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Nicholson, Francis, 34
Nicholson, James, Commodore, 132
Nicolls, Matthias, 32
Nicolls, Richard, Colonel, 26, 28, 30-31
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 634
Nimham, Daniel, 93
Nixon, Sam, 613
Northern area, 512-514
Nott, Rev. Eliphalet, 201, 322
Novels, 646-647
Noyes, John Humphrey, 193, 299, 305
O'Brien, James, 358
O'Brien, John P., 416 Ochs, Adolph, 609
O'Conor, Charles, 223, 240
Odell, Benjamin B., Jr., Governor, 382- 383
Odets, Clifford, 641
Ogden, Samuel, 157
O'Hara, John, 646
Oil, 515
Old age, 457-458
Oneida Community, 305-306
Oneida Manufacturing Company, 184
O'Neill, Eugene, 606, 641
Onion River Company, 122
Opdyke, George, 241, 341
Oregon Territory, 221
Osborne, Sir Danvers, Governor, 45
Otis Elevator Company, 522 Ottinger, Albert, 409, 422 Owen, Robert Dale, 214, 287, 307
Paderewski, Ignace, 616
Paine, Thomas, 100
Painting, 328-330, 611-612, 649-650
Palatine Germans, 61-62
Palmer, Erastus Dow, 330
Panic of 1837, 216 Paper making, 512
Parish, David, 157, 158
Parker, Amasa J., 234
Parkhurst, Rev. Charles H., 372
Parks, 403-404, 626
Parran, Dr. Thomas, Jr., 411 Parsons, Charles, 546
Parties, political, 212; American Labor,
423; Barnburners, 221, 226, 229; Buck- tails, 144-145; Democratic, 212, 234; Equal Rights, 290; Free Soil, 227; Greenback, 480, 583; Know Nothing, 231, 233; Livingston, 45; Locofocos, 215; People's, 148; Popular Sover- eignty, 240; Republican, 227, 231, 239, 432-436; Jeffersonian Republicans, 132; Socialist, 398-399; Socialist Labor, 531; Whig, 212, 229; Working Men's, 288- 289
Pastor, Tony, 643
Patroonships, 21-22
Patterson, George W., 223
Patti, Adelina, 616
Paulding, James Kirke, 203
Paupers, 315-316
Payn, Louis, 378, 380, 381
Peabody, George, 584
Peck, Jedediah, 131, 194, 199
Penn Yan, 190
Perkins, Frances, 403, 410-411, 538
Perry, Oliver Hazard, Captain, 141
Phelps, Oliver, 154
Philadelphia Constitutional (1787), 124 Philipse, Adolphus, 40-41
Convention
Phinney, Elihu, 202
Phinney Calendar, 202
Phyfe, Duncan, 268
Picabia, Francis, 612
Picasso, Pablo, 612, 650
Pierce, Franklin, President, 229-230
Pinza, Ezio, 643
Pirates, 36, 81
Pitcher, Perley, 491
Pitt, William, 57
Plan of Union (1801), 198
Platt, Jonas, 146
Platt, Thomas C., 361, 365-366, 376-392
701
INDEX
Poletti, Charles, Governor, 431 Police, 296 Politics, 211-224 Polk, James K., President, 219, 221, 224, 226 Pollock, Jackson, 650 Poole, Ernest, 607
Population: changes in, 449-471; decline of, 277-278; diversity of, 20-21; growth of, 60-61, 187-188, 280-281
Porter, Cole, 641
Porter, Peter B., 139, 141, 142
Porter, William Sidney (O. Henry), 607
Poughkeepsie Convention, constitutional, 127
Practical Home Carpenter (Benjamin), 331
Pratt, Zadock, 167
Pre-emption Line, 153
Prendergast, William, 77, 94
Prentice, E. Parmelee, 472
Press: foreign language, 283-284, 622; freedom of, 42-43
Prevost, Sir George, 141-142
Price, Stephen, 333
Prideaux, John, General, 58
Prince, L. B., 365
Princeton, 65, 67
