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Ford powder mills at Morristown, 276. Foreign population, 1900-1910, 827. Foreign residents, 825-7.
Forest trees of Newark neighborhood, 103-4.
Fortification of the church, 135.
Foster, John Y., 793; on the New Jersey troops, 691.
Foundation stones, scriptural, in Fund- amental Agreements. 66-7.
Founders, names of, 73-5.
Founders Day adopted in 1912, 58.
Four Corners, at Market and Broad streets, 94; business centre, 426-7.
Franklin, William, governor, 154; re- fused to call special session, 263; warning by, 263-4; arrest, 265; last of royal governors, 265-8.
Franklin School in Fair street, 744.
Franklin Township established, 538. Frazer, Capt. John D., 835.
Free Press, Sunday newspaper, 790.
Free Public Library, history, 775-6.
Freeman, Mayor Henry W., 834.
Freeman, Stephen, member of first town committee, 65.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, captain in "State Troops," 284.
Frelinghuysen, Senator Frederick, at Kearny Statue dedication, 832; statue, 832, 840.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., sketch, 657; at Civil War mass meeting, 684. Frelinghuysen, Theodore, candidate for Vice-President, 496; sketch, 645-7; death, 819.
Frelinghuysen, Camp, 722; tablet in commemoration of, 722-3.
French and Indian wars, 221-9.
French Influence in Newark, 439.
Frog pond, location of, 99. Fruits native to New Jersey, 104.
Fuller, Edward N., 788-9. Fulton ferry boats, 441.
Fundamental Agreement of the New llaven colony, 30; drawn up by the Branford group, 65-9; enforced sign- ing of, 69.
Gaine, Hugh, publishes New York Gaz- ette in Newark, 304.
Gaine's New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, 776.
"Garret Society," 550-1.
Garthwaite, William, 617.
Gaslight, first used, 640.
Geology of Newark and New Jersey, 3.
Gerhardt, Karl, sculptor, 840.
German singing societies, 808.
Germans and law and order, 554-5.
Gifford, Archer, tavern keeper, 423-4.
Gifford, Archer, (not innkeeper), 615.
Gifford, Maj. Charles A., 836.
Gifford, C. L. C., at Civil War mass meeting, 683.
Gilbert, Charles B., superintendent of schools, 751, 753.
Gilder, Jeanette, 792.
Gilder, Joseph B., 792.
Gilder, Richard Watson, 792.
Goble, Luther, shoemaker and builder, 521.
Goble, L. Spencer, library trustee, 775.
Goldingay, Ensign Thomas, 838.
Gordon, Gen. George H., on the Thir- teenth Regiment at Antietam, 708.
Gould, Gen., commander of Essex Brig- ade, 600.
Gouverneur, Isaac, sketch, 433-4.
Government authorized by the Conces- sions, 40.
Governors, royal, series of, 154.
Governors' Council and Assembly, dis- cord between, 144.
Governors' Council, pay of, 149.
Grade crossing elimination, 828.
Graff, Adj. Alvin H., 834.
Graham, George R., 793.
Grand Opera House, 798.
Grant, Dr. Gabriel, in Civil War, 720.
Grant, Ulysses S., at Industrial exhibi-
. tion, 823; at Kearny Statue dedication, 831.
Grant, William, early stone mason, 173. Gray, Capt. James, homestead describ- ed, 240.
Gray, Louis Herbert, 795.
"Greater Newark" idea, 829.
Greeley, Horace, at Industrial exhibi- tion, 822.
Green Island in the Passaic River, 670. Greenwich tea party, 255-6.
Gregory, John, sent to confer with Gov. Carteret, 47.
Grist mill, first, 131-2; sold to Samuel, Joseph and George Harrison, 133.
Guilford, Conn., town, 33; first settlers from, 65.
Hackensack, conference at, between Treat and the Indians, 55.
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Hackensacks, Indian tribe, 11; sub-tribe of the Unamis, 16.
Hadden, Joseph, nail maker, 236.
Haddon, William, establishes first acad- emy, 736.
Hahn. Ferdinand, 638.
"Hail Columbia" sung first time in New - ark, 472; unpopular with Republican party, 472-3.
Halsey, George A., entertains Gen. Sher- man, 833.
Halsey, Smith, chosen freeholder, 617.
