New York, VII. 298. Importance of unanimity in the, VIII. 132. Com- mittee appointed by, to confer with Washington respecting the army, 160. Secret committee of correspondence, when constituted, 163. Their mea- sures censured as unfavorable to con- ciliation, 177. Appoint commissioners to Canada, 178. Of constituting them a supreme legislature, 181. Recom- mend the distribution of papers among the Hessian troops, 185. Of their bills drawn on the American commis- sioners in France, 249. Their reso- lution in compliment to Dr. Price, 354. Remonstrance of Count de Ver- gennes against their resolutions re- specting paper money held by foreign- ers, 478 Those resolutions explained, 499. Of the aid of France to meet the drafts of, 500. Remarks on their issue of paper money, 506. Comment of Vergennes on their resolution, or- dering drafts on Franklin, 515. Em- barrassment occasioned by their drafts, 520. Their instructions respecting representations to the French court, 534. Accept the mediation of Russia and Austria, IX. 47. Refuse to ac- cept Franklin's resignation, 71. Of their bills drawn on the ministers in Europe, 74. Difficulty of meeting those bills, 145. Their acts relative to spoliations of the enemy, and claims of loyalists, 426. Their instruc- tions to the commissioners for nego- tiating peace, relative to communicat- ing with the French cabinet, 458, Ratify the treaty of peace, X. 56. Their resolves to place no party to a commercial treaty on a better footing than France, 138. Character of the, in 1784, 153. Security to the people derived from the mode of election of its members, 177. First petition of, to the King and Parliament, 433. Constitution of the United States, Frank- lin's general views respecting the, V. 155. Progress in its adoption, X. 337. Remarks on the, 345. Its progress, 349, 350, 360, 409.
Constitutions, American, Franklin re- quests leave to publish them France, IX. 503. Translated and pub- lished in Paris, X. 39. Convention for forming the Constitution, proposals for consideration in the, V. 142. Franklin's speech in, on salaries, 144. And motion for prayers in the, 153. His speech at the conclusion of its deliberations, 155.
Convention, commercial, proposed by Mr. Hartley, IX. 416.
Convention of Deputies from the sever-
al towns in Massachusetts, their pe- tition to the King, II. 485. CONWAY, General, conversation of Franklin with, on American affairs, VII. 354. Another conversation with, 385.
Cook, Captain, passport granted by Franklin, for, V. 122. His voyages, X. 111. Copy sent to Franklin by the King's order, 125.
Cookery, modes of, at sea, II. 109. Its quality at sea, VI. 493.
Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of our Public Affairs, object for which it was written, IV. 78. Cooper, SIR GREY, Franklin's conver- sation with, relative to his post of deputy postmaster-general, VII. 406. Writes respecting the treatment of Colonel Laurens in the Tower, VIII.
COOPER, SAMUEL, Franklin's letter to, quoted, on the relation of the colonies to Great Britain, III. 67. His letter on the Hutchinson Letters, quoted, 421. Curious incident relating to Franklin's letters to, VII. 440. Refers to a ru- mor respecting the conduct of Frank- lin in regard to the fisheries in nego- tiating the treaty of peace, X. 6. Copper, account of a mine of, in the Jerseys, VI. 107. On covering houses with, 329. Description of the mode of doing this, 335.
Copper coinage, for the United States, projected, VIII. 383. Suitable devices for, 384.
Cork balls, electrical experiments with,
Corn, remarks on the price of, II. 355. Effect of the British laws relative to the exportation of, 356. CORNBURY, Lord, Queen Anne's in- structions to, relative to liberty of con- science, IV. 86. CORNWALLIS, Lord, his capitulation, IX. 95. His exchange for Mr. Laurens suggested, 263, 292, 319. Is discharg ed from his parole by Franklin, 327. COUR, MATHON DE LA, some of his writings mentioned, X. 212. Frank- lin's compliment to him, 239. Court of the Press, account of the, II.
