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from New York takes charge at, ii. 460-461; army of allied colonies at, ii. 486-489; Leisler visits, and arrests Connecticut leaders of force, ii. 489. See also Fort Orange.
Albany County, ii. 265.
Aldermen, first board of, in New York, ii. 34-35.
Alexander, Sir William, i. 39-40, 107. Alexander VI, Pope, bull of, dividing New World between Spain and Portugal, i. 7-8, 13, 40.
Algonquin Indians, regions occupied by, i. 57-58.
Allard Map of New York, ii. 141.
Allen, sea-captain named, ii. 340.
Allerton, Isaac, early settler at Plym- outh, i. 107; becomes prominent citizen of New Amsterdam, i. 215; member of board of Eight Men, i. 227; sent to New Haven for aid in Indian war, i. 229; quarrel between Underhill and, i. 256-257; from New Haven warns Stuyvesant of ap- proach of Cromwell's ships, i. 355; residence and death in New Haven, i. 486.
Allerton, Colonel Isaac, of Virginia, i. 486.
Allyn, John, secretary of Connecticut, ii. 100; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; instances of curious spell- ing by, ii. 372; replies to Leisler written by, ii. 459.
Almshouse in New Amsterdam, i. 430. Amboyna Tragedy, i. 354, 358. America, Ogilby's book, ii. 139.
Amersfoort, superior district court for, i. 353.
Amsterdam Chamber of West India Company, New Netherland governed by, i. 42.
Andros, Major Edmund, commissioned governor of New York (1674), ii. 124, 167; takes over city from Dutch, ii. 124-126; biographical sketch of, ii. 168-169; salary promised to, ii. 169; Duke of York's instructions to, ii. 171-172; trip to Connecticut, to en- force duke's claims, ii. 188; visits Iroquois country, ii. 189; visits Eng-
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land (1677) and is knighted, ii. 192; returns to New York, ii. 193, 194; troubles with Fenwick over Dela- ware country, ii. 199-200; authority of, recognized in New Jersey, ii. 202; called to England by Duke of York, ii. 203-205; remains in England as officer of king's household, ii. 241; settlement of debt of New York to, ii. 275; appointed governor-general of Dominion of New England, ii. 310; arrival of, in Boston, ii. 313; visit to Hartford, ii. 325; New York and New Jersey added to dominion of, ii. 343; list of members of coun- cil, ii. 344; visits New York, has his commission proclaimed, breaks new seal of province, etc., ii. 345-347; in jail at Boston, after accession of William of Orange, ii. 359; some remarkable spelling by, ii. 372; sends verbal instructions to New York, ii. 382; temporary escape of, and fears aroused in New York by, ii. 409; wrongly charged with re- sponsibility for Iroquois raid on Lachine, ii. 414; sent to England, and fills various posts later, ii. 450; conditions of imprisonment in Bos- ton, ii. 475.
Annapolis, Md., an incorporated borough, ii. 306.
Anthony, Allard, schepen of New Am- sterdam, i. 329; burgomaster, i. 431; retained as sheriff under Nicolls, ii. 35.
Antill, Edward, counsel for Leisler and Milborne, ii. 434, 543-544.
Archangel, Sloughter's ship, ii. 502 ff., 526.
Archer, John, owner of Fordham Manor patent, ii. 84.
Argall, Sir Samuel, story concerning, i. 24, 108, 497.
Aristocracy, absence of, from New Netherland, i. 220, 474; in New York (1689), ii. 371.
Armorial bearings in New Netherland, i. 210-211.
Arms, of New Amsterdam, i. 380; of New York, ii. 304-305.
Articles of Capitulation of the Sur- render of New Netherland, i. 526; points of, in which Nicolls departed from instructions, ii. 17-18.
Ashford, William, member for Esopus of first assembly, ii. 259.
