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Franklin, Benjamin
LJA02
Finances 68
Opinions 45
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mentioned175
Letters130
From JA (1781)28
To JA (1781)23
From AA (1784)1
AFC06
From A. Lee to JA and (1778)1
PJA07
From Boston Town Meeting (1769, caption only)1
PJA01
From JA and AA (1784)1
AFC05
From John Thaxter (1781)1
PJA11
From Jones to JA and (1778)1
PJA07
From J. Williams to JA and (1779)1
PJA07
From Mass. House Committee of Correspondence (1770, caption only)1
PJA01
To JA (1776)1
PJA04
To JA (1778)1
PJA07
with JA to Jones (1779)1
PJA07
with JA to Schweighauser (1779)1
PJA07
and payment of bills of exchange28
joint commissioner at Paris24
controversy over goods left by Gillon21
JA criticizes18
JA's relationship with and opinion of17
personality and character15
relationship with A. Lee15
management of maritime and commercial affairs by14
and Deane-Lee controversy13
as commissioner to negotiate commercial treaties13
supports Vergennes against JA in letter to Congress12
and acceptance of bills drawn on Laurens11
and dispute over command of Alliance 11
appointed sole minister to France11
JA serves as agent for, in regard to Alliance and prisoner exchange9
residence in Hôtel de Valentinois, Passy9
and appointment of agent to retrieve Maryland's English funds8
and JA-Vergennes disputes over revaluation, aid, and peace negotiations8
and plan for reinforcing French fleet in America8
and Madame Helvétius5
AFC05
relationship with JA4
PJA09
PJA12
corr. with JA3
PJA11
and JA's plan to reside in Netherlands2
AFC05
in Deane-Lee controversy2
AFC03
1754 plan of union1
DCA05
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accounts as commissioner1
AFC03
administers oath of citizenship to Grieve1
PJA12
aids French diplomacy1
DJA03
and 2d Amer. joint commission (“Peace Commission”)1
AFC03
and AA21
DJA03
and Abraham Whipple1
DJA04
and Bancroft1
DJA04
and Benjamin Vaughan1
DJA03
and Brillon de Jouy1
DJA04
and British agent Joseph Hynson1
AFC02
and Chalut de Vérin1
DJA04
and charge brought against JA by congress1
PJA08
and Clinton's forged letter to Germain1
AFC03
and Dana1
DJA03
and Declaration of Independence1
DJA02
and Dubbeldemuts firm1
DJA02
and Dubourg1
DJA04
and founding of Pennsylvania Hospital1
AFC01
and French compliments paid to JA1
DJA03
and Histoire d'un pou françois 1
PJA11
and implementation of Art1
PJA11
and industrial establishment in Germantown district of Braintree1
AFC01
and JA's appointment as joint commissioner (1777)1
AFC02
and JA's conflict with Vergennes1
PJA11
and JA's mission to Netherlands1
DJA02
and JA's “Peace Journal”1
DJA03
and Jesse Deane1
DJA04
and J. L. Austin1
DJA02
and Joshua Steele1
AFC02
and La Luzerne1
DJA02
and Landais1
DJA02
and Landais' conduct at battle between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis 1
PJA09
and letters to H. Laurens1
PJA11
and lottery loan proposal1
PJA11
and Louis XVI1
DJA04
and memorial to Vergennes on deployment of French fleet to Amer. waters (1778-1779)1
PJA09
and Miromesnil1
DJA04
and Mlle. Boulainvilliers1
DJA04
and Mme. Helvétius1
DJA04
and Mottin de La Balme1
AFC02
and negotiations for French loan1
DJA03
and placing of JA at head of new commission (1784)1
DJA03
and plan for U.S. purchase of Indien 1
PJA09
and “Plan of Treaties”1
DJA03
and plan to attack British whale fishery1
PJA07
and proposed American republic1
PJA02
and return of the Selkirk plate1
PJA07
and Shipley1
DJA03
and S. Sayre1
PJA06
and Stutterheim1
DJA03
and treaties of amity and commerce1
DQA01
and Weissenstein affair1
DJA04
and Wentworth1
DJA04
appointed minister to France1
PJA11
appointed sole commissioner at Paris1
PJA05
appointed to negotiate commercial treaties (1784)1
PJA11
appoints Dumas Amer. agent1
PJA13
as Amer. genius1
AFC07
as autobiographer1
DJA01
as Mass. colonial agent1
PJA03
as source for Dumas cipher1
PJA12
attribution of Common Sense to1
PJA04
authorized to accede to armed neutrality1
PJA11
authorship of Translation attributed to1
PJA09
Barbé-Marbois on1
DJA02
biblical allusions by1
PJA12
book dedicated to1
PJA11
Brantsen on1
DJA03
British exaggerate influence of1
PJA10
called by AA, “the old Deceiver”1
AFC04
cartoon “Join or Die” attributed to1
PJA04
“Causes of the American Discontents before 1768”1
PJA11
characterized by Mrs. Shippen1
AFC04
Chaumont on use of house at Passy by1
PJA07
circle of French associates1
DJA04
commissioner to negotiate commercial treaties1
EJA01
commissions and titles1
AFC03
compares British and American candidates for office1
PJA02
concern over age of1
PJA05
confers with Neufville1
PJA11
conflict with JA over Franco-Amer. relationship1
PJA13
congratulates JA on success in Netherlands1
PJA12
congratulates JA on Yorktown1
PJA12
Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation 1
