ABRAHAM'S ADDRESS, Father, 114-
126. Popularity of, 127-129. In
French, 128, 221, 224.
Academy and Charitable School,
135, 149-152. Becomes University
of Pa., 152.

"Account of the Supremest Court,
etc., in Pa.," 246, 247.
Adams, John, 210. Sketch of life
at Passy, 227. Sent out in place
of Deane, 231. Reception at Bor-
deaux, 231, 232.
Adams, Abigail: sketch of Mme.
Helvetius, 234, 235.
Addison, 19, 24.

"Address to the Freeholders," 180.
"Address to the Public," etc., 246.
Advertiser, The Public (London),
Franklin's writings in, 203-206.
Afterwit, Anthony, 77.
Albany. Colonies bidden to send
delegates to a conference at, 161.
Franklin's Plan of Union at, 162.
Failure of the Plan, 163.
Alliance, The French, 231.
Allouez, 160.

Almanacs: Kalendarium Pennsilva-
niense, 37, 38. Value of, 97, 98.
Early almanacs in Phila., 99, 100.
Character of, 100-101.
"Poor
Richard," 102-129.
American cause, popularity of, in
France, 223, 224, 230, 231.
"American Citizen," 252-263.
"American Magazine," 129-135.
Andrews, Jedidiah, 79, 80.

Anecdotes of Franklin: "Tar Bar-
rel," "Other Grain," 140. The
Fire Engine, 147.

"Answer to Mr. Franklin's Re-
marks," 187.

Charges against Temple

"Argus.
Franklin, 263.
"Art of Virtue," 172.

Assembly of Pennsylvania: Gov-
ernor asks it to arm the province,
137. Reply of the assembly, 138.
Action after the capture of Louis-
burg, 140. Action after outrages
by the privateers, 141, 142. Sends
Franklin to an Indian conference
at Carlisle, 157. Sends him to
Braddock, 163. Thanks Franklin,
164. Quarrels with the proprie-
tary family, 165. Sends a remon-
strance to the King, 167. Cen-
sures the proprietary family, 180.
Debate on reassembling, 181. Ad-
dress voted, Norris will not sign,
Franklin chosen speaker,
182. Election for, 184, 188. Frank-
lin defeated, 185, 186. Chooses
Franklin agent, 187.

181.

Brillon, Madame, 233.
Brownell, George, 3, 4.
Buckner, John, sets up a press in
Va., 37.

Bucks County (Pa.), petition the
assembly for paper currency, 59.
Buffon, Count de, 156.
Buisson, publishes the Autobiog
raphy, 254, 255.
Burke, William, 171.
Burlington, 34, 35.

raphy, 266, 267.

Biloxi, 160.

"Blackbeard," the pirate, 16, 17.
Franklin's ballad on, 14.
"Body of Divinity," Willard's, 5.
"Bonhomme Richard," 221. Used
in the schools, 224.

Books: In library of Josiah Frank-
lin, 5. In Boston Public Library,
6. In Harvard Library, 7. Number
printed, 1706-1719, 8. Franklin's

efforts to get, 18, 19. Books read
by him, 19, 20.

Book of Common Prayer: Sir F.
Dashwood's abridgment, 92.
Franklin contributes to, 92.
Bordeaux, reception of Adams at,
231, 232.

Boston: Description of 1706, 2, 3.
Benjamin Franklin born at, 3.
Library at, 6, 7. Pilgrim's Prog-
ress printed at, 8. "Publick
Occurrences 99 published at, 11.
"The News Letter," 12, 13. "Bos-
ton Gazette" started, 13. "New
England Courant" begun, 21.
Cotton Mather introduces inocu-

lation, 22. Is abused, 22, 23.
" Courant 29
persecuted, 27-29.
James Franklin forbidden to print,
29. Benjamin Franklin leaves Bos-
ton, 33. "Votes and Proceedings,"
etc, preface by Franklin, 205, 206.
Braddock, Edmund, 163, 164.
Bradford, William, Franklin applies
to, for work, 33. First printer in
the Middle Colonies, 36. Sketch
of, 37. His struggle for liberty of
the press, 37-39.

Bradford, Andrew, 39. Asked to
print Sewel's History of the
Quakers, 46. His "Weekly Mer-
cury," 47. Starts American Mag-
azine, 129-135.

Brebœuf, 160.

Breintnal, Joseph, 53.

"Brief State of the Province of
Pa," 180.

"Busybody "papers, 49-53.

Ca Ira, 222.

Campbell, John, 12. First news-
paper reporter, 14.

Canada: Early struggle for, 55, 56,
57. Capture of Louisburg, 140.
Question of surrendering Canada,
168-171.

Capefigue's estimate of Franklin,
223.

