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1084
Plymouth ..
1018
St. Johannes' 1083
Plymouth Bethel ..
1021
St. John's. . 1083
Puritan. 1024
St. Luke's (German). 1084
Rochester Ave .. 1024
1028
Scandinavian Free Mission. State St
1023
South ..
1023
Tompkins Ave.
1027
Union.
1023, 1028
Union Mission Chapel. 1028
Warren St. Mission. 1015, 1022
Dutch Reformed.
Bedford Ave .. 994
Bethany Chapel.
997
Centennial Church, First. 998
East . 997
First Ch. of B 993-994
Fourth
995
German ..
996
Ger. Evang. St. Peter's Ch.
998
Greenpoint
995
Lee Ave. 997
Middle. 995
North 996
Second, or Central
991
So. Bushwick
996
Third, or South. . 995
Washington Ave. 995
Protestant Episcopal.
All Saints
1000
Atonement. 1006, 1014
St. Agnes'.
1058
Summerfield 1036
Summerfield Mission. 1037
Swedish. 1042
Trinity
1080
Washington Ave. 1077
St. Mary's . 1001
St. Matthews'
1006
St. Paul's (Old).
515
Central .1024, 1028
Church of the Pilgrims. 1015
St. Peter's
St. Stephen's
1007
Mayflower Mission 1023
Mt. Prospect Mission (S. S.) ..
1022
Nazarene.
1027
N. Y. and B'klyn Ass'n
1029
1026
St. Mark's 1085
St. Matthew's (Eng.). .1083, 1084
St. Peter's (German). 1084
St. Paul's .. 1084
Zion (Gernian) 1083
Methodist Episcopal.
Methodism in Brooklyn
1029
First .. .
1030
African (Wesleyan).
1031
Bethel, African ..
1033
Brooklyn (Prim ).
1043
Carlton Ave
1032
Carroll Park
1042
Cedar St.
1042
Central
1041
DeKalb Ave
1032
Ellers, Presiding, in B'klyn and L. I. Dist. .
1044
First (Greenpoint) 1034
First German 1037
First (Prot.). 1043
First Place (Free) 10-13
First Place. 1034
Fleet St
1034
Fleet St. Bethel.
1038
Forty-Fourth St. 1012
Sacred Heart. 1057
Churches (Prot. Episcopal). PAGE
Calvary (E. D.) .. 1010
Hanson Place. 1037
Grace Ch. Chap. (St. Michael), 1004 Grace . 1003, 1011
Holy Trinity.
1003
Preachers in L. I. Circuit. 1044
St. Andrew's 1006
St. Ann's (Old). 121, 515
1011 St. Barnabas' Chapel (E. D.) .. St. George's 1007
Classon Ave. . 1069
Clinton St 1064
Meeting House 1014
Lutheran (The Evangel. and).
1015
1401
GENERAL INDEX.
Churches (R. C.)-Continued. PAGE
Coney Island. PAGE
Dramatic. PAGE
Drama, The, in Brooklyn ... 1105
Dramatic Amateur Ass'il .. 1162
Entre Nous, The ...
1162
St. Anthony's
1055
Piracy. . 192
First Dramatic Performance in Brooklyn 1106
Grand Opera House. 1125
Haverly's Hooley's Opera House .... . 1115, 1124 1123
Kemble, The 1163
Mozart Gardens 513
Music Hall, The. 1124
Music and Opera, Progress of, in Brooklyn. 1126
Museum, The Brooklyn 1110
Music in Public Schools. 1161
Novelty, The 1125
Olympic, The.
1125
Other Dramatic Societies.
1162
Park. The.
1116
St. Mary's Parochial School ..
10.55
Costumer 1388
County Officials 1392
D
Dealers-Dry Goods 1362
Bakers. 1371
Books, etc. 1376
St. Stephen's
1056
Boots and Shoes 1375
Butchers .. . 1370
St. Vincent's.
1057
China and Glassware. 1377
Coal and Wood 1383
Confectioners. 1371
Druggists
940
Reformed Catholic.
Ref. Catholic Churches 1060
Jewish.
