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Dunmore, Earl of, governor of New York, 249; claims half of Colden's salary, but is defeated, ob- tains liberal grants, and volun- teers for expected war between Great Britain and Spain, 250; promoted to governorship of Vir- ginia, 251; his satisfactory ser- vice in New York, and unpopular one in Virginia, 252; dissolves Virginia House of Burgesses for disloyalty, 254
Dunraven, Lord, 400
Dunscomb, Daniel, 262
Duryee, Abraham, 259, 262, 294
Duryee (Colonel), 354, 355
D'Utassy, (Colonel), 371
Dutch Church supported by general taxation, 106
Dutch East India Company con- tracts with Hudson, 22; Hudson reports to, 26; mentioned, 35
Dutch fleet makes raid up James River, 102
Dutch inhabitants required to re- new titles and to take modified oath of allegiance, 99; required to take unconditional oath of al- legiance, 113; which they do after hesitation and litigation, 114
Dutch mate of Half-Moon heads second voyage, 27
Dutch Navy, defeated at Lowes- toft, 100; victorious in the Med- way and does damage in the Thames, 101
Dutch West India Company char- tered, 35 Dutch West India Company plans for colonization in New Nether- land, 55
Duval, George L., 649
Duyckinck, Gerardus, 259, 262
Duyckinck, Gerardus, 294
Dwight, Theodore, 357
Dyre, Captain William, 119, 12I III, 112,
Eagle, Dutch emigrant ship, 38
East Riding of Yorkshire, division of Long Island, 98
East India Company's tea charter, 255
East Jersey, granted to Sir George Carteret by Duke of York, who afterwards tries but fails to get it back; Philip Carteret becomes governor; Andros under his com- mission claims jurisdiction and in- structs Carteret to use no author- ity; he disobeys, is arrested, tried and acquitted and on appeal to England New Jersey is declared entirely separate from New York, II7
East River bridge bills pass at Al- bany, 382
Eaton, Frederick Heber, 674
Eaton, Governor, his correspondence with Stuyvesant, 73
Ebbingh, Jeronimus, 108
Eddy, Thomas, 313 Edgar, William, 313 Edison, Thomas A., 461 Edsall, Samuel, 139, 140
Edward, stamp-ship, 227
Edwards, Jonathan, 307
Edwards, Timothy (Rev.), 308
Edson, Franklin, 397 Edwards, Captain, 281 Eelkens, Henry, 35
Eelkens, Jacob, 28, 38, 48, 49 Eendracht ship, carrying Minuit and party, detained by English, 43; re- leased after diplomatic corre- spondence, 44
Egyptian Obelisk brought to New York, 395
Eight Men, elected by Common- wealth, 62
Elbertsen, Elbert, 74
Election of Mr. Lincoln to Presi- dency, 366
Election riots, 340
Electoral Commission, 394
Electric service in New York, 459, 461, 462
Elevated railways, 449, 450, 45I
Elizabethtown, seat of government of East Jersey, 117
Elkus, Abram I., 935 Eliot, Hon. Andrew, 291
Elliott, Mortimer F., 912
Ellsworth, Ephraim Elmer(Colonel), 371, 372
Ely, Smith, 393, 397
Emanuel, John Henderson, Jr., 592 Embargo Act cripples commerce,
321, 443
Embell, Lawrence, 262
Embree, George, 294
Embree, Lawrence, 294
Emery, Joseph H., 789
Emott, James, 147, 158
Emperor and Empress of Brazil visit New York, 393
English claim to New Netherland, 27, 28, 36, 37; based on John Cabot's voyage, 27
English claims to New Netherland, 36, 37, 43, 44
English fleet reaches Boston Har-
bor and recruits, 93; sails to New York Bay, 94
English language to be used in civic affairs, 99
English settlers support Stuyvesant, 79 Engs, Philip W., 383
Enrollment Act passed, 374
Enrollment for the Draft begins, 375
Episcopalians drive out Presbyterian worshipers, 164
Eric, the Red, 17
Erie Canal celebration, 336, 337 Erie Canal Commission, 332
