Persecution, parable against, 155-8. Philadelphia, Franklin's first journey to, 52-4. ---- Library, 193-4. Plagiarism, 26, 152. Plan of life, Franklin's, 85. Polly Baker's speech, 139. PONTIAC, conspiracy of, 218. "Poor Richard," 143-52. Portraits of Franklin, 30-3. Postmaster of Philadelphia, 159. Postmaster-General of the colonies, 162; under Congress, 265. Prayer-book, Franklin's revision of, 98-101. PRIESTLEY, Joseph, 213. Privateering, Franklin opposed to, 317. Profits of business, 159-61, 163-5. Proprietary estates, taxing of, 204-5, 209-10, 216-17, 221. Proprietorship, abolition of, 221-6, 231. RALPH, a friend of Franklin, 59, 64. RAY, Miss Catharine, 128. READ, Miss, 54, 58, 60, 65-6, 112. Reading as a boy, 42. Recommendation, letters of, 319-20. "Reprisal," the, 271-2. Retirement from business, 160-1. RITTENHOUSE, David, 168. Rolls, Franklin's story of the, 54. ROMILLY, Sir Samuel, visits Franklin, 350. Royal government, petition to, 221-6, 231. "Rules for Reducing a Great Empire," 240-1. Sabbath-breaker, Franklin as a, 78, 93. Salaries of Franklin's offices, 163-4. Salary of the President, Franklin opposes, 357. School-days, 41. Scotch-Irish, the, 219-20. Sedentary life of Franklin, 22. Self-made man, Franklin as a, 41. Senate, composition of the, 360. Shallow water, effect of, 181. SLOANE, Sir Hans, 63. Small-pox, inoculation for, 81. SMITH, Rev. William, 76, 122. Smoke-consuming stove, 184. Smoky chimneys, 183. Soldier, Franklin as a, 207. Spain, her interests in the Mississippi, 340. _Spectator, The_, analyzed by Franklin, 46. Stamp Act, 231-9. States, the smaller, 358. STEVENSON, Miss Mary, 129. ----, Mrs., 211-12. Storms from the northeast, 169. STRAHAN, William, 213, 267. Street-cleaning, 196. Subserviency to France, 334-5, 343. Swimming, 18-19. SYNG, Philip, 173. Taxing the estates, 204-5, 209-10, 216-17, 221. Temperance, 24-5. TEMPLE, John, his duel with Whately, 249. THOMPSON, Mrs., calls Franklin a rebel, 331. THUNDER, Marquis of, 306. TRUXTON, Captain, 348. TURGOT, 311-12. Union, plans of, 352-3. Vegetarianism, 22. VEILLARD, Le, 347. Ventilation, 29. Venus, transit of, 168. VERGENNES, 277, 281, 303, 321-2, 324, 338, 341, 344. "Virtue, The Art of," planned by Franklin, 109. VOLTAIRE, resemblance of, to Franklin, 280; embraces Franklin, 306. War, Franklin's opinion of, 191. War, Quaker opinion of, 203. Water, depth of, as affecting vessels, 181. Water-drinking, 23. Water-spouts, 180. Wealth of Franklin, 165. WEDDERBURN, 256-9. WHATELY, Thomas, his duel with Temple, 249. Whistle, story of the, 60.