Assembly, natural desire for, in New York, ii. 186-187; formal petition from New Yorkers to Duke of York
for, ii. 235-236; duke's promise of an, on certain conditions, ii. 243; Dongan's instructions as to an, ii. 247; duke's reasons for permitting, ii. 248; number of members, method of election, freedom of debate, etc., ii. 256; property qualification for members, ii. 258; convening of first, in Fort James, October 17, 1683, ii. 259; composition of, ii. 259; acts passed by, ii. 259 ff .; "The Charter of Liberties and Privileges," etc., ii. 259-264; acts of, favorably passed upon by Duke of York, ii. 275; second meeting of (1684), ii. 281; acts passed by second, ii. 281-283; proclamation dissolving (1687), ii. 314; last legislative act of the original, ii. 345; summoned by Leis- ler, ii. 458; elections for an, held by Leisler, ii. 464; convened by Slough- ter, ii. 545 ff.
Assizes, court of, established by Gov- ernor Nicolls, ii. 26, 37; abolished by act of assembly, ii. 282. See under Courts.
Atherton Land Company, i. 501-502. Auctioneer, public, office of, i. 277, ii. 211.
Backerus, Domine, i. 266; speaks for New Netherland, in Holland, i. 302, 304.
Barbadoes, colonization of, i. 106; Stuyvesant's visit to, i. 365-366. Barbarie, John, on jury list in Leisler trials, ii. 543.
Baudartius, Dutch historian, quoted, i. 68, 69.
Baxter, Ensign George, i. 185, 266; correspondence with the younger Winthrop, i. 306; represents New Netherland at Hartford Treaty meet- ing, i. 314 ff .; heads defection of English in New Netherland from Stuyvesant, i. 348 ff .; dismissed from post of English secretary, i. 362; tries to raise revolt against the Dutch, is imprisoned, and escapes to New England, i. 382; work of, with English government, against New Netherland, i. 500-501, 503; returns to New England with Rhode Island charter, i. 506; later history of, ii. 133.
Baxter, Jarvis, stabs James Graham, ii. 245; a member of Dongan's coun- cil, ii. 313, 328; emissary of Dongan to England, ii. 314; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; in com-
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mand of garrison at Albany, ii. 378; forced to leave Albany, returns to New York, and goes to East Jersey, ii. 384.
Baxter, Thomas, contracts to build wall to protect New Amsterdam, i. 334; turns pirate, i. 340; effect of raids of, in New Amsterdam, i. 348 ff .; arrested, escapes, and property on Manhattan confiscated, i. 364; Stuyvesant secures lands of, i. 458. Bayard, Balthazar, ii. 370, 469; alder- man under Sloughter, ii. 530.
Bayard, Judith, marries Gerardus Stuyvesant, ii. 93.
Bayard, Nicholas, succeeds George Baxter as English secretary, i. 409; career of, i. 487-488; secretary to corporation of New York, ii. 36; secretary and receiver-general of New Orange, ii. 110; in difficulties with Andros over oath of allegiance, ii. 178 ff .; mayor of New York, ii. 289; added to Dongan's council, ii. 328; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; opponent of Leisler in New York, ii. 370; part acted by, on the rising of New Yorkers against Nichol- son, ii. 387-389; Modest and Im- partial Narrative by, ii. 395-396; retreats to Albany, ii. 400; views of, on election held in New York by Committee of Safety, ii. 417; letters of, deepen New Yorkers' distrust of, ii. 419-420; sends letters to Eng- land against Leisler, ii. 430; returns to New York to visit sick son, ii. 430; arrest and imprisonment of, by Leis- ler, ii. 448-449; conditions of im- prisonment, ii. 475; appointed to Sloughter's council, ii. 500; freed by Sloughter, ii. 528; responsibility of, for execution of Leisler and Mil- borne, ii. 559-560; in 1702 is put on trial for his life, ii. 565.
Bayard, Petrus, Labadist convert, ii. 230.
Bayard family, i. 265, ii. 230, 370.
Beaver, Ingoldsby's ship, ii. 502 ff. Beaver Street, origin of, i. 79.
Bedloe's Island, history of, ii. 80-81. Beekman, Gerardus, delegate to form
Committee of Safety, ii. 405; mem- ber of Leisler's council, ii. 434; ap- peals to Sloughter, ii. 535; tried and convicted, ii. 540; sentenced to death, ii. 542; released later, ii. 543. Beekman, Henry, member of first as- sembly, ii. 259.