Erie Railroad completed from Lukes to New York, 358, 446
Erskine, (British minister), 32I Esopus surrenders to English, 98 Eulalia, Princess (Spanish), 405 Evarts, William M., 372, 400 Evertsen, Cornelis, 107
Evetts, James, 147
Exchange established by Governor Lovelace, 105
Execution of Nathan Hale, 281
Exemption clause of Enrollment Act denounced, 374
Explorations, of American Coast, 17, 2I Faber, Eberhard, 877 Fairchild, Samuel William, 841
Faneuil Hall Meeting in Boston, 240 Fanning, Colonel Edmund, 291
Farrington, Thomas. 66
Fearey, Frederick Tysoe, 696
Fellows, General, 274
Fendall, governor of Maryland, makes claim to land on Dela- ware, 88
Ferguson, John, 329
Ferris, Isaac (Rev. Dr.), 357
Ferry privilege to Breukelen, 179 Feustman, Leon Philip, 713
Field, Cyrus W., 365, 384, 385, 450 Filkin, Francis, 229
Fillmore, Millard, 369
Fire destrovs much of the City. in- cluding Trinity Church, (1776), 28I Fire destroys fifty houses (1777), 287 Fire, largest in history of city, 341.7
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Fire of 1845, 350 Fire Department, first established. .73 Fire Department (paid) established, 383
"Fire-water" introduction of, 25
First American post office in iNew York opened, 296
First Congress meets in New York, 298
First horse railroad, 339 First houses on Manhattan Island, 27 First white child born in Manhat- tan, 58
Fish, Hamilton, 372
Fish, Nicholas (Colonel), 325
Fish, James T., 398
Fitzroy, Lord Augustus, 188
Five Nations, Indians, 31; overawe the coast tribes, 33
Five Points House of Industry, 356.
Five Points Mission, 356
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 492
Flatlands (see also New Amers- foot), 50
Fleischer, Nathan, 712
Fleitmann, Frederick Theodore, 768 Fleitmann, William Medlicott, 769 Fleming, Edwin, 262
Fletcher, Benjamin (Colonel), gov- ernor of New York, 144; swears in Council, aligns himself with Anti-Leislerians, though he par- dons Leisler's condemned com- panions on the command of the King, 145 ; controversy with Gover- nor Sir William Phipps, abolishes bolting and baking monopoly, calls an Assembly, and takes action, a French-Indian invasion, 146; endeavors to establish Church of England in province and issues charter for Trinity Church, 147 ; commission gives him authority over militia of Connecticut, and the Jerseys, and full jurisdiction over Pennsylvania and Delaware, 148-49; appoints deputy gover- nor for Pennsylvania, induces William Bradford to establish first press in New York, 149; charged with aiding pirates, financial ir- regularities. receiving bribes, ex- cessive land grants, 150; he is re- called, 151 ; his leases, 156-157; friend of pirates, 441
Flint, Charles Ranlett, 657
Floridas ceded to Great Britain by Spain, 220
Flower, Roswell Pettibone, 403, 405 Floyd, John B., 368 Floyd, William, 261
Folliot, George, 262
"Folly of England and Ruin of Am- erica, The," 224 Forbes, W. H. (Colonel), 465
Foreman, Toshua, 336 Forrest, Captain, 281
Forrest, Edwin, 351, 352, 353 Forrester, claims governorship of Long Island, 73 Forster, William, 193
Forstman, C. Julius, 796
Fort Amsterdam built. 40; town changed to Fort William Henry, 53
Fort Anne becomes Fort George, 175
Fort Casimir erected on Delaware River by Stuyvesant, 81; captured by Swedes, 86; recaptured by Stuyvesant, 87
Fort Christina built by Swedes, 54; taken by Stuyvesant, 87
Fort Frontenac captured, 217
Fort George, 175, 177, 227, 229; de- molished, 298
Fort James, declaration of war read at its gates, 106; its surrender de- manded by the Dutch, 107; it is delivered to them and name changed to Fort William Henry, 108