Temple Israel. 1089
Beth Elohim. 1089
Ahavis Achim 1089
Unitarian.
First Congreg. (Ch. of the
Saviour) .
1086
Second .. 1087
Third Union. 1087
Universalist.
First .. 1086
Church of Our Father. 1088
All Souls'. 1088
Miscellaneous.
Chr. Ch. of the Evangel. 1089
First Moravian .. 1090
Life and Advent. 1090
Union Chapel. 1090
German Evangelical Mission. 1072
Navy Mission, The. 1097
German Church of the Holy Trinity 1054
Church of Blessed Hope. 1090
Society of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). 1090 1391
Spiritualistic Circles. 1393
City Officials
CITY OF B., HISTORY OF THE CON- SOLIDATED .484-520
Clarendon House, The. 1359
Clinton House, The ..
1359
Clubs. (See Associations.)
Athletic. . 316, 1340
Bicycling. 1340
Boat ... 1340
Sporting 1336
Yachting . .316, 1339
Coal and Wood. (See Dealers.)
Colonial Legislation.
COMMERCE OF BKLYN .. THE ....... 634-667
COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITY OF
KINGS COUNTY .493a-510a Coney Island.
Bauer, Paul. 198
Discovery of 189
Divisions of. 191
Feltman, Charles. 199
St. Ambrose's. . 1058
Map of, 1666. 190
St. Anne's ..
1056
Modern Development of. 194
St. Augustine's.
1057
Ocean Pavilion.
199
St. Bernard's
1057
Roads. .
192
St. Benedict's.
1055
Seaside Home for Children Sanitarium
St. Boniface's
1055
St. Bridget's
1058
Settlement.
189
St. Cecelia's. 1057
Topography of ..
189
St. Francis de Sales' 1056
St. Francis' 1055
Tragedy of Brig Vineyard .. 192
1045 West Brighton Hotel. 198
Confectioners. (See Dealers.)
Conservatories. (See Florists.)
St. Joseph's
1054
St. Leonard's
1057
St. Louis'
1057
Contractors and Builders 1383
Convention of 1754, The. 373
Prospect Heights, The.
1164
Standard, The.
1124
Volks, The 1124
Druids, United Order of ...
1355
Druggists. (See Dealers.)
Dry Goods. (See Dealers.)
E
Eastern Star, Lodges of. (See Masons.)
East New York. (See New Lots Hist.)
Ecclesiastical.
B'klyn Objects to Ch. Taxes .. 328
B'klyn Petitions for a Separate Minister 329
Ch. Erected at Brooklyn .. 332
Erected at Flatlands. 330
Church Masters. 337
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF
KINGS Co., 1628-1800. ..... 327-337 First Ch. on L. I. at Flatbushi. 327
First Ministers of New Nether- lands 327
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATIONS OF 993-1090
B'KLYN
EDUCATION, HIGHER, IN BKLYN. . 950-962 PUBLIC, DEP'T OF ..... 609
Educational. (See Histories of the
Several County Touns). Adelphi Academy, The. 954
Board of Education, B'klyn. . 485
Members of. .615, 618
Officers of. .184, 618
614
Organization of, 1835 ... Brooklyn. (See Board of Ed.).
Asylums and Industrial Schools, under charge of Board of Educat'n, 618
Attendance and Priuci- pals .. 618
Colored and Principals .. 618
Evening Schools .. 617
Free Sch'l-Book System 617
First School Teacher in, Grammar and Princi- pals . 618 409
Grammar Schools 618
Primary and Principals, 618
Primary Schools ...... 613, 618 Sources of Income for the Support of Public Schools in. 616
Statistics of. 616
Scholarships in Colleges, 615
Teachers 617
Bklyn Collegiate and Poly- technic Institute. 953
B'klyn Conservatory of Music. 958
B'klyn Froebel Kindergarten, The
B'klyn Heights Sem .. 953
B'klyn Juvenile High School. 953
958
Buruing of the .. 513
Bulwer, The .. 1416
Colonnade Garden, The 1109
1388
Music .. 1377
Pianos
1377
Stationers. 1376
Tailors, Merchant 1387
Teas, Coffees, etc ... 1366
Deutal.