"Captivity among the Indians,"
Mary Rowlandson's, 8.
Carey, Matthew, 242.
Caricatures of Franklin, 183, 184,
195.
Carlisle, 173.

Carmichael, William, 232.
Catechism, Franklin's abridgment,
92.

Cave, E., 155.

Censorship of the Press in Massa-
chusetts, 27-30. In Pennsylva-
nia, 38, 39.
Chester County (Pa.), petition for
more shillings on the dollar, etc.,
58.

"Our

"Old

"Choice of a Mistress," 266.
Churches: The Old South, 2.
Lady of Victory," 56.
Buttonwood," 79.
Clericus, 26.
"Club for the Propagation of Sense
and Good Manners," 30-32.
Colonies: State of, in 1706, 1-3.
Printing in, 7, 8. Literature, 8.
Newspapers, 11-13. Pirates, 14-
18. Liberty of the Press, 26-29.
Almanacs in, 37, 38, 97-100. Wars
of, 55-57. Issue paper money,
56-60.

"Collection of English Proverbs,"
Ray's, Franklin borrows from,
112, note.

Collison, Peter, 155.

"Comparison of Great Britain and
America," 225.

Conestoga Indians: On the Manor,
173. Massacre of, 174, 175.
Congress: Franklin delivers their
Declaration of Rights, 214. Frank-
lin a member of, 216, 217. Send
Franklin to France, 217, 218-220.
Send Adams out and recall Deane,
231. Appoint Franklin sole min-
ister, 232. Accept his resigna-
tion, 240.
Connecticut, issues paper bills, 57.
Constables in old times, 83.
Constitutions of the States: Trans-
lated by Dubourg, 224. Forbid-
den to be published, 230. French
estimate of, 224.

Conyngham, Gustavus, 229-239.
"Cool Thoughts," 180, 181.
Copley medal given to Franklin,
156.

Courant, The New England: Start-
ed by James Franklin, 21. Char-
acter of, 23. Articles contributed
by Franklin, 23-26. Notice of
pirates off Block Island, 26, 27.
Editor of, in jail, 27, 28. Remarks
on the conduct of Governor
Shute, 28, 29. Franklin forbid-
den to print, 29. Benjamin
Franklin becomes printer, 30.
Dr. Janus, 30-32.

Coxe, D. His plan of union for the
colonies borrowed by Franklin,
162, 163.

Crequi, Marquise de, 223.

and Critico, 78. Socrates and
Glaucon, 78.

Dialogue between X, Y, and Z,
165.

Dialogue between two Presbyte-
rians, 78.

Dialogue between Britain, France,
etc., 225.

Dialogue between Franklin and the
Gout, 236.
Dickinson, John, 181. His speech,
182. Called "The Maybe," 182.
Tries to defeat Franklin, 186, 187.
Dictionary: Publication of Cham-
bers's, begun in Keimer's news-
paper, 48. Ended, 65.

Dogood, Silence, Essays of, 23-26.
Dollar, Spanish, petition to increase
number of shillings in, 58, 59.
Donegal, 174.

"Drinkers' Dictionary," 78.
Duane, William, edits Franklin's
works, 261.

Dubourg, Barbeu, translates Frank-
lin's electrical writings, 156.
Meets Franklin, 207. Translates
his writings, 207. Difficulty of,
207, 208. Letter to Franklin, 219.
Translates the State Constitu-
tions, 224. Forbidden to publish,
230.

Duel, relative to Hutchinson Let-
ters, 211.

Easton, 164.

64.

Crown Point, 161, 164.

"Edict of the King of Prussia,"
204, 205.

der, 138, 139.

Cushing, Thomas, 210.

Dalibard, draws electricity from the
clouds, 156.

Dashwood, Sir Francis, abridges

the Book of Common Payer, 92.
David, paraphrased by Franklin,
86.

Deane, Silas, 219, 229, 230, 231.
Declaration of Rights, 214.
Denman, befriends Franklin, 44.
D'Estaing, 231.

Defense of Printers, 75, 76.
De Foe: Keimer publishes his Re-
ligious Courtship, 48.
Delaware, outrages on the river,
140, 141, 142.
De Lor, 156.

Dialogues between Philocles and
Horatius, 78. Between Socrates

J. Franklin, 262.

Education: Franklin's proposals re-
garding, 135, 149. His scheme,
149-151. Founds the Philadel-
phia Academy, 151. His "Idea
of an English School," 151, 152.
Education of Franklin, 3-9, 18-21.
Election, An old time, 184-186.
Electricity," New Experiments and
Observations in," 155, 156.
Franklin's experiments repeated
in France, 156. The kite, 156.
"Ephemera, The," 236, 237.
Epictetus: first translation in Amer-
ica, 94.