Halsey, Stephen, tavern keeper, 422.
Halsey, William, first mayor, 616; sketch, 645.
Halsey street, 570.
Halsted, Oliver S., city recorder, 617; sketch, 648.
Hamilton, Gov. Andrew, dissolves As- sembly 1697, 153.
Handel and Haydn Society, 804.
Handley, Capt. George, 835.
llanging, first, 170, 413-4.
Hare, J. Madison, chaplain, 834.
Harish, Indian signer of Newark bill of sale, 56.
Harlan, Thomas, 638.
Harmonic Society, 811.
Harmonic Society, 1830, 804.
Harris, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Frederick H., sketch, 709.
Harris, Richard, representative for Newark at Divident Hill, 60.
Harrison, Sergeant Richard, to con- struct grist mill, 132; member of first town committee, 65, 129; appointed ensign, 134.
Harrison Street, part of present Halsey street, 571.
Hartman, Carl F. R., signal corps officer, 839.
Hatters, early, 510-1.
Hatters' Union started, 844.
Haussling, Jacob, mayor, 830.
Haviland, John, architect, 620.
Hawthorn, John, early Irish resident, 664.
Hayes, Major Frank, 834.
Hlayes, Major Samuel, sketch, 362.
Hayes, Thomas, murdered by British troops, 307. Hayes' brook, location, 101.
Haynes, Joseph E., 629; library trustee, 775; mayor, 828.
Headleytown, location, 540.
llealth Board, history, 628-9.
Health conditions, 1805-1809, 591.
Health officers, various, 629.
Hedden, Joseph, Jr., town clerk, 58; taken prisoner, 332-5.
Hedges, Nathan, school, 749; school- master, 757-8.
Hendry, Dr. Hugh C., 638.
Herbert, Henry William, 792.
Herold, Dr. H. C. H., 629.
Hervey, Daniel E., on Music in New- ark. 803.
Hetfelsen, Pieter, early ferryman, 235. Hewson, J. Frank, 636.
Higglus, M. B., paint manufacturer, 50%; early Irish resident, 664.
Higginson, Capt. John IL., 688.
High School, Washington and Linden streets, 751: girls present flag to First Regiment, 688.
High street, earliest record, 184.
Highest point, 105. Highways, location of, 182-3.
Hill, Frank P., librarian, 775. Hill, Prof. John E., 795. Hill street, first so called, 570.
Hinsdale, Epaphras, carly Jeweler, 512.
Hockabony Lane, original name of Hill street, 570.
Holbrook, Amos, sketch, 803, 822.
Holden, Dr. Edgar, in Civil War, 721. Ilolden, Capt. Levi, sketch, 365.
Ilome lots to be given to trade set- tlers, 94; apportionment of, 106-109; outside limits of area, 109.
Hopper, Capt. Benjamin W., 584.
Hornblower, Joseph (., 411, 615.
Horse ears, earliest, 584-6; on Sunday, election, 586.
Horse stealing, punishment for, 243.
"Horseneck" section of Essex County, 537.
Hospitals, 631; during Civil War, 669. Ilounds and Horn Tavern, 423-4.
House numbers first used, 570.
Houses, first, how built, 119-124.
llouses of the eighteenth century, 238-9. Howard, Major James W., 836.
Howell, Governor, poem on Jersey Blue, 453. flowell, Abner P., 617.
Howell, James E., member of City Hall Commission, 625.
Hoyt, J. K., 793.
Hudson, Henry, and the Half Moon, 29. Hughes, John, stamp distributor, 249.
Hunt, Dr. Sanford B., 793; sketch, 787-8. Hunterdon, Samuel, early quarrier, 173. Huntington, Samuel, homestead, 239.
Hydrants first used, 633-4.
Ice age in New Jersey, 4-5.
Ilsley, Frank L., 809.
Independence Day, early celebrations, 165-90.
"Indian Ann," last of Lenni Lenape in New Jersey, 25 ..
Indian Highways, 12.
Indian reservation established on the Delaware at Brotherton, 24.
Indian trails become roads, 182.
Indian villages to be located, 8.
Indians and the Dutch, 11.
Indians, armed preparation against, 134-5.
Indians on the New Jersey coast, 13-14. Indians refuse possession to Treat and first settlers, 52.