Fort Knyphausen, 279
Fort Lee, capture of, 279
Fort Nassau on North River founded by Christaensen, 28; pulled down by Stuyvesant, 81
Fort Nassau on SouthRiver founded by Cornelis May, settled by Wal- loons, 38; families removed to Manhattan and fort abandoned, 41
Fort Niagara built by French, 180; captured by British, 217
Fort Orange built on present site of Albany, 37; families of remove to Manhattan, because of Indian trouble, 41 ; court established at, 81; surrenders to English and named Albany, 98
Fort Oswego built, 178
Fort Washington, capture of, 279
Fort William, name of the fort in New York after accession of Wil- liam and Marv. 145
Fort William Henry name given to Fort James by Governor Colve, 108
Fortune, The (Christiaensen's ship), voyage of, 27: goes up the Hud- son, 28; Adriaen Block returns in, 29
Fortune (ship) evades navigation
laws, 155
"Forty-five," popular rally-cry of Sons of Liberty, 247
Fox, George, the Quaker, preaches at Flushing, 106
Franklin, Benjamin, 225, 284
Franklin, Sir John, 357, 358, 366
Franklin (Lady), 357, 366
Franklin, Thomas, Jr., 245
Franklin, Walter, 262, 438
Fraunces. Samuel, 266
Fraunces' Tavern, mecting at. 259:
hole shot in roof, 266: Washing- ton's residence in 1783, 290
Frederick, Prince of Wales, 249
Fredericke, Kryn, engineer, builds Fort Amsterdam, 40
Free City, proposal that New York should become, 369
Frelinghuysen, T., 350
French and Indian War, 217
French Church, 166, 168, 180. 281
French march against Five Nations, 34
French privateer off Sandy Hook, 164
French prizes captured, 165
French seize Indians in New York, 131 French traders prohibited but later taxed, 178 French-Indian invasions of New York, 141, 146
Fresh Water (Connecticut) River discovered by Adriaen Block, 29 Friends' Meeting House, 296
Friends of Liberty and Trade, 247 Frontenac's campaign against the Colonies, 140, 141
Fulton, Robert, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 424, 426 Funeral ceremonies for George
Washington, 308
Gabry, Timotheus, 95
Gadsden, Christopher, 226
Gage, Gen., 224, 241, 259, 260
Gaillard, William Eyre Gibson, 818 Gaine, Hugh, 283, 438
Galen, (Consul), 322
Gallatin, Albert, 345
Garfield, James A., 395, 397, 401
Garrison, William Lloyd, 340
Gary, Elbert Henry, 496
Gas pipes first laid in New York, 337
Gas supply of New York, 456, 457, 458, 459 Gates, Gen., 286, 288
Gawtry, H. E., 459 Gawtry, L. R., 459
Gay life in Tory New York, 283 Gaynor, William J., 405, 406, 421
Gemeende (or Commonalty), 58 General Assembly, see Assembly, General
General Assembly of Province of New York, last meeting of, 261 Genet, Edmond Charles Edouard, 304, 305
Gennerich, George, 856
George I proclaimed King, 175; li- cense to William Wood to make coins, 437
George II becomes King, 181 ; ap- proves Montgomerie Charter, 184 George III becomes King and aligne himself with the Tories, makes Bute minister and inaugurates policy of bribery and corruption, 220; personal loyalty of colonies, 233, 234, 235; his statue, made of lead, heavily gilded, set up in Bowling Green, 249; statue over- turned and melted into bullets for Continental Army, 272
George, Henry, 409
George, Henry, Jr., 409
German Lutheran churches, 295
Gerritsen, Martin, 47
Gerritsen, Wolfert, 50
Gerry, Elbridge, 326 Gibb, Arthur, 775 Gibb, Henry Elmer, 751
Gideon, ship. 97
Gilbert, William W., 262, 292
Gildersleeve, Oliver, 650
Gilroy, Thomas S., 403
Goddard, Giles. 125
Godyn, Samuel, 42
Goelet, Tohn, 197 Goelet. Peter, 262
