV,
453, 454-
vol. vi — 17

Priestley, Dr. Joseph — Continued.
Letters to, III, 482, 501.
Controversy between Dr. Richard
Price and, IV, 13.
Deserving of the honor of the Royal
Society's Medal, III, 491.
" Evidence of the Fathers respect
ing the nature of Jesus Christ,"
IV, 139-
Experiments on air, I, 254.
Found that growing vegetables re
store air that has been spoilt by
putrefaction, II, 484.
Mentioned, I, 66, 67, 80, 83, 85,
94, 133, 137, 145, 147, 168, 172,
189, 405- II, 59, 83, 157, 171, 240,
294, 37i, 374, 4i4, 478, 509, 522.
Ill, 152, 254, 322, 372, 389, 402,
479. IV, 13, 75, 83.
On vegetable and animal creation,
II, 474.
Priestley, Mrs. Joseph.
Mentioned, II, 56.
Priests, United States Government has
nothing to do with the appoint
ment of, III, 543.
Prince, Job, Captain of the American
privateer " Concord."
Letter from, I, 534.
Letter to, III, 513.
To Le Baron, IV, 276.
Mentioned, I, 534, 539. Ill, 5132.
" Prince of Conte," the ship.
I, 271.
" Princess," the privateer.
II, 232.
" Princesse de Robec," the French
corsair.
II, 269.
" Principles of Trade," by George
Whatley.
Ill, 226, 271.
Answers to queries in, IV, 392.
Pringle, Sir John, F. R. S., English
Physician.
Letters from, I, 19, 25, 68, 115, 141.
Letters to, III, 454, 468, 486.
Account of the Meteor, I, 31.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Pringle, Sir John— Continued.
Biography of, by Dr. Kippis, III,
96.
Correspondence between Dr. Priest
ley and, I, 405.
Death of, III, 187.
Eulogy on, III, 98.
Mentioned, I, 29, 54, 62, 65, 66, 70,
75, 107, 122, 134, 137, 138, 155,
157, 167, 169, 186, 205, 226, 237,
332, 411, 433, 442, 458- II, 98,
171, 345, 371, 374, 506. Ill, 473.
IV, 29, 379.
Proposed journey to Switzerland
III, 483-
Pringle, Mrs., Wife of Sir John
Pringle.
Mentioned, I, 155.
Pringle, John Julius, Sec'y to Ralph
Izard, U. S. Commissioner to Tus
cany, Speaker of the South Caro
lina Assembly.
Letter from, II, 22.
To Ralph Izard, IV, 257.
Printer, The.
Letter to, III, 557.
Printing, Agreement for carrying on
the business of, in New York, III,
435-
In imitation of painting, III, 489.
Logographic, III, 392.
New method of, III, 192.
Press, IV, 133, 140, 332.
Treatise on the origin of, II, 247.
HI, 523-
Type used in new method of, III,
225.
With entire words, III, 140.
Prise d'Yorck et de Glocester, La Ode,
IV, 327.
Prisoners, American, Advances to, I,
559- HI, 55, 557- IV, 351.
Aid to escape, II, 391.
At Plymouth and Portsmouth, I,
252.
Cartel for, IV, 15, 92.
Charitable Committee for the as
sistance of, III, 407.

Prisoners, American — Continued.
Conference relating to liberating,
IV, 339.
Desire money for food, IV, 406.
Distress among escaped, II, 465.
IV, 18.
Exchange of, I, 459, 477, 511. II,
2I2j 221, 225, 231, 248, 274, 276,
278, 280, 293, 311, 319, 471, 483.
HI, 3, 4, 533- IV, 281, 288,
293, 299", 302, 310, 429, 438, 449,
451, 462, 486, 504.
Health of, in King's House, Win
chester, IV, 499.
Inhuman treatment of, IV, 246.
In Ireland, II, 311, 465.
List of, released from English
prisons, IV, 391.
Misery of, in England, II, 379.
IV, 375, 485-
Release of, IV, 82.
Receipt for, IV, 461.
Situation of, at Kingsale, II, 465.
Solicited to enter British service,
IV, 310.
Subsistence of, IV, 78, 80, 245.
To assist, I, 344. II, 343. Ill,
48, 173- IV, 105, 317.
Treatment of, IV, 281.
British, I, 558.
Disposition of, from the " Pallas,"
IV, 496.
Dutch forts for wounded, IV, 496.
In France, IV, 92.
Proposal by, to give their services
to the United States, III, 520.
Privateer, English, captured by seven
Americans held as prisoners on
board, II, 353.
Frigate for, I, 258.
Privateers, American, and prizes to
be admitted to Alicante, II, 8.
In French Ports, I, 269.
Conduct of, towards Neutral Na
tions, IV, 259.
French, successes of, IV, 418.
Guernsey and Jersey, I, 462, 467.
Jersey, I, 418, 462, 467.

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249

Privateers — Continued.
Orders of Ministry in regard to
American, I, 313.
Regulations of Congress respecting,
HI, 513-
Privy Council, Dr. Franklin's Treat
ment by the, III, 493.
Prize, Capture of a, IV, 464.
Cases, Delays in deciding, III, 521.
Right of French Admiralty to con
fiscate an American, II, 487.
Prize-money, Resolutions of Congress
respecting, III, 542.
Thomas Barclay's appointment to
settle, arising from the cruise of
Commodore John Paul Jones, IV,
83-
Prizes, Admiralty of Guadeloupe send
Franklin copies of the Proceedings
in regard to, brought by American
corsairs, II, 467.
Captains of all, to address them
selves to Jonathan Williams, Jr.,
IV, 485-
Distribution of, IV, 225, 226.
Indemnity offered Denmark for, re
stored to the British, IV, 473.
Orders of French Government to
surrender English, I, 308.
Receipt for papers in connection
with, brought into port, III, 559.
Proli, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 61.
Property, Laws relative to attachment
of, belonging to persons resident
in the Colonies, IV, 216.
Restoring confiscated, IV, 465.
Proprietary Government in Pennsyl
vania.
Mentioned, I, 31, 39, 43, 55, 59",
69, 76.
Party in Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 18, 34, 35, 49, 52,
IV, 181.
Of New Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 192.
Proprietor to sell Government to the
Crown for a peerage, I, 41.

Proprietors' lands in Pennsylvania to
be taxed, I, 39.
" Proserpine," the British ship.
II, 5".
" La Prosperita," the British prize.
II, 105.
" Protector," the Continental frigate.
II, 523-
Proth, J. F., Catholic priest.
Letter from, III, 212.
Letter to, III, 543.
Provence, Louis Stanislas Xavier,
Comte de, Brother of Louis XVI.
Mentioned, III, 160.
" Providence," the Continental frig
ate.
I, 480. II, 123, 214. Ill, 6.
" Providence " and " Boston," ships
to rendezvous at Brest, I, 436.
Provinces, Rebellious intentions of
the, III, 492.
Provincial Administration, French,
IV, 492.
Provoost, William, Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in New
Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 173.
" Prudent," the French merchant ship.
I, 412.
Prugne,  , with Rochambeau's
Army in America.
Letter from, III, 151.
Prussia, Commissioners to be sent to
the Court of, IV, 226.
King of (Frederick the Great), death
of, IV, 155.
Memoir of Maritime Society of,
HI, 5-
Passage to English troops en route
for America refused by, I, 312.
Treaty with, III, 246.
Prussian Monarchy, Comte de Mira
beau on the, III, 380.
Psalms, Choice of proper, III, 491.
"Public Advertiser," the Printer of.
Letters to, III, 465, 483, 490.
"Public Ledger," the Printer of the.
Letter to, III, 498.

250

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Publicus. Mentioned, IV, 483^
Puchelberg,  , Merchant at
I'Orient.
Letter from, IV, 457.
Mentioned, I, 468. II, 219.
Puchelberg & Co., Merchants at
I'Orient.
Letters from, I, 483, 485. II, 234,
266, 270.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 265.
Mentioned, I, 482. IV, 267.
Puchelle,  de.
Letter from, II, 299.
Pugieu, Cullet du.
Letter from, I, 349.
Pulaski, Count Casimir, Polish Patriot,
Brig.-Gen. in Continental Army.
Letter from, II, 226.
Death of, II, 226.
Mentioned, I, 252, 449, 561. IV,
266, 409, 419.
Monument to, II, 256.
Pulaski's Cavalry, IV, 493.
Pulteney, William, M. P.
Mentioned, IV, 427.
Pump, A new kind of, III, 189.
Puppele, August.
Letter from, II, 217.
Purfleet, Method of Securing Maga
zine at, from lightning, IV, 217.
Strange occurrence at, I, 269.
Struck by lightning, I, 329.
Purging method, Particulars of the,
IV, 391-
Purien, Capt.
Mentioned, II, 438.
Purny,  de.
Mentioned, I, 307.
Purtchaires,  .

Letter from, I, 352.
Pusignan, Alexandre Cesar De Ge-
nevy de, Lieutenant of Artillery in
Regiment of Auxonne, serving in
America.
Letter from, III, 218.
Putnam, Dr. Benjamin.
Letters from, II, 353, 419, 474, 510,
517. Ill, m. IV, 112, 113, 1162.

Putnam, Dr. Benjamin — Continued.
Mentioned, II, 373.
Putnam, Israel, Maj.-Gen. in the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, IV, 405.
Puy, Bishop of.
Letter from, II, 472.
Puysegur, Messrs. de, Sons of Mar
quis de Puysegur.
Letter from, II, 457.
Puysegur, Jacques Frangois Maxime
de Chastenet, Marquis de, French
General.
Letter from, I, 293.
Mentioned, I, 233.
Pyne, Mrs. A., Wife of William Pyne.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 152, 154, 158, 159.
Pyne, William, of New Jersey.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 150, 1513, 152, 1532, 1582,
159-
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
354, 3582-
Mentioned, IV, 151, 358, 361.
Pyrmont Water, Dr. North's Appara
tus for Making, III, 495.
Quakers, Treachery on the part of
the, IV, 487.
Quane, Mile. de.
Letter from, I, 277.
Quane, O'Reilly de, Benedictine Monk.
Letter from, I, 273.
Quebec Act, I, 170, 173.
Repeal of, IV, 221.
Act for settling the Laws of, I, 134.
Capture of, I, 202.
Fleet taken, II, 296.
To Montreal, Cost of Transportation
of Mail from, IV, 389.
" Queen of France," the Letter of
Marque.
II, 95, 106, 123, 500. IV, 17, 478.
" Queen of Portugal," the, American
prize.
II, 300.
Quemizet,  .
Letter from, I, 358.

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251

Quemy, Chevalier de, Commander of
the " Emeraude."
Mentioned, III, 109. IV, 332, 334s.
Querenet, De la Combe de, see Quer-
nay.
Quernay,  de, Colonel of
French Engineers serving in Amer
ica.
Mentioned, III, 42.
Quesnay, Dr. Frangois, F. R. S.,
French Physician and Economist.
Mentioned, I, 83.
Quesney,  .
Mentioned, III, 336.
Quetant, Antoine Frangois, French
Dramatist.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 62, 86, 87.
To Aime Ambroise Joseph Feutry,
IV, 231.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
331.
Quiberon, Affair of, I, 363.
Quincy, Jr., Edmund, of Braintree,
Mass., Merchant.
Letter from, I, 33.
Quincy, Col. Josiah, of Braintree,
Mass., Merchant.
Letter from, I, 553.
Mentioned, I, 305.
Quincy, Jr., Josiah, of Boston, Lawyer,
son of Josiah Quincy, of Braintree,
Mentioned, I, 163, 174.
Quinn, Patrick.
Letter from, III, 360.
Quinquet and Lange, Messrs.
Invention of the lamp, III, 168, 298.
Quit-rents unpaid to the Crown liable
for cost of conquering Canada and
Louisiana, III, 501.
Qureille, Chevalier Charles de.
Letter from, III, 91.
Rabaut-St. Etienne, Jean Paul,
French Clergyman and Politician.
To Antoine Court de Gebelin, IV,
329.
Rabiqueau,  .
Letter from, II, 345.

Racine, Charles Quentin, of the "Bon
Homme Richard."
Letter from, II, 507.
Radel & Desessement, Merchants in
Philadelphia.
Ill, 181.
Radnor, Lord.
Mentioned, I, 372.
Raggi,  des.
Mentioned, II, 117, 131.
Raibaud, A.
Letter to William Temple Frank-
lin, IV, 95-
Raillet, Philippe.
Seeks Consulship at Rouen, IV, 335.
Raimondis, Chevalier de, Commander
of the French Warship "Caesar,"
attached to the squadron of Comte
d'Estaing.
Mentioned, I, 541. II, 21.
Rainey, John.
Letters from, II, 258, 261. Ill,
302.
Rainsford, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 85.
Raissan, Antoine Flottes de.
Letter from, I, 417.
"Raleigh," the U. S. frigate.
I, 300, 324, 327", 430, 543.
Ralle,  le.
Mentioned, II, 2.
Ralph, Miss.
Letter from, IV, 399.
Ralph, James, Miscellaneous Writer.
Mentioned, I, 24. IV, 399.
Ramsay, David, M. C. C, M. A. P.
S., President of the South Carolina
Senate, Physician.
Letter from, III, 398.
History of the American Revolution
by, HI, 377-
Ramsey,  .
Mentioned, I, 287.
Randall, Madame Leschevin.
Letter from, I, 547.
Randall, Paul.
Mentioned, III, 247. IV, 137.
Randall, Thomas.
To Capt. Richard Grinnell, IV, 219.

252

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Randerath, Baronne de.
Letter from, I, 545.
Randle, Nicholas, et al., British pris
oners.
Letter from, II, 114.
" Randolph," U. S. ship of war.
Desertions from, I, 280.
Loss of, I, 430.
Mentioned, I, 568.
Randolph, Edmund, M. C. C, M. A.
P. S., Governor of Virginia, At
torney-General of United States.
Letters from, III, 325, 332, 361,
362.
Mentioned, III, 382, 400. IV, 159,
163.
Randolph, nee Hargrave, Sarah.
Letter from, III, 270.
Ranes, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 275.
" Ranger," the, U. S. ship of war.
I, 208, 288, 304, 315, 428, 4332, 467,
472, 477- II, 26, 95, 106, 123, 152,
222. IV, 17, 249, 264, 269, 282.
Capture of merchant vessels by, I,
449.
Conduct of men on, I, 435, 563.
Officers on board the.
Letter from, I, 568.
Prizes, I, 479.
Sailors on board the.
Letters from, I, 449, 568.
Lieut. Simpson takes command of,
I, 466.
Ransier, Jacques Lambert.
Letters from, III, 82, 95.
Rant,  .
Mentioned, I, 168.
Raper, Robert, of Charleston, S. C.
Margaret Colleton to, IV, 267.
Raredon, Bartholomew, American
sailor.
Letter from, II, 140.
Raspe, Rodolph Eric, F. R. S., sub
sequently ejected, German 'Anti
quarian and Mineralogist, Author
of Baron Munchausen.

Raspe, Rodolph Eric — Continued.
Letters from, I, 107, 283. II, 50,
119, 137, 274.
Mentioned, I, 197, 370.
Rasquin, Gerard, French Merchant.
Letter from, II, 308.
Rati, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 197.
Rattier,  .
Letter from, II, 135.
Letter to, III, 520.
"Rattlesnake," the British ship.
II, 67.
Raudiere, J. D. R. de.
Letters from, I, 370, 3792, 400, 568,
569.
Poem by, IV, 250.
Rawdon, Lord, see Francis Rawdon
Hastings.
Rawle, Francis, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 448.
Rawle, William, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia lawyer, son of Francis
Rawle.
Letter from, II, 486.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 80.
Asks for permit to reside in Bou
logne, IV, 80.
Mentioned, IV, 91, 448.
Rawlings, Daniel.
Mentioned, I, 3.
Ray, A.
Letter from, I, 532.
Ray, Catherine, see also Mrs. Cathe
rine Greene.
Letter from, I, 15.
Ray Cornelius.
Mentioned, II, 378.
Rayber,  de.
Letters from, II, 211, 2222, 226,
399-
Raymond,  .
Mentioned, IV, 65.
Raymond,  de, Seaman on U.
S. S. "Alliance"?
Letter from, III, 423.

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253

Raynal, Abbe Guillaume Thomas
Frangois, M. A. P. S., French His
torian and Philosopher, Member of
French Academy.
Letters from, II, 195, 213, 336.
Criticism of works of, III, 50.
History of the American Revolution
by, II, 416, 492.
Mentioned, I, 152. Ill, 13, 226,
377- IV, 459.
Rayneval, Conrad Alexandre Gerard
de, see Gerard de Rayneval.
Rayssac, Cosse de.
Letter from, II, 391.
Razetti, Baron de.
Letter from, I, 515.
Razor, Peter.
Mentioned, I, no.
Read,  .
Mentioned, I, 2.
Read, Mrs., Mother of Deborah Frank
lin.
Death of, III, 453.
Read, Charles, of Burlington, N. J.,
M. A. P. S., Jurist, Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of New
Jersey, Colonel in the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, I, 71, 102.
Commission of, as Registrar of the
Prerogative Court, IV, 183.
Read, Franklin, Nephew of Benjamin
Franklin.
Letters from, II, 472. Ill, 294.
Read, George, of Delaware, Signer of
the Declaration of Independence.
Letter from, I, 54.
Mentioned, I, 57.
Read, Col. Isaac, Member of the
House of Burgesses of Virginia,
and Colonel of the Fourth Vir
ginia Regiment in the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Read, James, of Philadelphia, Jurist,
Member of the Supreme Execu
tive Council of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 4.

Read, John, Brother of Mrs. Deborah
Franklin.
Letter from, I, 60.
Read, Dr. John K., of Goochland
County, Virginia.
Letters from, I, 184. II, 252. Ill,
279.
Read, Thomas, of Bordentown, N. J.,
Captain in the Continental Navy,
brother of George Read, of Dela
ware.
Letters from, I, 484. II, 289.
Reader, the.
Letter to, III, 469.
Readhead, George, of South Caro
lina.
Mentioned, I, 392.
Real,  . of Calais.
Letter from, I, 279.
Reallon, Joachim, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 252.
Rebels in the Colonies, III, 467.
Reboul,  , Secretary of the So
ciety of Economics.
Mentioned, I, 83.
Reboul, N.
Letter from, IV, 466.
Receipt Book, Benjamin Franklin's,
HI, 555-
Recholier Freres, Merchants at Bor
deaux.
Letter from, I, 203.
Rechteien, Comte de.
Mentioned, II, 508.
Recipes, for cooking, and for making
Spruce Beer, IV, 384.
For making bread, IV, 385.
Crown Soap, III, 290. IV, 376,
384, 427-
Orange Shrub, IV, 384.
Raisin Wine, IV, 384.
Soup tablets in English style, IV,
384-
" Reciprocal Advantages of a Per
petual Union," I, 58.
" Reconciliation, Basis of a Plan
of," IV, 464-
Reconciliation, Measures of, I, 179.

254

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

"Recovery," the British frigate.
II, 404. IV, 329.
Recules de Basmarin et Raimbaux,
Merchants at Bordeaux.
Letters from, I, 251, 269, 310, 383,
569.
Mentioned, IV, 278.
Red Bank forts, I, 338.
Evacuation of, I, 349.
Redaway, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 12.
Redford,  .
Mentioned, IV, 371.
Redick, David, M. A. P. S., Vice-
President of the Supreme Execu
tive Council of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, III, 381, 400.
Alexander Addison to, IV, 365.
Thomas Scott to, IV, 366.
Redmond, Joseph, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 297.
Reed, Benjamin, Officer on U. S.
Frigate "Boston."
Letter from, I, 457.
Reed, Gen. Joseph, President of the
Supreme Executive Council of
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, II, 348. Ill, 178.
Regicides fled to America, IV, 185.
Regiment proposed to be raised in
America, IV, 177.
Of foot, Philadelphia, Mustered, III,
441.
Germans a considerable part of,
III, 441.
" Regla," the schooner.
HI, 344-
Regnier,  .
Letters from, I, 356. II, 336, 502.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 36.
Regnier,  .
Mentioned, I, 470.
Regnier, Jerome.
Letter from, III, 190.
Regnier, Pierre, Son of Jerome Reg
nier.
Mentioned, III, 190.

" Regulations for the Discipline of
the troops of the United
States," IV, 293.
Reiche, Charles Christopher, a Luthe
ran Clergyman at Dessau.
Letter from, II, 5.
Reignier,  .
Mentioned, I, 364.
Reimers, Nic. Barth.
Letter from, II, 261.
Reine, D. E.
Letters from, I, 409, 457, 465, 486.
II, 262.
Reinforcements, French, to be sent
to America, IV, 499.
Reiser, William.
Letter from, III, 242.
Relief, Louis XVI unable to grant ex
traordinary, III, 81.
Remarks on a late protest against the
appointment of Mr. Franklin as
Agent for Pennsylvania, I, 33.
Answer to, I, 35, 372.
Rembau and Dupont, Ferdinand de.
Letter from, II, 468.
Reme,  .
To Anonymous, IV, 378.
Remmel, J. Chretien.
Letter from, III, 93.
Remond,  .
Letters from, III, 1092.
Remsen, Henry.
Letter from, III, 301.
Remy, Jean.
Letter from, II, 386.
Renaud, P. Jean.
Letter from, II, 82.
Renaudiere,  La, French
Printer.
Mentioned, II, 343.
Renaux, A. T.
Letter from, III, 189.
" Renette," the French merchant ship.
II, 498.
Renouard,  .
Mentioned, III, 257.
Rentin, Mme.
Letter from, III, 423.

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255

" Representative, The," see Jean
Paul Marat.
" Reprisal," the U. S. brig of war.
I, 189, 191, i942, 265, 267, 366, 513.
II, 101, 229. Ill, 289, 389. IV,
25, 247.
Rerot, Pierre.
Mentioned, I, 288.
" Resistance," the Continental brig
antine.
II, 232.
" Resolution," the American war
vessel.
II, 113.
Restraining Act, I, 170.
"Retaliation," the U. S. merchant
ship.
II, 318, 503.
Reuschenberg, Baron F. E. de.
Letters from, I, 473, 476, 488.
" Revanche," American privateer,
Captain Gustavus Conyngham.
II, 4. IV, 321.
Reve fils, Lefebvre de.
Letter from, III, 129.
Reveaux,  de.
Mentioned, I, 318.
Reveillon,  , Manufacturer of
Wall Paper.
Letter from, III, 151.
Mentioned, IV, 337.
" Revenge," the American corsair.
II, 156, 190, 220, 317, 353, 362, 382,
504, 517. IV, 253, 256.
Revenue Policy, Great Britain's, IV,
207.
Reviere,  , Charge des Af-
aires of Saxony at Paris.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 121.
" Revolution," the privateer.
II, 486, 487. Ill, 433. IV, 92, 334.
Revolution, American, Almanac in
commemoration of the, III, 49.
History of the, in Italian, III, 50.
David Ramsay's History of the,
HI, 377-
Work on the, IV, 434.

Rewiczky, Gen. Charles Emerich
Alexandre de Revissinye de, Aus
trian Diplomatist.
Mentioned, I, 363.
Rewitzki, Gen., see Rewiczky.
Rey, Michel, Bookseller at Amster
dam.
Mentioned, I, 333.
Reyhermann,  .
Letters from, II, 235s.
Reynaud,  de.
Letter from, I, 321.
Reynell, John, M. A. P. S., Philadel
phia Merchant.
Letters from, I, 89, 121.
Mentioned, IV, 480.
Reynolds, John.
Letter from, I, 396.
Reynolds, Thomas.
Letter from, III, 282.
Reynst, P. H., Vice-Admiral Dutch
Navy.
Mentioned, II, 177, 1822.
Rheumatism, Cure of, by electricity,
III, 491-
Rhoads, Ann.
Letter from, III, 326.
Rhoads, Samuel, M. A. P. S., M. C.
C, Director of the Library Com
pany of Philadelphia, and Mayor
of Philadelphia.
Letters from, I, 120, 133. II, 384.
Robert Smith to, IV, 200.
Mentioned, I, 121, 133. II, 145.
IV, 186, 203, 204, 353, 357.
Rhode Island Agency, I, 158.
British in possession of, I, 353, 354.
Confusion in, on account of paper
mon4y, III, 323.
Defense of, I, 430.
Evacuation of, by British, II, 179.
Governor of.
Mentioned, IV, 245.
Incursion into, by American troops,
IV, 491-
Recovery of, I, 476.
Report of capture of, IV, 10.
Retreat of Royalists from, IV, 492.

256

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Rhode Island — Continued.
Sullivan's retreat from, I, 489, 496.
Rhode Island College, Anniversary
meeting of, I, 32.
Charter of, I, 30.
To the King of France, IV, 347.
Rhodes,  .
Mentioned, III, 474.
Rhodes,  , Lieut, of the Amer
ican privateer " Chevalier de la
Luzerne."
Mentioned, II, 219.
Rhubarb, Cultivation of, III, 315.
Ricard,  de.
Letter from, II, 196.
Ricard,  De.
Letter from, I, 351.
Rice, John.
To William Cummings, IV, 205.
Rice, Samuel, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 443.
Rich, Miss, Daughter of Sir Robert
Rich.
Letter from, I, 68.
Richard,  .
Letters from, I, 265. II, 437. Ill,
67. IV, 414.
Richard,  , Veteran de Rhe-
torique at the College of Lizieux.
Letters from, II, 437, 476. Ill, 29,
151.
Richard, Jean Frangois, In the service
of South Carolina.
Letter from, II, 425.
Richard, John H., Captain of the brig
"Emelia."
Mentioned, II, 448.
Richards, Mrs.
Mentioned, II, 68.
Richards, George, Secretary of the
Navy Board, Eastern Department.
Mentioned, IV, 489s.
Richardson, Anthony, Merchant of
New York.
Mentioned, II, 56.
Richardson, Jacob, Postmaster at
Newport, R. I.
Letter from, III, 335.

Richardson, Joseph, M. A. P. S.,
Member of the Pennsylvania As
sembly, Merchant at Philadel
phia.
Mentioned, I, 48.
Richardson, Mary, of New York.
Letter from, II, 56.
Richardson, Col. William, American
prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 396, 426.
Richebourg, Chevalier du, Served on
board the " Vengeance."
Mentioned, III, 130.
Richelet,  .
Letter from, I, 462.
Richelieu, Louis-Frangois-Armand De
Vignerod Du Plessis, Due de,
Marechal de France.
Mentioned, II, 430.
Richelot,  . Captain in the
Continental Service.
Letter from, II, 298.
Richemond fils, Meschinet De, Mer
chants at La Rochelle.
Letters from, I, 202, 481.
Mentioned, I, 216.
Richemont, Comte de.
Letters from, II, 336. Ill, 423.
Richmond and Lennox, Charles,
Third Duke of, F. R. S., M. A.
P. S.
Mentioned, I, 7, 372, 405.
Richoufftz, Chevalier de.
Letters from, I, 250, 265.
Ricla, Count de, Spanish Secretary of
War.
Mentioned, II, 133.
Ricot, I., Attached to the Office of the
Admiral of the Port of St. Valery.
Letter from, II, 237.
Ricot, Philippe Nicolas, Captain U. S.
brigantine of war " Vengeance."
Letter from, IV, 422.
Ricot, Pierre, Captain of the American
ship " Benjamin."
Mentioned, I, 463, 507.
Ridberg, Baron de.
Mentioned, I, 441.

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257

Riddell, Lady.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 135.
Ridelle,  Le.
, Mentioned, IV, 425*.
Ridgely, Byrne vs., IV, 184.
Ridley, Matthew, Maryland Agent in
Europe.
Letters from, I, 388, 504, 537. II,
36, 4772, 483, 501, 5°5, 5i9- HI,
14, 237, 238.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 872, 89, 91, 124, 140.
George Norton to, IV, 274.
Benjamin Vaughan to clerk of, IV,
341.
Mentioned, I, 531. II, 26, 186,
388, 401, 456, 517. Ill, in, 432.
433. IV, 72, 112, 116, 462.
Ridley, Mrs. Matthew.
Letter from, III, 238.
Ridou,  .
Letter from, II, 42.
Ridout, Samuel, Grandson of Anne
Ogle.
Mentioned, III, 176.
Ridout, T., of Annapolis, Md.
Letter from, II, 189.
Ridout, Thomas, of Maryland, brother
of T. Ridout.
Letter from, II, 233.
Mentioned, II, 177.
Ried, Baron de.
Letter from, I, 340.
Mentioned, I, 521. II, 60.
Rieger, 
Discharge for, III, 440.
Rieger, Dr. Jacob, in the Continental
Service.
Letter from, I, 512.
Thomas Bond, Jr., to, IV, 224.
Mentioned, I, 409, 436.
Rigby, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 182.
Rihm, 
Letter from, I, 321.
Rimshard, Christian.
Certificate of marriage, IV, 376.

