Breintnal, Joseph, his valuable aid, 87.
Britain, Little, n., 58.

British Empire, "a broken vase," 269.

Broadside, n., 123.

Brockden, Charles, eminent scrivener of
Phila., 50.

Brown, Dr., of Burlington, N.J., 31.
Brownell, George, his school, II.
Bumpers, n., 144.

Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," 16, 30.
Burgess, n., 158.

Burgoyne, his surrender at Saratoga,
274.

Burke, Edmund, a friend of America,
265.

Burnet, governor of New York, 45.
Burton, his historical collections, n., 16.
Burying-ground, the Old Granary, n.,

14.

Cabot, n., 234.
Cannon, n., 144.

Captious, n., 76.

Carriages, n., 180, 185.

Case, n., 36.

Chain, n., 79.

Chapel, n., 64.

Chapmen's books, n., 16.

Character, n., II.

Charles II., persecutes Non-Conform-
ists, 8.

Chased, n., 224.

Checks, n., 78.

Chelsea to Blackfriars', n., 68.

Church attendance, n., 105.

Cicero quoted, III.

Clapham, Col., takes command at Beth-

lehem, 202.

Clerk of General Assembly, 131.

Clever, n., 81.

Clifton, John, supplies first street lamps,

165.

Clinton, governor of New York, 144.

lends cannon for defence of Phila-

delphia, 144.

Coleman, William, one of the Junto
club, 86.

a friend in need, 92.
College, n., 67.

Collins, John, assists B. F. to leave
home, 29.

goes to New York, 42.
becomes intemperate, 45.
borrows money of B. F., 45.
falls into the Delaware, 46.
goes to Barbadoes, 46.
Collinson, Franklin's letter to him, 156.
B. F. calls on him in London, 227.
Colonies, "only for benefit of British
trade," 250.

banded together to resist oppression,
263.
English, n., 234.
Complaisant, n., 279.
Compose, n., 36.

Composing-room, n., 63.

Composing-stick, n., 35.

Composition, n., 69.

Compositor, n., 37.

Comptroller, n., 170.

Congress, n., 171.

Continental, the first, 263.

sends petition to George III., 263.
"could declare everything, but do
nothing," 289.

Connoisseurs, n., 208.

Constitution, of United States, drawn
up and adopted, 288, 291, and n.,
290.

Conventicles, n., 8.

Convention, for framing Constitution,
289, 291.

Copy, n., 36.

Copy-money, n., 208.

Cornwallis, his surrender at Yorktown,

281.

Craven Street, n., 167.

Creed, Franklin's, 120.
Crimp's bill, n., 75.
Crown, n., 82.

Fort Duquesne, n., 189.

Forts, French, n., 234.

Fothergill, Dr., in London, 227.
France builds chain of forts, n., 234.
Franklin's negotiations with, 273, 274.
puts on mourning for him, 295.
war with, n., 178.

and England, face to face in struggle

to possess America, 233.
the contest badly managed, 239.
brought to a close by Pitt, 239.
Francis, Attorney-General, draws up
constitution for government of

Academy, 153.

Franklin - meaning of the word, 4, n., 4.
Franklin, Benjamin, his parents, 8.

his ancestry, I.

motives for writing autobiography, 2.
his belief in Providence, 3.
his mother, Abiah Folger, 9.
his grandfather, Peter Folger, 9.
baptized in Old South Church, n., 9.
birth-place, n., 9.

put to Latin School, 10.

to George Brownell's school, II.
making candles, II.

his boyish exploits, 12.

his fondness for reading, 16.

a printer, 17.

an indifferent poet, 18.

debates on education, 19.

abstemious diet, 21.

studies arithmetic and navigation, 22.

becomes skeptical, 23.

modifies his manners, 23.
abjures dogmatic habits, 23.

writes essays for newspaper, 25.
abused by his brother, 26.
manages the newspaper, 27.
his indentures cancelled, 27.
goes to New York, 28.

calls on William Bradford, 29.
goes to Philadelphia, 29.
his arrival there, 33.

works as journeyman printer, 37.

Franklin, Benjamin, visited by Governor
Sir William Keith, 38.

returns to Boston, 40.
visits Cotton Mather, 41.

visits his brother in Newport, 43.
returns to Philadelphia, 43.
resumes work with Keimer, 48.
his companions, 50.

try their hand at poetry, 51.
sails for London, 54.
disappointed of help from Keith, 57.
neglects Miss Read, 59.
employed at Palmer's, 59.
letter to Sir Hans Sloane, n., 60.
meets Lyons and Dr. Pemberton, 60.
meets Sir Hans Sloane, 60.

lodged at "The Golden Fan," Little
Britain, 58, n., 61.

worked at Watts's Lincoln's Inn
Fields, 62.

his press preserved, n., 62.

drinks water, and not beer, 63.