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Blair, John Insley, 570 Blatchford, Richard M., 372
Bleecker, Leonard, 313, 314 Blenker (Colonel), 371
Bliss, Cornelius Newton, 772 Bliss, W. P., 459
Block, Adriaen, early voyager, 27; builds the first ship in Manhattan, 28; discovers Long Island Sound, New Haven Inlet, Connecticut river and Block Island, 29; re- turns to Holland, claims before States-General, demonstrates insu- larity of Long Island, 29
Bloemart (or Blommaert), Samuel, 42, 54 Boas, Emil Leopold, 642
Boerum, Simon, 261
Bogardus, Anneke (see also Jans, Anneke), 50, 51
Bogardus, Everardus (Domine), 47, 50, 51, 53, 61, 67, 68, 71, 72
Bogert, John, Jr., 229 Bogert, Nicholas, 262.
Boker, Carl F., 716
Bolanos, Pio ( Señor Don), 429
Bolting and baking monopoly abol- ished, 146
Books, first published in New York, 149
Boorman, Janies, 372
Booth, Benjamin, 259
Borden, Matthew Chaloner Durfee, 760 Borg, Sidney Cecil, 546 Boston Committee, message from. 260
Boston Post Road, 105 Boston Tea Party, 258 Botetourt, Lord, 251
Boundary between New Netherland and New England, 80
Boundary between New York and Connecticut, 395
Boundary dispute with Sweden, 81 Bout, Jan Evertsen, 55, 63, 66, 72, 77, 78 Bowers, James, 362 Bowne, George, 259
Bowne, Walter, 338 Brace, Charles Loring, 356 Bradford, William (Royal Printer), 149, 153, 182 Bradley, attorney-general, 194, 196, 197, 207
Bradley, John J., 389 Bradley, William Hooker, 450, 621 Bradstreet, Simon, of Massachu- setts, 80 Brady, Anthony N., 459
Brady, James T., 372
Bragster, Abraham, 262
Braker, Henry Jones, 851
Brant, Joseph, 284
Brasher, Abraham, 259, 260, 261, 262
Bread riots, 342 Bread, weight and price of loaf regulated, 292
Brencoten, George, 229
Breshwood (Captain), 369
Breda, Treaty of, 10I "Breeden Raedt," 78 Breukelen ferry, 169, 179
Brick Presbyterian Church 243 Bridgewater, Duke of, 315 Bright, John, 385
Brinckerhoff, Abraham, 262
Brinckerhoff, Dirck, 229
Brinckerhoff (Lieutenant Colonel), 355
British Army evacuates New York, 289
British fleet in the harbor, 271, 273 British military and naval headquar- ters in New York, 286, 287
British "Orders in Council," 321
British plan of attack for Battle of Long Island, 275
British prisons and prison-ships, 281 British troops move to Governor's Island, 264-265.