B'klyn Deutal Assoc .. The. 944
Brooklyn Dental Society, The 944
Brooklyn Society of Dental Science. 944
Deutal Infirmary.
509
Dentists' Materials 816
Kings Co. Dental Soc .. 915
L. I. Association of Dental Surgeons 943
Mechanical Dentistry. 816
New York Deutal Soc., The ... 944
Pioneers of Dentistry iu K. Co. 941
Profession of Dentistry ... 941
Services of B'klyn Deutists in the Civil War. 943
DENTISTRY IN BR'KLYN, THE PRO-
FESSION OF. .941-949
Dentists. 1386
DRAMA AND OPERA IN B'KLYN, 1105-1135 Dramatic.
Academy of Music. 486, 1112
Amaranth, The 1163
Amaryllis 1164
Amateur Opera Association .. 1164
Amateurs. Since Professionals, 1165
Amphitheatre, The 1108
Amphion, The 1164
116-4
Arcadian, The
Athenæum, The Brooklyn. . ..
1112
1302
Brooklyn Lyceum, The .. Theatre . . 510,
1117
Transfiguration. .
1057
Visitation, B. V. M .. 1055
Fish
1370
Furniture.
1372
Gents' Furnishing.
1388
Grocers.
1366
Hardware.
1380
Hats ..
1376
Jewelers 1387
Lumber. 1382
Meat .. .
1370
Milk. .
1371
St. Paul's
1046
St. Peter's. 1055
St. Peter's and St. Paul's
1050
St. Theresa's 1058
St. Vincent de Paul's 1056
1055
St. Mary's Star of the Sea.
St. Michael's. 1058
St. Nicholas'. 1056
St. Patrick's .1054, 1058
CONSOLIDATED CITY OF B., THE HIST. OF. 484-520
197
197
Towu's Commonage Leases .. . 192
St. James'
St. John's. 1054, 1058
St. John the Baptist. 1056
St. Alphonsus' (Ger.) 1057
.. 372, 373, 374
Milliuery
1402
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
Educational-Continued. PAGE 958
Browne's Business College ....
Bryant and Stratton Business College, The .. 959
Columbia Conservatory of
Music. 958
Dawn of a Higher Education, The .. 410, 950 Dept. of Public Education. .. 609
Early Educational Advantages and Methods. 411
Early Private Schools ....... 413, 950 EDUCATION IN KINGS CO., 1659-
1883, HISTORY OF 409-413
Education in Kings County .. 48
Greene Collegiate Inst. . 957
Industrial School for Destitutc Children 518
Kissick's Business College .... 959
Lockwood's Academy. 955
Mollenhaner's Coll. of Music .. 958
Private and Endowed Schools
525
Packer's Collegiate Inst. 951
School for Destitute Children, Industrial .. 518
Schools During the Revolu- tionary War.
410
Schools After ..
411
Schools in the State of N. Y ..
16
Schools of the Town of Bush- wick and Village of Wil- liamsburgh 611
St. John's College. 955
Wright's Business College and Eclectic Academy . 959
Elks, Benev. Order of. 1355
Ephemeris of Materia Medica .. 1190
Epidemics.
Epidemics which have visited Kings county, The. 891
Map of Yellow Fever district. 141
Yellow Fever .. .. 485, 487. 504
Errata. 1394
Federal Building, The. .865a-868a Ferries.
Ancient Ferry Rights 426
Atlantic St. or South .. 439
Annex. 446, 513
Bridge St. . 444
Brooklyn Ferries and Ferry Rights. 425-446
B'klyn, Hist of. .425-446
Catharine St. . 102, 438
Contest as to Ferry Riglits .. 427
Dangers and Difficultics of
Ferry Travel in Olden Time, 431 Division St. 445
Earliest Ferry to B'klyn. 425
Erie Annex. . 4:16
Ferry District of Village in 1816, Map of. 109
225 216
Dongan Charter of.