Goff, John W., 406
Goforth, William, 262
Golden Hill, battle of, 246 Gomez, Estevan, explorer, 19, 21
Gompard (Citizen), 305
Good Fame of New York, ship, 10' Goodrich, Edward Ismon, 791
Gordon, John, (Rev.), 125
Gorringe, Henry H., 395
Gouverneur, Abraham. 146, 150, 156 Governor Morgan calls for troops, 3.73
Governor's Island, 50; Governor Cornbury's country seat, 164 Grace, William R., 397
Graham, James, 119, 127, 129, 131, 145
Graham, William A., 357
Gramercy Seat and Gramercy Park, origin of name, 293
Grant and Ward failure, 398
Grant, Frederick Dent, (Major- general), 426
Grant, Hugh J., 403. 414
Grant, Ulysses S. (General), 395, 398, 399. 401
Gray, William Steele, 849
Great Britain impresses American seamen, 320
Great Fire of London, 101 Great Gerrit, ship, 69
Great Plague in London, 101
Greater New York bill signed, 408 Greater New York Commission, 407 Greater New York created, 407
Greater New York-population, tax- able property and debt at time of creation, 408
Greeley, Horace, 361, 404
Greely, Adolphus W., 399
Green, Andrew H., 360, 391, 407
Green, Captain John, 204
Green, M., 459
Greene, Nathaniel, General, 274. 277, 279, 288
Green, Warren Luqueer, 882
Greenwich Village (formerly Sapo- hanican), 55
Greveraet, Isaac, 95
Grinnell, Henry, 357, 358
Grinnell, Moses H., 372
"Groot River," named by Hudson, 28, 35
Grosjean, Florian, 731 Guel, S., 322
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Guggenheim, Daniel, 910 Guinea, The, flagship, 93 Gunther, C. Godfrey, 379
Hackingsacks (Indians) destroy
plantations, 63
Haggin, James Ben Ali, 548 Haines, John, 144 Hale, Nathan, 281, 405
Half-Moon, Hudson's ship, 22, 26, 27, 429; replica of, 425, 427, 428 Hall, A. Dakey ( Mayor), 388, 389, 39I
Hall, Edward Hagaman (Dr.), 426 Hall, (General), 354, 355
Hall, Isaac, 63
Hall, Thomas, 72, 73, 74, 76, 70. . Hall of Fame of New York Uni- versity, 413
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 331
Hallett, Joseph, 259, 260, 262
Hallet's Point Rocks at Hell Gate blown up, 393
Halve Maen (see Half-Moon), 22 Hamensen, Reymert, 40
Hamilton, Alexander, 265, 274, 278, 296, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 31I Hamilton, Andrew, 196, 197
Hamilton, Mayor, 265
Hamilton, (Police Commissioner), 410
Hammond, Robert, 127
Hampton, John (Rev.), 166, 167 Hancock, John, 234
Hardy, Sir Charles, governor of New York, arrives, is inaugurated and adds duties of Chancellor to those of Chief Justice DeLancey, 215; after two years tires of gov- ernorship, returns to active service in Navy, takes part in capture of Louisburg and becomes vice-ad- miral, 216
Harlem, see also "New Harlem"
Harlem Heights, Battle of, 277, 278 Harper, James, 347, 349, 350
Harrison, Benjamin, 401, 402, 403 Harrison, Francis, 177, 191, 192, 195 Harrison, John D. 463 Harrison, Wm. Henry, 326
Hart, Eli, 342
Hartford Convention, 326
Hartford Treaty, 80
Ilarvey, Charles C., 449
Harvey, Matthias, 1 39
Harvey, Thomas ( Father), 125, 135. I 37
Hasslacher, Jacob Pius Maria, 842 Hathaway, Charles, 552
Havemeyer, William Frederick, 350, 351, 372, 390, 392, 397
Hawkins, (Colonel), 371 Hay, George Taber, 652
Hayes, Rutherford B., 393, 394, 3 Hazard, Gen. Ebenezer, 296
Hazard, Nathaniel, 294
Hazard, Thomas, 294
Hayden, Charles, 574 Heard, General, 274
Hearst, William Randolph, 416, 417, 421
Heath, Gen., 274
Heathcote, Caleb, 145, 147, 157, 174, 177
Heere Weg changed to Broadway, 105
Hegeman, Benjamin Arrowsmith, Jr., 692
Hell Gate, name of East River, first navigated by Adriaen Bloch, 28 Hell Gate explosion, 393
Helme, Benjamin, 262.