Brixey, Richard De Wolfe, 728
Broad advice to the United New Netherland Provinces (see "Bree- den Raedt"), 78
Broadway, name given by Governor Nicolls, 105
Broadway stages. 448
Brockholls, ( Lieutenant) Anthony, first councilor of New York, III; first Catholic to be appointed to important office in New York, 112; governs New York in ab- sence of Andros, 116; again in charge with title of commander general of province, for two years, 118; his trouble on customs mat- ters, 118-119; commissioned as receiver general of Duke's reve- nues, 120; rules in disorder until appointment of Dongan as gov- ernor, 121 ; reappointed chief councilor, 124
Brodhead (historian), documents col- lated and discovered by, 40
Bronck, Jonas, and his grant north of the Harlem (now called Bronx), 56; peace treaty signed at his house, 56, 59
Bronson, Green C., 372
Bronx, The, early settlers in, 59
Bronx annexed to city, 383
Brooke, Chidley, 144, 145, 155, 156 Brooklyn and the New Jersey sub- urbs grow, 381
Brooklyn Bridge, 398
Broome, John, 259, 260, 262, 292, 293
Broome, Samuel, 244, 262, 293
Brouwer, John Jansen, 40
Brouwer, Peter Clementsen, 31
Brown, Andrew. 129
Brown, Gerald Rudderow, 830 Brown, Harvey (General), 368, 377
Brown, James W., 383
Brown, Lewis B .. 450
Brown, Martin H., 383
Brown, Simon H., 896
Brush, Charles F., 461 Brush, Eliphalet, 294
Bryan, Benjamin Butters, 580
Bryan, William Jennings, 408, 412, 418
Bryant, William Cullen, 361, 380 Buchanan, James ( President), 365, 368, 369, 370
Buchanan, Thomas, 262 Bucktails vs. Clintonians, 330, 331 Buffer, Francis, 262 Bunting (Captain), 371
Burgher Government requested, 77; ordered but revoked, 78; ordered by Amsterdam Chamber, 82; es- tablished in modified form by Stuyvesant, 83; see also "Magis- trates"
Burgher Guard, 74
Burgher-right, great and small, es- tablished, 89; qualifications for, 90 Burgoyne, General, 284, 286 Burke, Edmund, 240 Burling, Lancaster, 262
Burnet, William, Governor of New York, exchanges offices with Gov- ernor Hunter, 176; his antece- dents, continues old Assembly, or- ganizes Council and soon marries. 177; secures bill to prohibit sale of goods to the French, and en- courages trade with the Indians, and establishes post at Oswego, 178; arouses antagonism, makes powerful enemies, and the Assem- bly becomes hostile, also dissolves a new one, 180; calls new Assem- bly on accession of George II, his wife and youngest child die, he is transferred to Massachusetts as Governor and dies soon after, 181 Burr. Aaron (Rev.), 307
Burr, Aaron, 277, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310
Burr, Theodosia, 308, 310
Burton, Mary, 202
Bute, Marquis of, 220
Butler, Nicholas Murray (Profes- sor ), 413
Butterfield, Daniel (Colonel), 371 Bylvelt. Peter, 40 Byvanck, Petrus, 262
Cabo de Arenas, early Spanish name of Sandy Hook, 20
Cabot, John, his voyage basis of English claim to Manhattan, 27 Cabots, the, 17, 21
Cæsar, a negro, 202
Caldwell, Jacob (Lieutenant), 362, 369
Cameron (Colonel), 371 Campbell (Rev.), 188
Canada ceded to Great Britain by France, 220
Canada in control of British, 217 Canada, troops and fleet organized to attack, 172
Canal to drain lower Manhattan, 322 Canda, Charles J., 450
Cannon, James Graham, 538 Capital removed to Philadelphia, 301 Carbo, Esteban (Don), 429
Cardozo, Albert, 388
Carleton, Sir Dudley, 37
Carleton, General Sir Guy, 284, 288 Carlisle, John Griffin, 405
Carnegie, Andrew, 412, 426, 476 Carnegie branch libraries, 412
Carpenter, Daniel (Sergeant), 377 Carr. Dabney, 254
Carter, R. A., 459
Carteret, Sir George, proprietor of East Jersey, 100, 117
Carteret, Philip, appointed deputy governor of New Jersey, 100; disobeys order of Andros to cease exercising authority, is arrested, acquitted and on appeal his au- thority is upheld, 117
Carty, John J., 466, 682 Cass, Lewis, 368
Cathay, quest of, 17
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, corner stone laid, 404
Catholic congregation, 295
Catskill water supply systein, 417, 454
built,
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HISTORY OF NEW YORK
Cattle brought to Manhattan, 38 Cayugas, Indians, 31
Census of New York in 1731, 186 Centennial of Washington's Inaugu- ration, 402
Centennial of Supreme Court of the United States, 402
Central Park created. 360
Central Railroad of New Jersey, 447 Cervera (Admiral). 410
Chamber of Commerce established, 242; chartered, 249; incorporated by Legislature, 293
Chambers (Captain), 258
Chambers, John, 196, 207
Champlain leads French and Hu- rons against Five Nations, 34
Chapman. Henry Stanton, 794
Charles II becomes King, 89; re- ceives request to ratify Hartford Treaty, 92; gives charter to Duke of York for land from the Con- necticut River to Delaware Bay, 92; favorites of receive New Jer- sey. declares war against Holland, 100. confirms title of Duke of York to his province, 108; dies, 127
Charter amendments, 357. 362, 392 Charter of Greater New York, 407.
