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pected as papist, and gives up gov- ernment, ii. 385-393; formation of a committee of safety, ii. 404-406; Jacob Leisler made captain of fort, ii. 407; appointment of Leisler as commander-in-chief, ii. 411; election held in city, according to provision of Dongan Charter, ii. 415-416; growing dissensions between sup- porters and opponents of Leisler, ii. 416-418; administration of Leisler, ii. 441 ff .; Colonel Henry Sloughter appointed governor (1689), ii. 443; French raid on Schenectady, ii. 452- 453; congress of colonies at, ii. 466 ff .; New York's quota in army of allied colonies against the French, ii. 467; anti-Leislerian riot in New York city, ii. 473; futile expedition towards Canada from Albany, ii. 487-488; arrival of Major Ingoldsby at New York, ii. 503; difficulties between Leisler and Ingoldsby, ended by arrival of Governor Slough- ter, ii. 503-519; Sloughter's three months' administration of affairs of province, ii. 523-563; trial and exe- cution of Leisler, ii. 531-561; Major Ingoldsby receives chief executive authority, ii. 563.
New York County, composition of, ii. 265.
New York Society Library, i. xix-xx. Nicholson, Francis, lieutenant-gover- nor of New England under Andros, ii. 313; takes up residence as lieu- tenant-governor at New York, ii. 343; put in control of province (1688), ii. 354; hears news of acces- sion of William of Orange, ii. 377- 378; action on hearing of Andros's imprisonment at Boston, ii. 378-380; dispute of, with Lieutenant Cuyler and unwise hasty expression, ii. 385; rising of people against, ii. 385-386; gives up keys of fort, ii. 386; takes a hasty departure for England, ii. 393; in England, vainly applies for appointment as governor of New York, ii. 442-443; appointed lieu- tenant-governor of Virginia, ii. 444; later lieutenant-governor of Mary- land, ii. 450.
Nicolls, Matthias, appointed secretary of New York province, ii. 19-20; mayor of New York, ii. 79, 174; again secretary of province, ii. 172; vendue-master, ii. 211; speaker of first assembly, ii. 259; judge of court of oyer and terminer, ii. 271; speaker
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of second assembly, ii. 281; death . and estate of, ii. 371.
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, commissioned by Duke of York to raise recruits for expedition to New Netherland, i. 514; arrives with English fleet at Boston, i. 519; arrival in Gravesend Bay, i. 520; demands surrender of city, i. 522; Stuyvesant parleys with, i. 523; indorses Articles of Capitulation, i. 526; installed by burgomasters deputy-governor for Duke of York, i. 527; moderation and good-will of, i. 530; commission of, ii. 17; nature of instructions issued to, as Duke of York's repre- sentative, ii. 17-19; composition of council of, ii. 19-20; sends expedi- tions to Delaware region and to Hudson River settlements, ii. 20- 21; administers oath of allegiance to Dutch in New York, ii. 21-22; enforces his authority over Carr in Delaware country, ii. 22; conference with Winthrop to settle boundaries of New York and Connecticut, ii. 23; deception of, by Connecticut au- thorities, ii. 24; reconstruction of province by, ii. 25-34; protests against granting away from New York of New Jersey, ii. 39; trip to Boston, ii. 46-47; takes steps against French invasion, ii. 53-54; desperate condition of, financially and otherwise, in 1666, ii. 56-57; receives order relieving him from office as governor, ii. 63; tributes of esteem paid to, by Dutch and Eng- lish in America, ii. 63-64; remains to instruct successor in duties of office, and sails home in 1668, ii. 65; killed in battle of Solebay, ii. 95; burial place, monument, and epi- taph of, ii. 96.
Nicolls, William, probably a member of first assembly, ii. 259; probable author of Charter of Liberties and Privileges, ii. 263-264; opponent of Leisler, ii. 371; arrest and imprison- ment of, by Leisler, ii. 448-449; conditions of imprisonment, ii. 475; appointed to Sloughter's council, ii. 500; freed by Sloughter, ii. 528; re- sponsibility of, for execution of Leis- ler and Milborne, ii. 559-560 .. Nicolls Map, the, ii. 140.
