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Wantenear, Albert Cornelis, 206, delegate to Landtdag. Wardsworth, Joseph (Connecticut), 324, hid charter in " Charter Oak."
Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, 580, marriage of, 581, 586, escape of, 588, mansion of, 593, naval movements of, 594, achievements of, 595, knighted b. king, 613, 624, member of Parliament (note), 629, 633 (note), 687, wife of.
Warwick, Earl of, 74, 76.
Washington, George, 647, 680, 677, 678, love-affair of. Watson, John (first portrait-painter in America), 516, description of, 517.
Watts, Robert, 500, counselor, 501, family of (about estate in note), 568, 582, 654, son of.
Watts, 'Hon. John (son of above), 501, birth of, 502,
family of, 507 (note), 580, 636, assemblyman, 647, trustee of Society Library, 654, home of, 655, daughter of, 660, 662, 678, counselor, 686, 695. 700, 710, 712, 714, 717, 720, 724, 725, 730, 732, city man- sion, 743, 756.
Watts, Hon. John (the younger), 420, daughter of, 502, family of, 756, wedding of, 757, city recorder.
Watts, Robert (brother of above), 756, marrie I daugh- ter of Lord Stirling.
Weaver, Thomas, 434, counselor, 445, in England, 448, 450, 454, collector of customs, 456, 457, 460, absconded.
Webb, General, 673, 681, regiment of.
Weber, Wolfert, 182.
Wells, Lemuel, 601, bought Philipse manor-house.
Wells, Philip, 311, surveyor-general of New York in 1684.
Wells, Samuel, 640, delegate to Congress 1754.
Wells, William, 220, counselor, 227, delegate to Hemp- stead Convention, 229, first high-sheriff of Long Island.
Wendall, Alderman (Albany), 361, 362.
Wenham, Thomas, 365, revenue commissioner, 422, warden of Trinity Church, 456, 457, arrest of, 459, outlawed, 461, returned and made counselor.
Wentworth, Governor (of New Hampshire), 565, 636, 700.
Wessels, Dirck (city recorder at Albany), 361, 364, 416, assemblyman, 451.
West India Company, origin, 24, 25, 45, 46, how mod- eled, its existence a fixed fact, 47, its early history, 48, ambitious projects, and talk of colonizing New Neth- erland, 51, 53, buy Manhattan Island, 59, brilliant victories of, 83, inattention, 201, great depression.
West, John, 283, arrival of, 297, 301, marriage of, 324, secretary for New England, 339.
White, Henry, 756, 757, wife of, residence of, 790.
Whiteman, Mr., 496, register in chancery.
Whittlesey, Rev. Mr., 643.
Whitfield, Rev. George, 594.
Wiley, William, 726, of Committee of Correspondence (1765).
Willett, Edward, 687, house of.
Willett, Thomas, 149, 151, 209, 210, 221, 230, mayor, 238, sent to Albany to quiet Indians, 243, counselor, 261, estate confiscated by Dutch.
William III. of England, 339, 367, 383, ordained gov- ernment for New York, 384, actions affecting prov- ince, 424, 458, death of, 572, gifts of.
Williams, Colonel Ephraim, 612, 613.
Williams, Rev. John (of Deerfield), 596.
Williams, Thomas, 612.
Williams, Thomas, 358, of Committee of Safety under Leisler, 371, counselor.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 21.
Willys, Samuel (governor), 210, 213, 276, ambassador to New York.
Wilson, Alexander, 397, alderman.
Wilson, Ebenezer, 422, warden of Trinity Church.
Windebanke, Sir Francis, 65.
Winder, John, 270.
Winder, Samuel, 298.
Winslow, John, 340, brought news of Revolution to Boston.
Winthrop, Governor (of Massachusetts), 74, 76, 380, 381, 382.
Winthrop, Governor John (of Connecticut), 76, arrival of, 194, 202, 203, 204, 213, 223, boundary question, 239, grant for Fisher's Island (note), 256, 257, 343, 411, sent to England.
Winthrop, Fitz John (son of above), 210, 223.
Wissinck, Jacob Ellersten, 54.
Witherspoon, Rev. Dr. John, 751, 752, character and ancestry of.
Witsen, Jonas, 54, director of West India Company.
Wood, Jonas, 227, delegate to Hempstead Convention (1665), 229, justice of the peace.
Woodburn, John (great-grandfather of Horace Greeley), 506.
