Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set

by Walter Isaacson

  Marignac, Gabriel Louis de

  Markoe, Margaret

  Marriage of Figaro, The (Beaumarchais)

  Marshall Plan

  Martin, Luther

  Mary I, Queen of England

  Maryland

  Mason, George

  Mason & Dixon (Pynchon)

  Massachusetts

  anti-tax rebellion in

  Stamp Act crisis in

  Massachusetts Assembly

  Massachusetts Bay Colony

  Massachusetts Committee on Correspondence

  Massachusetts House of Representatives

  matching grant, concept of

  Mather, Cotton

  library of

  smallpox controversy and

  Mather, Increase

  Mather, Samuel

  May, Henry

  mechanical arm

  Mecom, Jane, see Franklin, Jane

  Mellon, Thomas

  Melville, Herman

  BF assessed by

  Meredith, Hugh

  “meritocracy,”

  Mesmer, Friedrich Anton

  meteorology

  Methodism

  Metternich, Klemens von

  middle class

  values of

  Middlekauff, Robert

  militia

  Militia Association

  Miller, Perry

  “minutemen,”

  Mississippi River

  “Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency, A” (Franklin)

  “Modest Proposal, A” (Swift)

  Mohawk Indians

  Monroe Doctrine

  Montesquieu, Baron de la Brède et de

  Montgolfier, Etienne

  Montgolfier, Joseph

  moral perfection project

  “Morals of Chess, The” (Franklin)

  Morellet, André

  Morgan, Edmund,

  Morrill, Mary, see Folger, Mary Morrill

  Morris, Gouverneur

  Morris, Lewis

  Morris, Richard

  Morris, Robert

  Morris, Robert Hunter

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  Musschenbroek, Pieter van

  “Narrative of the Late Massacres in

  Lancaster County, A” (Franklin)

  Nation

  Native Americans, see Indians

  natural rights, concept of

  Netherlands

  New England Courant

  “Silence Dogood” essays in

  smallpox dispute in

  Newfoundland

  New Jersey

  William Franklin appointed

  governor of

  New Jersey Gazette

  Newton, Isaac

  New York

  Nine Sisters, Lodge of

  Nini, Giovanni Battista

  Nollet, Abbé

  Norris, Isaac

  North, Lord

  North Carolina

  Oberg, Barbara

  “Observations on the Increase of Mankind” (Franklin)

  Ohio valley

  Olive Branch Petition

  “On Conciliation with America” (Burke)

  “On Conversation” (Franklin)

  “On Infidelity” (Bradford)

  “On the Laboring Poor” (Franklin)

  “On the Providence of God in the Government of the World” (Franklin)

  Osborne, Charles

  Oswald, Richard

  Ottawa Indians

  Oxford University

  Paine, Thomas,

  Palmer, Samuel

  Pamela (Richardson)

  paper currency

  Paris

  Paris, Ferdinand John

  Paris, Treaty of (1763)

  Paris mission of 1776–1785:

  Adams-BF rift and

  Adams in,

  Adams’s return to

  American commissioners in

  balloon fad in

  Bancroft’s spying activities in

  BF appointed minister plenipotentiary in

  BF’s appointment to

  and BF’s arrival in France

  BF’s attempted resignation from

  BF’s bagatelles in

  BF’s departure from

  BF’s diplomatic style in

  BF’s flirtatious relationships in

  BF’s household in

  BF’s mock scientific essays in

  BF’s public relations campaign in

  BF’s resignation from

  BF’s writing of Autobiography in

  commission-seeking supplicants in

  French loans in

  French policy in

  Jefferson in

  Lee-BF feud in

  Lodge of Nine Sisters controversy in

  Mesmer commission investigation in

  military alliance treaty in

  new European treaties in

  peace negotiations in, see Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782

  planned attack on Britain in

  proposed Franco-American alliance in

  realism and idealism in

  Spain’s rejection of treaty in

  Temple Franklin in

  trade and friendship treaty in

  Wentworth’s secret mission and

  Parker, James

  Parliament, British,

  colonial representation in

  Scotland in

  taxation power of

  see also House of Commons, British; House of Lords, British

  Parliament, Irish

  Parrington, Vernon

  Parsons, William

  Partridge, Elizabeth

  Paterson, William

  “Paul Revere’s Ride” (Longfellow)