Nine Men, election of board of, i. 272- . 273; limited powers of, i. 274; Peti- tion to States General, Additional Observations, and the Remonstrance
drawn up by, i. 289; fruitless com- plaints of, about state of province, i. 318-319; board is superseded by officers appointed by Stuyvesant, i. 328-329. See under Remonstrance. Norman's Kill, i. 26.
Northeast Passage, search for, i. 3. North River, history of name, i. 54. Norumbega and Norumbègue, i. 2. Norwood, Harry, ii. 65.
Notelman, Coenraed, i. 104, 144.
Nova Bohemia, i. 486.
Nutten (Governor's) Island, i. 464.
Oath of allegiance, administered to Dutch by Nicolls, ii. 21-22; pre- scribed by Andros, ii. 177; protest against, by Dutch residents, ii. 178-180.
' Oblong, The,' strip of land called, ii. 273.
Ogden brothers, builders of first church in New Amsterdam, i. 189.
Ogilby, John, America by, ii. 139. Onderdonk family, i. 484. Oneida Portage-path, the, i. 51.
Onontio, Indian name for governors of Canada, ii. 452.
Orange County, ii. 265.
Orphan-house, girls sent from Am- sterdam to, i. 466.
Orphan-masters, i. 427.
Orphans' court in New Amsterdam, i. 427.
Oyer and terminer, court of, ii. 267. Oyster Bay, wampum procured at, i. 62; given to English by Hartford Treaty, i. 315-317.
Paauw, meaning of name, i. 213. Paauw, Michiel, patroonship of, i. 94. Palmer, John, judge of court of oyer and terminer, ii. 271; sent by Don- gan with despatches to England, ii. 323; a member of Dongan's council, ii. 328; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; later fortunes of, ii. 345, 360, 450.
Panton, Richard, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404; arrest of, ii. 511.
Patroon system introduced into New Netherland, i. 90-96.
Patroonships, character of, i. 92-93; the first, i. 94-95; Adriaen Van der Donck's patroonship, i. 261-262, 484-485; mistaken ideas of modern. historians concerning, i. 475; New York manorial estates contrasted
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with, ii. 83-85. See Rensselaers- wyck, Pavonia, etc.
Patroons, hampered by West India Company, i. 140; differences be- tween government and, i. 142-143. Pavonia, patroonship called, i. 96; sold to West India Company, i. 146; massacre of Indians at, by Kieft's soldiers, i. 223-224; Indian raid on, i. 369.
Pearl Street, origin of, i. 77. Peck, Jan, case of, i. 470-471.
Peekskill, derivation of name, i. 470. Peiret, Pierre, ii. 469.
Pelham Manor, ii. 84.
Pell, Thomas, leader of English settle- ment in Westchester, i. 381; paten- tee of Pelham Manor, ii. 84.
Pemaquid, dependency of New York, ii. 95; surrendered to New England government, ii. 314; Andros's visit to, ii. 355.
Penn, grant of Pennsylvania to, ii. 240; confirmed in grant, ii. 287; Dongan blocks designs of, to secure Susque- hanna lands, ii. 317.
Pepys, Samuel, quoted, i. 498, 500, 512; on English seizure of New Amsterdam, i. 529; on results of Anglo-Dutch war, ii. 61; gathers evi- dence against John Scott, ii. 135; Scott's revenge on, ii. 136.
Pequot Indians, sell Connecticut lands to Dutch; i. 125; invite New Eng- landers into Connecticut, i. 128; de- feated and crushed by English in Pequot War, i. 163.
Perry, John, postman, ii. 411.
Petition to the States General, i. 289 ff. Philadelphia, founding of, ii. 244.
