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Canoe Place .- 31.
Carleton, Will .- 499.
Carman family. the, 895. Carstensen, Claes, of Bushwick .- 337.
Case, Hon. John W .- 1020.
Catholic Church, History of, by Dr. Marc C. Vallette .- 797. Catlin, Gen. J. S .- 638. Cedarmere, W. C. Bryant's home .-- 908.
Cemeteries, Various .- 438. Centreport .- village of, 974. Chain of forts .- 254.
Chapin, Mayor .- 485. Charitable organizations .- 483. Charlick, Oliver .- Sketch of, 288. Chauncey, Capt. Isaac .- 397; 400. Cherry Point (Greenpoint) .- 341; 352. Cholera .- Visits of, 420; 452.
Christiaensen, Hendrick .- 45.
Church, James C .- 641. Churches, early .- 134. Clapp, Hawley D .- Of the Hamilton House, 328. Clark, Rev. F. G. - 572. Clark, John "Philomath."-270. Clarke, George .- Lieutenant-Governor, 74.
Clarkson, David .- 322. Clinton, DeWitt .- 257, 262; statue in Greenwood cem - etery, 435; home in Maspeth .- 547. Clinton, Gov. George .- 74. Clocq, Pilgrom .- 267. Clover Croft estate .- 909. Clowes, Rev. Timothy .- 274. Cobbett, William, English reformer --- 916.
Cock, William .- 648.
Coe, Robert .- 60; 540. Coffee, Paul, Indian preacher. - Sketch of, 37.
Coffee, James .- 41.
Coffee, Nathan J .- 41.
Cohen, B., of Gravesend .- 371.
Colden, Cadwallader, Lieutenant Governor .- Sketch of, 75; family, 229.
Colden, Cadwallader, Mayor .- 262.
Cold Spring Harbor .- United States Fish Hatchery, 9. Coles, Jordan .- Distiller, Williamsburgh, 344.
Colgan, Rev. Thomas .- 531; letters from, 558.
Colman, John .. Killed by natives, 44.
Colve, Governor .- Regains New Netherlands for the Dutch, 68.
Coney Island .- 56, Op Dyck's purchase, 365; a salt monopoly, 366; instance of popular power, 366; part of Gravesend according to Lovelace's charter, 366; the Labadist Fathers' visit, 366; early names, 373; modern history, 373; pioneer hotels, 373; description as a popular resort, 374; Jockey Club, 369; horseracing, 369; stories of piracy, 375; Captain Heyler, patriot or pirate, 376; the tragedy of the "Vineyard" brig, 376. Coney Island House .- 372.
Congress, Provincial .- Long Island delegates, 189; 190.
Connecticut rule at East Hampton .- 1057.
-- rule of, 923; refusal to recognize punished at Hun- tington, 966; over Southold, 1020; in South- ampton, 1039.
Conklin, Capt. Jacob .- 976.
Conselyea, William, Bushwick .- 340.
Cooper, James B .- Quoted, 252.
Cooper, J. Fenimore .- "Water Witch," 574.
Cooper, Joab, 273.
Copeland, Edward .- Mayor of Brooklyn, 411, 412. Copp, John .- Teacher, 270.
Coram .- village of, 996.
Corbin, Austin .- sketch of, 299.
Corlear, Jacob, New Utrecht .- 330.
Cornbury, Lord, Governor .- 151; 161; 553.
Cornelise, Peter .- 267.
Cornell family .- 699.
Corona, village .- 537.
Corsa, Isaac .- 232.
Cortelyou, Jacques .- Colonizing scheme, 24; 329.
Cortelyou, Peter .- 280.
County Judges-list, 625.
Court of Common Pleas .- Judges, 624.
Courts reorganized under Dongan. 70.
Cowenhoven, Nicholas-Uncertain loyalty of, 191; 323.
Cowenhoven, Peter .- 257.
Craig, Andrew .- 273.
Creedmoor .- 916.
Creiger, Martin .- 60. Crematory .- Fresh Pond, Queens, 438.