Printing and publishing, 519
Prisons, 314-315, 469-471
Proclamation of 1763, 90
Prohibition, 230, 310, 370-371
Property Line, 152
Provoost, Rev. Samuel, 195
Public Service Commission, 285-286, 429
Public Works Program, 403
Puerto Ricans, 456-457
Pulitzer, Joseph, 609
Pullman, George, 545
Pultney, Sir William, 154
Putnam, Israel, General, 106
Quakers, 197 Queen Anne's War, 53 Quider, John, 330
Rabinowitz, Aaron, 467
Radio broadcasting, 625, 639-640, 645 Raids, Indian and Loyalist, 115-116
Railroads, 217, 250 ff., 339-340, 355-357, 374, 542-551, 557 Raines, John, 385 Raines Liquor Tax Bill, 378, 406 Ramée, James, 331 Randall, Robert, Captain, 162
Raymond, Henry J., 233, 238-239, 327, 355, 609 Reconstruction Commission, 401-402 Records, historic, 635-636
Reed, John, 638
Reed, Philip, 508 Reed, William, 301
Refineries, sugar, 268
Reform, social, 208, 299-316, 381, 385- 386, 387, 389, 393-406 Refugees, French, 206
Rehan, Ada, 614 Reid, Ogden, 623
Religion, 26-27, 34, 63-66, 195-197, 299- 316, 603-605, 632-634
Rensselaerswyck, 22, 75
Reservations, Indian, 152
Resorts, 628
Restaurants, 651-652
Revere, Paul, 96
Revivals, religious, 65, 197-198, 299 ff.
Revolution, strategic position of New York in, 106 ff.
Riall, General, 141
Rice, Elmer, 641
Rice, Victor, 319
Richmond, Dean, 227, 547
Riis, Jacob, 606-607
Ripley, George, 326
Roads, 552-556, 626
Robbins, Jerome, 644
Roberts, Isaac Phillips, 483
Robertson, William H., 366
Robertson brothers (artists), 329
Robinson, Lucius, Governor, 363
Robinson, Solon, 327
Rochester area, 503-506
Rockefeller, John D., 278
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 630
Rodgers, Richard, 642
Rogers, Will, 643
Romberg, Sigmund, 641
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, President, 213, 348, 387, 407-423, 434, 537-538, 623
Roosevelt, Theodore, President, 365, 368- 370, 376-377, 380-382, 385, 407, 465, 606
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 398
Root, Elihu, 373, 390, 395
Root, Erastus, 131, 146-147, 223
Rosenman, Samuel I., 411
Ross, John, Major, 117
Rothstein, Albert, 413
Ruggles, Samuel B., 217, 595
Runyon, Damon, 642 Russell, Lillian, 614 Ruth, George Herman ("Babe"), 628
Rutledge, Edward, 108
Ryan, Thomas Fortune, 551, 566
Ryder, Albert P., 610 Ryskind, Morrie, 642
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INDEX
Sage, Russell, 278 Saint-Gaudens, August, 610-611 St. Leger, Barry, Colonel, 109 Saint-Mémin, Fevret de (artist ), 329 Salt, 268, 517 Sanitation, 47, 295 Saratoga Springs, 618
Savage, Chief Justice, 289
Schlesinger, Arthur M., 619
Scholarships, state, 597-598
Schools, 27, 67, 149, 199-201, 217, 228, 288, 304, 334, 342, 355, 402-403, 428, 443-445; agricultural, 276; medical, 325
Schubert, Lee, Jacob, and Sam, 613 Schulberg, Budd, 646
Schuman, William, 645
Schuyler, Elizabeth, 206
Schuyler, Peter, 53
Schuyler, Philip, 98, 100, 109, 119, 158, 159 Science, 631-632
Scott, John Morin, 66, 77, 90-93, 95-96, 99-100, 112 Scott, Sir Walter, 203
Scott, Winfield, Lieutenant Colonel, 140, 229
