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A -tor Library, 649. Astor Place Opera House, 521, 522. - Place Riot, 520. Assurance Companies, G03. Asylum for the Insane, seeking suitable site for, 233.
Asylum for the Insane, Review of its an! sequent career, 233. Atlantic Cable Celebration, 284. Garden, 30, note. and Pacific Oceans, 17.
Attucks, a mulatto, 228.
Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, 167, 220. Auction Hotel, 483.
BADLAM'S BATTERY, 246. Baker, Gardiner, 329.
Sir William, 207.
Baldock, Captain R., 394.
Ball in honor of the opening of the Erie Canal, 410.
- in honor of the Queen's Birthday. 261. Washington Inauguration, 309.
Baltimore, 369, 388.
Bancroft, George, 54, 161, 200, 248. 637 George, delivers an oration up- President Lincoln, 657.
Bank Street, 378. Bank of Commerce, 603.
of the Commonwealth, 603.
of the Republic, 603.
of America, 603.
of New York, 603.
Broadway, 603.
of North America, 603. Union, 603.
Banks suspend payment, 536.
Bauman, Colonel, 236, 299. 305.
Banyar, Goldsbrow, 201, 205.
Barclay, Rev. Mr., 166, 167. Street, 251. Street Ferry, 420.
Barlow, General, 645. Barnard, Judge, 633. Barnum's Museum, 511.
Barre, M. de La, Governor. 111.
Barren Island (Beeren Evlant . 98.
Bartlett, an artist. 636.
Batterson, James G., designs the Wort !: Monument, 516.
Battery, The, 19, 25, 30, 49. 75. 57. 396, 408. 475, 499. 613, 657. Fort, The dilapidated condition of. 47. Fort, guns removed from, by the Liberty Boys, 245. Fort, required by Government, 47. Fort, dismantled, 201. Battle, first on record between English and Dutch trading vessels near Fort Amsterdam, 27.
of Bunker ITill. 106, 244. of Golden Hill, New York, 228.
of Long Island, 247. Baxter, George, 39.
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Baxter Street, 529. Bayard, Nicholas, 284, 339. Bayard's Hickory Grove, 339. - Spring, 339. Beaver Street, 30, 92, 115, 251, 419, 481, 509, 510. Becker's Tavern, 336.
Bedloe's Island, 139.
Beekman, Adrian, killed in a riot, 272, note. Colonel, 170.
J. W., quotation from his ad- dress on behalf of the New York Hospital, 234, 235. House, 271, 272, note.
Mrs., 272.
Slip, 246, 356.
Street, 165, 184, 323, 331, 590.
Swamp, 70, 91, note, 167.
William, 272, note.
William, Schepen of New Am- sterdam, 148.
Beelen Island, 45.
. Belgium, 19. Bell, Old Jail, 367, 510.
Bellamont, Earl of, Governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, 121, 131.
Belvidere Club, 340. Benckes, Admiral, 67.
Bend, Rev. J. G., 168.
Benson, Judge, 104, 453.
Benton, Hon. Nathaniel, gives Canal Statistics, 411.
Benson, Governor, 443.
Berkeley, Sir William, Governor of Vir- ginia, 106.
Bermuda, Trade with, 30, 167.
Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts. 192. Betste (bedstead), 75. Bevers Paatje ( Beaver Lane', 62.
Bible, discussion on the admission of the, without comment, into the N. Y. Public Schools, 508, 509. - House, 132, 649, Bierstadt, an artist, 637. "Big Ditch," The, 410.
Bills of Credit, or Paper Currency, issue of objected to by Assembly, 161. Billy the Fiddler, 423. Blackwell's Island, 83. Blauvelt, Captain, 43. Blazing Star Inn, stages stop at, 186, 187. Bleecker, Anthony, 318, 452. Street, 643. Street House, 468. Block, Adrien, 14. 15. Bloomingdale Road, 503, 505, 597. Board of Education, 507.
Boes, Captain, 67.
Bogardus, Domine Everardus, second Clergyman in New Netherland, 24, 32, 48. Rev. W., 32, 57. Bolton's Tavern (Sam Francis's), 231, 298. Booth, Mary L., 182, 219.
Booth's Theatre. 607, 609.
Boston, 30, 41, 122, 125. 199, 214, 216, 223, 227, 239, 243, 244, 246, 274, 387. old post road, 91, 93.
