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Plymouth colony, 30.
Poinler, Horace J., sketch, 650.
Poland, Addison B., superintendent of schools, 751. 753.
Pollee Commissioners, present organi- zatlon established, 628.
Police department established, 627-8. Police protection, early, 625-7.
Political parties, early history, 445-9. Pompton on Minisink path, 12. Pompton turnpike, 392.
Pond at Market and Broad Street, 100. Population in 1668, 140; In 1730, 185; In 1750-1760, 230; In 1775. 275; in 1800, 429; In the 1830's, 533-4; In 1836-1864, 652; In 1835, 661; after the Civil War. 819; in 1900-1910, 827.
Port of entry established, 575.
Post offices, various locations, 394.
Post offlees, early, 235-6.
Post riders, early mention, 372-3.
Postmasters, early, 373-4; complete list, 393-4.
Poundkeeper, first, Robert DenIson, 127-8.
Prehistorle man In New Jersey, 7. Prehistorie Newark, 3.
Price, E. Livingston, 638.
Prime, Rev. S. 1 .. 794.
Princeton College. early history of, 193-211; established at Elizabeth- town, 198; in Newark, 197-200; first commencement, 198-9; original ad- mission requirements. 199-200; why it left Newark, 200-1; early course of study, 203; removed to Princeton, 203; influence on Newark, 206-7; early graduates, 207-11.
Printing in Newark, 791.
Proprietary government ended in 1697, 153, 159.
Provincial Congress of New Jersey, 264. Provost, Martin B3, 629, 636, 688.
Prudentlal Insurance Company growth, 813.
Public Aid Committee during Civil War, 685.
Public Service Corporation, 588-9; ab- sorbs Electric Light and Power Com- pany, 642; absorbs Newark Gas Com- pany, 642.
Pumps, carly, 409-10.
Purchase price of Newark, 57.
Purchase money, 110.
Puritan children, training of, 195-7.
Purltan intolerance, 32.
Puritans in New Jersey, 29-43.
Puritans of New Haven, 31.
"Put Watts into 'em, boys," origin, 348. Quakers persecuted in New Haven col- ony, 33-35.
Quarries, 172-4.
Quinby, James M., carriage maker, 509; sketch, 649.
Quinn, Patrick T., secretary Board of Trade, 824.
Quitrents, fight against payment, 144-5; offered in wheat, 146; troubles, 215-7. Radel, John, 587.
Railroads, early, 388-9; first, 578; first to Jersey City. 388.
Rallroad traffic, 1912, 583.
Ramsey, Bvt. Brig. Gen., John, sketch, 702-3.
Rand, Dr. John M., In Civil War, 722.
Rankin, Andrew, hat maker, 510.
Rankin, William, hat maker, 510, 617. Rapid Transit Company, 587.
Raritans, Indian tribe, 11; angered by Dutch, 21.
Reform School established, 628.
Register, Morning, newspaper, 790.
Reicer, Capt. Theodore C., 835.
Reilly. Capt. Cornelius, 835.
Kellly, Jantes M., secretary Board of Trade, 821.
Religion of the Lennl Lenape Indians, 17-18.
Republican Herald, newspaper, 778.
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Republican Democratic party, 446-7.
Republican Society, 449
Revolution, Newark and the, 247-366.
Revolution, New Jersey in the, 291.
Revolution against Lords Proprietors, 154.
Reynolds, Capt. William H., 688.
Rhind, J. Massey, sculptor, 841.
Richards, Samuel C., oil manufacturer, 508.
Richards, Thomas, location of home lot of, 59.
Richards and Ross, coachmakers, 508.
Ricord, Frederick W., mayor, 751, 792, 824.
Riggs, Edward, member of first town committee, 65, 129.
Riggs, Joseph, nail maker, 236.
Righter, William A., 629; entertains Gen. Grant, 831.
Righter, Lt. Col. William A., 836.
Riots, of 1700, 157-8; of 1746, 217-20.
Ripley, William A., 628.
Rising Sun tavern, 420-1.
Rivington's Gazette denounced, 276.
Road from New York to Philadelphia, 232.
Roads follow lines of Indian trails, 182. Robbers, organization for protection against, 414-5.
Robbery, first recorded, 413.
Roberts, Hugh, one of first tanners, 86.
Robeson, George M., in Newark, 655.
Rochefoucault, Duke, on early Newark, 381-2.
Rockaway River, branch of the Passaic, 102.
Rockwell, John, first town boatman, 128-9.
Rockwood, Prof. Charles G., Jr., 795.