"Essay to do Good," Mather's, 5.
"Essays on Projects," De Foe, 5.
Essays of Franklin in the Courant,

23-25. In the Mercury, 49-53, 117.
In the Pa. Gazette. In London
journals.

"Farmer's Letters," Franklin's
preface to, 206.

"Family of the Boxes," 78.
Fires: Method of extinguishing, 84.
Franklin's attempt at reform, 85.
Fire companies, 85. Action for
defense of Philadelphia, 146, 147.
Fleet, Thomas, Boston publisher,
18.

Folger, Abiah, 3.

Forts, the French chain of, 161.
Franklin, Abiah, 3.

Re-

Franklin, Benjamin: Baptized in
Old South Church, 2. Name of
parents, 3. Date of birth, 3.
Education, 3. Taste for the sea,
4. Early reading, 5, 6. Buys
Pilgrim's Progress, 8. Appren-
ticed to his brother, 11. Writes
ballads, 14. Sent to hawk them,
18. Efforts to get books, 18, 19.
Studies the "Spectator," 20-21.
Writes Dogood Papers, 23, 24, 25.
His indenture cancelled, 30. Edits
the Courant, 30. His fiction of
Dr. Janus, 30, 31. Quarrels with
his brother, 32, 33. Leaves Bos-
ton, 33. Seeks work of W. Brad-
ford, 33. Walks across New Jer-
sey, 34, 35. Reaches Philadel-
phia, 35. Finds work, 39.
turns home, 39. Sent to London
by Keiner, 40. Becomes journey-
man printer, 40. His Disserta-
tion on Liberty and Necessity,
41-43. Meets Bernard de Mande-
ville and Henry Pemberton, 43.
His London life, 43, 44. Re-
turns to Philadelphia, 44. Em-
ployed by Keimer, 44. Founds
the Junto, 44. Becomes father
of a son, 45. Forms partnership
with_Meredith, 45, 46. First job,
46. Prints part of Sewel's Hist.
of the Quakers, 46. Plans a
newspaper and is betrayed by
Webb, 47. Writes "The Busy
Body for the "Mercury," 48,
49, 50. Denies that he printed
"A Touch of the Times," 50.
Ridicules Keimer, 50, 51. Prob-
ably wrote "A Short Discourse,"
etc., 50, 51. Buys the "Universal
Instructor," 53.
Writes a pam-
phlet on paper money, 60-64.
Prints the Penna. paper money, 64.
"The Pennsylvania Gazette." 65.
Character of the Gazette, 66-88.
Defends Mr. Hemphill, 79-82.
Attempted reforms, 82-85. Forms

a fire company, 85. Paraphrases
of the Bible, 85-89. The
"Levee," 89. The Parables, 90-
92. Abridgment of the Cate-
chism, 92. Poems, 93. Dissolves
partnership with Meredith, 96.
Opens a shop, 96. Habits of
work, 97. Begins "Poor Rich-
ard," 97. Takes a hint from
"Poor Robin," 101. The name
of "Richard Saunders " from an
English almanac, 101. Issues
"Poor Richard," 102. The Pre-
faces, 103-109. Humor of, 109,
110. Poor Richard's maxims, 111-
113. Father Abraham's Address,
114-226. Popularity of, 126-
129. Starts a magazine, 129.
Quarrel with John Webbe, 129-
134. Failure of the magazine,
135. Plans for a school, 136.
Issues "Proposals for Promot-
ing Useful Knowledge," 136, 137.
Letter to his brother, 140. Writes
"Plain Truth," 142. Advertise-
ment of, 142-144. Starts an as-
sociation for defense, 145, 146.
Popularity, 149. His proposals
relative to the education of youth,
149-151. Founds Academy, 151.
The Academy becomes University
of Pennsylvania, 152. Sells the
newspaper, 153. Prosperity of
Franklin, 153, 154. Returns to
scientific studies, 155. His scien-
tific pamphlets, 155, 156. Re-
printed in London, 156. The
famous kite experiment, 156.
"Translated into French," 156.
Neglected by the Royal Society,
155. Elected a member, 156.
Given the Copley Medal, 156.
Made a postmaster - general for
the colonies, 157. Sent to an
Indian conference at Carlisle,
Character as a public man,
Appoints his relatives to
office, 158. Reforms the post-
office, 158, 159. "Join or die,"
162. Plan of Union at Albany,
162. Similarity to D. Coxe's
plan, 162, 163. The assembly
sends him to Braddock, 163.
Furnishes Braddock with wagons,
164. Is thanked by the assem-
bly, 164. Frames a militia bill,
165. Writes "A Dialogue be-
tween X, Y, and Z," 165. Put
in command of the troops and
goes to Gnadenhütten, 166. Sent

157.

158.