Beekman, William, schepen of New
Amsterdam, i. 329; in difficulties with Andros over oath of allegiance, ii. 178 ff .; deputy-mayor, ii. 247; alive in Leisler's time, ii. 464-465; alderman in Sloughter's time, ii. 530. Bells from Porto Rico in New Amster- dam, i. 79, 116, 189.
Bentyn, Jacques, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Bergen, N.J., founding of, i. 420; Philip Carteret grants charter to, ii. 40; preservation of Dutch tongue in, ii. 144.
Berkeley, Sir John, grant to, from Duke of York, ii. 38.
Betts, Richard, delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 405.
Binckes, Jacob, ii. 99; with fleet which captured New York, ii. 101 ff .; leaves New Orange for Holland, ii.
110; subsequent career of, ii. 110. Bisons, an early glimpse of, ii. 438. Blackwell's Island, ii. 175.
Blagge, Captain, member of Leisler's council, ii. 434; sent as messenger to England, ii. 472-473; arrival in London and petition to king, ii. 500. Blathwayt, William, surveyor and auditor-general, ii. 231; becomes secretary to Lords of Trade, ii. 285; on advantages of union of colonies under Andros, ii. 351.
Bleecker, meaning of name, i. 213.
Blessing of the Bay, ship, i. 102, 126.
Block, Adriaen, i. 20; explorations of, i. 21.
Block Island, raided by French priva- teers, ii. 484.
Blommaert, Samuel, patroonship of, i. 95, 103; assists in planting colony in Delaware, i. 155-156.
Bloomingdale, the name, ii. 145.
Bogaert, Johannes, i. 367.
Bogardus, derivation of name, i. 213. Bogardus, Domine Everardus, sent as clergyman to New Amsterdam, i. 119; quarrel between Kieft and, i., 257-258; retirement of, i. 266; ship- wrecked and drowned on way to Holland, i. 270-271.
Bogardus, William, postmaster for New York, ii. 336.
Bohemia Manor, i. 486; part of, sold to Labadists, ii. 230.
Bolting Acts, Andros's, ii. 214-215; renewal of, ii. 272.
Bonnie Bess, ship, i. 45.
Bontemantel, J., i. 371. Books on New York, ii. 137-140.
Boss, Dutch origin of word, ii. 150.
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Boston, founded (1630), i. 106; Latin school in, i. 443; Stuyvesant's visit to, i. 409; New Amsterdam and, contrasted, i. 455-466; Nicolls' visit to, ii. 46-47; declaration of war against Holland published at (1672), ii. 97; Dankers' descrip- tion of, ii. 228; arrival of Governor Andros at, ii. 313; Andros and his council in jail at, ii. 357, 359, 409, 475.
Boston Post Road, ii. 72. Boston shillings, ii. 70.
Bout, Jan Evertsen, member of board of Eight Men, i. 227; one of founders of Brooklyn, i. 260; mem- ber of board of Nine Men, i. 273; signs Petition, Additional Observa- tions, and Remonstrance, i. 289-290; one of three chosen to carry Remon- strance to Holland, i. 301.
Bouwerie, one leased by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, i. 141; the Domine's, later Trinity Church land, i. 148- 149, ii. 176; Stuyvesant's purchase and settlement of a, i. 417-418.
Bouweries (farms) of West India Com- pany in Manhattan, i. 79-80.
Bowery, origin of the, i. 418.
Bowery village, i. 464-465.
Bowne, John, Long Island Quaker, i. 447, 448, ii. 545.
Bradford, Governor William, i. 27; History of Plymouth Plantation by, quoted, i. 28; correspondence be- tween Governor Minuit and, i. 86- 87; questions Dutch rights of settle- ment, i. 88; sends settlers to Con- necticut valley, i. 126-128; verses by, on supply of firearms to Indians, i. 339.
Bradstreet, Simon, i. 314.