Bouck, Mr., 408.
Boudinot, Elias, 292.
Boulevard, The New, 597.
Bowerie Farm, 93.
Bowerie Village, 103.
Bowery, 12, 93, 403, 529.
Bowling Green, 19, 27, 30, 37, 78, 92, 115, 125, 200, 246, 289, 318.
Bradford, Governor William, of New Plymouth, 133.
Bradford's Gazette, 27-1.
Bradstreet & Son, 488.
Brady, Rev. John, 170.
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea), visits New York as the guest of Miss Burr, 415, 416.
Brazil, 43, 46, 63, 103.
Bread Riots, 536.
Breastworks erected, 246.
Breukelen, 88, 98.
Breweries, Brick-kilns, and other Manu- factories in New Netherland, 59.
Brick Church, Old, 366, 590. Bridewell, Old, 336.
The, 336, 497.
Bridge Street ( Brugh Straat), 30, 92, 125.
88,
British Army land on Long Island, at Gravesend, 247.
Fleet occupy the North and East Rivers, 247.
House of Commons refuse to re- ceive representatives of New York Assembly, 222. Museum, ST.
Officers and their wives indulg- ing in gayety and frivolity, whilst American citizens are . languishing in prison, 256.
Broad Street, 13, 24, 30, 87, 88, 89. 92. 115, 124, 231, 246, 251, 300, 303, 318, 321, 336, 421, 477, 480, 481, 482, 509, 510. Broadway, 13, 19, 67. 89. 90, 92. 95. 102, 132, 152. 232, 321, 335. 340. 403, 421, 426, 462, 474, 499, 509, 603. Bank, 603.
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Broadway, Past and Present, 605.
No. 1, Head-quarters of British Commanders during Revolu- tionary War, 152, 154. its true history, 270. East, 529. Brodhead, J. R., 54. Brooklyn, 474.
Ferry, 93, 356. Heights, 246. Navy Yard, 480, 482.
Brooks, Erastus, 352.
Broome, John, 297, 318, 322, 336.
Broome Street, 403.
Brown, George W., Auction Hotel of, 483. Major, 262, 263.
Brown, a sculptor, 637.
Brunswick Troops, 256.
Bryant, William Cullen, 637, 657.
Buck, Gordon, 234.
Buffalo, 186, 390.
Buildings, Improvements in Streets and, in New York, 37.
average height of, in 1677, 576.
Bullock Street, 284.
Bunker, Captain E. S., 393.
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 106, 244.
Burgher government established in Man- hattan, 53. Burgomasters, Salaries of, 40.
Burgoyne, General, 256.
Burke, Edmund, 246.
Burling Slip, 226, 246.
Burlington, N. J., Stages run to, 186.
Burnet, Gov. William, succeeds Gov. Hunter, as Governor of New York, 126, 127.
Gov. William, anecdotes of, 129, 130.
resigns Governorship of New York, and accepts that of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 199.
Burnet's policy, beneficial effects of, 128. Burning of the Government House, 257. Centre Street, 246, 337, 457, 403, 465, Burns' Coffee-house. 207, 290. 529.
Burr, Aaron, 341, 342, 345, 415, 443.
obtains the acquittal of Levy Weeks charged with the mur- der of Miss Sands, 343.
Burr, Theodosia, entertains Brant, 415.
Burroughs, Mr., 126.
Bushwick, or Boswyck, 148. Bute, Lord, 197, 200. Butman, Jeremiah, 372. Byron, Lord, 412.
CABOT, 24. Cadaraqui. Fort at, 109, 112.
"Cadmus," the ship in which Lafayette Charlotte County, 238. visited America, 379, 383.
Cadwallader, Col., defends Harlem Plains, 250.
Caen, Normandy, 152.
Cæsar, the Nigger, 84, 85.
Caffniere, Admiral, 113.
Calvin, 137.
Calvinists, 22. Cambridge University, 152. Canada, 15, 16, 21.
Indians invade, 112.
Canal Street, 13, 232, 335, 403.
Street, extension, 529.
, Erie, The, projected by Clinton, 348.
, Erie, The, rejoicings at its comple- tion, 379, 389-401.
Carleton, General, and Lieutenant-Gover- nor Sir Guy Carleton, 154, 214.
Caribbean Islands, 53.
Carroll, Mr., 166.
Carroll of Carrollton, 489.
Carter, Herman G., 488.
