Academy of Philadelphia. See College of Philadelphia
Adams, Abigail, (i)
Adams, John: on BF’s religion, (i), (ii), (iii); on science, (i); on Unitarians, (i); as Founding Father, (i), (ii); in Paris, (i), (ii)
Adams, John Quincy, (i)
Addison, Joseph, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
“Advice to a Young Tradesman” (BF), (i)
Albany Plan of Union, (i)
Aldridge, Alfred Owen, (i)
Almanacs, (i), (ii). See also Poor Richard
American Philosophical Society, (i), (ii)
American Revolution: and Providence, (i); and liberty, (i); and human nature, (i), (ii); and Declaration of Independence, (i), (ii); and BF’s work in London, (i); and BF’s work in Paris, (i), (ii), (iii)
American Weekly Mercury, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Andrews, Jedidiah, (i), (ii), (iii)
Anglicans/Anglicanism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and BF’s family, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); “Yale Apostasy” and, (i), (ii), (iii)
Anticlericalism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Antinomianism, (i)
“Apology for Printers” (BF), (i)
“Appeal for the Hospital” (BF), (i)
“Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion” (BF), (i)
Articles of Confederation, (i), (ii), (iii)
Atheism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Atlantic markets, (i)
Autobiography (BF): and BF’s background, (i), (ii); and reading, (i); as a conversion testimony, (i); and the plan for moral perfection, (i), (ii)
Bache, Benjamin Franklin (BF’s grandson), (i)
Bache, Sarah “Sally” Franklin (BF’s daughter), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Bache, William “Willy” Franklin (BF’s grandson), (i)
Bacon, Francis, (i)
Baird, Patrick, (i)
Baptists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Bartram, John, (i)
Baxter, Andrew, (i)
Beatty, Charles, (i)
Belcher, Jonathan, (i)
Bellah, Robert, (i)
Bethesda orphanage, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Bible, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in eighteenth-century context, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and BF: in correspondence of, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and epitaph of, (xi), family background of, (xii), (xiii), in works of, (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), (xxxv), (xxxvi), (xxxvii), revisions/mock versions by, (xxxviii), (xxxix), (xl), (xli), (xlii), book lists of, (xliii), skepticism of, (xliv), (xlv), (xlvi), (xlvii), (xlviii), (xlix), (l), (li), (lii), (liii), on witchcraft, (liv)
“Bonnie Prince Charlie,” (i)
Book of Common Prayer, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Boston, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Boston Tea Party, (i)
Boulainvillier, Henri de, (i)
Boyle, Robert, (i)
Braddock, Edward, (i)
Bradford, Andrew, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise, (i), (ii)
Browne, John, (i)
Bryan, Hugh, (i)
Bunyan, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Burke, Edmund, (i)
Burnet, William, (i)
Burr, Aaron, Sr., (i)
“Burton’s Books,” (i)
“Busy-Body” essays (BF), (i), (ii)
Butler, Pierce, (i)
Butler, Samuel, (i)
Calvinists/Calvinism, (i), (ii); of BF’s family/background, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and influence on BF, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); BF’s rejection/criticism of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix). See also Puritans/Puritanism
Campbell, Duncan, (i)
Catholics/Catholicism, (i), (ii); and anti-Catholicism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and British history, (i), (ii); and BF: encounters with, (iii), (iv), (v), in works of, (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); Protestant Reformation and, (i)
Charles II, King of England, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Christ Church (Philadelphia), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Clarendon Code, (i)
Colden, Cadwallader, (i), (ii)
College of New Jersey, (i)
College of Philadelphia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Collin, Nicholas, (i)
Collins, Anthony, (i), (ii), (iii)
Constitutional Convention, (i), (ii), (iii)
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, (i), (ii)
Cooper, Samuel, (i)
Covey, Stephen, (i)
Cowper, William, (i)
Creighton, Robert, (i)
Culloden, Battle of, (i)
Daily Post (London), (i)
Davenport, Sarah (BF’s sister), (i)
Daylight savings, (i)
“Death of Infants” (BF), (i)
Declaration of Independence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Defense of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill’s Observations (BF), (i)
Defoe, Daniel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Deists/Deism, (i), (ii) n.32; and atheism/theism, (i), (ii), (iii); in the eighteenth century, (i), (ii), (iii); and BF: associated with, (iv), (v), (vi), avoidance of, (vii), (viii), (ix), identified as, (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), moderate version of, (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi); Freemasons and, (i); in modern America, (i)
Denham, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
“Dialogue between Two Presbyterians” (BF), (i)
Dickinson, Jonathan, (i)
Digges, Thomas, (i)
Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity (BF), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Ditton, Humphrey, (i)
Doctrineless Christianity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Dominion of New England, (i)
Electric shock treatment, (i), (ii)
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, (i)
Enlightenment, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Experiments and Observations on Electricity (BF), (i)
Farmer, Hugh, (i)
“Father Abraham’s Speech” (or “Way to Wealth”) (BF), (i), (ii), (iii)
Fothergill, John, (i)
Franklin, Abiah (BF’s mother), (i), (ii)