Industrial census of 1826, 532-3.
Industrial exhibition of 1872, 822.
Industrial exhibition of 1912, 823.
Industrial parade of 1788, 466-9; of 1818, 179; of 1821, 480-3.
Industrial prosperity of 1815, 597.
"Inhabitants of the Township of New- ark" created 1798, 164.
Inn, location of first town, 126.
Innkeeper, first, Thomas Johnson, 126.
Inns, influence of. 119.
Institute Boat Club, 671-2.
Institute llall, 814.
Institutio Legalis of Newark, 767-8.
Intelligencer. Newark, newspaper, 785.
Irish resident, early, 440. 664-8.
Iron foundry, early, 236-7.
Irving. Plerre, at Cockloft Hall, 431.
Irving. Washington, at Cockloft Hall, 131 -9.
Irvington Town, 539; origin of name, 549.
Italian residents. 825-7.
Jackson, President Andrew, in Newark, :95-6.
Jackson, John P., speech of presentation to Clay. 497; first secretary of New Jersey Rallroad, 578.
Jacksonian, newspaper, 785.
Jacques, Moses, Llent. Colonel in sec- ond establishment, 278.
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Jail erected on Broad street, 166; de-
livery of 1746, 217-20; description of early, 416; present built, 548.
"Jamaica," steamboat, 576.
James, Duke of York, receives New Netherland, 38; last effort to recover New Jersey, 152.
Jefferson Village, location, .540.
Jenkinson, Capt. Henry, 839.
Jersey Blue, origin of, 228-9.
"Jersey Blue," poems on, by Governor Howell, 453-5 .-
"Jersey Blues," Capt. Littell's company, 364.
Jersey City laid out, 442.
Jewelry, early manufacturer, 512.
John Homespun and John Bull, 476-7.
lohnson, Col. Adolphus J., 687; sketch, 701-2.
Johnson, Caleb, early brewer, 513.
Johnson, Capt. Charles W., 688.
Johnson, John, early wool manufactur- er, 505.
Johnson, Joseph, first town drummer, 125, 130.
Johnson, Thomas, representative for Newark at Divident Hill, 60; member of first town committee, 65; first tax gatherer, 113; first town constable, 125; first innkeeper, 126; one of first auditors, 128; appointed captain, 134; member of Assembly, 151; drummer of Middletown, 159.
"Jonas C. Heartt," steamboat. 576.
Jones, Edward, surveyor of highways, 617.
Jones, Jeffrey, representative for Eliz- abethtown at Divident Hill, 60.
Journal, Evening, newspaper, 788-90. Kearney, Bernard, schoolmaster, 758-60.
Kearny, Gen. Philip, 438; sketch, 693-6; statue, 831.
Kearny, later name for Barbadoes Neck, 61.
Kearny Brigade, 693.
"Kearny Castle," 438, 695.
Kearny family, 434-5.
Kearny Homestead property, course through, 97.
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Kearny Monument Association, 832.
Kearny statue dedicated, 831; tablet at- tached by Italians, 831.
Kearny tablet on site of homestead, Belloville avenue, 695.
Reasbey, Anthony Q., at Civil War mass meeting, 681.
Keene, James, 617.
Kemble, Gouverneur, 431.
Kennedy, Capt. Archibald, 434.
Kleft, William, director-general of New Netherland, 22. Kill van Kull, 18.
Kindergarten instruction introduced, 754.
Kinney, Abraham W., 617.
Kinney, Mrs. E. C., 793.
Kinney, William B., sketch, 655-6; at bi-centennial anniversary, 820.
Kinney family and the Daily Advertiser, 787.
Kipp, Dr. Charles J., in Civil War, 720.
Kirkpatrick, Judge Andrew, member of City Hall Commission, 625.
Kitchell, Robert, sketch, 87.
Kitcheli, Samuel, Algner of Newark bill of sale, 56; member of first town com- mittee, 65; one of first assessors, 111. Knights of Labor, 844.
Knyphausen, Gen., at Connectient Farms and Springfield, 337-48.
Kollock, Shepard, sketch, 346. Kossuth, Louls, visit, 569.
Krueger, Gottfried, member of City Hall Commission, 625.
Krueger Auditorium, 815.