Hendricksen, Cornelis, 29, 37
Hendrickson, Charles Le Roy, 936 Henry, Prince (of Prussia), 414 Herbert, Capt., 28I
Herkimer, Gen., 284
Herrman, Augustine, 72, 74 Hesse, John Jansen (Captain), 47 Hewitt, Abram S., 402 Hickey, Thomas, 271
Hicks, Whitehead (Mayor), 229, 244, 245, 266, 267, 268
Higgins, Andrew Foster, 626
High prices for food products 342 Hildreth, Benjamin, 197
Hill, David Bennett, 399
Hill, General, 173 Hill, James Jerome, 608
Hilliard, Tohn Gerald, 634
Hillsborough Earl of, 241, 242, 250, 251
Hind, Rev. Dr., 272
Hoare, John, 150
Hobart, John Sloss (Judge), 292
Hobart (Colonel), 37 I
Hobart, Garret A., 408
Hoffman, John T., 384, 387, 388
Hoffman, Tosiah Ogden, Grand Sachem of Tammany, 300, 302
Hoffman, Nicholas, 259, 262
Holland, Edward, 207, 214, 215 218
Holland Henry, 438
Holmes, Edwin, 462
Holmes, Stanley, 197
Holt, John, 223
Holt, Joseph, 368
Home for Sick and Wounded Sol- diers, 373
Hondius, Jodocus, 22
Hone, Philip, 335
Hongers, Hans, 29
Hood, Mr., stamp master for Mary- land, 225, 231
Hopeful, ship, 21
Hornblower, William Butler, 911 Horowitz, Louis J., 611
Horsmanden, Daniel, 202, 206, 207, 212, 219, 226
Horton, Harry Lawrence, 534
Howard, John Eager, 329
Howe, Julia Ward (Mrs.). 429
Howe, Lord, 274, 275. 284
Howe, General Sir William, 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279
Hubbard, James, 88, 89 Hubbard Rev., 164, 165
Hudde, Andreas, 47. 50, 55
Hudson-Fulton mission, 426
Celebration Com-
Hudson-Fulton Celebration, descrip- tion, 424, 425, 427, 428, 429, 431, 4.32
Hudson, Henry, earlier career, 20- 21; voyages to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla, 21; contracts with Dutch East India Company, seeks Northeast Passage in Half-Moon, 22; turns Westward, discovers New York Bay and voyages un Hudson River, 23-26; detained in England. 26; last voyage. discov- ery of Hudson Bay and Strait. and death, 26; fruits of his re- port, 27; English claim New Neth- erland, because he was English, 36; corner-stone of monument laid at Spuyten Duyvil, 431
Hudson River, discovery of, 23; bicentennial, 321, and tercenten- nial of discovery, 424-432; early history, 423, 424; royal instruc- tions about its navigation and trade, 130; its navigation, 425. 426; bridge project, 406; names of, 424
Hudson River Railroad completed to Albany, 358 Hudson's Bay and Strait discovered, 26
Hughes (Archbishop), 349, 378
Hughes, Charles Evans, Governor, 417, 418, 431
Hughes, Tames M., 292
Huguenot (French) Church in Pine Street, 166, 168. 180; used as British prison, 281
Huguenots in New York, 1.36
Huguenots panic-stricken over
French invasion, 141 Hulbert, Henry Carlton, 885
Hull, Isaac (Captain), 328
Hull, Wm. (General). 326 Hungerford, Uri T., 717 Hunt, Beekman, 629 Hunt, Thomas, 197
Hunter, Robert (General), gover- nor of New York, his career, 170; his Council, 171; colonizes the