Ringold,  .
Letter to, III, 453.
Ringuin,  . of the Admiralty
Court of France.
Letters from, IV, 434^ 425, 4262.
Riotto, Augustin Badran, Stud groom
to the Prince de Conde.
Passport, III, 518.
Mentioned, II, 34.
Riou, D'Albert de, aine, Merchant at
Brest.
Letters from, I, 520, 569.
Mentioned, II, 26, 85, 108. IV,
288, 329.
Risdel, John, of the U. S. warship
"Reprisal."
Letter from, I, 366.
" Rise and Present State of the
Misunderstanding with North
America and the Effect of the
Non-importation Resolutions,"
by Benjamin Franklin.
HI, 473-
" Rising States," the brig, American
privateer.
I, 239.
List of men who left America on the,
IV, 395-
Risteau, Messieurs, of Bordeaux.
Mentioned, I, 540.'
Ritchie, Juliana.
Letters from, I, 201. II, 223, 232,
239, 368, 417, 495.
Letter to, III, 503.
Death of husband of, II, 495.
Rittenhouse, David, President of The
American Philosophical Society,
F. R. S., Treasurer of Pennsylva
nia, Professor of Astronomy in the
University of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, III, 360, 363.
Explanation of scales, IV, 378.
Rivaud, Mme. Pageant de.
Letter from, I, 321.
Mentioned, I, 538.
Rivault, Bouttrel du, of the Continen
tal Army.
Letter from, III, 134.

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Rivers, Scheme for making, navigable,
IV, 394-
Rivers, Lady, Wife of George Pitt,
first Baron Rivers.
Mentioned, II, 210.
Rivieres,  Des.
Letters from, I, 401, 410.
Rivington, James, Loyalist Journalist
in New York.
Mentioned, II, 341.
Rivington's Royal Gazette.
Mentioned, II, 364.
Rivu,  .
Mentioned, I, 543.
Rob, Major.
Mentioned, II, 521.
Robarts, John, Captain of the Mer
chant schooner "Mary."
Mentioned, I, 241.
Robecq, Prince of.
Mentioned, II, 497.
Roberdeau,  de, Son of Colo
nel Jacques de Roberdeau.
Letter from, II, 286.
Roberdeau, Mrs., Wife of General
Daniel Roberdeau.
Mentioned, I, 241.
Roberdeau, Daniel, Member of Penn
sylvania Assembly, Pennsylvania
Delegate to Continental Congress,
Brig.-Gen. of Pennsylvania troops.
Letters from, I, 106, 129, 240, 526.
II, 4- HI, 27, 151, 165, 171, 289,
296, 305-
Mentioned, I, 365, 392. II, 39,
271.
Roberdeau, Col. Jacques de, of Hage-
nau, Germany.
Letters from, I, 365, 392. II, 39,
271.
Robert,  , Aeronaut.
Experiments with balloon, IV, 479.
Robert, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 423.
Roberts, Hugh, M. A. P. S., Mer
chant of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 44.
Mentioned, II, 145. IV, 480.

Roberts, Thomas, Armourer at New
foundland.
To Richard Forman, IV, 288.
Roberts, Thomas, Captain of priva
teer.
Letter from, III, 57.
Robertson,  .
Mentioned, I, 96.
Robertson, James.
Mentioned, III, 57.
Robertson, John, F. R. S., Mathema
tician, Librarian to the Royal So
ciety.
Letter from. I, 136.
Mentioned, III, 483.
Robertson, Capt. Moses, of London.
Mentioned, I, 552.
Robertson, William, Historian, Prin
cipal of Edinburgh University,
Moderator of the General As
sembly.
Letters from, I, 90. Ill, 92.
Robeson, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 11.
Robeson, Andrew, Secretary of the
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 169.
Robeson, Rudeman.
Mentioned, T, n.
Robeson, Capt. William, of South
Carolina.
Letter from, II, 211.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 36, 41, 61, 62, 65, 76.
Mentioned, II, 211, 274, 347. Ill,
433. IV, 16, 43, 61, 64, 70, 71,
75, 76, 77, 78.
Robespierre, Maximilian-Marie Isi
dore de, French Revolutionist.
Letter from, IV, 468.
Robillard,  .
Mentioned, III, 37.
Robinot, Lalande, Merchant at Nantes.
Letter from, I, 436.
Mentioned, I, 432s, 460. IV, 268,
410.
Robinson,  .
Mentioned, I, 97, 98, ioo. II, 331.

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Robinson, Captain.
Mentioned, I, 45s, 543.
Robinson,  , Captain of an
American merchant ship.
Mentioned, II, 159, 162.
Robinson,  . Captain of the
Letter of Marque " General Mif
flin."
IV, 309.
Robinson, Commodore.
Mentioned, III, 236.
Robinson, Rev. Mr.
Mentioned, III, 259.
Robinson, Debby.
To Mrs. Sarah Bache, IV, 368.
Robinson, Isaiah, Captain U. S. brig
"Andrew Doria."
Letter from, II, 75.
Robinson, J., Commander of the pri
vateer "Pilgrim."
Edward Tye Smith to, IV, 322.
Robinson, James, Captain of Amer
ican merchantman.
Mentioned, III, 282, 462.
Robinson, Rachal, Widow of James
Robinson.
Letter from, III, 282.
Robinson, Robert, Lieutenant on the
U. S. sloop "Hornet."
To John Paul Jones, IV, 497.
Court-martial of, IV, 493, 494.
Mentioned, IV, 484.
Rochambeau, Comtesse de.
Letter from, II, 278.
Mentioned, II, 329".
Rochambeau, Mme. [la Marquise?]
de.
Letter from, II, 306.
Mentioned, II, 334.
Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph
de Vimeur, Vicomte de, French
General, son of Comte de Rocham
beau, served with his father in the
campaign in America, 1780, as
" Colonel en second " of the Re
giment de Bourbonnais.
Letters from, II, 309. Ill, 97, 184.
Anonymous to, IV, 302.

Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien
de Vimeur, Comte de, Marshal of
France, Lieutenant-General com
manding the French Army in
America.
Letter from, III, 89.
Mentioned, II, 278, 291, 299, 320,
335, 372, 43i, 5H- HI, 229. IV,
502.
Junction between forces of, and of
la Fayette, III, 528.
Rochas,  .
Mentioned, III, 149.
Roche,  .
Letter from, III, 423.
Rochefermoy,  de, Son of
Gen. Mathieu-Alexis de Roche
fermoy.
Letter from, IV, 411.
Rochefermoy, Mathieu-Alexis de,
Brig.-Gen. in Continental Service.
Mentioned, IV, 404, 411.
Rochefontaine, Bechet de, Major in
the Continental Army.
Mentioned, II, 164. Ill, 145.
Rochemure, Abbe de.
Letter from, I, 385.
Rocheplate,  de.
Letters from, III, 132, 133, 135.
Rocher,  . French Poet.
Mentioned, I, 551.
Rochette, Beroard.
Letter from, I, 411.
Rochford, William Henry Zuylestein,
Earl of, British Secretary of State
for Southern Colonies.
Mentioned, I, 143.
Rochon, Abbe Alexis Marie, French
Astronomer and Physicist, Mem
ber of the Academie Royale des
Sciences de Paris.
Letters from, II, 196, 336.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 47.
Mentioned, I, 330. Ill, 291, 367.
Rocquette, A. Elserier and P. Roc
quette, J., Rotterdam Merchants.
Letter from, I, 373.

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Rocquette, A. Elserier, and Brothers
Rocquette, J., Rotterdam Mer
chants.
Letters from, II, 83, 89, 99, 118,
142, 178, 484, 485.
Anonymous to, IV, 321.
Rodney, George Brydges, Baron, Ad
miral and Commander-in-Chief of
the British fleet in the West Indies.
Mentioned, II, 276, 394. Ill, 78.
IV, 37, 326.
Engagement between Comte de
Grasse and, II, 479.
" Roebuck," the British warship.
Mentioned, I, 1803.
Roe-deer, to be sent to Dr. Franklin,
III, 303. IV, 361.
Roemer, Dr., of Zurich.
Mentioned, II, 156, 163.
Roger,  .
Mentioned, I, 414.
Rogers,  .
Mentioned, III, 476.
Rogers, Rev.
Mentioned, I, 90.
Rogers, Robert, Major in the British
Army, Governor of Mackinaw,
Michigan.
Letters from, I, 108, 142.
Mentioned, I, 195.
Proposal to Royal Society to dis
cover a passage to the North
west, IV, 217.
Rogler, J. B.
Letter from, I, 353.
Mentioned, I, 324.
Rognes, Marquis de.
Letter from, I, 292.
Rohan, Emmanuel de, Grand Master
of Malta.
Letter from, III, 76.
Rohan, Louis Rene Edouard, Prince
de, Cardinal and Grand Almoner
of France.
Mentioned, I, 235.
And the Queen's diamond necklace,
III, 280, 283, 290, 291, 306, 308.
IV, 146, 152, 153, 159, 1662.

Roi, Frangois.
Letter from, III, 83.
Roi, J. J.
Letter from, II, 439.
Rolandeau,  , Officer in Fifth
Regiment from Charleston.
Letters from, I, 302, 309, 324, 501,
507.
Letter to, III, 507.
To John Adams, IV, 271.
Mentioned, I, 486, 494. Ill, 514-
Rolland,  .
Letter from, I, 286.
Rolland freres.
Letter from, IV, 460.
Rolland, President.
Mentioned, III, 77, 134.
Rollin,  .
Mentioned, III, 239.
Romand, Frangois, et fils, Merchants
at Lyons.
Letter from, II, 524.
Romanier,  .
Letter from, II, 525.
Romanzow, Nicholas, Count, M. A.
P. S., Russian Diplomatist.
Mentioned, III, 45.
Romas,  de, Brother of
Jacques de Romas, French Phys
icist.
Letter from, I, 447.
Romas, Moursan de, Widow of
Jacques de Romas, French Phys
icist.
Letter from, I, 351.
Romers, Dominick.
Mentioned, III, 117.
Romley,  . London Bell-
founder.
Made bells for Dr. Franklin, IV,
363.
" Romulus," the British warship.
II, 340, 368.
Ronayne, Thomas, Physicist and Glass
Manufacturer at Cork
Letter from, I, 22, 64, 142.
Roncelle,  de.
Letter from, III, 169.

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Ropes,  .
Mentioned, I, 160.
Roque,  , Officer of the Lodge
of St. John of Jerusalem, at Car
cassonne, France.
Mentioned, II, 373.
Roquefeuille,  De.
Mentioned, IV, 33.
Rosambo,  de.
Mentioned, III, 1582.
Rosan, Baltazard Romaud du.
Letter from, I, 340.
Rosches, Comte des, Vice-Admiral in
French Navy.
Col. de Prehu to, IV, 337.
" Rose," the British warship.
I, 184.
Rose, Thomas, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 480.
Rosehill,  .
Letter from, III, 194.
Rosencrone, Baron, Prime Minister
of Denmark.
Letter from, III, 83.
To de Walterstorff, IV, 336.
Mentioned, III, 57.
Rosier, Abbe.
Mentioned, I, 338.
Rosieres,  des.
Letter from, II, 509.
Roslin,  , Farmer-General.
Mentioned, I, 191.
Rosnarko, Duchesse.
Mentioned, II, 101.
Ross, Dr., English Army Surgeon.
Mentioned, III, 164.
Ross, Alexander.
Mentioned, IV, 363.
Ross, George, Signer of Declaration
of Independence, Judge of Court
of Admiralty for Pennsylvania.
Letter from, I, 184.
Ross, James.
Mentioned, IV, 190.
Ross, John, M. A. P. S., Philadelphia
lawyer, half-brother of George Ross.
Letters from, I, 37, 44.
Mentioned, I, 48.

Ross, John, Philadelphia Merchant,
Signer of Non-Importation Agree
ment, Muster-Master of the Penn
sylvania Navy, U. S. Commercial
Agent at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 373, 384. II, 89,
272.
Letter to, III, 553.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 15, 192, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30,
32, 33, 34s, 352, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42,
43, 53, 58, 63, 67, 100.
To Silas Deane, IV, 254.
J. Craig to, IV, 494.
Grand & Co., to, IV, 364s.
William Ross to, IV, 190.
Accounts of, III, 520, 553.
Mentioned, I, 374, 445, 448, 472,
506. Ill, 5532. IV, 32, 37, 162,
246, 364, 409, 445-
Ross, Samuel, of the Continental ship
"Reprisal."
Letter from, II, 229.
Ross, William.
To John Ross, IV, 190.
Rossard de Villie.
Mentioned, I, 245.
Rostaing, Comte de, French General.
Mentioned, I, 247, 327. II, 97.
Rott, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 423.
Rottenbourg, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 305.
Rouaix, Prof.
Letter from, II, 479.
Roubaud,  .
Letter from, III, 196.
Rouelle, Hilaire Marin, French
Chemist.
Mentioned, II, 59.
Rouelmanne, Frangois, Convict im
prisoned at Brest.
Letters from, II, 437s.
Rouen, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 424.
Rougemont,  , Paris Mer
chant.
Letters from, II, 453, 525.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Rouland,  .
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 5, 83.
Roulhac,  .
Letter from, III, 191.
Roulhac,  . of Edenton, North
Carolina.
Mentioned, II, 232, 338. IV, 410.
Roumallard, Perdriel.
Letter from, I, 539.
Rousseau, Jean, London Merchant.
Letters from, III, 73, 129, 171, 233,
253- IV, 427, 429.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, French Phi
losopher.
Mentioned, II, 185, 4322.
Rousseaux, Jean, of the U. S. priva
teer " Lexington."
Letters from, I, 340. II, 23, 34,
156, 176, 196, 453, 460. Ill, 106.
IV, 448.
Letter to, III, 519.
Mentioned, I, 336.
Rousset,  , French Physician.
Letter from, III, m.
Roussille,  de.
Expeditions in North America, I,
199.
Roussille, Pierre.
Letters from, II, 232, 327, 337.
Letter to, III, 544.
John Bondfield to, IV, 306.
Schweighauser & Dobree to, IV, 312.
Roustellen, Baron.
Mentioned, II, 235.
Roux, Marquis.
Mentioned, I, 442.
Rouzeau, L'Abbe du, Secretary of the
Lodge des Neuf Soeur.
Letter from, III, 238.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 135.
Rouzier,  .
Letter from, III, 127.
Row[  ], G.
Letter from, I, 2.
Rowbottom, William, English de
serter.
Letter from, II, 525.

Rowley, Dr. William, London Sur
geon.
Mentioned, III, 216, 228, 354, 3702.
Royal, William, Step-son of John
Dixon and nephew of William
Hunter, Deputy Postmaster-Gen.
of North America.
Letter from, II, 466.
Mentioned, I, 47. II, 209.
Royal Academy of History of Madrid,
Dr. Franklin chosen a member of,
III, 202, 205.
To send Dr. Franklin Spanish and
Arabic Dictionary, III, 343.
Mentioned, III, 341.
Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris,
I, 5i5-
Royal American Regiment, I, 16. Ill,
441. IV, 178.
Royal Army, Desertion in the, IV,
240.
Royal College, Paris, Faculty of the.
Letter from, II, 406.
" Royal George," British ship of war.
Disaster to, IV, 84.
Royal Government desired for Penn
sylvania, I, 38.
Royal Medical Society of France, The
First Medical Society in the Thir
teen United States of America, to,
IV, 305-
Royal Military School of France, IV,
100.
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Frank
lin's remarks on ventilation given
to the, III, 382.
Franklin's remarks on ventilation
withdrawn from, III, 388.
Royal Society of London.
Letters from, I, 68, 79, 83.
Letters to, III, 461, 492.
Dr. John Jeffries to, IV, 358.
Clerk of, an embezzler, III, 469.
List of papers read at the, IV, 204.
Medal struck by, in honor of Capt.
James Cook, IV, 471.
Mentioned, III, 479.
Perfect harmony reigning in, III,
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Royal Society of London — Continued.
Maj. Robert Rogers's proposal to,
concerning discovery of Northwest
Passage, IV, 217.
Dr. Benjamin Rush's election to, III,
495-
To present Dr. Franklin with a
gold medal struck on account of
Capt. Cook, III, 197.
Transactions of The American Phil
osophical Society presented to, III,
325-
Royal Society of Medicine of Paris.
Letters from, I, 257. II, 282. Ill,
173. IV, 466.
Letter to, III, 504.
Mentioned, I, 341, 514. II, 287,
356, 3902, 438, 458.
Benjamin Franklin elected a mem
ber, III, 504.
Invitation to a public meeting of,
IV, 348.
Royden, William.
Mentioned, I, 77.
Royer,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 143.
Royer,  , Captain in French
Mercantile Marine.
Mentioned, II, 208.
Royer,  de.
Letter from, II, 240.
Royle, Henry.
Letter from, III, 319.
Royle, Joseph, Printer in Williams
burg, Va., and brother-in-law of
William Hunter.
Mentioned, I, 32, 47.
Rozee & Montaudouin, Merchants at
Nantes.
Mentioned, II, 28.5, 317. IV, 314.
Rozier, Abbe Jean, M. A. P. S., French
Agriculturalist.
Letter from, II, 66.
Letter to, III, 488.
Mentioned, II, 223.
Ruault,  , Paris Bookseller.
Letters from, I, 251, 425.
VOL. VI — 18

Rucker, John.
Letter from, II, 451.
Rucker, John, Partner of Robert Mor
ris's New York House.
Mentioned, III, 210.
Ruddock, John, Selectman of Boston.
Mentioned, I, 91.
Ruellan, J. W., de Gallinee, of St.
Malo.
Letter from, III, 24.
Ruellan & Co.
To Messrs. Thellusson fils & Co.,
IV, 356.
Rufin, Bernard.
Letter from, III, 122.
Ruhle, August Friedemann, von Li-
Iienstern, Bailiff of the Prince of
Orange and Nassau.
Letters from, III, 34, 45, 152.
" Rules for Reducing a Great Em
pire to a Small One," by Dr.
Franklin.
I, 157. Ill, 4902.
Rullecour, Baron de.
Letters from, I, 292, 340. IV,
4032.
Rum, tax on, I, 51.
Rumford, Jonathan, of Wilmington,
Delaware.
Letters from, III, 331, 332, 350.
Mentioned, III, 351.
Rumford & James's type foundries,
III, 490.
Rumsey, James, M. A. P. S., Inventor
in steam navigation.
Letter from, III, 378.
Rumsey, Nathan, Merchant at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 194, 195, 200, 202,
216, 223, 223, 236, 340.
Mentioned, I, 22s2.
Rush, Benjamin, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia Physician, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence, Pro
fessor of Medicine at University
of Pennsylvania.
Letters from, I, 64, 129, 147, 179,
547- HI, 299, 300, 377. IV, 401.
Letter to, III, 495.

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Rush, Benjamin — Continued.
Pending election to Royal Society,
III, 495-
Mentioned, I, 64, 66, 121, 155, 172,
181. Ill, 463s. IV, 401.
Rush, Jacob, Brother of Dr. Benjamin
Rush.
Mentioned, IV, 4012.
Resolves concerning the auction of
imported goods, IV, 483.
Ruspini, Dr. Barth, London Dentist.
Mentioned, III, 380.
Russell, 
Sent by Maryland to receive its
Bank of England stock, III, 108.
Russell,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, III, 94. IV, 504.
Russell, Rev. Dr.
Mentioned, III, 54.
Russell, Alexander, F. R. S., Physi
cian.
Mentioned, I, 23.
Russell, Charles, of Charlestown,
Mass.
Mentioned, I, 34.
Russell, James, of London, Trustee
for the State of Maryland.
Letters from, II, 259, 287.
Russell, Joseph.
Mentioned, I, 158.
Russell, William.
Mentioned, III, 395.
Russia, Empress of.
Mentioned, II, 391.
Alliance proposed by, IV, 33.
Commission to accept mediation of,
II, 378.
Court of London refused the offer
of mediation of, IV, 318.
Intervention of, II, 362.
Mediation of, II, 440. IV, 20.
Russian ships-of-war, arrival in Eng
land of, I, 449.
Ruston, Dr. Thomas, M. A. P. S.,
Physician at Philadelphia.
Letters from, II, 4762. Ill, 390.
Mentioned, IV, 138.

Ruthardt, Christian Wilhelm, of Phil
adelphia.
Mentioned, II, 3092.
Ruthardt, Gottlob Friederich, of
Wurttemberg.
Letters from, II, 3092, 321.
Ruthefaud,  .
Letter from, I, 211.
Ruthiere, Claude Caeloman de.
Letters from, IV, 4142.
Rutland, Charles Manners, Fourth
Duke of, Lord Lieut, of Ireland.
Death of, III, 359.
Rutledge, Sir James.
Letter from, I, 352.
Rutledge, John, M. C. C, Governor
of South Carolina, Member of the
Constitutional Convention and
Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Letter from, III, 314.
Rutledge, Sir Walter, of Ireland.
Mentioned, III, 40.
Rutledges of Ireland, Account of the,
HI, 41.
Ryan, Luke, Captain of the privateer
" Fearnot."
Letters from, II, 151, 212. Ill,
207.
Mentioned, II, 145, 151, 208, 216,
257.
Rybot, C.
Letter from, I, 234.

Letter from, II, 196.
S  , M  .
Letter from, III, 284.
Sabardin, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 112.
Sabatie & Depononcy.
Mentioned, IV, 32.
Sabatier & Desprez.
Mentioned, IV, 112.
Sabatier fils & Desprez, Paris Mer
chants.
Letter from, II, 437.

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Sabbathier, Frangois, Member of
L'Institut de France, Sec'y of the
Academy of Chalons.
Mentioned, I, 385.
Sabine, Baron de.
Letters from, III, 4242.
Sabres, Purchase of, IV, 278.
Sabustin, Captain W., of the "Mary
Carroll."
Mentioned, IV, 239.
Sackville, George Sackville Germain,
Viscount, British Soldier and
Statesman.
Mentioned, IV, 362.
Safety, British Committee of.
Mentioned, III, 38.
Sage, Balthasar Georges, Member of
the Academie Royale des Sciences,
French Chemist and Mineralogist.
Letters from, II, 337s.
Mentioned, II, 87.
Sagnion,  .
Letter from, II, 386.
Saillant, Marquis de.
Letter from, III, 34.
Sailly,  .
Letter from, III, 223.
Sailly,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 91.
Sailors, Difficulty in procuring, II,
446.
Food and clothing for poor Amer
ican, IV, 8.
Saimier,  .
Letter from, III, 189.
Saincy, Marechal de.
Mentioned, III, 163.
Sainneville, Capt.
Letter to, III, 511.
Sainneville, Jarente de.
Letter from, I, 240.
Sainneville, Marquise de.
Mentioned, I, 203.
St. Andrews, University of, Scotland.
Confers degree of LL.D., on Dr.
Franklin, I, 19, 20.
St. Asaph, Dean of, Trial of the, III,
224, 225. IV, 128.

St. Asaph, Bishop of, see Shipley,
Jonathan.
St. Auban,  de.
Letters from, II, 369, 445, 449, 512.
Ill, 49-
St. Auban, Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 420.
St. Auban, M. and Mme.
Letters from, III, 52, 53.
Mentioned, II, 523.
St. Aubin,  — De, French En
graver.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 21, 135.
St. Christopher, the Island of, Taking
of, II, 466. IV, 328.
St. Clair, Arthur, Major-General in
the Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 182, 183. IV, 404.
St. Clair de Roslin, Lieut.
Letters from, II, 490, 497, 498.
HI, 29, 30.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 80.
St. Colombes,  de.
Letter from, II, 34.
Sainte Croix, M. and Mme. de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 51.
St. Domingo, Botany and Meteorol
ogy of, III, 383.
St. Donat, Occupation of, IV, in.
St. Esprit, Marie du, Abbesse de
I' Ave Maria de Paris.
Letters from, II, 186, 426, 518.
Ill, 156, 242.
St. Etienne,  , see Rabaut-St.
Etienne.
St. Etvain, Abbe Le Clerc de.
Letters from, I, 336, 393.
A. B. Sutton to, IV, 237.
Mentioned, I, 402.
St. Eustatius, punishment of Gover
nor of, I, 225.
Taking of, II, 210.
St. Favre, Abbe de.
Letter from, II, 466.
St. Firmin,  De.
Letter from, II, 124.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

St. Firmin, Laneufville de.
Letter from, III, 237.
Saint Foy, du Corail de.
Letter from, II, 205.
St. Genevieve, Library of, III, 426.
St. Georges,  de.
Letter from, I, 221.
St. Germain,  de.
Letter from, III, 424.
St. Germain, Claude Louis, Comte de,
Soldier and French Minister.
Marquis de Bartillat to, IV, 231.
Stephano, Baron de Bissy to, IV, 247.
St. Godet,  , Son- in-law of
the Governor of St. Eustatius.
Mentioned, I, 306.
St. Hubert,  de.
Letters from, II, 119, 377, 438.
" St. James," the Letter of Marque.
II, 34i, 407, 500. IV, 68, 69, 478.
St. Jean, Sieur de Barre de.
Letter from, I, 340.
St. John, Fort, Florida, Capture of,
II, 274.
St. John, Island of, IV, 185.
St. John,  .
Mentioned, III, 97.
St. John, H., see de Crevecoeur.
St. John of Jerusalem, The Lodge of,
at Carcassonne.
Letter from, II, 272.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Artillery
stationed at, IV, 289.
Barracks at, IV, 289.
List of officers, surgeons and artifi
cers at, IV, 285, 291.
St. John's College, Oxford, Presi
dent of.
Mentioned, IV, 186.
St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia, Jno.
Valentz member of, I, 273.
" St. Joseph," a prize ship.
II, 281, 285.
St. Lambert,  de.
Mentioned, I, 259.
St. Lambert, Comte Aubin de.
Letters from, I, 285, 292, 394, 404.
II, 345-
Mme. de Tressan to, IV, 229.

Saint-Lambeu,  .
Letter from, I, 341.
Saint Leger, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 229.
St. Leger, Mme.
Mentioned, IV, 97.
St. Lucia, Capture by the English
of the Island of, II, 4, 207.
IV, 15.
St. Luire,  .
Letter from, II, 114.
" St. Luke," the brig, merchant ship.
II, 272.
St. Malo, List of men from, IV, 510.
St. Marc,  de.
Anonymous to, IV, 509.
Sainte Marie,  De.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 38.
St. Mark, Philippe de.
Letter from, III, 51.
Poem by, III, 152.
St. Martial, Vidal de, et al, Grand
Masons of Carcassonne.
Letter from, III, 77.
Saint Martin,  .
Letter from, I, 239.
St. Martin,  , Lieut.-Col. in
the Continental Army.
Letters from, III, 27, 73, no.
St. Martin,  De.
Letter from, I, 474.
St. Maurice,  De.
To Anonymous, IV, 378.
St. Maux, Viel de.
Letter from, III, 251.
St. Montant,  de.
Letter from, IV, 411.
St. Non, Jean Claude Richard, Abbe
de, French Antiquarian and En
graver.
Mentioned, III, 403, 4062, 548.
St. Olympe, Chevalier de.
Letters from, III, 13, 98, 129, 168,
387-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 103, no, 116.
Mentioned, IV, 115.

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Ste. Olympe, Mme. de.
To Mme. John Jay, IV, 346.
St. Omer, Lightning-rod of, III, 28.
St. Paul,  de.
Letter from, III, 231.
St. Peter's Church, in Philadelphia.
Address sent to Jacob Duche, Jr.,
by Christ Church and, III, 54.
St. Philippe, Port Mahon, Minorca.
Spaniards in Possession of Fort, II,
458, 459-
Suffering at, III, 87.
" St. Pierre," the prize.
II, 487-
St. Pierre,  (at Messrs.
Grand, Paris).
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 261.
St. Pierre, Dutailly de, in the Conti
nental Service, brother of J. H.
Bernardin de St. Pierre.
Mentioned, I, 285.
St. Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin
de, Member of L'Institut de France,
Author of Paul et Virginie.
Letter from, I, 285.
Mentioned, I, 385.
Saint Sauveur.
Letter from, I, 494.
Saint Sauveur fils aine.
Letter from, I, 494.
Saint Simon, Maximilen Henri, Mar
quis de, French Litterateur.
Letter from, II, 79.
St. Trys,  .
Letter from, III, 377.
St. Vincent, one of the British West
India Islands.
Mentioned, II, 128.
Saint Wast, Mme. de.
Letter from, II, 411.
Mentioned, II, 412.
St. Yver, Menier de.
Letters from, III, 130, 134, 158.
Mentioned, III, 1122.
Salaries, Money for, of Foreign rep
resentatives, IV, 456.
Question of, IV, 465, 466.