Carteret, Philip, Governor of New Jer- sey, 103, note. Castle Garden, 384,
- William, 384.
Catherine Slip. 356. Street, 91, 465.
Catholics, 22. Catskill, 352.
Caughnawaga, the town of the Cauchoa- wagas or Praying Indians, 127.
Cayenguinago, 120.
Cayugas, 108.
Cedar Street, 422, 603.
Celestial Empire, 14.
Central Park, 501, 503, 529.
- Park Commission, 614.
Park, History and Description of, 529-531. Park, Prof. S. F. B. Morse's Statue in, 639. Park, Receiving Reservoir, 506.
Century Club, 359.
Chamber of Commerce, 624.
Chambers, John. 135, 167, 194.
Street, 132. 529.
Chambly, Fort, 374.
Champlain, Lake, 132, 593.
Chancellor Livingston, a steam vessel, 383, 396.
Charity School, 252. Charles, Robert, Colonial Agent, 221.
Charles I., 27, 146. Charleston, S. C., 247.
Charlton Street, 13, 339.
Charter, Dongan's, 116.
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Charter of Liberties, The, 114.
of Columb a (King's) College, op- position of citizens to its being granted, 177-179.
first, of New Netherland, 40. of Privileges and Exemptions, 21.
Montgomery's, 647. of New York City. The old one annulled, 613.
of New York City. The new one promulgated and passed. 614.
of New York City-its provisions as compared with the old, 614, note.
of New York City-its special peculiarities, 615.
of New York City-the various Charters and their provisions, 615.
Chatham, Earl of, 200.
- Insurance Company, 476.
- Square, 465.
Street, 91, 93, 165, 232, 323, 337, 467.
Street, " Tea Water Pump" in, 500, 573.
Chauncey Vibbard, a steamboat, 352, note, 353. Cheatham, James, 4S8. Cherry Street, 13, 472. Cheshire, 156.
Chicago, Great Fire in, 616-618. Great Fire in, New York City aids sufferers by, 616.
China, 187.
Choate, Joseph H., 621.
Christ-Kinkle Day, 69-71.
Christiaensen, Hendrick, 14, 15, 16. Christian Association, Young Men's, 638. Church, an artist, 637.
Churches and Ministers in New York City, 641, 642.
Church Street, extension from Fulton to Morris, 599, 600.
Citizens refuse to support the Troops, 213.
consternation of, at the ravages of the Yellow Fever, 332.
City, The, divided into six Wards, 115. Council, 57.
Gate, 89.
Boundary established, 131.
Hall, or Stadt-Huys, 89.
Hall, 77, 124, 301, 336, 345, 375, 385, 403, 421, 462, 465, 480, 483. Hall Slip, 186. Hall Park, 91, 224, 498. Hall, present, built, 345.
City Hall, public meeting of Citizens called at, for fire of 1835, 483- 486.
Hotel, The, 211, 308, note, 375, 385, 404, 483.
Seal, New, 116. Wall, The, 92.
Clarence, Duke of, saved from drowning by Gulian Verplanck, 271.
Claremont, 504.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, Lord Chancellor of England, 138.
Clark, McDonald, the Mad.Poet, 490. William, 135.
Willis Gaylord, 489.
Clarke, George, Secretary of Colony, 138. George, appointed Licut .- Gov., 138, 142.
George, Lieut .- Gov , supported in his acts by the popular voice, 138.
George, Lieut .- Gov., his first speech in the General Assembly, 138.
George, Lieut .- Gov., his action on the Indian affairs of the Colony, 139.
George, ex-Lieut .- Gov., his career, 155, note, and 156.
George Hyde, son of Lieut .- Gov., 156.
Claus, Santa, 69-71.
Clermont, Fulton's First Steamboat, 351, 352.
Cliff Street, 89, 90, 211, 226.
Clinton, Admiral George, Governor of New York, 155, 233.
- Admiral George, his Address to the Assembly, 157.
- Admiral George, asserts the Royal prerogative, 162.
Admiral George, resigns, 164.
De Witt, Mayor of New York, 343.
De Witt, appointed Mayor a second time, 358.
De Witt, 408, 4SS.
De Witt, superseded by Judge Radcliffe, 358.
De Witt, his character and con- duct, public and private, 358, 359.
De Witt, his firmness and patriot- ism as Mayor, 368.