Palatines, 171-172; controversy with Rev. William Vesey, 172; raises troops for attack upon Canada, 172-173; quells Negro conspiracy, his excellent admin- istration, 174; establishes Court of Chancery, 174-175; concessions to popular rights, 175; retires after accession of George I, 176; becomes comptroller-general of customs for Great Britain, and has a literary career, becomes governor of Jamaica and dies there, 176; his services to com- merce, and his report, 442
Hurons, Indian Tribe, 31, 33;
march against Five Nations, 34 Hutchins, John, 162
Hutchinson, Anne, 59
Hutchinson, Thomas, 253
Huygen, Jan, 45
Hyde, Benjamin Talbot Babbitt,
873
Hyde, Edward, Viscount Cornbury, (see also Lord Cornbury), 163
Imlay, John, 262
Immigration, amount and character of, 346, 347, 261
Immigration and its effect on poli- tics, 347
Immigration falls off after panic, 347
Immigration stimulated by Charter of Dutch West India Company, 55 Imports and exports of New York, 444
Inauguration of Washington ?s President, 297
Independence League, 417
Indian Congress in New York City, 207
Indian policy of Governor Burnet approved by Assembly, 180 Indian trade, 178
Indians. seen by Verrazano on New York Bay, 19; kidnaped by Go- mez and sold into slavery, 20 Indians, Hudson trades with, fight
with crew of Half-Moon, 25: tribes of, east of Mississippi, 31; manners and customs of. habit.t. tions, weapons, government and religion, 32; outbreak at Furt Orange, 41: at war with whites, 57-58; treaty with, at house of Jonas Bronck, 56-59; wars and raids of, 60; massacre of, at Pa- vonia, 61; retaliatory campaign of open war, 61.63; Long Island and Westchester tribes, Hackingsacks and Tappaen Indians'sign a treaty of peace, 62; raids and massacres near New Amsterdam, and at Pa- vonia, Staten Island, Harlem and on Long Island, 87; exchange seventy prisoners for powder and shot, ordinance against Indians in New Amsterdam, 88; Esopus tribc drives settlers out of Wiltwyck (Kingston), killing several, after- ward making a treaty, later make other raids but are almost wiped out by force of volunteers under Martin Cregier, 89 Ingersoll, Jared, 326
Ingoldesby, Richard (Maj)-), 142, 143, 144, 170, 172
Inglis, Rev. Charles, 272, 273, 291, 295
Intercolonial Convention on Indian Affairs, 212
Iroquois, Indians, 31; demand trib- ute from River Indians, 60
Iroquois do not approve Oswego fort, 178
Irving, Washington, 360 Iuers, Thomas, 202 Ivers, Thomas, 262
Ivins, William M., 416
Jackson, Andrew (General), 326, 328, 330, 331, 338, 339, 340, 341, 357, 367
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Jackson, (Colonel) 321 Jackson, Frank W., 732
Jackson, General Henry, 289 Jackson's toast to Clinton, 330
Jacobsen, John, captain of the ship Three Kings, 41 Jacobsen, Peter, alderman, 119 Jacobus, David Schenck, 690 James, D. Willis, 357
James, Major, 228, 229. 230
James I, hostile to the Pilgrims, 36; demand on States General. 37 James II, (see also Duke of York) : succeeds to throne, and accession celebrated in New York, 127; or- ders all colonies from Passama- quoddy to Delaware Bay to be consolidated in one, 132; flees to France, 136 Taneway, George, 262 Jans, Anneke, see also Anneke Jans Case, 50, 51
