Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (85 page)
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Authors: Walter Isaacson
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Serapis
fight
Johnson, Samuel (convention delegate)
Johnson, Samuel (writer)
Junto (Leather Apron Club)
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
Landais, 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
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-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’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
Marignac, Gabriel Louis de
Markoe, Margaret
Marriage of Figaro, The
(Beaumarchais)
Marshall Plan
Martin, Luther
Mary I, Queen of England
Maryland
Mason, George
Mason & Dixon
(Pynchon)
Massachusetts
Stamp Act crisis in
Massachusetts Assembly
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Committee on Correspondence
Massachusetts House of Representatives
matching grant, concept of
Mather, Cotton
smallpox controversy and
Mather, Increase
Mather, Samuel
May, Henry
mechanical arm
Mecom, Jane,
see
Franklin, Jane
Mellon, Thomas
Melville, Herman
Meredith, Hugh
“meritocracy,”
Mesmer, Friedrich Anton
meteorology
Methodism
Metternich, Klemens von
middle class
Middlekauff, Robert
militia
Militia Association
Miller, Perry
“minutemen,”
Mississippi River
“Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency, A” (Franklin)
“Modest Proposal, A” (Swift)
Mohawk Indians
Monroe Doctrine
Montesquieu, Baron de la Brède et de
Montgolfier, Etienne
Montgolfier, Joseph
moral perfection project
“Morals of Chess, The” (Franklin)
Morellet, André
Morgan, Edmund,
Morrill, Mary,
see
Folger, Mary Morrill
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Lewis
Morris, Richard
Morris, Robert
Morris, Robert Hunter
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Musschenbroek, Pieter van
“Narrative of the Late Massacres in
Nation
Native Americans,
see
Indians
natural rights, concept of
Netherlands
New England Courant
smallpox dispute in
Newfoundland
New Jersey
governor of
New Jersey Gazette
Newton, Isaac
New York
Nine Sisters, Lodge of
Nini, Giovanni Battista
Nollet, Abbé
Norris, Isaac
North, Lord
North Carolina
Oberg, Barbara
“Observations on the Increase of Mankind” (Franklin)
Ohio valley
Olive Branch Petition
“On Conciliation with America” (Burke)
“On Conversation” (Franklin)
“On Infidelity” (Bradford)
“On the Laboring Poor” (Franklin)
“On the Providence of God in the Government of the World” (Franklin)
Osborne, Charles
Oswald, Richard
Ottawa Indians
Oxford University
Paine, Thomas,
Palmer, Samuel
Pamela
(Richardson)
paper currency
Paris
Paris, Ferdinand John
Paris, Treaty of (1763)
Paris mission of 1776–1785:
Adams in,
Adams’s return to
American commissioners in
balloon fad in
Bancroft’s spying activities in
BF appointed minister plenipotentiary in
BF’s appointment to
and BF’s arrival in France
BF’s attempted resignation from
BF’s bagatelles in
BF’s departure from
BF’s diplomatic style in
BF’s flirtatious relationships in
BF’s household in
BF’s mock scientific essays in
BF’s public relations campaign in
BF’s resignation from
BF’s writing of
Autobiography
in
commission-seeking supplicants in
French loans in
French policy in
Jefferson in
Lee-BF feud in
Lodge of Nine Sisters controversy in
Mesmer commission investigation in
military alliance treaty in
new European treaties in
peace negotiations in,
see
Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782
planned attack on Britain in
proposed Franco-American alliance in
realism and idealism in
Spain’s rejection of treaty in
Temple Franklin in
trade and friendship treaty in
Wentworth’s secret mission and
Parker, James
Parliament, British,
Scotland in
taxation power of
see also
House of Commons, British; House of Lords, British
Parliament, Irish
Parrington, Vernon
Parsons, William
Partridge, Elizabeth
Paterson, William
“Paul Revere’s Ride” (Longfellow)
Paxton Boys
peace negotiations,
see
Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782
Peale, Charles Willson
Pemberton, Israel
Penn, John
Penn, Richard
Penn, Thomas
BF’s conflict with
Penn, William
pen names
Busy-Body Essays; “Dogood, Silence”;
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Penn family
Pennsylvania
BF’s efforts to change colonial status of
BF’s militia proposal for