Brasier, Abraham, ii. 532, 535; sen- tenced to death, ii. 542; released later, ii. 543.
Bread, manufacture and exportation of, ii. 214.
Breda, Peace of (1667), ii. 59-60.
Breeden Raedt, partisan pamphlet, i. 175, 257; quoted, i. 271; cited, i. 287 ff .; publication of, at Antwerp (1649), i. 302; description of, i. 302- 303.
Breweries in New Amsterdam, i. 458. Bridges, Charles, ii. 109, 146. Broad Street, ii. 211.
Broadway, beginnings of, i. 187.
Brockholls, Lieutenant Anthony, ii. 170; in charge at New York during Andros's visit to England (1677), ii.
192; commissioned chief of .the militia by Andros, ii. 205; troubles with New Yorkers over customs duties, ii. 232 ff .; bested by New York merchants, ii. 234-235; duke's instructions to, ii. 241; learns of ap- pointment of Dongan as governor, ii. 247; retains his office under Dongan, ii. 255; member of Andros's coun- cil, ii. 344; returns from Pemaquid to New York, ii. 397; in New York at election held by Committee of Safety, ii. 416, 418.
Brodhead, Captain Daniel, commands garrison at Wiltwyck, ii. 20; troubles of, with Dutch, ii. 48; suspended by Nicolls, ii. 64.
Brodhead, John Romeyn, i. x-xi. Bronck, Jonas, i. 161, 181.
Bronx, derivation of name, i. 161.
Brooke, Chidley, collector and receiver- general under Sloughter, ii. 502; cited and quoted on Leisler-Ingoldsby troubles, ii. 504, 508, 513, 516, 517. Brooklyn (Brueckelen), founding and incorporation as town, i. 260; num- ber of magistrates at, increased and superior court erected, i. 353; popu- lation in 1660, i. 419; first Dutch church in, i. 419-420; history of name, ii. 149; population of, and market and fair in (1675), ii. 210; incorporated a city in 1834, ii. 306. Brooks, James Wilton, historian, ii. 153.
Brower, meaning of name, i. 213.
Browne, Josiah, killing of, ii. 517. Browne, Thomas, ii. 464.
Buckwheat cake, Dutch origin of, ii. 150.
Bull, Captain John, at Albany, ii. 384, 424.
Burgh, Albert C., patroonship of, i. 95. Burgher class in New Amsterdam, i. 273.
Burgher government in New Amster- dam, i. 328-330.
Burgher guard, composition of, i. 333. Burgher-right, establishment of, in New Amsterdam, i. 422; under- standing of, in Holland and in New Amsterdam, i. 422-423.
Burghers' tax, i. 353, 432.
Burgomasters, the first, in New Am- sterdam, i. 329; duties of, i. 425; salaries of, i. 431; argument of, with Nicolls, about oath of allegiance, ii. 21-22.
Burial, law against hasty private, ii. 282.
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Burial place, New York, ii. 211-212. Burns' Coffee House, i. 187.
Cabots, the, i. 8.
Canada, futile expedition of allied colonies against, ii. 486-488.
Canal (Heere Gracht, Great Canal) in New Amsterdam, i. 433, 457; filled in, ii. 211.
Cape May, named for Cornelis Mey, i. 27.
Carolina, removals from New York to, ii. 81-82.
Carr, Captain John, in charge of Dela- ware region, ii. 65; at Fort James, New York, at surrender to Dutch, ii. 101 ff .; desertion of, ii. 104; flees to Delaware country, ii. 105; writes to New York from Maryland, ii. 175. Carr, Sir Robert, sent by Nicolls to Delaware region, ii. 20; takes Dela- ware country with some fighting, and asserts independence of Nicolls, ii. 22.
Carteret, Sir George, obtains New Jersey, ii. 38; rights of, in New Jersey confirmed, ii. 167; death of, ii. 201.
Carteret, James, ii. 87, 99, 228-229.
