s to petition once more, 206;
takes no action on Franklin's plan for a confederation, 208;
makes Franklin head of postal system, 209;
sends him on mission to Montreal, 210;
repudiates independence, 211;
adopts declaration, 212;
forms Confederation, 212;
sends Franklin and others to confer with Lord Howe, 214;
elects Franklin envoy to France, 219;
has difficulty in choosing ministers, 221;
instructs Deane to get help from France, 224;
sends Franklin on formal embassy, 232;
puzzled by letters of Deane, Lee, and Beaumarchais, 239;
irritated at Deane's sending military adventurers, 242, 243;
sends Austin as special messenger, 270;
rejects North's conciliatory offers, 282;
votes to request admission into Armed Neutrality, 288;
stinginess toward Franklin, 295-343;
breaks up French mission, 298;
management of finances, 304-336;
has power to borrow but not to tax, 304-306;
method of drawing bills on foreign envoys, 306, 307;
proposes to secure loans by pledging merchandise, 309, 310;
orders Franklin to borrow money and build warships, 311;
issues drafts on Franklin, 312, 315, 325-327, 330-334;
on Jay, 321;
on Laurens, 324;
on Adams, 330;
fails to advise ministers of bills drawn, 313, 315, 318;
fails to keep promises, 322, 325, 326, 332;
loses confidence of French court, 328;
antedates bills to evade a promise, 332;
ill-treatment of Franklin, 349;
ignores his request to resign, 349;
appoints commissioners to treat for peace, 349;
passes act to redeem paper money at forty to one, 350;
angers Vergennes, 350 seq.;
induced by France to name commission instead of plenipotentiary, 363;
at French suggestion omits all but independence from ultimatum, 378;
instructs commissioners to be guided by France, 378;
condemns independent action of commissioners, 388;
again refuses Franklin's request to be relieved, 397;
finally permits him, 398;
honors Franklin's memory, 417;
neglects to reward Temple Franklin, 417;
neglects to audit Franklin's accounts, 418.

Conway, General, opposes Stamp Act, 115;
secretary for colonies, 115;
reenter's cabinet, 147;
suggests treating for peace, 284;
moves address against the war, after Yorktown, 364.

Conyngham, ----, American privateer, 248, 249.

"Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation," a pamphlet by Franklin, 91.

Cooper, Sir Grey, thinks Franklin's mission is a desertion, 234.

Cooper, S