Saldern, Friedrich Christoph von,
Lieutenant-General in Prussian
Army.
Mentioned, II, 206.
Salern, Ignatius, Lieut.-Gen. in Ba
varian Army.
Letter from, I, 412.
Saigas,  de.
Mentioned, I, 486.
Sallin,  , French Physician.
Mentioned, III, 196.
"Sally," the brig.
I, 448, 502. II, 402. Ill, 533.
IV, 368, 435, 439, 485.
Arrival from Edenton, I, 454.
Salm-Kyrbourg, Frederic, Prince of,
Marshal of the Camp, French
Army.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 117.
Mentioned, II, 368. Ill, 218.
Salmes, Count de.
Letter to, IV, 479.
Salmon, Batriat and Dupuch, Messrs.,
Officers of the Admiralty of Guad-
aloupe.
Letter from, II, 467.
Salomes,  .
Mentioned, II, 318, 324.
Salt, Distress for want of, I, 282.
Duties on, I, 459.
Sent to the Colonies, I, 298, 316, 503.
Salt, Samuel, of Birmingham, Eng.
Letter from, I, 53.
Salt, Sarah.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 187.
Salter, Benjamin.
Mentioned, I, 200.
Saltonstall, Gurdon, of New London,
Conn., Brig.-Gen., of the Connec
ticut Militia.
To Silas Deane, IV, 248.
Salt-petre, I, 200, 252, 341, 377. IV,
43i, 432, 43 32-
Exportation of, II, 303, 312.
Manufacture of, II, 314.
Shipment of, II, 347.
Salt-petre and powder scheme, I, 345.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Saluces De Menusiglio, Joseph Ange,
Comte de, F.R.S., Italian Chemist.
Letter from, IV, 471.
Salucci, Antoine Frangois, et fils, Mer
chants at Leghorn.
Letters from, II, 20, 55, 105. Ill,
31, 70, 208.
Salvador, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 71.
Salvator, Antoine.
Letter from, I, 442.
Salviony,  .
Letter from, III, 424.
Samlot,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 19.
" Sampson," the American prize brig.
II, 121.
Sampson,  , Captain of the
merchant ship "Mars."
Mentioned, II, 303. IV, 41.
Samson,  de.
Letter from, II, 143.
Samson, Samuel, see Simon Samson.
Samson, Simon, Captain of the packet
boat "Mercury."
Letter from, II, 162.
Mentioned, II, 122, 291. IV, 35,
4322, 501.
Sanchez, Antoine Nunez Ribeiro, Por
tugese Physician.
Mentioned, III, 170, 252.
Sandherr,  .
Letter from, III, 92.
Sandoz-Rollin,  de.
Letter from, III, 5.
Sandwich, John Montague, Earl of,
F. R. S., First Lord of the Ad
miralty of Great Britain.
Mentioned, I, 346, 430, 434, 492.
II, 70. IV, 496.
" Sandy." Mentioned, IV, 57.
Sanguszko, Bartora Dunine, Princesse
de, Polish Authoress, wife of
Prince Paul Sanguszko, Grand
Marshal of Lithuania.
Mentioned, I, 364.

Sanlecque, Veuve de, Widow of a
French Type-founder.
Letters from, II, 170, 174.
Santoux,  , Bordeaux Phy
sician.
Letter from, I, 360.
Santuary,  de, Officer in the
Continental Army.
Mentioned, II, 87.
Sapieha, Princesse.
Comte de Murinet to, IV, 326.
Mentioned, I, 364. Ill, 170.
Saradin, Mamboumel de.
Letter from, II, 515.
Saratoga, skirmishes near, IV, 240.
Sardinia, Ambassador of.
Letter from, III, 99.
Sargeant, William Hill, Captain of
the Letter of Marque "Dispatch."
Letter from, I, 461.
Bond given to, IV, 270.
Mentioned, I, 462, 499.
Sargent,  .
Mentioned, III, 475.
Sargent, Daniel, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Letter from, II, 356.
Mentioned, IV, 286.
Sargent, John, of Halstead, Eng.,
Member of Parliament.
Letters from, I, 19, 28. Ill, 153,
295.
Mr. and Mrs., Ill, 135.
Letters to, III, 500, 534.
Mentioned, I, 157, 174. Ill, 139,
224, 301, 500.
Sargent, Rosamond, Wife of John
Sargent.
Letters from, II, 450. Ill, 284.
Sargent, Winthrop, M. A. P. S.,
Major in the Continental Army,
Governor of the Northwest Ter
ritory.
Letter from, III, 381.
Sargent, Aufrere & Co., of London.
Letter from, I, 24.
Present gold medals to Academy at
Philadelphia, I, 24.

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Sargent, Chambers & Co., London
Bankers.
Letter from, I, 130.
Sarget, Petre.
Letter from, II, 108.
Saron, President de.
Mentioned, IV, 413.
Sarratoe, Don Francisco de.
Don Miguel Manuel de Gamon to,
IV, 374-
Sarsfield, Comte de.
Letters from, I, 207, 236, 248, 361,
389, 39i, 4°9, 410, 415, 504, 569s,
570. II, 196, 236, 345, 4462. Ill,
34, 58. IV, 437.
Mentioned, I, 447. II, 79. Ill,
141.
Sarsfield, Vicomte de.
Letters from, I, 397. II, 1962, 197,
376.
" Sartine," the armed ship.
Ill, 231.
Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gual-
bert Gabriel de, French Minister
of Marine.
Letters from, I, 531. II, 84, 87,
156, 197, 220, 265.
Letters to, III, 512, 524.
To D'Esparre, IV, 484.
De Coder to, IV, 370.
Comte Helle D'arbaud to, IV, 280.
St. Pierre Dutaille to, IV, 282.
Conrad Alexandre Gerard de Ray
neval to, IV, 2872.
Alexander Gillon to, IV, 306.
Chevalier O'Gorman to, IV, 333.
John Torris to, IV, 294.
Discontent in France against, I, 518.
Mentioned, I, 331, 390, 418, 431,
435, 453, 495, 497, 5", 525, 529,
544, 552, 564- II, 4, 292, 53, 61,
62, 83, 96, 112, 118, 157, 169, 188,
221, 236, 248, 2662, 282, 284, 353,
379. Ill, 401, 425. IV, 9, 10, 13,
273, 2752, 294-
Sathonnay, Fay de, Commandant of
Lyons.
To Abbes de Chalut and Arnoux,
IV, 332.

"Saucy Jack," the cutter, of New
buryport.
II, 63.
Saudot,  .
Mentioned, IV, 463.
Saugrain de Vigny,

To de Lamize, IV, 364.
Mentioned, III, 344, 345", 350, 357,
366, 377, 385, 394- IV, 160, 365.
Saunders, Dr. Richard Huck, London
Physician.
Letter from, IV, 401.
Saunders, William, F. R. S., London
Physician.
Letter from, I, 82, 85.
Saunier,  .
Letter from, III, 36.
Saurin, Mme.
Mentioned, III, 542.
Sauriol-Vissec, Baron de.
Letter from, III, 153.
Sauris, St. Marc de, Lieutenant on
frigate " L'Engageante " attached
to the squadron of Comte de
Grasse.
Letter from, III, 379.
Sauseuil, Chevalier de.
Letter from, II, 136.
Sausset et Mason, Wine Merchants.
Letter from, I, 524.
Saussine, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 481.
Mentioned, IV, 329.
Saussure, Horace-Benedict de, F. R.
S., Swiss Naturalist and Physicist.
Letters from, I, 144. Ill, 326.
IV, 469.
Mentioned, IV, 247.
Sautier, Frangois.
Letter from, III, 424.
Sauvage, Laiquel, Shoe Manufacturer
at Calais.
Letter from, I, 278.
Sauvigny, Edme Louis Billardon de,
see Billardon.
Savage, Benjamin, of South Carolina.
Mentioned, IV, 454.
Savage, Martin.
Mentioned, I, 400.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Savage, Samuel Phillips, President of
the Continental Board of War.
Letter from, I, 422.
Savages of North America, by Ben
jamin Franklin.
Ill, 547-
Remarks on politeness amongst the,
HI, 541-
Savagnac, Baron de.
Letter from, IV, 470.
Savannah, report of a successful en
terprise against, II, 20, 92.
Savari,  .
Mentioned, II, 328.
Savigniac, Le Monnier de.
Letter from, II, 372.
Savile, Sir George, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S., Member of Parliament.
Mentioned, I, 170.
Saxey, Debusson de, French Merchant.
Letter from, I, 228.
Saxony, Report on the Commerce of,
with Foreign Countries, IV, 395.
Sayre, Stephen, American Merchant
in London, Secretary to Arthur
Lee, in Berlin, employed by Dr.
Franklin on important missions.
Letters from, I, 528. II, 7, 40, 46,
60, 80, 89, 90, 153, 172.
To John Adams, IV, 264.
To Isaac Sears, IV, 271.
Mentioned, I, 262, 295, 333. II, 67,
84, 862, 95, 160, 164, 181.
Model of a ship by, II, 102.
New ship being built by, IV, 271.
Sazerac, Louis, Paine and fils.
Letter from, II, 424.
To John Bondfield, IV, 493.
Mentioned, IV, 500.
Sazy, Guillaume.
Letter from, III, 18.
" Scanderberg," the brigantine, a
Letter of Marque.
HI, 433-
Schaffer, John.
Letters from, II, 394, 402. Ill,
106, 1122, 114, 115, 116, 1172, 119,
121, 122, 124, 1252, 128, 153, 158,
164, 166, 172, 181, 186.

Schaffer, John — Continued.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 64, 96, 107, 108, in, 113,
1164, 117.
To Comte de Vergennes, IV, 344.
Mentioned, II, 351, 405. Ill, no.
123, 126, 130, 140, 165, 179. IV,
112, 119, 134, 326.
Schedel,  , Manufacturer at
Rouen.
Letter from, I, 521.
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, Swedish
Chemist.
Experiments of, IV, 378, 386.
Mentioned, II, 372.
Schilling,  de.
Mentioned, III, 351.
Schmidt, C. F.
Letter from, III, 60.
Schmidt, Johann Friejrich, of Ger
mantown.
Mentioned, II, 504, 515.
Schmidt, Johann Gottfried.
Mentioned, II, 504.
Schmoldt, Johann.
Letters from, III, 153, 203.
Schneider, Christian, of Germantown.
Letter from, II, 467.
Mentioned, II, 125. IV, 463, 505.
Schonfeld, Baron de, Prussian Gen
eral.
Letters from, I, 390. Ill, 87, 112,
114.
Schopman,  .
Letter from, III, 21.
Schorndorst & Co.
Letters from, III, 266, 267.
Schulenberg, Louis Rodolph, Baron
de, Lieut.-Gen. in Prussian Army,
and Minister of War.
Mentioned, I, 359.
Schiller, A. C, Brother of a soldier
in the Duke of Brunswick's Regi
ment serving in America.
Letters from, II, 150, 224.
Schuster, Benjamin Silas Arthur, Son
of Jean Chretien Schuster.
Mentioned, III, 18.

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Schuster, Jacob.
Mentioned, III, 243.
Schuster, Jean Chretien.
Letter from, III, 18.
Schutze,  , of Berlin.
Mentioned, III, 32.
Schuyler, Philip John, M. C. C, Maj.-
Gen. in Continental Army.
Letter from, III, 79.
Mentioned, I, 268. Ill, 89.
Family, I, 351.
Schuylkill River, Iron bridge across,
HI, 309-
Proposal to make, navigable, 111,303.
Schwartzenberg, De Heiss de, Cap
tain in the German Army.
Letter from, II, 379.
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Prince.
Mentioned, I, 75.
Schwediauer, Dr. Frangois Xavier,
Austrian Physician.
Letter from, II, 499.
Schweighauser, Miss, Daughter of
John D. Schweighauser.
Mentioned, I, 215.
Schweighauser, John Daniel, Mer
chant and U. S. Commercial Agent
at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 528, 546. II, 88,
197- IV, 407.
Letter to, III, 524.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 301, 492.
To John Laurens, IV, 320.
I. Bell to, IV, 281.
Vin Corbett to, IV, 281.
Walter Farquharson to, IV, 281.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 2822.
Jonathan Williams, Jr., to, IV, 293.
Complaint by, IV, 259, 263.
Death of, II, 440.
Loan of anchor asked, IV, 106.
Mentioned, I, 202, 212, 219, 220,
223, 2292, 236, 240, 259, 391, 392,
425, 451, 468, 482, 483, 512, 527,
544, 55o. II, 44, 64, 199, 222,
270. Ill, 524. IV, 10, 27, 273,
284, 420, 457.

Schweighauser & Co., Merchants at
Nantes.
Mentioned, IV, 267.
Schweighauser & Dobree, Merchants
at Nantes.
To Pierre Roussille, IV, 312.
Mentioned, III, 267. IV, 306.
Sciatica alleviated by a root common
to the country, III, 367.
Scientists and men of letters, list of
French, III, 558.
Scordeck, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 269.
Scot, William, American sailor.
Letter from, II, 148.
Scotch airs, IV, 278.
Scott,  . reputed Author of
" The Interest of Great Britain
considered in regard to Her Colo
nies," see Kennedy.
Scott, Edward, of Maryland(?).
Mentioned, I, 3, 4.
Scott, Edward(?), of Upper Marl
borough, Maryland.
Mentioned, I, 99.
Scott, George.
Letters from, I, 494, 570. II, 214,
223, 240, 248, 249, 294.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 29, 30, 47.
Scott, George, English Officer serving
with Cornwallis in America.
Mentioned, II, 450.
Scott, George Lewis, F. R. S., Bar
rister and Mathematician.
Mentioned, I, 105.
Scott, Helenus, of Leghorn.
Letters from, II, 307, 326.
Scott, John.
Deposition of, IV, 365.
Scott, John Morin, M. A. P. S., M.
C. C, Member of Provincial Con- '
gress of State of New York, one
of the Founders of the Sons of
Liberty, Brig.-Gen. of New York
Militia in Continental Service,
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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Scott, John Morin — Continued.
Conference in relation to surrender
of posts, prisoners, etc., in pos
session of the British, IV, 340.
Scott, Robert, Captain of the British
privateer " Golden Eagle."
Mentioned, II, 293.
Scott, Thomas, of Washington, Penn
sylvania.
To David Redick, IV, 366.
Scott, Thomas, An English Officer
serving with Lord Cornwallis in
A merica.
Mentioned, II, 450.
Scott, Dr. Upton, of Annapolis, Md.
Mentioned, II, 254.
Scott, Captain William, Master of the
brig "Harriott."
Mentioned, IV, 228.
Scottish brigade in service of the
Netherlands, I, 404.
Loaned for use in America, IV,
223.
Scrope, Dr.
Letter from, III, 119.
Scurvy, cure for, II, 260.
Seals, Keeper of the, authorizes the
publication in France of the Con
stitutions of the Thirteen United
States, IV, 342.
Searle, George.
Mentioned, I, 323.
Searle, James, M. C. C, Agent of the
State of Pennsylvania to Nego
tiate a loan in Europe.
Letters from, II, 290, 314, 337s,
347, 359, 360, 413, 425, 467.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 41.
Mentioned, II, 270, 292, 294, 305,
312, 317, 325, 340, 350, 393. IV,
42.
Searle, John, Brother of James
Searle (?).
Mentioned, II, 302.
Death of, III, 189.
Searle & Co., John, Merchants at
Madeira.
Mentioned, III, 99.

Sears, David, of Boston.
Letter from, II, 91.
Mentioned, II, 84.
Sears, Isaac, New York Merchant and
Member of the New York As
sembly.
Stephen Sayre to, IV, 271.
Sears, Isaac & Co., Merchants at
Boston.
Mentioned, II, 91.
Sears & Smith.
Letter from, III, 280.
Letters to, III, 542, 551.
Seaward, John.
Letter from, I, 411.
Secaucus Commission, IV, 209, 210,
211.
Seckendorff, Baronne de.
Letter from, II, 421.
Sectarian squabble, Arbitration of a,
HI, 555-
" Security," the English prison ship.
II, 353-
Sedgwick, Edward.
Francis Fauquier to, IV, 188.
Mentioned, IV, 192.
Seeds, IV, 361.
Grown in North America, request
for, II, 439.
Of plants unknown in America, IV,
42.
Shipment of, IV, 67, 73, 76, 79, 89,
"3, 44i-
Seegar, George, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 552.
Seguier, Antoine Louis, Attorney-Gen
eral of the Parliament of Paris.
Mentioned, IV, 382.
Seguin,  .
Letter from, I, 417.
Seguin, Jean Jerome.
Mentioned, I, 417.
Segur, Louis Phillipe, Comte de, Son
of Marquis de Segur, Colonel " en
second" of the Regiment de Sois-
sonnais in the Army of Rocham
beau in America, Member of the
Trench Academy.
Letter from, III, 68.

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Segur, Louis Phillipe — Continued.
To Baron de Bourgoing, IV, 367.
To Comte d'Esteins, IV, 367.
To Comte de Montmorin, IV, 367.
Mentioned, II, 454, 503, 512. Ill,
399-
Segur, Phillipe Henri, Marquis de,
Marshal of France and Minister.
of War, French Minister at St.
Petersburg.
Letters from, II, 380, 511. Ill,
48.
Nicolas A. Helman de Villebrouk to,
IV, 380.
Mentioned, II, 414. Ill, 53, 225.
" La Seine," the vessel, an English
prize.
Capture of, I, 265. II, 71.
" Seine," the vessel.
Mentioned, IV, 377.
Selin, Lieut.
Mentioned, I, 411.
Selkirk, Helen Hamilton, Countess of.
Mentioned, II, 222.
Plate belonging to, IV, 2822, 301,
492.
Selkirk's plate, pillage of (Dunbar
Hamilton Douglas 4th) Earl of,
II, 39-
Sellier, Fritz.
Mentioned, III, 4.
Semple, William.
To the public, IV, 482.
" Senault l'Elegante," the ship.
IV, 313.
" Senaut Protee," the vessel, British
prize.
II, 17.
Senff, Erdmann Frederic.
Letter from, II, 515.
Senhouse, Humphrey, of England.
Letter from, I, 53.
Senneville, Capt., Aide-de-Camp to
Gen. de Kalb.
Mentioned, I, 423.
" Sensible," the French ship of war.
H, 78, i55, 184, 332-
Senurier, Lucien.
Mentioned, II, 141

Sequeville,

De, see Louis

XVI, Secretary to.
" Serapis," the British ship of war.
II, I492, 152, 153, 155, 156, 164, 174,
203, 307, 215, 258, 2642, 445, 478,
507. IV, 35, 306, 423, 430, 431,
495, 496, 497-
Serent, Comte de.
Mentioned, III, 161.
Serent, Marquis de.
Mentioned, IV, 452.
" Sermons to Asses," printed by
Dunlap.
I, 94-
Serre, Henri, Compatriot of Albert
Gallatin.
Letter from, I, 430.
Mentioned, II, 251.
Serreul, Marquis of.
Mentioned, III, 44.
Serrier, 
Letter from, I, 395.
Servandony,  de.
Letter from, II, 231.
Serviere,  .
Letter from, II, 213.
Servin, Antoine-Nicolas, French His
torian and Lawyer.
Letter from, III, 5.
Servoulles, Chevalier de.
Letter from, I, 506.
Sette, Mme. Martin de.
Mentioned, II, 522.
Settlements in America, history of
English, I, 362.
Sevier, John, Indian fighter, Governor
of the State of "Franklin," and
Governor of Tennessee.
Letters from, III, 339, 353, 357.
Sexes as the Principal Foundation of
Human Society, On the Relations
of the, IV, 392.
Seyffertit, Frangois Antoine, Baron de.
Letters from, I, 311, 495.
Letter to, III, 505.
Shadwell, Mr.
Mentioned, I, 30.
Shaffer, John.
Mentioned, III, 432.

274

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Shamrock, Sons of, Resolution by, IV,
349-
Shandy, Tristram.
Mentioned, IV, 128.
Shanly, James.
Letters from, I, 249, 250.
Sharp, Granville, English Philan
thropist.
Letters from, I, 167, 474. Ill, 264,
283, 314, 315, 332, 364-
Sharp, William.
To James Cuming, IV, 294.
Sharpe, Dr. Grey.
Mentioned, I, 93.
Shaw, John.
Letter from, III, 399.
Shaw, John.
Mentioned, III, 144.
Shawanese, hostages, I, 362, 37.
Indians, Interpretation of the lan
guage of the, III, 336.
Sheathing ships, Metal for, III, 80.
Sheay, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 12.
Shee, John, of Philadelphia, partner
of Richard Bache.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 66, 85.
Mentioned, II, 344. IV, 66, 501.
Sheets's estate, I, 144.
Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, Earl
of, F. R. S., British Statesman.
Mentioned, III, 85, 197.
Work on the Commerce of the
United States, IV, 469.
Shelburne, William Petty, Marquis of
Lansdowne and Earl of, British
Prime Minister, Conceded Inde
pendence to the United States.
Charge against, III, 93.
Interest in Franklin, I, 27.
Arthur Lee has communications
with, IV, 419.
Mentioned, I, 84, 137, 400, 405.
II, 171, 195, 294, 468, 484, 508.
Ill, 4, 9, 27, 145, 212, 218, 224.
IV, 134, 199, 221.

Shelburne, Lord — Continued.
Negotiations with the Rockingham's
broken off, I, 434.
Policy of, IV, 418.
Speech in Parliament, IV, 251, 505.
Sheldom,  .
Mentioned, III, 145.
" Shellala," the ship.
Foundered at sea, IV, 56.
Sherburne,  , of Boston.
Mentioned, IV, 104.
Sherwood, Joseph.
Letters from, I, 68. IV, 400, 401.
Shewell, Robert, Captain of the Amer
ican vessel " Nancy."
Letter from, III, 211.
To Terrasson Freres & Cie, IV, 350.
Concerning the rescue of the brig
"Aimable Elizabeth," IV, 355.
Mentioned, III, 228. IV, 108, 351,
352.
Report filed in the Admiralty Of
fice at I'Orient by, IV, 339.
Shields, Col. Hugh.
A. Butler to, IV, 322.
Ship chandlery, supplying, III, 529.
To ply between London and Paris,
fast, III, 340.
Ship's blocks, IV, 399.
Shipley, Miss, Daughter of Jonathan
Shipley.
Mentioned, II, 75, 201. IV, 31.
Portrait of Jonathan Shipley by,
IV, 37-
Shipley, Catherine Louisa, Daughter
of Jonathan Shipley.
Letters from, III, 273, 278, 323.
Shipley, Georgiana, Daughter of Jona
than Shipley and Wife of Francis
Hare-Naylor, see also Hare, Geor
giana Shipley.
Letters from, I, 213. II, 44, 371.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 130.
Determination of, to go to America,
III, 240, 275.
Franklin's miniature for, III, 225.

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275

Shipley, Jonathan, Bishop of St.
Asaph.
Letters from, I, 124, 1302, 142, 154.
Ill, 271, 278, 287. IV, 402.
Letters to, III, 476, 489.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 127, 128, 129.
Benjamin Franklin visits, III, 4772.
Mentioned, I, 186, 327. Ill, 117,
218, 234, 287, 383, 500.
Picture of, IV, 37.
Speech by, III, 495.
Visiting card, IV, 510.
Shipley, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan.
Mentioned, IV, 135.
Shipley, William, Brother of Jonathan
Shipley and Secretary of the So
ciety of Arts of London.
Letters from, I, 13, 16.
Shipley family, the.
Mentioned, III, 545.
Shippen, John.
Letter from, I, 97.
Shippen, Margaret, Daughter of Ed
ward Shippen, Chief Justice of
Pennsylvania.
Marriage to Gen. Benedict Arnold,
IV, 33-
Shippen, Dr. William, Jr., M. A. P.
S., Professor of Anatomy in the
University of Pennsylvania and
Director-General of Military Hos
pitals in the Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 72.
Mentioned, I, 23s. IV, 58, 203.
Shirley, William, Colonial Governor
of Massachusetts, succeeded Gen.
Braddock as Commander-in-Chief
of the forces in British North
America.
Letter from, I, 13.
Letters to, III, 439, 440, 443s.
Mentioned, I, 31. Ill, 439s, 446.
IV, 176.
Shiriume, Major.
Mentioned, II, 487.
Shore,  '—.
Joseph James to, IV, 498.

Shore, Thomas, a native of Virginia.
Letter from, I, 354.
Mentioned, I, 282, 291, 292.
Short, Thomas.
Letter from, III, 343.
Short, William, M. A. P. S., Secre
tary of the Legation at Paris.
Letters from, III, 339, 340.
Mentioned, III, 211.
Shoy, Arra.
Letter to, III, 556.
Shreve, Col.
Mentioned, III, 286.
Shreve, Israel, of Rancocas, N. J.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 151, 156.
Shuttleworth, Dr. John.
Letters from, I, 570. Ill, 228,
281. IV, 457.
Mentioned, II, 521. Ill, 280. IV,
455-
Sibery, Frangois Bruton de.
Letter from, III, 153.
"Sibyl," the frigate.
IV, 290.
Sicardy,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 136.
Sick and Hurt, the Commissioners of
the.
Anonymous to, IV, 310.
Sieck, J. A. C, formerly Postmaster
at Goettingen.
Letters from, III, 622, 99.
Siegmiiller,  .
Letter from, III, 19.
Sierra Leone, Attempts to establish a
free government at, III, 332.
Sieulanne,  .
Letter from, I, 467.
Signing of the Treaty of Peace with
Great Britain, Picture by Benja
min West of, III, 225.
Siguenot, Madame de.
Mentioned, I, 268.
Sikes,  .
Letter from, I, 439.
Silezia,  de.
Mentioned, II, 306.

276

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Silk, Culture of, I, 98, 109, 120, 126.
Ill, 485.
Encouragement to raisers of, in
Pennsylvania, III, 486.
Managers of the Contributions for
Promoting the Culture of, in
Pennsylvania. Letter to, III, 481.
Manufacture of, in America, II,
467, 470, 478, 485. Ill, 6, 481.
Raised in Pennsylvania, Queen Char
lotte accepts, III, 486.
Worms, Culture of, I, 119.
Simcoe, John Graves, Col. of Queen's
Rangers, First Governor of Upper
Canada.
Request for release of, II, 513.
HI, 3-
Simms, Charles.
To the Legislature of Virginia, IV,
362.
Mentioned, III, 332.
Simolin, Jean Mathias, Baron de,
Russian Ambassador at London.
Mentioned, IV, 329.
Simon,  de.
Letter from, III, 187.
Mentioned, IV, 341.
Simon, Jean Daniel.
Letter from, I, 481.
Simon, Louis, Captain of French Mer
chant ship.
Letter from, I, 213.
Simonet,  .
Letter from, III, 272.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, in, 120.
Simpson, James.
Lord George Germain to, IV, 317.
Simpson, John, Clerk of the Commons
House of Assembly of Georgia.
Mentioned, IV, 206.
Simpson, Thomas, Lieutenant in U.
S. Navy.
Letters from, I, 41 52, 428, 451, 461,
466.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 249.
To Capt. Robert Niles, IV, 266.

Simpson, Thomas — Continued.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 257, 259,
489.
William Strongham to, IV, 269.
Appointed commander of the
" Drake," IV, 489.
Asks for fair trial, I, 415, 428.
Conduct on board the " Drake," I,
424.
Court-martial of, IV, 2702.
Mentioned, I, 305, 449, 467, 477,
563, 568. IV, 409, 492.
Parole of, I, 460.
Sent to America, I, 434.
Suspended for disobedience, I, 416,
429.
Treatment of, I, 435.
Sinclair,  . Captain of mer
chant ship.
Mentioned, I, 284.
Sinclair, Daniel, Commander of the
British brig "Betsy."
Mentioned, IV, 2882.
Sinclair, Sir John, F. R. S., M. P.,
Financier and Political Economist.
Mentioned, III, 455.
Sinking Fund established by France,
III, 221.
Sistey, Eliza.
Letter from, III, 292.
Six Nations, Sir William Johnson's
step to procure peace with, III,
442-
Treaty with the, I, 90, 91.
Skeene, Major.
Mentioned, I, 170.
Skies, milk-white spots in, I, 14.
Skinner, Dr.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Skinner, Cortland, Speaker of New
Jersey House of Assembly, Loyalist.
Letter from, I, 128.
Mentioned, I, 102, 143.
Skinner, Richard Cortlandt.
Letter from, III, 380.
Skinner & Fenwick, Merchants at
Bordeaux.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.