De Witt, Governor, opens the Erie Canal, 391, 398.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 154, 247, 258, 265. Hall, 649.
- Mrs. George, 308.
Clover-Watic, The, or Pasture-field, 83. Cod, Cape, 51.
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Coddington, J. J., 518. Coenties Alley, 481.
Battery, 246. Lane, 475. Slip, 19, 87, 186, 474, 475, 480, 4$1, 497. 318, 331, 344,
Coffee-House Slip, 480, 481.
The Breast-works erected at, 246. Burns', Sons of Liberty kindle a bon-fire before, 207, 590.
Colden, Dr. Cadwallader, 109, 120, 130, 135, note, 163, 183, 190, 191, 194, 200, 225.
Dr. Cadwallader, Governor of New York, 190.
Dr. Cadwallader, hung in effigy, 200.
Dr. Cadwallader, ex-Governor, ap- pointed a third time Governor of New York, 222.
Cadwallader, D., at Erie Canal celebration, 398. Alexander, 200.
Cold Spring, 372.
Colgate, C. C., 608.
College Controversy, 179.
Collect (Kolck), site of the Tombs, 13, 83, 91, 271. Colonial Congress, 281.
Currency, authorization of a, by the Government, 230.
Colony sides with England against France, 159.
state of, described by John Pin- tard, 255. described by Dunlop, 255.
Columbian Order, or Tammany Society, established. 328.
Columbia (King's) College, charter grant- ed, 177.
- people's opposition to grant of charter, 177-179.
Colve, Capt., 67.
Capt., made Governor of New Netherland, 67.
Commerce at a stand-still, 554.
Commission appointed by Gov. Stuyve- sant to confer with Capt. Scott, 61.
Committee of Seventy, 620-634.
" Commons," The, 91.
Common Council, 201. 332, 394. 459, 647. Comparison between England and Amn- erica, 654. Coney Island, 59, 64, 97. Island, Dirck De Wolf com- mences to make salt at, 59.
Conflagration of 1804, 344. terrible, of 1811, 366, 367, note. --- of 1835, 471-486.
Conflagration of 1835, accounts of tene- ments consumed, 481, 452. of 1845, 509, 510.
Congress, General, held at New York. 198.
- of the Indians and Six Nations at Albany, 127.
Conijnen Eylant (Rabbit Island), 97.
Connecticut, 60, 197, 371.
- Shore, 372. Connolly, Richard B., 620, 627-630. Richard B., goes to jail, 633.
Constable's House, 287.
Constantinople, 512.
Continental Congress, 243, 373. Army, 374. Contingent furnished by New York City to defend the Union, 648.
Conway, Minister, 209.
Cook, Ransom, 350.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, himself and Percival dine together at the City Hotel, 489.
Cooper Institute, 413, 620. 624 649.
Corlear's Hook, Woods, 339.
Cornbury, Lord, appointed Governor of New York, his character and administration, 122.
Lord, superseded by Lovelace :19 Governor of New York, 123:
- detestation of. 123.
Cornwallis, Lord, 258.
Corporate Seal of New Amsterdam and New York, 40.
Corporation Library, 181.
Corry, Wm., MS. letter to Sir Wm. John- son, 181.
Cortelyou, Jacques, makes a Survey and Map of New Amsterdam, 58.
Cortlandt Street, 107, 254, note, 375, 495. Cosby, Gov. William, 133, 138, 162.
Costello, Michael, 632.
Cotton, John, clerk to General Congress, 19S. Council held at Fort George, 135, note.
- of .Appointment, 314, note, 647.
Courcelles, The Chevalier de, Governor of Canada, 109.
Cox, Rev. Dr., 463. Jameson, Register, 510.
Cozine, John, 287, 341.
Cranberry, N. J., stages run to, 186.
Credit, Bills of, or Paper Currency, issue of objected to by Assembly, 161.
Creek Indians visit New York as the guests of Tammany, 328.
Criminal Trial, Remarkable : sensational denouement, 342-344.
Crisis, Great Financial, of 1857, 535-537. Croaker, The, a poem, 490. Crolius, Clarkson, 399.
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Crosby, Philip, 172. Street, 467.
"Crossing the Ferry " at New York, 354.
Croton Aqueduct, 500, 507.
Aqueduct at Sing Sing, 501.
Dam, 506.
River, 500.
Crown, prerogative of, in appointment of Colonial Treasurer, resisted, and office declared elective, 146.