Crimmin, Rev. Father .- Hunter's Point, 567.
Cripplebush road .- 405.
Cruikshank, Rev. William .- 313.
Cuffee, Paul, Indian preacher, sketch of, 37.
Cuffee, James, 41. Cuffee, Nathan J., 41.
Cullen, Justice E. M. 642 Culloden .- wreck of, 874.
Currie, Rev. Robert Ormiston -333.
Cutchogue .- villageof, 581, 1023.
Cutler. Rev. Dr. B. C .- 427.
Cutting, Rev. Leonard .- 886. Cutting, R. Fulton .- 427.
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Cutting, William-83; Ferry lessee, 407. Cuyler .- Rev. Dr. Theodore L .- 457; 472. Cypress Hills Cemetery .- 437.
Dankers and Sluyter (Missionaries) Description of In- dian home .- 24.
Dartmouth College .- Origin of, 35.
Davenport, Rev. James .- 137.
Davenport, W. B .- 646.
Davie, Rev. T. M .- 314.
Davis, Rev. Thomas .- 933. De Bevoise, Carl .- Schoolmaster, Brooklyn, 268. De Bevoise, Jacobus .- 99.
De Hart, Mayor .- 193.
De Lanoy, Abraham .- 314.
Dentists in Brooklyn .- 617.
Denton, Daniel .- "Brief Description" quoted, 524. Denton's Pond .- Lawsuit over, 117.
Denton, Rev. Richard .- 144.
Denyse, Captain William .- 257.
Denyse's Ferry .- Landing place of British, 334. De Peyster, Abraham .- 73.
Dering family .- 723.
Derry, Valentine .- 273. De Sille, Nicasius .- 321; 329; sketch of, 330.
Dewey, Rev. H. P .- 421. De Witt, Peter Janse .- 368.
De Witt, William C .- 645.
Dikeman, Judge .- 628.
Dirksen, Cornelis .- 96; ferryman, 393.
Ditmas family .- 704. Ditmas, Dan .- 276. Dominie's Hook .- 568.
Dongan, Governor .- 69; 84; patent to Flatbush, 319; Long Island Courts, 323. Donop, Colonel -. Battle of Flatbush, 323. Dosoris .- 8; 9; 137.
Dosoris .- village of, 935.
Doughty, Rev. Francis .- 529; 539.
Drama in Brooklyn .- 454; 507.
Drowned Meadow (Port Jefferson) .- 995.
Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Anson .- 314.
Duke's Laws, the .- 33; 66; 115.
Dunbar-Early postman, 281.
Duncan, John D .- 480.
Dunham, David .- Merchant and land speculator, 344.
Du Pre, Nicholas .- New Utrecht, 332.
Dutch church in Jamaica .- 561.
Dutch homes and social customs .- 108.
Dutch kills .- 568; 576.
Dyker Meadow .- village, 335.
Eagle, Brooklyn Daily-416; record of, 424; 455; 499. Earle, Rev. Marmaduke .- 933.
Early families and their descendants .- 76.
East Hampton-31; Sunday laws, 116; Clinton Acad- emy, 271 ; Lion Gardiner's "observations," 1049; first settlement, 1056; Connecticut rule, 1057; Indian and other deeds, 1058; the con- stable and his dignified office, 1059; the church, 1060; Clinton Academy, 1061; troubles with English Governors, 1063; warrant for arrest of Rev. Mr. James, 1065; recent bistory, 1068.
East Neck .- 10. East New York .- 514. East Norwich .- village of, 937; preachers, 937.
Economic Geology of Long Island .- 15. Educational Progress-story of, 266. Eigenbrodt, Dr. L. E. A .- 275.
Elbertson, Elbert .- 60; 62; 267; 310.
Eliot, Rev. John .-- 143.
Elizabeth .- wreck of, 875. Elmhurst Village .- 536.
Elwell, Elijah .- 314. Emans, Jacobus,-Gravesend, 368. Erasmus Hall Academy,-Flatbush, 272. Erie Basin, The. - 451.
