to obey Franklin, 302;
goes insane, 302, 303.

Laurens, Henry, rank as diplomate, 220;
complains of Franklin's neglect, 264;
captured, 324;
appointed commissioner to treat for peace, 349;
letter from Franklin to, 390;
confidence in Franklin, 399.

Laurens, John, great expenses in Holland, 238, 329.

Lee, Arthur, appointed by Massachusetts
to succeed Franklin as her agent on his departure from England, 141;
praised by Franklin, 141;
slanders him, 141;
unable to help Franklin when attacked before Privy Council, 185;
circulates rumors of Franklin's treachery, 194;
still praised by Franklin, 194;
succeeds Franklin, 203;
rank as diplomate, 220;
influences Beaumarchais, 226;
appointed Franklin's colleague in France, 232;
suspects Deane and Beaumarchais, 238;
prevents Congress from sending them goods, 239;
ruins Deane, 239, 240;
slanders Williams, 265;
secures his removal, 266;
joins with Franklin against Deane, 270;
description of secret meetings of Vergennes with commissioners, 274;
jealousy of Franklin, the cake episode, 275;
objects to reciprocity with French West Indies, 277;
tries to reverse action taken on it, 278;
rage with Franklin at not being told of sailing of Gerard and Deane, 290;
his evil influence at home, 291;
general unpopularity, 291, 317;
virulent hatred of Franklin, 292;
extravagant slanders, 292, 293, 297;
excessive demands for money, 297, 299, 314, 316;
sent to Madrid, 298;
refuses to give up papers of French embassy, 299;
prevents a Spanish loan by his imprudence, 317;
defers to Franklin, 342;
influence in prejudicing Massachusetts against Franklin, 399.

Lee, John, counsel for Franklin in Hutchinson letters affair, 187, 188.

Lee, William, rank as diplomate, 220;
offended at appointment of Jonathan Williams, 265;
sides with Arthur Lee against terms of French treaty, 278;
makes charges against Franklin, 298.

Lexington, fight at, 204.

Library, established by Franklin, 20;
parent of later subscription libraries, 20.

Livingston, R. R., letters of Franklin to, 323, 335;
letters from, asking money, 333, 334;
condemns commissioners for making treaty without French advice, 388.

"London Chronicle" publishes Franklin's letters to Shirley, 47.

Loudoun, Lord, appointed military head of colonies, 64;
his procrastination and inefficiency, 65.

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