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277

Slave Trade, I, 132, 147. Ill, 59,
364, 370.
Slavery, Wedgwood cameos illustra
tive of the abolition of, III, 369,
372, 487-
Slaves, Argument in defense of per
sons who protect runaway, IV,
392.
British refuse to deliver, IV, 339.
Conference relating to delivering,
IV, 339-
Duty on, imported into French
Islands, III, 542.
Embarkation of, to England, IV,
339-
Enfranchisement of, I, 167.
In great demand at Charleston, S.
C, IV, 219.
Law for making, personal estate, IV,
207.
Slocum, Benjamin, Americ an prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 472.
Sloper, Mr. and Mrs. William.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 135.
Slubey,  .
Mentioned, III, 287.
Small,  .
Mentioned, IV, 57, 64.
Small, Alexander, M. A. P. S., Brit
ish Army Surgeon, Member of the
Society of Arts of London.
Letters from, I, 26, 35, 104, 131,
226. II, 312. Ill, 87, 153, 308,
347, 363, 382, 387, 389", 397.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 154-
Mentioned, I, 249. II, 390. Ill,
484.
Translation of an account of his
visit to the Hospital at Lyons, IV,
379-
Small, William, English Physician.
Letter from, I, 68.
Small-pox, Inquiry how to prevent,
III, 383.

Smallwood, W., Maj.-Gen. in Con
tinental Army, M. C. C, Governor
of Maryland.
Letter from, III, 373.
Smeathman, Henry.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 108.
Mentioned, III, 93.
Smeaton, John, F. R. S., British Civil
Engineer.
New air pumps, III, 440.
Smedley, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Smets, Veuve Jean Martin, of Ant
werp.
Letter from, I, 468.
Smith,  , of Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 167.
Smith, Edward Tye.
To J. Robinson, IV, 333.
Smith, Mrs. Esther.
Letter from, II, 387.
Smith, Isaac.
Letter to, III, 476.
Smith, Isaac, of Trenton, M. A. P. S.,
Judge of the Supreme Court of
New Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 147.
Smith, Jr., I.
Letter from, I, 156.
Smith, Jacob, American prisoner.
Letter from, III, 9.
Smith, Dr. James, New York Physi
cian.
Letters from, I, 482, 488, 532, 540.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 72, 491.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
491."
Mentioned, IV, 407.
Smith, John, of Burlington, M. A. P.
S., Member of the Council of New
Jersey.
Letter from, I, 33.
Smith, John, Son of and Adminis
trator of the Estate of Robert
Smith.
Letters from, III, 301, 352.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Smith, John — Continued.
Letter to, III, 553.
Mentioned, III, 326.
Smith, Jr., John.
Passport, III, 521.
Smith, Jonah.
Mentioned, I, 77.
Smith, Jonathan Bayard, M. A. P. S.,
Secretary of the Committee of
Safety of Pennsylvania and Dele
gate to the Continental Congress,
Lieut.-Col. of a Battalion of Penn
sylvania " Associators."
Mentioned, I, 178.
Smith, Joseph, Member of New Jersey
Assembly.
Letters from, I, 105, 113, 127, 138,
160.
Smith, Joseph, of the American ship
"Jolly Tar."
Deposition of, IV, 334.
Smith, Joseph, Captain of the Amer
ican privateer "Lady Grune."
Letter from, II, 483.
Smith, Josiah, Massachusetts Physi
cian, British prisoner.
Letter from, I, 252.
Smith, Richard, Clerk of the House of
Assembly of New Jersey.
Mentioned, IV, 215, 222.
Smith, Robert, M. A. P. S., Philadel
phia Architect.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 195.
To Samuel Rhoads, IV, 200.
Accounts of the estate of, III, 301.
326, 352.
Mentioned, IV, 353.
Smith, Samuel, of Burlington, N. J.,
M. A. P. S., Historian, Brother of
John Smith.
History of New Jersey, I, 41, 47,
49. IV, 201.
Smith, Samuel, Captain of the Letter
of Marque " Kensington."
Mentioned, III, 432. IV, 30, 48.
Smith, Samuel.
Letters from, II, 136, 144.

Smith, Sarah H., Daughter of Thomas
Franklin.
Letter from, III, 358.
Smith, Capt. Silas, of Salem, Mass.
Receipt by, IV, 379.
Smith, Thomas, of Maryland.
Letter from, II, 304.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 314.
Smith, Thomas, Son of William
Smith, of Chester, Maryland.
Mentioned, III, 317.
Smith, Thomas, Captain of the Amer
ican privateer " General Gar-
veret."
Mentioned, III, 17.
Smith, William, M. A. P. S., Provost
of the College at Philadelphia
(afterward University of Pennsyl
vania).
Letters from, I, 9, 120, 132. Ill,
317.
To the Society entrusted with
monies collected for the use of
Foreign Protestants in Pennsylva
nia, IV, 175.
Charge of equivocation against, IV,
481.
Imputations against Dr. Franklin,
IV, 186.
Mentioned, I, 6, 8, 9, io3, 60. Ill,
457. IV, 186.
Trial and conviction of, III, 447.
Smith, William, Justice of Cumber
land County, Pa.
Mentioned, IV, 195.
Smith, William, Pennsylvania Law
yer.
Volume of poems by, III, 399.
Smith, William, of Burlington, N. J.
Letter from, I, 182.
Smith, William, of Baltimore, Officer
on the " Bon Homme Richard."
Letters from, II, 203.
Mentioned, II, 205.
Smith, William, of New York, Secre
tary to John Adams.
Mentioned, IV, 149.

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Smith, William.
Mentioned, IV, m.
Smith, William, sailor, from Boston,
American prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 279.
Smith, William Stephens, Lieut.-Col.
in the Continental Army and
Aide-de-Camp to General Wash
ington.
Letter from, III, 295.
George Washington to, IV, 340.
Appointed as Commissioner to in
spect the embarkation of the Brit
ish, IV, 340.
Smith & Co., Goldney, Bankers at
Bristol, Eng.
Henton Brown to, IV, 184.
Smith, Harvey, Southall & Co., of
Baltimore, Md.
Mentioned, IV, 10.
Smith, Page & Smith.
Mentioned, IV, 316.
Smith & Co., Dr. William.
Mentioned, IV, 203.
Smith, Wright & Gray, London
Bankers.
Letter from, I, 99.
Smoke, method for burning, II, 369.
Production of clear, II, 418.
Smuggling, Acts for the suppression
of, IV, 390.
Paper on, by Benjamin Franklin,
I, 84. Ill, 467.
Proclamation of the King of Great
Britain concerning the prevention
of, IV, 392.
Snuff, Medicinal, IV, 183.
Soakly, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 223.
Soap, Crown, brittle, III, 304.
Receipt for making, III, 290. IV,
376, 384, 427-
Vegetable, III, 326.
Sobe,  .
Mentioned, II, 494.
Societa Patriotica di Milano.
Certificate of Dr. Franklin's election
as Corresponding Member, III, 300.
VOL. VI — 19

Societe de Commerce Maritime de
Prusse, Regarding trade with
North America, IV, 346.
Societe de PHarmonie.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 122.
Regulations of, IV, 139, 140.
Societe Patriotique-Bretonne.
Mentioned, III, 160.
Societe Royale de Physique, d'Histoire
Naturelle et des Arts d'Orleans.
Letter from, IV, 472.
Mentioned, III, 270.
Dr. Franklin elected honorary mem
ber of, IV, 4722.
Societe Typographique, Lausanne.
Letter from, II, 506.
Societies of which Benjamin Frank
lin was a member, Learned, List
of, III, 555.
Society of Agriculture, Arts and Sci
ences at Rennes, I, 30.
Society of Antiquaries of London.
Dr. Franklin's annual dues to, III,
72, 285.
Society Entrusted with Monies Col
lected for the Use of Foreign
Protestants in Pennsylvania.
William Smith to the, IV, 175.
Society for Constitutional Informa
tion, IV, 136.
Society for the Encouragement of
Arts, etc., of London.
Letters from, I, 23. IV, 399.
Society of Friends of America at
Marseilles, III, 517.
Society of Friends of the Blacks.
Mentioned, III, 387.
Society of Honest Whigs.
Mentioned, II, 157.
Society for Political Inquiries, III,
383-
Society for promoting the culture of
silk, III, 494.
Socrates. Mentioned, IV, 60.
Soderstrom, Richard.
Letter from, III, 374.

280

Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Solander, Daniel Charles, F. R. S.
Antarctic trip of, I, 130.
Solas, Abbe de.
Letter from, III, in.
Soldier's outfit, Estimate of the cost
of a, IV, 396.
Soleau, Lieut.
Letter from, I, 272.
Soleirot,  de.
Letter from, II, 199.
Sollicoffre,  de, see also Zol-
Hckoffer.
Letter from, I, 529.
Solme, Jean Louis de.
Letter from, II, 411.
" Solvents for the Stone," IV, 142.
Sombres, Mme. Brouttin-Mollien de.
Letters from, I, 459. Ill, 161.
Somers,  , of Lille, France.
Mentioned, I, 397.
" Somerset," the English man-of-war.
Loss of the, I, 529, 543.
Sommerlad, Gottfried, of German-
town, Phila.
Mentioned, III, in.
Sommerlad, Philippe Jacques, of Ger
mantown, Phila.
Mentioned, III, in.
Song, Drinking, III, 435. IV, 371,
381.
Written on hearing of the cap
tures from Admiral Rodney's
fleet, IV, 326.
Military, in honor of King Louis,
Washington and Franklin, III, 26.
Sonnemaens, M. A. (Barronne de
Wiilffen), Sister of Baron de
Wiilffen of the Continental Army.
Letters from, II, 227, 268.
To Anonymous, IV, 309.
Sonnemaens, Colonel M. de.
To Anonymous, IV, 309.
Sons of Liberty, I, 57, 65.
" Sophia," the schooner, American
Letter of Marque.
II, 480.
Sorin, Mme.
Letters from, II, 495. Ill, 134,
153-

Sorrel, the River, Canada, IV, 198.
Soubise, Charles de Rohan, Prince de,
Marshal of France.
Letter from,* III, no.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 65.
To Anonymous, IV, 379.
Mentioned, I, 559.
Soul, Arguments denying that the,
thinks, IV, 373.
Soulavie, Jean Louis Giraud, Abbe,
M. A. P. S., French Litterateur.
Letters from, II, 199. IV, 434.
461.
Desires to be recommended for the
Academie des Sciences, IV, 461.
Letter to, published by Dr. Frank
lin, III, 262.
Soumain, Samuel.
Charles Somerset Woodham to, IV,
185.
Sound, diffusion of, through tubes,
HI, 35-
Sourches?Tourzel, Marquis de.
Mentioned, IV, 157.
" South Carolina," the Continental
frigate, formerly called the "In
dian."
II, 405, 425, 455. Ill, 54, 216. IV,
443-
South Carolina, battle in, IV, 63s.
Bills of exchange paid by, III, 24.
Claims against Spain, IV, 349.
The Commodore of the Navy of.
Letter from, II, 258.
Frigates and supplies for, II, 102.
Negroes enlisted by, IV, 497.
The " Indian " purchased by, IV,
319-
" Southampton," the packet boat.
IV, 356.
Souza-Botelho, Jose Maria, Marquis
de, Portugese Diplomatist and Lit
terateur.
Mentioned, II, 305.
Sovalete,  .
Letter from, II, 41.

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281

Sowden, Benjamin, Minister of the
English Presbyterian Church at
Rotterdam.
Letters from, I, 238, 253, 321, 433.
Sowden, Hannah, Daughter of Ben
jamin Sowden.
Letter from, I, 470.
Spain, Alleged insults offered to the
flag of, II, 113.
Ambassador of.
Letters from, II, 199. Ill, 31.
Mentioned, III, 86.
America likely to take Mexico from,
III, 363.
Attitude of, in respect to treaty, II,
152.
Attitude of the United States to
wards, IV, 475.
Claims of South Carolina against,
IV, 349-
Complaint of Holland and, IV, 487.
Declaration of, in favor of France,
IV, 295.
Decree by King of, II, 104.
English not permitted to enter, IV,
46.
Dr. Franklin to negotiate a Treaty
of Friendship and Commerce with,
IV, 403.
George III issued Letters of Marque
against, IV, 498.
Report of a treaty with, III, 208.
Resolution of Congress to send Com
missioners to Court of, IV, 226.
Will acknowledge America's inde
pendence, II, 176.
Spain,  . Captain of the Eng
lish' merchant ship " Chalkley."
Mentioned, I, 166.
Spalding,  .
Death of, III, 72.
Spangenberg, Johann Wilhelm and
Johann Gottfried, Merchants in
Saxony.
Letter from, III, 35.
Spaniards, Great capture by, IV, 40.
Spanish claims, IV, 456.
Colonies, Fate of French and, in
America, IV, 220.

Spanish — Continued.
Fleet detained by contrary winds, II,
103.
Bad news about, II, 430.
War apprehended, III, 4962, 497.
Sparhawk,  . of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 199. IV, 93.
Sparre, J. de, of Strasburg.
Letters from, I, 242, 346, 418, 431.
II, 204, 471. Ill, 29. IV, 4032.
Spatum, phosphorescens, IV, 378, 386.
Speaking Machine, I, 136.
Speakman, Richard, American citizen.
Letter from, II, in.
Spear, Joseph.
Mentioned, I, 46.
Spectacles, Double, III, 226, 271.
Speers, Peter.
Mentioned, III, 117.
Spence, Captain.
William Vaughan to, IV, 364.
Spencer,  , of South Carolina.
Mentioned, I, 87. II, 153.
Spencer, Lord and Lady.
Mentioned, IV, 402.
Spencer, Elihu, Presbyterian Clergy
man.
Mentioned, III, 467.
Spencer, George, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 462.
Spencer, John.
Letter from, I, 463.
Spencer, Joseph, Maj.-Gen. in Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, I, 431.
Spener, Charles, Berlin Publisher.
Letter from, III, 65.
Mentioned, III, 69.
Spicer, Jacob, of Cape May, N. J.
Letter from, I, 2.
To William Callender, IV, 181.
Spielmann, Prof. Jacques Reinhold,
French Chemist.
Mentioned, IV, 102.
Spies, IV, 381.
Precaution against, III, 503.
Spinning, Invention for, III, 399.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Spoffard,  .
Mortgage of, III, 454.
Spotswood, Alexander, Governor of
Virginia.
To the Tuscaroras, IV, 170.
Sprengel,  , Professor of His
tory at the University of Halle.
Mentioned, III, 65.
Springer, Richmond, of Rhode Island,
American prisoner.
To  , IV, 329.
Mentioned, III, 100, 103. IV, 167.
Sproale, Katharine, now Douglas.
Letter from, III, 131.
Sproul,  , of Norfolk.
Mentioned, III, 124.
Spruce, Captain.
Mentioned, III, 364.
" Spry," the brig, Letter of Marque.
II, 461, 479- HI, 433- IV, 772.
Spry,  , Gov. of Barbadoes.
Mentioned, I, 138.
" Spy," schooner, in the Continental
Service.
I, 430.
" Spy," the British privateer.
IV, 295, 419.
"Squire Richard," see "Poor Rich
ard."
Squirrel skins, IV, 67, 95, in, 164.
Stadel,  .
Letters from, I, 473. II, 158.
Stael-Holstein, Eric Magnus, Baron
de, Swedish Diplomatist.
Letter to, III, 536.
Stafford, Miss.
Mentioned, II, 137.
Stage service, Stoppage of, IV, 3.
Stahel, Ferdinand de.
Letter from, II, 232.
Stamitz, Charles.
Letter from, III, 112.
Stamp Act.
Mentioned, I, 38, 43, 45, 462, 48s,
49, 5o2, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58s,
592, 60, 61, 65, 77, 87, 158. IV,
190, 1933, 194, 195.
Congress, I, 46, 52.

Stamp Act — Continued.
Not to be put into execution im
mediately in Pennsylvania and
Delaware, IV, 192.
Repeal of, I, 57, 58, 59. Ill,
4612, 462. IV, 196.
Unconstitutional, IV, 194.
Duty, A Paper on, III, 460.
Office, I, 42.
Stamps, Distribution of, IV, 191.
Stanbury, Grove & Russell, Messrs.,
of London.
Mentioned, II, 259.
Standley, Mary.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 379.
Estate of, III, 288.
Stanhope, Philip, 2d Earl.
Mentioned, III, 219.
Stanley, Samuel.
Mentioned, I, 169. II, 174.
Stanley, Samuel, see also Baron de
Mon's.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
273.
Mentioned, III, 335.
Stanwix, John, Lieut.-Gen. British
Army in America.
Mentioned, I, 17.
Starbuck, Captain.
Mentioned, IV, 197.
Stark, Capt. de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 123.
Stark, William, English Physician.
Mentioned, I, 66, 68.
Starks, Burwell.
Letter from, III, 424.
State to be called " Franklin," New,
III, 310.
States, Confederation of, Accession of
Maryland to the, IV, 436.
States, Mrs. Hannah, of Philadelphia,
sister of Thomas Godfrey.
Letter from, III, 108.
States-General of France, Demand
for an Assembly of, III, 349.
Mentioned, III, 3762, 380, 388.
IV, 163, 298.

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States-General — Continued.
Of Holland guaranteed a loan, II,
416.
The Ambassador of the.
Letter from, III, 92.
Reply of, to the memoir of France,
II, 1.
To declare America independent,
I, 433-
To grant Letters of Marque, IV,
48.
Stauban, Mme. Gruyn de.
Letter from, III, 424.
Stays, Dr. Franklin's denunciation of,
IV, 449.
Stead, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 53.
Stead, Benjamin.
Mentioned, I, 151.
Steamboat, John Fitch's, III, 317,
360, 366.
Mentioned, III, 378.
Model for, III, 303.
Steam-engine, Model of, presented
to the American Philosophical So
ciety by John Fitch, III, 317.
Steding, Baron de.
Mentioned, IV, 28.
Steel, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 3. Ill, 436.
Steel, Miss Betsy.
Mentioned, III, 382.
Steele, Joshua, Member of the Society
of Arts of London.
Letters from, II, 100. Ill, 349.
Steinsky, Frangois, M. A. P. S., Pro
fessor of Physics at Prague.
Letters from, III, 92, 254, 390.
Mentioned, II, 337.
Stenay, Mme. de.
Letter from, III, 424.
Stenger, Christian, Captain of Brit
ish merchant ship "Dolphin."
Letters from, I, 425, 449.
Stephen, William.
Mentioned, I, 131.
Stephenson,  .
Mentioned, II, 100.

Stephenson, John.
Mentioned, II, 155, 161.
Stephenson, John.
Mentioned, IV, 287.
Sterling, Elizabeth.
Marriage of Benjamin Forbes and,
IV, 389.
Sterling, James.
To George Mitchell, IV, 296.
Sterry,  .
Mentioned, II, 138.
Sterry, Cyprian.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 297.
Passport, III, 521.
Stettenhoven,  de.
Letter from, I, 513.
Steuben, B. de, Brother of Baron
von Steuben.
Letter from, II, 389.
Steuben, Frederich William Augustus
Henry Ferdinand, Baron von,
Major-General in the Continental
Army.
To Richard Caswell, IV, 293.
Mentioned, I, 250. II, 162, 303,
314, 389, 398, 4", 415, 422, 451,
482, 483. Ill, 1, 42, 79. IV,
441.
Steuben, I. M. von, Brother of Baron
von Steuben.
Letter from, II, 451.
Steuben, W. A. von, Father of Baron
von Steuben, and Major in Prus
sian service.
Letters from, II, 162, 166, 215, 236,
303, 415, 482. HI, 1, 42.
Stevens, Miss.
Letter from, IV, 418.
Stevens, M. E., of London.
Letter from, II, 155.
Stevenson, James.
To James Stevenson, Jr., IV, 191.
Stevenson, Jr., James.
James Stevenson to, IV, 191.
Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret, Mistress
of the house in Craven Street, Lon
don, in which Dr. Franklin re
sided.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret— Continued.
Letters from, I, 37, 170, 176, 185.
IV, 455-
Letter to, III, 500.
James Payne to, IV, 308.
R. W. Viny to, IV, 216.
Death of, III, 37, 44.
Mentioned, I, 63, 73, 75, 85, 96,
137, 138, 164, 170, 177. II, 491.
HI, 447, 454, 459, 460, 463, 465,
47i2, 473, 479, 482, 487, 489, 49i,
494, 499- IV, 4, 5, 6, 57, 202,
399, 400.
Stevenson, Mary, Daughter of Mar
garet Stevenson.
Letters to, III, 466, 467.
Mentioned, III, 473.
Watch broken, III, 466.
Stevenson, William, Agent of Benja
min Franklin and Ralph Izard.
Mentioned, I, 347. IV, 249.
Stevenson, William, American pris
oner.
Mentioned, IV, 450.
Steward, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 64.
Stewart,  .
Mentioned, II, 287.
Stewart, Alexander, see Stuart.
Stewart, John.
Letter from, I, 311.
Mentioned, III, 375.
Stewart, Mary, see Cavendish.
Letters from, I, 213, 490. II, 401,
403, 404, 441, 474. Ill, 378.
Stewart, Stephen.
To Jonathan Nesbitt & Co., IV,
265.
Mentioned, II, 304.
Stewart, William, Captain of the
brigantine " Elizabeth."
Mentioned, III, 556.
Steyn, Friedrich.
Letter from, III, 22.
Stickney, Anthony.
Letter from, III, 313.
Stickney, Benjamin Franklin, Son of
Anthony Stickney.
Mentioned, III, 313.

Stieglitz, Capt. Frederick.
Mentioned, IV, 184.
Stiles, Ezra, M. A. P. S., Clergyman,
Pres't of Yale University, New
Haven, Conn.
Letters from, I, 39. II, 303. Ill,
198, 325, 347, 349- IV, 432.
Letter to, III, 478.
To Sieur Lomonozow, IV, 189.
Stiles, Joseph, of Philadelphia, M. A.
P. S.
Letter from, I, 127.
Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of,
M. A. P. S.
To William Franklin, IV, 217.
To Marquis Alexandre d'Hanache,
IV, 495-
Mentioned, I, 143, 147. IV, 404,
.415-
Stockar zu Sonnenburg,  .
Letters from, II, 416, 492. Ill,
50, 80.
Stockolm, Jean Andre.
Mentioned, IV, 460, 461.
Stockton, Richard, M. A. P. S.,
Signer of the Declaration of In
dependence.
Letters from, I, 40, 103.
Stockton, Samuel W.
Letters from, I, 517. II, 40, 69,
81, 95-
Mentioned, II, 98, 195, 307.
Stone in the bladder, IV, 124, 140.
Caustic volatile alkali a cure for,
III, 382.
Fixed air as a solvent of, I, 299.
Remedy for, III, 167, 168, 239, 246,
285, 290, 331, 348, 358, 363.
Stone, John Hoskins, Merchant in An
napolis, Md.
Mentioned, III, 10.
Stony Point, Medals to commemorate
storming of, II, 147.
Storer,  .
Letters from, III, 71.
Storer, Charles.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 97, 104, m.
Mentioned, IV, 96.

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Stores in Philadelphia, Saving the,
from being captured by the Brit
ish, IV, 485.
Storey, Robert.
Mentioned, IV, 425.
Storey, William.
Mentioned, I, 125.
Storm, Description of a tremendous,
IV, 432.
Stormont, David Murray, Viscount,
British Envoy Extraordinary to. the
Court of France and Secretary of
State for the Southern Department.
Mentioned, I, 231, 308, 334, 388,
571. II, 421, 524.
Stormont, Lady, II, 524.
Story, Enoch.
Mentioned, I, 77.
Story, Jr., Enoch.
Letters from, III, 399.
Stouppe, Pierre Louis.
Letters from, III, 186.
Stourm,  .
Letters from, III, 15.
On an imaginary or ideal kingdom,
IV, 379.
Stourny,  .
Letters from, II, 422.
Stout, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 27.
Stove, the Franklin, I, 508. II, 375.
111,166,279,313,487. IV, 477.
Engraving of, III, 132.
Strachan, Lady.
Mentioned, III, 274.
Stragham, William, Captain of the
British merchant ship "Lord
Chatham."
Letters from, I, 425, 449, 570.
Strahan, Andrew, Son of William
Strahan.
Letters from, III, 272, 319.
Mentioned, III, 269.
Strahan, George, Son of William
Strahan.
Mentioned, I, 458.

Strahan, William, Member of Brit
ish Parliament and King's Printer.
Letters from, I, 4, 68, 74, 802, 101,
136, 175, 205, 249, 311, 364, 458.
II, 276. Ill, 164, 210.
Letters to, III, 454, 472.
Dr. John Kelly to, IV, 186.
To Dr. John Kelly, IV, 186.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 212.
Gov. William Franklin to, IV, 213.
John Bowles to, IV, 369.
Mentioned, I, 32, 35, 39, 81, 86,
89, 105, 176. II, 457. Ill, 71,
472. IV, 122.
Death of, III, 272.
Recommends Dr. Franklin to settle
in England, III, 449.
Son of, IV, 186.
Strahlborn & Wolff, of St. Petersburg.
Mentioned, II, 406.
Stralenheim, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 521.
Strange,  .
To Guillaume, IV, 292.
Strange, Mrs. Isabella, Wife of Rob
ert Strange, daughter of William
Lumisden, and granddaughter of
the Bishop of Edinburgh.
Letters from, II, 133. Ill, 54, 90,
123.
Mentioned, II, 390, 491. IV, 337,
456, 457-
Strange, Sir Robert, British Line En
graver.
Letters from, II, 457.
Strasser, Baron de, of the Hessian
troops in America.
Letters from, II, 489.
Stratmann,  .
Mentioned, III, 129.
Strattmann, Paul.
Letters from, III, 174.
Straub, B., Merchant at Strasbourg.
Letter from, III, 79.
" Strictures on Common Sense," by
Charles Inglis.
IV, 3.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Striepers, John.
Mentioned, III, 277. IV, 375.
Stroganoff, Alexandre, Comte, Rus
sian litterateur.
Mentioned, II, 519.
Stromeyer, F., Merchant at Stras
bourg.
Letters from, III, 79.
Strong, Nathan, Connecticut Clergy
man.
To Captain Niles, IV, 265.
Strongham, William, of the Amer
ican prize brig "Patience."
To Captain Thomas Simpson, IV,
269.
Strozler,  .
To  . IV, 282.
Strzozki, Abbe, Astronomer to the
King of Poland.
Mentioned, III, 416.
Stuart,  .
Mentioned, I, 96.
Stuart, Alexander, Col. in the British
Army, native of Georgia.
Mentioned, II, 407. IV, 422.
Stuart, Danniel, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 157.
Stuart, Gilbert, Artist.
Mentioned, III, 225.
Stuart, James.
To the public, IV, 482.
Stuart, John, et al., of the American
privateer " Fearnot."
Letter from, II, 216.
Stubbs, Mile. E.
Letters from, III, 108, 112, 115.
Stump, Frederick, murderer of ten
Indians in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 81.
Sturgeon, Rev. William, Assistant at
Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 62.
Mentioned, III, 467.
Sturlen de PAltemberg, Baron.
Letter from, II, 289.
Mentioned, II, 5, 43, 64, 74. IV,
281.

Suard,  .
Letter from, I, 234.
Mentioned, II, 154, 156. IV, 23.
Suavelier,  , of Caen, France.
Letters from, I, 473. II, 421.
Sube, Francisque.
Mentioned, III, 224, 546.
Sube, Laporte, et al., A., of Mar
seilles.
Letter from, I, 545.
Letters to, III, 514, 517.
" Success," Letter of Marque.
I, 191, 284, 492, 530. IV, 256.
Sudlin,  .
Letter from, II 271.
Sue, Jean Joseph, M. A. P. S., F. R.
S., French Anatomist.
Anatomical cabinet of, IV, 73.
"Suffolk," the British warship.
IV, 323.
Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of.
Mentioned, I, 372, 434.
Reply of, to Holland's protest, I, 522.
523.
Suffren de Saint Tropez, Pierre Andre
de, French Naval Officer.
Mentioned, III, 206.
Sugar-refinery, Project of establish
ing, at Philadelphia, III, 9.
Suleau, Frangois Louis, French Jour
nalist.
Mentioned, III, 387.
Sulkowski, Alexandre Joseph, Prince
de.
Letter from, II, 484.
Sullivan, Judge James, Brother of
Gen. John Sullivan, M. C. C,
Governor of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, II, 496.
Sullivan, John, Maj.-Gen. in the Con
tinental Army, President of New
Hampshire.
Mentioned, I, 182, 489, 496, 509.
II, 182. Ill, 215, 293. IV, 225,
296.
Sullivan, John, Lieut, in the Fourth
Continental Dragoons.
To Col. Stephen Moylan, IV, 3422.