Kummel, Henry B., state geologist, de- scription by, 3.
Labor agitation, early, 512. .
Labor organizations, 844.
Labor union, earliest in Newark, 844.
Ladders must be provided for fire pro- tection, 128.
"Lads of Kilkenny" at Cockloft Hall, 435.
Lafayette, Marquis, in Newark, 493-5.
Lamb, Martha J., on Newark in 1876, 672-4.
Land patent of 1696, 163.
Land values in 1794, 377.
Landing place, location, 59.
Lang, Henry, mayor, 828.
Law and order movements, 549-55.
Lawlessness, poem on, 553-4.
Lawrence, Deacon, first scaler of leath- er, 138.
Laws and penalties, early, 168-70.
Layton, William E., librarian, 772.
Leather, first sealer of, Deacon Law- rence, 138.
Leather manufacturer, 519-20.
Leather, patent, made by Seth Boyden, 526.
Lebkuecher, Julius A., mayor, 828.
Lee, Major Gen. Charles H., and Gen Washington, difficulties between, 298- 302.
Lee, "Light Horse Harry," at Paulus Hook, 329.
Lec, William, 617.
Lehlbach, Charles F., 629.
Lehlbach, Dr. Charles F. J., in Civil War, 722.
Lenni Lenape, Indian tribe, 11; stone implements, 15; history, 15-25; de- scription. 16; remove to Oneida Lake, New York, 24; to Fox River, Wiscon- sin, 24.
"Lest we forget," sermon quoted. 662.
Levy, Rev. E. M., address to Thirteenth Regiment, 705.
Libraries in Newark, 765-76.
Library, earliest, 765.
Library Hall, 772, 814; home of city hall,' 621
lincoln, President Abraham, passes through Newark, 681 -2; assassination. 725-6; funeral exercises, 727-9.
Lincoln statue, dedication, 682.
Lindabury, Richard V., address at Dry- den statue dedication, 842-3.
Lines. Rt. Rev. Edwin S .; invocation at Washington statue dedication, 812.
Literary Fair of 1805, 766-7.
Literary Newark, 792-6.
Littell, Capt. Eliakim, sketch, 364.
Little Falls of the Passaic, 102; on the Minisink Path, 12.
Livingston, William, delegato to Con- tinental Congress, 260; brigade com- mander of militia. 285.
Livingston Township established, 538. Locomotives bullt by Seth Boyden, 528. Longworth, David, 356.
Longworth, Isaac, town clerk, 262: member of Committee of Correspond- ence, 262; sketch, 355-6.
Longworth, Thomas, 355; bequest for schools, 748.
Longworth family, loyalists, 355.
Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Jersey, 39-43; dispose of their rights, 43; support Governor Carter- (1, 146.
Lotterles throughout New Jersey, 191.
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Lottery for Trinity church building fund, 189-91.
Love, Surgeon John J. J. H., sketch, 709. Loyalists, estates contiscated, 351-3.
Immin, Major, burns academy, 334.
Lyon, Henry, first town treasurer, 113. Lyons Farms, 540.
McCarter, Thomas N., on the "Public Service Rate Problem," 588-9.
McClellan, Gen. George B., at Kearny statue dedication, 831, 833.
Macdonald, Samuel J., library trustee, 775.
MacGregor house bought for City Hall, 623.
MeIlvaine, Rev. James G., 794.
Mackie, Lt. Arthur B., 834.
MeKiernan, William J., supervisor of playgrounds, 826.
McMahon, Capt. Joseph H., 835.
Macomb, Major General, of Belleville, 602.
McQuaid, Rev. B. I., at Civil War mass meeting, 683.
MacWhorter, Rev. Alexander, 58; fight- ing parson, 271; and Gen. Washington, 274-5; account of Cornwallis in New- ark, 306-9; and the new First church building, 397-8; sermon denouncing despotism, 449.
MacWhorter's Philosophical Academy, 739.
Magee, William, drummer boy, 715-6.
"Magenta," steamboat, 576.
Magnolia Swamps, location, 98.
Malleable cast iron, discovery of pro- cess by Seth Boyden, 527; foundry in Orange street, 532.
Mamustome, Indian signer of Newark bill of sale, 56.
Mandeville, Dr. Frederick B., 629.
Mansion Hotel, location, 488.