Errenpeutch, Rev. William .- 276.
Evans, Joseph D .- Sketch, 665.
Evans, Capt. Samuel .- 397.
Evergreens Cemetery .- 43".
Faithoute, Rev. George .- 275.
Fanning, Colonel Edmund .- 219.
Farmingdale .- village of, 939.
Farret, James-Agent for Lord Stirling, 79.
Far Rockaway .- Mr. W. S. Pettit's historical paper, 900.
Far Rockaway-Railroad, 292.
Feeks, Robert .- 933. Feeks, Tobias .- 60.
Fenner, James H .- 276.
Ferguson, James .- 274.
Ferry .- First ferry, Fulton street to Peck Slip, 381; Cornelis Dircksen (Hoogland), terryman, 392: Van Borsum appointed, 392, the ferry a New York municipal asset, 393; the case of Hendrick Remsen, 393; Samuel Waldron be- comes lessee, 393; Catharine ferry, 397; manners and customs of the ferry and ferrymen, 407: steam service, 407; South Ferry, 405; a horse boat, 408; New York and Brooklyn Ferry Com- pany, 408; Hamilton terry, 438; Wall Street ferry, 438; Union Ferry Company organized, 438; fares reduced, 438; new company formed, 439.
Field, Thomas W .- 499.
Fielding, Lemuel .- 41.
First settlers .- A forgotten race, 34.
Fish and Fish Culture .- 5; see Menhaden and local references.
Fish as fertilizers .- 793.
Fiske, John .- on Wampum, 49; on Quakers, 107. Flatbush .-- Slaves and their owners, 122; first church in Kings county, 146; ministers of, 154 ; 156; in War of 1812, 260; general sketch, 317; Friends' school, 270; John Copp's grammar school, 270; passing of its legal glory, 624.
First patent issued, 317; name changed, 317; legal struggle with Flatlands and Newtown, 319; Don- gan's patent, SI9; signatures of early settlers, 320.
-Rustenberg, 320; quit rent, 320; squabble with Stuy- vesant, 321 ; courts, 322; delegates to Continental Congress, 392; Revolutionary record, 323; bat- tle at, 323; occupation, 324; modern develop- ment began, 325; first newspaper, 326; churches, 326; town hall, 326; annexed, 328; the passing of the old homesteads, 328.
Flatlands .- Slave population and owners, 123; pio- neer land owners, 310; residents in 1687, 3II; census of 1698, 312; census of 1738, 312; church, 312; church members, 1762; ministers, 313; schoolhouse, 315.
Fleet, Samuel .- 276. Fletcher, Governor .- 72.
Floyd, Richard .- Family of, 86.
Floyd, Nicolls-86.
Floyd, William .- signer of Declaration of Independ- ence, 87; family of, 87; 271.
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Floyd, Judge Richard .- 87. Floyd-Jones family .-- 88.
Flushing .- Railroad communication, 290; 295; paten- tees of 1645, 528; Rev. Francis Doughty, 529; Quakers, 530; Denominational troubles, 531: St. George's church, 532; agriculture, etc., 532; Washington visits, 532; village charter, 533; story of progress, 533. Folk, J. S .- Chief of police, 422.
Forbus, Jan .- of Bushwick, 337.
Ford, Gordon, Leicester. 499.
Ford, W. C .- 500.
Ford, Paul L .- 500. Fordham. Rev. Robert .- 141; 142. Forest Park, Brooklyn .- 449.
Forrester, Captain .-- 47. Fort Diamond .- 335.
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn .- 449.
Fort Hamilton .- 328; 335; modern works, 335; fortifi- cations, 254. Fortitude Masonic Lodge, Brooklyn .- 651.
Fort Neck .- battle of, 21. Fort Pond Bay .- railroad extended to, 303; 1068.
Fossils found on Long Island .-- 13.
Foster, Howell .- 83.
Foster, Nat. W .- 1009.
Fowler, Col. E. B .- 465.