"Charter of Liberties and Privi- leges," most important act of First Assembly, its provisions, 125-126; vetoed by King James, 129
Charter for New Netherland from Dutch West India Company, 55 Charter Revision Bill, 413
Chatham Earl of, 237; see Pitt, William
Cheever, Charles A., 463
Chesapeake, frigate, attacked by British man-of-war Leopard, 320
Children's Aid Society, 356
Childs, William A., 462 Chinnock, Charles E., 465
Choate, Joseph H., 390, 426
Cholera epidemic (1832, 1834), 329; (1849), 355; (1866), 385; (1867), 386
Christiaensen, Hendrick, 27, 28, 29 Christin (Colonel), 372
Church of England, Fletcher tries to establish it, 147
Cisco, John J., 372
Citizens Genêt and Gompard get an ovation, 304, 305
City accounts kept in Dutch until 1672, 112
City finances (1717-1727), 179
City government, form of, estab- lished by Governor Nicolls, 99
City Hall in Wall Street, 159, 160 City Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets becomes New Federal Hall. 296
City Hall built, 313
City Records first kept in English in 1674, 112
Claessen, Hans, 29
Claflin, John, 744
Clapp, Edward Everett, 523
Clarence, Duke of, 287
Clarendon, Third Earl, Lord Corn- bury becomes, 168
Clark, Aaron, 346
Clark (Colonel), 371
Clark, John Mitchell, 701
Clarke, Anne Hyde, 201
Clarke, George, secretary of prov- ince, 177; owned a spinet, 170; acted as president of Council, 198; selected by Cosby as his. succes- sor, and receives commission as lieutenant governor, 198; biogra- phy, 199; incensed at Assembly he dissolves it, and its successor, 200; orders seamen impressed in city, but Mayor Richard will not permit it, 200-201; wife dies, 201 ; declares in speech that the Colo- nies are becoming disloyal, 202; superseded by arrival of Governor Clinton, goes to England to live,
203; his report on exports and trade, 442, 443
Clarke, Thomas, 145, 147
Clarkson, David, 262
Clarkson, Matthew, 313 Clavear, Adrian (Captain), 165
Clay, Henry, 338, 339, 350
Cleveland, Grover, 397, 399, 400, 403, 405, 406
Clift, Edward Henry, 790
Clinton, De Witt, first student to enter Columbia College, of which was honor graduate, 295; ap- pointed mayor (1803), and biog- raphy, 312; took active part in planting public school system of New York, 313-314; originator of Council of Appointment, 314; several terms as mayor, 315; also elected lieutenant governor while still mayor, 325; nominated by Federal Party for President, 326; his preparation of city for War of 1812, 328; removed from mayoralty, but elected governor, 328; recommends law which past, freeing slaves, 329-330; Vice President for eight years, 330; is toasted by General Jackson, 330-331 ; great promoter of Erie Canal, and again governor, 332; "Albanv Regency" removes him from Canal Commission, 335, and popular indignation makes him governor again until his death, 336; chief figure of Canal Celebration in New York, 336- 337 ; dies suddenly in Albany, 3,38
Clinton, George (Commodore), royal governor of New York, his career. 203; chooses Chief- Justice De Lancey as adviser, dis- solves Assembly and calls new one, gives De Lancey new com- mission as chief justice, 204: vigorous policy with Indians, and war preparations, 205-206; break- ing with De Lancey he leans on Colden, appoints William Johnson at head of Indian affairs, 206; antagonized by Assembly on sub- ject of specific appropriations, 206- 207; makes changes in Council, succeeded in governorship by Sir Danvers Osborn, 207; an unsuc- cessful administration, 208; later career and death, 207
Clinton, Admiral George, 268