Philipse, Frederick, member of An- dros's council, ii. 172; previous career of, ii. 172-173; member of Dongan's council, ii. 255; manorial estate of, ii. 296; member of An- dros's council, ii. 344; opponent of Leisler in New York, ii. 370; inglori- ous part enacted by in New York, and deserved reputation of, ii. 400; ap- pointed to Sloughter's council, ii. 500; responsibility of, for execution of Leisler and Milborne, ii. 560. Philipse, Margaret, ii. 217, 226; Dankers' description of, ii. 228. Phips, William, in England, ii. 357- 358; leads successful expedition against Acadia, ii. 471; commands expedition against Quebec, ii. 491. Pictures: Hudson's portrait, i. 6; earliest-known view of New Am-
sterdam, i. 379; portrait of De Vries, i. 380; second picture of New Amsterdam, Augustine Herrman's, i. 381; third, ii. 141; of New York, ii. 141; description of a drawing, by John Davenport, ii. 141; Dankers' views of New York, ii. 230.
Pieces-of-eight, value of, ii. 70.
Piersoll, Nathaniel, ii. 464-465, 545. Pietersen, Abraham, member of board of Eight Men, i. 227.
Pigeon, ship, i. 44.
Pilgrim Fathers, i. 27-29. Pine-tree shillings, ii. 70.
Pinhorne, William, speaker of New York assembly, ii. 289; member of Sloughter's council, ii. 505; recorder, ii. 530.
Planck, Abram, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Planck, Jacob, agent for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, i. 146-147.
Plowden, Sir Edmund, claims of, on Manhattan, i. 24, 132-133, 279-280. Plowman, Matthew, appointed col- lector of customs at New York, ii. 314; specimens of spelling by, ii. 372; violent behavior of, against Leisler, ii. 435.
Plymouth, founding of, i. 29; New Netherlanders open communication with, i. 86-89; settlement from, in Connecticut, i. 126-127.
Plymouth Company, the, i. 12.
Polhemus, Domine, i. 419.
Police force, absence of, in New Am- sterdam, i. 429.
Poll tax in New York, ii. 30.
Poor law of 1661, i. 430.
Pos, Simon Dircksen, i. 100.
Postal service established by Lovelace,
ii. 72; Dongan revives project, ii. 336.
Potter, Cuthbert, journal of, ii. 484. Praise of New Netherland, Steendam's, i. 482.
Prefixes, significance of, used with names, i. 211-213.
Pretty, Richard, sheriff of Albany, ii. 450.
Prince, Thomas, i. 314.
Princess, wreck of the, i. 270-272, Printing-press, lack of any, in New Netherland, i. 206, 444; Lovelace's vain effort to get a, ii. 72-73.
Prinz, John, i. 169; Stuyvesant's deal- ings with, in Delaware, i. 321-322.
Provoost, David, i. 442, 485.
Puillon, Jacques, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 405.
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Quakers, Governor Stuyvesant's treat- ment of, i. 445-446; numbers of, settle in New Jersey, ii. 40; dis- turbances caused by 'Case's Crew,' ii. 182; in Delaware country, led by John Fenwick, ii. 199; fined for re- fusing to serve in militia, ii. 334-335. Quarrels, judicial settlement of, in New Amsterdam, i. 467-468.
Quebec, foundation laid by Champlain, i. 14; taken temporarily by English,
i. 107; expedition from Massachu- setts against, ii. 491.
Queen's County, ii. 265; rising of English in, against Leisler, ii. 495. Quidor, Indian name for Peter Schuy- ler, ii. 452.
Quitrents, prescribed on lands bought of Duke of York, ii. 50; imposed by Dongan, ii. 294-295.
Quo warranto, James II's writs of, is- sued, ii. 288.
'Rack,' the suffix, ii. 149.
Randolph, Edward, first visit to New England, ii. 190; reports sent to England by, ii. 190, 194-195, 210, 217, 277, 289; secretary of Dominion of New England under Andros, ii. 314; deputy-postmaster for New England, ii. 336; member of An- dros's council, ii. 344; in jail at Boston, ii. 360, 475.