Fowler, David .- 35. Fowler, Rev. Andrew .- 934.
Fox, George .- 163; arrives at Gravesend, 362; visits Flushing, 530.
Franklin, Benjamin .-- Postmaster General, 281. Franklinville Village .- 58I.
Freedman, Rev. Bernardus .-- 150; 339.
Freeman, Rev. James B .- 139.
Freemasons in War of 1812, 262; History of on Long Island, 647; pioneer lodges, 648; Suffolk Lodge, story of, 648: Suffolk Lodge, No. 60, 650; Morton Lodge, 650; Fortitude Lodge, 651; Rev. John Ireland, 653; Rev. E. M. Johnson, 653; the craft in Sag Harbor, 654; some early lodges, 657: lists of lodges, 657 ; Masonic Veterans, 659 ; Joseph D. Evans, 664; John G. Barker, 668. French's Gazetteer quoted .-- 569.
Friends, Society of .- Beginnings of in Long Island, 163; persecutions, 165; Stuyvesant's bitterness, 166; list of Quakers at Flushing, 167; Bownes' victory over Stuyvesant, 169; the case of John Tilton, 169; Lady Moody; 169; 362; trial and acquittal of Samuel Bownas, 172. Fuller, Margaret, drowned off Fire Island .- 874. Fulton, Robert .- steamboat inventor, 407.
Fulton Ferry .- 58. Funeral customs .- 112.
Furgueson, Cornelius,-politician, 336.
Furman, Gabriel .- sketch of, 425; list of ancient place names, 759.
Furman, Garret and Grover C., Williamsburgh .- land speculators, 345. Furman, William .- 628.
Gallatin, Albert .- Secretary of the Treasury, 572. Gambling, statute against .- 115.
Garden City .- Beginning of, 294; railroad, 294; 295; 582; story of the inception of, 889; descrip- tion of the cathedral and school; 890; A. T. Stewart's memorial, 894. Gardiner's Bay. 49; 251; 252.
Gardiner's Island .- 15; Farret's deed on Lion Gard- iner, 1055; 1056; 1072; Gulls on, 1026.
Gardiner, Elizabeth .- 80.
Gardiner, Lion .- 20; 27; sketch of, 28; 49; acquires
Gardiner's Island, 80; sketch of, 80; family, 80. Gardiner, Lion .- 1037; 1049.
Gaynor, Judge William J .- 371; 638.
Gelston, Rev. Maltby .- 275.
Gelston, Rev. Samuel .- 142.
George, Henry .- 499.
Gibb, Andrew .- 987. Gildersleeve, Richard .- 540.
Giles, Colonel Aquilla .- 234; 273.
Gleason, Mayor Patrick Jerome .- sketch of, 575.
Glen Cove .- 8; railroad communication, 289.
Glen Cove,-village of; beginning, 935; steamboat enterprise, 936; manufacturing, 936; Pratt and Dana estates, 937. Godwin, Colonel Abraham,-257.
Goetschius, Rev. J. H .- 561.
Golfing links on Long Island .- 577.
Gomez, Estevan, voyage of 1525 .- 43.
Goodrich, Justice .- 640.
Goodwin Parke .- 909.
Goodyear, Stephen .- 79.
Gordon, Rev. Patrick .- 161; 531.
Governor Tompkins, privateer .- 251.
Gowanus .- 56; 382.
Gowanus canal .- 45I.
Graham, Augustus, Brooklyn .- Endows City Hospital, 422; 505.
Graham, John B., Brooklyn .- Endows Old Ladies' Home, 422.
Graham, John L., Williamsburgh .- 347.
Grand Army of the Republic .- 481; 677.
Grant, U. S .- statute of, 680.