During the Revolution. 225
Educational History of. 2.19
Erasmus Hall Academy 250
Fire Engine Co .. . 234
First Baptist Church 248
M. E. Church. 214
214
Brooklyn Gas Light Co. 675
Citizens' Gas Light Co. 676
220 Fulton Municipal Gas Liglit Co 676
Gas Light Companies 675
Illuminating Oils. .. 675
Metropolitan Gas Light Co .. 676
230 Nassau Gas Light Co. 676
Indian Deed of, 1670. 214 People's Gas Light Co .. 676
GENERAL TRADE AND MERCHAN- DISE. .1362-1392
Gents' Furnishing. (See Dealers.)
Good Templars. (See Temperance.) Graham Art School, The ... 1140
Grand Army of the Republic, 316, 1210 1212
227
Flatbush. PAGE
Mission School 245
Modern History of, The. 230 Musical Associations. 245
Office of Overseers changed to Commissioners .. 223
Old Mills. 227
Old Stage Routes .. 231
Organization of Local Govern- ment and Ports 219
Original Seat of Justice. Overseers of . 221
Parkville, The Village of. M. E. Church. Public School 253 232
R. C. Churchı.
247
Patentees of, Facsimiles of Au- tographis of
217
Police Com's Appointed. 239
Population ... 230
R. C. Ch. of the Holy Cross .. 246 243
Sabbath Schools of
Select Schools
Second Reformed German Cli.
Sidewalks Regulated.
Sisters of St. Joseph, The .... Sidew'ks and Cross'gs Flagged Skirmishes of ..
Stocks and Whipping Post ... Street Cars Introduced.
Streets Laid Out ..
Social and Political History .. .
St. John's P. E. Ch ..
243
St. Paul's P. E. Ch., Hist. of. . Supervisors Appointed.
243 223 222
Sunday Laws.
Telegraph Co Temperance Societies.
The Nicolls Patent of.
Town Clerks.
Town Hall. .
Town Pound ..
228
Treasurers of the Co. froni .... Water Works
240
Windsor Terrace.
233
Windsor Terrace Sabbath
School. 246
Windsor Terrace School. 253
Flatlands.
Barren Island.
Common Schools of .. 75-77
German Evan. Ref. Ch.
M. E. Church of. 75
Neck
Prot. Meth. Church of.
75
Reformed Dutch Church of ..
73
Second Ch. at Flatbush, 1698 .. Situation of. 64
Sons of Temperance in.
St. Matthew's Lutheran Ch .. 75
TOWN OF, HISTORY OF. 64-79
Florists. . 1364
Foresters, Anc. Order of ....... 316, 1355 Furniture. (Sce Dealers.)
G
Garfield Building, The 648, 1300
Gouverneur St .. 4 12
Hamilton Avc .. View of. 4.11
Houston St. 415
Kings Co., Tabular List of .. 416
Map of Old Ferry Dist., 1816 .. 109
Navy Yard 414
N. Y. & B'klyn Steamboat As- sociates, The.
43-1
Old Grand St., View of .. 115
Peck Slip .
Renewed Agitation of the Ferry Question. 1821.
.135
Roosevelt St .. 412
Steam Introduced on the Ferry Lines.
132
Main Road, The ..
231
South.
Ferries. PAGE
Steamboats on the B. Ferry .. 433
Team, or Horse-Boats on the B. Ferry. 433
The B. U. F. Co. 436
The New .. 438
The N. Y. and B. F. Co. 436
Union Ferry Co ... 437, 509, 516, 525
Wall St, View of. 441
Fire Department.
B'klyn Vol. Fire Department., Personnel of, 1869. 576
Board of Fire Com. 486
B'klyn's First Fire Eng., (eng.) 568
Chief Engineer, Office of, Created, 1816. 571
City Fire Dep't, 1855 573
Com's of Fire Dep't., 1869. . 576
Exempt Firemen's Assoc. of the City of B'klyn .. 583
Fire and Buildings, Depart- ment of. . .568, 582
Fire Dep't. Board of Estimates 504
Fire of 1848, Great ... 151
Fire Commissioners, Board of 486
Fire Department. . .568, 525
Fire Department of Brooklyn. 485 Fire Dep't. Statistics .. 578
Fire Dept., The Volunteers ... . 506
First Fire Dept., 1788. 569
Fire Dept., Eastern District ... 574
Fire Wardens Appointed, 1817. 571
Fire Wardens and Marshals ... 580
Firemen's Mon. in Greenwood Cemetery, eng .. 578
First H'k. and L. Co .. 1817 .. . .