Sculpture, 330
Seabury, Samuel, 414-416
Seagrist, Nicholas, 236
Seamen, impressment of, 129
Sears, Isaac, 92, 96, 98, 100
Sears, Roebuck and Company, 571-572 Sebring, Isaac, 138
Secession, 241-242
Seward, William H., Governor, 160, 192, 213, 216-217, 224, 227-228, 230-231, 233-234, 237-238, 241, 304
Seymour, Horatio, Governor, 218, 229- 231, 234, 240, 242, 248, 310, 314, 336- 337, 362, 562
Shahn, Ben, 649 Shakers, 198
Shaw, George Bernard, 642
Shays, Daniel, 121, 126 Sheehan, William F., 387
Sheep, 169, 273 Sherwood, Robert, 641
Shientag, Bernard L., 403
Shipbuilding, 269-270
Shirley, William, Governor, 45, 56-57 Sibley, Hiram, 255 Simpson, Edmund, 333 Simpson, Kenneth, 435 Sites, historic, 629 Sketch Book (Irving), 329
Skidmore, Thomas, 289 Skinner, Otis, 614
Skinner, Roger, 145, 149
Slavery, 62-63, 87, 185-186, 212, 220, 225-228
Sloan, John, 611
Slocum, Henry W., General, 366-367
Sloughter, William, 35
Smith, Adam, 83
Smith, Alfred E., Governor, 348, 376, 387, 389-390, 393-406, 408-409, 411, 421, 532, 591 Smith, Betty, 646
Smith, Charles Sprague, 598
Smith, Gerrit, 154, 162, 220, 225-226, 229, 237-238, 291, 308, 310-313
Smith, Joseph, 193, 305
Smith, Melancton, 124-125, 127
Smith, Peter, 151, 154, 206
Smith, Stephen, 269
Smith, William, 80, 96, 112
Smith, William, Jr., 66, 77
Social life, development of, 194-208
Social Security Act, 538
Societies: benevolent, 198; temperance, 208 Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, 170
Sons of Liberty, 92, 94, 97, 100
Soule, George, 524
Southwest gateway, 514-515
Speculators, land, 73-74, 78, 90, 150, 162
Spencer, Ambrose, 143-144, 222
Spoils system, 135, 145
Sport, 628-629
Sprague, Frank J., 550
Springfield (N.Y.), 115
Stamp Act, 81, 92-93
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 308, 391
State Commission against Discrimination, 442-443 State University of New York, 443-445, 596-597
Steele, Osman, Sheriff, 222
Steffens, Lincoln, 638
Steinbeck, John, 647
Steinmetz, Charles P., 508, 632
Steuben, Baron, 158
Stevens, Frederick C., 383
Steward, Ira, 528
Stewart, A. T., 257, 571
Stewart, Alvan, 220, 226
Stimson, Henry L., 395
Stirling, Wm. Alexander, Lord, 106-107
Stock exchanges, 177, 263, 580-581, 582, 586 Stockton, Frank, 606
Stone, Harlan F., 536 Stores, 176, 571-573 Strasser, Adolph, 529
703
INDEX
Strong, George Templeton, 280, 300, 323, 332, 335 Strong, Henry A., 504
Strong, Josiah, 449 Stuart, Gilbert, 329 Stuyvesant, Peter, 18, 20, 24-28 Suffrage, 125, 134, 146-147, 150, 205, 282, 284, 390-392
Sugar, maple, 167-168, 476
Sullivan, John, General, 106-108, 116
Sullivan Expedition, 116
Sulzer, William, Governor, 387-388, 396 Swartwout, John, 135 Swedenborg, Emanuel, 307
Sweeny, Peter B., 356, 359 Swope, Gerard, 508 Syracuse area, 516-518 Syracuse University, 595
Taft, Robert A., 434 Taggard, Genevieve, 638 Talcott, Samuel A., 144-145 Tallmadge, James, 222
Tammany Society, 130, 136-137, 144
Tanning, 167, 267, 499
