demeanor of
described
diplomatic style of
domesticity of
eccentricities of
education of
elected assembly speaker
elected militia colonel
epitaph of
as essayist
eulogy for
fame of
family background of
family history as interest of
federalism concept of
final letter of
first London sojourn of
first published prose of
flirtatious relationships of
foreign missions of, see London mission of 1757–1762; London mission of 1765–1775; Paris mission of 1776–1785
as Freemason
on free press
on free speech
as freethinker
as frontier commander
frugality of
funeral of
as gossip columnist
health of
Hemphill affair and
honorary degrees of
house renovated by
humor of
illegitimate son of, see Franklin, William
income and wealth of
independence favored by
Keith as patron of
land grant sought by
languages as interest of
laudanum used by
lecherous reputation of
library of
liturgy composed by
as lowbrow
as loyalist
on luxury
magazine started by
making mistakes and amends as theme of
on marriage
maxims of
and method for winning over opponents
middle class values of
mistakes-amends theme of
moral beliefs of
national identity of
nepotism of
as networker
new American archetype created by
new house of
new words coined by
as observer of human nature
onset of political career of
pen names used by; see also Busy-Body Essays; “Dogood, Silence”; Poor Richard’s Almanack
personality of
personal magnetism of
as philosopher
poetry of
political cartoon produced by
political philosophy of
in popular imagination
portraits of
practical advice and exhortations of
pragmatism of
pride of
print shop of
progress as theme of
public persona of
as public speaker
racism of
Rees scandal and
religious beliefs of
in retirement from printing trade
as royalist
in runaway journey
scientific paraphernalia of
self-deprecation of
self-help movement and
self-improvement theme of
sexual appetite of
sexuality in writings of
slaves owned by
small family of
social philosophy of
Socratic method used by
Supreme Being as viewed by
surname of
swimming as interest of
and taste for finery
temperance of
tolerance as creed of
vanity of
as vegetarian
virtues as defined and practiced by
as “Water American,”
whistle incident and
will of
women and
work habits of
writing influences on
writing style of
young people and
Assessments
by academic world
by Adams
by Emerson
by intellectuals
Marxist
by Melville
of personal life
in popular imagination
in post-Civil War era
by romanticists
as scientist
by transcendentalists
in twentieth century
Civic Activities
BF on
colleges
community associations
fire brigade
fund-raising
hospitals
insurance association
Junto, see Junto (Leather Apron Club)
libraries
militia
moral perfection project
post office reform
self-improvement and
street maintenance
welfare
Inventions
bifocal glasses
copperplate press design
copy machine design
daylight savings idea
hot water system design
light globe model
lightning rod
mechanical arm
musical instrument
new words
phonetic alphabet
storage battery
stove
street lamp design
swimming pads
typeface
urinary catheter
Scientific Interests
air currents
assessment of
BF’s writing style and
color
common cold
electricity, see electricity
evaporation
Gulf Stream
heat
hull design
importance and significance of
lead poisoning
magnetism
maritime topics
meteorology
mock essays on
population growth
pragmatism of
refrigeration
saltiness of oceans
ship speeds in canals
smoky chimneys
study of exercise
weather forecasting
Franklin, Benjamin (BF’s uncle)
Franklin, Deborah Read (BF’s wife)
BF on
BF’s common-law marriage with
BF’s correspondence with
BF’s flirtations and
BF’s relationship with
children of; see also specific children
death of
home defended by
personality of
Strahan’s letters to
stroke suffered by
Franklin, Ebenezer (BF’s brother)
Franklin, Elizabeth Downes (BF’s daughter-in-law)
Franklin, Ellen (BF’s granddaughter)