Roff, Stephen, innkeeper, 422.
Roosevelt, Theodore, at dedication of Lincoln statue, 682.
Roselle Park, revolutionary monument at, 348.
Rowland, Capt. Arthur, 835.
Rowland, Prof. Henry A., 794.
Rum, effects on Indians, 20, 21, 24.
Runaways, notice of, 241-2.
Runyon, Theodore, 822; address on Seth Boyden, 524-32; at Civil War mass meeting, 684; mayor, 824.
Runyon's brigade, 689.
Rural Magazine, 780.
Rugby, Henry Hurd, 795.
Saddlery, early, 509.
Saenger Halle, 815.
St. Barnabas' Hospital incorporated, 631. St. Benedict's College, 761.
St. James' Hospital incorporated, 631.
St. John's Church, library, 773.
St. John's lodge, Free Masons, organiz- ed, 238; in the Academy building, 400- 1; organized in Rising Sun Tavern, 420; celebrations of Washington's Birthday, 490.
St. Mary's Academy, 760.
St. Michael's Hospital incorporated, 631. St. Patrick's celebration, first, 666.
Sale Men, term applied to tax commit- tee, 111.
Salmagundi papers, extracts from, 432-3. Salvage Corps organized, 635.
Sanford, Capt. Henry V., 688.
Sanitary inspection, 629.
Sargent, Samuel S., 629.
Saw mill, first erected on Mill Brook, 120, 172.
Sayres, Stephen, bequest for schools, 748. Schalk, Herman, 688. Schickhaus, Edward, 636.
School, first, planned, 136; for appren- tices, established by Moses Combs, 518; first school building, 773; first public school, 749; civil service intro- duced, 753.
Schools for the poor, 747; objections to public, 750.
Schoolmen's Club unveil tablet in honor of Robert Treat, 78; erect tablet in memory of John Catlin, 87.
Schubert Vocal Society, 811-2.
Schuyler, Col. Peter, gives land to Trinity church, 188; in the French and Indian wars, 221-9.
Schuyler, copper mine, 174-5, 502.
Scott, Prof. Austin, 794.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, held up on Sun- day, 550; in Newark, 655.
Scudder, John, captain in "State Troops," 284.
Seal of city adopted, 617-8.
Seaman's Lot, near Centre Street, 93. Sears, George B., superintendent of schools, 751.
Second Regiment in Civil War, officers, 691-2; battles engaged in, 692-3.
Second River, location, 97; Washing- ton's army at, 316; battle at, 319.
Second ward school, 750.
Selectmen, first board of, 129.
Sentinel of Freedom, 778-80.
Servant problem, early, 376-7.
Sessom, Indian signer of Newark bill of sale, 56.
Settlement of Newark in 1666, 51, 58. Settlers offered inducement, 41; organ- ization of, 64-69; names of first, 73- 75.
Seward, William H., in Newark, 655. Sewerage system, development, 630. Seymour, James M., mayor, 625, 828.
Shade Tree Commission established, 638-9.
Sham battle in 1805, 475-6.
Shea, John D. Gilmary, tablet on St. Patrick's cathedral, 840.
Shelley, Sir Bysshe, born (?) in New- ark, 430.
Shelley, family, 430.
Sherman, John, in Newark, 655.
Sherman, Gen. William T., speech on Gen. Kearny, 833.
Shippen, Joseph, Jr., letter regarding marriage of Rev. Aaron Burr, 204.
Shoemaker, first, Samuel Whitehead, 138.
"Shoemaker Map" of Newark, 520.
Shoemakers, itinerant, 502-3; first in Newark, 503-4.
Shoes, early manufacture, 514.
Short Hills, outlet of the Passaic River, 6.
Shreve, Israel, colonel in Continental line, 325-7; camp in Woodside, 328. Shrewsbury river, beginning of Mini- sink path, 12.
Sickles, Gerret, early shoemaker, 503. "Silver Grays," veterans of the Revo- lution, 461.
Simonds, Ralph Wilson, killed at Man- ila, 838; tablet in Barringer High School, 839.
Site of Newark bought from Indians, 55.
Sixth Ward school, 750.
Slaves in New Jersey, 679.
Smallpox, quarantine against, 136-7.
Smith, James, Jr., 638; at Doane statue dedication, 840.
Smith, Jeremiah, lieut. colonel in sec- ond establishment, 278.
Smith, Dr. William A., in Civil War, 722.
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Smith Street, former name of East Park Street, 570.
Smith and Wright, early saddlers, 509. Smyth, Frederick, chief justice, 262.
