Franklin, James (Benjamin’s brother), 12-13, 14, 15, 16-17, 23, 28, 40-41 Franklin, Jane, _see_ Mecom, Jane Franklin Franklin, John (Benjamin’s brother), 42, 63 Franklin, Josiah (Benjamin’s father), 9, 10, 11-12, 14, 23, 40, 42, 105 Franklin, Lydia (Benjamin’s sister), 9 Franklin, Peter (Benjamin’s brother), 42, 63 Franklin, Sally (Benjamin’s cousin), 107 Franklin, Sarah (Sally), _see_ Bache, Sarah Franklin Franklin, William (Benjamin’s son), 38, 44, 47, 59, 63, 65, 68, 71, 77-78, 81-83, 85, 95, 108, 119, 128, 139, 176 Franklin, William Temple (Benjamin’s grandson), 107, 111, 121, 123, 128, 139, 141, 148, 150, 152, 157, 158, 160, 171, 175, 176, 178, 186 Franklin Stove, 44, 45, 90 Frederick the Great, 114 Freedom of the press, 17, 35 Freemasonry, 35 French, Colonel, 21-22, 24 French and Indian Wars, 65, 86 French Academy of Sciences, 157, 171, 172 French Revolution, 184-85 French Royal Academy, 107 G Gage, General Thomas, 115 Galloway, Joseph, 89, 141 Gates, General Horatio, 161 Gebelin, Count de, 171-72 George III, King, 81, 92, 93, 101, 104, 118, 120, 124, 132, 150, 151, 162 Gérard, Conrad-Alexandre, 152, 153 German Royal Academy of Sciences, 101 Germantown, Pennsylvania, 88 Gerry, Elbridge, 181 Gibbon, Edward, 148 Glover, John, 139 Gnadenhuetten, Pennsylvania, 68, 69 Göttingen, Germany, 101 Greene, Catherine Ray, 67, 85-86, 162, 168 Greene, General Nathanael, 162 Greene, William, 67, 86 Grenville, Lord George, 75-76, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 Gruet, M., 144 Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace, 174 Gulf Stream, 121-22 H Hadley, John, 78 Hall, David, 47 Hamilton, Andrew, 32 Hamilton, James, 62, 69 Hancock, John, 138 Harrison, Benjamin, 130, 133 Hartley, David, 158 Havre, France, 175, 176 Harvard College, 10, 15, 45, 60 Hell Fire Club, 12 Helvétius, Madame, 168-69, 176 Henry, Patrick, 94 Hessians, 139, 148 Hewitt, James, 97 Hewson, Polly Stevenson, 75, 85, 91, 103, 107, 118, 174 Hewson, William, 107, 118 Hillsborough, Earl of, 104, 106, 117 Holland, 81, 161 Holmes, Robert, 21, 22 Hortalez and Company, 144-45, 146, 184 Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 157 Howe, Admiral Lord Richard, 120, 139-40, 167 Howe, General Sir William, 123, 124, 126, 139, 151 Hughes, John, 93, 94 Hume, David, 79 Hunter, William, 63 Hutchinson, Thomas, 112, 113, 116 Hutchinson Letters, 112-13, 115-18 Hypnotism, 174 I Indians, American, 61-62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 86-88, 125, 170, 171-72, 178 “Information to Those who would Remove to America,” 169-70 Ingenhousz, Jan, 171 Ingersoll, Jared, 93, 95 Insurance company, 57 Ireland, 105