Burnet, Bishop, father of governor of Canton, Edwin, v, 45 n.
Burnet, Judge, quoted, ix, 294. Burnet, Thomas, i, 90; ii, 305. Burnet, Governor William (of N.Y.), i, 264 and n., 303. Burney, Fanny, ix, 256 n. Burt, Mr., iii, 422.
Burton, R. ("Historical Collections"), i, 238; x, 148. Burton, Robert, ix, 488. Bustill, Samuel, i, 294.
Bute, Lord, defence of, iv, 450; v, 192; secures appointment of W. F.,
X, 212 n., 225, 335.
Byles, Mather, life saved by lightning- rod, i, 103; ix, 655 n., 656 n., 684. Byron, Com. John, vii, 194 n.
Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges, i, 183; vii, 376 n.; ix, 498, 506, 546, 577 n., 647, 691; x, 352, 407, 438. Cabanis, the Elder, viii, 115 n. Cabarras and Co. (François, Comte de Cabarras], Spanish bankers, viii, 236, 398 and n.
Cabot, Sebastian, vi, 413. Cadell, Thomas, ii, 237 n. Cadet De Vaux, Antoine-Alexis-Fran- çois (chemist), ix, 307 n., 501, 535, 536. Cadogan, William, first Earl Cadogan, governor of the Isle of Wight [1716], ii, 59 and n.
Cadwallader, Thomas, i, 115. Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, vii, 162 n.; bust of B. F., ix, 45 n.
Cagliostro, Comte de, ix, 493 and n. Caille, M. Audibert, x, 353. Caillot, Mother, x, 425. Calas, Jean, iv, 268; v, 255. Caldani, Leopold, President of the Academy of Sciences of Padua, let- ter from, viii, 436 n. Calêf, Captain, vi, 79, 80. Calonne, Charles-Alexandre de, x, 348. Calvet, M. Pierre du, merchant of Montreal, ix, 112. Calvin, x, 201.
Cambray, de, receives medal, viii, 71 n. Cambray, Archbishop of, ii, 95. Camden, Lord, i, 196; vi, 306, 311, 351, 362, 364, 369, 396, 445, 446; viii, 484; ix, 587; x, 314. Campan, Mme., x, 493.. Campbell, Captain W., ix, 326. Campi, Charles Joseph, i, 22. Campomanes, Don Pedro-Rodriguez, Condé de, i, xii; viii, 237 n., 367 n., 368; letter from, ix, 223; x, 375.
Canton, John, i, 99, 421; iii, 73 n.; iv, 261, 370 n.; v, 45 n.; vii, 51 n.; X, 275, 509; his electrical experi- ments, iii, 247, 252, 267, 277, 352; iv, 132, 134, 135, 140, 218 n., 452, 459; V, 426.
Canton, Mrs. John, iv, 220. Canton, R., iv, 370 n. Canton, William, v, 45 n. Capellen, Jan Derck van der, x, 323, 324; letter from, 325 n. Cappy, M. (instrument maker), ix, 538. Cardross, Lord, see Earl of Buchan. Cardross, 3d Lord, see Henry Erskine. Carey, Mathew, iii, 226 n., 227 n.; ix, 238 n., 533 n. Carleton, General, viii, 555, 557, 558, 560, 564, 567, 572, 573, 577, 603; ix, 58; x, 112.
Carleton, Sir Guy, see Lord Dorchester. Carlisle, Lord, x, 331.
Carlyle, Alexander, x, 202 and n., 203. Carlyle, Thomas x, 141, 144. Carmichael, William, vii, 37 n., 209 n.; viii, 49 and n., 50, 57 n., 98 n., 145, 200, 237 n., 240, 253, 295 n., 544; ix, 135, 178, 221, 223 n., 275 n., 301 n., 303, 346; x, 310, 311 n., 314, 346, 378; surrounded by spies, 323; origin of the ephemera, 408. Carnoc, General, vi, 165. Carns, Captain, iv, 241. Carpenter, Emanuel, iv, 333. Carrabas, M., vii, 391, 399. Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, de- preciation of currency, i, 142 n.; expedition to Canada, vi, 443 n., 447; ix, 152 n., 153, 696; x, 7 n., 295 and n.