Mannal training introduced, 755.
Manufactures, carly, 501-34.
Manufacturing Society of the State of New Jersey, 504.
Mapes, Prof. James, 793.
"Maria," steamboat, 576.
"Maria Colden" canal packet boat, 574.
Market, first, on Market street, 166; new, on Broad street, 166.
Markets, early, 424-6.
Market place set apart, 93; changed to Washington Park, 166.
Market Street, width of, 92.
Marriage among the Lenni Lenape, 19- 20.
Marsh, Charles, 628.
Martin, Capt. Thomas [ .. , 688.
"Maryland," steamboat, 576.
Matthews, Capt. Ambros M., sketch, 709- 10.
Mattia, Angelo Maria, oldest Italian res- ident, 827.
Maxwell, Gen. William, in command of Maxwell's brigade, 279.
Maxwell's Brigade, 279-80.
"May Queen," steamboat, 575.
Mayors before the Civil War, 645.
Meadow Brook, location, 97.
Meadows, 95; description, 103-4; allot-
ment of, 109; method of ditching, 124. Meat packer, tirst, Joseph Walters, 138. Mechanics' Association, 770.
Medicine men of the Lenni Lenape, 20. Meeker, Isaae, 617.
Meeting house, name applied to First Church. 126.
Meeting House Lot, at Broad street and Branford place, 94.
Mondham, Morris county, source of Passaie river, 101.
Mereury, Newark Daily, 785. Metal Trades Council, 814.
Mexican War, 668-9.
Michels, Major William W., 687.
Middletown, Monmouth county, trouble at. 155-7.
Milford, Conn,, town, 33; first settlers
from, 65; real founders, 65.
Milford, Newark known as, 119, 380.
Military, call to arms devised, 138.
Military organization, early, 131.
Military Park, 93; former Training Place, 166; eneroachment on Broad street, 567; early abuse of, 638-9.
Militia engagements, 285; organization in the revolution, 280-3: uniforms in 1793-4, 456-60; training or muster days, 460-1.
Mill, erection of first, 96.
Mill brook, or First river, location, 96. Miller, James, 617: Mayor, 617.
Miller, Leslie B., 637.
Miller's lot, location, 133.
Mills, Dr. Andrew M., in Civil War, 721.
Mindil, Col. George W., sketch, 713.
Minisink path, Indian highway, 12-13.
Minister's stipend, special rating to de- rive, 114.
Minsis, branch of Lenni Lenape tribe, 16. Minute men organization, 282.
Modern Spectator, newspaper, 780.
Monitor, Newark, newspaper, 785-6.
Montclair Township established, 538.
Montgomery Battalion in Civil War, 688. Moran, Father Patrick, sketch, 665-6.
Morning Post, newspaper, 785.
Morning Register, newspaper, 790.
Morning Times, newspaper, 791.
Morris, Mr .. member of first town com- mittee, 65.
Morris, Lewis, made president of Gov- eruor's Connell, 155.
Morris, Maj. William W., sketch, 712-3. Morris and Essex Railroad, 581-3.
Morris Canal opened, 572-4.
Morrison, Col. Andrew J., at Franklin's Crossing, 711.
Morristown settled by Newarkers, 181; headquarters of Washington, 276; in the revolution, 500; Washington at, in 1779. 330.
Morristown turnpike, 393.
Morton, Thomas, early brewer, 513.
Mosquitoes, early mention, 17, 380.
Mount Pleasant, property of Isaac Gon- verneur, 431.
Mount Pleasant Turnpike, 392, 561-3.
Mountain Society formed in Oranges, 184.
Mulberry Street, width of, 92; origin of name, 570.
Musie in Newark. 803-15.
Musicians, famous, who appeared in Newark, 810.
Myer, Jacob, early hat maker, 510.
Mystic Boat Club, 671.
Nail forge mentioned, 122; early man- ufacture, 236.
Negroes, early trouble with, 677.
Nelson, William, letter on Forfeited les- tates. 352-3.
New Albion company, 38.
New Amsterdam captured by the Eng- lish, 38.
New Haven, Conn., colony, 30-33; merged with Councetient, 35; mer- chants on the Delaware, 37; first set - llers from, 65.