COWPER, WILLIAM, Franklin's opinion of his poetry, IX. 221. Craven Street Gazette, II. 233 to 240. Credit, circumstances on which that of individuals depends, II. 426. Cremona, effect of lightning on a church in, V. 467.
CRIGAN, CLAUDIUS, Bishop of Sodor and Man, his complimentary letter to Franklin, X. 183.
Criminal law, its impolitic severity, II.
479. CROGHAN, Colonel, his agency in re-. gard to Walpole's Grant, VII. 355. Crowon Officers, their independence of the people a violation of the colonial charters, VII. 529.
CUMBERLAND, Duke of, Governor Pow- nall's memorial to, respecting barrier colonies, III. 69.
Currency, on the importance of estab- lishing a, in America, VII. 321., Pro- clamation of Queen Anne for pro- ducing uniformity in the, VIII. 115. See Paper Money.
CUSHING, THOMAS, his letters to Frank- lin and Dr. Cooper quoted, IV. 419. Speaker of the Assembly of Massa- chusetts, VIII. 492.
Customs, objectionable method of col- lecting, in America, VII. 521.
Daggestans, their principle in regard to hospitality, IV. 66.
DALIBARD, translates Franklin's Ex- periments and Observations on Elec- tricity into French, V. 175. Repeats some experiments with success, 176. His account of an electrical experi- ment at Marly, 283.
D'ALLONE, his charities, VII. 202. DALRYMPLE, SIR JOHN, his discovery of classical writings in the Escurial library, VIII. 470. His memorial mentioned, 472; and given at length, 547.
DALRYMPLE, his plan prepared in con- cert with Franklin, for benefiting dis- tant, unprovided countries, II. 377. DAMPIER, extract from the Voyages of, on the subject of water-spouts, VI.
And on the customs of the peo- ple of Mindanoo, 393. DANA, FRANCIS, his conference with Count de Vergennes relative to his mission to St. Petersburgh, IX. 17. DARTMOUTH, Lord, his liberal disposi tion towards the colonists, IV. 432. Franklin's proposed memorial to, V. 79. Succeeds Lord Hillsborough; his disposition toward the colonies, VIII. 11, 18, 19. Petition to the King pre- sented to, 22. Franklin's conversa- tion with, respecting it, 25. Another conversation with, on American affairs, 28. General change of feeling in re- gard to, 36. His desire to heal the difficulties, 38. Details of a conver- sation between Franklin and, 43. Pre- sents the petition to the King, 47. Petition for the removal of Hutchinson and Oliver presented by, 100.
Dead Bodies, of infection retained in, after sepulture, VI. 433.
DEANE, SILAS, is appointed agent of the United States in France, and after- wards a commissioner, VIII. 190. Commended by Franklin, 255. Is in- structed to communicate with Dr. Bancroft, 266. Proceedings of Con- gress in reference to, 283. Allusion to the charge affecting his integrity, 399. His dissatisfaction and objec- tionable conduct, IX. 177. Death, observations on, VII. 113. DE BERDT, is recognised as agent of Massachusetts, IV. 504.
DEBORRE, Major, VIII. 391.
Debt, catechism relative to the British National, V. 120.
Declamation, importance of studying the art of public, VII. 55. Dedications, uselessness of, IX. 232. Delaware Counties, Secretary Logan's letter on the proprietary right to the government of the three, III. 573. Delaware Indians, anxiety of the Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania to involve the province in war with the, III. 471. Delaware River, respecting fortifications on the, VII. 28. Lottery for the pur- pose of erecting them, 32. DELFINO, Chevalier, communicates to Franklin his election' as a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Padua, IX. 197.