Wolfe, General, 674, 680, crossing St. Lawrence, 681, assault, 682, death of, 715, friend of.
Wolfersten, Gerrit, 214, one of " Eight Men."
Wolcott, Governor Roger (of Connecticut), 593, family of (note), 608, 641.
Woolsey, George, 139, one of first fire-wardens.
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Worthington, John, 640, delegate from Massachusetts to Congress (1754). Wynnington, Thomas, 268, attorney-general. Wyoming, 689, about settlement of, 702.
Y.
YONKERS, 89, land bought of Indians, 147. Younge, John, 227, delegate to Hempstead Convention
(1665), 296, high-sheriff of Long Island, 306, 323, counselor under Andros, 343, 388.
Z.
ZENGER, JOHN PETER, 548, started paper, 549, arrested and imprisoned, 550, 556, 557, acquitted, 562, free- dom of the press, 563, 565, 634, 709. Zinzendorf, Count, 753.
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A.
ABEEL, JAMES, officer under General Morin Scott, 90. Abeel, Rev. John N., 467, 505, 510.
Alner, James, officer under General Morin Scott, 90. Academy of Design, germ of, 743, corner-stone of, 775. Academy of Music, scenes within, 746
Acker, Jacob, Presidential elector, 1800, 464.
Ackland, Lady Harriet, visits American camp, 185. Ackland, Major (British), at Saratoga, 182, 183. Action of Committee of Sixty, 19.
Acton, Hon. Thomas C., 775.
Adams, Charles (brother of John Quincy), wife of, 295. Adams, John, 83, on Peace Committee, 119, incident of journey, 120, interview with Howe, 121, returns from mission to France, 228, minister to Holland, 260, in Paris and signs preliminary treaty, 263, signs general treaty, 264, 265, signature of, 266, signs defi- nite treaty, 267, opinion of Jay, 268, treating with African governments, 290, minister to England, 291, 292, 294, elected Vice-President, 332, receiving Wash- ington, 336, 339, dining with Washington, 343, 348, 365, 373, 384, re-elected Vice-President, 386, 393, elected President, 432, 460, 463, 466, 473, 700, death of, 710.
Adams, Mrs. Abigail, sentiments of, 59, describes Rich- mond Hill House, 333, 334, 346, 352, 373, 399, 465.
Adams, John Quincy, in New York, 294, 295, 393, min- ister to The Hague, 399, at Lisbon, 430, at St. Peters- burg, 552, commissioner at Ghent, 667, minister to England, 668, 689, elected President, 693, 700, ad- ministration of, 711.
Adams, Rev. Dr. William, 746, portrait of, 761, family of, 762.
Adams, Thatcher M. (son of above), 762.
Adams, William, son of Rev. Dr. William, 762.
Adams, Peter, death of, 625.
Adams, Samuel, 28, 59, 204.
Adams, William, British Commissioner, 662.
Addison, John, 283.
Adet, M. (French minister), 416, 430.
Agnew, General (British officer), 158, at Danbury, 160, killed at Germantown, 181.
Agnew, Dr. Cornelius R., 778.
Agnew, John, 560, member common council, 702, on Canal Celebration Committee, 697, 700.
Akerly, Dr. Samuel, 513, 678.
Alabama, State of, admitted into the Union, 680.
Alden, Timothy, member Hist. Soc., 554.
Alexander, James, son of Earl of Stirling, 767.
Alexander, William (son of above). See Lord Stirling. Alexander, Rev. James Waddell, 560.
Alien and sedition laws, 453, 462, 473.
Allen, Andrew, 415.
Allen, Chief-Justice William, daughter of, 296.
Allen, Ethan, exploit of, 28, 29, 38.
Allen, Hon. Herman, wife of, (note) 619.
Allen, Horatio, 763, 778.
Allen, "Parson," at Bennington, 171.
Alley, Saul, residence of, 720.
Alliance, French, 193, 194, 218.
Allison, William, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32, in Legislature, 279.
Allston, Joseph (governor S. C.), wife of, 483, 490, 497, 540. .
Allston, Washington (artist) 742.
Alms-house, completed, 417.
Alport, James, portrait, Interior of Park Theater, 686. Alsop, John, merchant, delegate to Second Continental Congress, 19, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, 282, 294, residence of, 303.
Alsop, Richard, 735.
American Academy of Fine Arts, incorporation of, 526. American Army, retreat from New York, 123, achieve- ments of, 153, 154, distress of, 250, 271.