Tappan, Arthur, 225-226, 301, 308, 310 Tappan, Lewis, 226, 301, 308, 310 Tariffs, 123, 221 Taverns, 69 Tax, power to, 92, 95 Taxes, 47, 96, 218, 352, 405-406, 429- 430
Taylor, Bayard, 326
Taylor, Moses, 358 Taylor, Zachary, President, 227-228 Television, 626, 640 Tenants, 75 Texas, annexation of, 219 Textiles, 508-511
Thayer, Sylvanus, 322
Theatres, 69, 333-334, 613-615, 640-643 Thomas, Theodore, 616 Thompson, Harold W., 635 Thompson, Randall, 645 Thompson, Smith, 213 Thompson, Virgil, 645 Thomson, Samuel, 297 Thoreau, Henry David, 635 Throop, Enos T., Governor, 212-213, 313 Ticonderoga, 57-58, 78, 99, 109, 117 Tieman, Daniel, 236 Tilden, Samuel J., Governor, 159, 223, 227, 229, 336, 355, 358, 359, 361-364, 373, 378, 380, 561 Timon, Bishop, 284-285 Todd, Hiram C., 414 Tompkins, Daniel D., Governor, 134-135, 137-139, 143-146
Toscanini, Arturo, 616, 644 Townsend, Samuel, 112
Trade: reciprocity in, 123; regulation of, 33, 84 ff.
Transportation, 178-182, 244-255, 295, 347, 542-567; air, 564-566; electric, 550-551, 565; motor, 551-552, 567; urban, 565-567
Treaties: Aix la Chapelle, 55; Fort Stan- wix, (1st), 90, (2nd), 152; Ghent, 142, 174; Hartford (1650), 25; Paris, 128-130; Ryswick, 53; Utrecht, 54 Tree, Ellen, 334 Trespass Act (1783), 121
Trinity Church (N.Y. City), 162
Trollope, Anthony, 256, 298
Troup, Robert, 155
Troy (N.Y.), 508
Truman, Harry S., President, 435
Trumbull, John, 329
Tryon, William, Governor, 99
Tucker, Luther, 275
Tucker, Sophie, 643
Tuckey, William, 68
Turner, Orsamus, 163
Tuttle, Charles H., 414
Tweed, William M., 351, 355-359, 361, 363
Ullman, Daniel, 231 Underground Railroad, 233 Unemployment, 537-538 Unions, labor, 289-290, 292, 340-341, 347, 528-531, 540-541
U.S. Military Academy, 322
U.S. Sanitary Commission, 342 University of the State of New York, 199
Upjohn, Richard, 332 Utilities, public, 428-429
Van Buren, John, 226-227, 229 Van Buren, Martin, President, 144-150, 192, 212-214, 216-219, 222-223, 226 Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 126
Van Dam, Rip, 42-43
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 249-250, 278, 355, 547-548, 566 Vanderbilt, William K., 545-547
Van der Donck (secretary of local N.Y. board, 1649), 24 Vanderlyn, John, 329 Van Doren, Mark, 649
Van Horne, Cornelius, 81
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 21-22
Van Rensselaer, Solomon, 140 Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 140, 158, 160, 170, 190, 325 Van Rensselaer, Stephen, III, 146, 149
704
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, IV, 161 Van Rensselaer, William, 161 Van Twiller, Wouter, Governor, 23, 27, 203 Van Vechten, Abraham, 146-148
Van Wagenen, Jared, 492 Van Wyck, Augustus, 380
Varick, Richard, 138 Vassar, Matthew, 343
Vaudeville, 643 Veblen, Thorstein, 638
Veiller, Lawrence, 465 Vermont, constitution for, 122
Verplanck, Gulian C., 138, 143 Veterans, war, 441-442
Wadsworth, James, 155, 157, 166
Wadsworth, James S., 227, 235, 239, 336
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 155
Wadsworth, William, 155
Wadsworth family, 151