Clinton, George, first governor of State of New York; elected to Continental Congress, 261 ; elected governor, 283; recipient, with General Washington of joint reception. 289 ; head of Council for Southern District of New York. 292; President Washing- ton dines with him on day of inauguration, 297 ; again, with help of Tammany, elected gov- ernor, 303; daughter marries Citizen Genêt, 304; nominated for Vice President, 309; again elected governor, 312; elected Vice President, 315; body
brought from Washington to Kingston, N. Y., 418
Clinton, Sir Henry, 268, 278, 288 Clinton, James, 274
Clinton-Jay, election, 303
"Clinton's Folly," 332
Clipper ships, 332
Clipper ship building in New York, 359
Clopper, Cornelius, 262 Cobb, Howell, 368
Cod banks discovered near Sandy Hook, 105
Coddington, David S., 371
Coddington, Jonathan I., 347
Coins current in New Netherland and Colonial New York, 436, 43,, 438, 439
Cold winters (1817), 333; (1866- 1867), 382
Colden, Cadwallader (Dr.), appoint- ed to Council, 177; writer on Zenger's Journal, 191; Cosby's wrath against him, 192; confidant of Governor Clinton, 206; who asks, unsuccessfully, that he be appointed lieutenant governor, 207; as president of Council becomes acting governor, receives commis- sion as lieutenant governor, 216; and acts until arrival of General Rohert Monckton, governor gen- eral, 217; again acts as governor during Monckton's service at Mar- tinique, 219; and a year later is once more left in charge, 220; calls the Assembly, which pre- sents an address with strong ex- pressions with reference to Eng- lish liberty, 221; the Stamp Act having roused resentment among the people and riots having oc- curred in Boston, he asks Gen- eral Gage to furnish a force to protect public property, 224; ar- ranges protection for stamp-ship and, finding Sir Henry Moore is expected, postpones action on stamp matter, 227; agrees that stamps, lodged in the fort, be taken to the city hall. 230; super- seded by arrival of Governor Sir Henry Moore, 233; again acting governor after his death and calls new Assembly, 244; administers government for thirteen months until arrival of the Earl of Dun- more as governor, 249; grants charter to Chamber of Commerce, 249, 293; successfully resists claim of Earl to half his salary, returns to governorship when Tryon sails for England, 258; governs passively until Tryon's return and retires to his home in Flushing until his death, his characteristics and his literary work, 263; report on coins, 437 Colden, Cadwallader D., 331 Cole, Lenaert, 41
Coleman, sailor of Half-Moon, 23 Collect Pond, massacre near, 57
College of the City of New York, 355
Colored Orphan Asylum burned by mob, 376
Columbia College, formerly King's College, opens, 295; receives grant of Governor's Island and other lands and cash from State Assem- bly, 299
Columbia University, 413
Columbus, Christopher, discovers America, 17; four-hundredth an- niversary, 402, 403
Colve, Anthony, lands six hundred men, secures surrender of Fort James, and is made governor, serving until Treaty of West- minster, restores the Colony to the English, 108; his creditable administration, 109
Commerce falls off after English occupation, 102
Commission lays out the city from Houston Street to Harlem, 323 Committee of Correspondence of Fifty-one, 259; withdrawals from, 260
Committee of Grievances appointed by Assembly formulates charges against Cornbury, 167
Committee of Observation, 260-261 Committee of One Hundred (Revo- lutionary) elected, 260; list of members, 261
Committee of Safety selected, 138; its members, 139; supports Leisler and requests him to act as lieu- tenant governor, 140
Common Council, first under state, 292
