Stevenson, Mary, scientific tastes, 76;
wished by Franklin to marry his son, 76;
letters to, 86, 101.

Stiles, Ezra, letter to, 28.

Stormont, Lord, English ambassador to France, complains of Beaumarchais, 230;
threatens to leave if Franklin is allowed to come to Paris, 234;
refuses to communicate with Franklin, 253;
recalled, 285.

Strachey, Henry, sent to Paris by Shelburne, 377.

Strahan, William, offers his son to marry Franklin's daughter, 76;
letters to, 77, 84, 205.

Sullivan, General, carries message of Lord Howe to Congress, 214.

Temple, ----, suspected of having sent
Hutchinson letters to America, 181;
calls on Whately to exonerate him, 181;
quarrel and duel, 182;
exculpated by Franklin, 182.

Thomson, Charles, letters to, 106, 417.

Thornton, Major, agent of Franklin to aid prisoners, 257.

Townshend, Charles, proposes colonial taxation, 103;
goes out of office, 104;
hostility to colonies, 116;
willing to repeal Stamp Act, 143;
chancellor of exchequer, 147;
favored by George III., 148;
renews proposal to draw a revenue from America, 149;
proposes disciplining New York, 150;
introduces bill for American customs duties, 150;
death, 151.

"Townshend duties," introduction, 150;
passage, 150;
non-importation used against, 174-175;
effect in destroying revenue, 175;
and increasing cost of collection, 176.

Treaty of peace, early suggestions
of peace without independence by Pulteney, 357;
by "Charles de Weissenstein," 357, 358;
latter supposed to be George III., 358;
answered by Franklin, 358, 359;
proposals by Hartley, 359;
high tone of Franklin's replies, 361;
effects of capture of Cornwallis, 363;
efforts by Lord North to divide the States and France, 363;
repudiated by Franklin and by Vergennes, 364;
fall of North cabinet, 364;
formation of Rockingham cabinet, friendly to America, 365;
Shelburne sends Oswald to see Franklin and Vergennes, 365;
plan of separate treaty with America again rejected, 365;
Laurens brings same news from Adams, 365;
Franklin suggests certain concessions, 366, 371;
rivalry of Fox and Shelburne, 366;
both send emissaries, 366;
dealings of Grenville with Vergennes and Franklin, 367-370;
possibility that to avoid prolonging war on Spain's account,
the States might treat separately, 369;
difficulties over Grenville's and Oswald's commissions, 371;
retirement of Fox