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Donne — Germans
639
Fonblanque, Edward B. de, Political and Military Episodes of Burgoyne, 19.
Force, Peter, American Archives, 11, 12, 441, 537, 550, 556, 559; Tracts, 114, 121.
Forts, as sources, 4.
Fox, Charles, James, Memorials and Correspondence, 19.
France, American archives in, 10. — See French.
Franklin, Benjamin, Autobiography, a mile-stone in literature, 4, 235; Works, 21, 74, 187, 382, 575, 623; spirit of his age, 24; Dispute over the Agency, 184-187; A Man Diligent in his Calling, 229-235; starts in printing business, 229-231; publishes pamphlet on paper currency, 231; success in business, 232-233; courtship, 233; starts subscription library, 233-234; his frugality, 234-235; The People's Favorite Literature, 263-266; Poor Richard, 1744, 266; Grenville's Scheme of Taxation, 381-382; The State of the Colonies, 407-411; Examination, 411; A Treaty with France, 574-575; blamed by Vergennes, 621-623; Explanation of the Peace of 1782, 623-625.
Freeholders, The Question of Slavery in Georgia, 118-121.
French, incite the Indians, 57; expeditions against, 60; found Louisiana, 312-316; English fear of their settlements, 316-320; fur trade, 320-324; extend of their American settlements, 320-321; trade, 321-323; relations with Indians, 323-324; share in massacre at Schenectady, 323, 337-339; government in Canada, 324-326; Ministerial Minutes, The French Title to the Beautiful River, 354-356; encroachments feared by English, 356-357; removed by English from Acadia, 360-365; account of Braddock's defeat, 365-367; conquests on the continent, 367-369; frontier settlements, 392-393; arrival of Lafayette in America, 485-488; Chastellux visits Washington, 495-497; Mirabeau's appeal to the Hessians, 500-504; aid to America, 558-559; treaty, 574-575; Patrick Henry's appreciation, 586-587; block at Rhode Island, 609; naval conflict with English in West Indies, 612-615; protest against separate articles of peace, 621-623. — See also Canada, Colonies, Indians, Louisiana, Mississippi River War, and Vol. I.
French, B.F., Historical Collections of Louisiana, 17, 316.
French and Indian War, 352-372.
Freneau, Philip, Poems, 19.
Friend, The, 293.
Frontier, skirmishes on the, 344-346; settlement of the, 392-393. — See also Indians, West.
Frothingham, Richard, Rise of the Republic, 22.
Fur trade, in Georgia, Carolina, and Virginia, 126; in Canada, 320-324. — See also Canada, French, Indians.
GATES, HORATIO, in command of the southern department, 606; recalled, 606; meeting with Greene, 610.
General histories, list of, 34.
Genoa, American archives at, 10.
George I, poem on his death, 258-260.
George III, value of letters, 2; character as Prince of Wales, 373-374; instances of his tyranny, 449-451; An Obstinate Guelph, 451-453; opinion of Chatham, 452; plans for conduct of the American war, 453; Correspondence, 453, 620; The Sudden Change of Sentiments, 619-620. — See also English, Revolution.
Georgia, reasons for settlement of, 110-113; character incorporating the trustees for establishing the colony, 111; settlement of, probable aid to England, 112; settlement of, probable aid to conversion of Indians, 113; benefactions solicited for, 114; Salzburg Germans in, 114- 116, 283-284; and unfavorable opinion of, 117; Trustees, The Question of Slavery in Georgia, 118-121; Whitefield's orphan-house, 122-124; need of relief in 1749, 124-126; manufactures and trade, 125-126; John Wesley in, 283-287; redemption of, 607.
Germanna (Va.), description, 235.
Germans, Palatines in New York, 77-79; question of naturalization, 101; the Salzburgers in Georgia, 114-116, 283-284; Washington's desire to import Palatines,

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