Carteret, Philip, governor of New Jersey, ii. 38, 40; arrested by Andros and brought to New York, ii. 201; acquitted by court and returns to New Jersey, ii. 201-202; authority over New Jersey confirmed by new grants from Duke of York, ii. 203; death of, ii. 245.
Cartmen, monopoly held by, in New York, ii. 71; strike of, ii. 219; prices to be charged by, ii. 337.
Cartwright, Colonel, takes possession of Hudson River settlements, ii. 20. Case, Thomas, ii. 182.
Catholics, attitude toward, in New York, before and after 1689, ii. 375- 377; effect of fear of, in New York after accession of Prince of Orange, ii. 383 ff.
Censorship of press of New York, ii. 312.
Chambers, Thomas, takes Nicolls' oath of allegiance, ii. 22; patentee of Foxhall in Esopus country, ii. 84.
Champlain, discoveries by, i. 14, 25; map by, i. 54; taken prisoner at Quebec, i. 107.
Chancery court, New York, ii. 267.
Charter : of Virginia Company, i. 12; United New Netherland Company's, i. 22; granted Dutch West India
Company, i. 31; of Council for New England, i. 39; issued to Connecti- cut in 1662, i. 402-403; ordinance establishing burgher-right considered a, i. 423; Rhode Island's, obtained by John Clarke in 1663, i. 501-502; Duke of York's, from Charles II, i. 512-513; Nicolls Charter, 'charter of incorporation,' ii. 35; New Harlem's, granted by Nicolls, ii. 37; of Hudson's Bay Company, ii. 119; Penn's, ii. 240, 287; the Dongan, ii. 298-305; Albany's (1686), ii. 305; of Philadelphia, and other munici- palities, ii. 306; hiding of Connecti- cut's, from Andros, ii. 325; New Yorkers not sure of validity of their, ii. 353.
Charters : giving patents to towns in New Netherland, i. 258 ff .; nature of those of English colonies, ii. 10- 12; of colonial proprietors and corporations cancelled by James, ii. 342-343.
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions of 1629, i. 91; the second (1640), i. 173; the third, i. 311.
'Charter of Liberties and Privileges,' etc., passed by first New York as- sembly, ii. 259-264; accepted by Duke of York, ii. 275; not confirmed but held in abeyance on duke's accession to throne, ii. 284-285; re- peal of, by James II, ii. 311.
Charter governments, colonial, ii. 10- 11.
Chiffinch, Thomas, i. 502.
Children, first white, born in America, i. 69-70; liberty granted to Dutch, i. 480.
Christiaensen, Hendrick, i. 20.
Christmas Day, ii. 151-153.
Church, the first, in New Amsterdam,
i. 187-189; French (founded 1688), ii. 332.
Churches, in Lovelace's time, ii. 73- 74; Huguenot, ii. 332. See Dutch Reformed Church.
Church bells, first, in New Amsterdam, i. 79, 189.
Church matters, Andros's interference in, ii. 182-184.
Churcher, William, lieutenant under Leisler, ii. 407.
City government, that of New Amster- dam the oldest in America, i. 330.
City Hall Park, origin of, i. 457. City History Club, i. xix.
City Inn, built by Governor Kieft, i. 187; turned into a city hall, i. 331.
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City magistrates, board of, in New
Amsterdam, i. 330 ff., 422 ff., 426, 428-429; remain in office under English, i. 527; Lovelace's innova- tions in board, ii. 68-69.
Clapp, Captain John, ii. 496.
Clarke, John, i. 501-502.
Clarke, Rev. Josias, ii. 333.
Clarkson, Matthew, sent with letters to king and queen, ii. 412; arrival in England, and appointment as sec- retary of New York province, ii. 442, 502.
Clergyman, first, in New Amsterdam, i. 81-83.
'Clove,' the suffix, ii. 149.
Coach, the first, in New York, ii. 212. Cod fishery, ii. 68, 219.
Code of laws framed by Nicolls, ii. 26- 27, 32-33.
Coertens, Myndert, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 405; tried together with Leisler, ii. 532; con- victed, ii. 541; sentenced to death, ii. 542; released later, ii. 543.