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Sumners,  .
Mentioned, IV, 123.
Sumter, Thomas, Brig.-Gen. of South
Carolina Militia in Revolutionary
Army.
Mentioned, II, 323.
Sun's rays, Experiments with colors
and, IV, 173.
Suppin Mme.
Letter from, II, 368.
Supplies, Arrival of, from France, I,
231.
Destruction of, en route to frontier,
I, 45-
For American Army, IV, 428s, 429,
4302.
Instructions to purchase, I, 308.
Purchase of, in France, I, 2012.
"Surf," the cutter.
IV, 300.
Surges,  .
Letter from, III, 234.
Surrey, Lord.
Mentioned, III, 20.
Surveyor-General for the Western
Territory, Appointment of a, III,
395-
Susquehanna Company, Resolutions
of the, IV, 377.
River, To explore the country along
the, with the view to an improved
inland navigation, III, 312.
And Schuylkill Rivers, Canal be
tween the, I, 133.
Sutter,  .
Letter from, III, 120.
Sutton, A. B.
To Abbe Le Clerc de St. Etvain,
IV, 237.
Swain,  .
Mentioned, III, 316, 356.
Swain, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 8.
Swaller, George, American prisoner.
Letter from, I, 517.
" Swallow," the sloop.
I, 339, 475, 486. HI, 434-
Swallow, James, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 14.

Swan, Samuel.
Mentioned, III, 373.
Swanwick, John, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Letters from, III, 3302.
Swayne & Clifford, Iron mongers.
List of articles sold by, IV, 510.
Sweaney, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 180.
Sweden, Ambassador of, at Paris.
Letters from, II, 514. Ill, 164,
238.
Letters to William Temple
Franklin, IV, 125, 136.
Mentioned, II, 331.
King of, desires that the United
States be represented at his Court
by a member of the Franklin
family, III, 536.
Mentioned, II, 290, 297, 299.
Ratification of Treaty with, III, 122,
535, 536.
Treaty between United States and,
IV, 335, 346.
And Russia, Enmity of, IV, 163.
Swedish books, Catalogue of Latin
and, IV, 394.
Ships, Capture of two, II, 208.
Swift, Richard.
Humorous imitation of a Muster-
roll by, IV, 485.
Swinton, Jr., John, of Edinburgh
(Lord Swinton?).
Letter from, I, 87.
Letter to, III, 464.
Mentioned, I, 46, 65.
Swiss Cantons, Political conditions of
the, III, 371.
Sykes, H., Instrument Maker at Paris.
Letters from, II, 42, 67, 132.
Sykes, James, Clerk of Supreme Court
of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex on
Delaware.
Mentioned, IV, 182.
Symonds, Thomas, Commander of the
British Naval forces in York
River, Va.
Mentioned, IV, 324.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Syng, Philip, M. A. P. S., Silversmith
of Philadelphia.
Letter from, I, 55.
John Penn to, IV, 481.
Mentioned, I, 163.
" Syren," the British war vessel.
Capture of, I, 322.
" Tabac," the bark, merchant ship.
II, 197-
Tabernacle in London, effects of light
ning on, I, 142.
Tabor, Samuel.
Letter from, II, 130.
Tackett, Nathaniel.
Letter from, III, 282.
Tackoen, G.
Letter from, I, 362.
Tahon, J.
Letters from, II, 517. Ill, 161,
262.
Tailhie, Abbe Jacques, French His
torian.
Mentioned, I, 453.
Taillefert, ¦  •.
Letter from, III, 368.
Tailleir, M. Le, Agent of Caron de
Beaumarchais.
Mentioned, II, 204.
Taillet, Philippe.
Letter from, I, 570.
Talamuth,  .
Letter from, II, 199.
Talbot, Silas, Captain of the Letter of
Marque " General Washington."
Letter from, II, 376.
Talla, Henry, Merchant at Bremen.
Mentioned, III, 22.
Talliot, et al.,  , Officers of the
U. S. brigantine " Vengeance."
To John Paul Jones, IV, 494.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, Major in the
Continental Army.
To Silas Deane, IV, 502.
Mentioned, II, 323. IV, 503.
Tanner, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 280.
Tardeville,  .
Mentioned, I, 247.

Tardieu, Abbe.
Letters from, I, 243, 245.
To Gen. Washington, IV, 233.
Tardiveau,  , French emigrant
to America.
Mentioned, I, 243s, 274. II, 224.
Tardiveaux,  .
Letter from, II, 311.
Tardy, Gabriel, Head Clerk of Jona
than Williams, Jr.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 37, 50, 437.
Mentioned, IV, 80, 453.
Tardy, Louis.
Letter from, II, 56.
Target,  .
Letters from, II, 488, 491.
Tariff Schedules in the Different States
of Europe, IV, 508.
Tarleton, Banastre, Lieut.-Col. in the
British Army in America.
To Lord Cornwallis, IV, 320.
Mentioned, II, 507. IV, 55.
Request for release of, II, 513.
HI, 3-
Tarrachon,  .
Letter from, II, 326.
Tarride, Abbe Vicomte de.
Letter from, I, 290.
Tarride, Vicomte de.
Mentioned, I, 290.
Tarring and Feathering, The Com
mittee for, To the Delaware Pilots
and Captain Ayres, IV, 483.
" Tartar," the cutter, American mer
chant ship.
I, 496.
Tarteron,  .
Letters from, I, 397, 474, 570.
Poem by, IV, 257.
Tartivot,  .
Letter from, I, 359.
Tarvouillet,  .
Mentioned, I, 243.
Tascher, President.
Letter from, II, 36.
Vidau fils to, IV, 331.
Mentioned, III, 240.

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Tasink, G.
Letter from, I, 480.
Tasker, Col. Benjamin, President of
the Colony of Maryland.
Mentioned, II, 180.
Tastet & Co,, Fermin de.
Letter from, III, 218.
Tattwell,  , Captain, English
prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 161.
Taunton, Thomas.
Letters from, I, 213.
Taverns in Pennsylvania, I, 36.
Taxation of Colonies by Parliament,
Right of, I, 122.
Proprietary Estates exempt from,
IV, 189.
Scheme for, III, 465.
Taxes, Against levying further, IV,
371.
Commissioners should not be exempt
from the payment of, III, 479-
Internal, I, 29.
Taxis, Prince of.
Mentioned, I, 232.
Taylor,  -.
Mentioned, II, 296.
Taylor, Cradock, Native of Virginia,
impressed into the British Navy.
Letters from, II, 102, 125, 132,
136, 160, 173, 205, 214.
John G. Frazer to, IV, 290, 296,
297.
 to, IV, 294.
Mentioned, II, 138, 158- Iv> 301-
Taylor, George, Lieutenant of the
British privateer " Chance."
Mentioned, IV, 26.
Taylor, Jesse, of Belfast.
Letters from, I, 537. II, 59-
Taylor, John, of Bath, but formerly of
America.
Letters from, II, 213, 510.
Mentioned, II, 510.
Taylor, John.
To John Lawrence, IV, 363.

Taylor, Rachel.
To Thomas Franklin, IV, 357.
Te Deum on the Occasion of the
Peace, Invitation to the, IV, 345.
Tea, Bostonians ought not to pay for,
III, 496.
Duty on, III, 493s.
Importation of, I, 154.
Lord Chatham blamed Americans
for destroying, III, 495.
Not to permit cargo of, to reach
Philadelphia, IV, 483.
Throwing overboard of, I, 154, 158.
Teedyuskung, Chief of Delaware In
dians.
Mentioned, IV, 181.
Teissier, Le Sieur, Surgeon of Salpe-
triere, Paris.
Letters from, I, 341, 447, 570.
Teissier de la Tour,  .
Letter from, II, 337.
Telescope, Prismatic, Dr. Franklin's,
IV, 378.
Tellejus, Tirsius.
Letter from, II, 131.
Temple,  .
Letter from, IV, 472.
Temple, E.
Letter from, II, 122.
Temple, Gustavus H.
To Hoffman, IV, 506.
Temple, Henry, 2d Viscount Pal-
merston, Lord of the Treasury.
Mentioned, II, 506.
Temple, Sir John, Lieut.-Gov. of New
Hampshire, British Commissioner
of Customs for the Colonies fixed
at Boston, British Consul-General
in New York.
Letters from, I, 267, 274.
To William Franklin, IV, 207.
Mentioned, II, 325, 351, 496s. IV,
18, 443-
Temple, Robert, Brother of Sir John
Temple.
Mentioned, II, 311.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Templeman, Dr. Peter, Keeper of
Reading Room in British Mu
seum, and Secretary of the So
ciety of Arts of London.
Letter from, I, 68.
Mentioned, I, 114. IV, 399.
Templetown, Clotworthy Upton,
Baron.
Children of, claim land on the Sus
quehanna, III, 254.
Tende, Count de.
Letter from, II, 314.
Tendon, Anne.
Marriage of Alexis Le Blanc and,
IV, 186, 227.
Tennent, Gilbert, Clergyman, of Phil
adelphia.
Letter from, I, 1.
Mentioned, I, 10. IV, 197.
Terasson, Bartholomew.
Mentioned, IV, 17.
Terenet,  .
Mentioned, III, 346.
Ternant,  .
Letter from, I, 203.
Mentioned, I, 203.
Ternay, Charles Louis d'Arsac, Chev
alier de, Commanding the French
fleet in America.
Mentioned, II, 276, 2892, 2912, 296,
302, 328, 334. Ill, 155.
Safe arrival of fleet from Brest
under, II, 274.
Terrasson, Antoine.
To Mme. de Chaumont, IV, 372.
Terrasson, Barthelemy, French Mer
chant.
Mentioned, IV, 256, 363.
Terrasson Freres & Cie, Merchants at
Philadelphia.
To J. Baptiste Deumie Groc, IV,
35i-
Capt. Robert Shewell to, IV, 350.
Terrassons,  , Secretary io
Louis XVI.
To Silas Deane, IV, 256.
" Terrible," the American prize.
II, 419. IV, 113.

Terrier, L.
Letter from, III, 64.
Terriere, Col. de.
Mentioned, III, 378.
Terrot,  .
Letter from, III, 181.
Tesche, Pierre Arnoud, Merchant at
Brest.
Letter from, II, 366.
Tesdorpf, Peter Henry.
Letter from, I, 104.
Tessier,  .
Letter from, I, 471.
Mentioned, I, 415.
Test, Edward, Sheriff of Salem Co.,
N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 205.
Tetu,  .
Experiments by, III, 313.
Texier, Pierre, Merchant at Bordeaux.
Mentioned, III, 189.
Teysset,  .
Letter from, II, 375.
Tezenad,  .
Letter from, II, 473.
Thackwell, Mammy.
Mentioned, IV, 57, 64.
Thames Regatta, IV, 223.
Thaxter,  .
Letter from, III, 71.
Thaxter, John, Jr., Private Sec'y to
John Adams.
Letters from, II, 294, 392, 460.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 69.
Passport for George Fox, signed by,
IV, 503-
Thayer, John, Clergyman of Boston.
Letter from, II, 422.
Mentioned, II, 376.
Theatre in Philadelphia, III, 63, 143.
"Theatrum Machinarium," 111,499.
Thelusson, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 408.
Thellusson fils & Co., Peter.
Letter from, III, 271.
Ruellan & Co., to, IV, 356.

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Theobald, James, of London.
Letter from, II, 3.
Mentioned, I, 310.
Thevart,  , Cloth Manufac
turer at Beauvais.
Letter from, II, 173.
Thevenard,. Antoine Jean Marie,
Comte, Member of the Academy
of Sciences, Paris, Commandant of
the Port of I'Orient, Vice-Admiral
of French Navy, Minister of Ma
rine.
Letter from, III, 374.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 498.
Mentioned, II, 263, 268.
Thiard, Henri Charles, Comte de,
French General.
Letter from, I, 483.
Thiard, Jean.
Letter from, III, 425.
Thibouzet, Poem by, IV, 323.
Thicknesse, Philip, British Writer.
Letter from, I, 190.
Thierin, Ph. F.
Letter from, I, 256.
Thieriot, Ph., of Leipsic.
Letter from, III, 101.
Mentioned, III, 81, 87, 114.
Thiery,  .
Letters from, I, 541, 544.
Thirion,  .
Mentioned, IV, 376.
Thiriot,  . Merchant at Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, III, 181.
Thiriot, J.
Letters from, III, 102, 198. IV,
35i-
To de la Salle, IV, 353.
Thirteen Original States, Designs for
an emblem of, IV, 394.
" Thomas," the privateer, of Salem,
Mass.
IV, 327.
Thomas,  .
Letter from, III, 425.
Thomas,  , French Merchant.
Letters from, III, 354, 376, 384.

Thomas — Continued.
To Anonymous, IV, 3502.
Mentioned, III, 358, 368, 548.
Thomas, George, Royal Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, III, 435.
Quarrel between, and the Assembly
of Pennsylvania, IV, 480.
Thomas, Isaiah, of Worcester, Mass.,
M. A. P. S.
Letters from, III, 358, 364.
Thomas, Thomas, Member of the
Council of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, IV, 286, 310.
Thomassin, Mme.
Letter from, II, 385.
Mentioned, II, 388.
Thompson,  , British subject.
Mentioned, I, 541.
Thompson,

Mentioned, III, 242.
Thompson,  , Captain of the
Pennsylvania galley " Experi
ment."
Mentioned, II, 32.
Thompson, Benjamin, U. S. Recruit
ing Agent in France.
Letter from, II, 32.
Thompson, Mrs. Emma, of Lisle, Eng.
Letter- from, I, 212.
Thompson, Capt. James, of Boston.
Letter from, II, 115.
Mentioned, II, 123.
Thompson, John, Gunner on the U.
S. brig "Lexington."
Letters from, I, 447. II, 12.
Thompson, M. E.
Mentioned, IV, 78.
Thompson, Major Robert, a grantee
of lands in Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, I, 134.
Thompson, Thomas, of Dover, Eng
land.
Letters from, III, 192, 254.
Thompson, Thomas, Captain of the
U. S. brig "Raleigh."
Letters from, I, 300, 302, 315, 322,
324, 570.
Mentioned, I, 240, 430.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Thompson, Dr. Thomas(?), Mis
sionary.
Mentioned, I, 5.
Thompson, William, Brig.-Gen. in
Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 1812.
Thompson, Farley & Co., Merchants
at Nantes.
Letter from, II, 99.
Thomson,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 167.
Thomson, Charles, M. A. P. S., Sec
retary of the Continental Con
gress.
Letters from, I, 36. Ill, no, 159,
160, 184, 276, 284, 299, 306, 365.
To William Franklin, IV, 179, 1802.
Mentioned, I, m, 260, 308, 475.
Ill, 211, 448. IV, 55, 193, 2262,
237s, 240, 242, 2442, 245, 249, 256,
2582, 2602, 275, 276, 278, 280, 2902,
291, 294, 297", 322, 340, 348, 349,
403, 422", 436", 437, 439, 444, 449,
451, 458, 459s-
Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles.
Letter from, III, 341.
Thomson, William, of Worcester,
Eng.
Letter from, I, 21.
Thornton, Dr.
Letter from, III, 292.
Thornton, E.
Letter from, I, 197.
Thornton, Major J., Special Agent of
Dr. Franklin to visit American
prisoners in England.
Letters from, I, 299, 328.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 293.
Thornton, John, English Merchant
and Philanthropist.
Letter from, II, 468.
Thornton, Robert John, British Bota
nist and Physician.
Mentioned, III, 163.
Thorogood, Stephen.
Letter from, III, 68.

Thouret, Michel Augustin, French
Physician.
Letter from, III, 238.
Mentioned, III, 195.
Thouron, Jean, French Sea Captain.
Mentioned, II, 277.
"Three Friends," the American
prize.
II, 118, 122, 1232, 188.
" Three Friends," the, merchant brig
antine, Jonathan Williams owner.
II, 79, 127-
Three Rivers, Engagement near, I,
181.
Recruits and supplies furnished to
the Continental Army at, in 1776,
IV, 396.
Thuillieres, Baron de.
Letter from, I, 255.
Thun, Baron de, Minister Plenipo
tentiary from Wurttemberg to
France.
Letters from, II, 383. IV, 448, 463.
Letter to, IV, 478.
Copy of receipt by the administrator
of the Estate of Frederick Hock
lerin, IV, 505.
Thunder, Greeks condemned to death
first physicists who explained the
causes of, III, 408.
Queries concerning, I, 22.
Thurn,  de.
Letters from, IV, 465, 469.
Appointment of, as Secret Agent in
England, IV, 469.
Thurston, Jr., Edward, of Newport,
R. I.
To Jonathan Williams, Sr., IV, 215.
Thurston, John.
Letter from, I, 318.
Thynne, H. F., Joint Postmaster-Gen
eral of Great Britain.
Rates of postage by, IV, 484.
Ticonderoga, I, 218. IV, 2382.
Evacuation of, IV, 404.
Loss of, I, 202, 268, 282, 353.

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Tilebein, Christian A., of Barcelona.
Letter from, I, 403.
Mentioned, I, 408, 418.
Tiles for covering houses, Cast-iron,
HI, 545-
Tilghman, James, M. A. P. S., Phila
delphia Lawyer, Member of the
Provincial Council of Pennsylva
nia, Loyalist.
Mentioned, I, 55. IV, 493.
Tilghman, Tench, Secretary to the
Commission to treat with the Six
Nations.
Mentioned, I, 174.
Tillet, Mathieu, French Agriculturalist.
Letter from, IV, 420.
Tillier, Rodolph.
Mentioned, III, 19.
Tilly, Jean Le Gardeur, Chevalier de,
Captain of " La Concorde " be
longing to the fleet of Comte
d'Estaing.
Mentioned, II, 340.
Timbrune-Valence, Marquis de,
Lieut.-Gen. in French Army and
Governor of the Ecole Royale
Militaire.
Mentioned, I, 321. IV, 100.
Timothy, Ann, Wife of Peter Tim
othy, of Charleston.
Letter from, III, 284.
Timothy, Benjamin Franklin, Son of
Peter Timothy.
Mentioned, I, 255.
Timothy, Peter, Printer of Charles
ton, S. C.
Letters from, I, n, 12, 87, 126,
137, 255.
Letter to, III, 496.
To David Hall, IV, 1752.
Mentioned, I, 30.
Tioga, Relating to the establishment of
a Post at, III, 441.
Tissington, Anthony, of Alfreton,
Eng., F. R. S.
Letters from, I, 62, 69, 72, 98, 101,
114.
Letter to, III, 479.

Titius, Dr. Charles Henri.
Letters from, III, 80, 81.
Titoix, Aimable, American sailor.
Letter from, II, 317.
Titot,  , Governor of the Royal
Military School at Colmar.
Letter from, II, 209.
Toasts at a Banquet on July 6, IV,
387.
Given at a dinner in honor of Maj.-
Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinck
ney, IV, 508.
Tobacco, III, 5043. IV, 364, 430,
460, 479.
Agreement for sale of, IV, 230.
Cargo lost on way to France, I,
422.
Contract made for, IV, 331.
Duty on, IV, 494.
English vessels cruising off the coast
of France to attack vessels laden
with, IV, 232.
Formation of Society for supplying,
to Farmers-General, I, 205, 206.
From Virginia, IV, 509.
Importing, from the United States
and selling it to the Farmers-
General, IV, 228.
Observations on, IV, 488.
Plan for the adjustment of the, trade,
IV, 393-
Purchase of, I, 191, 342.
Shipments of, I, 199. HI, 5032.
IV, 493-
Supplies in exchange for, I, 197.
Tobine, James K.
Letters from, III, 363, 384.
Todd, Anthony, Secretary to the Gen
eral Postoffice, London.
Letters from, I, 88, 145, 156. IV,
4002.
Letter to, III, 499.
Mentioned, I, 93. Ill, 496.
Public notice by, IV, 206.
Todd, Jonathan.
To  , IV, 17J

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Toderini, Jean Baptiste, Italian Lit
terateur, Ambassador to Constan
tinople.
Letter from, I, 136.
Tokely, William (or Jokely), Captain
of the American merchant ship
" Fanny."
Mentioned, I, 192. II, 197.
Tollius, Prof., Dutch Philologist.
Mentioned, I, 275.
" Tom Johnson," the brig, Letter of
Marque.
HI, 432.
Tomling, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 12.
Tone, Samuel, nom de plume of Bar
beu Dubourg.
Mentioned, I, 113, 172.
Toner, David, et al., American sailors.
Letter from, II, 525.
Tonnay,  .
Mentioned, I, 379.
Tonnelier, Madame.
Letter from, III, 135.
Tonnere, Vicomte de Clermont.
Marriage to Mile, de Boulainvillers,
IV, 26.
Tonnerre, Madame De.
Letter from, II, 272.
Mentioned, II, 329, 432. Ill, 235.
Tonometer, III, 30.
Tonon,  .
Letter from, III, 88.
Tooth found near the Ohio River,
supposed to belong to an elephant,
III, 468.
Tories, Petition of New York, to
King of England, IV, 136.
Torpedo for destroying vessels, I, 173.
Electrical properties of, I, 135. Ill,
485, 490.
Experiments on the, I, 135, 137, 144,
160. Ill, 488.
Torris, John, Merchant at Dunkirk.
Letters from, II, 84, 90, 103, 106,
127, 140, 145, 151, 178, 184, 208,
209, 232, 238, 248, 251, 252, 2572,
258, 262, 276, 280, 288, 450. IV,
22.

Torris, John — Continued.
To Francis Coffyn, IV, 295.
To Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de Sartine, IV, 294.
J. S. Lefevre to, IV, 305.
Stephen Marchant to, IV, 291, 295,
302.
Mentioned, II, 95, 178, 498.
Torris & Co., Merchants at Dunkirk.
Mentioned, IV, 333.
Torris & Wante, John, Merchants at
Dunkirk.
Letters from, III, 21, 153.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 95, 96.
Tortola, The Court of Vice-Admiralty
of, Judgment by, IV, 338, 344.
Toscano, Le F.
Letters from, II, 440. Ill, 425.
Tott, Comte de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 36.
Toulon squadron, I, 427.
Toulouse, Academy of Sciences of,
IV, 504.
Archbishop of.
Mentioned, III, 344, 349.
Philosophical Society of, IV, 452.
Tourbon & Bauer, Paris Bankers.
Mentioned, I, 194.
Toumachon,  .
Letters from, III, 100, no.
Tournelle,  de.
Letter from, I, 509.
Tournemelle, Jean B.
Letter from, II, 438.
Tours, Chevalier des.
Passport, III, 527.
Tourton,  .
Letters from, III, 82, 1543.
Tourton & Ravee.
Letter from, III, 32.
Tourville,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 97.
Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin,
Comte de, Admiral of French
Navy.
Mentioned, II, 270.

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295

Tourzel, Marquis de Sourches-.
Mentioned, IV, 157.
Tousard, Louis De, Lieut.-Col. in the
Continental Army.
Letters from, II, 323, 324.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 107.
Mentioned, IV, 453.
Toustain-Richebourg, Vicomte de.
Letters from, I, 393. Ill, 160.
Touzel, W.
Letter from, II, 140.
Towgood,  .
Mentioned, I, 367.
Towne, Benjamin, Philadelphia
Printer.
To the public, IV, 482.
Trouble between, and William God
dard, IV, 482.
Townsend, Solomon.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 265.
Tracy,  .
Letter from, IV, 472.
Tracy, Nathaniel, of Newburyport,
Mass.
Mentioned, II, 63. Ill, 200. IV,
132, 471.
Trade, Free, A discussion of the ad
vantages of, IV, 393.
Of a Province of 40,000 inhabitants,
III, 435-
With United States, Repeal of Acts
prohibiting, IV, 389.
Trade & Plantations, Extracts from
journals of the Lords Commission
ers for, IV, 170.
Report of Commissioners for, IV,
170. *
Trade-winds, Observations on, by
Dr. Franklin.
HI, 437-
Tradesman, A.
To the Tradesmen, Farmers and
Other Inhabitants of Philadelphia,
IV, 482.
"Tradesmen, Farmers and Other
Inhabitants of Philadelphia,"
A Tradesman to, IV, 482.
VOL. VI — 20

Traile, James.
Mentioned, II, 150.
Traill,  .
Mentioned, I, 96.
Trambell,  .
Mentioned, II, 296.
Tramblay,  .
Letter from, I, 571.
Travaux de Minerve, ou Description
du Tableau Allegorique a la Paix,
IV, 346.
Travellers, American, Passport to,
IV, 477-
Traverse, Charles.
Mentioned, II, 409.
Traxler,  .
Letter from, II, 160.
Treasury, Board of, II, 94, 147, 255,
277, 279, 295, 310, 342, 346, 351.
Commissioners' accounts to be
transmitted to the, IV, 294.
Certificate, United States, IV, 328.
The Lords of the.
Lt.-Col. David Hay and Edmund
White to, IV, 287.
Warrant, United States, IV, 325.
Treaties of Amity and Commerce,
Acknowledgment to the King
of France of, IV, 258.
Read to troops, IV, 258.
Between United States and Den
mark, IV, 336.
Instructions for negotiating, III,
187-
With European Powers, IV, 351.
Treaty of Alliance, Original of, II,
220.
Tenth Article of, II, 374.
Mentioned, II, 412.
Of Commerce, I, 413.
Article 12 of, I, 359.
Articles n and 12 of, I, 422. II,
245.
Of Peace, with Great Britain, pic
ture of signing of, III, 225.
Between America and Holland, II,
307.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Treaty — Continued.
Between France and America, I,
404, 412. IV, 453.
With England, Commercial, IV, 100,
138, 506.
Trecesson, Chevalier de.
Richard Peters to, IV, 305.
Trecothick, Barlow, M. P., Alderman
of the City of London.
To Welbore Ellis, IV, 194.
Humbug alphabet of, III, 472.
Trees, Article on, by Francis Hopkin
son.
Ill, 42.
Machine for uprooting, I, 35.
To ship young, IV, 148, 157.
Trees and shrubs of America, Cata
logue of the, III, 334.
Trembinski, Comte Biberstein.
Letter from, III, 172.
Tremont,  .
Mentioned, III, 490.
Trenchard, George, Justice of the
Peace of Salem Co., N. J.
Mentioned, IV, 205.
Trent, Major William, Youngest son
of William Trent (Chief Justice
of New Jersey), Indian Trader,
Officer in the Colonial Wars.
To Gov William Franklin, IV, 214.
Mentioned, I, 170, 174. II, 448.
IV, 215.
Trenton, Defeat of British at, IV, 33.
Tressan, Mme. de.
To M. de St. Lambert, IV, 229.
Tressan, Louis Elisabeth de la Vergne,
Comte de, Member of the French
Academy, Author of a Treatise on
Electricity, French Litterateur.
Letters from, I, 259, 528.
Mentioned, I, 260, 268.
Treuttel,  , of Strasbourg.
Letters from, III, 69, 160.
Trevitt & Co., Samuel R.
Mentioned, III, 433.
Trezarrieur, Pierre.
Letter from, I, 290.

Trial, Roux & Co., Merchants at Mar
seilles.
Letter from, III, 25.
" Trident," the British warship.
IV, 323.
Trigant,  .
Letter from, III, 425.
Trigant, Elie, see also Jean Bart.
Treatment of, IV, 264.
Trincomali, the port of, III, 306.
Trink, Baron de.
Mentioned, III, 371.
Trinquesse,  .
Letter from, III, 255.
" Triomphant," French ship-of-war.
Ill, 75. IV, 113.
Tristan to Iseult, Verses, IV, 382.
Tristan-Brission, Abbe de.
Letter from, I, 472.
"Triton," a vessel belonging to Peter
Collas.
I, 469.
Troisset,  .
Letter from, III, 425.
Trone,  du, French Physician.
Mentioned, III, 131.
Tronquoy,  de.
Letter from, III, 233.
Tronson-Desjardins,  , a
brother of Maj.-Gen. Tronson-du-
Coudray of the Continental Army.
Letter from, I, 399.
Tronson -du- Coudray, Philippe
Charles Jean Baptiste, Maj.-Gen.
of Continental Army.
Mentioned, I, 99, 199, 2072, 208, 209,
214, 261, 265, 323, 334, 338, 390,
424. II, 115. IV, 242.
Troops, Advisability of concerting
with New York and Massachu
setts as to the raising of, III, 441.
In Boston, IV, 207.
Number of English, in the field, IV,
225.
Of Foreign, engaged by Great
Britain for the campaign in
America, IV, 487.

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Troops — Continued.
States to fill their quotas in, IV,
445-
Sum is subscribed for the supply of,
III, 440.
Trottier,  .
Letter from, I, 484.
Trouillot,  .
Letter from, II, 474.
Trout, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 7.
Troy Weight, Standard, III, 334
Troye, Lieutenant de, in Count Pu
laski's Legion.
Mentioned, II, 505.
Troyes,  .
Antoine Felix Wuibert to, IV, 242.
Truce to America, Ten Years', II,
203, 204.
To France, Report that England pro
posed a nine years', II, 350.
Flags of, British, received at Dobb's
Ferry only, IV, 503.
Truck, Thomas.
Mentioned, I, no.
Trudaine de Montigny, Jean Charles
Philibert, French Administrator.
Mentioned, I, 134.
" True State of the Proceedings in
the Parliament of Great Britain
and in the Province of Massa
chusetts Bay," by Benjamin
Franklin.
Ill, 498.
Truffe,  .
Letter from, III, 175.
Trullon,  .
Letter from, II, 157.
Truman, Thomas, British prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 469.
Trumbinsky, Count de.
Mentioned, III, 431.
Trumble,  .
Mentioned, IV, 45.
Trumble's House, Appearance of,
after having been struck by light
ning, III, 438.

