508, 510,
526, 527;
actual existence of war with, in 1799, iii. 529;
new mission to, deprecated by the friends of Adams--termination of the
difficulties with, iii. 530.

Francis, Doctor, reminiscences of, in relation to the arrival of Genet,
iii. 248, 249.

Franklin, Benjamin, his plan of union of the colonies, i. 127;
his opinion of the colonial governors--on the progress of the
colonies--on the proprietaries of Pennsylvania, i. 144;
in the camp of Braddock--conversation of, with Braddock, i. 148;
urged by Braddock to procure wagons for the use of the army, i. 149;
provisions obtained through the efforts of, for the regiments of
Dunbar and Halket--first meeting of, with Washington, at
Fredericktown, in 1755--highly spoken of, by Braddock, in his
despatches, i. 150;
his little confidence in Braddock's success, i. 165;
remark of, on Dunbar's retreat, after the defeat of Braddock, i. 172;
short military career of (_note_), i. 225;
Washington welcomed to Philadelphia by, in 1757, i. 239;
efforts of, in London, in opposition to the stamp-act, i. 324;
letter of, to Charles Thomson, in relation to the stamp-act, i. 325;
examination of, before a committee of Parliament, i. 334;
opinion of, as to the tea-tax, i. 369;
duplicity of Governor Hutchinson exposed by, i. 385;
insulted by Solicitor-General Wedderburne (_note_)--office of
postmaster-general of the colonies taken from (_note_), i. 386;
general congress proposed by, i. 390, 392;
activity of, in circulating the state papers of the continental
Congress, i. 485;
introduced by Lord Chatham into the house of lords, i. 488;
remark of, in relation to a speech of Lord Chatham's--compliment paid
to, by Lord Chatham, in the house of lords (_note_), i. 492;
interviews of, with Admiral Howe and Miss Howe (_note_), i. 498;
letters of, to Mr. Strahan and Doctor Priestley (_note_), i. 605;
placed by the second continental Congress at the head of the post-office
department--post-office account-book of, still preserved (_note_),
i. 612;
letter of, to Doctor Priestley, on the progress of British arms in
America, i. 641;
on the committee appointed by Congress to visit the camp at Cambridge,
i. 729;
balance of salary paid to, by Massachusetts, for services as colonial
agent--money sent from England by the hands of, for the sufferers