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INDEX
Comparative exchanges of United States cities, 444
Comstock, Louis K., 710
Cone, Ceasar, 763
Confederate States organized, 370 Conkling, Roscoe (Senator), 395, 397, 40I
Connecticut, about half of it in- cluded in commission of Governor Nicolls, boundary fixed by Nicolls, 98
Connecticut Assembly has delegates from Long Island, 89
Connecticut claims Long Island, 90 Connecticut River called Fresh Water River, 29
Connecticut Valley settled by Eng- lish, 54
Connolly, Richard D., 387, 388, 389, 390, 391
Connor, Washington Everett, 564 Conover, Daniel D., 363
Conover, Samuel S., 559
Conservative opinion against war, 368
Constant, Joseph, 313
Constitution (frigate) captures Brit- ish frigate Guerrière, 326
"Constitutional Courant," revolu- tionary publication, 225
Contagious diseases, retreat for pa- tients established, 307
Continental Army, The American, 266
Continental Congress delegates chosen, 260
Continental Congress plan endorsed by Committee of Fifty-one, 259- 260
Continental forces in New York, 274
Convention of Representatives of the State of New York, 272
Cook, Frederick A. (Dr.), 420 Cook, Henry F., 889
Cooper, Edward, 369, 397 Cooper, Peter, 365
Coote, Richard, see Bellomont, Earl of
Copeland, Charles C., 802
Copeland, William S., 390
Corbett, Marshall Joseph, 654
Corbin, Floyd Stewart, 826
Corbit, Abraham, assistant alderman, I 29
Corcoran, Michael (Colonel), 371
Corey, William Ellis, 666
Corlaer's Hook (see also Van Cor- laer), 51
Cornbury Charter concerning ferry privileges, 183
Cornbury, Lady Katherine, 166 Cornbury, Lord, governor of New York, biography, 161 ; aligns him- self with anti-Leislerian party, 161-162; reverses sentence of Nich- olas Bayard and dismisses Leis- lerians from the Council, 163; commission confirmed by Queen Anne, borrows a house from a Presbyterian clergyman and soon after turns it over to an Episco- palian, 163; diverts defense funds to his own use, 164; Assembly thereupon insists on having its own treasurer and is sustained by the home government, 165; wife dies in New York, he is of dissi- pated habits, but a regular attend- ant at church and persecutes pastors who are not of the Angli- can communion, 166 ;. secures Queen's Farm in fee simple for Trinity Church, 167; New York Assembly and many citizens peti- tion for his recall, with charges, and he is deposed, 167, 168; jailed for debt, his bad character, 168; receives Lord Lovelace, his suc- cessor, 169; action on coins, 436 Cornell, Alonzo B., 395
Cornell, Thomas, 59
Cornwallis, Lord, 279, 282, 288
Cortelyou, George Bruce, 459, 618 Cortelyou, Jacques, 86
Cosby. William (Colonel), governor of New York, arrives with his wife, Lady Cosby, and two chil- dren, 187; his daughter's romance and marriage to Lord Augustus Fitzroy, 188; social splendors and white slavery during his admin- istration, 188-189; demands that Van Dam divide his salary with him, but Van Dam refuses, 189; sues him for it, but fails, and in rage at the result dismisses Chief- Justice Lewis Morris and appoints James De Lancey, 190; quarrels with the Assembly, sells offices and special privileges, 191 ; is criti- cised by the New York Journal, and he prosecutes Peter Zenger, its proprietor, who, after long im- prisonment, is tried and acquitted, 191-197; his peculations and op- pressions, is taken ill and dies, 198
Cosby, William, Jr., 187, 188
Council of New Netherland, ordi- nances, 54
Council for Southern District of New York, 292
Council of Appointment, The, 314
Counties, or shires, created by First Assembly, 126
Coventry (H. M.S.), 233