571
First Fire Co. of Brooklyn, 1785 568
First Village Fire Bell, 1795 .. 570
Hose Companies .. 573a
Map of Fire of 1848. 151
Single Ilead Commission, 1880 577 Village Fire Dep't., 1823, In- corporation of the .... 573
Widows' and Orphans' Fund .. 582
575
W'burgh Fire Dep't. inc. 1843. Fish. (See Dealers.) CULTURE ON L. I .963-970 Flatbush.
Annexation Question. 237
Beginnings of Settlement. 213
Board of Health 211
Board of Improvement. 236
Boundary Dispute with New- town 216
British Occupation of, The ... 227
Cemetery of the Holy Cross .. 248
Changes in the Village .. 230
Church in the Woods, The .... 215
Commutation of Quit Rents .. 218
Congregational Church .. 245
Distinguished Citizens.
Ferry Houses 442
First Ferry-Master (eng.). 4.16
Fulton, Collision on 505
Grand St. (E. D.). 4.15
Greenpoint 303, 4.16
Houses. Village Newspaper 236
Gas Company
HISTORY OF TOWN OF
Healthfulness of.
2.11
Historical Trees
Justices of the Peace 204
315
Last Court held at Flatbush .. . Law and Order Association ... Literary Societies .
25.1
Local Officers Appointed.
220
-139 Melrose Hall.
239
Gas Corporations.
235 Five Dutch Towns, The. 213-254
333
237 238 214 234 238
225
231 226 228 231 232 218
252 248 231 247
245
1403
GENERAL INDEX.
Gravesend PAGE
Addenda. .186-188
Ancient Plot of, 1645. 186
A. P. Stockwell's House. . 118
Assessors 169
Avenue. 171
Bay Ridge Landing.
203
Eye and Ear Hospital .. 935
Nursery. . 913
Brighton Beach B. P. at C. I ..
205
Cattle and Fences.
165
Cemeteries.
183
Chapels.
181
Hom. Disp .. 910
Hosp 911
Maternity.
912
Evangelical Home for the Aged
974
Hist. of ....... 189-212
Plank Road.
171
County Treasurer 169
Court of Sessions. 168
Division of Lands .. 163
992
First Town Patent. 160
992
Good Samaritan, The ...
982
Gr'npoint Ilome for the Aged, The ..
982
303 984 984 992 981
Home for the Aged.
Home Association for Working
983
Home for Frieudless Women and Childreu .. 976
Home for Incurables. . 976
Hospital Sat. & Sun. Ass., The ..
988
Indus. School Assoc. & Home for Destitute Children .. . 984
Industrial School & Home of Brooklyn, E. D
985
Industrial Restaurant and Training School. . 986 Inebriates' Home for K. Co., 562a,989 Jewish Societies. . 1357
Ladies' Fruit and Flower Mis- sion 511
Lutheran Hoinc Association, N. Y. City .. 318
Mutual Sick Aid Soc. 316
Orphan Home of the Ch. of the Holy Trinity. 986
Revolutionary Incidents
176
Pierrepont Honse, The .... 1359
Waldo House, The .. 1360 Prot. Epis. Mission to the
HOTELS AND BATHS ..
1358 Public Institutions 988 992
Relief Work ..
R. C. Orphan Asyluni Soc. of the City of Brooklyn. 990
98% Sailors' Coffee-House Co., The 987 Sheltering Arms Nursery, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The .... Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ... 987
St. Francis' College. 956
St. Joseph's Inst. for the Im- proved Instructiou of Denf Mutes 990
St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum. 992
St. Leonard's Academy .. 956
St. Michael's Kranken Unter- setzungs Verein. 316
St. Paul's Industrial School ... 992
St. Phebe's Mission.