American Bible Society, formation of, 506, 519, 679. American Geographical Society, founded, 767.
American Institute, founded 1828, 717.
American Museum, erected in 1824, 710.
American Sunday School Union, 679.
American Tract Society, founded, 739.
Ames, Fisher (orator and statesman), 319, escorting Washington, 336, in First Congress, 344, 412, speech of, 421, 496, 503.
Amos, Richard, 571.
Anderson, Abel, wife of, 426.
Anderson, Alexander, first wood-engraver in New York, picture by, 565.
Anderson, Ephraim, 98.
Anderson, Rev. James, descendants of, 745.
André, Major John, projecting fête, 200, at Easthamp- ton, 242, 243, conference with Arnold, 245, captured, 246, 247, execution of, 248.
Anthon, Dr. George C., sons of, 706.
Anthon, Professor Charles (son of above), 705, 706.
Anthon, Rev. Henry (son of Dr. George), rector St. Mark's Church, 706.
Anthon, John (lawyer, son of Dr. George), student at Columbia College, 469, president of Law Institute, death of, 706.
Anthon, George C., 778.
Anthony, John, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Anthony, Theophilus, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Apthorpe, Charles Ward, counselor, 47, home of, 75, daughter of, 76.
Apthorpe mansion, 122, 127, 129, 131.
Arbuthnot, Admiral, in Gardiner's Bay, 242.
Architecture, church, 740, 758, 759, 760.
Armstrong, Gen. John (soldier, statesman, and author), 183, 303, 332, senator, 464, 487, country-seat of, [546, minister to France, 547, 548, 594, brigadier, 595, sec- retary of war, 623, 651.
Armstrong, Henry B. (son of above), 609.
Armstrong, General (privateer), building of, 655, at Fayal, 656, thrilling scenes upon, 657, fate, 658, 659.
Arnada, Count, Spanish ambassador to France, 263, 264. Arnold, Benedict, exploits of, 29, 38, 54, 55, 60, block- ading Quebec, 71, surprised, 73, 102, commands on the Hudson, 158, to the rescue of Danbury, 159, 160, 164, at Saratoga, 183, at Monmouth, 202, at Philadel- phia, 236, commands at West Point, 237, plotting treason, 242, 243, character of, 245, 246, wife of, 247, obloquy, 248, 255, bloody acts and disappearance from history, 256.
Asia, the (British vessel), 48, Tryon on board of, 64.
Aspinwall, Captain John, vestryman of Trinity Church, 520.
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Aspinwall, Gilbert (son of above) corporator of free schools, 517, 519, 520.
Aspin wall, William H., 779.
Aspinwall, John, 520.
Aspinwall, Lieutenant-Colonel, 628.
Assumption Bill, controversy over, 373.
Associated Press, establishment of, 739.
Astor, John Jacob, sketch of, 499, 606, residence of, 709, sketch of, 753, family of, 754, founding Astor Library, 755.
Astor, William B., wife of, 547, family note, 753, 754, trustee and benefactor of Astor Library, 755, 758, 783.
Astor, John Jacob, Jr., family, 753, 754, gifts to Astor Library, 755, 758, 773.
Astor House, building of, 709.
Astor Library, founding of, 753, 755.
Astor Place Riot, 752, 753.
Asylums. - Orphan, founding of, 467, 523, 712, Insane, founding of, 518, Deaf and Dumb, founding of, 678, Leake and Watts' Orphan, founding of, 712, Blind, founding of, 720, 721, New York Juvenile, founding of, 764, 765, city charities and corrections, 737, 738.
Athenæum, New York, founding of, 705, 706.
Atlee, Colonel Samuel John, 110, 111.
Auburn State Prison, projected, 736.
Auchmuty, Rev. Dr. Samuel, 37.
Audubon Park, 128, 130.
Aydelott, Rev. Benjamin P., 562.
Aylesbury, Alexander, vestryman of Trinity Church, 367.
Aymar, Benjamin, 412, 773.
B.
BACHE, THEOPHYLACT, 105, country-seat of, 211, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Bache, Richard (brother of above), wife of, 105, de- scendants of, 369.
Bache, Richard (son of Richard above), married daugh- ter of Secretary Dallas, 369.
Bache, Alexander Dallas (son of above), superintendent of Coast Survey, 369.
Bache, Dr. T. H., 269.
Bache, George, U. S. N., 369.
