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Sonle. John, and the Methodist Missionary Soci- ety. 196.
Spangenberg, Bishop, 560.
Spanish and German clube, SO.
Specie Circular. effects of the. 320.
Speculation, character of in New York, 812, 861, $62.
Squares and parks. 851.
Stamp Act : Congress at New York, 90, 27 ; re- peal of the, 29.
State Charities Aid Association, 826.
State Prison at Greenwich. 40. 401.
State Street and its occupants, Si.
Statues in New York. 611. >15.
Starin. John IL., biography of, 795.
Starrs, the Rev. William. and the Hospital of St. Vincent de Paul. 590.
Steamboats and railways, 363.
Steam fire-engine. 332: introduction of the. 233.
Steam navigation, 55.
Steers Brothers, shipbuilders, 222. 521.
Steers, George, death of. 325.
Steinway & Sons, pianoforte-makers, 680. 681.
Steinway, Henry Englehard. biography of. 651.
Stephenson, John, first builder of omnibuses and horse-railway cars. 402; biography of, 403.
Stern, Myer, address of : noticed. 127.
Stereotyping, introduction of into New York, 192.
Stevens. JJohn 1., and the Loyal Publication So. ciety. 754.
Stevens, John C. and ocean steam navigation, 361: founder of the New York Yacht Chib, 524 : the yacht Almerien and, 525.
Stevens, Linus W., colonel of the Twenty-seventh mow Seventh) regiment National Guard, 319; the abolition riots and. 337. 338.
Stewart. AAlesander T .. and the dry-goods trade, 415 : sketch of career of, 4:6-418.
Stock actor- in New York, 530.
Stock Exchange, the ; methods of business at the, 812.
Stone, A. B., and the Children's Aid Society, 610. Stone, William L., biography of, 67. Stonecutters' riot. 341.
Storrs. the Rev. R. S., address of at the opening of the East River Bridge. Sol.
Stoves and ranges, manufacture of, 707.
Stove-dealers, location of the. 214.
Street boys, character of the. 636.
Stuart. George H., and the U. S. Christian Com- mission, 330.
Sturges. Jonathan, and the New York Gallery of Fine Arts, 616 ; dinner to, 617 ; biography of, 618.
Stuyvesant, Peter, governor of New Netherland ; character of : biography of. 9.
Stuyvesant Square. 854.
Son newspaper established, 979; rivals of the, 274.
Sunday-schools established, 302.
Swift, John IL., and Church sisterhood, 589. Swift. Joseph & .. and the great fire. 318.
Swamp, the, notice of, 214. 918 ; leather dealers in. 218.
Swartwont, Colonel JJohn, duel of with De Witt Clinton. 2ft. Swartwout, Robert, duel of with Richard Riker, 210.
Swartwout, Samuel, grand marshal at commem- oration of the French Revolution. 25%. Swedes on the Delaware, 11.
T.
Taglioni, Monsieur and Madame. 428.
Tallmadge, Frederick A., and the Astor Place riot. 511.
Tammany Hall and commemoration of the French Revolution. 27, 99
Tammany society, history of the. 940. 23 : char- Heter of the ind device of its certificate of membership. 211.
Tanners near the Collect, 216.
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Tappan. Arthur, biography of, 167; store of as- sailed. 337.
Tappan, Lewis, house of sacked by rioters, 833, 334 : and moreantile agency, 599.
Taylor, Asher B , and the National Guard, 223. Taylor, Moses. 220
Tea-ships at New York. 31.
Temple Court, 6.
Tenant-honse system considered, 758.
Theatres in New York. 49.
" The Ninth Anniversary, a Drama." 257.
" The house I live in." a poem. 334 -696.
Theological Seminary, the General. 47.
Theological Seminary, the Union, 457.
. Thompson, saloon of. 96. 92.
Thompson, John, and the National banking sys- tem. 733-735 : biography of, 734 ; plan of a paper currency. 235.
Thompson's (Corporal tavern. 105.
Thorburn, Grant, and Robert Hoe. 479.
Thorne & Williams. shipbuilders. 2.2.
Thorne. Jonathan, leather merchant, biography of, 217.
Tiffany, Charles L .. receives the decoration of the Legion of Honor : a gold medal from the Emperor of Russia, 199.
Tiffany & Co., establishment of, 797; honors be- stowed upon, 290.
Tilden. Samuel J., affidavit of causes the arrest of Tweed. $19.
Times, the New York. exposes the frauds of the Tweed ring. Nr.
Titus. Elias, one of the founders of the American Instituto. notice of. 169.
Toombs, Robert, and Mayor Wood, 717.
Tomlinson, W. A., and the Half Orphan Asylum, 471.
Tompkins Square, 854.
Tontine Association. 51 ; Coffee House, 108.
Townley, the Rev. John, organizes a Congrega- tional church. 5.3.