St. Vincent's Home. 992
Truant Home of the City of B .. The. .562a, 990
Hardware. (See Dealers.)
Hatters. (See Dealers.)
Hempstead Conven., 1665, The. . 372, 373
Heptasophs, Order of
316
Home Circle. The. 1354
Honor, Knights of ..
.. 316, 1353
Knights and Ladies of .. 316, 1353
Legion of, The. 1351
Hospitals and Institutions. PAGE
Institutions. PAGE
Children, Home for Destitutc, 489
Children's Aid Society, E. D., 303
Ch. Charity Foundation .. 509 Ch. Charity Foundation of
L. I , The. 978
Christian Union for Chinese Work, The .. 986 981
981 515 Convent of the Good Shepherd Convent of the Sisters of Mercy Dispensary, E. D., Hos. and .. Emerald Associatiou. 992
982
Bushwick aud East B. Disp ... 938
Bushwick Germ. Mutual Ind. Sick Ben. Society. . 1357
County Hosp., Flatbush. 467 E. D. Dispensary 519, 937
E. D. Hom. Disp. Ass'n. 913
Erin Fraternal Benev. Ass. 1358
Highways ..
170
HISTORY OF, TOWN OF. 156-188
Hotel Brighton at C. I.
205
Houses of Olden Time.
166
Household Furniture. 166
Indian Purchases.
162
Johnson House
188
Libraries .. .
183
The Seney. 516, 518
Magistrates' Pew in Church. .. 185
208
Kings Co. Alms-House. 477
Inebriate Home 503
Lunatic Asylum ... 485a
Ministers .
181
Lucretia Mott Dis. and Inf'y .. 937
Miscellaneous
177
L. I. Col. Hosp.
487, 509
. Name, Origin of
158
M. E. Hospital, The
935
Neck Road, The
171
Observatory at C. I.
202
171 Old Men's Home .. 514
172
R. C. Home for the Aged 518
204
Southern Disp. and Hosp .. 938
Orders and Contracts, Sundry,
Oriental Hotel at C. I.
208
Parsonage
Pioneer Settlers.
Hotel, Clarendon, The. 1359
Clinton, The 1359
Quit Rent.
Mansiou House, The .. 1359
Race Courses
186
Old and New ... .1358-1359
Sea Beach Hotel at C. I.
Settlement.
Schools, Public.
Sheepshead Bay ..
183
Soil ..
156 187
Stryker House.
188 165
Ice Co., The Ridgewood. 1390
Institutions. (See Histories of the
Several County Towns). Baptist Home, The ... .512, 978
Brothers of St. Francis' Mon- astery, The .. 955
B'klyn Ass'n for Improving the Condition of the Poor ... 974
B'klyn Benevolent Soc. . 977
Bureau of Charities .. 974
B'klyn Children's Aid Society, The. 980
B'klyn Schools. 957
Bk'lyn Howard Colored Or- phan Asylum .. 983
B'klyn Home for Aged Men, The 974
B'klyn Nursery, The. 977
Home for the Aged. .. 512
Orphan Asylum. 973
Indian Ass., The .. 988
B'klyn Soc. for the Relief of
Respectable Aged Indigent Females 976
Business Women's Union, The 987
Missionary Soc. 303
983
Sunday Laws
Supervisors
185 165 156
Town Clerks. Court
185 166 186
Hall
of, History of 156
Organization.
164
Unionville Church, M. E .. 182
Vanderveer's Bathing Pavil'n, 201
Villages 183
Water Supply. 186
Grocers. (See Dealers.)
Bedford Dispensary. 1392
B'klyn City Dispensary .. 936
Central Dispensary ... 485, 937
City Hospital. 485
Dict Dispensary. 939
Brighton Pier at C. I.
204
Women's Hom. Hosp. aud Disp. 914
Home for Cons'u't'ves, 935
Church History. 177
Coney Island Causeway. 171
Chapel.