Franklin, Francis Folger (Franky) (BF’s son)
Franklin, Henry (BF’s great-grandfather)
Franklin, James (BF’s brother)
BF’s break with
BF’s reconciliation with
Franklin, Jane (BF’s sister)
BF’s correspondence with
Franklin, John (BF’s brother)
Franklin, John (BF’s uncle)
Franklin, Josiah (BF’s father)
BF’s description of
BF’s education and
BF’s printing venture and
in chandler trade
character of
children of
first marriage of
library of
in migration to America
second marriage of
Franklin, Josiah, Jr. (BF’s half-brother)
Franklin, Mary (BF’s sister)
Franklin, Peter (BF’s brother)
Franklin, Sally (BF’s cousin)
Franklin, Samuel (BF’s cousin)
Franklin, Sarah (BF’s sister)
Franklin, Sarah “Sally,” see
Bache, Sarah Franklin “Sally”
Franklin, Theodore (BF’s great-grandson)
Franklin, Thomas (BF’s great-great-grandfather)
Franklin, Thomas, II (BF’s grandfather)
Franklin, Thomas, III (BF’s uncle)
Franklin, William (BF’s son)
age of
appointed governor of New Jersey
Asgill affair and
BF’s correspondence with
BF’s relationship with
in BF’s will
in Braddock expedition
death of
in flight to England
Graeme courtship and
illegitimate children of
kite experiment and
in London mission
loyalist outlook of
marriage of
in Scotland
Shelburne’s meeting with
Temple Franklin’s relationship with
in Trevose meeting
trial of
Franklin, William Temple (BF’s grandson)
appointed to peace delegation
BF’s relationship with
birth of
dandyish behavior of
illegitimate son of
Lee-BF feud and
in Paris mission
peace negotiations and
Polly Stevenson and
in visit to England
William Franklin’s relationship with
Franklin, The (barge)
“Franklin Covey Organizers,”
Franklin Drawing Electricity From the Sky (West)
Franklin family:
derivation of name
dissenting streak of
genealogical records of
in migration to America
religion and
traits of
Franklin Gothic (typeface)
Franklin Institute
Franklin Union
Frederick II, King of Prussia
Freemasons
free press
free speech
free will
Freke, John
French and Indian War
French Revolution
BF’s perception of
“Friendly Societies” (Defoe)
Gadsen, Christopher
Gage, Thomas
Galileo Galilee
Galloway, Joseph
Garrick, David
Gazette (Amiens)
Gazetteer
General Magazine
Gentleman’s Magazine
George II, King of England
George III, King of England
Georgia
Germany
Gerry, Elbridge
Gibraltar
Gilded Age
“God and Liberty” benediction
Godfrey, Mrs. Thomas
Godfrey, Thomas
Goode, Wilson
Grace, Robert
Graeme, Elizabeth
Graeme, Thomas
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Grand Ohio Company
Granville, Lord
Great Awakening
Great Britain
BF’s effort to join government of
BF’s Paris mission and
in peace negotiations see Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782
Staten Island summit and
Great Depression
Great Seal
Greene, Catherine Ray
Greene, William
Grenville, George
Grenville, Thomas
Griswold, A. Whitney
Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace
Gulf Stream
Hadley, John
Hall, David
Hamilton, Alexander
Hamilton, Andrew
Hamilton, James
Hancock, John
Harper’s
Hartley, David
Harvard College
Hauksbee, Francis
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
“Heads of Complaint” (Franklin)
Hell-Fire Club
Helvétius, Anne-Catherine
Helvétius, Claude-Adrien
Hemphill, Samuel
Henry, Patrick
Henry VIII, King of England
Herbert, Eugenia
Herbert of Cherbury, Lord
Herschbach, Dudley
Hewson, Elizabeth
Hewson, Mary Stevenson “Polly,”
BF’s correspondence with
death of
marriage of
Temple Franklin and
Hewson, Tom
Hewson, William (father)
Hewson, William (son)
Hillsborough, Lord
“Hints for a Conversation” (Franklin)
History and Present State of Electricity, The (Priestley)
History of England (Berkeley)
Homer
Honest Whigs
hospitals
hot-air balloons
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
House of Burgesses, Virginia
House of Commons, British
House of Lords, British
House of Representatives Massachusetts
House of Representatives, U.S.