Colden, Cadwallader, cited and quoted, ii. 24, 55, 100, 105, 159, 167, 254, 389, 559-560, 567.
Collect Pond, i. 2, 75.
Collegiate Church of the City of New York, formation of, i. 84; present prosperous condition of, ii. 151.
Colman, John, first white man buried near Manhattan, i. 60.
Colonies, forms of government of Eng- lish, in America, ii. 10-11.
Colve, Captain Anthony, ii. 98, 103 ff .; appointed governor of New Orange (New York), ii. 106; installed as governor-general of New Orange, ii. 109; administration of province's affairs by, ii. 110-118; hears news of recovery of New York by the English, ii. 122-124; resigns gov- ernment to Andros and retires to Dutch frigate, ii. 124-126.
Comforters of the sick, office of, i. 79. Commerce of New Amsterdam, i. 434- 437.
Committee of Safety of 1689, ii. 404 ff. ; composition of, 404-405; organiza- tion of, ii. 405-406; promote Leisler to captaincy of fort, ii. 740; ar- rest of various persons by, ii. 410; extend powers of Leisler, ii. 411; address to king and queen by, ii. 412; annual election held by, ii. 415- 416.
Common Council of New York, ii. 301. Common Pleas, court of, history of, i.
330-331; mayor's court called, in Dongan Charter, ii. 301.
Complaint of New Amsterdam, Steen- dam's, i. 482.
Coney Island, naming of, i. 55.
Congress of colonies at New York in 1690, ii. 466 ff.
Connecticut, Dutch purchase and oc- cupation of lands in, i. 105, 125-128; settlers from Massachusetts in, i. 127-129; weakness of claim of Eng- lish settlers in, i. 131-132; fresh Dutch acquisitions in, i. 148; lost to the Dutch, i. 162-168; early his- tory of English settlers in, i. 163- 164; population in 1645, i. 246; Kieft's vain efforts to preserve Dutch rights in, i. 246-249; Dutch and English claims in, settled by Hartford Treaty, i. 314-317; charges made from, of Stuyvesant's plotting with Indians against New England, i. 336; the last of the Dutch in, i. 355; slow progress of coast towns of, i. 364; Winthrop secures charter for, in 1662, i. 402; Stuyvesant sends a formal embassy to, i. 410- 411; schools in, i. 443; gives New Haven choice of 'joining' or re- maining distinct, i. 517; deputes Governor Winthrop to settle gov- ernments of English towns on Long Island, i. 518; resigns to Nicolls her pretensions to Long Island, i. 524; settlement of boundaries attempted by Nicolls and Winthrop, ii. 23-24; Duke of York's claims in, and Andros's attempts to enforce, ii. 187-190; settlement of boundaries of, by Dongan, ii. 273-274; loses independent government and added to Province of New England, ii. 310; Dongan's efforts to induce to come under his government, ii. 324; gov- ernment of William and Mary pro- claimed in, ii. 397-398; Leisler's ap- peal for help and advice to, and subsequent hot letters, ii. 458-459 ; recalls soldiers sent to Albany, ii. 461 ; delegates from, at New York congress, ii. 466 ; correspondence of, with Leisler, over treatment of Fitz- John Winthrop, ii. 489-490.
Coode, John, ii. 361, 425.
Cooky, Dutch origin of word, ii. 150. Coopers' trade union, ii. 219.
Coorn, Nicholas, agent for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, i. 253-254.
Corlaer, Indian title for governors of New York, ii. 55.
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Corlaer (Schenectady) founded, i. 405. Corlaer's Hook, i. 149; massacre of
Indians at, by Kieft's soldiers, i. 224. Cornell, Thomas, i. 183. Cornwall County, ii. 265.
Coroner's inquest, first, in New Amster- dam, i. 430.
Cortelyou, Jacques, i. 362; map of New Amsterdam by, i. 416-417; founds New Utrecht, i. 419; sur- veyor for New York province under Lovelace, ii. 86.
Cosmography, Heylin's, i. 384.
Cosmopolitanism of Manhattan, i. 218, ii. 157.