Gravesend .- 32; 59; slaves, 124; in War of 1812, 261; General history, 354; origin of the name, 354; discovery, 355; early land patents, 355; arrival of Lady Moody, 355 ;; Kieft's patent, 357; lay- ing out the little town, 359; plan, 360; trouble with Indians, 361; municipal rulers and laws, 362; religious tolerance, 362; first meeting house, 363; Reformed Church ministers, 363; gift of a burying ground, 364; early dwellings and roads, 364; slow and peaceful progress. 365; The Rev- olution, 365; visit of General Washington, 365; Modern history, 366; church extension, 367; first school house, 367; Ocean parkway and other modern roads, 368; horse racing, 369; annexation-the sad story of John Y. McKane and his associates, 370; punishments for the " crime of Gravesend," 37I.
Great Neck .- village of, 915. Green, Zachariah .- 228. Greenfield (Parkville) village .- 326.
Greenpoint .- 341; modern beginning, 352; Neziah Bliss' enterprise, 352; first house, 352; Eckford Webb's shipyard, 352; ferry, 353; annexation, 353; ship and monitor building, 468. Greenport .- village of, 581; 1022.
Greenwood cemetery .- 54; history of, 435; Prime's description, 436.
Griffin, Edward .- Buys land at Midwout, 317.
Griffin's Journal .- quoted, 1024. Grout, Edward M .- 642.
Guisbert's Island .- 373. Gulliams, William .- 62. Gull Islands .- 1025.
Gunnison, Dr., Flatbush,-275.
Guy, Francis, artist .- Sketch of, 402. Guysbertz, Jan, New Utrecht .- 332.
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Hagaman, Joseph .- 280.
Hamnelle, Michil, of Brooklyn .- 321.
Hale, Nathan .- The story of, 971.
Hall, Rev. Dr. Charles H .- 428.
Hall, George .- First mayor of Brooklyn; sketch of, 410; speech on beginning second term, 440. Hallet, William .- 568. Hallet Family. 707.
Hallet's Cove .- 570.
Halsey, Stephen A .- 569.
Hammond, Selah .- 276.
Hand, Colonel, of Pennsylvania Rifles .- 323.
Hanna, John .- First interment in Greenwood, 436. Hansen (or Jansen) Hans .- 310.
Hanson, Rev. M. G .- 363.
Harbor Hill .- estate of, 912.
Hardscrabble .- old village name, 939.
Harper Family (publishers) .- 547.
Harriman, Rev. John. 141.
Harrison, Gabriel .- 453.
Harrison, President Benjamin, descended from the Tuthill family of Suffolk .- 1014.
Hart, J. M. 502.
Hart, Rev. Joshua .-- 145.
Hart, Thomas .- 89.
Hartford, treaty of .- 730.
Hartt family .- 724.
Hasbrouck, Jared .- 275.
Hastings, Hugh, state historian .- Quoted, 254. Havemeyer, H. O .- 989!
Havens, Jonathan .- 1031.
Hazard, Thomas .- 540. Hazzard, Rev. Joseph .- 139.
Hazzard, Thomas. 60.
Heard, Colonel-192.
Hegeman, Adrien .- Schoolmaster, Flatbush, 266, 267; letter from, 268; 320, 321; 331; 338, 385,
Hegeman, Joseph .- 319.
Hell Gate .- Blown up by United States authorities, 574.
Hempstead .- Meeting of delegates at, 60; slaves, 124; first church, 142; ministers of, 145; railroad ex- tended to, 287; Morton lodge of Freemasons, 650; celebrates its centennial, 650; list of com- mittees, 651; Early settlers, 880; Indian deeds, 881; town meeting records, 883; Gov. Colve's in- structions, 885; the Revolution, 887; St. George's Church, 886; the Rev. John Lowe and his famous song, 887; modern progress, 888.
Hempstead and Rockaway railroad. 292. Hendrick's Reef .- 335.
Herbert, Capt. Joseph .- 256.
Herrick, Rev. Samuel E. - 1005.
Het Dorp .- 341. Het Kivis Padt, village .- 341.