Backus, Colonel Electus, death, 628.
Bailey, Dr. Richard, 306, professor at Columbia College, 470. Bailey, Theodorus, postmaster of city, 554.
Bainbridge, Commodore William, 616, 619, 621, honors to, 622.
Baldwin, Abraham, in Convention, 313.
Baldwin, Charles, 554.
Ballard, Lieutenant Edward J., death of, 625.
Baltimore (city of), outrages in, 589, bombarded, 651.
Bancker, Abrahamı B., clerk of Senate, 279, Regent of University, 284.
Bancker, Evert, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, 89.
Bancker, Gerard (State treasurer), 368, 382, 450. Bancker Street (Madison), 516.
Bancker estate, 567.
Bancroft, George (historian), 767, 778.
Bank, branch of United States, 454.
Bank, Manhattan, 454, 455, 485.
Bank of America, opposition to charter, 584, organiza- tion of, 585.
Bank of New York, founded, 293, loan of, 417, 454, 510, 518.
Bank of North America, founding of, 293.
Banking interests, 291, 292, 293.
Banks of New York, number of in 1880, 735.
Banks, savings, origin of, 506, in operation, 682, 735. Banyer, Goldsboro, wife of, 401.
Barber, Jacob, 647.
Barclay family, 441, clans of in Scotland, 442.
Barclay, Alexander, 441. Barclay, Colonel David, wife of, 441.
Barclay, Rev. Dr. Henry, 442.
Barclay, Colonel Thomas, wife of, 297, 441, family note, 442.
Bard, Dr. John, New York Hospital, 305, 520.
Bard, Dr. Samuel (son of above), 305, Library trustee, 418, dean of Columbia College, 470, 483, member Hist. Soc., 554.
Bard, William, at Irving dinner, (note) 722.
Baring Brothers & Co. (English bankers), guaranty of, 733.
Barlow, Joel, brother-in-law of, 313, 533.
Barnes, Wheeler, 674.
Barretto, Francis, 685.
Barrington, Secretary, 13, 50, 194.
Barton, Thomas P , wife of, 723.
Barton, Colonel William, captures General Prescott, 165, 166.
Bassett, Ebenezer, 516.
Bassett, Francis, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Bassett, Richard, senator in first Congress, 346.
Battles of Revolution. Bunker Hill, 43, 45, of Long Island, 106, 112, Kip's Bay, 123, Harlem Heights, 128-133, White Plains, 141, 142, Fort Washington, 143, 144, Trenton, 150, Princeton, 154, burning of Danbury, 158-160, storming of Sag Harbor, 161, bat- tle of Scotch Plains, 164, of Oriskany, 169, 170, of Ben- nington, 171, of the Brandywine, 177, 178, fall of Phil- adelphia, 179, battle of Germantown, 181, capture of Stony Point by British, 181, battles of Saratoga, 178- 186, capture of Forts Montgomery and Clinton by British, 181, 182, burning of Kingston, 187, 188, bat- tle of Monmouth, 202, 203, Massacre at Wyoming, 205, slaughter at Old Tappan. 211, slaughter at Little Egg Harbor, 211, 212. attack on New Haven, 221, burning of Fairfield, 222, burning of Norwalk, 223, storming of Stony Point, 224, 225, achievement at Paulus Hook, 226, 227, Lord Stirling's descent upon Staten Island, 232, forays into New Jersey, 233, cap- ture of Charleston, 237, burning of Connecticut Farms, 239, battle of Springfield, 241, fighting with Indians, 249, suppression of mutiny, 250, victory at the Cowpens, 252, battle of Guilford Court-House, 252, burning of New London, 256, battle of Eutaw Springs, 256, surrender of Cornwallis, 257.
Battles of War of 1812. Surrender of Detroit, 601, 602, massacre of Chicago, 603, 604, storming of Queenstown. 607-611, capture of the Guerriere, 615, capture of the Alert, 616, victory of Decatur, 618, capture of the Frolic, 619, victory of Bain bridge, 619, massacre of Frenchtown, 622, capture of the Hornet, 623, 625, capture of York and Fort George, 627, re- pulse of British at Sackett's Harbor, 626, siege of Fort Meigs, 629, Perry's victory upon Lake Erie, 630, 631, battle of Chippewa, 643, battle of Lundy's Lane, 645, sortie from Fort Erie, 645, burning of Washing- ton, 647, Baltimore assailed, 651, victory upon Lake Champlain, 653, thrilling defense of the General Armstrong, 655, 657, defense of New Orleans, 659. Battles, the year of (Revolutionary), 152-191.