Coster, meaning of name, i. 213. Cotton, John, i. 218.
Council for New England, charter creating the, i. 39; resigns charter, i. 134.
Counties, creation of New York, and composition of, ii. 265-266; relative standing of, in population and wealth, ii. 342; delegates from, to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404-405. Court of the Schout, Burgomasters, and Schepens of New Amsterdam, i. 330.
Courts, in New Amsterdam, i. 195, 426; in New York under Nicolls, ii. 29-30, 36-37; system of, settled by first assembly, ii. 267; first meet- ings of new, ii. 271. See Assizes, Common Pleas, etc.
Cox, William, drowning and burial of, ii. 408.
Cregier, Martin, member of first fire department, i. 277; lieutenant of burgher guard, i. 285; appointed a burgomaster of New Netherland, i. 329; commands expedition to Dela- ware region to resist claims of Mary- land, i. 385; leads force against the Esopus' Indians, i. 408; a tavern- keeper, i. 460; Journal of the Esopus War by, i. 481; captain in New York militia, ii. 71; removal to up- river country and death, ii. 131. Crime in New Netherland, i. 467 ff. Crimes, modes of punishment for, i. 470; enumeration of, in New York under Nicolls, ii. 31; in New York under Lovelace, ii. 75-76.
Crol (Krol), Bastiaen Janssen, 'com- forter of the sick,' made director of Fort Orange, i. 84; acts as agent for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer in latter's patroonship, i. 97; succeeds Minuit as director-general, i. 104; sum-
moned to Holland, i. 119.
Cromwell, Navigation Act of, i. 325, 393; dreams of a Protestant league, i. 357-360; effect of death of, on fortunes of New Netherland, i. 389 ff. Currency question, in New Netherland,
i. 437-441; in New York, ii. 70, 218. See Wampum.
Curtis, John, delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 405.
Customs duties, i. 185, 432-433, ii. 25- 26, 232-233.
Cuyler, Henry, notable disagreement between Nicholson and, ii. 385; member of Leisler's council, ii. 434; death of, ii. 494.
Daillé, Domine Pierre, ii. 256; activi- ties in Leisler's behalf, and results, ii. 550-551.
Damen, Jan Jansen, member of com- mittee of Twelve Men, i. 179; signs fraudulent petition to Kieft, i. 222; expelled from committee of Eight Select Men, i. 227; appointed churchwarden by Stuyvesant, i. 266; member of board of Nine Men, i. 273. Danckers Map, the, i. 379.
Dankers, Jaspar, Labadist in New York, ii. 226-231.
Dare, Virginia, i. 71.
'De,' the prefix, i. xv, 212.
D'Eau, Chevalier, in prison at New York, ii. 472, 474.
De Beauvois, Carel, i. 442.
De Bruyn, Johannes, militia captain under Nicholson, ii. 380; elected alderman of New York, ii. 416; re- elected militia captain, ii. 435.
Debtors in New Amsterdam, i. 470. Debts of New York (1677), ii. 212. De Coninck, Captain, map of New Amsterdam by, i. 416, 432.
De Decker, Johannes, member of Stuyvesant's council, i. 491 ; banished from province by Nicolls, ii. 20.
Deeds of lands, from Indians to patroons, i. 95; Dutch, i. 186. De Forest, Gerard, i. 44, 146.
De Forest, Henry, i. 149. De Forest, Isaac, i. 149.
De Forest, Jesse, i. 43-45, 46.
De Hulter, Johannes, brings settlers to Rensselaerswyck, i. 323.
De Klercke, delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 404.
De Laet, Johan, historian, i. 6, 52, 55; New World by, i. 81, 379; a partner of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, i. 173.
De Lancey, Etienne (Stephen), ii. 332, 469.
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Delanoy, Peter, collector of customs, ii. 314, 399, 434; delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404; moder- ator of Committee of Safety, ii. 405; elected mayor, ii. 416; member of Leisler's council, ii. 434; arrested by Sloughter, ii. 527; tried and found not guilty, ii. 540; cause of acquittal of, ii. 544.
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