  Paxton Boys

  peace negotiations, see Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782

  Peale, Charles Willson

  Pemberton, Israel

  Penn, John

  Penn, Richard

  Penn, Thomas

  BF on

  BF’s conflict with

  Penn, William

  royal charter of

  pen names

  see also Busy-Body Essays; “Dogood, Silence”; Poor Richard’s Almanack

  Penn family

  Pennsylvania

  BF elected president of

  BF’s efforts to change colonial status of

  BF’s militia proposal for

  colonial defense as issue in

  constitution of

  Continental Congress and

  independence question and

  Indians’ relations with

  Paxton Boys uprising in

  royal charter of

  unicameral legislature of

  Pennsylvania, University of

  Pennsylvania Assembly

  BF as clerk of

  BF elected speaker of

  BF elected to

  BF’s militia proposal and

  Braddock’s Ohio campaign and

  “Charter of Privileges” of

  colonial status as issue in

  defense issues and

  election of 1733 and

  election of 1764 and

  hospital scheme and

  Quakers in

  taxation of Proprietors and

  Pennsylvania Chronicle

  Pennsylvania Executive Council

  Pennsylvania Fireplaces

  Pennsylvania Gazette

  “Apology for Printers” in

  first political cartoon in

  gossip in

  humor in

  lightning experiments in

  Poor Richard’s Almanack advertisements in

  postal service dispute and

  readers’ essays and letters in

  sexual references in

  Whitefield in

  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

  Peter (BF’s slave)

  Peters, Richard

  “Petition of the Letter Z, Commonly Called Ezza
rd, Zed, or Izard” (Franklin)

  Philadelphia, Pa.

  BF’s 1723 arrival in

  BF’s 1785 arrival in

  in BF’s will

  British capture of

  Freemasons in

  Great Awakening in

  lightning rods erected in

  population of

  slavery in

  Philadelphia Academies

  Philadelphia Academy, see Pennsylvania, University of

  Philadelphia Inquirer

  philosophes

  Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society of London)

  phonetic alphabet

  physiocrats

  Pierce, William

  Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan)

  Pinckney, Charles

  Pitt, William (the Elder)

  “Plain Truth” (Franklin)

  “Plan for Future Conduct” (Franklin)

  Pliny the Elder

  Plutarch

  Poe, Edgar Allan

  police patrols

  Polignac, Diane de

  “Polly Baker” (Franklin)

  polytheism

  Pontiac (Ottawa chief)

  Poor Richard’s Almanack

  BF’s motive for

  final edition of

  format and style of

  lightning rod ad in

  maxims and sayings in

  sly wit of

  success of

  Poor Robin’s Almanack

  Pope, Alexander

  population growth

  postal system

  BF as postmaster of

  BF-Bradford access dispute and

  BF’s inspection tours of

  BF’s reforms of

  dead letter office of

  home delivery system of

  Powel, Mrs.

  Pownall, John

  pragmatism

  Presbyterians

  Paxton Boys uprising and

  Priestley, Joseph,

  Princeton University

  Pringle, John

  Privy Council, British

  BF’s Cockpit ordeal in

  progressive taxation

  “Proposal for Promoting Useful

  Knowledge Among the British

  Plantations in America, A” (Franklin)

  “Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania” (Franklin)

  Proprietors

  BF’s colonial status dispute with

  Indians and

  taxation as issue and

  Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, The (Weber)

  Prussia

  Pulaski, Casimir

  Puritan Mind, The (Schneider)

  Puritans, Puritanism

  BF’s rejection of

  in Boston

  in migration to America

  Protestant ethic of

  special providence dogma of

  Pynchon, Thomas

  Quakers

  Paxton Boys uprising and

  in Pennsylvania Assembly

  Quincy, Josiah, Jr.

  race

  Radicalism of the American Revolution, The (Wood)

  Ralph, James,

  Randall, Willard Sterne

  Randolph, Edmund

  Ranger

  Rawls, John

  Ray, Catherine, see Greene, Catherine Ray

  Raynal, Abbé

  Read, Deborah, see Franklin, Deborah Read

  Read, John

  Reagan, Ronald

  Rees, Daniel

  Reforming Societies for the Suppression of Disorders

  refrigeration

  religion

  BF on

  divine providence in

  Great Awakening and

  Junto talk on

  Supreme Being in

  see also deism; Puritans, Puritanism

  Religion of Nature Delineated, The (Wollaston)

  Reprisal

  Revere, Paul

  Revolutionary War, see American Revolution

  Richardson, Samuel

  Richelieu, Cardinal

  Ridley, Matthew

  Roberts, George

  Rockingham, Lord

  Rogers, John

  Rogers, Will

  Roman Catholic Church

  Romantic era, romanticism

  Ross, Margaret

  Rossiter, Clinton

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

  Royal Academy, French

  Royal Academy of Brussels

  Royal Society of London

  BF elected to

  BF honored by

  “Rules and Maxims for Promoting Matrimonial Happiness” (Franklin)

  “Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One” (Franklin)

  “Rules of a Society which Met Once a Week for the Improvement of Useful Knowledge” (Locke)

  Rush, Benjamin

  Rutledge, Edward

  “Sage et la Goutte, Le” (Brillon)

  St. Andrews, University of

  Sandwich, Lord

  Saratoga, Battle of

  Sartine, Antoine de

  Saxony

  Scaroyady (Iroquois chief)

  Schneider, Herbert

  “Scolding Wife, A” (Franklin)

  Scotland

  Seahorse, HMS

  Second Treatise on Government (Locke)

  Secret Service, British

  self-help movement

  Senate, U.S.