Howe, Caroline
Howe, Richard
BF’s Staten Island summit with
Howe, William
Howells, William Dean
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie)
“Hue and Cry after the Busy-Body” (Keimer)
Hughes, John
hull design
Hume, David
“Hume’s fork,”
Hunt, Leigh
Hunter, William
Hutchinson, Thomas
purloined letters of
Stamp Act crisis and
Hutton, James
Hyde, Lord
Illinois Company
Indiana Company
Indians
Albany Plan and
in Carlyle conference
Paxton Boys uprising and
Proprietors and
see also specific tribes
Industrial Revolution
“Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” (Franklin)
Ingenhousz, Jan
insurance associations
“Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies” (Franklin)
Ireland
Iroquois confederacy
Israel Potter (Melville)
Izard, Ralph
Jackson, James
Jackson, Richard
Jay, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Declaration of Independence written by
Great Seal and
in Paris mission
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord
Jenkins Ear, War of
Jerman, John
Jews
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johonnot, Samuel
Jones, John Paul
background of
Lafayette’s proposed attack and
rape incident and
in Serapis fight
Johnson, Samuel (convention delegate)
Johnson, Samuel (writer)
Junto (Leather Apron Club)
BF’s religious talk to
debating style of
members of
models for
as reflection of BF’s persona
subscription library of
topics guide of
Jupin, Mademoiselle
Kames, Henry Home, Lord
Kant, Immanuel
Keats, John
Keillor, Garrison
Keimer, Samuel
Keith, William
King (BF’s slave)
King George’s War
King Philip’s War
Kinnersley, Ebenezer
Kissinger, Henry A.
Lafayette, Marquis de
laissez-faire, doctrine of
Landa
is, Pierre
La Rochefoucauld, François de
“Late Benjamin Franklin, The” (Twain)
Laud, William
Laurens, Henry
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent
Lawrence, D. H.
lead poisoning
Leather Apron Club, see Junto (Leather Apron Club)
Le Despencer, Francis Dashwood, Lord
Lee, Arthur
Bancroft suspected of spying by
BF’s conflicts with
Lee, Charles
Lee, Francis Lightfoot
Lee, Richard Henry
Lee, William
Leeds, Titan
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Lemay, J. A. Leo
Le Roy, Jean-Baptiste
“Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” (Dickinson)
“Letters on England” (Voltaire)
Leverett, John
Lewis, Sinclair
Lexington, Battle of
Leyden jar
Liberty Tree
libraries
Library Company of Philadelphia
lightning rod
Literary History of the American People (Angoff)
Little Revenge, A (Randall)
Lives (Plutarch)
Livingston, Robert
Locke, John
Lodge of the Nine Sisters
Logan, James
London
London Board of Trade
London Chronicle
London Evening Post
London mission of
BF-Deborah Franklin correspondence in
BF-Penn confrontations in
BF’s circle of friends in
BF’s departure for
BF’s genealogical excursion in
BF’s Scotland trip in
BF’s surrogate family in
BF’s travels through England in
BF’s trip to continent in
Canada retention as issue in
results of
royal charter debate in
taxation as issue in
William Franklin in
London mission of
Bache-Sally Franklin romance in
Bache’s visit in
BF as colonial spokesman in
BF-Deborah Franklin correspondence in
BF’s cockpit ordeal in
BF’s invention interests in
BF’s motives in
BF’s scientific experiments in
BF’s social outlook and
BF’s surrogate family in
BF’s vacation in France in
BF’s vacation of 1771 in
BF-William Franklin rift in
Deborah Franklin’s death and
Hillsborough-BF confrontations in
Howe-Chatham secret talks in
Hutchinson letters affair in
Stamp Act crisis in
Stamp Act repeal battle in
Townshend duties controversy in
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Lopez, Claude-Anne
Louis XV, King of France
Louis XVI, King of France
McCullough, David
McHenry, James
Madison, James
“magazine,”
magnetism
Maier, Paul
Main Currents in American Thought (Parrington)
Malthus, Thomas
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord
“Marche des Insurgents” (Brillon)
Mareschal, Lord
Marie, Queen of France
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France