Het Strand, village .- 341 Hewlett, Capt. Richard. 194, 196, 227. Heyeman, Evert .- Builds first house in Bushwick, 338. Heyler and Marriner, patriots and pirates .- 376. Hicks, Elias. 697. Hicks, John. - 60. Hicks Family .- 697. Hicksville .- Railroad opened to, 286; village of, 938. Hillis, Rev. N. D., Plymouth church .- 434. Hinchman, Mrs., Jamaica .- 275. Historical Geology of Long Island .- 12. Hobart, Rev. Jeremiah .- 144. Hobart, Rev. Peter. -- 136.
Holy Trinity church, Brooklyn. 427. Homewood, New Utrecht .- 328. Hoock, Huybert, of New Utrecht .- 329.
Hoogland, Cornelis Dirckson .- 58. Horse-racing .- At Gravesend, 369; at Hempstead, 524; at Union course, 525.
Horton, Barnabas .- 1014.
Horton, Joseph .-- 1019.
Horton, Joshua .-- 1000.
Horton, Rev. Azariah .- Diary and labors, 742.
Horton, Rev. Simeon .- 544.
Hosford, Miss, of Shelter Island .- 1029.
Houldsworth, Jonas, teacher, Huntington .- 267.
Howard, Rev. W. W .- 275.
Howe, General .-- 200.
Hubbard, Rev. John .- 161.
Hubbard, James .- 60, 61; elected schout of Gravesend, 362.
Hudde (or Hudden), Andries .- 54; 58; 310.
Hudson, Hendrick .- 18; discovery of the Hudson, the voyage of the " Half Moon," 44.
Hunt, Adison L .- 276.
Hunter, Captain George .- 568.
Hunter, Governor .- 73; foretells the Revolution, 73. Hunter's Point .- 538.
Huntington .- Early land transactions, 964; streets, " Town Records," quoted, 964; patent of 1664; ministers, 967; the Connecticut rule, 967; Gov. Nicolls settles suzerainty, 967; troubles with Lovelace and Dongan, 968; welcomes inde- pendence, 968; troops in the patriot army, 969- the cruelties of the loyalists, 970; " Count Rum- ford's" sacrilege, 970; Nathan Hale, 971; Hunt- ington Bay, 972; War of 1812 and Civil War, 973.
Huntington flatly refuses to be taxed without consent .- 67; slaves, 128; excitement in war of 1812, 253; Masonic lodge at, 648.
Huntington, Jonas Houldsworth .- Agreement with to teach school, 267; Academy, 276.
Huntting, Lieut. E. F .- Rev. Dr. Whitaker's sermon on death of, 716.
Huntting, Rev. Joseph .-- 139. Huntting family .- 715.
Indians on Long Island .- 17; list of tribes, folklore, etc., 18; eloquence of, 32; drunkenness, 33; laws against sale of liquor to, 33; decadence, 33; names of places, antiquities, 39; modern land claims, 41; trails, 317; deed to Flatbush, 318. Industries of Brooklyn .- Census returns, 493.
Ingoldsby, Richard, Governor .- 151.
Institutions of learning, arts and sciences .- 503.
Ireland, Rev. John .- 653.
Ironsides, William .-- 273.
Irving, Washington .- Bust of, 448.
Islip .- Population, topography, etc., 985; patentees, 986; freeholders, 987; town meetings, 987; re- ligious progress, 988; villages, 989; the Vander- bilt and other estates, 989.
Jackson, General .-- 263; visits Brooklyn, 402. Jacobs, William .- 320. Jacobson, Jan. New Utrecht, 330. Jans, Aneke. 568.
Jamaica. sketch of, 548; some early names, 548; pio- neers, 549; importance of town meeting, 549; ministers, 551; denominational wrangles, 552; petition to Colden, 560; Grace church, 561; Dutch church, 561; other churches, 562; early trades, 562; first school, 563; Union hall, 563; stone church, 563; revolution, 564; newspapers, 564; manufacturing, 565; Governor R C. Mc-
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Cormick, 565; 583; early Masonic lodge at, 648; plank road; 897.
-Resolution against taxation and of sympathy with New England .- 183. Jameson, A. S .- Gravesend, 371.
Janse, Derrick .--- 310.
