A _Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer_, 108 Adams, Abigail, 126, 155, 168-69 Adams, John, 126, 138, 140, 155-56, 163, 168-69, 184 Adams, John Quincy, 155 Adams, Matthew, 13 Adams, Samuel, 113 Addison, Joseph, 14 Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of, 47 Albany, New York, 64 Alibard, Thomas François d’, 58, 103 American Philosophical Society, 45, 56 André, Major John, 162 Animal magnetism, 173-74 Anton, Franz, 173 Ants, experiment with, 57-58 Arland, Marquis d’, 165-66 Armonica, invention of the, 81 Arnold, General Benedict, 136-37, 161 Articles of Confederation, 179 Auteuil, France, 168 _Autobiography_ of Benjamin Franklin, 34, 108, 141, 184 Azyr, Felix Vicq d’, 172 B Bache, Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin’s grandson), 107, 123, 142, 148, 155, 175, 176, 178, 185, 186 Bache, Deborah (Benjamin’s granddaughter), 185 Bache, Richard (Benjamin’s son-in-law), 101, 106, 119, 123, 125, 141, 161 Bache, Sarah Franklin (Benjamin’s daughter), 44, 78, 84, 85, 90, 95, 99, 101, 123, 147, 151, 177, 181, 182, 186 Bache, William (Benjamin’s grandson), 123 Balloon ascensions, 165-66 Bancroft, Edward, 153 Bathurst, Lord and Lady, 105 Beaumarchais, Caron de, 145, 152 Beethoven, Ludwig von, 81 Belgium, 81 _Berkshire_, ship, 26 Bermuda, 127-28 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 69 _Black Prince_, privateer, 159 _Black Princess_, privateer, 159 Bond, Dr. Thomas, 56-57 _Bonhomme Richard_, privateer, 160-61 Bonvouloir, Achard de, 134, 135 Boston, Massachusetts, 9-17, 23, 40, 49, 104, 105, 111-13, 115, 119, 123, 126, 139 Boston City Council, 16 Boston _Gazette_, 13 Boston Massacre, 105 Boston Tea Party, 115, 119 Boswell, James, 101 Braddock, General Edward, 65-66, 70, 71 Bradford, Andrew, 17, 19, 32, 33, 35 Bradford, William, 17 Brillon, Madame, 167-68, 176 British Royal Society, 25, 45, 51, 58, 59, 60, 78, 91, 100, 150, 151, 171 Brooklyn Heights, Battle of, 139 Bruere, James, 127, 128 Brussels, Holland, 81 Buffon, Count Georges Louis, 58 Bunker Hill, Battle of, 124 Burgesses, Virginia House of, 94 Burgoyne, General John, 152 Burke, Edmund, 96, 117 Burlington, New Jersey, 19, 48, 57