Rapelje, Joris Jansen, i. 44; father of first white girl born in New Nether- land, i. 69; member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Rapelye, Sarah, i. 69-70, 211.
Recording of deeds, mortgages, etc., law enacted regarding, ii. 268.
'Redcoat,' early use of term, ii. 325. Redemptioners, defined, ii. 335.
Regicides, Endicott's letter concern- ing, i. 400.
Religious persecution, Stuyvesant at- tempts, i. 444-447.
Religious toleration, among Dutch, i. 196-203, 448-451; in New York under Nicolls, ii. 30-31; preserva- tion of, in New York, ii. 159-160; under Dongan, ii. 256; acts passed by first assembly concerning, ii. 262- 263.
Remonstrance of New Netherland (1649), i. 2; quoted and cited, i. 3, 183, 265, 266, 270; drawing up and signing of, i. 289 ff .; matter and style of, i. 292-299; contrasts favorably with New Englanders' documents, i. 298- 299; spirit shown by Dutch resi-
dents in, i. 299-301; reception of, in Holland, i. 302; results of, i. 304- 306.
Remonstrance and Petition, etc. (1653), i. 349 ff., 360-361.
Remsen family, ii. 145.
Rensselaerswyck, i. 96; Stuyvesant's hostile attitude toward, i. 283; Stuyvesant's measures against in 1651-52, i. 322-323; end of quarrel between officials of, and of West India Company, i. 407-408; condi- tions of life at, i. 475; erected into a manor by Dongan, ii. 296; extent of, and ownership, ii. 296-297. See Van Rensselaer.
Rensselaerswyck, ship, i. 146, 149.
Restless, ship, i. 20-21, 25.
Revenue act passed by first New York assembly, ii. 264-265.
Reverdye, Peter, ii. 445.
Rhoade, Captain John, story of, ii. 195-197.
Rhode Island, beginnings of, i. 182; commissions issued to Baxter and to Underhill by, i. 340; charter granted to, in 1663, i. 501-502; provisions of charter, i. 506; Dutch origin of name, ii. 150; surrenders charter to crown, ii. 310.
Richards, Paulus, i. 509, ii. 70.
Richmond County, composition of, ii. 265.
Riggs, John, ii. 428, 429.
Rising, John, in New Sweden, i. 364; comes to New Amsterdam and is sent to England, i. 370-371.
River Indians, Hudson's opinion of, i. 60; raid on New Netherland by, i. 368 ff. See Indians.
Robbin's Reef, derivation of name, ii. 149.
Robinson, Rev. John, i. 27-29.
Roelantsen, Adam, i. 119, 257.
Roelofse, Teunis, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404.
Roman-Dutch law in New Netherland, i. 42, 426, ii. 153-154.
Rombouts, Francis, ex-mayor, indicted by grand jury, ii. 239-240.
Rondout, derivation of name, i. 405. Roosevelt family, ii. 79.
Royal African Company, i. 499.
Rudyard, Thomas, attorney-general of New York province, ii. 272.
Rutgers, the name, ii. 145.
Rutgers College, founded, ii. 144.
Sabbath in New Amsterdam, i. 462. St. Germain, Treaty of (1632), i. 107.
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St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, i. 418; the
burial-place of Peter Stuyvesant and his descendants, ii. 92-93.
St. Nicholas Club, the, ii. 148. St. Nicholas Day, ii. 151-152. St. Nicholas Society, the, ii. 148. Salaries, of governor and other officers of New Netherland, i. 431-432; of judges of New York province, ii. 283; of Dongan and of Andros, ii. 312.
Sandy Hook, Henry Hudson at, i. 5; called Godyn's Point, i. 54-55; called Colman's Point, i. 60.
Santa Claus, derivation of name, ii. 152.
Santen, Lucas, collector of customs and receiver-general, ii. 255; Don- gan's dissatisfaction with, ii. 283; accusations of Dongan against, ii. 308; removed from collectorship and sent a prisoner to England, ii. 314.
Schaghen, P., letter of, i. 73.