Jansen, Hendrick, 58
Jansen, Henry, 140
Jansen, Johannes, 182
Jansen, Machiel, 72, 74
Janssen, Roeloff, 50, 51
Iarvis, James, 294
Jauncey, Tames, 240, 259
Taures, (Admiral), 400 Tay, Frederick, 262
Jay, John, 259, 261, 262, 283, 296, 303, 305, 307, 309, 310, 316
Iay, Peter A., 331
Jay treaty with Great Britain causes excitement, 305
Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 399 Jefferson, Thomas, 302, 303, 304, 307, 309, 311, 321
Tefferson's Embargo, 321
Tenkinson (Lord Liverpool), 222
lennings. Robert E .. 670
Ienny Lind visits New York, 357
Iesup. Morris K., 357
Jewish merchants subscribe to Trin- ity building fund, 147
Jewish Synagogue. 296 Jogues, Father, 59 Johnson, Andrew, 379
Johnson, David, 262
Johnson, Sir John, 284
Johnson, Samuel ( Rev. Dr.), 214
Johnson, Samuel, 292
Johnson, Thomas, 144, 145
Johnson, William (later Sir Wil- liam), 206, 207, 213, 216, 217
Johnson, William Samuel, 226
Johnston, David, 259
Ichnston, John, 174, 177
Johnston, Josepli E., 100
Toinville. (Duc de), 365
Jones, George, 390 Tones, Richard, 182
lones, Samuel, 262, 312
Jones, Thomas, 219
Tones, Thomas ( Tudge), 291
Tones, Thomas Nathaniel, 660
Toris, Adriaen, 38 Josephthal, Louis Maurice, 527
Juet, Robert, Hudson's English mate, 23, 25, 26
Juhring, Tohn C., 855 Tumel, (Madame), 310 Jury trial established, 99
Kalakaua, King, 393
Kalck, Hoek (see Collect Pond), 57
Kane, Elisha Kent (Dr.), 358
Kearny, Phillip (General), 351
Kearny, Stephen Watts (General), 351
Keene, James Robert, 926
Kelly, John A., 638
Kepner, John B., 806 Kempe, William, 207
Kendall, Duchess of, 437
Kennedy, Archibald, Captain (af- terward Earl of Cassilis), 219, 224, 232, 286
Kennedy, John A., 375, 376
Kent, James (Chancellor), upon the Montgomerie Charter, 184 Kern, Jacob S., 418 Keteltas, Abraham, 197 Kateltas, Garret, 262 Keyser, Adriaen, 70, 73
Kidd, William, (Captain), 150, 154, 158, 159; his backers as privateer, 154
Kieckhefer, Ferdinand, A. W., 680 Kieft, Wilhelm, fourth director- general of New Netherland, com- missioned, 52; how he found New Amsterdam, 5%; protests against Swedish settlement, 54; issues land patents, 55; establishes a militia force, 56; claims tribute from Indians, and precipitates In- dian warfare, 57, 58; anxious to make war, 58; controversy with the Twelve Men, 59; determines on war against Indians, 61; orders massacre of Indians at Pavonia, 61; terrible reprisal by the In- dians causes him to be panic- stricken, he proclaims a day of fasting and prayer, 62; feeling runs high against him, and he asks the Commonalty for advice, and they elect a board of Eight Men, 62, 62; the war continues with much slaughter on both sides 64; makes treaty with Indians, 66; Eight Men make charges against Kieft, and others also complain of him to the Company, 65-67; his successor appointed, Kieft's fight with Domine Bogardus, 67; and ill will against Kuyter and Melyn, 68; makes a speech, 70; curries favor with Stuyvesant, prefers charges against Kuyter and Melyn, and leaves for Holland, 71; drowned in wreck of Prin- cess, 72; only money spent by him for public benefit was for the Church, 76