Train, George Francis. introduces street railways into London. 403.
Training School for Nurses, 827.
Transportation business, the, 794.
Transval, the. 855.
Tree, Ellen, sketch of. 426. Tribune, the. established, IT.
Tribune building burned, 409 ; the pioneer of tall buildings, 856.
Trimble, George T., and the Demilt Dispensary, 689
Trinity Church established: property of, 19; school of, 302 : and the Free school Society, 803 ; parish. chapels, and charities of, 542 316 ; architecture of editice. 6.3.
Troops, response of New York to call for, Fri, 718.
Truax. the Rev. John, and the Marine Magazine, 134.
True Reformed Church, the. 51.).
Trumtill. Colonel John. and the American Academy of Fine Arts, 173; character of, 174; sketch of. 200.
Tryon, William. Governor. gives a charter to the New York Society Library, 152.
Tweed, William MM. and the Americus Club, 597; career of, 80, 509; death of, W.
Tweed Ring. the, 85 MIN.
Twenty-seventh mow seventh) Regiment N. G. and election riot, 219: history of the, 321-325; votes a medal to Lafayette. 324.
Two-mile Stone prayerameeting. 501.
Tyng, the Rev. Stephen H., and Home for the Friendless, 464 : biography of. 543.
Typographical Society, the New York, 165, 166 ; officers of the, 100.
U.
Ulshoeffer, M, judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 495-406.
Underground railway. 635.
Union cinb, founder of the : character of the members of the, 434 ; sketch of the, 433.
Union Defence Committee, members of the, 720 ; labors of the, 22. 23.
Union Dime Savings Bank, 857.
Union Home and school. 138.
Union Langue Club, origin and history of the. 748-153 ; first officers of the : committees for raising colored troops. 749: committee to re- ornit troops, 750 ; services since the war. 252, 753 ; officers of the. 153.
Union Square, 528, 851; great war meeting in. cis, 219,
Union Theological Seminary, history of the. 447. 418; endowments of the ; officers and faculty of the. 419.
Unitarian Church. 524.
University of the city of New York, 450 : notable events at the : officers of the. 452.
Universalist Church, the. 571. 522 ..
United Bank building. 857.
United States Bank. government deposits re- moved from, 369 ; recharter and failure of the, 370.
United States Christian Commision, work of the, 729. 730.
United States Sanitary Commission, history of the, 227-720.
V.
Valentine, Lawson, owner of the Houghton farm ; publisher and varnish manufacturer, biography of, 790.
Valjean and the Bishop Hizo), 588.
Van Amringe. JJ. II., historian of Columbia Col- leve. 147.
Van Arsdale, JJohn, and the British Hag, 290.
Van Cortlandt's joy. 11.
Vanderbilt. Cornelius, biography of, 405.
Van Dam. Rip, and Governor Cosby, 10.
Vandenhoff, George, 518.
Van Nostrand, David, publisher, 704; biography of, 205.
Van Twiller, Governor. 2.
Van Wyek, Pierre C., second of Richard Riker, 240.
Varick. Colonel Richard. biography of, 902: at commemoration of the French Revolution. .. Vanx. Calvin, and Central Park, sketch of. 610.
Vermilyen. the Rev. Thomas, senior pastor of the Collegiate Church : trustee of the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum. 455.
Verplanck, Giulian (. biography of, 255 ; candi- date for mayor, 313.
Vestris, Madame, sketch of. 424.
Victoria, Queen, and the yacht Americe. 525.
Viele. General Egbert I ... and the Central Park. sketch of, 009; report of on topography and hydrology of Manhattan Island. 610.
Volunteer Fire Department and the canal cele- bration, 74.
W.
Waddell. Coventry. 603 ; mansion of. 612. 613. Wakeman. T. B. and the American Institute, 170. Wales. Prince of, visit and reception of. 209. Wales. Salem H., and the Homeopathie Medical College, biography of. 778. 79.
Wall Street in 1 30, occupants of ; character of. 107. 108.
Wallabout. the. 5.
Wallack, Henry, 520.
Wallack. James, and National Theatre. 423, 520.
Wallnek. J. Lester, 520.
Wallack's Theatre. 6s2.
Walloons in New Netherlands, 4.
Walton, the brothers, as.
Ward district courts. 238.
Ward's 'Island, 400.
Warner. Colonel Andrew, on General Morton's staff. 20; the National Guard and. 323.
Washington, an attempt to no.son, 11 : parts with
dener of. 4 : bronze states of. >15. Washington Market rebuilt, 800.
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Washington Parade-Ground and commemoration of the French Revolution, 283.
Washington Square. 851.
Watchmen, dutiesof. 238, 239.
Waterhouse and vaccination, 141.
Waters of the lakes and the ocean commingled,
Water-Color Society, the American ; officers of the, 838.