PJA09
correspondence1
DCA08
274*
criticized by A. Lee1
PJA13
criticizes JA1
AFC05
criticizes JA's attitude toward France1
PJA09
Dartmouth College and1
PJA13
describes JA1
AFC05
designs a pike1
PJA03
designs Continental currency1
PJA04
disapproves of Society of the Cincinnati1
AFC06
discusses possible truce with Vergennes1
PJA07
dismissed as deputy postmaster general1
PJA02
draft of proposed communication to Van Bleiswyck1
DJA04
drafts resolution on opening ports1
PJA03
Duchesse d'Anville comments on1
AFC06
effort to raise loan in Italy1
PJA11
elected to Société libre d'émulation1
AFC03
epigram by Turgot on1
PJA06
Essays and Letters 1
DCA04
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evaluates Austro-Russian mediation1
PJA12
Examination . . . Relating to the Repeal of the Stamp Act 1
DCA08
98*
exchanges declarations of cessation of hostilities1
DJA03
Experiments and Observations on Electricity 1
AFC02
explains JA's powers to French1
PJA11
fondness for Scottish airs1
AFC03
forwards commissions and instructions for joint peace commission1
PJA11
forwards mail to JA1
PJA12
French fail to communicate intelligence to1
PJA09
French inability to control peace negotiation of1
PJA11
French opinion of1
PJA06
friend of Benjamin Vaughan1
AFC07
gift from Louis XVI upon leaving France1
AFC06
Hezekiah Ford on1
DJA02
home in Passy1
DQA01
household accounts at Passy1
PJA06
informed by JA of illness1
AFC04
in JA's accounts1
AFC03
intercepted letters1
AFC04
intrigues by1
PJA13
issues privateer commissions to Cologne and Black Princess 1
PJA12
JA commends1
PJA11
JA dines with1
PJA11
JA on1
PJA11
JA on burden of office to1
PJA12
JA on opposition of to mission to Netherlands1
PJA13
JA on role of in Continental Congress1
AFC01
JA's belongings stored with1
AFC03
JA's new joint commission to treat of peace transmitted by1
AFC04
JA's relationship with1
PJA13
JA's standard of living compared with1
PJA11
JA wishes happy new year1
PJA12
JA writes to about illness1
PJA11
Jenings dines with1
PJA12
joint commissions and instructions for mediation and peace1
PJA11
Kinnersley as associate of in electrical experiments1
PJA12
lack of commercial knowledge1
PJA12
lacks legation secretary1
PJA11
letter from JA and, listed (1779)1
PJA08
letters from JA listed (1779)1
PJA08
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letters to JA and, listed (1779)1
PJA08
395
(2)
letters to Samuel Cooper1
DJA03
letter to A. Lee and JA listed (1778)1
PJA08
letter to JA listed (1778)1
PJA08
letter to JA listed (1782)1
PJA12
letter to Lovell on Deane1
DJA04
likenesses by French artists1
DJA02
Livingston sends draft consular convention to1
PJA13
Mazzei's commissions and instructions for loan held by1
PJA13
modern edition of papers of1
AFC05
negotiates U.S.-French consular convention1
AFC05
Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind 1
DJA01
obstructs Sayre's efforts to promote trade1
PJA11
obtains news from U.S. before JA1
PJA12
on Amer. diplomatic representation in Europe1
PJA11
on Anglo-Dutch peace negotiations.1
DJA03
on Anglo-French war1
PJA05
on British peace overtures1
PJA11
on committee to draft Declaration of Independence1
AFC02
on committee to visit Canada1
AFC01
on conduct of Amer. diplomatic establishment1
PJA09
on difficulty of paying bills1
PJA11
on JA1
DJA01
on MS “History of Revolution in Russia”1
DJA04
on security of mails1
PJA13
on Spain entering the war1
PJA08
on the U.S. as a “young virgin”1
PJA07
on U.S. involvement in future Anglo-French wars1
PJA13
papers of1
PJA09
plan and instructions for negotiating Swedish-Amer. treaty1
PJA13
Polly Baker 1
DJA04
portrait by Peale1
AFC02
portraits1
AFC01
portraits of1
PJA06
possible replacement1
PJA11
presentation to Louis XVI (1778)1
PJA09
proposes free trade1
PJA11
quarrels with Ralph Izard1
DQA01
receives anonymous letter criticizing JA's efforts1
PJA12
reelected to congress1
PJA05
Reflections on Courtship and Marriage 1
DJA01
rejects proposal for Dutch loan1
PJA11
reported plot to poison1
PJA12
resents appointment of J. Laurens1
AFC04
resignation of1
DQA01
Ridley journal account of conversation with1
PJA13
Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One 1
DJA02
Samuel Swift on1
PJA02
sayings of1
AFC07
seeks compensation for loss of Fair Play 1
PJA10
self-promotion in Brit. newspapers1
PJA13
sends Braintree and Boston instructions to London Chronicle 1
PJA01
sends JA fictional accounts of events in U.S.1
PJA12
sends oil to AA1
AFC06
signs Prussian-Amer. Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1785)1
PJA13
subservience blamed for continual absence of French fleet from action1
AFC04
suffers from gout1
PJA11
suggested for governor of Penn.1
AFC02
Vergennes and1
PJA13
wax figure of1
AFC02
Works of, transl. by Dubourg1
DJA03
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