New Jersey as the English found it, 39; deeded to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, 39; fest assembly at Elizabethtown, 1668, 143.
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New Jersey continental line winters in Newark, 325-7.
New Jersey Hne, first establishment, 276-7; second establishment, 277-9; third establishment, 279.
New Jersey Eagle, newspaper, 784-5. New Jersey Historical Society, 773-5. "New Jersey Levies," 284.
New Jersey Naval Reserves in Spanish- American War, 837-8.
New Jersey Railroad and Transporta- tion Company, 578-81.
New Jersey State Agricultural Society, 798-9.
New Jersey Unionist, newspaper, 791. New Milford, first name of settlement, 119.
New Netherland, given to James, Duke of York, 38.
New Street, first so called, 570.
New York Gazette and Weekly Mer- cury, printed in Newark, 304.
Newark, tract purchased from Indians, boundaries of, 56; deed of sale, signed, 57; earliest use of name by the settlers, 119; origin of name, 119; township created 1713, 164; city char- ter granted 1836, 165.
"Newark," steamboat, 575.
Newark Academy first, 736-8; burned, 331-5; at Broad and Academy streets, 739-41, history 1834-1913, 745-7 (See also Academy ).
Newark Academy Association organiz- ed. 400.
Newark and Irvington Street Railway Company, 586.
Newark and South Orange Ilorse Car Railroad Company, 587.
Newark Aqueduct Board established, 596.
Newark Bay, explored by John Cole- inan of the Half Moon, 39.
Newark Bay neighborhood described in Dutch document, 49.
Newark, Bloomfield and Montclair Horse-Car Railroad Company, 586.
Newark City Home established, 628.
Newark City Hospital opened, 631. Newark Daily Mercury, 785.
Newark Electric Light and Power Com- pany, 642.
Newark Fire Insurance Company, 412.
Newark Gas Company, consolidation of two older companies, 612.
Newark Gaslight Company chartered, 640.
Newark Gazette and Paterson Advertis- er, first newspaper, 445.
Newark group, rock formation, 3.
Newark, Harrison and Kearny Horse- Car Company, 587.
Newark Library Association, 770-3.
Newark Lyceum Soclety, 769.
Newark Madrigal Club, 812.
Newark Messenger, newspaper, 784.
"Newark Mountain," or "Orange Dale," 537.
Newark Museum Association, 762. Newark Mutual Assurance Company, 411-2.
Newark Quartet Club, 808.
Newark Sacred Music Association, 809.
Newark Technical School organized, 757. Newark Theatre, 797-8.
News. Newark Evening, 791.
Newsboys' Lodging House, 741. Newspaper, first, 445.
Newspapers of Newark, 776-91.
Nichols, Richard, governor of New York, 38; trouble with Berkeley and Carteret, 42.
Niel, Robert, Jr., Captain In "State Troops," 284; taken prisoner, 334.
Night watch established, 137, 412, 552; early police, 625-7.
"Nine Worthies" at Cockloft Hall, 435. Noble, Clark, sculptor, 839.
Normal School history, 751-3.
North Broad street opened, 571.
North River, travel on, 593-4.
North Ward school, 749.
Nova Caesarea, Latin and original name of New Jersey, 39.
Nutley section of Franklin, 538.
Nuttman, Capt., robbed by British troops, 307.
Odell, Jonathan, loyalist, sketch, 357. Ogden. Gov. Aaron, reviews milltia, 598-9.
Ogden, David, tombstone of, 192.
Ogden, Judge David, loyalist, 353-5.
Ogden, Henry, at Cockloft Hall, 431.
Ogden, Isaac, member of Committee of Correspondence, 262.
Ogden, John, representative for Eliza- bethtown at Divident Hill, 60.
Ogden, Justice John, robbed by British troops, 307.
Ogden, Col. Josiah, gathers wheat on Sunday, 186-7; death, 191; location of wheatfield, 192; tombstone, 192.
Ogden, Lewis, member of Committee of Correspondence, 262.
Ogden, Moses, iron founder, 236-7.
Ogden, Robert, speaker of Assembly, 251-4; burned in efligy, 253.
Ogden, Rev. Uzal, 314.
O'Gorman, Dr. William, in Civil War, 720.
Oil mill, early, 508.
Oliphant, Col. Alexander C., 836. "Olive Branch," steamboat, 575.