Jansen, Anthony (Salee) .- 57; 329.
Jenks, Almet F .- 640.
Jenks, Grenville T .- 640. Jeunissen, Guisbert .- 62. Jericho .-- village of, 938. Jerusalem-village, 888. Jochemsen, David .- 62.
John, Peter, Indian preacher .- 37.
Johnson, Rev. Evan .- 428; 653.
Johnson, Rev. E. A .- 41.
Johnson, E. S .- 314.
Johnson, Gen. Jeremiah .- 263; sketch of by Dr. Stiles, 263; purchases land in Bushwick, 343; Mayor of Brooklyn, 411. Johnson, Dr. W. H .- 41.
Johnston, Prof. Alexander .- Quoted, 46.
Johnston, Rev. John Barent .- 160.
Johnston, Sir William. 34.
Johnston .-- A group of families, 701.
Jones, Captain, pirate .- 181. Jones, Capt. William L .- of Port Jefferson, 995.
Jones, David W .- 95. Jones, Israel C .- 276.
Jones, John Paul .- 994.
Jones, Samuel, comptroller of New York .- 92.
Jones, Thomas .- 90; family, 91.
Jones, Thomas, Royal Recorder of New York .- 92. Jogues, Rev. Isaac, Jesuit Missionary .- Murdered, 22. Judah, Moses .- Williamsburgh steam ferry, 344. June meeting and religious services .- 38.
Kalbfleisch, Martin .- Mayor of Brooklyn, 443; sketch of, 444; re-elected mayor, 445.
Keikout, The .- 337.
Keith, Rev .- 933. Keith, Rev. George .- 161; sketch of, 171.
Kellis, David .- Shinnecock, 41.
Kellogg, Jonathan, 273.
Kelly, J. A. F .- 547.
Keteltas, Rev. Abraham .- 145; 185.
Kidd, Captain William .- 176; career, 178; stories of buried treasure, 180; Kidd's Rock, 181; a deserter from the "San Antonio."-976; on Shelter Island .- 1029.
Kieft, Governor .- 22; 47; sketch of, 54; 55; 146; patent for New Utrecht lands, 328; patent for Grave- send, 355; 568.
King, Horatio C .- Quoted, 464; sketch, 644.
King, John Alsop, 700.
King, Rev. Samuel W .- 1024.
King, Rufus .- 561; 699.
King Family of Jamaica .- 699.
Kings County. Slaves and their owners, 122; relig- jous progress, 146; in War of 1812, 256; military companies, 257; general history and descrip- tion, 308: consolidation commissioners, 327; Medical Society, 594; courts, 624; Thompson's account of, 767.
Kinsella, Thomas, of the Eagle .- 424.
Kirk, Thomas. - Issues first Brooklyn newspaper, 395. Kissam, Daniel Whitehead, Whig, protests against Sears's methods .- 194.
Kissam Family of North Hempstead .- 711.
Kniphausen, Col .- Regiment quartered at Flatlands, 316.
Korten, Myndert, New Utrecht .- 332. Kupors, Rev. W. P .- 145.
Labadist Fathers .- Visit New Utrecht, 109; 280.
Labagh, Rev. Abram 1 .- 363.
Labagh, Rev. I. P. 363.
Labagh, Peter .- 314.
Lafayette's visit .- 402.
Lambert, Edward A., mayor of Brooklyn .- 411, 412. Lambertson, Adrian .- 318.
Lambertson, Cornelius .- 58.
Land boomers, a paradise for .- 583.
Lane, John, ferryman .- 334.
Latting, Richard, banished from Huntington,-966.
Laws, some curious .- 116.
Leake, John W .- 276. Lee, Gen. Charles .- 193.
ยท Lee, Gen. Robert E .- 335. Lefferts Family .- 102; 320.
Lefferts, John .- 322; 323.
Lefferts, Judge .- 103.
Lefferts' Park, village .- 335.
Lefferts, Peter-273; 320.
Leisler, Jacob .- 71; Long Island towns except Hunt- ington, oppose him, 71; hanged for treason, 72.