Crown Point, 132, 199, 214.
Cruger, John, Mayor of New York, 182, 219.
John, chosen Speaker of the new Assembly, 221. Nicholas, 284.
Crummashie Hill, 93.
Crystal Palace, 511.
Palace, World's Fair at, 528.
Custis, G. W. P., 232.
Custom-Duty of 30 per cent. exacted, 53. Custom House, 421. Customs at Funerals, 81. Cyane, sloop of war, 396.
DALY, Chief-Justice, C. P., 270, 359, 483, 528. " Dam," The, 501. Damen, Jan Jansen, 33.
Jan Jansen, appointed Kirke- Meester, 33.
Dana, Chief Justice, 436.
Davis, Robert, 376.
Dead-Rabbit Riot, 534.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 638.
Dean, Captain, 187. Dean Richmond, a steamboat, 641.
Debtors' Prison, History of the old, 469. Prison (Provost and Hall of Re- cords), 367, 408.
Declaratory Act, 208, 211.
Act distasteful to the people, 212. Declaration of Independence, 246, 288. Delafield, John, 31S. Delaware, 26, 41, 55.
Expedition from Boston to the, 41. Second Expedition, 41, 42.
Trade, Interference of New Eng- land Adventurers with, 42.
Delft, 59. Delmonico's, 231. Denmark, 42.
Denonville, Marquis, Governor of Canada, 112.
Design, Academy of 588, 589, 609.
Dey Street. 165, 463, 495. 636, 637. De La Barre, Governor of Canada, 111. De Brehar, La M., 309 De Forest, Henry, 275.
De Lancey, Bishop, 182. Chief Justice and Gov., James, 139, 147, 152, 171, 177, 182, 190. Chief Justice, James, his address on behalf of Council, in reply to the Governor, 157.
Chief Justice, James, assumes the government, 173.
Chief Justice, James, again ap- pointed Governor, 179.
Chief Justice, James, Death of, 182.
Chief Justice, James, Review of his life, 183.
Mr. James, 224.
Oliver, 181.
Stephen, 152.
De Landais, Pierre, 431, 4344.
His tombstone at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, 434.
De Meyer, Nicholas, 106.
De Milt, Anthony, appointed Schout, CS.
De Peyster, Abraham, 14S.
De Ruyter, Admiral, Michael, 54.
De Viellecour, Mr., 440, 454.
De Vries, Captain, 26, 28 33.
De Wint, J. P., 326.
De Witt, Capt. Cornelis, 14. . Rev. Dr. Thomas, 655.
Dickens, Charles, Dinner given to, by the Press, 638.
Digby, Admiral, 271. Dircksen, Adrian, 32. Cornelis, 29, 90.
Directors of West India Company, 22.
Discovery of Fish in United States rivers and lakes by Le Moyne; its value to the State as a source of revenue, 55.
Discussion on admission of the Bible without comment into Public Schools, 508, 509, and note.
on the right of the British Parlia- ment to tax America, 216.
Disosway, Gabriel P., narrative of fire of 1835, 471-182.
Ditches cut across the island from North to East rivers, 246.
Doctor's Mob, 234-236.
Dodge, William E., 637.
Domestic arrangements of early Dutch settlers, 71-86. Dominick, Francis, 170.
Dongan, Governor, S7, 109, 110, 112, 113, 141, 181.
- Governor, his charter, 116.
Governor. his administration, 113. "Don Jon," or Oldl Debtors' Prison, changed into Hall of Records, 468.
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Dordrecht, 17.
Downing, the Oyster King, 477.
Draft for Soldiers to serve in war of 1863-5, 539. " Draft Riot," The, in 1863, 461, 539-562. Draper, Simeon, 532.
Drawing School Association, 587.
Dresses, description of those worn at Washington Inauguration Ball, 310-314.
Duane, James, Mayor of the city, 30S, 329. Mrs., 309. Street, 93, 232, 335, 529.
Dudley, Joseph, 119.
Duelling-ground, Weehawken, 348.
Duer, William A., 232, 350. William 341.
Lady Kitty, 309.
Duke's County, 114.
Duncan Sherman and Co.'s Banking House, 603.
Dunlap, W., 134, 151, 241, 287.
Dunlop, an artist, 301, 416, 422.
Dunmore, John, Earl of, Governor of New York, 230, 232, 237.