Schenectady, founding of, i. 405; called Corlaer by the French, ii. 55; French and Indian raid on and massacre at, ii. 452-453.
Schepens, office of, in New Amsterdam city government, i. 328-329; duties of, i. 426; salaries of, i. 431.
Schermerhorn, Ryer, ii. 464.
School of the Collegiate Reformed Church in the City of New York, i. 120.
Schools, in New Netherland, i. 120, 204, 441-444; the earliest, in America, i. 204-206; conditions under Nicolls and Lovelace, ii. 73; in Andros's time, ii. 222; establish- ment of a classical school, with Scotch master, ii. 336.
Schoolmaster, first English, in New York, ii. 222.
Schoolmasters in New Netherland, i. 441-444.
Schout, office of, in New Amsterdam city government, i. 328.
Schout-fiscal, office of, i. 72.
Schuyler, Brandt, ii. 370, 410, 469; arrested for taking part in assault on Leisler, ii. 473; alderman of New York under Sloughter, ii. 530. Schuyler, Johannes, daring raid of, on La Prairie, ii. 488.
Schuyler, Peter, first mayor of Albany, ii. 306; opponent of Leisler, ii. 370; appointed to command of fort at Albany, ii. 420; called 'Quidor' by Iroquois, ii. 452.
Schuyler, Philip Pietersen, i. 407. Scott, Captain John, friend of George
Baxter, i. 500; early career of, i. 501; connection with Atherton Land Company, i. 501; agent for Atherton Company and probably for Massachusetts in London, i. 501 ff .; secures letter from Charles II rela- tive to Massachusetts and other colonies' claims in Narragansett region, i. 502; asks for governorship of Long Island, i. 502; returns to New England and is sent to Long Island to incorporate towns with Connecticut, i. 506; actions of, among Long Island towns, i. 507 ff. ; request for Long Island governor- ship ignored, i. 514; called a usurper by Connecticut and imprisoned at Hartford, i. 518; escapes and joins English force on Long Island, i. 525; charged with responsibility for loss of New Jersey and Delaware to New York, ii. 39-40; further career of, ii. 133-137.
Sea-captains, scandalous conduct of, ii. 340.
Seal, of New Netherland province, i.
41; of New Amsterdam, i. 365; of province of New York, ii. 68-69; of New York after proclamation of Dongan Charter (1686), ii. 304; re- mains seal of city, ii. 305; of prov- ince (1687) and of State of New York (1777), ii. 315; New York province's broken by Andros, two years after its receipt from king, ii. 346; Great Seal of New England, ii. 346-347; seal used by Leisler as lieutenant-governor, ii. 435-436.
Sedgwick, Major Robert, commis- sioned by Cromwell to command force against New Netherland, i. 355; conquers Acadia and joins Jamaica expedition, i. 359.
Selyns, Domine Henricus, i. 419; literary productions of, i. 483; returns to Holland (1664), i. 486; writes epitaph upon Stuyvesant, ii. 93; comes back to New York in 1682, ii. 255-256; records left by, ii. 333; supports old officials during Leisler's reign, ii. 403; writes to Holland concerning Leisler's government, ii. 474, 493; sermon by, before Gov- - ernor Sloughter, ii. 528; announces death sentence to Leisler and Mil- borne, ii. 554; said to have offered Leisler and Milborne consolations of religion, ii. 555.
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Separatists, English, in Holland, i. 27-
28; settle in America, i. 29.
Sessions, court of, i. 331, ii. 267, 271. Sewall, Samuel, attends congress of colonies at New York, ii. 466 ff.
Sharpe, John, account by, of surrender of New York to Dutch, 101 ff .; quoted on hardships suffered by English in New York under the Dutch, ii. 109; carries news of peace between English and Dutch to New Orange, and results, ii. 122-123.
Shelly, Giles, on jury list in Leisler trials, ii. 543.
Shelter Island, patent held by Sylves- ter family, ii. 84.
Sheriff, the first city, in New Amster- dam, i. 424; office of, in New York, ii. 34-35; office of, in counties, ii. 266.