Society for Promoting Useful Manu- factures, 505-7.
Soldiers' Home on Seventh Avenue es- tablished, 718; moved to Kearny, 719. Sommer, Frank H., 795.
Sons of Liberty, 249-251; resolutions, 250,
South Baptist Church presents flag to Thirteenth regiment, 705.
South Literary Institute, 742-3.
South Orange Avenue, old road, 183.
South Park set apart, 93.
South Side High School, 752.
South Ward school, 749.
Spain, Capt. Harry T., 835.
Spanish American war, Newark in, 834.
Spanish-American War Veterans, mon- ument plan, 839.
Special concessions theory, 68.
Spencer, Oliver, lieut. colonel in sec- ond establishment, 278.
Spining, Ichabod, carriage maker, 509. Springfield and Newark turnpike, 393.
Springfield, battles of, 311: battle of, 343-8; battle monument, 348.
Springfield Township established, 537. Stage coach guards. 390-1.
Stage from New York to Philadelphia, 232, 234-5.
Stage from Newark to New York, first, 233-4.
Stage line, early, 385-91; rates raised, 415-6; travel described, 382-5.
Stair, Earl of, filed Bill in Chancery, 62. Stamp act, 249; repealed, 253.
Stanton, Edwin M., in Newark, 655.
Star, Morning and Evening, newspa- pers, 788.
Starrs, Edward E., 628.
"State Troops," 284.
Staten Island withdrawn from New Jer- sey as part of New York, 42.
Stearns, Rev. Jonathan F., 683, 794; history of the First Church of New- ark, quoted, 33.
Stearns, Prof. Lonis F., 794.
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 792.
511-2, Stephens, John H., merchant, 617; residence burned, 633.
Stephens, William, chosen freeholder, 617.
Stephens and Condit Transportation Company, 576.
Stephens, Condit and Cox, freight boat line, 575.
Stenben Battalion in Civil War, 688.
Stevens, Col. John, and the first steam ferryboat, 441-2.
Stickney, Dr. Charles W., in Civil War, 722.
Stocks set up for drunkards, 550.
Stone, Lucy, letter on taxation of wom- en, 547.
Stone dock, 426.
Stone Implements of Indians, 15.
Stone School House, 744.
Store of 1779 described, 330.
Strange, Lt. Col. William C., 836. Strangers, rules regarding, 138-9.
Stratemeyer, Edward, 794.
Street names, origin of some, 570.
Streets, width of, 92; laid out, 563; neg- lect of, 563; encroachments on, 564-7.
Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, of New Amsterdam, asked by Puritans for New Jersey land, 36.
Subordinate agreements, 67.
Suffrage, early Indifference to right, 130.
Summer schools started, 753.
Sunday Call, newspaper, 790.
Sunday horse-car electlon, 586.
Sunday observance, 548-55.
Surveyors, first, Sergeant John Ward and John Curtis, 115,
Sutphen, C. Edgar, 629.
Swain, Elizabeth, story of her landing, 59.
Swain, Capt. Samuel, one of first set- tlers, 59; member of first town com- mittee, 65; sketch, 86; hired to build grist mill, 131-2; appointed captain, 134; member of first assembly, 144.
Swannekins, Indian name for the
Dutch, 22.
Swayze, Justice Francis J., at Washing- ton statue dedleatlon, 841.
Swords, R. S., secretary Board of Trade, 824.
Symphony Auditorium, 815.
Talleyrand, Prince, in Newark, 430,
Tammany, Saint, celebration in 1779, 327.
Tanneries located in former watering place, 165.
Tanners, first, Hauns Albers and Hugh Roberts, 86.
Tannery, first, 138.
Tappans, Indian tribe, 11.
Tariff Advocate, newspaper, 785.
'Tavern, first, 419.
Taverns, influence of, 419.
Tax committee, first, 110-1.
Tax gatherer, first, Thomas Johnson, 113,
Taxation of colonies, 247-9; Newark resolutions on, 261-2.
Taylor, Prof. Graham, 795.
Tea bonfire at Greenwich, 255-6.
Tea tax, 254-6.
Teese, Frederick H., library trustee, 775.
Telescope, newspaper, 780-4.
Temperance Advocate, newspaper, 785. Theatres In Newark, 796-8.
Theocracy of New Haven colony, 31.
Third River, or Yantacaw, 18, 97.
Third Ward school, 750.
Thirteenth regiment in Civil War, 704- 7; at Chancellorsville, 710.
Thirty-third Regiment in Civil War, 713.