John, Earl of, transferred to Vir- ginia; Sir William Tryon his successor, 231.
Duryea, Colonel, 525. Dutchess County, 114.
County, trouble in; 210.
County, Rioters visit Albany County, and threaten to attack New York, 211.
Dutch Ancestors, 75.
- Church at the Battery, 78.
Church, Middle (the present Post Office), 254, 255, 510.
Church, North, (previously a pris- on), in William Street, 254, 593.
Reformed Church, 77, 93, 125.
Company (East India), abolish their monopoly, and open the trade, 50.
Company, prohibition of employes of, to trade with Indians, 33. Customs, 72.
East India Company, 10.
- Emigrants, 85.
Government investigate the af- fairs of the Company, 46.
Matrons, 75.
Titles, list of ancient, 86.
Traders, 17.
The, finally dispossessed of New Netherland, 63.
West India Company, 17, 22, 50, 58, 147.
Duties on Imports and Exports, 63, 64.
EARLY Hours observed by Washington's Family, 315-317,
East Broadway, 529. East Indies, 10, 14.
India Company, their projects in relation to Tea Trade, 238.
India Company, agents forced to resign, 239.
Jersey, 103.
River, 12, 21, 24, 20, 52, 89, 90, 91, 93, 98, 102, 272, 344, 375, 426, 473, 474, 480.
River, Trade on, 52. Eaton, Gov., of New Haven, protests against Gov. Stuyvesant, 51.
Eddy, Thomas, 408.
Edgar, Mrs., 287, 309.
Edmond, Judge, J. W., 528.
Education, Board of, 507. State of, in New York, 649.
Edwards, Jonathan, pastor of Wall Street Church, 420, 655.
Eelkins, Jacob, agent at Fort Nassau, 16, 27, 28.
Eendragt, a ship, 23, 24.
Egremont, Earl of, 192.
Election, contested, between Adolphe Philipse and Gerrit Van Horne, 140.
of Assemblymen, contest between Church party and Disenter .. 219.
Riots, 10th April, 1534, 456-100. Elevated Railroad. 612.
Elizabethtown (Elizabeth), 103, 206, 297, 307.
Ellicott, Mr., 408.
Elliott, Henry H., 466, note.
Elliott, an artist, 637.
Elm Street, 457.
Emanuel College, 105.
Embury, Philip, 211.
Emigration Statistics, 651.
Eminent Personages in New York, Remi- niscences of, 422-439.
Visitors at "Shakspeare Tavern," 488-490.
Emmet, T. Addis, 36S.
T. Addis, Dr., President of State Woman's Hospital, 537.
Empress, a ship, 187. England, 24, 49, 53, 68.
English Language officially recognized in New Amsterdam, 39.
design to monopolize the fur trade, 108-110. Enhanced value of property in New York, 605.
Episcopalian party in New York, 174. Equitable Life Insurance Company, 603. Erie Canal, 642.
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Erie Canal, The, projected by De Witt | Ferry, Difficulty in crossing, in the olden Clinton, 348. time, 354.
Canal, Rejoicings in celebration of completion of, 379, 339-401. Canal, Popularity of the project, 389. Canal, First Canal-boat proceeds along entire line from Buffalo to Sandy Hook, 390.
Canal, Celebration in New York City, 391-411.
Canal, Steam and Sailing Fleet, Pageant, Ball, and Banquet, 395-411.
Canal, British Men-of-War salute American Fleet, 400.
Canal, Land Procession, 401. Canal, Civic Procession, 402. Lake, 109.
Esopus (Kingston), 277.
Evarts, William M., is associated with Charles O'Conor in prosecuting the Ring, 629.
Everett, Edward, his connection with the Greek Rebellion, 412.
Evertsen, Admiral, 67.
Exchange, Merchants', in Wall Street, completed, 419. Place (Garden Street), 88, 124, 419, 474, 509, 510. Breast-works erected at the, 246. Street, 419.
Excise Duty imposed on wine, beer, brandy, and bearer skins, 43, 44. Exorbitant price of provisions, 370, 372, 373, note. Exports, duty of 10 per cent. paid to Company, 35.
Express from New York to Boston, 325.
Express Newspaper established by the Brothers Hudson, 323. Eyres, Nicholas, 126.
FAIRS, two Annual, instituted, 37. Falmouth, 187. Farm, No. 1, 24. No. 3, 24.