182
Sanitariau
Hosp. and
Disp. 939
Female Employment Soc ... First Brooklyn Woman's Chr. Temperance Union
986 976
Flower and Fruit Charity, The German Ladies' Association. . R. C. Orph. Asylum ..
General History. 185
Geography of
156
Garfield Home for Cons'm't's, 518
Gates Ave. Hom. Disp .. . 909
German Home for the Aged. . 518 Lutheran Hosp. 516
Home for Destitute Children .. 489
for the Aged German .. 518
Hosp. and Disp., E. D. 515
Keith Home .. 936
Manhattan Beach at C. I. Hotel, C. I.,
208
Marine R. R. at C. I.
208
Ocean Ave. . Parkway. Pier at C. I.
Odd Fellows' Lodge
183
St. Mary's Hosp. .515, 933
166
St. John's Hosp. .513, 935
Superintendeuts of the Poor, Hist. of. 463
Post Offices
181 158 173 168
203 156 173
Hunt Horticultural and Botanic Garden . 485
Stillwell House
I
Temperance Laws, Early
Topography.
185
Visiting Committee of State Charities Aid Ass. for the K. Co. Institutions 988
Wayside Home 989
Wartburg Home. 317
Williamsburgh Benev. Soc ... 992
N. Y. State Training School for Nurses. 913
Howard Benev. Soc. (New Lots) .
Hebrew Benevolent Soc .. Orphan Soc. of B. Helping Hand, The.
Women and Children, The.
1404
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
Institutions .- Continued. PAGE
Womau's Work Exchange &
Decorative Art Soc. of B. .. 987
Y. M. Assoc., Third Pres. Ch., 303
Zion Relief Association .. 988
Woman's Dispensary. 937
Pharmaceutical.
B'klyn Board of Pharmacy, The ..
940
Homoeopathic Pharmacies. 913
Kings Co. Phar. Society 940
Pharmaceutical Associations. 940
Insurance Companies. Atlantic . . 515
B'klyn City Safe Deposit Co .. 632
Brooklyn Fire 628
Brooklyn Life. 631
Continental. 630
Fireman's Trust. 630
Fire . 628
Fulton, of W'msburgh
303
Germania. 631
Home 631
Life. 631
Ins. and Safe Deposit Co.
629
Kings Co. Fire.
630
Lafayette Fire.
629
Life . 631
Long Island.
629
Safe Deposit Co ..
632
Mechanics' Fire. .
630
Montauk Fire.
630
Nassau Fire
629
Phenix 629
Real Estate and Insurance ... 863
Safe Deposit Co .. 632
Williamsburgh City Fire .... 303,629
Iron Merchants 1390
Jail, County, The .. J
1361
Jewelers. (See Dealers.)
K
Kings County.
BENCII AND BAR OF .... 338-369, 1269
Board of Charities .. 514
Census, 1880. 515
Charities Com. 516
County Courts. 343
Comm'rs of Jurors. 421a
Charities. .493a-510a
Court-house .. .489, 535
Court of Common Pleas ... 343
ECCLESIASTICAL HIST. OF. ... 327-337
First Court held at B'klyn ... 346
First Circuit. 345
First Court of Record .. 342
345
Courts, Town and Justices' 341
Customs, Domestic and Social
48
Court of Sessions. 343
Supreme Court. 342
Catholic Benev ... 1356 Confectioners. 770
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS FROM K.
Co. 372-377 Libraries.
Apprentices', The. 1301
Brooklyn, The ... 1301-1303
Law, The 1303
Institute, The 1301
City. The . . 1302
Eastern Distriet Assoc. 1301
Garfield Law, The. 1302
Kings Co. Med. Soc 890
Long Island Historical Soc. 50a. 1304
Mechanics' Free Read'g Room 13044
Mercantile. 186, 506, 510
Private . 1309
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN B. 1301-1332 Literature (See Assocs., Socs. and Clubs.) Literature and Science in B. (See Authors and Scientists. ) 1301
366 Livery Stables, 1389
Long Islaud. PAGE
Agricultural Capabilities of . . 38
Battle of, The ... 52
British Occupation of 32
Customs, Primitive, of. 29
Colonial History of .. 25
Discovery of Fish Culture on. 963
GENERAL HISTORY OF. 18-42
Geology of. 18
History. 40
Indians of. 20
Indian History of, by Alden J. Spooner 20
Indian Owners of .. 64
Industries of. Early 29
Institutions of. 29
Kidd, Capt., on 29
Library, Mercantile. 510
Natural History of. 18
Primitive Customs of. 29
Revolutionary History of. 31
Smuggling on. 32
Topography of. 18
Lumber. (See Dealers.)