Carroll, Rev. John, expedition to Canada, vi, 443 n., 448 n., 449; vii, 337 n.; x, 295, 296; superior of clergy of United States, ix, 126; X,
Carson, Hampton L., vii, 163 n. Carver, Capt. Jonathan ("Travels in North America"), v, 203 n. Casas, Mr., viii, 370. Cash, "Cousin," iii, 454. Caslon, William, "The English Elze- vir," ii, 243 and n.; iii, 165, 166, 340, 473; iv, 87; x, 86.
Castera, J., translator of Franklin, i, 26. Castries, Marquis de, Minister of the
Marine, viii, 186, 205 n., 386, 539, 543, 638; ix, 152; x, 341; letter from, 458.
Castrioto, M., vii, 45 n. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, vii, 10 n.; viii, 60, 82, 104 n., 238, 502; ix, 6, 258 n., 283, 633; x, 350 n.
Cave, Edward, i, 15, 16, 418; the Gentleman's Magazine, iii, 98, 106 and n., 133 and n. Cavendish, Henry, i, 34, 62, 96, 106, 109; iv, 220; V, 420; vi, 142. Cavendish, Lord Charles, iv, 136, 220; V, 394, 540.
Cavendish, Lord John, viii, 566. Caze, M. Le, ix, 542. Cellini, Benvenuto, i, 43. Ceracchi, Giuseppi, alleged bust of B. F. by, ix, 44 n., 45 n. Cesarotti, Melchior, viii, 436. Chabot, Duc de, x, 467.
Chalut, Abbé, ix, 326, 498, 569 n. Chamberlin, Mason, artist, portrait of B. F. by, vi, 118; viii, 110. Chambers, William and Robert, ii, 155, 375. Chambers, Mr., ix, 14. Champfort, M., x, 354.
Champigny, Jean, Chevalier de, vii,
Chaptal, anecdote of B. F., i, 85 n. Chardon, Daniel-Marc-Antoine, vii, 265 and n.
Charlemont, Earl of, iv, 405 n.; letter from Newenham, x, 487, 488 and n. Charles the First, king of England, ii, 26, 56, 60; iv, 236; v, 160, 357; viii, 444, 446.
Charles the First, king of Spain, iv, 63. Charles the Second, king of England, i, 231, 283; ii, 26; iii, 370; V, 215; vii, 152.
Charles the Fifth (emperor), viii, 237. Charles the Ninth, king of France, ix, 167 and n.
Charles the Twelfth, king of Sweden, i, 13; ix, 167 n. Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César, aëro- nautics, i, 78; ix, 43, 79, 84, 106, 116, 119, 120, 123, 125, 155, 156. Charles, Robert, i, 434, 438; iii, 292, 367 n., 444; iv, r89, 331 n.; x, 186 n., 195, 196, 200. Chartres, Duc de, viii, 456; his balloon, X, 355-
Chase, Samuel, Commissioner to Can- ada, vi, 443 n.; vii, 337 n.; ix, 152 n.,
696; x, 295: Chastellux, Marquis de, translation of Humphrey's poems, i, 206; his travels, viii, 42 and n., 349; with the army
of Rochambeau, 415 and n.; ix, 537. 567 n.
Chatham, Lord, his regard for B. F., i, 196; his illness, v, 24, 30; favours America, 252; vi, 232; action in Parliament, 302, 305, 306; consid- ers the Plan of Union, 311; first meet- ing with B. F., 320, 321; intercourse with B. F., 349, 351, 360; his motion of Jan. 20, 1775, 361, 362, 363; his plan of conciliation, 368, 369; his plan rejected, 374; his speeches, 446 n.; his death, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153; his statue, 302 n., 445; vii, 76 B., 315 and n.; ix, 350 n., 587; x, 246, 247, 252, 270, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285.
Chatham, Lady, vi, 351. Chattin, printer, iii, 439. Chaulnes, Marie-Joseph
d'Ailly, Duc de, experiments in chemistry, vii, 50 and n., 412, 413 n.; X, 406.
Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de, i, 22 n., 185, 211; vii, 113, 173 n., 187 and n., 241, 364, 396, 397; viii, 20, 33, 34, 62, 64, 67, 68, 90, 112, 113, 141, 175, 188, 197, 198, 199, 230, 265, 270, 321 and n., 322 n., 396, 417, 543, 577, 589; ix, 68, 268, 271; medallion of B. F., 283, 302, 469 n., 498, 690; lets his house to B. F., X, 305; letter from John Adams, 317, 318; financial embarrassments, 337. 338, 339, 340, 343, 344, 345, 346, 369, 370, 429 461, 464, 466. Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de, fils, viii, 271; ix, 302; his marriage, 542, 620; X, 42.
Chaumont, Mme. Donatien Le Ray de, vii, 254; viii, 321; ix, 543, 620; X, 453- Chaumont [Sophie], Mlle. Le Ray de, vii, 254; ix, 469 and n., 542; X, 464. Chauncy, Dr., of Harvard College, iv, 251; vi, 267; X, 260. Chavagnes, Captain, viii, 38 and n. Cheap, Mr., vii, 25. Cheetham, James, i, 29. Chesterfield, Lord, x, 80. Chew, Benjamin, x, 27. Chewton, Lord (lieutenant-colonel), viii, 535-
Chezaulx, M. de, French consul at Bergen, Norway, vii, 420, 421, 423. Childs, Francis, printer, i, 183; ix, 468 n.; x, 496. Chittick, Dr., ix, 33o n.
Choiseul, Duc de, his party favours B. F., x, 306, 308, 333. Chollet, François-Auguste, ix, 178. Cholmondely, Lord, compliments to
B. F., viii, 460; their conversation, | Coffyn, Francis, vii, 202, 419 n.
Chotck, Count, ix, 314. Chreptowicz, Comte, v, 281.
Christian, Duke of Zweibrück, ix, 52 n. Christian, Evan (Isle of Man), ix, 354 and n., 356.
Christian, vii, (king of Denmark), i, 324; viii, 227, 503; ix, 29, 31, 65, 66. Christie, Mr., vi, 54.
Church, Mr. E. D., i, 33; iii, 479 n. Church, Edward, ix, 656 n. Church, William Singleton, see James Digges.
Churchman, John, ix, 557 n.
Cicé, Monsigneur (archbishop of Bor- deaux), ix, 126 n., 503 and n. Cicero, quoted, i, 331; ii, 9, 32, 46, 244 and n., 245; iii, 39; viii, 335 n. Clap, Thomas, President of Yale, iii, 169 n.
Clapham, Captain, iii, 328.
Clapham, Colonel, i, 412.
Coigny, Duc de, x, 459 and n., 465. Coke, Sir Edward, ii, 290; ix, 253. Colbert, "Cousin," iv, 358, 450. Colburn, Henry, publisher, i, 30. Colden, Alexander, iii, 395 and n.; vi, 38.
Colden, Cadwallader, F.'s correspond- ence with, i, 66, 67 n., 82, 83; iii, 171 n., 186 n.; makes F. known to Gronovius, i, 130; sends F. papers on meteorology, 207; ii, v; his tory of the Indians, 240 n., 358 n.; iii, 122, 126; V, 480; stereotype printing, ii, 241 n.; origin of Amer. Philo. Soc., 276 and n.; treaty with Indians, 279 n.; friendship with Dr. Bard, 294 n.; Doctrine of Flux- ions, 324 n.; iii, 191 n.; criticises F.'s theory of population, 63 n.; cure of cancer, 87 n.; trade with Canada, 164 n.; Plan of Union, 199 and n., 200, 203 n.
Clare, Lord, v, 46, 67, 68, 147, 148; x, Colden, David, iii, 105 n.
Clare, Mr., F.R.S., ii, 252 n.
Clarendon, Lord, v, 364; vi, 211; X, 334-
Clark, General, v, 66; ix, 261. Clark, Dr. George, iv, 210; V, 190. Clark, Capt. Henry, ii, 53. Clark, Joseph, vi, 27.