Ships, the first built in America, i. 20-21, 102; source of names of Dutch, i. 436; owned by New Yorkers in 1687, ii. 338; Leisler's men-of-war, ii. 492-493; Sloughter's fleet, ii. 502.
Shops in New Amsterdam, i. 460. Short Notes, quotations from the, i. 352.
Sick, care of, in New Netherland, i. 429-430.
Skate, of Dutch origin, ii. 150.
Slander, treated as a crime, i. 195.
Slaves, in New Netherland, i. 191-193; Indians as, i. 235, ii. 220-221; in New Amsterdam, i. 465, 466; in English colonies, ii. 220-221; first New York ordinance disciplining, ii. 246-247; acts of assembly concerning, ii. 283; teaching of religion to, ii. 335.
Sleepy Hollow church, ii. 296. Sleigh, Dutch origin of, ii. 150.
Sloughter, Colonel Henry, ii. 428; de-
cided upon as governor of New York, ii. 443; previous history of, ii. 444; projected council for, ii. 444-445; causes of delay in departure from England, ii. 499; councillors named for, and instructions to, ii. 500-501; delay in reaching New York, and tragic results, ii. 513; arrives at New York and imprisons Leisler, ii. 519; consideration of history, standing, and character of, ii. 523-525; commis- sion and supplementary instructions, ii. 525; measures taken by, at New York, ii. 526 ff .; Leisler's arrest by, ii. 529; charged with being drunk when he signed Leisler and Mil- borne's death warrant, ii. 559-560
visits Albany, returns to New York, and dies, ii. 562-563.
Sluyter, Peter, Labadist in New York, ii. 226-231; ruler of Labadist settle- ment in Maryland, ii. 231.
Smallpox, epidemic of (1679), ii. 212. Smit, Ensign Dirck, i. 404.
Smith, Adam, i. 394; on New Nether- land, i. 491.
Smith, Goldwin, inaccurate state- ments by, i. 475.
Smith, Captain John, i. 3, 19, 22.
Smith, Samuel, first historian of New Jersey, ii. 362.
Smith, William, historian of New York province, ii. 24, 100; history of 'Leisler Rebellion' by, ii. 363.
Smith, William ('Tangier Smith'), ii. 444, 445; appointed to Sloughter's council, ii. 505.
Smoutius, Adrianus, i. 83-84.
Smuggling in New Netherland, i. 468. Snoop, Dutch origin of word, ii. 150. Snyder, meaning of name, i. 214. Southampton, Treaty of (1625), i. 89. South River, Delaware River called, i. 41. See Delaware country.
Spelling, examples of remarkable, ii. 132-133, 372.
Spook, a Dutch word, ii. 150.
Spragge, John, secretary of New York province, ii. 255; member of first assembly, ii. 259; emissary of Don- gan to England, ii. 314; member of Andros's council, ii. 344.
Spratt, John, elected alderman of New York, ii. 416; speaker of assembly of 1690, ii. 465.
Spruce Street, ii. 558.
Spurring Verses, Steendam's, i. 482. Spuytenduyvil Creek, derivation of name, ii. 149.
Staats, Jochim, ii. 423; at Albany under Leisler's orders, ii. 436, 450. Staats, Dr. Samuel, member of Leisler's council, ii. 434.
Staple-right, granted to New Amster- dam, i. 141; confirmed by Love- lace in 1670, ii. 69.
Staten Island, naming of, i. 54; price paid Indians for, i. 97; Melyn ob- tains patroonship of, i. 175; Melyn fortifies himself against Stuyvesant on, i. 316; Indian raid on, i. 369; claimed by New Jersey but assigned to New York, ii. 80; terms of pur- chase from Indians, ii. 80; Love- lace's farm on, ii. 80; settlement of New Jersey's claims to, ii. 274; Don- gan's land transactions on, ii. 309.
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Steendam, Jacob, poet, i. 335, 461, 482.