Wagner, Robert F., 376, 389-390, 532
Wakeman, Frederic, 646
Walcott, Benjamin, 184
Wickersham, George, 395
Wilder, Thornton, 641
Wilkinson, James, General, 141
Wilkinson, Jemima, 198
Willard, Emma, 321
Willard, Dr. Sylvester D., 471
Willett, Marinus, Colonel, 98, 117, 137
William II, King of England, 34-35, 52
Wardwell, Allen, 425
Warner, Seth, 99 Warren, Sir Peter, 55, 76
Washington, George, President, 56, 106, 109, 116, 119, 128, 150, 206
Washington Benevolent Society, 138
Washington Temperance Society, 309
Water Power Commission, 404
Water supply, 48, 296
Watson, Elkanah, 171, 179, 276
Watson, Thomas J., 516
Watts, John, 76 Wayne, Anthony, General, 116 Wealth of Nations ( Smith), 83
Webb, Isaac, 269
Webb, Dr. W. Seward, 546
Webb, William H., 269
Weber, Joe, 614 Webster, Daniel, 217, 227 Wedemeyer, John, 292 Weed, Thurlow, 149, 192, 211-213, 216, 219, 223, 225, 227-231, 233-236, 238- 239, 241, 257, 327, 336, 341 Weidman, Jerome, 646 Weiser, Conrad, 55, 62
Weld, Theodore, 308-310
Welfare, social, 207, 412-413, 425-427, 431, 446, 634 Wentworth, Benning, Governor, 73, 77, 121
West, Benjamin, 68, 329
West Point, proposed surrender of, 117
Westcott, Edward, 608
Western, Lucille, 614
Westervelt, Jacob, 269
Westinghouse, George, 507
Wharton, Edith, 607
Wheat, 78, 168, 339
White, Andrew D., 357, 377
White, George, 641
White, Hugh, 190
White, William Allen, 397
Whitefield, George, 65
Whitman, Charles S., Governor, 388, 390, 398
Whitman, Walt, 317, 327-328
Whitney, Richard, 434
Whitney, William C., 373, 551
Whitney, Willis R., 508, 632
Walker, James J., 397, 413, 415-416
Wall, William G., 329
Wallack, James W., 334
Walloomsac (N.Y.), 111
War of 1812, causes, 139 ff.
Warburg, Felix, 630
Ward, Hamilton, 409, 414
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 330
Williams, Elisha, 146
Williams, Jesse, 274 Williams, John, 126
Williams, Tennessee, 640-641
Williams, William, 202
Williamson, Charles, 155, 188
Willis, H. Parker, 568
Willkie, Wendell, 434
Wilmot, David, 226
Wilmot Proviso, 227-228
Wilson, C. E., 508
Wilson, Edmund, 646
Wilson, Sloan, 646
Wilson, Woodrow, President, 408, 410
Winslow, Edward, 545
Winthrop, John, Governor, 26, 28, 32, 70 Wise, Stephen S., 634
Wisner, Henry, 97, 112
Wolfe, James, General, 58
Wolfe, Thomas, 638
Wood, Fernando, 231, 235, 238, 240, 296, 335, 337, 342 Woodward, J. S., 483
Woolworth, F. W., 572
Worden, John, Captain, 338
Workmen's Compensation Act, 536-537
INDEX
705
INDEX
World War I, 390-391 World War II, 430, 438-441, 580
Wouk, Herman, 646 Wright, Carroll D., 465 Wright, Fanny, 214, 288-289 Wright, Silas, Governor, 160, 192, 219- 221, 224 Wyant, Alexander H., 610 Wynn, Ed, 643 Wyoming, 115 XYZ Affair, 130
Yale University, 67 Yankees, migration of, 189-193 Yates, Abraham, 112 Yates, John, 315 Yates, Robert, 112, 124, 128, 130 Young, John, Governor, 161, 221, 224 Young, Owen D., 444, 508 Young, Samuel, 148, 218, 319
Zenger, Peter, 42 Ziegfeld, Florenz, 615 Zimmerman, Fred, 613
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