Water supply of the city, 356, 300; new sources of sought, 16.
Water-works, carly projects for, 55.
Wattivel. Bishop, 559.
Watts. Robert, founder of the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum. 451.
Watson, Charlotte, sketch of, 421; and Madame Anna Bishop, 15.
Webb, Alexander $ .. and the College of New York : biography of. 591.
Webb, Isaac, shipbuilder. 223. 526.
Webb. James Watson, obtains a military com- mission in his youth, 267. 268; founds the Courier and Enquirer newspaper, 209 ; revolu- tionizes the methods of journalism, 270. 271; the commemoration of the French Revolution and, 288 : gives the name Whig to his political party, 311 : the election riots and. 315-318 : last survivor of the Hone Club, #33; United States minister at the court of Brazil, 740 ; interview with Napoleon III. : energetie career of in Brazil, 740 ; relieves the Ameriem minister in Paraguay : effects an arrangement with Napo- leon for the removal of troops from Mexico, 741 : biography of. 741, 742.
Webb, Captain Thomas, soldier and preacher, 560. Webb, W. H., vessels built by, 526 ; biography of, 521.
Webb & Allen, shipbuilders, 222.
Weddings in the Knickerbocker days, 100, 101.
Weed, Thurlow, diplomatic agent in Europe, 735 ; biography of, 36.
Weir, Robert W., and Trumbull, 174; biography of. 201.
Welles building, So7.
Wells. Horace, and anæsthetics, 780, 781; statue Of. 181.
Wells, Fargo & Dunning, express of. 381.
West, Professor C. E .. and the daguerreotype, 109 : Rutgers Female College and. 4B.
Western Union Telegraph Company, officers of the. 391. 392.
Westervelt, Jacob, shipbuilder. 923.
West India Company, the Dutch, 7.
Wetmore Home for Fallen and Friendless Girls, 769.
Wetmore. Prosper M., and the Morning Courier, 200 : and Twenty-seventh Regiment N. G. 829, 323. 353.
Wheatley, Mrs., and Misses Emma and Julia, sketches of. 420.
Whelan, the Rev .. character of. 561.
Whig party, origin of name of the, 311.
White, Canvas, engineer of Croton Aqueduct, 357. White & Farmer. type-founders, 454. Whitefield, the Rev. George, 554.
Whittier. John G., quotation from on imprison- ment for debt. 337.
Widows' Fund Society, the. 128.
Williams, David, 259.
Willis, Nathaniel P., 251, 258.
Willett, Marinus, biography of, 37.
Willets. Samuel. biography of. 696.
Wilson, A. D., convert to homeopathy. 01.
Wilson, George, secretary of the Chamber of Connerce. 211.
Wilson. John D., proposes the name of " National Guard" for the Twenty-seventh Regiment, 391. Wilson Industrial School, the. 611 ; officers of the, 612.
Windust's restaurant ; Athenian Hotel. 97.
Winston, Frederick S., president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. sketch of. +9.
Wisner, George W., suggests a one-cent news- paper, 272.
Wolcott, A. S., and the daguerreotype, 410.
Wolfe, Miss Catharine, gift of to Grace Church, 675.
Wolfe. John David and Miss Catharine, and the Home for Incurables, Tor.
Woman's Hospital, the, 668 ; officers of the. 669. Woman's Medical College : officers of the, 697.
Woman's Prison Association, 585 ; officers of the, EST.
Women of New York, patriotism of the. 726.
Women's Branch of the New York City Mission and Tract Society, 204 ; character and work of the : officers of the. 205.
Women's Central Relief Association ; officers of the. 22s.
Wood, Fernando. mayor, proposes the secession from the Union of the City of New York, 215 ; Robert Toombs and. 117.
Wood, William. and the Normal College, 575
Wood. William, originator of the Mercantile Library Association, 16 ;.
Wood, Mr. and Mrs., opera singers, 423.
Woodhull. Caleb S., mayor. 495.
Woodworth, Samuel. noticed, 251; and "The House I live in, “ 394.
Woodlawn Cemetery, 350.
"Woodman, spare that Tree." song of, 93: Cap- tain Marryat and the song of, 94.
Wool. General John E., and Governor Morgan; helps save the National capital. 125.
Working Girls, Home for, 418.
Working Women's Protective Union. 823.
Workmen in shipyards, former condition of, 223. Worth, General, monument to, 530.
Y.
Yacht Club. New York. the. 595-597.
" Yankee Hill," sketch of, 42s.
Yellow fever. 30. 35. 59.
Young Ladies' New York Bible Society. 199.
Young Men's Bible Society ; officers of the, 198; work of the, 199.
Young Men's Christian Association, 656-65>; names of the chief founders of the, 656.
Young Women's Christian Association ; officers of the, 699.
Yorkville, 603.
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Zenger, John Peter, trial of and biography of, 17.
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