Franklin, Benjamin (BF): on the afterlife, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); and the American Revolution, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on anticlericalism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); on inspiration of the Bible, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); as celebrity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); death of, (i), (ii); and Defense Association, (i), (ii), (iii); on the devil, demons, and supernatural, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); on doctrinal precision, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); and experiments in religion, (i), (ii), (iii); and Freemasons, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); on divinity of Jesus, (i), (ii), (iii); marriage of, (i), (ii), (iii); on Native Americans, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and perceptions of his faith, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and polytheism, (i), (ii), (iii); and prayer, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); on printing, (i), (ii); on Providence of God, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv); and conflict with Quakers, (i), (ii); religious controversies of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on religious toleration/liberty, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); on race, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); romantic relationships of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and royal government in Penn., (i), (ii); on salvation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); on sin and human nature, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); skepticism and moderation of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and slavery, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and George Whitefield: business partnership with, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), friendship with, (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), at Whitefield’s revivals, (xi), (xii), support for works of, (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix); on women in society, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on virtue/good works, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv); writing style of, (i), (ii), (iii). See also Bible; Calvinists/Calvinism; Deists/Deism; Puritans/Puritanism; and specific people, writings
Franklin, Benjamin (BF’s uncle), (i), (ii), (iii)
Franklin, Deborah (Read) (BF’s wife), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Franklin, Francis Folger (BF’s son), (i), (ii)
Franklin, James (BF’s brother), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Franklin, Josiah (BF’s father): and move to Massachusetts, (i), (ii); as tallow chandler, (i); and BF’s faith, (i), (ii), (iii); and BF’s business, (i), (ii); death of (i)
Franklin, William (BF’s son), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Franklin, William Temple (BF’s grandson), (i), (ii)
Galileo, (i)
General Magazine (BF), (i)
George III, King of England, (i), (ii), (iii)
Georgia, (i)
German immigrants, (i), (ii), (iii)
Gill, John, (i)
Glorious Revolution, (i)
Grace, Robert, (i)
Great Awakening, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Greenwood, Isaac, (i)
Hamilton, Alexander, (i), (ii)
Hancock, John, (i)
Hartley, David, (i)
Harvard College, (i), (ii), (iii)
Helvétius, Madame, Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, (i)
Hemphill, Samuel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Henry VIII, King of England, (i)
Hobbes, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii)
Hume, David, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Hutchinson, Thomas, (i)
Hutton, James, (i)
Ilive, Jacob and Jane, (i)
Indentured servants, (i)
Izard, Ralph, (i)
Jackson, James, (i)
Jacobite rebellion, (i)
James II, King of England, (i)
Jefferson, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Jesus Christ, (i), (ii); and controversial topics, (i), (ii), (iii); divinity of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in BF’s writings, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and salvation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). See also Franklin, Benjamin
Jews, (i)
Johonnot, Samuel Cooper, (i)
Jones, Evan, (i)
Jordan, Teresa, (i)
Junto, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Kames, Lord (Henry Home), (i)
Kant, Immanuel, (i)
Keimer, Samuel, (i), (ii), (iii)
Kent, Benjamin, (i)
King Philip’s War, (i)
Kinnersley, Ebenezer, (i), (ii), (iii)
Labilliere, Peter, (i)
Lawrence, D. H., (i)
Leibniz, G. W., (i)
Lerner, Ralph, (i)
“Letter of the Drum” (BF), (i), (ii), (iii)
Letter to a Friend in the Country (BF), (i)
Leverett, John, (i)
Library Company of Philadelphia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Lightning/lightning rods, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Lincoln, Abraham, (i)
Locke, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Logan, James, (i)
Lopez, Claude-Anne, (i)
Louisbourg expedition, (i)
Lyons, William, (i)
Madison, James, (i), (ii), (iii)
Mandeville, Bernard, (i)
Marischal, Earl, (i)
Mary I, Queen of England, (i)
Mather, Cotton, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); BF’s visits to (i), (ii); and charity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and inoculation, (i), (ii); and Silence Dogood, (i)
Mecom, Jane (BF’s sister), (i); as influence on BF, (i), (ii), (iii); and correspondence with BF: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), on the American Revolution, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), on the Constitution, (ix), on BF’s faith, (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); family of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on news of BF, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
“Meditation on a Quart Mugg” (BF), (i)
Meredith, Hugh, (i), (ii), (iii)
Methodism, (i)
Milton, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Morgan, Edmund S., (i)
Morton, Charles, (i)
Muslims, (i)
Narrative of the Late Massacres (BF), (i)