Trumbull, John, M. A. P. S., son of
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, Artist.
Letters from, II, 418. Ill, 170,
397-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 40.
Mentioned, II, 237, 325, 351, 372,
393. Ill, 397. IV, 433, 439, 443.
Trumbull, Jonathan, Governor of Con
necticut.
Letters from, I, 430, 431, 544. II,
237, 506. Ill, 180. IV, 439.
To President Henry Laurens, IV,
245.
Conference in relation to surrender
of posts, prisoners, negroes and
other properties in possession of
the British, IV, 339.
Favorable impression created by
letter of, II, n.
Mentioned, I, 492. IV, 502.
Trump's Company, III, 440.
Trusler, John, Divine, Literary Com
piler and Medical Empiric, Super
intendent of the Literary Society
for abolishing publishers.
Letter from, I, 39.
Truxton, Thomas, Captain of London
Packet.
Mentioned, III, 2712. IV, 68.
Tryon, William, Governor of New
York, Lieutenant-General in Brit
ish Army.
Mentioned, I, 124, 275.
"Tryton," the brig.
IV, 248.
Tucker, Henry, of Bermuda.
Letter from, I, 174.
Tucker, Jacob, relative of Captain
Samuel Tucker.
Letter from, II, 281.
Tucker, Capt. James.
Mentioned, II, 399, 402. Ill, 433.
Tucker, Josiah, Dean of Gloucester,
Economist and Divine.
Letters from, I, 1582.
Letter to, III, 498.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Tucker, Samuel, Member of the Pro
vincial Assembly of New Jersey,
and of Committee of Safety, Presi
dent of Provincial Congress and
Judge of Supreme Court.
Letter from, I, 163.
Letters to, III, 497s.
Tucker, Samuel, Captain of the U. S.
frigate "Boston."
Letters from, I, 386, 407, 452, 457,
459-
Navy Board, Eastern Department to,
IV, 488.
Mentioned, I, 390, 396, 418, 440,
45i, 455, 463, 467, 468, 482. II,
32, 327, 337. IV, 312.
Tudesq,  .
Letter from, II, 277.
Tugny, Chevalier de.
Letters from, III, 119, 127.
Tuitten, Robert.
. Mentioned, IV, 474.
Tulle, Royal Manufactory of, Offer to
furnish firearms, IV, 379.
Tunnicliff, John, of Darby, Eng.
Letter from, I, 67.
Mentioned, I, 24, 42.
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Au-
vergne, Vicomte de, Marshal of
France.
Mentioned, I, 355.
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron
de L'Aulne, Economist and Con
troller-General of the Finances,
brother of Marquis Turgot.
Mentioned, I, 164, 429. II, 31, 175,
3402, 372. Ill, 204, 340. IV, 72,
132.
"National Riches," by, IV, 131.
Turgot, Etienne Frangois, Marquis,
Administrator and French Officer.
Letters from, I, 397. II, 338, 369,
375, 438- IV, 410, 441.
Letter to, IV, 477.
Mentioned, III, 203.
Turin, Academy of Sciences of, see
Academy of Sciences of Turin.
Turin, Comte de.
Letter from, I, 361.

Turing, James, & Son, Merchants of
Middelburg, Netherlands.
Letters from, II, 148, 162, 240.
Turini, Pierre.
Letter from, II, 293.
Turkey, War against, IV, 364.
And Russia, Dr. Franklin's remarks
on the war between, III, 378.
Peace between, III, 480, 482.
War between, III, 35s2.
Turkish Apologue, A, III, 557.
Turnbull, John, of the firm of Living
ston & Turnbull.
Mentioned, IV, 255.
Turner,  , Husband of Catha
rine Turner.
Mentioned, III, 46.
Turner, Major.
Letter from, III, 292.
Turner, Catharine, Widow of John
Mecom.
Letter from, III, 46.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Turner, G.
Letter from, III, 372.
Turner, James, Silversmith of Boston.
Letter from, I, 2.
Turner, Thomas, Captain of the brig
"Dolphin," from Boston, a Brit
ish prize.
Mentioned, I, 420, 541.
Turner, Thomas, Son of Captain
Thomas Turner.
Letter from, I, 541.
Turner's lathe, Description of a, IV,
395-
Tuscany, Grand Duke of.
Mentioned, I, 291.
Commissioners to be sent to, IV, 226.
Tuscaroras, Agreement of Baron de
Graffenried with, IV, 170.
Alexander Spotswood to, IV, 170.
Twins joined at breast-bone, I, 72.
"Two Brothers," the ship.
Guns seized on, I, 520.
" Two Easters," the Letter of Marque.
Ill, 432.
" Two Sisters," the American prize.
I, 266.

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299

Tyler, John.
Letter from, III, 344.
Mentioned, III, 317, 395, 396, 477.
Tyler, John S.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 45.
Type, Arrival of, III, 301.
Manufactured in Franklin's house in
France, III, 298.
Misunderstanding over, purchased
from Dr. Franklin, III, 374.
Ordered by Franklin, I, 494, 520.
Price of, I, 301.
Purchase of, III, 354. IV, 265.
For Printers in Connecticut, 1,431.
Used in new method of printing,
III, 225.
Type-founding in America, IV, 258.
Type-foundry, Benjamin Franklin
Bache's, III, 344.
Ubetius, Jean Frangois.
Letter from, I, 189.
" Union," the ship, from Edenton,
N. C.
I, 453-
" Union between Great Britain and
her Colonies, Reciprocal Ad
vantages of a Perpetual," I, 58.
Union of the Colonies, Parliament to
establish, for the Common de
fense, III, 440.
Plan of, III, 499. IV, 21 12.
Proposed at Albany, Draught of
the Plan of, III, 438.
United States Agent at Lyons, Com
mission to be given to, by Con
gress, IV, 387.
Aids granted by Louis XVI to, III,
306.
Arms for, IV, 256.
Attitude of, towards France and
Spain, IV, 475.
Bank, IV, 438.
Collection of laws of, II, 502.
Constitutions of the Thirteen, Copy
of, HI, 535-
French Translation of, published
in Paris, III, 45, 535-

United States.
Constitutions of the — Continued.
Mentioned, III, 61, 71, 78, 887,
89, 92, 98, 99, 100, 1012, 106, 112,
171, 239, 359, 362. IV, 112,
117, 120, 332, 342, 469.
Observations of Abbe de Mably
on, III, 241.
Continental Congress to the people
of the, IV, 489.
Credit of, II, 316.
Emblems of, IV, 443.
Expenditures on account of, IV, 487.
Dr. Franklin's account with, IV, 467.
Free ports to be accorded to, III, 62.
French vessels can visit and trade
in any port of, III, 533.
Hanoverians desirous of emigrating
to, III, 203.
Money system of, II, 289.
Receipts and disbursements on ac
count of, IV, 458.
Repealing Acts prohibiting trade
and intercourse with, IV, 389.
Senate. Stephano, Baron de Bissy to the,
IV, 225.
Settling accounts of public servants
of, in Europe, IV, 451.
Statement of receipts and expendi
tures on account of, in France, IV,
424.
Swamped with foreign goods, IV,
466.
Treasurer of.
Letter from, II, 407.
And France, Remarks on the Trea
ties between, IV, 453.
And Great Britain, Suspension of
Arms between, III, 533, 534.
Plan of conciliation between, IV,
224.
And Sweden, Treaty between, IV,
335, 346-
" Universal Gazette " of Cologne.
I, 437-
Universal history, Voltaire's, IV, 386.
D'UrbainviUe,  .
Letter from, I, 489.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Urdele,  .
Mentioned, IV, 309.
Urvoy,  .
Letter from, III, 71.
d'Ussaut, Chevalier, French Officer in
America.
Letter from, II, 393.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 44.
"Utrecht Gazette."
Mentioned, II, 427.
Utzschneider, Joseph.
Letter from, III, 47.
V  , Count de.
Mentioned, IV, 156.
Vaillant,  .
Mentioned, II, 354.
Vailly,  .
Anonymous to, IV, 228.
Valans,  , Captain of Mer
chant ship " Concord."
Mentioned, I, 153.
Valaze, Charles Eleonor Dufriche de,
French politician.
Letters from, II, 153. Ill, 160,
167, 173, 182, 191, 194, 195, 234,
264, 266.
Valentz, Jno., formerly of Pennsyl
vania.
Letter from, I, 273.
Valeton, Isaac, of Rotterdam.
Letter from, II, 244.
" Valiant," the British man-of-war.
II, 3°3-
Valiniere,  de la, French
Priest.
Letter from, III, 213.
Vallenais,  de.
Letter from, I, 200.
Valley Forge, Camp at, I, 423.
Valltravers, Rodolph, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S.
Letters from, I, 239, 263, 266, 296,
308, 316, 349, 350, 375, 395, 424,
465, 483, 514, 549. II, 501, 516,
517. Ill, 23, 260.
To Capt. James Lake, IV, 361.

Valltravers, Rodolph — Continued.
Baron de Graffenried to, IV, 270.
Memoir on the resemblance between
the United States and Switzerland,
IV, 268.
Mentioned, III, 10.
Valmer,  de.
Mentioned, II, 148.
Valminiere,  de, of Marti
nique.
Mentioned, II, 355.
Valnais,  de.
Letter from, III, 182.
Valnais, Mr. and Mrs. de.
Letters from, III, 138, 154, 180.
Valnais, Joseph de, French Consul at
Boston.
Mentioned, IV, 311.
Valori, Chevalier De.
Letter from, III, 154.
Valory, Marquis de.
Letter from, II, 268.
Van Arp & Co., of Amsterdam.
John de Neufville & Son to, IV, 325.
Mentioned, II, 417, 419, 448.
Van Berckel, E. P., Grand Pension
ary of Holland.
Mentioned, I, 283, 388, 447, 452,
478, 506, 526, 530. II, 70, 90, 91,
113, 214, 237", 241, 307, 309. Ill,
205, 206.
Van Braam, Major, formerly of the
English Army.
Mentioned, II, 476.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, President of
the Council of Safety for the State
of New York.
Mentioned, IV, 235.
Vandalia grant in Ohio, II, 79.
Memorial concerning, IV, 18.
Van den Yver,  , of Paris.
Letters from, II, 309, 360.
Van den Yver & Co., of Paris.
Letters from, I, 355. II, 264. IV,
453-
Van den Yver freres, of Paris.
Letter from, II, 380.

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Van den Yver Freres & Co., of Paris.
Mentioned, IV, 7.
Van de Perre, P. E.
Letter from, III, 23.
Van der Capellen, Baron Jan Derek,
Member of the House of Nobles of
the Province of Overyssel, Hol
land.
Letters from, I, 404, 493. II, 10,
166.
To the Council of Nobles of the
Province of Overyssel, Holland,
IV, 337.
To C. G. F. Dumas, IV, 303.
To Fizeaux, IV, 377.
Answer of, to the Governor of Con
necticut, IV, 277.
Mentioned, II, 90, 93, 96.
Vanderen, Jr., John.
Letter from, III, 284.
Petition to be appointed Notary Pub
lic, III, 284.
Vanderhorst,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 118.
Mentioned, III, 165, 170, 171.
Vanderhorst, Capt. Elias.
Mentioned, I, 137.
Van der Kemp, Fr. Adr.
Letters from, III, 374, 379.
Vanderpar,  . of Iceland.
Mentioned, II, 365.
Van der Perre & Meyners, of Middel-
burg, Netherlands.
Letters from, II, 234.
Mentioned, II, 239.
Vanhamme,  .
Mentioned, I, 251.
Van Horn, Dr. Philip.
Mentioned, III, 3822.
Van Lehsveld, F.
Letters from, I, 166, 275.
Van Moorsel & Co., Theodoor.
Letter from, III, 140.
Van Mulbraght, C. J.
Letter from, I, 245.
Vannes, Admiralty of.
Mentioned, I, 223.

Van Noemer, Petrus, Senator of the
Council of Ziericzee.
Letter from, II, 91.
The Burgomasters of Ziericzee to,
IV, 223.
Mentioned, IV, 221.
Verses by, IV, 377.
Van Oudermeulen, Corn.
Mentioned, II, 261, 265, 268.
Vanschellebeck & Mailhot, Mer
chants at Newbern, N. C.
Mentioned, III, 202.
Van Teylingen, Isaac, of Rotterdam.
Letters from, I, 364, 505.
Van Vordice, Mrs.
Mentioned, I, 184.
Van Wort, Isaac, Soldier in Conti
nental Army.
Mentioned, II, 314.
Van Wynbergen, L. F., Baron.
Letter from, II, 82.
Vaquier,  .
Letter from, I, 341.
Varage, Joseph, Captain U. S. cutter
" Cerf."
Letter from, II, 163.
Varaigne, Chevalier de.
Mentioned, I, 338.
Varenne, Detouches de.
Letter from, II, 424.
Varnum, James Mitchel, M. C. C.
from Rhode Island, Brig.-Gen. in
the Continental Army, U. S. Judge
in Northwest Territory.
Letter from, III, 335.
Varon,  .
Letter from, II, 380.
Varranault, see Vauronault.
Varseille,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 165.
Vatteville,  de.
Letter from, I, 341.
Vauban, Jacques Anne Joseph Le
Prestre, Comte de, Aide-de-Camp
to Rochambeau in America.
Mentioned, II, 278, 295, 309. Ill,
87.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Vaublanc,

de.

Poem by, IV, 379.
Vaucher, C.
Letter from, III, 123.
Vaudois, Mme. de.
Mentioned, II, 329.
Vaudore, Mace de, Aide-de-Camp lo
Col. Charles Armand.
Letters from, II, 412, 456, 497.
Vaudreuil, Joseph Frangois de Paule,
Comte de, Member of L'Institut de
France, French General.
Description of a balloon ascension,
IV, 507.
Mentioned, III, 130.
Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud,
Marquis de, Captain commanding
" Le Pendant " in the fleet of
Comte d'Estaing.
Letter from, III, 136.
Letter to, III, 537.
Arrived from West Indies, II, 496.
Mentioned, II, 47, 483.
Vaugelas,  .
Mentioned, IV, 165.
Vaughan,  .
Mentioned, II, 321. Ill, 47.
Vaughan, the Messrs.
Letter from, III, n.
Vaughan, Benjamin, M. A. P. S., M.
P., London Merchant, later of
Hallowell, Maine.
Letters from, I, 80, 208, 372, 405,
43o, 45i, 468, 491, 57i- II, 58,
70, 86, 96, 109, 122, 1432, 151, 153,
199, 387, 4io, 459, 482, 486, 494.
Ill, 26, 35, 93, 249, 254, 260, 331.
IV, 454-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 13, 14, 81, 82, 83, 84, 88,
96, 101, 125, 1263, 128, 129, 131,
137, 139, 167, 506, 510.
To Mrs. Sarah Bache, IV, 379.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 269.
To Reuben Harvey, IV, 342.
To Matthew Ridley's clerk, IV,
34i2-
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 272,
277.

Vaughan, Benjamin — Continued.
Adair Crawford to, IV, 371.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
274.
W. Lisle to, IV, 331.
William Vaughan to, IV, 351.
Mentioned, I, 325, 367, 547. II,
107. Ill, 4, 44, 1872, 290. IV,
149, 165, 251.
To purchase lands in America, II,
459-
Vaughan, Charles, of Hallowell,
Maine, brother of Benjamin Vau
ghan and Boston Merchant.
Letter from, III, 369.
Vaughan, Christiana.
To Ann Loviel, IV, 330.
Mentioned, IV, 330.
Vaughan, James, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 361.
Vaughan, John, M. A. P. S., Merchant
at Philadelphia, brother of Ben
jamin Vaughan.
Letters from, I, 401, 426. II, 373,
420. Ill, 72, 330, 389, 391.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 22, 23, 27,
28, 46, 51, 52, 53, 62, 68, 75, 77,
79, 85, 86, 87, 100, 106.
Anxious to become an American citi
zen, IV, 51.
Buys property of Gen. Charles Lee
in Berkley County, Va., IV, 86.
Mentioned, I, 372. IV, 9, 13.
Prisoner on a Quebec frigate, IV,
77, 79-
Proposes to go to America before the
war is over, IV, 23.
Registered as an American, IV, 7.
Vaughan, John, M. P., Lieut.-Gen. in
British Army.
Mentioned, IV, 241.
Vaughan, Samuel, M. A. P. S., West
Indian Merchant and Planter,
father of Benjamin Vaughan.
Letters from, I, 171, 372. II, 156,
514. Ill, 58, 67, 74, 174, 380.
Mentioned, II, 423, 508. Ill, 77,
105, 385.

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Vaughan, Samuel, Jr., M. A. P. S.,
West Indian Planter, brother of
Benjamin Vaughan.
Letters from, III, 14, 19, 20, 30,
41, 44, 5i, 139, 269, 330, 341, 350,
363, 372, 383, 387, 392-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 102, 135.
To Hoffman, IV, 506.
Jan Ingen Housz to, IV, 357, 363.
Mentioned, III, 378, 380. IV, 104.
Vaughan, Sarah, probably the wife of
Samuel Vaughan, possibly the wife
or sister of Benjamin Vaughan.
Letter from, III, 380.
Vaughan, William, of London, M. A.
P. S., brother of Benjamin Vau
ghan.
Letters from, III, 121, 259, 364,
370, 372, 380, 386, 395, 396.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 104.
To Capt. Spence, IV, 364.
To Benjamin Vaughan, IV, 351.
William Harrison to, IV, 363.
Mentioned, III, 220.
Vauronault, Chevalier de Goyon du,
Lieutenant on the ship " Le Ca-
ton " in the fleet of Comte de
Grasse.
Letter from, III, 319.
Mentioned, 347.
Vausenville,  de.
Letter from, II, 102.
" de Vaux," the vessel, see also " Vi
comte de Vaux."
IV, 410.
Vaux,  de.
Mentioned, III, 219.
de Vaux brothers.
Mentioned, III, 224.
Vaux, Richard.
Oath of Allegiance of, IV, 330.
Vebon, J.,
Letter from, III, 133.
Veillard family, Le.
Mentioned, IV, 148.

Veillard, Mile. Le, Daughter of Louis
Guillaume Le Veillard.
Letters from, II, 170, 208. Ill, 426.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, n.
Veillard fils, Louis Le, Son of Louis
Guillaume Le Veillard.
Letter from, II, 354.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 41, 51, 52*, 77, 84, 87, 88,
95, 97, i°°, IOI> io4> IC,6> 126,
144, 163.
Mentioned, IV, 57, 74, 156, 157.
Plan for starting in business in
America, IV, 95, 97.
Verses by, IV, 380.
Veillard, Louis Guillaume Le, of
Passy, M. A. P. S.
Letters from, I, 419, 430, 466, 571.
II, 16, 133, 199- HI, 5, r54, 274,
280, 283, 290, 295, 300, 303, 3062,
308, 316, 321, 324, 344, 361, 37i,
380, 385, 388, 393, 4252, 426'.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 108, 126, 1452, 146, 1472,
150, 151, 1523, 1532, 154, I552, 156,
1572, 1583, 159, 1602, 161, I633,
1632.
Mme. Brillon to, IV, 378.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
359, 360, 361.
Lavabre, Doerner & Co., to, IV, 316.
Candidate for French Academy, III,
405.
Commands the Militia of Passy, III,
393-
Election to membership in The
American Philosophical Society,
IV, 360.
Family of, III, 291.
Mentioned, I, 539, 562. II, 313,
385, 402, 428. Ill, 184, 235, 238.
Ill, 404, 4052, 417, 543- Iv, I25,
127, 1452, 1472, 151, 1612, 278.
Veillard, Mme. Louis Guillaume Le.
Letters from, II, 399. Ill, 119,
374. IV, 471.

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Veimerange, Palteau, Chevalier de,
Comissaire du Guerre, France.
Letters from, II, 461, 496. Ill, 50.
IV, 440.
Mentioned, II, 379. Ill, 2, 146.
Veinbrenner, Joseph de, Merchant at
Vienna.
Letter from, III, 24.
Venant fils,  .
Letter from, III, 406.
" Vengeance," the ship, U. S. brigan
tine of war.
I, 444. II, no, 149, 152, 203, 207,
485. Ill, 94, 130, 432. IV, 329,
437-
Desertions among crew of, IV, 494.
Officers of.
Letter from, IV, 422.
Venice, the Ambassador of.
Letter from, III, 75.
Report of Franklin's intention of
visiting, III, 68.
Ventades,  .
Mentioned, IV, 32.
Venus, transit of, I, 97, 98, 102, 104,
109. Ill, 469.
Verac, Marquis de, Charles Olivier de
Saint Georges, French General
and Diplomatist.
Mentioned, II, 420.
Verdelin, Mme.
To Mme.  , IV, 498.
Vergeel, Anthonius Albertus.
Letter from, II, 43.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte
de, M. A. P. S., French Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
Letters from, I, 269. II, 266, 302.
315, 316, 379, 390, 438, 490. Ill,
5, 162, 39, 45, 81, 88, 109, 173. IV,
421, 431.
Letters to, III, 510, 512, 514, 521,
5352, 539, 54o-
To John Adams, IV, 308, 309, 499.
To the Underwriters of the ship
" Nancy," IV, 345.
John Adams to, IV, 3072, 3082, 3102,
3HS, 499-

Vergennes, Comte de — Continued.
D'Acosta freres & Cie, to, IV, 371.
Marquis de Castries to, IV, 336.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 281.
Philippe Denis Pierres to, IV, 342.
John Schaffer to, IV, 344.
Formal address of, IV, 385.
Mentioned, I, 193, 344, 494, 538-
II, 85, 92, 101, 118, 131, 135, r52,
154, 169, 197, 221, 248, 262, 264,
266, 332, 391, 434, 485, 5io, 512,
515. Ill, 402, 412, 47, 62, 76, 78,
99, 100, 118, 119, 138, 215, 217,
386, 338, 344, 409, 412, 417, 426,
526, 537- IV, 19, 36, 62, 67, 71,
103, 104, 105, 106, 124, 232, 318,
336, 340, 342, 344, 413, 434, 447,
455, 4662, 467, 477-
Verin, Chalut de.
Letter from, I, 341.
Verite, Hippolyte de.
Letter from, II, 87.
Verjusty, Gregorio Alvarez de.
Y. Bertrand Kenguer to, IV, 265.
Verme, Comte Del.
Mentioned, IV, 114.
Vermeille, Frangois, Sailor on the
" Revenge."
Mentioned, II, 156.
Vermonnet, Jean Baptiste Artur De,
French Officer, Major in the Con
tinental Army.
Letters from, III, 103, 133, 248.
" Vernet," the merchant ship.
Ill, 267.
Vernet, Carle, Painter for the King
at the Gallery of the Louvre.
Letter from, III, 201.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 141.
To Mme. Brillon, IV, 504.
Vernet, Claude Joseph, French Ma
rine Painter.
Mentioned, III, 1422.
Vernie,  . Captain in Royal
Regiment of Hesse Darmstadt,
brother of le Sieur Vernie.
Letter from, II, 486.

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Vernie, le Sieur, a French Officer in
the service of the U. S.
Mentioned, II, 421, 441.
Vernier,  de.
Letters from, II, 421, 441.
Vernier, Pierre.
Letter from, III, 244.
Letter to, III, 549.
Vernier & Co., Pierre, of Lyons,
France.
Mentioned, IV, 316.
Vernon,  .
Mentioned, IV, 1,36.
Vernon, William, of the Navy Board
of the Eastern Department.
Letters from, I, 360, 542. II, 55.
Ill, 278.
Letter to, III, 551.
Mentioned, I, 362. Ill, 280. IV,
417, 488, 4892-
Vernon, Jr., William, Son of William
Vernon.
Letters from, II, 76. Ill, 252.
Letter to, III, 552.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 137.
Mentioned, I, 543. II, 466. Ill,
278, 551. IV, in.
Veron, Paul.
Letter from, I, 336.
" Versailles," the merchant ship.
I, 338.
Versan, Couturier de.
Letter from, I, 405.
Verseuil,  .
Letter from, I, 381.
Vesey, Peter, et al., American sailors.
Letters from, II, 96, 143. IV, 431.
Vessel, Inventory of a, for sale, IV,
396.
Offer of a, IV, 4032.
Vessels, Arrangements for two, to sail
for America, I, 252.
Carrying contraband of war, Regu
lations with regard to, III, 538.
Commissioners to fit out, for war on
British Property, IV, 226.
Contract for freighting, IV, 333.

Vessels — Continued.
Despatched to America since Treaty
of Peace, III, 48.
List of English, IV, 508.
Sale of, in Holland, IV, 487.
"Vestatur." Letter from, III, 426.
Vetrimetmann, L. H. de.
Letter from, III, 312.
Viau & Vineau.
Letter from, III, 32.
Vibraye, Vicomte de.
Letter from, II, 224.
Vic,  de, Father of de Bois
Bertrand.
Mentioned, I, 282.
Vicard, Jean.
Mentioned, III, 362.
" Vicomte de Vaux," the French
ship, see also " de Vaux."
Mentioned, I, 426.
Vicq d'Azyr, Felix, Secretary of the
Royal Society of Medicine at Paris.
Letters from, I, 341. II, 29, 132,
284, 287, 356, 387, 390, 438, 458,
505. Ill, 31, 98, 104, 170, 195,
199, 211, 222. IV, 460.
"Victoire," see "Victoria."
"Victoria," the Swedish ship.
II, 67, 130. IV, 286, 443.
Vidal,  . et al., Masons.
Letter from, II, 480.
Vidau,  .
Letter from, IV, 467.
Vidau fils,  .
To President Tascher, IV, 331.
Desires position as American Consul,
IV, 331, 467.
Viel,  .
To Silas Deane, IV, 233.
Plan for a National Academy, IV,
380.
Vienna, Court of, Resolution of Con
gress to send Commissioners to the,
IV, 226.
General Congress at, II, 494.
Vienne, Comte de, Field Marshal.
Letters from, I, 197, 540.

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Vienne, Marquis de, Son of Comte de
Vienne.
Mentioned, I, 540.
Vieux,  Le.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 144.
Vigeral, Gabriel, American prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 196, 282, 302.
" Vigne," the American prize.
I, i942-
Vigneron,  .
Letters from, II, 107, 135.
Vignier,  .
Letter from, I, 412.
Viguera, Neveu,

Villers,

de.

Letter from, III, 357.
Villarceaux, Mme. and Miles.
Mentioned, IV, 95.
Ville,  de.
Letter from, I, 502.
Villeboisnet, Espivent de La, Paris
Merchant.
Letters from, I, 552, 553. II, 18.
Ill, 301.
Villedeuil,  de, Comptroller-
General of Finances of France.
Mentioned, III, 344.
Villefort, Bachois de, Lieutenant of
Police.
Letter from, III, 112.
ViUefranche, Chevalier de, Major in
the Continental Army.
Mentioned, II, 230, 246, 287. Ill,
145.
Villeneuve, Comtesse de.
Mentioned, I, 288. II, 282.
Villeneuve, Mme. de.
Mentioned, IV, 130.
Villepatour, Louis Philippe Tabou-
reau de, French General.
Letter from, I, 350.
Villepre, Chevalier, Lieut.-Col. in the
Continental Service.
Mentioned, I, 341.
Villequier, Due de.
Letters from, II, 144, 383.
de Villeroy, Duchesse.
Harmonica sent to, III, 162.
Mentioned, I, 171.

Mentioned, IV, 149.
Villevault,  de.
Mentioned, I, 431.
Villiam,  .
Mentioned, II, 412.
Villiers,  de, Sculptor.
Mentioned, I, 223. II, 500.
Villiers, Dufourny de.
Letters from, I, 355, 571. II, 150,
179, 408. Ill, 42, 116.
Mentioned, III, 35.
Villiers du Terrage,  de.
To Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 343.
Villon,  de.
Mentioned, IV, 108.
Vilna, Bishop of.
Mentioned, I, 139.
Vincennes, capture of, II, 108.
Vincent,  , an American.
Mentioned, II, 352.
Vincent,  .
Letters from, II, 14. Ill, 406.
Vincent,  , et fils. ,
Letter from, III, 33.
Vincent, G., fils.
Letter from, I, 387.
Vincent, J.
Letter from, I, 291.
de Vinck & Co., Merchants at Ostend.
Letter from, III, 19.
" Vindication and Offer from Con
gress to Parliament," by Benja
min Franklin.
IV, 402.
Vines,  , et al.
Letter from, IV, 422.
Vinfrais,  .
Letter from, II, 425.
Vinient, Pomponne.
Letter from, III, 427.
Viny, John, Carriage wheel maker in
London.
Letter from, III, 238.
Viny, John, and family.
Letter from, III, 64.
Viny, Joseph, Son of Thomas Viny.
Mentioned, III, 255.