Courcelles, Sieur de, governor of Canada, 10I
Court at Fort Orange, 81
Court of Assize, 99
Court of Chancery established, 174; denounced by Assembly, 181, 183 Court of Common Pleas estab- lished, 129
Court-martial in Revolutionary camp, 271
Cowles, David Smith, 888
Cozzens, Stanley Thayer, 784
Crane, James (Dr.), 385
Crary, Lieutenant-Colonel, 277
Crawford, William H., 338
Creeden (Police Captain), 406
Creek Indians and Tammany Soci- ety, 300
Cregier, Martin, 83, 85, 95 Cremer, J. T., 429
Crime centers of ante bellum days in New York, 362
Crol, Bastiaen Janszen, officiates as visitor of the sick and lay-reader, director of the post at Fort Or- ange, 45; second director general of New Netherland, 45; pursues the ship, The William, and brings it back, 48-49; records carried to Amsterdam, 54
Cromwell, Oliver, 85, 89
Cromwell, William Nelson, 922
Cross (Police Captain), 406
Croton project authorized by vote, 341
Crosby, Howard (Dr.), 357
Croton Celebration, 347, 348
Crown Point captured, 217
Cruger, John, 181, 201
Cruger, John, 218, 226, 229, 235, 237, 240, 242, 244, 257
230,
Cruger, John Harris, 235
Cruikshank, Warren, 814
Crystal Palace, The, 358, 359; de- stroyed by fire, 367
Cunningham, Captain, 281, 282 Currie, Archibald, 294 Currie, David, 294 Curtenius, Peter T., 259, 262 Curtiss, Glenn, · 432
Custom House (State) established,
294
Customs revenue violations, 155 Cutler, Charles Frederick, 465
Daillé, Pierre (Domine), 125 Dale, Chalmers, 920 Dallas, George M., 350
Damen (or Dam), Jan Jansen, 58, 61, 62, 63, 70, 72 Darboux, Jean Gaston, 429 Darkins, Robert, 145 Dartmouth, Lord, 263
Darwin, Charles, 418
Davenport, Captain, 281
Davies (Colonel), 372
Davis, Jefferson, 369, 370
Davis, Richard (Captain), 165
Day, Arthur Franceway, 833 Deane, Silas, 284
Decatur (Captain), 327
Declaration of Independence read to troops in New York, 272
Declaration of Rights and Griev- ances, 226
De Courcey, Major, 281
De Brown, John, assistant alderman, 129
De Forest, Henry, 51
De Forest, Isaac, 51
Degnon, Michael John, 892
De Haven, Edwin J. ( Lieutenant), 357
De Heister, General, 275, 276, 278
Dehon, Theodore, 372
De Kalb, Baron, 284
De Kay, John Wesley, 862
De Kay, Teunis, 129
De La Fayette, see La Fayette, Mar- quis de
Delamater, Cornelius H., 450
De La Montagne's Tavern, 245, 247, 252
De Lancey, James, appointed judge and later chief justice by Cosby, 190; takes part in Westchester election, rules against Quaker vote, 193; presides in Zenger trial and expels Alexander and Smith from the bar, 194-196; is the con- fidant of Governor Clinton until his own commission is renewed, then becomes indifferent and later hostile to the governor, 204; his brother-in-law, Sir Peter Warren, secures him commission as lieuten- ant governor, 205; allies himself with popular party, 206; receives his commission, 207; becomes ac- tive lieutenant governor, 210; his early career, 211; adroitness in dealing with the Assembly, 212; presides over Intercolonial Con- vention at Albany, 212-213; is superseded by appointment of Sir Charles Hardy as governor, but retains chief-justiceship, 215; on Sir Charles Hardy's retirement from governorship he resumes its duties, for more than a year, until his death, 216; his efforts secure for New York its choice by Brit- ish Government as supply point for army in French and Indian War, 217
De Lancey, James, 235, 240, 291
De Lancey, John, 259, 262
De Lancey, Colonel Oliver, 253, 282, 283, 291
De Lancey, Peter, 331
De Lancey, Stephen, 145, 180, 181
De Lanoy, Peter, 129, 139, 140
Delavall, John, 129
Delavall, Thomas (Captain), 98, 99, 104, IIO
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 448
