peace negotiations and
Quebec expedition and
representation question in
roots of federal system in
royal congresses removed by
Staten Island summit and
vote for independence in
“Conversation on Slavery” (Franklin)
“Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation” (Franklin)
Cooper, Grey
Cooper, Samuel
Copley Medal
copperplate press
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord
Covey, Stephen
Cramer, Catherine
Cramer, Philibert
Craven, Wayne
Craven Street Gazette
Crockett, Davy
Cromwell, Oliver
Cushing, Thomas
Cutler, Manasseh
D’Alibard, Thomas-François
Dallett, Francis James
Dartmouth, William Legge, Lord
BF’s secret correspondence with
Davenport, Josiah
Davis, William Morris
Davy, Humphry
Dawes, William
Dayton, Jonathan
Deane, Silas
“Death of Infants, The” (Franklin)
Declaration of Independence
Adams and
BF’s editing of
BF’s influence on
congressional editing of
official signing of
“self-evident truths” phrase in
slave trade in
writing of
Declaration of Rights
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms
Declaratory Act
Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du
Defoe, Daniel
deism
BF’s interpretation of
“general providence” concept in
DeLancey, James
de la Roche, Martin Lefebvre
Delaware
Delaware Indians
De l’Esprit
(C.-A. Helvétius)
democracy
Denham, Thomas
Denny, William
Descartes, René
D’Evelyn, Mary
“Dialogue Between the Gout and Mr. Franklin, The” (Franklin)
Dick, Alexander
Dickinson, John,
Dictionary of American Biography
Diderot, Denis
Didot, François
“Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity Pleasure and Pain, A” (Franklin)
Dissertations on the English Language
(Webster)
divine providence
“Dogood, Silence” (pen name)
“Don’t Tread on Me” flag
Douglass, William
Downes, Elizabeth,
see
Franklin, Elizabeth Downes
“Dr. Franklin’s In-Laws” (Dallett)
“Drinker’s Dictionary” (Franklin)
Duane, William
Dudley, Thomas
Dull, Jonathan
“Dulman, Jack” (pseudonym)
Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrèd
Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre-Samuel
Duras
East India Company
Eden, William
“Edict by the King of Prussia, An” (Franklin)
Edinburgh Review
Edwards, Jonathan
electricity
BF’s importance to field of
BF’s kite experiments in
and coinage of new terms
criticism of BF and
French experiments in
lightning and
single-fluid theory of
Spencer’s experiments in
storage of
Eliot, Jared
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
“Elysian Fields, The” (Franklin)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
BF assessed by
enclosure practice
Encyclopédie
Enlightenment
Age of Reason in
BF as exemplar of
BF’s creed of
free press and
Enlightenment in America, The
(May)
Ephemera, The
(Franklin)
Essays Concerning Human Understanding
(Hume)
Essay Upon Projects, An
(Defoe)
Estaing, Jean-Baptiste, Comte d’
exercise
Farmers General
federalism, concept of
Feke, Robert
Fielding, Henry
fire corps
First American, The
(Brands)
Fisher, Mary Franklin
Flaubert, Gustave
“Flies, The” (Franklin)
Folger, Abiah,
see
Franklin, Abiah Folger
Folger, John
Folger, Mary Morrill
Folger, Peter
Folger, Timothy
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de
Fothergill, John
Fox, Charles
Foxcroft, John
France
adoration of BF in
BF’s mission to,
see
Paris mission of 1776–1785
BF’s vacation in
electricity experiments in
freemasonry in
peace negotiations and,
see
Anglo-American peace negotiations of
Franklin, Abiah Folger (BF’s mother)
Franklin, Anne (BF’s half-sister)
Franklin, Anne (BF’s sister-in-law)
Franklin, Anne Child
Franklin, Benjamin:
abolitionist views of
air baths of
America as viewed by
appearance as a concern of
appointed postmaster general
on bald eagle as national symbol
birth of
books as passion of
in Cambridge mission
in Canada mission
character of
chess loved by
childhood of
colonial unity as theme of
conservatism of
curiosity of
death of
as debater
decision-making method of
and decision to run away
as deist
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