Dartmouth, Lord, suggested as Hillsborough's successor by Franklin, 165; friendly relations with Franklin, 166; later divergence, 166; discusses with Franklin Massachusetts resolves denying parliamentary control, 167; impossibility of agreement, 168, 193; Franklin's memorial to, 200. Deane, Silas, rank as diplomate, 220; first envoy to France, 222; previous career and character, 222; his mistakes, 223; abandons America, 223; introduced in France by Franklin, 223; his instructions, 224; balked by Bancroft, 224; joins plans of Beaumarchais, 230; not interfered with by Franklin, 238; slandered by Arthur Lee, 238, 239; ruined by him, 239; defended by Franklin, 240, 243, 290; sends European officers to America, 242; proposes an ultimatum to France, 269; recalled, 289; confidence in Franklin, 399. De Grey, Lord Chief Justice, in Hutchinson letters affair, 186. Denham, ----, offers Franklin a clerkship, 10; his death, 10. Despencer, Lord le, breakfast party with, 136. D'Estaing, Admiral, sails to aid America, 285. "De Weissenstein" makes mysterious offer of peace with pensions for leading rebels, 358; supposed to be George III., 358; Franklin's reply to, 358, 359. Dickinson, John, defends the Pennsylvania proprietors, 94; personal attack on Franklin, 97, 98; protests against his appointment as agent of the Assembly, 98; advocates renewed petitioning to king in Continental Congress, 206; supported by Franklin, 206. Digges, ----, embezzles funds sent by Franklin to American prisoners, 264; makes secret proposals on behalf of Lord North, 364.