Clark, Richard, and Sons, merchants of Boston, vi, 177.
Clarke, Major, v, 361 n. Clarke, Dr. William, iii, 63 n., 72 n., 287; iv, 37 n., 43 n. Claypoole, George, ii, 180 and n., 181. Claypoole, John, ii, 180 n. Clayton, Mr., iii, 381.
Clephane, Dr. John, iii, 264 and n. Clerval, M., musician, i, 213. Clerval, Mme. de, x, 468. Clifton, John, i, 381. Clifton, Miss, vii, 347-
Clinton, Francis, see Earl of Lincoln. Clinton, George (colonial governor of N.Y.), i, 362 and n.; ii, 355. Clinton, George, governor of New York (1777-1795), ix, 477 n.; letter to, 610.
Clinton, Sir Henry (general), vii, 188; viii, 6, 82 and n., 94 and n., 99, 264; ix, 609.
Clive, Lord, v, 436 n.; x, 210. Cobden, William, i, 136; x, 211. Cobham, Mr., vi, 239. Cobham, Lord, iv, 5, 6.
Cochran, Mr., friend of B. F. Bache, vii, 368; viii, 372.
Cocke, William, ix, 534 n.; X, 483. Cocker, Edward, i, 243; x, 148.
Coleman, "Cousin," ii, 380.
Coleman, Dr., preaches funeral ser- mon of B. Franklin, uncle of B. F., X, 147 n.
Coleman, William, member of the "Junto," i, 300; assists F. in busi-
ness, 304; ii, 277; iv, 450; v, 183. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, vii, 68 n.; X, 330.
Collas, Mr., son-in-law of Jane Mecom, vii, 257 and n.; ix, 623.
Collas, Mrs., niece of B. F., vii, 257 n. Collier, Hannah, marries W. T. Frank-
lin, i, 5; lives at Etampes with sec- ond husband, 6; dies, 1846, 6. Collier, Sir George, vii, 377. Collins, Anthony, source of F.'s early scepticism, x, 148.
Collins, John, friend of F. in youth, i, 240, 244; assists F. in flight from Boston, 249, 258; clerk in post-office, 261, 263, 264; his intoxication, 265, 267, 269, 295.
Collinson, Michael, son of Peter, v, 185 n., 191 n., 192, 221, 246. Collinson, Peter, gives F.'s first pamphlet to the press, i, 15 and n.; his death (1768), 16, 17; v, 185 and n.; viii, 105 and n.; sends Leyden jar to Philadelphia, i, 34, 87, 417, 418; correspondence with F., 46, 47, 50 and n.; iii, 34, 123, 134 n., 139 n., 228; description of a whirl- wind, i, 59; nature of light, 65; magic squares, 74 n.; electrical ex- periments, 89, 93 n.,. 94 n., 95, 96, 97 n., 98, 99, 112; ii, 323; iii, 8; kite experiment, i, 101; iii, 99;
lightning rods, i, 102, 103 n.; iii, 124; fur trade i, 150; iv, 245 and n.; F.'s opinion of T. Penn, i, 154 n., 162 n.; French translation of F.'s works, iii, 98; Plan of Union, i, 156, 157, 158 n.; affairs in Pennsylvania, 160 n., 161 n.; F.'s first visit to, 434; before the Royal Society, ii, 293 n.; iii, 171 n., 175 n.; buys books for Philadelphia, ii, 296, 299, 376; reads C. Colden, 324; recommends Peter Kalm, 364, 367; character of, iii, 52, 146 n.; meadow grass, 59, 60; Nollet's experiments, 105; University of Pennsylvania, 189; Germans in Pennsylvania, 139, 190; water-spouts, 228, 269; cruelty to Indians, iv, 241 n.; injustice to Indians, x, 185; peace of 1748, 171, 172; ii, 333; iii, 2, 338, 357, 405, 419, 422, 440; iv, 97, 163; v, 191 and n.; vi, 111 n.; x, 197.