DE LOR, repeats the electrical experi ments of Franklin, V. 176. Denmark, use of stoves in, VI 53. Seizure of American prizes in Nor way, by officers of, VIII. 407, 425, 433. Explanation of it, 462. Her capture of American vessels referred to, IX. 171. Courtesy of the King to Franklin, 286. Of a treaty of com- merce between the United States and, 487, 510. Her seizure of American vessels, 511. Of a treaty with, 529, 537. Progress of the treaty, X. 29. DENNY, WILLIAM, Governor of Penn- sylvania, his conversations with Frank lin, I. 214. Is well received, III. 506. Continues the system of his predeces- sor, 507. Declares his inability to recede from the proprietary instruc- tions, 517. Asks a conference with the Assembly relative to a bill for sup plies, 518. His objections, 519. Re- jects the bill, 524. Induces the As-
sembly to pass a bill, waving their objections to the proprietary instruc- tions, 527. Remarks on his adminis- tration, IV. 102. His misunderstand- ing with the Proprietors, VII. 171. DESAGULIERS, his experiment, proving that no pernicious vapors arise from hot iron, VI. 57.
DE SAUSSURE, on the attraction of mountains, VI. 371; X. 274. DEUX-PONTS, Prince de, applies to Franklin relative to commercial rela- tions between Bavaria and the United States, IX. 526.
Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout, 11. 194. Between X. Y. and Z., concerning the present state of affairs in Pennsylvania, object with which it was written, III. 84. Between France, Spain, Holland, Saxony, and America, V. 116.
Diamond Necklace, affair of the, X. 231. Diary, Franklin's, extracts from, 1.579. DICKINSON, JOHN, Preface to the Speech of Joseph Galloway in reply to, IV. 101. His "Farmer's Letters" quoted, 251. Extract from one of his speeches in reference to Franklin, VII. 268. Dictionary, Spanish and Arabic, pub- lished by the Royal Academy of His- tory of Madrid, X. 309. Need of a commercial, 352.
Dreams, art of procuring pleasant, II. 172.
Drinking, remarks on, addressed to Abbé Morellet, II. 222. The same translated, 225.
DUBOURG, BARBEU, his Translation of Franklin's writings on electricity, noticed, V. 180. His parallel be- tween the theories of Nollet and Franklin, 514 His translation no- ticed, VI. 408. His edition of Frank- lin's writings mentioned, VIII. 117. Duelling, remarks on, X. 107. Du FAYE, his vitreous and resinous electricity identical with the positive and negative states, observed by Franklin, V. 177.
DUMAS, CHARLES W. F, account of, VIII. 162. Franklin's opinion of some of his writings, 163. Instructed to ascertain whether the European courts are disposed to aid the colo- nies, 164. Irritation of Sir George Grand with, 448. His difficulties with the Spanish ambassador, 452. Respecting his appointment and ser- vices, 498.
Dungannon Resolutions mentioned, X. 20.
Dunkers, their religious opinions, I. 155.
DUNLAP, WILLIAM, mentioned, VII.
DUNNING, JOHN, appears as counsel for Massachusetts before the Privy Coun- cil, VIII. 110.
DUPONT, his Table Economique men- tioned, VIII. 405.
DURAND, alluded to, VII. 357. DURIVAL, explains the advance of a million of livres by France in 1777, X. 269.
Dutch Church, at New York, effect of lightning on the, V. 277.
Duties on Exports, impolicy of, IX. 38. Duties on Imports, Abbé Morellet ob- jects to, X. 315. Why levied in the United States, 346.
Eagle, Bald, a bad representative of the United States, X. 63. Earth, the, when dry, a non-conductor of the electric fluid, V. 208. Strikes into the clouds in thunder-storms. And not the clouds into the, 305. Will dissolve or mix with air, VI. 123. On the advantages of the different
strata of the, 212. Cooling of its sur- face by evaporation, 216. Suggestion of Franklin as to its conformation, 443. Its magnetic character; 445. Que- ries on the theory of the, 575. Earthquakes, opinion of the learned as to the cause of, VI. 1. That the cause of, is the same with that of thunder and lightning, 3. Dr. Wood- ward's theory of, 4. Mode of making artificial, 8. Various kinds of, 9. Of one in Sicily, 10. In Jamaica, 11. East, mode in which the trade of the, was once carried on, IV. 30. East India Company, its pecuniary dif ficulties, VIII. 24, 29. Its distress, 33, 34.