  Seneca Indians

  Serapis, HMS

  Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, The (Covey)

  1776 (Edwards and Stone)

  Seven Years’ War

  Sewall, Samuel

  Shaftesbury, Lord

  Shays, Daniel

  Shelburne, Lord

  Sherman, Roger

  Shipley, Jonathan

  Shipley, Kitty

  BF’s “pleasant dreams” letter to

  Shipley, Mrs. Jonathan

  Shirley, William

  “Short Hints towards a Scheme for Uniting the Northern Colonies” (Franklin)

  “Silentiarius: The Silent Sufferer” (C. Mather)

  silk industry

  single-fluid theory

  “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (Edwards)

  Six Nations

  Skemp, Sheila

  “Sketch of Propositions for Peace” (Franklin)

  slavery

  and BF as slave owner

  BF’s “Conversation” on

  in Constitutional Convention

  in Declaration of Independence

  representation question and

  Sloane, Hans

  smallpox

  Smith, Adam

  Smith, William

  Smyth, Albert

  Société Apollonienne

  Society for Political Inquiries

  Society of the Cincinnati

  Socrates

  Socratic method

  Solon

  “Somerset Case and the Slave Trade The” (Franklin)

  Sons of Liberty

  South Carolina

  Spain

  Franco-American treaty rejected by

  Sparks, Jared

  Spectator

  Spencer, Archibald

  Spotswood, Alexander

  Stamp Act,

  repeal of

  states’ rights

  Steele, Richard

  Steuben, Friedrich von, Baron

  Stevenson, Margaret

  Stevenson, Mary “Polly,” see Hewson, Mary Stevenson “Polly”

  Stiles, Ezra

  storage battery

  Stormont, Lord

  Stourzh, Gerald

  stove design

  Strachey, Henry

  Strahan, Billy

  Strahan, William

  BF’s correspondence with

  BF’s “you are my enemy” letter to

  Deborah Franklin’s correspondence with

  Stuart, Gilbert

  Swift, Jonathan

 
; swimming pads

  synthetic truths

  Tanford, Charles

  Tatler

  taxes, taxation:

  in Constitutional Convention

  exterior-interior distinction of

  progressive

  property

  of Proprietors

  representation and

  Shays’ rebellion and

  Townshend duties and

  Taylor, Alan

  Temple, William, see Franklin, William Temple

  Tennessee

  Themistocles

  Thevenot, Melchisedec

  Thompson, J. J.

  Thomson, Charles

  Thoreau, Henry David

  Tiyanoga (Hendrick Peters)

  Tocqueville, Alexis de

  Tonnerre, Marquis de

  Tour de Sol

  Tourtellot, Arthur

  Townshend, Charles

  Townshend duties

  BF’s essay on

  transcendentalists

  Treatise of Human Nature, A (Hume)

  Trevose summit

  True Conduct of Persons of Quality, The

  Truman, Harry

  Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques

  Turner, Frederick Jackson

  Twain, Mark

  typeface

  Under God (Wills)

  Union Fire Company

  United States

  bald eagle as national symbol of

  Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences, and Pennsylvania Gazette, The

  Updike, John

  on BF’s Autobiography

  on BF’s transformation of Puritanism

  urinary catheter

  Van Doren, Carl

  Vaughan, Benjamin

  vegetarianism

  Veillard, Louis-Guillaume le

  Vergennes, Comte de

  Adams and

  Anglo-American peace negotiations and

  BF’s first meeting with

  Virgil

  Virginia

  BF’s postal inspection trips to

  constitution of

  Stamp Act crisis in

  Virginia, University of

  Virginia House of Burgesses

  virtues, BF’s definitions of

  Voltaire

  “Walking Purchase,”

  Wall, Samuel

  Walpole, Richard

  Walpole, Robert

  Walpole, Thomas

  Walpole Company

  Walter, Thomas

  Walters, Kerry

  War of Austrian Succession

  War of Jenkins Ear

  Washington, George

  BF and

  BF’s correspondence with

  Cincinnati Society and

  at Constitutional Convention

  in Ohio Valley missions

  at Yorktown

  Watson, Joseph

  Watt, James

  Watts, John

  Way to Wealth, The (Franklin)

  Wealth of Nations, The (A. Smith)

  weather forecasting

  Webb, George

  Webbe, John

  Weber, Max

  Webster, Noah

  Wedderburn, Alexander

  welfare

  Wentworth, Paul

  West, Benjamin

  Wharton, Samuel

  Whigs

  Whitefield, George,

  White Oak Boys

  Willard, Samuel

  William & Mary

  Williams, Jonathan

  Williams, William Carlos