Fashions in New York from 1680 to 1690, 80.
Fathom, a, 38, note.
Faubourg St. Antoine, 422.
Faunce's Tavern. See Sam Francis's Tavern. Faxton, Theodore S., 188.
Federal Constitution, adoption of, public- ly announced, 252.
Government, action of the, in the "Draft Riot," 560, 561. Hall, Wall Street, Inauguration of Washington at, 301-303. Fenton, Reuben E., 166.
House, the, 88.
New Amsterdam and Long Is- land, 40, note.
Old (Peck Slip), 90.
Regulations, 40.
Regulations and Tolls, 358, note. Street, 13, 91, 165.
Festivals, peculiar and social, observed in New York, etc., 69.
Fête given by the French Minister to President Washington, 313.
Fifth Avenue, 336. Avenue Hotel, 513, 514. Avenue, Reservoir in, 506.
Financial panic of 1857, 535-537. crisis at New Netherland, 43.
difficulties; discontent of citizens, 65. resources of New York City, 643.
Fire Companies, 583-586.
Department, History of the Old and New, 563,
Department (Volunteer), organ- ized, 563.
Department (Voluntary), estab- lished, 581.
Department, reorganized, 583. Engine, first in America, 579. Engines, 576-581.
"Firemen of the City of New York," 581.
Fires, the numerous, attributed to the slaves, who were accused as in- cendiaries, 331.
Fires in New York :
Conflagration of 1776, 250.
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1796, 331.
66 1811, 366.
66 1835, 471-499.
66 1845, 509.
Burning of Crystal Palace, 511, 528.
Barnum's Museum, 511.
66 66 Winter Garden Theatre, 511.
Academy of Music, 511.
66 Harper's Building, 511.
66 66 Colored Orphan Asylum, 542.
66 Merchants' Exchange (See Fire of 1835.)
First Free Grammar School founded by the Corporation, 122.
Fish, Preserved, 483.
Market pulled down, 331.
Fisk, Col. James, Jun., assassinated, 634 note. Fitch, John, the real inventor of the steamboat, 349.
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Fitch, John, History of the first applica- | French Minister, enthusiastic welcome tion of steam to river and sea accorded him by the citizens and U. S. Government, 321. navigation, 349-351. Five Nations, 109, 110, 117, 120. French's Hotel, 336. Freshwater Pond (Collect or Kolek', 12. 13, 83, 91, 271. - Nations in Council, 119. Nations, Convention of, 110.
-- Points, 83.
Points Riot, 1835, deseribed, 467. Flame, a ship, 42.
Flatbush, or Midwout, 60, 148.
Fleming, Major-General, 401. 1
Fleet of five ships despatched by Dutch Government to regain New Amsterdam, 67.
Fletcher, Col., Governor of New York, 117, 119, 120-122, 142, 174. Col., career of, 120, 121.
Florida, 23.
Flour, method of manufacture, 76. Riot of 1837, 493-499. Floyd, William, 262.
Flushing, 171.
Fly Market, 90, 226. 354. Market Slip. 806.
"Flying Machine," The, 187.
. Foreman, Joshua, a pioneer of the Erie Canal, 390.
Forrest, Edwin, his connection with the Astor-place Riot, 520.
Fort Amsterdam, 62.
George, Battery), 133,199,214,273. Hope, (South River), 35.
Lee, 250.
Orange, (Albany), 28. St. Frederick Crown Point), 132.
- Stanwix (Rome), 159, 344. Ticonderoga, 214, 593.
Washington, 250. William Hendrick, 67.
"Fortune " and " Tiger," two ships, 14. Fourteenth Regiment. or Governor's Guard, 3:4. 375, note.
Fourth Avenue, 600.
France, 18, 289.
Francis, Dr. John W .. 416. Sam, tavern. 231, 298.
Franklin, Benjamin. 456.
Square, 165, 300.
Statue, in Printing-House Square, unveiling of, 639. Street, 457.
Lady, visits New York, as the guest of the Hon. Henry Grin- nel, 538.
Tommy, one of the old firemen, 510.
French settlement on the St. Lawrence, 112.
Republic, arrival of Genet, first Minister of the new, to the United States, 321.
Friesland, 42.
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Count de. Governor of Canada, 113, 120.
Front Street, 29, 344, 473, 481.
" Fulton's Folly," origin of the term, 851. Fulton Ferry, 357.
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