_Packthread_, though wet, not a good conductor, i. 200.
_Paine's_ Common Sense, Franklin supposed to have contributed to, i. 148.
_Paper_, how to make large sheets, in the Chinese way, ii. 349.
a poem, iii. 522.
_Paper-credit_, cannot be circumscribed by law, ii. 418.
_Paper-money_, pamphlet written by Franklin on, i. 91.
American, remarks and facts relative to, iii. 144.
advantages of, over gold and silver, iii. 152.
_Papers_ on philosophical subjects, i. 169, _et seq._ ii. 1, _et seq._
on general politics, ii. 383, _et seq._
on American subjects, before the revolution, iii. 3, _et seq._
during the revolution, iii. 225, _et seq._
subsequent to the revolution, iii. 383, _et seq._
on moral subjects, iii. 421, _et seq._
_Parable_ against persecution, ii. 450.
_Paradoxes_ inferred from some experiments, i. 262.
_Paralysis_, effects of electricity on, i. 401.
_Parliament_ of England, opinions in America, in 1766, concerning,
iii. 254.
_Parsons_, William, member of the Junto club, i. 83.
_Parties_, their use in republics, iii. 396.
_Party_ of pleasure, electrical, i. 202.
_Passages_ to and from America, how to be shortened, ii. 138.
why shorter from, than to, America, 189.
_Passengers_ by sea, instructions to, ii. 192.
_Patriotism_, spirit of, catching, iii. 90.
_Peace_, the victorious party may insist on adequate securities in the
terms of, iii. 96.
_Penn_, governor, remarks on his administration, iii. 183.
sold his legislative right in Pensylvania, but did not complete the
bargain, 189.
_Pensylvania_, Franklin appointed clerk to the general assembly of,
i. 102.
forms a plan of association for the defence of, 104.
becomes a member of the general assembly of, 114.
aggrievances of, iii. 50.
infraction of its charter, 52.
review of the constitution of, 59.
former flourishing state of, from the issue of paper-money, 146.
rate of exchange there, 154.
letter on the militia bill of, 157.
settled by English and Germans, 162.
English and German, its provincial languages, _ib._
pecuniary bargains between the governors and assembly of, 165.
taxes there, 246, 251.
number of its inhabitants, 249.
proportion of quakers, and of Germans, _ibid._
exports and imports, 250.
assembly of, in 1766, how composed, 252.
_Pensylvanian_ fire-places, account of, ii. 223.
particularly described, 235.
effects of, 239.
manner of using them, 241.
advantages of, 243.
objections to, answered, 247.
directions to bricklayers respecting, 251.
_Peopling_ of countries, observations on, ii. 383, _et seq._
_Perkins_, Dr. letter from, on water-spouts, ii. 11.
on shooting stars, 36.
_Persecution_, parable against, ii. 450.
of dissenters, letter on, 452.
of quakers in New England, 454.
_Perspirable_ matter, pernicious, if retained, ii. 50.
_Perspiration_, necessary to be kept up, in hot climates, ii. 86.
difference of, in persons when naked and clothed, 214.
_Petition_ from the colonists of Massachusets bay, iii. 325.
of the left hand, 483.
_Petty_, sir William, a double vessel built by, ii. 174.
_Philadelphia_, Franklin's first arrival at, i. 32.
account of a seminary there, instituted by Franklin, 116 to 127.
state of the public bank at, iii. 551*.
_Phytolacca_, or poke weed, a specific for cancers, i. 261.
_Picture_, magical, described, i. 195.
_Plain_ truth, Franklin's first political pamphlet, iii. 524.
_Plan_ for benefiting distant countries, ii. 403.
for settling two western colonies, iii. 41.
for the management of Indian affairs, remarks on, 216.
for improving the condition of the free blacks, 519.
_Planking_ of ships, improvement in, ii. 189.
_Pleurisy_, Franklin attacked by, i. 71, 154.
_Plus_ and minus electricity, in the Leyden bottle, i. 181.
in other bodies, 185.
_Pointed_ rods, secure buildings from lightning, i. 283, 381.
experiments and observations on, 388.
objections to, answered, 395, 396.
_Points_, their effects, i. 170.
property of, explained, 223.
experiment showing the effect of, on the clouds, 283.
mistake respecting, 310.
_Poke-weed_, a cure for cancers, i. 260, 261.
_Polarity_ given to needles by electricity, i. 248.
_Poles_ of the earth, if changed, would produce a deluge, ii. 127.
_Political_ fragments, ii. 411.
_Polypus_, a nation compared to, ii. 391.
_Poor_, remarks on the management of, ii. 418.
the better provided for, the more idle, 422.
_Poor_ Richard, maxims of, iii. 453.
_Pope_, criticism on two of his lines, i. 23.
_Population_, observations on, ii. 383.
causes which diminish it, 386.
occasional vacancies in, soon filled by natural generation, 390.
rate of its increase in America, 385. iii. 113, 250, 254.
why it increases faster there, than in England, iii. 255.
_Positions_ concerning national wealth, ii. 408.
_Positiveness_, impropriety of, ii. 318.
_Postage_, not a tax, but payment for a service, iii. 265.
state of, in America, in 1766, 279.
_Post-master_, and deputy post-master general, Franklin appointed to the
offices of, i. 102, 127.
_Potts_, Stephen, a companion of Franklin's, i. 72, 84.
_Poultry_, not good at sea, ii. 193.
_Powder-magazines_, how secured from lightning, i. 375.
_Power_ to move a heavy body, how to be augmented, ii. 191.
_Pownall_, governor, memorial of, to the Duke of Cumberland, iii. 41.
letter from, on an equal communication of rights to America, 243.
constitution of the colonies by, 299.
_Preface_ to Mr. Galloway's speech, iii. 163.
to proceedings of the inhabitants of Boston, 317.
_Presbyterianism_, established religion in New England, ii. 454.
_Press_, account of the court of, ii. 463.
liberty of, abused, 465.
_Pressing_ of seamen, animadversions on, ii. 437.
_Price_, Dr. letter from, on Franklin's death, iii. 541.
_Priestley_, Dr. letter from, on Franklin's character, iii. 547.
_Printers_ at Philadelphia before Franklin, i. 36.
_Printing_, Franklin apprenticed to the business of, i. 15.
works at it as a journeymen in England, 58, 62.
in America, 35, 71.
enters on the business of, as master, 78.
observations on fashions in, ii. 355.
_Prison_, society for relieving the misery of, i. 151.
not known among the Indians of America, iii. 220.
_Privateering_, reprobated, ii. 436.
further observations on, 446.
article to prevent it, recommended in national treaties, 448.
inserted in a treaty between America and Prussia, 449.
_Proas_, of the pacific ocean, safety of, ii. 173.
flying, superior to any of our sailing boats, 176.
_Produce_ of the inland parts of America, iii. 119.
_Products_ of America, do not interfere with those of Britain, iii. 124.
_Prose-writing_, method of acquiring excellence in, i. 18.
_Protest_ against Franklin's appointment as colonial agent, remarks on,
iii. 203.
_Provisions_, cheapness of, encourages idleness, ii. 415.
_Prussian_ edict, assuming claims over Britain, iii. 311.
_Public_ services and functions of Franklin, i. 125.
spirit, manifest in England, iii. 91.
different opinion respecting it expressed, 375.
_Punctuality_ of America in the payment of public debts, iii. 373.
_Puckridge_, Mr. inventor of musical glasses, i. 136.