Mansion House, The. 1359
Manufactures.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
OF BROOKLYN .668, 824
Implements. . 704
Architects, Builders, and Real
Estate Agents .... 829, 830, 831, 832 Awnings. 817
Axles and Carriage Springs. .. 800
Baking Powder Manufacturers 754
Boilers .. 679, 822
Box Manufacturers .. . 823
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, 783 Braids, Worsteds. 823
Brass Founders 822
Brass Foundries, etc .. 691
Bread and Baking Products .. 767
Breweries and Distilleries .... 770
Brewers' and Distillers' Ma- chinery .. 679
Brooms, Brushes. . 814
Builders and Architects 853, 854
Builders' Hardware and Masons' Materials 834
Camp & Sons' Docks. 641
Carpenters and Masons. 837
Carriages
823
Carriages, Cars ~99
C'aulking Irons .. 822
Census Returns, Imperfection of U. S .. 668
Cigars etc. (See Tobacco).
Clothing .. 788
Legion of Honor, American. 1351 Coffee, Spices and Teas. 800
Cracker Bakery 823
Dealers in Builders' Materials. 823
Distilleries and Breweries ... . Doors, Sash and Mouldings. . 735
Drugs and Chemicals. 751
Dyeing and Cleaning. 813
Electro-platers. 708
Engine Makers. 681
Fancy Metal Goods. 822
Fertilizers 78,756
Fire Brick and Tile. 80G
Flouring and Feed Mills. 813
Foundry and Machine Shops .. 677
Furniture Mamifacture .... 729
Galvanized Iron .. 701
Glass Manufacture.
Glass Works 821
Ghie .. . . 756, 758
Hardware and House F'sh'g .. 821
Hats. ...
743, 892
Heating Apparatus. 822
Kings County. PAGE
Judges of tlie Common Pleas, 366
Judicial Officers under the Duke's Laws 366
Justice of the Quorum .. 366
Justices under Gov. Andros. . 366
Legislative Officers from. 372
List of County Officials .. . 366
Med. Prof. in, 1644-1822. 414-418
Med. Soc. 488
Estab. 418
Under Fed. Gov. and Consti- tution of State N. Y. 392
Penitentiary 476
Poor House Estab
463
Registrar 419a-420a
Settlement of
43
by the Dutchi. 65
Siugle Head Bill. 515
Slavery in.
Slaves in, 1755. . 69
Social Conditions of Early In- habitants 70
S. S. Uuiou. 1097
Superintend'ts of the Poor. . . 463-492a Supervisors, 1st meeting after Rev., 1784 393
Supervisors, 1st meeting after Iucorp. of B'klyn 404
Temp. Court Accom .. 1832-37,
340
Travel and Transit in. . 419
Treasurers. 418a Agricultural Tools. 822
Will, The First Recorded in .. 419a
Knights, Catlı. of America. 1357
of Honor. .316, 1353
of Pythias. .316, 317, 1354
and Ladies of H. . .316-317
1353
L
Law and Trials.
(See Bench and Bar of B'klyn.) Asa P. and F. W. Robinson vs. City of Brooklyn. 1264
Beecher-Tilton Trial. .. 511, 512, 1216 1220, 1222
Case of Newspaper Reporter ..
1264
Coppin vs. Gatewood
1268
Executors of P. W. Radcliff vs. Mayor aud C. C. of B'klyn . 1265
Great Ropewalk Litigation
with the City of B'klyn .. 1266
Heury W. Sage vs. City of B. 1264
Hope vs. English. 1263
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