Thomas, Edward, colonel in second es- tablishment, 278.
"Thomas P. Way," steamboat, 576.
Thorne, G. Wisner, on Literary Newark, . 792-5.
Tipson, Capt. William S., 688.
Titus,. Dr. William, 629.
Toasts, patriotic, drank in 1779, 326-7; in 1822, 484.
Toler, John, 688.
Toll charges on bridges, 375.
Tolles, Cornelius W., in Civil War, 719. Tompkins, Michael or Micah, signer of Newark bill of sale, 56; sketch, 85-86; member of first town committee, 65. Tool, Thomas, carly brewer, 513.
Tory recruits at Second River, 329.
Town committee, first, 65.
Town lands, encroachments on, 565.
Town meeting government, 371-2.
Town meetings called by drummer, 130; held quarterly, 140.
Town Minute Book, record of town meetings, 58.
Town plat, original, 107-8.
Town's men, name of the selectmen, 129.
Townsend, Isaac, 637.
Trades Assembly of Essex County, 914.
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Training Place, set apart, 93; changed to Military Park, 166.
Treasurer, first town, Henry Lyon, 113. Treat, John, trustee under land patent, 164.
Treat, Robert, visits Governor Stuyves- ant, 37; sent to confer with Gov. Car- teret, 47; selects site of Newark for settlement, 48; heads settlers, 52: narrative of the trouble at the Set- tlement of Newark, 54; negotiates with the Hackensack Indians, 54; first recorder of minutes, 59; repre- sentative for Newark at Divident Hill, 60; member of first town com- mittee, 65; sketch, 75-8; home lots, 78, 106; tablet in memory of, 78; spec- ial allotment of upland, 113; directed to make a complete property record, 129; commander of military, 131; to construct grist mill, 132; returned to Connecticut, 133-4; member of first Assembly, 144.
Tree protection planned, 136.
'Triangle of land, claim to, given up by Newark settlers, 61; portion annexed to Newark in 1902, 62.
Trier, Reuben, 638.
Trinity Episcopal Church founded, 187- 8; and First Church feud, 189; build- ing fund increased by lottery, 189-91; and the revolution, 272; used as hos- pital, 313; in 1796, 402; second build- ing dedicated, 403.
Triton Boat Cub, 671.
Trolley railroad, first, 587.
Trusteeship, passing of, 1804, 165.
Tucker, Col. Isaac M., sketch, 696.
Tucker, Samuel, renounces his alle- giance to New Jersey, 304.
Turnpikes, early, 392-3.
Tuscan Hill drill ground, 460.
Tuttle, Joseph N., clerk of Common Council, 617.
Twenty-sixth Regiment in Civil War, 711.
Twining, Thomas, on early Newark, 378-80.
Unalachtigoes, branch of Lenni Lenape tribe, 16.
Unamis, branch of Lenni Lenape tribe, 16.
Ungraded schools organized, 756.
Uniforms of soldiers. 1793-4, 456-60.
Union and Essex counties boundary controversy, 63.
Union County set off from Essex Count- ty in 1857, 63, 541.
Upland, location and allotment, 109.
Upland in the neck, location and allot- ment, 109.
Vehicles, carly, 171. Vocational training introduced, 756.
Valuation of settlers' estates, 111-12.
Van Berkel, Peter J., resident of New- ark, 429.
Van Buren, Vice-President Martin, in Newark, 496.
Van Cortland, Philip, colonel in militia, 281; homestead described, 239.
Vanderpool, Beach, sketch, 649. Vanderpool, Eugene, 649.
Van Duzer, Edward M., 637.
Van Horn, Amos IL, statue of Lincoln, 682; statue of Washington, 811; wills fund for monuments. 841.
Wade, Nehemiah, major In second es- tablishment, 278. Wakeman, John P., 436.
Waldron, Edward M., purchases Cock - loft Hall, 439.
Wallace, Dr. David L., 629.
Wallace, William C., reminiscences by, 593-4.
Walnut Street, first so called, 570.
Walsh, Capt. James, 835.
Walters, Joseph, first meat packer, 138. Wamesane, Poter, Indian signer of
Newark bill of sale, 56.
Wampum, description of, 14-15.
Wansey, Henry, on early Newark, 376-8. Wapamuck, Indian signer of Newark bill of sale, 56.
War of 1812, 597-603; resolutions, 598. Ward, Sergeant John, senior, home lot, 108; one of first surveyors, 115; cattle brander, 127; member of first towns- men, 129; appointed lieutenant, 134. Ward, John (turner) sketch, 84-5.