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Viny, R. W., Wife of Thomas Viny.
To Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, IV,
216.
Viny, Thomas, Timber Bender and
Carriage Wheel Maker of Tenter-
den, Kent.
Letters from, I, 105, 159. Ill, 154,
220, 255.
Coach fitted with wheels made by,
IV, 449.
Mentioned, II, 89.
Viollier, J. P.
Letter from, III, 37.
Virginia, Agent for, II, 90.
Arms and ammunition on account of,
I, 261. IV, 265.
Arms loaned to, by France, IV, 331.
Boundary between, and the country
to the west, IV, 217.
British in, IV, 321.
Claim against, IV, 301.
Contract for supplies to, IV, 50, 66.
Debt owing by, III, 14, 248.
Dr. Franklin's Printing Press sold to,
IV, 405.
Governor of.
Mentioned, IV, 460.
Grants of land in, I, 129, 138, 140,
143.
House of Burgesses of, against right
of Parliament to tax Virginia,
IV, 190.
Relative to Stamp Act, I, 45, 462.
IV, 190.
Legislature of.
Charles Simms to the, IV, 362.
Minister of War to give gun-car
riage to, IV, 279.
New edition of laws of, to be printed
with Franklin's type, IV, 234.
Observations on, by Thomas Jeffer
son, translated into French by
Abbe Morellet, III, 300, 349.
Requesting .articles of war for, II,
13, 53, I36-
Supplies for, II, 53, 91, no. Ill,
518. IV, 269.

Virth,

-, Volunteer in the serv

ice of South Carolina.
Mentioned, IV, 501.
Virth, Mme.
Letter from, IV, 442.
Mentioned, IV, 501.
Vitel,  .
To Le Roy, IV, 313.
Mentioned, IV, 43.
Vitre, Denis de.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 149.
Vivier, L., Merchant at La Rochelle.
Letter from, III, 25.
Vogler, Abbe George Joseph, Com
poser and Organist.
Letter from, III, 30.
Voice, the human, III, 320.
Voisin, Jean Baptiste.
Letter from, I, 548.
Voisin, V.
To Corgemont, IV, 380.
To his cousin, IV, 184.
Volange,  . French Actor.
Mentioned, IV, 76.
Volmers,  , Bremen Merchant.
Mentioned, III, 74.
Volney, Constantin Frangois de Chas-
seboeuf, Comte de, Member of
L'Institut de France, French sa
vant.
Mentioned, III, 344.
Volta, Alessandro, F. R. S., Member
of Academie Royales des Sciences,
Italian Physicist.
Mentioned, I, 189, 296, 430.
On inflammable air, I, 421.
Voltaire, Frangois Marie Arouet de,
F. R. S., French Philosopher and
Litterateur.
To Mme. Duboccage, IV, 241.
Apotheosis of, I, 551.
Grave of, IV, 382.
Mentioned, I, 107, 296. II, 42.
IV, 372.
Remains of, I, 449.
Universal History by, IV, 386.
Works, IV, 31, 37.

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"Volunteers of Franklin," Two
picked companies under title of,
IV, 508.
von Holberg, Baron Ludwig.
Comparative History of Oriental and
Indian Heroes, IV, 395.
Vorvisca, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 366.
Vosmon, Chevalier de.
Letters from, II, 243, 245.
Voss, George Carl.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 272.
Voyage to England, Account of Ex
penses of Benjamin Franklin's,
HI, 555-
Wachworth,  .

Letter from, III, 198.
Wack, Georg, Stocking Weaver in
Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 243.
Wadsworth, James, Maj.-Gen. of
Connecticut Militia in Continental
Army.
Mentioned, III, 217, 314.
Wadsworth, Col. Jeremiah, Commis
sary-General of the Continental
Army, Member of the Continental
Congress.
To Brentano, IV, 503.
To Silas Deane, IV, 502.
Mentioned, III, 79. IV, 503.
Settlement of Account of, IV, 469.
Wadsworth & Carter.
Mentioned, IV, 502.
Wagner, Laurence Joseph, of Trieste.
Letter from, II, 490.
Wagner, Philip.
Letters from, II, 60, 117.
Mentioned, II, 130.
Wagons, Hiring of, for supplying
Braddock's Army, III, 439*.
Wahrendorff,  .
Suit against, III, 542.
Wahrendorff & Son, Merchants at
Wismar.
Letter from, II, 167.
Waiscott,  .
Mentioned, IV, 182.

Waite, John, of Falmouth, Maine.
Petition concerning the sufferings of
the people of Falmouth, IV, 344.
Waites, Thomas.
Mentioned, I, 421.
Waitz, the Misses.
Letter from, II, 74.
Walcott, Colonel.
Mentioned, I, 275.
Waldeck, regiments of Prince de, re
fusal of Holland to cede to Eng
land the two, I, 273.
Waldner, Dowager Countess de.
Letter from, III, 165.
Wales, Prince of, Unpopularity of the,
HI, 391-
Walhm, Count von Gravenitz.
Letter from, III, 78.
Walke, Jno., American ship captain.
Letter from, I, 377.
Walke, Thomas.
To the Virginia Delegates in Con
gress, IV, 339.
Mentioned, IV, 340.
Walker,  . of Hartford, Conn.
Mentioned, I, 99.
Walker,  .
Mentioned, I, 335. Ill, 557.
Walker, George, of the Barbadoes.
Letters from, II, 510. Ill, 16.
Walker, Mrs. Hannah, of Westbury,
Eng., cousin of Benjamin Franklin.
Letters from, I, 49, 61, 63, 85, 96,
98, 141. IV, 399.
Mentioned, I, 147. IV, 208.
Walker, Henry, Son of Hannah
Walker.
Letter from, I, 82.
Mentioned, I, 139, 146.
Walker, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 28.
Walker, Joseph.
Mentioned, II, 468.
Walker, M., Wife(?) of Thomas
Walker, Merchant at Montreal.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom, IV, 224.
Walker, Mary.
Receipt for rent from, to Lawrence
Growdon, IV, 168.

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Walker, Thomas.
Letter from, I, 303.
Walker, Thomas, Husband of Hannah
Walker, of Westbury, Eng.
Mentioned, I, 61.
Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of
Westbury, Eng.
Mentioned, I, 310.
" Wallace," the brigantine.
Ill, 432.
Wallace, John.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 129.
Wallace & Muir, of Annapolis, Md.
Letters from, III, 373, 376.
Wallier, Jean, of Edenton N. C.
Deposition concerning, IV, 332.
Wallier, Jean Jacques, of Edenton.
Deposition relative to, IV, 332.
Wallisch and Hancock, Messrs.
Mentioned, II, 32.
Wain, Nicholas, M. A. P. S., Manager
of the Library Company of Phila
delphia.
Mentioned, I, 117.
Wain, Robert, Philadelphia Merchant.
To Captain Nathaniel Falconer, IV,
209.
Walnut, White, Description of the,
III, 328.
Walpole grant, the, III, 475, 480.
IV, 215, 216.
Walpole,  .
Mentioned, II, 519.
Walpole, Horace, British Diplomatist.
James Logan to, IV, 480.
Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford,
Prime Minister of England.
Mentioned, I, 10.
Walpole, Thomas, London Banker,
Member of British Parliament.
Letters from, I, 210, 213, 221, 323.
To Joseph Wharton, Jr., IV, 215.
William Pitt to, IV, 221.
Accommodation between Alexander
John Alexander and, IV, 133.

Walpole, Thomas — Continued.
Mentioned, I, 120, 174, 221. Ill,
233. IV, 23, 90, 95, 218, 2i9a,
355, 357-
Secretly endeavoring to take the per
son of Alexander John Alexander,
IV, 133.
Walsh, Dennis.
Letter from, II, 220.
Walsh, James.
Letters from, III, 63, 70.
Walsh, John, F. R. S., English Physi
cist.
Letters from, I, 134, 135, 137. IV,
401.
Letter to, III, 484.
Mentioned, I, 137, 160, 167, 169.
Ill, 288, 488s, 494.
Walsh, John, late master of the
" Drake."
Letters from, I, 535. II, 26, 85,
108.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 277.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 288.
Walter & Co., Conrad, Merchants at
Hildesheim.
Letter from, III, 176.
Walter, Henri, Merchant at Hildes
heim.
Letter from, I, 301, 317.
Walter, John, Founder of the Times
Newspaper, London.
Letter from, III, 140, 192, 242,
255, 392-
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 1302.
Walterstorff,  de, Minister
of Foreign Affairs at Copenhagen,
Danish Commissioner to negotiate
with Dr. Franklin.
Letters from, III, 50, 61, 64, 89.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 125.
Baron Rosencrone to, IV, 336.
Walther, Christian.
Mentioned, III, 294.

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Walton, George, Signer of the Decla
ration of Independence, Colonel in
Georgia Militia, Governor and
Chief Justice of Georgia.
Letter from, I, 322.
Walton, John, of Philadelphia.
Song by, IV, 229.
Verse by, IV, 229.
Walton, Thomas, Lieut, in the British
Navy.
Letter from, II, 10.
Walton & Stott.
Letter from, III, 77.
Wanklyn, I., American Dissenting
Minister.
Letter from, II, 57.
Wante,  .
Letter from, III, 154.
War, The Board of.
Letter from, I, 422.
At Boston, Cauvou to, IV, 241.
Chevalier De Franval to the, IV,
241.
Chariot, Memoir on a, IV, 385.
Map of the, in America, IV, 17.
Munitions of, from Royal Arsenals
sold on credit to the United States,
IV, 318.
Ward, Artemas, Maj.-Gen. in the
Continental Army, President of the
Executive Council of Massachu
setts, Speaker of the Massachusetts
Legislature.
Mentioned, IV, 486.
Ward, Samuel, Colonial Governor of
Rhode Island, Member of the
Continental Congress.
Mentioned, I, 44, 85.
Ward, Samuel, Son of Gov. Samuel'
Ward, Major in the Continental
Army.
Mentioned, I, 543.
Warder, Jeremiah, Merchant at Phila
delphia.
Letter from, I, 96.
Warder, John, of London.
Mentioned, III, 211.
Ware,  .
Letter to, III, 478.

Waring, Dr., of South Carolina.
Mentioned, III, 69. IV, 100.
Waring, John, of London, Member of
The Associates of the Late Dr.
Bray.
Letters from, I, 16, 21.
Mentioned, I, 82.
Warman, Richard.
Mentioned, IV, 173.
" Warren," the U. S. ship-of-war.
II, 95, 100, 106. IV, 17.
Warren,  .
Mentioned, I, 135, 141, 149, 154,
158.
Warren,  , Son of John and
Anne Johnson Warren, of Eng
land, and second cousin of Francis
Hopkinson.
Mentioned, I, 82.
Warren, Col. James, Revolutionary
leader and President of the Pro
vincial Congress of Massachusetts.
Mentioned, IV, 223.
Warren, Gen. James, of Plymouth,
Mass., Member of the Navy Board
of the Eastern Department.
Letters from, I, 360, 437. IV, 429.
Mentioned, IV, 238, 488, 490.
Warren, Winslow, Son of Gen. James
Warren of Plymouth, Mass.
Letter from, II, 365.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 722, 74.
Mentioned, II, 351, 370. IV, 54.
Wars, Cost of, III, 554.
" Washington," the American ship.
HI, 2, 77, 80, 84, 193. IV, 103.
Washington, Charles, of Fredericks
burg, Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 377.
Washington, George, M. A. P. S.,
General and Commander-in-Chief
of Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 180, 184. II, 503.
Ill, 396. IV, 471.
Letter to, III, 504.
To Egbert Benson, William S.
Smith and Daniel Parker, IV, 340.
To Sir Guy Carleton, IV, 3392, 503.

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Washington, George — Continued.
To a Member of Congress, IV, 239.
To the President of Congress, IV,
340.
To John Hancock, IV, 239.
To the State Societies of the Cin
cinnati, IV, 350.
Sir Guy Carleton to, IV, 503, 504.
Admiral Digby to, IV, 504.
Maj.-Gen. Nathanael Greene to, IV,
317.
Sir Edward Newenham to, IV, 360.
Abbe Tardieu to, IV, 232.
Attack on, by Anti-federalists, III,
359-
Battle between Gen. Howe and, IV,
487.
Bust of, IV, 359.
Cabal against, I, 524.
Compared to Cincinnatus, IV, 468.
Engraving of, III, 423. IV, 22.
In Possession of Philadelphia, I, 313.
Medal to be forwarded to, III, 44.
Mentioned, I, 195, 218, 225, 227,
228, 230, 231, 243, 268, 269, 280,
309, 344, 353, 417, 478, 553, 5«9-
II, 5, 19, 38, 97, 112, 243, 274, 289,
293, 314, 407, 413, 437, 473, 495,
521.
Ill, 54, 105, 107, 123, 138, 160, 170,
198, 202, 205, 228, 315, 342, 389-
IV, 25, 40, 50, 79, 91, 115, 241, 248,
250, 366, 405, 417, 443, 45i, 486,
509.
Movements of, I, 300, 218.
Opening the Potomac to Navigation,
IV, 137-
Portrait of, II, 151, 207. IV, 21.
Recommendation for John Wheelock,
IV, 347-
Successes in New Jersey, I, 256, 444.
Statue to, III, i3i, 259-
" Washington to the National Con
gress of the United States,"
Poem, IV, 381.
Washintgon, I., of The Hague.
Letter from, I, 338.
VOL. VI — 21

Washington, William, Col. in the
Continental Army.
Mentioned, IV, 332.
Waste, John, of Falmouth, Maine.
Letter from, III, 103.
Watelet, Claude Henri, French Lit
terateur and Artist.
Letters from, II, 177, 193.
Death of, III, 295.
Watelet, Mme. Claude Henri.
To Mme. Brillon, IV, 380.
Mentioned, II, 187.
Water, Decomposition of, Chemists
interested in, III, 279.
Machine for freshening salt, III,
296.
Observations on, by Franklin, III,
437-
Setting on fire, I, 84.
Water-spout, I, 6, 7, 8.
Explanation of the phenomenon of,
III, 404.
Waterhouse, Benjamin, M. A. P. S.,
Student of Medicine at Leyden,
Physician, Professor of Medicine
at Harvard University and of
Natural History at Brown Uni
versity.
Letters from, II, 324, 343.
Mentioned, II, 326.
Waties, Jno.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 12, 14, 16.
Watines, Louis Eugene Des.
Letter from, II, 370.
Watkins, Miss.
Mentioned, II, 37.
Watkins, J., et al., of the crew of the
U. S. S. "Alliance."
Letter from, IV, 429.
Watmaugh,  .
Mentioned, III, 335.
Watson, Col.
Mentioned, II, 121.
Watson, Ebenezer, Sailor on U. S.
ship-of-war " Ranger."
Letter from, I, 449.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Watson, Elkanah, Jr., American Mer
chant and Agriculturalist, bearer
of despatches to Dr. Franklin.
Letters from, II, 371, 438. Ill,
52, 87.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 76, 83, 89, 98, 99, 102,
1032.
George Benson to, IV, 322.
Mentioned, II, 65, 260.
Watson, James.
To Capt. Robert Niles, IV, 258, 265.
Watson, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 8.
Watson, Marston.
Letter from, I, 347.
Watson, Dr. Richard, F. R. S., Bishop
of Llandaff.
Letter from, I, 136.
On evidences of Religion, III, 258.
Watson, Sir William, F. R. S., Brit
ish Physician and Naturalist.
Mentioned, I, 25. Ill, 483.
Watson & Carey.
Letter from, II, 410.
Watson & Cossoul, Merchants at
Nantes.
Letters from, II, 373, 412, 448, 452,
490, 492.
Watt, James, F. R. S., Member L'In
stitut de France, British Engineer.
Mentioned, III, 302.
Watts,  , of Virginia.
Mentioned, II, 167.
Waves, stilling of, by oil, I, 164, 166,
167, 172, 275.
Dutch translation of Dr. Frank
lin's letter on, I, 166.
Wavran, Abbe.
Letter from, III, 127.
Wax, Experiments with green, III,
276.
Wayne, Anthony, M. A. P. S., Maj.-
Gen. in the Continental Army.
Letters from, I, 182. IV, 402.
To the House of Assembly of
Georgia, IV, 362.
Mentioned, III, 324. IV, 296.

Weather, observations on the, III,
381.
Webb,  .
Mentioned, I, 417.
Webb, Benjamin.
Letters from, I, 324. II, 425. Ill,
82, 183.
Webb, Daniel, Brig.-Gen. of British
Army.
Mentioned, IV, 178.
Webb, John.
Letter from, I, 320.
Webb, William, Captain of the Brit
ish cartel ship "Happy Return."
Letter from, II, 218.
Mentioned, II, 218.
Webster, Jr., Noah, M. A. P. S., Lexi
cographer.
Letters from, III, 311, 322, 330,389.
To dedicate his lectures to Dr.
Franklin, III, 307.
Mentioned, III, 325.
Webster, Pelatiah, Philadelphia Po
litical Economist.
Letter from, III, 383.
Weckherlein, Major Gottlieb Chris
tian von.
Letter from, II, 206.
Wedel, Carl.
Letter from, I, 503.
Wedgwood, Josiah, F. R. S., British
Potter.
Letter from, III, 369.
Mentioned, III, 363.
Weed, Comte de.
Letter from, III, 37.
Weems, Rev. Mason Locke, of Vir
ginia, Historian.
Letter from, III, 202.
Mentioned, II, 460.
" Weeren Firenden," merchant ship.
IV, 93-
Weilster, Baron de.
Letter from, II, 236.
Weinbrenner,  .
Mentioned, III, 76.
Weinlandt, Johann Caspar.
Letter from, III, 170.

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Weis, et fils, Eml., and Ns.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 271.
Wish to be appointed Consular
Agents, IV, 271.
Weiser, Conrad, Indian Interpreter.
Mentioned, IV, 181.
Weisheim, Ferdinand.
Letter from, I, 363.
Weisner, the, an isolated mountain
in the country of Hessia.
Description and drawing of, III,
139.
Weiss,  de.
Mentioned, III, 420.
Weiss, L.
Letter from, III, 361.
Welch, John.
To Floyd, IV, 380.
Well, Raising water out of, III, 302.
Welleb, Chief Justice.
Letter from, I, 345.
Wells, Charles.
Mentioned, III, 432.
Wells, Richard, of Philadelphia.
Letters from, III, 382.
Welsh, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 368.
Welsh, David.
Mentioned, I, 451.
Welsh, John, of Cadiz.
Letter from, II, 131.
Welsh, Rogers & Co.
Mentioned, IV, 318.
Wendell, John, Merchant and Justice
of the Peace, of Portsmouth, N. H.
Letters from, I, 3052.
Wendorp, D., Amsterdam(?) Mer
chant.
Letter from, II, 375.
Wentworth, Paul, New Hampshire
Agent in Great Britain.
Mentioned, I, 225, 287.
Wernecke, Frederick de, Captain in
the Continental Army(f).
Mentioned, I, 518.
Wernier, Hartsinck & Wernier, Am
sterdam Merchants.
Letter from, II, 113.

Werzery, Comte, of Italy.
Letter from, II, 49.
Wesey, Peter, et al., see Vesey, Peter,
et al.
West, Benjamin, of Pennsylvania, M.
A. P. S., Historical Painter to
George III, President of the Royal
Academy.
Letters from, II, 475, 489. Ill,
348, 397-
Concerning his sons, II, 475.
Mentioned, I, 158. Ill, 54, 225,
378, 473. IV, 122.
A series of pictures representing the
great events of the Revolution, by,
III, 398.
Picture of the Signing of the Treaty
of Peace with Great Britain, III,
225.
West, Mrs. Benjamin.
Mentioned, III, 484.
Dr. Franklin is Godfather to son of,
III, 484.
West, Francis, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, III, 197.
West, James, Politician and Anti
quary, President of the Royal So
ciety.
David Hall to, IV, 202.
Mentioned, I, no.
West, Nathaniel, Captain of the U. S.
privateer "Black Prince."
Mentioned, II, 62.
West, William, Philadelphia Mer
chant.
Mentioned, III, 197.
" West India Merchant," a pamphlet.
Mentioned, I, 515.
West India Trade, Thoughts on, IV.
385.
West Indies, Concerning the trade of,
III, 89.
Governor of the French, Leave of
Absence granted by, IV, 176.
Promise of North America to, I, 287.
Restrictions on trade between Amer-'
ica and, IV, 469.

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West Indies — Continued.
Spain to keep, open to France and
the United States, IV, 499.
Trade not interrupted between the
United States and, IV, 6.
Westerholt, Baron F. de.
Letter from, I, 140.
Western country, Maps of the, IV,
216.
Plan for the Settlement of the, III,
458.
Westerwick, N.
Letter from, III, 22.
Westley,  .
Mentioned, III, 497.
Wethered, John, of New Castle, Dela
ware.
Letter from, III, 367.
Wetherhead, John.
Charles Williamos to, IV, 266.
To Charles Williamos, IV, 354.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 354.
Mentioned, IV, 354.
Wets, Jean Guild, Merchant at
Bruges.
Letter from, III, 12.
"Wexford," the American privateer.
II, 352, 404-
Weyl, August Wilhelm.
Letter from, I, 352.
Weyman, William, Printer and Pro
prietor of the New York Gazette.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 177.
Mentioned, I, 77, 78, 79, 80, 93.
Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, Vis
count, British Statesman, Sec'y of
State for the Southern Department.
Mentioned, I, 372. II, 81.
Weyss,  de.
Letter from, I, 260.
Whaling vessels, English, I, 509.
Whalley, Edward, Regicide.
Mentioned, IV, 185.
Wharton, Jr.,  , see also
Joseph Wharton, Jr.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 48, 167.

Wharton, Franklin, Son of Thomas
Wharton, Philadelphia Merchant
and Manager of the Pennsylvania
Hospital.
Mentioned, I, 57.
Wharton, Hudson, Son of Joseph
(Duke) Wharton.
Mentioned, III, 459.
Wharton, Joseph (Duke), Uncle of
Thomas Wharton, Philadelphia
Merchant.
Mentioned, I, 64, m. Ill, 459.
IV, 435-
Wharton, Joseph, Jr., Son of Joseph
(Duke) Wharton, Philadelphia
Merchant.
Letters from, I, 503. II, 23, 85,
243.
Letter to, III, 521.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 34, 48, 167.
Thomas Walpole to, IV, 215.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 215.
Oath of Allegiance by, IV, 286.
Mentioned, III, 462.
Wharton, Richard, Lawyer, son of
Samuel Wharton.
Mentioned, III, 353, 362.
Wharton, Samuel, M. A. P. S., second
son of Joseph (Duke) Wharton,
Merchant of Philadelphia, Signer
of the Non-Importation Resolu
tions of 1765, Member of the Com
mittee of Safety and of the Colo
nial and State Legislature, Mem
ber of the Continental Congress,
and Member of the firm of Bayn
ton, Wharton £f Morgan.
Letters from, I, 35, 36, 37, 45, 49,
62, 68, 92, 1672, 170, 371, 380,
423, 433, 57i- II, 79, 85, 97, 98,
102, no, 118, 127, 128, 133, 147,
1992, 2005, 249, 2602, 299, 302, 304,
318, 378. Ill, 282, 299, 353.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 18, 86.
To Benson, IV, 261.

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Wharton, Samuel — Continued.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 192,
198, 199, 214, 220.
To Joseph Galloway, IV, 218.
To St. Pierre, IV, 261.
To Joseph Wharton, Jr., IV, 215.
To Thomas Wharton, IV, 218.
To John Williams, IV, 261, 262.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 279.
John Williams to, IV, 262, 263.
Entrusted with money to invest for
Dr. Ingen Housz, II, 474, 484.
Mentioned, I, 120, 137, 138, 1402,
i472, 150, 173, 213. II, 48, 178,
223, 239, 305, 324, 350, 359, 363,
366, 392, 405, 418, 481, 501, 5092.
Ill, 17, 27, 46, 96, 1282, 262, 378,
480, 520, 553, 554. IV, 42, 47, 52,
64, 73, 137, 138, 202, 212, 215,
357, 363-
Oath' of Allegiance by, IV, 286.
Wharton, Samuel Lewis, Philadelphia
Merchant, son of Samuel Wharton.
Mentioned, III, 263. IV, 137.
Wharton, Sr., Thomas, Son of Joseph
Wharton and brother of Samuel
Wharton, Philadelphia Merchant
and partner of Galloway & God
dard in " The Chronicle," Mana
ger of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Letters from, I, 33, 35, 41, 43, 462,
47, 48, 50, 52, 55, 57, 582, 60, 65,
692, 75, 772, 81, 90.
To the Congress, IV, 486.
To Gov. William Franklin, IV, 215.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 218.
Mentioned, IV, 214, 218, 482.
Wharton, Thomas, Jr., Son of John
(the older brother of Joseph)
Wharton, Philadelphia Merchant,
Signer of the Non-Importation
Resolutions, Member of the Com
mittee of Safety, President of the
Supreme Executive Council of
Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, IV, 487.
Wharton & Trent.
Draft by, IV, 215.

Whately, Thomas, Secretary to Treas
ury in Mr. Grenville's Adminis
tration.
Letter from, I, 53.
Mentioned, II, 200.
Governor Hutchinson's letters to, I,
150.
Whately, William, vs. Benjamin
Franklin, IV, 220.
Whatley, George, London Economist.
Letters from, III, 216, 226, 228,
271, 334, 354, 37o2.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 129, 131.
Wheat, Advantage of America in ex
porting, to Europe, III, 396.
Culture of, III, 540.
Wheatley, Henry, English Clergyman.
Extract from the will of, IV, 179.
Mentioned, I, 16.
Wheel, New carriage, III, 487.
To force a, to go round with gun
powder, Diagram and explanation
of, by Benjamin Franklin, III, 470.
Wheeler, John, Irish Sailor.
Letter from, II, 25b.
Wheelock, Dr. Eleazar, Clergyman,
Founder of the Indian Charity
School in New Hampshire, and
President of Dartmouth College.
Mentioned, II, 506. IV, 335.
Wheelock, James.
Mentioned, IV, 460.
Wheelock, John, Son of Eleazar
Wheelock, Lieut.-Col. in Continen
tal Army, President of Dartmouth
College.
Letters from, III, 73, 85.
Historical Account of Moore's
Charity School, IV, 335.
Mentioned, III, 132. IV, 347, 460.
To solicit benefactions in France and
Holland, II, 506.
Wheelwright,  .
Mentioned, I, 125.
"Whim," the Letter of Marque.
II, 291, 300, 346, 354, 381. IV, 50.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Whipple, Abraham, Captain of the
U. S. ship "Columbus."
Letters from, I, 432, 441, 447, 451,
467, 479. Ill, 321.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 270.
Navy Board of the Eastern Depart
ment to, IV, 48 92.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 370.
Mentioned, I, 457, 459, 463, 480,
523.
Whipple, Job, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 464.
Whipple, General William, M. C. C,
from New Hampshire, Signer of
the Declaration of Independence,
Brig.-Gen. in Continental Army.
Mentioned, IV, 241.
Whistle, the story of the, by Dr.
Franklin.
II, 169. Ill, 521.
Whital,  .
Mentioned, III, 306. IV, 360.
Whitall, Joseph P., of, Philadelphia
U. S. Commercial Agent in France.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 82.
Mentioned, I, 492. IV, 10.
Whitchurch, William.
Letters from, I, 370. Ill, 154.
White boys.
Mentioned, III, 314.
White, Edmund, British Ordnance
Officer.
To John Blackburn, IV, 290.
To the Lords of the Treasury, IV,
287.
To the Officers of His Majesty's
Ordnance, IV, 283s, 284, 285s,
287, 289°, 290, 2913.
Mentioned, IV, 288, 2892.
White, Isaac, of Salem, Mass.
Mentioned, II, 269, 279.
White, James.
Letters from, I, 471. II, 205.
To Anonymous, IV, 299.
White Oaks.
Mentioned, IV, 193.

