olonies, 226;
sides with Turgot in opposing intervention, 228;
compliments American
envoys, 283;
civilities to Franklin, 401.

Lovell, James, Franklin's letter to, 312.

Luzerne, Chevalier de la, French minister to the United States, 351, 363, 387.

Lynch, ----, on committee with Franklin, 209.

Mansfield, Lord, arranges settlement of Penn dispute with Franklin, 70, 71;
upholds parliamentary power over colonies, 118;
condemns a pamphlet of Franklin's, 136.

Massachusetts appoints Franklin its agent, 138;
fails to pay him, 139;
quarrels with Hutchinson over parliamentary supremacy, 166;
petitions for removal of Hutchinson and Oliver, 183;
rebukes Franklin for carelessness, 194.

Mauduit, ----, agent for Hutchinson, 185.

Meredith, ----, Franklin's partner, 11, 12.

Mirabeau, eulogy on Franklin, 419.

Molasses trade, its importance to the colonies, 276;
remarks of Adams upon, 276;
secured in French treaty, 277-279.

Morris, Robert, offended at appointment of Jonathan Williams, 265;
appointed treasurer, 304;
complete reliance on Franklin, 307;
urges Franklin to suggest
to Vergennes to help America to raise a loan at Madrid, 331;
drafts on Franklin, 333-336;
letters of Franklin to, 333, 334, 335, 336;
directs Franklin to leave surplus, if any, to M. Grand, 336.

Morris, Thomas, rank as diplomate, 220;
commercial agent at Nantes, 264;
his incompetence, 264, 265, 311.

Navy, United States, supported by Franklin, 300-303.

Necker, induced by Franklin to guarantee a loan, 328.

New Jersey, appoints Franklin its agent, 138.

"New England Courant," printed under Franklin's name, 5.

Noailles, Marquis de,
announces to England alliance of French with United States, 284.

Non-importation, its effectiveness against the Stamp Act, 115, 116;
urged later by Franklin, 173, 175;
acts like "protection," 173;
its effects upon the East India Company, 175;
other effects, 176.

Norris, Isaac, declines to represent
Pennsylvania against the Proprietors in England, 63;
resigns speakership rather than sign petition, 94.

North, Lord, chancellor of exchequer, 151;
at Privy Council hearing, 190;
attempts to bribe Franklin, 202;
permits Hartley to correspond with Franklin, 256;
forced by Burgoyne's surrender to attempt conciliation with colonies, 280;
twitted by Fox with French and American alliance, 281;
receives news of Cornwallis's surren