"One-Armed Devil," sobriquet of Gen. Kearny, 696.
Opera, first given in Newark, 810.
Orange and Newark Horse-Car Rail- road Company, 584-5.
"Orange Dale" or "Newark Mountain," 537.
Orange, or Watchung mountain, 56. Orange street, first so called, 570. Orange Township established, 537.
Oranges, Mountain Society, formed in, 184.
Oratamy, another name of Oraton, 21.
Oraton, sachem of Hackensacks, and the Arst settlers, 21, 23, 55.
Oratorio first given in Newark, 805. O'Rourke, Ensign William P., 838.
O'Rourke, John P., 637.
Orpheus Club, 812-3.
Our Town upon Passaiek River, name used by settlers, 119.
Paine, Thomas, with Gen. Washington's army, 303.
Paint, early manufacture, 508.
Palmer, Rev. Ray, 794.
Park Theatre, 798.
Parker, Cortlandt, sketch, 659-61; at Civil War mass meeting, 684; at Kearny statue dedleation, 832.
Parker, R. Wayne, at Doane statue ded- leation, 840.
Parkhurst, H. L., 617.
Parkhurst, Jabez, tavern keeper. 421-2; and the white school house, 742-3.
Parks, beginning of, 166; system, 828.
Parson's Lot, at Broad and William streets, 94.
Passaic, meaning of, 19.
Passaic Boat Club, 671.
Passale County formed, 541.
Passaic Lake, prehistorie, 6.
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INDEX TO HISTORY- Continued.
Passale river, story of, 6-6; doseription
from Gordon's Gazottoer, 101-103; crossed by Gen. Washington, 299; pol- lution, 629-30; in the sixtles, 669-70.
Passaic River Amateur Rowing Associa- tion, 672.
"Passaic," steamboat, 575.
Paterson, Newark and the founding of, 505-7; named after Gov. Paterson, 506. Paterson-Newark branch of the Erie Railroad, 583.
Patriotic Society for Promoting Ob- jects of Public Utility, 403.
Pattee, Samuel, lieut. colonel In second establishment, 278.
Patterson, Horace W., assistant sur- geon, 834.
Panlding, James K., at Cockloft Hall, 131.
Pavements first lald, 569.
Pavonla, Indians masshered by Dutch at, 22.
Peabody, James, library trustee, 775. Peal, John H., 637.
Peck, Jeremiah, sketch, 87-88.
Peckham, Isaiah, 752.
Peckwell, Lt. Col. James, 687.
Peddie, Thomas B., mayor, 824.
Peddlers, early, 440.
Peirson, same as Pierson, Abraham.
Penn, William, description of the Lenni Lenape, 17; bought Lord Carteret's share in New Jersey, 151.
Pennington, Samuel, robbed by British troops, 308.
Pennington, Gov. William, sketch, 653-5; at Civil War mass meeting, 683; death, 819.
Pennington, William, Alderman, notes by, 654.
Pennington, Capt. Willlam Sanford, sketch of, 359-62; donates site for Grace Church, 547.
Pennsylvania Railroad, 578.
Perawae, Indian signer of Newark blll of sale, 56.
Perro, Indian owner of Newark dis- trict, 55-56.
Perry, Nehemiah, mayor, 825.
Perth Amboy, capital of East Jersey, 152.
Petersborough manor, 434, 438.
Philips, Lt. Robert M., 834.
Physical education introduced, 755.
Pierson, Rev. Abraham, founded South- ampton, 36: settled at Branford, 36; sketch, 78-81; Indian catechism, 80; home lot, 94: salary a charge against the town, 110.
Pierson, Stephen H., coroner, 617.
Pierson, Theophilus, in the riots of 1700, 158; trustee under land patent, 164.
Pierson, Thomas B., 617.
Pierson, Capt., tavern keeper, 420.
Pierwim, Indian witness of Newark bill of sale, 56.
Pinckney, Charles C., in Newark, 492. Plan, original, of city, 92.
Plank road authorized, 230-1.
Playgrounds, 829.
Ploydon, Lord, principal of the New Albion company, 38.
Plume, J. I., coroner, 617.
Plume, Joseph W., brigadier-general, 835; sketch, 836; at Kearny statue dedication, 832.
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