Collinson, Mrs. Peter, death of, iii, 147. Condé, Prince de, anecdote of, ii, 103. Condorcet, Marquis de, i, 135, 183, 196; Eloge of B. F., iii, 45 n.; x, 492; vi, 237; ix, 565, 666; 1, 360; death of, 489.
Confucius, principles of, ii, 377- Conway, Mr., M.P., viii, 460. Conway, Mrs. Rowley (of Bodrhyddon), i, xvi.
Conway, Henry (general), Secretary of State, i, 404; iv, 392, 408, 412, 461; v, 45, 46; he resigns, 89, 90, 105,
205; X, 244. Conway, Thomas, Count de, vii, 266. Conyngham, Capt. Gustavus,
capture, vii, 377 and n.; his escape, 418 n.; complaints of Frenchmen concerning him, 198; viii, 552; his commission, vii, 190, 322, 389; viii, 574, 575.
Cook, Captain (packet commander), vi, 252.
Cook, Capt. James (circumnavigator), i, 7; ix, 200; gold medal in his honour presented to F., vii, 242 and n., 243; viii, 110 n.; ix, 258 n., 398; X, 43, 44, 350 and n.; his "Voyages,' ix, 241, 258 and n., 509, 510, 582 n.; F. grants passport to, x, 43, 44. Coombe, Rev. Thomas, vi, 34 n., 102 n.; v, 185; viii, 647. Cooper, Sir Grey, M.P. (secretary of the treasury), v, 143, 144, 145, 146; vi, 32; interrogates F., vii, 75, 76 n.; x, 232; inquires into treatment of Colonel Laurens in Tower, viii, 165 and n., 254 n., 340, 352; X, 374; interrogates F., 232, 302.
Cooper, Lady Grey, vii, 77 and n. Cooper, James Fenimore, i, 44. Cooper, Joseph, i, 295. Cooper, Dr. Samuel, letters from F., i, 11; depreciation of currency, 141; iii, 369; iv, 251; degree from Edin- burgh, v, 37, 230 n.; letter from, 357 n.; on ventilation, vi, 92 n., 94; the Hutchinson Letters, 109, 267, 271, 272 n.; x, 260; Bishop Shipley's sermon, vi, 115; 446; vii, 115, 184, 258; love of France, viii, 39 n.; ix, 621; viii, 258 371 n.; treaty of peace, ix, 91 n.; death of, 478, 487; x, 248. Cooper, Mrs. Samuel, v, 197. Copley, Sir Godfrey (the Copley gold medals), i, 421; V, 70. Copley, John Singleton, ix, 45. Copper, George, ii, 298. Corcellen, Pierre von de, i, 205. Cornbury, Lord, iv, 234. Cornu, Captain (of Dunkirk), viii, 122. Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, i, 197; viii, 321, 333 n., 401, 411; ix, 474 n.; X, 388; retreat to Brunswick, vii, 31; conquest of America impossible, 330; his parole and release, viii, 349, 507, 530,531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 556, 561, 571; arrival in England, 393, 482, 572, 632; x,
Cortes, discovery of turkeys, ix, 167 n. Cortracht, Henry, iii, 321. Cotiere, Cathallet (of St. Sulpice), i, 118. Cotin & Co., viii 197; x, 343, 344, 345- Cotton, Charles, travesty of Virgil, 252 and n.
Coudray, Tronson, de, vii, 30 and n.; affair of the Amphitrite, x, 325, 326, 327; death of, 328. Courault frères, viii, 199. Court de Gébelin, Antoine, native languages of America, i, 85, 199; vii, 43 n., 436; viii, 246 n. Courtanvaux, Marquis de, see Duc de Doudeauville.
Couteulx & Co. (Paris bankers), viii, 289, 290, 584; ix, 137. Cowper, William, viii, 448 n. Coxe, John (of Trenton), ii, 277. Coxe, Mr. (of Philadelphia), x, 22. Coxe, Miss (of N.J.), wife of Chau- mont, fils, ix, 542 n. Cradock, Joseph, i, 78 n. Craig, Captain, iii, 326. Craig, Col. John, ix, 611. Craige, Mr., v, 396.
Cramer, Mr. (of Geneva), oversees education of B. F. Bache, vii, 368, 369, 436.