Kics, John Clementsen, 31 Kimball. Francis H., 898
King, Horatio, 368
King, John Alsop, 362, 363
King, Peter, 145
King, Rufus, 303, 329
King, William R., 358
King. Willard Vinton, 542
King's College, founded, 213; sus- pended and building used as hos- pital during Revolution, and changed to Columbia College after, 295
Kingsbridge, (village), annexed to New York, 383
Kingsland, Ambrose C., 357
Kingsley, Darwin Pearl, 622
Kip, Hendrick Hendricksen, 72, 83 Kip, Henry H., 294
Kip, Jacob, 108, 113
Kip, Johannes, 129, 145
Kip, John R., 294
Kissam, Benjamin, 262
Klipstein, August, 837
Knight, John, 129
Knowlton (Colonel), 277
Knox, General, 274, 289, 292
Knyphausen, Gen., 270
Koester, Grand Admiral von, 427 Kościuszko, General, 284 Kriekenbeeck, Daniel, 38
Kunhardt, Henry Rudolph, 656
Kuyter, Jochem Pietersen, 56, 58, 62, 63, 70, 71, 72, 75, 86, 87
Laborie, James (Rev.), 180
Lady Franklin visits New York, 366 La Fayette, George Washington, 334 La Fayette, Marquis de, 284, 294, 334, 335, 340. 357, 393 La Fayette's visit to New York, 334
Laight, Edward, 259 Laight, William, 262
Lamb, John, 226, 232, 233, 244, 245, 246, 262, 266, 274, 294
Lambrecht, F. L., 459
Lamb's Artillery removes guns from the Battery, 266
Lampe, Jan, 40, 41
La Montagne, Jean (Dr.), 51, 53, 56, 61, 66, 70, 88 Land grants vacated, 156, 157 Lansing, (Colonel), 371
Lansing, (Chancellor), 310 Lapham, Eldridge G., 397 Lasher, Tohn, 262
Lawrence (Captain), 328 Lawrence, Cornelius Van Wyck, 393, 340
Lawrence, John, 66, 04, 99, 112, 125, 145, 155
Lawrence, Jonathan, 294
Lawrence, William, 139, 140 Leach, Arthur Burtis, 554 L'Ecluse, Milton Albert, 832 Lee, General Charles, 268, 269
Lee, Gideon, 338
Lee, Richard Henry, 271
Lee, Robert E., 375, 380
Lefaivre, M., 400
Lefferts, Jacobus, 262
Lefferts, Marshall (Colonel), 371 L'Eglise du Saint Esprit, 180 Leisler Act, 163
Leisler, Jacob, complains against Nicolaus van Rensselaer, and is himself arrested, 115; senior cap- tain of City Troop, 137; his car- eer, 137, 138; at request of pop- ular gathering takes charge of Fort, 138; Committee of Safety makes him "Captain of the fort" and later designates him command- er in chief of the province until instructions arrived from London, and New England approves, 1 asked by Committee of Safety to act as lieutenant-governor, 140; acts in Indian and French war troubles, 140; calls an Assembly, equips troops and a fleet against the French, 141; refuses to sur- render Fort to Ingoldesby, 142; imprisoned by Sloughter, is sen- tenced to be hanged and beheaded, 143; estate confiscated, 144; Bel- lomont's view of his execution, 153; efforts to reverse his attaind- er, 153, 154: properties restored to heirs by Bellomont, and body disinterred and given Christian burial, 156: mentioned, 162, 182 Leislerian efforts against Fletcher, I46
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