Easton, account of a conference with the Indians at, VII. 125.
Economical Project for employing sun- shine instead of candles, in the city of Paris, II. 227.
Economy in expenditure, importance of, VII. 346.
Economy of Life, Essays on the, II. 1. Ecton, birthplace of Franklin's father, his visit to, VII. 178.
Edict by the King of Prussia, ironical, IV. 399. Again, VIII. 90, 91. Edict of Nantz, effect of the revoca- tion of the, IV. 33.
Edinburgh Courant, passages from the, relating to emigration, examined, IV. 459.
Education, its value in promoting the strength and virtue of a community, VII. 48. Remarks on Dr. Smith's Scheme of, 65.
EDWARDS, DAVID, his death, VII.
EDWARDS, JONATHAN, his Thoughts concerning the Revival of Religion in New England, referred to, VII. 9. Elective Franchises, enjoyed by the small Boroughs in England, referred to,
Electrical Battery, Franklin's construc- tion of an, V. 202.
Electrical Jars, on the mode of coating, V. 299.
Electrical Machine, simple and conven- ient form of an, V. 188. On that of Mr. Nairn, and its effect on the eyes of animals killed by it, 479. Electricity, general account of the early discoveries of Franklin in, V. 173. Of its identity with lightning, Of ascending thunder, 178. Explanation of positive and negative, 185. Of the electrical kiss, 187. Of the Leyden bottle, 196. Qualities of glass in reference to, 200. Of the Magical Picture, 203. Explanation of the causes of thunder-gusts, 211. VOL. X.
Mode of firing gunpowder by, 225 Opinions and conjectures concerning the properties of the electrical matter, 227. Pernicious effects of the elec- trical fluid, 228. Suggestions respect- ing the electrical atmosphere, 230. Similarity of its effects and those of lightning, 237. Its power in fusing metals, 238. Accident occurring dur- ing an experiment in, 255. Unlimit- ed nature of the force of, 258. Air a non-conductor of, 261. Experiment to discover more of the qualities of 262. Its effect in producing mag- netic virtue, 263. Its presence in the clouds, 279. Suggestion of a region of electric fire above our atmosphere, 284. Experiment in, at Marly, 289. Direction of the fluid, and utility of rods, 311. Proposed experiment to measure the velocity of, 316. Some experiments in, 330. Turkey killed by, and its effect upon the operator, 346. Points in which it agrees with lightning, 350. Its effect in cases of paralysis, 359. Of the tourmalin, 363. Reason for believing that the air has its portion of the common stock of, 369. How its density at different heights may be ascertained, 370. Long retained by the Leyden bottle, 380. That heat is produced by, 389. Of the fogs in Ireland, 409. Various qualities of, 414. Analogy between magnetism and, 450. Apparent pro- duction of magnetism by, accidental, 451. Of a mode of rendering meat tender by, 456. Mode of killing ani- mals by, 457. Effect of a shock of, on Franklin, 481. Effect of a vacu- um on the passage of, VI. 413. Electrics contain the greatest quantity of the fluid, and attract and retain it longest, V. 242. Difference between, and non-electrics, 259.
Elements of Criticism, Lord Kames's, noticed, VI. 263. Again, VII. 241. Elephants, conjecture as to whether they are natives of America, VI. 275, Description of some bones of, 276 ELIOT, JARED, notice of, VI. 79. His tracts on husbandry referred to, VI. 113. Again, VII. 51. Franklin's opinion of them, 56. ELIZABETH, Queen, character of her government, II. 283. Act of, respect. ing libel, 288.
ELPHINSTON, JOHN, his translation of the Latin verse, applied by Turgot to Franklin, VIII. 539.