Cramer, Mme., vii, 369 n.; viii, 373-
Crawford, Adair (physician), vii, 413 | Dalrymple, Alexander, iv, 123;
Crell, Aletta, iii, 5. Crellius, Mr., iv, 110. Creutz, Comte de (Swedish ambassa- dor to France), complains of American cruisers, vii, 373, 390; solicits treaty with America, viii, 150, 503, 514, 551, 618, 635, 646; ix, 30, 53, 69. Crevecœur, Michel Guillaume-Jean de, his "Letters from an American Farmer," i, 205; viii, 297 n.; his name, 307 and n.; friendship of Mme. d'Houdetot, 308; x, 446, 448. Crèvecœur, Robert de, viii, 297 n. Crigan, Claudius, Bishop of Sodor and Man, character of, ix, 353 n. Crillon, Duc de, viii, 200, 203, 295; ix, 106; X, 406.
Crocco, Giacomo Francesco, ix, 97 n., 127, 133 n.; x, 353. Crocker, Joseph, iii, 395, 441.. Croft, Richard (lieutenant), viii, 130. Croghan, George, sends F. tusks of mastodons, i, 85, 86 n., 199; v, 92 n.; his life, i, 400 and n.; v, 39 n.; Wal- pole grant, 67; x, 255; treaty with Indians, v, 499.
Cromwell, Elizabeth, ii, 180 n. Cromwell, Oliver, ii, 180 and n.; x, 334.
Crowley, Thomas, vi, 116 and n. Croxall, Samuel, his fables, ii, 301; iii,
Dalrymple, Sir John, i, 82 and n.; viii, 98 and n. Dalton, Mr., x, 342.
Dampier, Admiral, iii, 120, 196; vi, 68. Dana, Francis, member of Congress, vii, 197; goes to Paris with John Adams, viii, 53, 76, 146; in Holland, 201, 205, 223, 232 n., 238, 253, 291; in Russia, 534; I, 320, 341, 342, 346, 378.
Danby, John, x, 162. Dandelot, Mme., ix, 268. Danforth, Samuel, iv, 251 and n.; vi, 105 n.
Danforth, Samuel, Jr., vi, 105 n., 106. Daniell, William, x, 171. Danver, Mr., iii, 39. Danville, ii, 301.
Darby, George (vice-admiral), x, 340. Darcet, Jean (chemist), i, 121; ix, 670 and n.
Darling, Thomas (merchant), iii, 166. Dartmouth, Lord, succeeds Hills-
borough, v, 410, 433, 435; x, 254, 256; his regard for B. F., v, 411; vi, 30; his popularity in America, v, 414, 459; his first levee, 444, 445, 448; receives the petition to the king, 450; vi, 1 and n., 303, 304, 283; presents the petition to the king, vi, 172, 189, 349, 350; his opinion of Governor Hutchin- son, 48, 49; the Hutchinson Letters, 281, 282; destruction of tea in Boston, 179; reconciliation with America, 31, 56, 114, 147, 232, 302, 342, 359, 368, 369, 374, 379, 396; scene in the cockpit, x, 267. Darwin, Erasmus, i, xix, 196; x, 252. Darwin, Prof. George H., i, xix. Dashkof, Princess, i, 199; x, 346. Dashwood, Sir Francis, iv, 407 n.; see Lord Le Despencer. Davenant, Dr., iii, 205 n. Davenport, Enoch, v, 372; vi, 18. Davenport, Joseph, vi, 17 n. Davenport, Mrs. Joseph, death of, ii, 180 and n.; iii, 57; x, 497. Davenport, Josiah, iii, 57; iv, 360; vi, 96.
David de Morlaix, vii, 260 and n. Davies, Mary Ann, i, 212. Davies, Samuel, President of Princeton, vi, 227 n.
Davies, Thomas, publisher, ix, 149 n. Davies, Rev. Thomas F., i, xv; iii, 1 n. Davy, Sir Humphry, i, 49. Dawson, Greenberry, ix, 679. Dawson, Major, i, 106; v, 397 n. Dazeux, M., v, 393.
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