Delaware (South) River, visited by Cornelis Hendricksen and later Dutch voyagers, 37
De Leon, Edwin Warren, 625
De Lesseps, Count Ferdinand, 400 De Lima, Elias S. A., 596
Dellius, Godfreidus (Domine), 157, 159
De Long, George W., (Commander), 399
De Meyer, Nicholas, 95, 129, 144
De Milt, Anthony, 108, 113 Demilt Dispensary, 356
Denning, William, 262
Denton, Richard, 1 39
Depew, Chauncey M., 400, 410
De Peyster, Abraham, 129, 145, 156, 163, 171, 173, 177, 178
De Peyster, Johannes, 87, 108, 113, 114, 155
De Peyster (Lieutenant), 379
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HISTORY OF NEW YORK
De Peyster, J. Watts (General), 187 Deputies to First Provincial Con- gress, 262
De Rasières, Isaac, 40, 41, 45
De Remer, Mayor, 162
De Ruyter, Dutch admiral, destroys English ships and shipyards, 101 Dervall, William, 111, 112, 119, 120 Desbrosses, Elias, 240, 259
Desbrosses, James, 262
De Sille, Nicasius, 85, 88, 94
Development of the commerce of New York, 439-443
Devery, William (Police Chief), 406
De Vries, David Pieterz, 47, 48, 49, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65
De Witt, Jan (Captain), 27, 29
De Witt, Simeon, 322
Dey Street opened, 207 Dickinson, Daniel S., 37I
Dickinson, John, 226
Dieskau, Baron, captured at Lake George, 217
Digby, Admiral, 287, 291
Dinkel, George, 811 Dircksen, Barent, 63
Dircksen, Gerrit, 58 Directors-General of New Nether- land: Peter Minuit, 38 Bastiaen Janszen Crol, 45
Wouter van Twiller, 47 Wilhelm Kieft, 52 Pieter Stuyvesant, 67
Discovery of America, tercentennial celebration of, 303
Discussion before Civil War, 367
Dix, John Adams, 368, 369, 370, 372
Dix's American flag message, 369 Dobbs, Governor Arthur, 251
Documents sold as waste paper, 40, 54 Dodd, Amzi S., 463, 465
Dodge, William Earle, 357, 372
Doherty, Henry Latham, 600
Dommerich, Louis F., 747 Dongan Charter, its provisions, 128 Dongan, John, 133
Dongan, Thomas (Colonel), fourth English governor, 121; biography, is a Catholic, 123; comes to Bos- ton and thence overland, his re- ception and appointments, 124; calls for election of General Assembly, 125; dissolves it on death of Charles II, calls another Assembly, 127; grants city its first charter, 128; title changed to captain general and governor in chief, 120; his report to the Plantations Committee in London, his advice on annexation of Con- necticut and the Jerseys, 130; takes up Indian problem, makes pact with Iroquois, and spends the winter in Albany, 131; New York and New Jersey are added to New England under Andros, and Dongan resigns his authority, remains in New York as large landed proprietor, is charged with being in Papist plot and conspir- acy, but escapes to England, 132; his later history, 133 Dongan, Thomas, 133
Dongan, Walter, 133, 199
Donnelly (Colonel), 372
Dougherty (Captain), 406
Doughty, Francis (Rev.), 59, 60, 63, 66
Douglas, Colonel, 277
Douglas, William Harris, 645 Dow, Garrett, 145
Dowling, Robert E., 820
Downtown property refused as gift, 323
Draft Riots, 375-378
Draper, Simeon, 362, 372
Draper, Sir William, 253
Drewry, William Powell, 771
Driggs, Marshall Sylvanus, 632
Drisius, Samuel (Domine), 82, 105
Duane, James, 259, 260, 261, 262, 283, 292, 293, 298
DuBois Cornelius, 509
Duc de Joinville visits New York, 366
Dudley, Joseph, chief justice, 144, 145, 146
Duer, William, 283, 295
Duke of York (see also James II) Instructions to Nicolls, 98-99; grants New Jersey to court fav- orites, tries to modify grant, 100; title to province confirmed by Charles II, 108
Duke's Laws, the, 99, 106, 113
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