Native Americans, (i), (ii); violence and wars against, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); religion of, (i), (ii)
Natural religion, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
New Building, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
New-England Courant, (i), (ii), (iii)
Newton, Isaac, (i)
New-York Weekly Journal, (i)
Nollet, Abbé Jean-Antoine, (i)
“Obadiah Plainman” (BF), (i), (ii)
Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind (BF), (i)
Observations on the Proceedings Against Mr. Hemphill (BF), (i)
“On the Providence of God in the Government of the World” (BF), (i), (ii)
Osteen, Joel, (i)
Oxford, University of, (i), (ii), (iii)
Paine, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
“Parable Against Persecution” (BF), (i), (ii)
Paris, (i)
“Parody and Reply to a Religious Meditation” (BF), (i)
Penn, John, (i)
Penn, William, (i)
Pennsylvania, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Pennsylvania Gazette, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and BF’s works, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); and Great Awakening, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); and religious controversy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and slavery, (i), (ii)
Peters, Richard, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Philadelphia, (i)
Philadelphia hospital, (i)
Pirates/privateers, (i)
Pliny the Younger, (i)
Plutarch’s Lives, (i)
Polytheism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) n.42
Poor Richard, (i); and religion, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and Titan Leeds, (i); and “Father Abraham’s Speech,” (i)
Presbyterians, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Priestly, Joseph, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Prince, Thomas, (i)
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (BF), (i)
Protestant Reformation, (i), (ii)
Providence of God, (i), (ii); in the Autobiography, (i), (ii); BF’s belief in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); and education, (i); and Native Americans, (i); and science, (i), (ii); and wealth, (i). See also “On the Providence of God in the Government of the World” (BF)
Puritans/Puritanism: and BF: compared to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), criticism of, (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), in family/background, (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), influenced by, (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), uses views of, (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi). See also Calvinists/Calvinism
Quakers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and BF: involved with, (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), perceived as part of, (xii), (xiii), (xiv); in Pennsylvania politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Racial ideas, (i), (ii), (iii)
Rale, Sebastien, (i)
Ralph, James, (i), (ii), (iii)
Randolph, Edmund, (i)
Ray, Catherine, (i)
Read, James, (i)
Rees, Daniel, (i)
“Religion of the Indian Natives of America” (BF), (i)
Richmann, Georg, (i)
Rogers, Daniel, (i)
Rogers, James, (i)
Rowland, John, (i)
Royal Society, London, (i)
Salem witchcraft trials, (i)
Saunder, Richard, (i)
Scots-Irish immigrants, (i), (ii)
Scougal, Henry, (i)
Seven Years’ War, (i), (ii), (iii)
Sewall, Samuel, (i)
Seward, William, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Shakespeare, William, (i)
Sherman, Roger, (i)
Shipley, Jonathan, (i)
“Silence Dogood” (BF), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
slaves/slavery, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and BF: ads for, (vii), (viii), and antislavery, (ix), on education for, (x), (xi), ownership, (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), in writings of, (xvii), (xviii), (xix); and white labor (Philadelphia), (i), (ii), (iii)
Smith, Adam, (i)
Smith, Christian, (i)
Smith, Joshua, (i)
Smith, William, (i), (ii), (iii)
Spectator, The. See Addison, Joseph
Spencer, Archibald, (i)
Spinoza, Benedict de, (i), (ii)
St. Andrews, University of, (i), (ii)
Stevenson (Hewson), Polly, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Stiles, Ezra, (i), (ii), (iii)
Swift, Jonathan, (i), (ii), (iii)
Tennent, Gilbert, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
“Theophilus” (BF), (i)
Tillotson, John, (i), (ii), (iii)
Toleration, religious, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi). See also Franklin, Benjamin
Townshend Duties, (i)
Tradesmen, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Treaty of Paris (1783), (i)
Tryon, Thomas, (i)
Turnbull, George, (i)
University of Pennsylvania. See College of Philadelphia
Washington, George, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Watson, Joseph, (i)
Watts, Isaac, (i)
Weber, Max, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Wesley, John and Charles, (i), (ii), (iii)
Westminster Confession, (i), (ii)
Whitefield, George, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); as celebrity, (i), (ii); controversy about, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); ecumenism and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and BF: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), on conversion, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), in correspondence of, (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), friendship with, (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), printer of, (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), (xxxv), reform efforts with, (xxxvi), (xxxvii), (xxxviii), (xxxix); revivals of, (i), (ii); and war against Catholics, (i), (ii), (iii)
Willard, Samuel, (i)
William and Mary, King and Queen of England, (i)
Winfrey, Oprah, (i)
Winstanley, William, (i)
Winthrop, John (Harvard professor), (i)
Winthrop, John (Mass. founder), (i)
Wise, John, (i)
“Witch Trial at Mount Holly” (BF), (i)
Wollaston, William, (i), (ii), (iii)
Yale College, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Zinzendorf, Nicholas von, (i)