White, Samuel.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 96, 506.
To Brailey, IV, 335.
Mentioned, III, 9, 53. IV, 93, 94.
White, Taylor, of London, Treasurer
of the Foundling Hospital.
Mentioned, I, 132.
White, Thomas.
Mentioned, II, 352.
White, the Rt. Rev'd Dr. William,
M. A. P. S., Bishop of Pennsyl
vania.
Letter from, III, 342.
To Robert Hare, IV, 366.
Mentioned, III, 333.
White, William, American Sailor.
Letter from, I, 528.
Whitefield, Rev. George, English
Methodist Missionary, founder of
Orphanage in Savannah, Ga.
Letters from, I, 2. IV, 400.
Letter to, III, 456.
Account of Dr. Franklin's examina
tion in Parliament, by, IV, 196.
Mentioned, I, 3, 123. Ill, 436.
Whitefoord, Caleb, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S., British Diplomatist, Secre
tary to the Commission which ne
gotiated Treaty of Peace with the
U. S. at Paris, 1782.
Letters from, II, 501. Ill, 274.
Letter to, III, 453.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 99, 116, 117, 122, 135.
Richard Oswald to, IV, 338.
Mentioned, III, 348. IV, 92.
Whitehall, Joseph P., see Whitall,
Joseph P.
Whitehaven, John Paul Jones's at-
temp on, I, 429.
Whitehead, Charles, of London.
Letter from, I, 281.
Whitehurst, John, M. A. P. S., F.
R. S., Horologer and Scientific In
strument Maker at Derby, Eng.
Letters from, I, 24, 42, 49, 105, 123,

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Whitehurst, John — Continued.
124, 133, 136, 158, 235. II, 46.
HI, 34, 334, 35i-
Mentioned, II, 248.
Whitehurst, William.
Mentioned, I, 170.
Whitesides & Co., Peter.
To Le Couteulx & Co., IV, 356.
Whitestone,  .
Mentioned, II, 307.
Whom it may concern.
Robert Morris to, IV, 501.
William Semple, Alexander Bar
tram, James Stuart and Robert
Wilson to, IV, 482.
Benjamin Towne to, IV, 482.
Wickenstein, Count de.
Mentioned, II, 432.
Wickes, Lambert, Captain U. S. brig
" Reprisal."
Letters from, I, 198, 201, 202, 204,
214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 223,
333, 3362, 336, 239, 240, 262, 265,
267, 2682, 271, 273, 276", 277, 278,
282, 283, 285, 286, 289, 392, 293.
Gourlade to, IV, 228.
To Jonathan Williams, Jr., IV, 236.
Complaint against, I, 275.
Mentioned, I, 189, 193, 194, 3o32,
315, 3i62, 319, 330, 365, 380, 381,
288, 294, 305, 408. IV, 25, 233.
Ordered to leave I'Orient, I, 226.
St. Malo, I, 289.
Wiebel, C. F. de.
Letter from, I, 464.
Mentioned, I, 573.
Wiedrunkel, Count.
Mentioned, III, 34.
Wiggins, James, American prisoner.
Mentioned, I, 399.
Wight, Jr., Thomas.
Letter from, III, 317.
Wikil, Patrick, Consul at Alicante.
Mentioned, III, 87.
Wilbraham, Roger, of Paris.
I^ETTER FROM, I, 366.

Wilcox, Charles, of Bristol, Eng.
Letters from, I, 151, 153, 166.
Wild, Henry, Cotton Manufacturer at
Manchester.
Mentioned, II, 425. Ill, 319.
Wildrik, W., Dutch Surgeon.
Letters from, I, 277, 314, 354, 571.
IV, 418.
Wilfelsheim,  .
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 167.
Wilkes, Miss.
Mentioned, III, 204.
Wilkes, Mrs.
Mentioned, IV, 455.
Wilkes, John, F. R. S., M. P., Lord
Mayor of London.
Mentioned, I, 28*.
Wilkin, David, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 57.
Wilkins, John, Bishop of Chester.
Mentioned, III, 133.
Wilkinson,  , French Iron
Master and brother of Mrs. Joseph
Priestley.
Mentioned, II, 56.
Wilkinson, Miss.
Letter from, III, 59.
Wilkinson,  , of South Caro
lina.
Mentioned, IV, 30.
Wilkinson, George.
James Wilkinson to, IV, 481.
Wilkinson, James.
To George Wilkinson, IV, 481.
Wilkinson, Thomas, British prisoner,
formerly pilot on British sloop of
war "Drake."
Mentioned, I, 491. II, 43, 75-
Wilkinson, William.
Letters from, I, 226, 233. II, 441.
Ill, 59, 60.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 74.
" Will," the British ship.
IV, 478-

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Willard, Rev. Joseph, M. A. P. S.,
Sec'y of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, Boston, Presi
dent of Harvard College.
Letters from, II, 351, 356.
Mentioned, III, 226.
Willard, Josiah, Jurist, Secretary of
Massachusetts Bay.
Mentioned, II, 399.
Willcocks, et al., Robert, American
prisoners.
Letters from, II, 310, 415, 423.
Mentioned, II, 409.
William and Mary, College of, Vir
ginia, confers honorary degree on
Dr. Franklin, I, 15.
Williamos, Capt.
Mentioned, III, 209.
Williamos, Charles, of London.
Letters from, III, 135, 155, 243,
250.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 142.
To John Wetherhead, IV, 266.
John Wetherhead to, IV, 354.
Mentioned, IV, 3542.
Williams, Capt.
Mentioned, I, 138.
Williams, Mile.
Letter from, II, 339.
Williams, Mrs.
Mentioned, III, 102.
Williams,  .
Mentioned, III, 350.
Williams,  , Limner.
Engraved cai-d, IV, 510.
Williams,  . an impostor.
Mentioned, IV, 56.
Williams, Widow.
Mentioned, IV, 174.
Williams, Major, British Officer.
Mentioned, IV, 240.
Williams, Charles.
Mentioned, III, 305.
Williams, Rev. David, Dissenter,
Founder of Royal Literary Fund.
Letter from, III, 20.
Mentioned, II, 225, 248, 275.

Williams, David, Soldier in the Con
tinental Army.
Mentioned, II, 314.
Williams, G., London Surgeon.
Letters from, I, 483, 506, 523.
Kindness of, to prisoners, I, 506.
Mentioned, I, 541.
Williams, John, of Boston, Special
Agent of the British Treasury in
America, brother of Jonathan Wil
liams, Sr.
Letters from, I, 385, 572. IV,
407, 426.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 31.
To John Hughes, IV, 216.
To Samuel Wharton, IV, 262, 263.
Samuel Wharton to, IV, 261, 262.
Mentioned, I, 46. IV, 11, 31, 2613,
269, 427".
Not in communication with British
Government, IV, 4262.
Williams, John, Son of Jonathan Wil
liams, Sr.
Mentioned, I, 231, 371. Ill, 263,
342, 396-
Williams, Capt. John Foster, of Bos
ton, Commander of Massachusetts
Cruiser "Hazard."
Mentioned, II, 448.
Williams, Jonathan, Jr., M. A. P. S.,
Grand-nephew of Benjamin Frank
lin, Merchant and U. S. Commer
cial Agent at Nantes.
Letters from, I, 121, 127, 131, 133,
134, 135, i39, 141, 146, 147, i492,
154, 158, 1622, 1632, 164, 165, 171,
172, 185, 186, 202, 2032, 205, 206,
2072, 2083, 211, 2122, 213, 2155, 216,
2l82, 2192, 220, 222, 2232, 224, 225,
228, 2293, 2302, 232, 234, 235, 236,
238, 2402, 2432, 250, 252, 253, 254,
256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 272, 275,
277, 278, 2813, 2882, 300, 3013, 302,
306, 307, 308, 310, 313, 315, 3172,
322, 323, 325, 360, 363, 371, 372,
373, 375, 3762, 378, 379, 386, 389,
3928, 395, 399, 4062, 408, 413, 418,

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Williams, Jr., Jonathan — Continued.
425, 428, 452, 461, 485, 493, 5°i,
502, 512, 514, 527, 534, 544.
II, 6, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 29, 31,
35, 40, 41, 44, 48s, 50, 54, 56, 57,
61, 65, 68, 70, 73, 79, 83, 90, 103,
105s, 109, 1138, 1152, 116s, 117, n9>
123, 140, 141, 175, 179, 180, 181,
182, 184, 185, 2002, 209, 216, 274,
276, 283, 285, 291, 301, 313, 317,
322, 323, 326, 348, 351, 355, 356,
3622, 364, 369, 406, 410, 413, 421,
44o, 444, 4482, 4502, 455, 460, 4612,
463, 465s, 466, 467, 471, 476, 479,
48i, 484", 4862, 4872, 490, 492, 4932,
497, 499, 500, 509.
Ill, 4, 92, n, 13, 25, 30, 39, 83, 90,
93, 94, 952, 96, 120, 131, 169, 203,
204, 208, 330, 239, 249, 257s, 265,
266, 269, 2712, 290, 292, 296, 298,
304, 319, 368, 394, 397.
IV, 409, 424s, 426s, 427*, 428*, 429s,
430°, 43i5, 4326, 433*. 4342, 435',
4364, 437, 438, 4392, 44°2, 444, 453,
461, 467, 473.
Letters to, III, 514, 524, 526s.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 1, 43, 53, 82, 93, io2, n,
14s, 152, 162, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 232,
252, 26, 382, 293, 302, 3 12, 332, 35s,
362, 37, 39s, 40s, 41, 42, 45s, 48s,
49s, 5o4, 51, 52, 532, 54s, 56, 59°,
60s, 612, 64, 69, 70, 73, 73, 75, 762,
77a, 784, 802, 83, 83, 88, 89, 933, 942,
95, 972, 98, 99, 103, 1032, 104, 1053,
I068, IO72, 113, 117, Il82, 131, 1232,
128, I322, 133, 135, 136, 140, 141,
147, 156, 159, 167, 506.
To Anonymous, IV, 502.
To Daniel Blacke, J. Johnson, W.
Blacke, Philip R. Fendall, J.
Ross, John Lloyd-Ogilvie and J.
D. Schweighauser, IV, 284.
To William Blacke, Daniel Blacke,
Philip R. Fendall, Joseph Whar
ton and John Lloyd-Ogilvie, IV,
284.
To Marquis de Castries, IV, 501.

Williams, Jr., Jonathan— Continued.
To the Continental Congress, IV,
273.
To Lord Dartmouth, IV, 221.
To Silas Deane, IV, 230, 231, 252.
To Barbeu Dubourg, IV, 226.
To Messrs. V. P. French and
Nephew, IV, 316.
To Augustin Guichard, IV, 485.
To James Kinsey, IV, 222.
To Captain Lawrence, IV, 485.
To Arthur Lee, IV, 263, 283.
To Mercier, IV, 487, 488.
To Montieu, IV, 492.
To Thomas Morris, IV, 245.
To Odea, IV, 485.
To John D» Schweighauser, IV, 293.
Anonymous to, IV, 222.
William Blacke to, IV, 284.
Capt. Gleyo La Chesnaie to, IV, 236.
Peter Collas to, IV, 252.
De Court de Sorlut to, IV, 269.
Tristram Dalton to, IV, 333.
Silas Deane to, IV, 371.
Philip R. Fendall to, IV, 284.
William Temple Franklin to, IV,
251.
V. P. French and Nephew to, IV,
314.
Harman & Lewis to, IV, 309.
Hennet to, IV, 378.
John Hurd to, IV, 357.
Thomas Hutchins to, IV, 303.
Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec
to, IV, 336.
Arthur Lee to, IV, 359.
Andrew Limozin to, IV, 334, 325,
326.
John Manley to, IV, 310.
Mercier to, IV, 4872.
Montaudouin to, IV, 377.
Thomas Morris to, IV, 245.
J. Thornton to, IV, 260.
Benjamin Vaughan to, IV, 272, 277.
Lambert Wickes to, IV, 236.
Accounts, IV, 283, 284.
With Le Ray de Chaumont, IV, 50.
Arrangements made with creditors
of, III, 540.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Williams, Jr., Jonathan — Continued.
Arrival in Nantes, I, 202.
Asks for an " arret de surseance,"
HI, 535, 539- IV, 103, 105,
106, 107.
To have accounts placed in Con
sul's Office, IV, 121.
Bankruptcy of, III, 90, 93. IV, 1042.
Departure from London with Dr.
Franklin, IV, 1.
During residence in Nantes was sub
jected to Militia duty, quartering
of troops and town taxes, III, 319.
Feelings for Miss Schweighauser, I,
259, 288.
" Interventions " in his drafts, II,
430.
Marriage of, II, 139.
Mentioned, I, 121, 124, 169, 232,
255, 332, 366, 368, 385, 387, 396,
429, 433, 438.
II, 45, 105, 162, 190, 211, 222, 231,
239, 240, 365, 271, 272, 285, 297,
301, 304, 310, 321, 331, 369, 386,
396, 419-
HI, 27, 73, 84, in, 207, 354, 384,
43i, 4324, 433, 508, 519, 522, 528,
544-
IV, 6, 22, 242, 26, 47, 50, 62, 76,
78, 92, 107, 109, 135, 137, 282,
3i42, 323, 335, 35o2, 37i, 416, 446,
485, 488.
Opposition of Le Ray de Chaumont
to his obtaining a suspension, IV,
106.
Orders given to, for clothing, III,
510.
Proposal to enter business with Mr.
John Daniel Schweighauser, I, 224,
253, 259.
Relative to a portrait of Dr. Frank
lin, IV, 368.
Returns to America, IV, 357.
Shipment of printing press, IV, 49,
50.
Son of, I, 253. II, 68, 83. IV, 76.
Williams, Jr., Mrs. Jonathan, see Wil
liams, Mariamne.

Williams, Sr., Jonathan, Nephew of
Benjamin Franklin, Merchant at
Boston, father of Jonathan Wil
liams, Jr.
Letters from, I, 34, 76, in, 112,
116, 123, 124, 125, 127, 137, 144,
152, 179, 231, 303, 414, 507, 526,
529, 550. II, 1212, 127, 156, 445.
HI, 13, 44, 5i, 61, 264, 286, 326,
355, 386, 398, 400.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 99.
Edward Thurston, Jr., to, IV, 215.
Death of, IV, 39.
Death of wife of, III, 400.
Mentioned, I, 99. II, 520. Ill,
396. IV, 99, 180, 208, 215, 357, 506.
Williams, Jonathan, 3d.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 17.
Mentioned, IV, 16.
Williams, Josiah, Son of Jonathan
Williams, Sr.
Mentioned, I, in, 131, 133.
Williams, Josiah, Son of Jonathan
Williams, Jr.
Mentioned, 1, 253. 11,68,83. IV, 76.
Williams, Mariamne, Wife of Jona
than Williams, Jr., and daughter
of William Alexander, see, also,
Alexander, Mariamne.
Letters from, III, 132, 269, 315.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 92, 97.
Mentioned, II, 362, 493, 498. IV,
127, 357, 46i-
Serious illness of, IV, 492.
Williams, Mary.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 173.
Williams, Richard, Son of Widow
Williams.
Mentioned, IV, 174.
Williams, Sally, Daughter of Jona
than Williams, Sr.
Death of, I, 77.
Williams, Soloman, Captain of the
American prize " Padmore."
Mentioned, II, 273.

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321

Williams, Walter.
Letters from, II, 307, 326.
Williams, William, Son of Mary Wil
liams.
To Lawrence Growdon, IV, 173.
Williams, William, claims to be a
nephew of Benjamin Franklin.
Mentioned, II, 376, 382. IV, 440.
Williams & Co., Jonathan Williams
Jr.'s firm at Nantes.
Mentioned, I, 234.
Williams, Moore & Co., Merchants at
I'Orient.
Letters from, II, 486, 492. IV, 460,
461, 464-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 92.
Williams's land in Bucks County,
John, Extent and location of, IV,
396.
Williamsburg, Virginia, Engagement
near, IV, 322.
Williamson,  , Captain of
American merchant ship.
Mentioned, I, 284.
Williamson, Hugh, M. C. C, M. A.
P. S., Professor of Mathematics in
the College of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, IV, 204.
Willing, James, Captain of a privateer
on the Mississippi.
Mentioned, I, 407, 453, 465.
Willing, Thomas, M. A. P. S., M. C.
C, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pres't
of the Bank of North America and
of the Bank of the United States.
Letter from, III, 388.
To Benjamin Franklin Bache, IV,
367-
Willing, Morris & Co., Merchants at
Philadelphia.
To Thomas Morris, IV, 246.
Mentioned, I, 373, 472. Ill, 508.
Willing, Morris & Swanwick, Mer
chants at Philadelphia.
To Messrs. Le Couteulx & Co., IV,
356.

Willis,

Owner of the Amer

ican prize "Philip."
Mentioned, II, 285.
Will's Creek, Pennsylvania, IV, 176.
Willson, John, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 343.
Willson, Stephen, of Philadelphia.
Mentioned, II, 395.
Wilmington, Evacuation of, IV, 445.
Wilmot, Henry, Agent for the Prov
ince of New Jersey in England.
Mentioned, I, 65, 169.
Wilmot, Sir John Eardley, British
Privy Councillor and Chief Justice
of Common Pleas.
Letter from, I, 22.
Letter to, III, 452.
Wilson,  .
Mentioned, I, 104.
Wilson,  .
Letter from, III, 338.
Wilson, Alexander, Professor of As
tronomy at Glasgow University.
Letter from, I, 119.
Wilson, Benj amin, British Painter and
Physicist.
Letter from, I, 19.
Letter to, III, 448.
To Sir Charles Frederick, IV, 217.
Mentioned, I, 56. II, 298. Ill,
483.
Objects to pointed lightning rods, II,
490, 492.
Wilson, Prof. Patrick, of Glasgow.
Letters from, I, 136. Ill, 307.
Mentioned, III, 187.
Wilson, Robert.
To the Public, IV, 482.
Wilt & Delmestre, Merchants at
Nantes.
Letters from, II, 292. HI, 199.
Wiltgerstein, Count de.
Mentioned, I, 518.
Wimpfen, Baron Felix de, French
General.
To Coder, IV, 226.
Mentioned, I, 432.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Wind, Baron de.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 141, 142.
Windisch-Gratz, Comte de.
Letters from, III, 29, 94, 244, 250,
260.
Letter to, III, 549.
Mentioned, III, 259.
Windmill, Franklin's improvement on
the horizontal, III, 351, 359-
Windship, Amos (Surgeon U. S. ship
"Alliance"?).
II, 54-
Wine Merchants of Bordeaux, Dis
tress of, IV, n.
Wines, Duties paid on, IV, 4062.
In exchange for wheat, III, 540.
Proposals for raising, in British
North America, IV, 391.
Winstanley, Miss.
Mentioned, IV, 381.
Winter, Cornelius, of Georgia.
Mentioned, I, 114, 123.
Winthrop, Adam, Son of Prof. John
Winthrop.
Mentioned, I, 134.
Winthrop, John, M. A. P. S., F. R.
S., Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy at Harvard
College.
Letters from, I, 145, 218.
Letters to, III, 472, 479.
Death of, II, 157.
Franklin obtained telescope for, III,
472-
Mentioned, I, 40, 90, 131. II, 72.
Ill, 461.
Winthrop, Joseph.
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Winthrop, Thomas.
Mentioned, IV, 69.
Wintmulle, J. M.
Letter from, III, 52.
Wire, Experiment for burning, II,
501, 509.
Wish, Baron de.
Mentioned, III, 65.

Wistar, Dr. Caspar, President of The
American Philosophical Society
and Professor of Anatomy in the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mentioned, III, 323.
Wister, Daniel, of Philadelphia,
Cousin of Dr. Caspar Wistar.
Letter from, I, 147.
Wistmore,  .
Mentioned, IV, 304.
Witel, J., Member of Societe Typo-
graphique de Lausanne.
Letter from, I, 518.
Witel & Pauche, Printers at Neuf-
chdtel.
Letter from, III, 222.
Letter to, III, 546.
Witherspoon, John, M. A. P. S.,
Signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, President of Princeton
College.
Letters from, I, 189. II, 378. Ill,
178, 195. IV, 403.
Witherspoon, Jr., Dr. John, Son of
John Witherspoon, Surgeon on
Letter of Marque " De Graaf."
Mentioned, II, 372, 393. Ill, 191.
Wittentrin, P.
Letter from, I, 320.
Wittgenstein, Jean Louis, Comte de
Sayn et.
Letter from, II, 211.
Woddrop, John, Merchant at Glas
gow.
Letter from, III, 22.
Woedtke,  de, Brother of
Baron Frederick William de
Woedtke.
Letter from, II, 359.
Woedtke, Frederick William, Baron
de, Brig.-Gen. in Continental
Army.
Letters from, I, 181, 182.
Mentioned, I, 179, 336.
Woestyn Brothers, Merchants at Dun
kirk.
Letters from, II, 46, 63, 68, 75.

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323

Wolcott, Oliver, M. C. C, Governor
of Connecticut, President of the
Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
Mentioned, III, 347.
Wolff,  de.
Letter from, III, 173.
Wommrad, Lieut., of Mannheim, Ger
many.
Letter from, I, 274.
Wood,  .
Mentioned, I, 334.
Wood,  , Secretary to Lord
Chatham.
Mentioned, III, 453.
Wood, Champion, American prisoner.
Letter from, II, 454.
Mentioned, II, 456, 465.
Wood, William.
Mentioned, III, 2.
Woodfall, Henry Sampson, London
Printer and Journalist.
Letter to, III, 490.
Woodford, Thomas.
Oath of Allegiance, IV, 270.
Woodham, Charles Somerset.
To Samuel Soumain, IV, 185.
Woodmason, James, London Book
seller.
Letters from, II, 304, 313, 390, 309,
40b.
Mentioned, IV, 37.
Woodward, Besa, Secretary of Dart
mouth University.
Letter from, IV, 460.
Woodward, Richard, Bishop of Cloyne.
Letter to, III, 487.
Woolford, Mrs. D.
Letters to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, i, 57, 64, "8.
Worp, de Graffenried, Baron de, see
also Graffenried.
Letter from, I, 351.
Worcester, Bishop of.
Mentioned, I, 108.
Workhouse at Philadelphia, Mana
gers for the, I, 59.
Works, Good, Franklin's notion of,
HI, 437-

Worsam,  .
Mentioned, IV, 196.
Woulfe, George.
Letters from, II, 297, 302, 303.
Mentioned, IV, 113.
Wray, Sir Cecil, M. P., British poli
tician.
Mentioned, IV, 119.
Wren, Rev. Thomas, Presbyterian
Minister who befriended Amer
icans in Forton Prison.
Letters from, II, 511. IV, 406.
To William Hodgson, IV, 315, 316,
3i7-
Congress thanks, III, 537.
Princeton College confers degree on,
HI, 537-
Mentioned, III, 122.
Wright, Mrs. Elizabeth, of London.
Letters from, I, 213, 224, 320.
Wright, Sir James, Governor of
Georgia.
The Commons House of Assembly of
Georgia to, IV, 209.
Treatment of the Assembly of
Georgia by, III, 482.
Wright, John.
Letters from, III, 302, 363, 394.
IV, 448.
Mentioned, III, 380.
Wright, Joseph, Portrait Painter, son
of Mrs. Patience Wright.
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 92.
Death of, III, 37.
Mentioned, III, 25. IV, 122.
Painting Franklin's portrait, II, 491.
Picture for Mr. Hodgson, II, 503.
Wright, Patience, nee Lovell, Niece of
John Wesley, Modeller in Wax.
Letters from, I, 220, 231, 242, 308,
323, 386. II, 43, 491, 503. HI,
25, 37, 38, 56, 75-
Letter to William Temple Frank
lin, IV, 136.
Ebenezer Smith Piatt to, IV, 229,
230.
Mentioned, I, 242. Ill, 286, 487.
IV, 230.

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Calendar of the Franklin Papers

Wright, Susy.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin, IV, 190,
194.
Wrixon, Elias, of Ireland.
Mentioned, I, 1772.
Wuibert, Antoine Felix, Lieut.-Col. in
Continental Army, Captain of
French Marines on the " Bon
Homme Richard."
Letters from, I, 314, 341, 506. II,
15, 65.
To John Paul Jones, IV, 495.
To Troyes, IV, 242.
John Paul Jones to, IV, 496.
Joseph Lunt to, IV, 277.
Charges against Pierre Landais, IV,
495-
Desires to return to America, IV,
495-
Mentioned, II, 460. Ill, 505. IV,
25, 434-
Wiilffen, Baronne de, see Sonnemaens,
M. A.
Wiilffen, Johann Heinrich, Baron de,
Captain of Cavalry in the service
of the U. S.
Letters from, II, 244, 256, 257, 269,
277, 339-
Letter to, III, 524.
Mentioned, II, 207, 227, 268, 273s,
277, 279.
Wurmser, Baron Dagobert Sigis-
mund, Austrian General.
Mentioned, IV, 115.
Wutsen, Frantz Siegfried de, of
Magdeburg.
Mentioned, II, 503.
Wyld, Henry, English Manufacturer.
Letters from, II, 440, 451, 463,
470, 472.
To Ferdinand Grand, IV, 505.
Mentioned, II, 467, 473, 478. IV,
333-
Wynne, Thomas, American prisoner.
Mentioned, II, 350.
Wyoming, Affairs of, IV, 377.
Wyss,  , of Longwy, France.
Letter from, I, 384.
Mentioned, I, 394.

Wythe, George, of Virginia, M. C. C.,
Signer of the Declaration of In
dependence.
Letters from, I, 60, 292.
Wyvil, Rev. Mr.
Letter to, III, 550.
Yale College, New Haven, Conn.
Declines favors from Louis XVI,
HI, 157-
Yart, Abbe Antoine, French Littera
teur.
Letter from, I, 299.
Yates, Thomas L.
To Murphy, IV, 239.
Yellow Fever, Causes of, I, 30.
Yonger, Levy, American prisoner
Letter from, II, 454.
Yorke, Sir Joseph, British Ambassador
at The Hague.
Mentioned, I, 253, 272, 273, 310,
312, 381, 526, 530. II, 1, 55, 62,
69, 70, 88, 90, 93, 99, 155, 156, 157,
160, 1632, 166, 174, 205, 231, 261,
305, 312, 316, 318, 323, 327. IV,
236.
Memorial of, IV, 298.
" Yorktown," the merchant brig.
II, 414, 443-
Yorktown, Cornwallis beseiged at,
IV, 63.
French Alliance to be inscribed on
the Marble Column at, IV, 443.
Memorial pillar to be erected at, IV,
445-
Thomas Paine at, I, 423.
Victory at, IV, 331.
Yorktown and Saratoga, Medal
struck in honor of capitulations of,
II, 525-
Young,  .
Mentioned, II, 381. IV, 60.
Young,  , Captain of the mer
chant ship "Mary Elizabeth."
Mentioned, I, 191, 315. II, 197.
Young, Arthur.
Mentioned, IV, 466.
Young, David.
To Sir Edward Newenham, IV, 333.

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Young, Jno., Captain U. S. sloop
" Independence."
Letter from, I, 319.
Young, Matthew, Professor of Natural
Philosophy at Trinity College,
Dublin, Bishop of Clonfert.
Letter from, III, 190.
Young, Moses, Secretary to Henry
Laurens.
Letters from, II, 412, 449, 486.
Ill, 393.
Mentioned, II, 383, 449.
Young, Robert.
Mentioned, II, 386. Ill, 392.
Young, William, Botanist.
Mentioned, I, 113, 119.
Young, William, Speaker of the
Georgia Assembly.
Letter from, I, 159.
"Young Lion and the Mastiff,"
Allegorical fable by Dr. Franklin.
I, 554-
" Young Man's Companion," I, 3.
Younglove, Moses, Surgeon in Gen
eral Herkimer's brigade.
Deposition of, IV, 246.
" Your Ould Friends in Broad St."
II, 254.
Zafarimes Islands, Morocco.
Proposal to seize, I, 340.
Zealand, Company forming in, to
Trade with America, I, 310.

Zedewitz, Baron Hermann de.
Mentioned, II, 22, 38. IV, 412.
Zeller, Heinrich Hartmann, Wurttem-
berg Curate.
Letter from, II, 511.
"Zephyr," the ship.
IV, 290, 297.
Ziegler, Lieut.
Letter from, I, 242.
Ziericzee, The Burgomasters of.
To Pierre Van Noemer, IV, 223.
The Ordinary Council of.
Minutes of, IV, 221.
Zinnern, Jean Charles de.
Letter from, I, 521.
Zion Church, Philadelphia.
Exercises at, III, 359.
Zizendorp, Carlo, Conte de.
Letter from, II, 209.
Zollickoffer, Jean Conrad, formerly
a clerk with John D. Schweig
hauser, of Nantes, see, also, Solli-
coffre.
Letters from, I, 529. II, 234, 244.
Mentioned, I, 301, 341. Ill, 432.
IV, 361, 432.
Zollicoffer, Jean de Jean.
Letter from, I, 529.
Zoroaster's writings, III, 478.
Zreny, Baron, of Hungary.
Letter from, II, 342.
Zubly, John Joachim.
Letter from, I, 123.

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