Emblematical Representation of the state of Great Britain and her colo- nies, IV. 456. Alluded to, VII. 313. EMBSER, Professor, his account of 32
the Bipontine edition of the classics, IX. 126. Emigration, effect of the facility of, on the rate of wages in Europe, II. 443. To whom it might prove beneficial, 470. Examination of a proposed act of Parliament for preventing, IV. 458. No legislation required in reference to, 461. Nor likely to be effectual, 462. Nor politic, 463. Injustice of such legislation, 464. From Scotland to the United States, IX. 486. That it multiplies instead of diminishing a nation, X. 131.
EMMONS, NATHANIEL, his discourse on the present of Franklin to the town which bears his name, X. 159. Enabling Act of Parliament alluded to, IX. 314, 315.
Enemy, on the means of disposing an, to peace, VII. 216.
Englund, intelligence of the people of, VII. 246. Facility of travelling in, 296. Disposition of the people of, VIII. 177. See Great Britain. English Language, how to render the study of it more general, X. 415. English School, Sketch of an, II. 125. Engraver, Franklin's remarks to a French, on a print commemorating American Independence, VIII. 277. Enthusiasm, advantages of, VII. 453. ENVILLE, Duchess d', her death, X. 295. ENVILLE, LAROCHEFOUCAULD D', in- troduces Mr. Gallatin to Franklin, VIII. 454.
Ephemera, an Emblem of Human Life, II. 177. Circumstances under which it was written, VIII. 473.
Episcopal Church, of the ordination in England, of American clergy of the, X. 109. Remarks on the practicabili- ty and expediency of establishing a bishop in America, 202.
Essays on Religious and Moral Subjects, and the Economy of Life, II. 1. ESTAING, Count d', his military char- acter, VIII. 306. And judicious con- duct, 307. His character, 457. Ether, experiment with, to produce cold by evaporation, VI. 213. Europe, opinions in, respecting the American war, VIII. 494. Prevail- ing spirit of liberty in, X. 321. EVANS, CADWALLADER, promotes the culture of silk, VII. 454, 485, 512, 527, 535.
of privileges as the only rule of gov- ernment, 11. Protects Logan, the Secretary, against the Assembly, 185. EVANS, LEWIS, his map of the middle colonies referred to, IV. 326. Again, together with his Essays, VI. 110. Mentioned, VIII, 125.
Eraporation, of cooling by, V. 379. Of oil, VI. 129. Production of cold by, 209. Experiment with ether, for producing cold by, 213. Cooling of water by, 214. And of the body, 215. Surface of the earth and vegetation, 216. Same subject, 255. Examination of Dr. Franklin, in the British House of Commons, extracts from its Journals on the subject, IV.
Exchange, true principles of, II. 199. On the par of, 400.
Excise, difference between an, on con- sumption, and a duty on importation, IV. 181.
Executive department of the plan of union in 1754, III. 37. Exercise, comparative view of various kinds of, VIII. 12. Exportation of provisions, difficulties arising from the act of Pennsylvania, relative to the, III. 485. Exports, impolicy of duties on Ameri- can, IX. 38.
Fahrenheit's thermometer, how grad- uated, VI. 568.
Fair Play, respecting the French indem- nity for the brigantine, VIII. 476. Faith, utility of, VII. 75. Remarks on, 184.
Famine, provision made in China against, II. 381.
FARISH, his account of stilling waves by oil, VI. 355.
Farmer's Letters, quoted, relative to the carelessness with which acts of Parliament are passed on the subject of the colonies, IV. 251. Franklin's preface to the, 257. Lord Hillsbor- ough's opinion of the, VII. 391. FAUCITT, WILLIAM, mentioned, IX.
Felons, on the transportation of, to America, II. 495.
FENELON, his remark to the Pretender quoted, II. 279. Fermentation, generation of wind by, VI. 196.
Ferers, conjecture respecting the cause of the cold and hot fits of some, VI. 97. FEVRE, Franklin's servant, mentioned, VIII. 173.
FILANGIERI, GAETANO, his work on
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