Steenwyck, Cornelis, lends funds to New Netherland government, i. 504; mayor of New York, ii. 66, 79, 270; troop of horse formed by, ii. 71-72 ; 'first councillor' to Governor Colve, ii. 107; councillor of Colve's, ii. 109- 110; wealth of, ii. 116; in difficulties with Andros, ii. 178 ff. ; commissioned to take possession of Acadia for West India Company, ii. 196; death of, and bequest to Dutch church, ii. 333.
Stevensen, Oloff, i. 335; appointed burgomaster of New Amsterdam, i. 366; envoy of Stuyvesant's to Con- necticut, i. 410. See also Van Cort- landt, Oloff Stevensen.
Stoffelsen, Jacob, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179; one of founders of Brooklyn, i. 260.
Stoll, Sergeant Joost, ii. 386; ensign under Leisler, ii. 407; sent with let- ters to king and queen, ii. 412; figure cut by, in England, ii. 443; re- turns to New York, ii. 471; mes- senger from Leisler to Sloughter, ii. 527; indicted 'for a riot,' ii. 539; flees from New York, ii. 562.
Stone Street, origin of name, i. 457. Stoop houses, ii. 149, 150.
Streets of New Amsterdam and New York, i. 75-76, 77, 144, 186, 187, 457, ii. 71, 211, 336-337, 558.
Strike, cartmen's, ii. 219.
Stuyvesant, Balthazar, son of Peter, i. 524, ii. 93.
Stuyvesant, Gerardus, grandson of Peter, ii. 93.
Stuyvesant, Judith, ii. 93.
Stuyvesant, Margriet, irregular con- duct of, i. 469.
Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, son of Peter, ii. 93; chosen an alderman of New York (1684), ii. 281; militia captain under Nicholson, ii. 380.
Stuyvesant, Peter, governor of Cu- raçoa, i. 233; commissioned gover- nor of New Netherland, i. 256; career and characteristics of, i. 263-265; departure from Holland and arrival at New Amsterdam, i. 265; officers and councillors of, i. 266; state of New Netherland on assumption of government by, i. 267; first ordi- nances of, i. 267-268; election of board of Nine Men held by, i. 272- 273; early ordinances decreed by, i. 277-279; difficulties of, with New
Haven, i. 281-282; with Rensse- laerswyck, i. 283; difficulties of, with Melyn on latter's return from Hol- land, i. 287 ff .; Petition, Additional Observations, and Remonstrance of the New Netherlands drawn up against, i. 289 ff .; upheld by West India Company, i. 310 ff .; high- handed behavior of, i. 313; meets commissioners of United Colonies at Hartford, i. 314; constant complaints by New Netherlanders against, i. 318 ff .; visits Delaware and takes active measures there, i. 321-322; secured in his office by declaration of war between Holland and England, i. 327-328; appoints new officers for burgher govern- ment of New Amsterdam, i. 328- 329; accused by New Englanders of plotting with Indians against them, i. 336 ff .; plots of New Netherland Englishmen against, i. 339-340; forced to surrender excise tax to mag- istrates of New Amsterdam, i. 347; makes trip to Barbadoes, i. 365-366; Indian raid during absence of, i. 368- 370; treats with Indians on his return, i. 370; defends South River district against claims of Maryland, i. 385-386; discussion with Massa- chusetts over latter's claim to rights in Hudson River territory, i. 386- 389; treaty concluded by, with Vir- ginia, i. 399-400; visits Boston to support his claim against Connecti- cut, i. 409; salary of, i. 431; remains on Manhattan after surrender, i. 527; takes oath of allegiance as adminis- tered by Nicolls, ii. 22; departure of, from New York, ii. 33; treatment of, by West India Company, ii. 62; secures free trade with Holland for New York, ii. 63; returns to America, ii. 63; peaceful latter years of, and death (1672), ii. 92; burial of, and of descendants, in St. Mark's-in-the- Bowery, ii. 93; descendants of, ii. 93; tribute to vivid personality of, ii. 93-94.
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