Fountain, the magic,
.
Franklin, Benjamin, boyhood of,
.
works for his father,
.
is apprenticed to his brother,
.
boards himself,
.
is badly treated,
.
runs away,
.
his walk across New Jersey,
.
lands in Philadelphia,
.
buys some rolls,
.
sees Miss Read,
.
goes to a Quaker meeting,
.
gets work in a printing-office,
.
goes to Boston on a visit,
.
learns to stoop,
.
returns to Philadelphia,
.
goes to London,
.
called the "Water American,"
.
returns to Philadelphia,
.
sets up a newspaper,
,
.
his "sawdust pudding,"
.
his almanac,
.
his sayings,
.
his plan of life,
.
what he did for Philadelphia,
,
.
experiments with electricity,
,
.
his electrical picture,
.
his electrical kite,
.
his discoveries in electricity,
.
invents the lightning-rod,
.
receives title of Doctor,
.
services in the Revolution,
.
thinks we must fight with bows and arrows,
.
gets help for us from France,
.
his funeral,
.
counties named for him,
.
summary of,
.
Friends (or Quakers), religion of,
.
persecuted in England,
.
go to Pennsylvania,
.
friendly relations with the Indians,
.
See William Penn.
Fulton, Robert, birth and boyhood of,
.
his paddle-wheel scow,
.
care of his mother,
.
goes to England and France,
.
builds iron bridges,
.
his diving-boat,
.
torpedo experiments in France,
.
torpedo experiments in England,
.
England's offer of money,
.
his reply,
.
builds his first steamboat,
.
returns to America,
.
builds steamboat here,
.
trip up the Hudson,
.
builds steamboat for the West,
.
what he did for Western emigration,
.
his grave,
.
summary of,
.
Gadsden Purchase, the,
.
Gage, General, in Boston,
,
.
his nose,
.
leaves Boston,
.
Genoa (Jen'o-ah) (note),
.
George II. and Georgia,
.
George III., resolves to tax Americans,
.
sends over taxed tea,
.
closes port of Boston,
.
hires German soldiers,
.
his statue pulled down,
.
his character,
.
Georgia, name of,
.
settlement of,
.
Savannah,
.
Ebenezer,
.
silk raised in,
.
keeps out Spaniards,
.
in the Revolution,
.
summary of,
.
Gibault (Zhe-bo'), Father,
.
Gin, the cotton,
,
.
name of (note),
.
Goffe, Colonel, at Hadley,
, and
.
Gold, discovered in California,
.
tested by Sutter,
.
carried to San Francisco,
.
excitement over,
.
effect of discovery of,
.
Grant, General,
.
Gray, Captain, voyage to the Pacific,
.
carries American flag around the world,
.
names the Columbia River,
.
helps us to get Oregon,
.
summary of,
.
Greene, General (Revolution),
,
,
.
Greene, Mrs. General,
,
.
Hadley, Indian attack on,
.
Goffe at,
, and
.
Hamilton, Colonel,
,
.
Hanks, John, and Lincoln,
,
,
.
Harrison, General, birthplace of (note),
.
governor of Indiana Territory,
.
marches against the Indians,
.
gains victory of Tippecanoe,
.