Ward, Jonas, captain in "State Troops," 284.
Ward, Josiah, one of first settlers, 59; sketch, 85; appointed lieutenant, 134. Ward, Deacon Lawrence, sketch, 83-4; one of first assessors, 113-4.
Ward, Gov. Marcus L., sketch, 716-9, 822; residence on original Ward home lot, 108.
Ward, Matthias, and first stage line to New York, 233-4.
Ward, Susan Hayes, 794.
Ward, Dr. Thomas, poem at bi-centen- nial anniversary, 820.
Ward, Gen. William H., sketch, 702.
Ward, Rev. William Hayes, 794.
Ward's Hospital, 717.
Wards created, 560; division of city, 615-6.
Wardsesson ( Bloomfield), battle of, 315. Washington, Gen. George, in Newark, June, 1775, 273-5; and Rev. Mac- Whorter, 274-5; instructions to Essex County, 292; retreat through Newark, 293-4; on the conduct of the Jerseys, 297; letters to Gen. Lee from Newark, 301-2; in Essex County, 305; depar- ture from Newark, 305-6; visits to Newark, 312-5; charged with treach- ery, 315; at Morristown in 1779, 330. Washington School in Orange street, 744.
Washington Park, 93; former Market Place, 166.
Washington Statue dedicated, 841.
Washington Street, width of, 92; first so called, 570.
Washington's Birthday .
celebrations,
490.
Watch established for night, 137.
Watchung, samo as Orange mountains, 12, 56; western boundary of Newark, 56.
Water courses, 95-101.
Water supply, 594-6; new, 828.
Watering place, 93; sold to tanners, 165.
Watson, Luke, representation for Eliz- abethtown at Divident Hill, 60.
Waverly, location. 540.
Waverly Fair, 798-9.
Wax works exhibitions, 440.
Wayne, "Mad Anthony," camp in Wood- side, 327-9.
Webb, Rev. Joseph, pastor of First Church, 193.
Webster, Daniel, toast to New Jersey, 189; tradition of visit, 655. Weeks, Rev. W. R., on the "Sin of Slav- ory," 678.
Weequahle creek, 6; meaning of name, 19; southern boundary of Newark, 56.
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Wekaprokikan, Indian signer of New- ark bill of sale, 56.
Wells driven at Belleville, 596.
Wesleyan Institute, 746.
West Back street, early name of Wash- ington street, 92.
West Jersey proprietors, 43.
West Jersey purchased by John Fen- wick and Edward Byllinge, 151.
West Orange Township, earlier Fair- mount, 538.
West Ward school, 749.
Westervelt, Capt. Edward R., 835.
Weston, Edward, electrical work in Newark, 642.
Whaling industry, 576.
Wheatfield of Col. Ogden, location, 192. Wheeler, Capt. Caleb, sketch, 364-5.
Wheeler's Alley, former name of Mar- shall street, 571.
Wheeler's creek, location, 98-9.
Whippany settled by Newarkers, 181. Whiskey insurrection in Pennsylvania, 451-3; troops furnished by Newark, 452.
White School House, 742-3. Whitehead, Samuel, first 138.
shoemaker,
Whitehead, William A., 793; authority for location of Divident Hill, 66; at bi-centennial anniversary, 820.
Whiting, Winslow, purchases Cockloft Hall, 438.
Wickes, History of the Oranges, quoted, 12-13.
Wiebecke, Lt. Col., killed, 699.
Williams, Capt. Alfred, 835.
Winants, William, surgeon in second establishment, 278.
Wires, removal of overhead, 829.
Wolley, Charles, quoted, 16.
Wolves, bounty for killing, 104.
Woman suffrage in New Jersey, 542-7.
Women, organization during Civli War, 686-7.
Women's and Children's Hospital or- ganized, 631.
Woodruff, Ezekial, Jr., major in second establishment, 278.
Wood's Newark Gazette and Paterson Advertiser, 776-8.
Woodside Township, 538.
Wool, premiums offered for best, 504-5.
Wright, Col. Edward H., in Civil War, 719; death, 831; sketch, 832.
Wright, Senator William, sketch, 648; entertains Gen. McClellan, 831.
Yantacaw River, 18, 97; north bound- ary of Newark, 57.
Yates, Henry J., mayor, 825.
Yauntakah, spelling of Yantakah, 57.
Young, Robert, trustee under land pat -; ent, 164.
Young Men's Christian Association, 814.
Young Women's Christian Association, new building on Elder's lot, 108.
Zeh, Dr. Charles M., 629.
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