Lent Family .- 709.
Leverich, Rev. William .- Sketch of, 34; 967.
Lewis, Elias, Jr .- Quoted, 8.
Lewis, Francis, signer of Declaration of Independ- ence .- 535. Lewis, Rev. Dr. W. H .-- 427.
Lewis, Gov. Morgan .- 277; 335; 535.
Lewis, Commodore .- 251.
Lexington .- wreck of, 875.
Libraries, Brooklyn .- 455.
Lighthouses .- Life Saving Service, 870.
Lincoln, President. Reception of news of assassina- tion of, 479.
Lindenhurst .- village of, 977.
Literary men of Suffolk county, 962.
Literature. 499; 543.
Littlejohn, Bishop .- 428, 429; Sketch of, 893.
Little Neck .- 536.
Livingston, Rev. Dr. J. H. 160; 272.
Livingston, Philip .- 99.
Livingston, Robert .- recommends Captain Kidd, 177.
Livingston, Chancellor .--- 648.
Lloyd Family, The .- 89.
Lloyd, Rev. W. H .- 139.
Locke, Richard A .- author of "The Moon Hoax," 424.
Long Beach .- railroad to, 302. Long Beach .- 899.
Long Island Historical Society .- 455; 501.
Long Island .- position of in history of the United States, 1; population, 3; physical features, to- pography, 4; game and game laws, 5; botany, arborculture, 6; geology and natural history, 7; discovery and early white settlement, 42; and Connecticut, 46; an early Dutch description, 47; divided between Dutch and English, 61; passes under English rule, 63; becomes part of York- shire, 63; Dutch place names changed, 63; divided into three counties, 70; some primitive character- istics, 104; early laws, administration of justice, 104; the Ante-Revolutionary struggle, 182; changes under Gov. Nicolls, 322; quick succes-
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sion of governments, 331; troops in War of 1812, 253; 257 ; public school system, 277 ; roads, 279; Prime's description, 282; Furman's description, 284; Long Island railroad; history of, by Judge Hinsdale, 285; latest development plans, 303; 567.
Long Island City .- History of, 567; 574; court house, 575; mayors, 575.
Long Island College Hospital .- 593; 615.
Long Island Sporting Clubs .- 688.
Loot (Lot) Bartel and Peter, early Flatbush settlers .- 317; 320.
Lott, Abraham .- 327.
Lott, Johannes .- 322.
Lott, J. A .--- 327; 414; 628.
Loughlin, Bishop,-427; see also chapter on "Catholic Church in Long Island."
Louise [Block] Island .- 43.
Louisian School, The .- 404.
Lovelace, Governor .- 66; 73; 151; 183; 318; 359; 390; 525.
Low, A. A .- 472.
Low, Seth,- 480; 483.
Lowe, Rev. John .- 887.
Lowe, Rev. Peter .- 153; 160; 273; 313.
Loyalists in Kings and Queens counties .- 191; hunted down under orders from Lee; Field quoted concerning cruelties, 195.
Lubbertse, Garret .- 320.
Lubbertsen, Frederick .- 58; 60; 385.
Ludlow, Judge .- 916.
Lupardus, Rev. Casparus .- 148.
Luqueer, Abraham, Bushwick .- 340.
Macaulay, Lord, and the story of Captain Kidd .- 177. Macinnes, Duncan .- Story of consolidation, 526; 679. Mack, Rev. E. E .- 275.
Mackay, Mrs. Clarence .- 909; estate, 912.
MacMonnies, Frederick, sculptor .- 480.
Madison, President .- 250.
Makins, Thomas, teacher, of Flushing .- 270.
Malone, Rev. Dr. Sylvester .- 459. Manhasset .- 8; village, 916.
Manhattan Beach, Coney Island .- 374.
Manhattan Island .- Fortifications in war of 1812, 258; influence exerted against Brooklyn, 406.
Manout, Boudewyn, schoolmaster and clerk .- 338.
Mareckawieck .- 382.
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