Baum, Colonel (Hessian), 170.
Bauman, Colonel, city postmaster, 328, display of fire- works, 338.
Baurmeister, General (Hessian), 132.
Bayard, Colonel John (judge), 88.
Bayard, James Ashton (son of above), marriage of, 88, 639, death of, 668.
Bayard, Colonel Nicholas, house of, 88, courtesies to Lady Stirling, 206, farm of, 571.
Bayard, Samuel, married Martha Pintard, 88, founding Hist. Soc., 505, 510.
Bayard, Samuel, Jr. (secretary of Province), 88, 206.
Bayard, Hon. Thomas F., U. S. Senator, 88.
Bayard, William, buildings burned in 1778, 207, 671, 682, painting of theater by Searle, (note) 685, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690. 696, 712.
Bayard, William, Jr., portrait, Interior of Park Theater, (note) 685.
Bayard country-seat, 327, 569, 571.
Bayard Hill, fortified, 125, 569.
Bayard arms, 88.
Baylais, Hon. William, 777.
Baylor, Lieutenant-Colonel, killed at Old Tappan, 211.
Beach, Capt. Elnathan, wife of, (note) 568.
Beach, Rev. Dr. Abraham (son of above), 468, sketch of, 568, children of, (note) 569.
Beach, Daniel, 516.
Beauharnais, Hortense Eugenie, 687.
Beaujolais, Count de, 447. Bedford House, description and illustration of, 400.
Bedford, burned by the British, 223.
Beekman, James W., 765, 779.
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Beekman, David, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Beekman, Gerard H., house of, 308.
Beekman, Colonel Henry, wife of, (note) 547.
Beekman, James, flight of, 137, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, wife of, 304.
Beekman, James, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, residence of, 188, 522.
Beekman, John K., building Park Theater, 683, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, 685.
Beekman, Dr. Stephen, wife of, 119.
Beekman, Theophilus, wife of, 78.
Beekman, Gilbert L., daughter of, 782.
Beekman, Dr. William, daughter of, 298.
Beekman Mansion, 136, greenhouse of, 136, 304.
Beers, Deacon Nathan, 222.
Beers, Joseph D., 735.
Belcher, Governor, old mansion of, 233.
Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, D.D., clergyman and historian, 507,508.
Belknap, Aaron B., 765.
Bell, Isaac, 773.
Bell, William, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Bell, Thomas (Philadelphia), wife of, 427.
Bellingham entertaining Lion Gardiner in 1635, 634. Bellows, Rev. Dr. Henry, 774, 778.
Belmont, August, 783.
Benedict, Erastus Corning, Chancellor of University, lawyer, author, educator, 283, 662, 764.
Benedict, George Wyllys (son of Rev. Joel), professor, 662.
Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln, journalist, (note) 662.
Benedict, General James, vote of thanks to, 689, wife of, 690, (note) 692.
Benedict, Judge Charles Linnaeus, 662.
Benedict, George Greenville, editor, (note) 662.
Benedict, Rev. Joel, 662.
Benedict, Robert Dewey, 662.
Benedict, Colonel, brilliant exploit of, 626.
Benevolent societies and institutions, number of, 763.
Bennett, James Gordon, founder of New York Herald, 738.
Benson, Judge Egbert, statesman, jurist, and scholar, 32, personal note, 163, superintending embarkation of loyalists, 272, counterfeit money of, 292, character, 299, resolutions, 320, escorting Washington, 336, 345, 354, 468, 475, portrait, 505, president of Hist. Soc., 509, family of, (note) 509, 510, in Congress, 623.
Benson, Robert (brother of Judge Egbert), member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, secretary of provincial congress, 88, 89, secretary of convention for estab- lishing a state government, 162, reading constitu- tion, 162, clerk of senate, 279, 300, family note, 509, 510.
Benson, Robert, in Columbia College, 469.
Benson family, 509, 510.
Berrian, John, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, 90.
Berrian, William, rector of Trinity Church, 718.
Berry, John, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, 685. Bethune, Mrs. Divie (Joanna), 467, active in Orphan Asylum, 523, establishing Sabbath schools, 679.
Bethune, Rev. George Washington (son of Mrs. Joanna), 523.
Betts, George F., 766
Beverley mansion, 216, escape of Arnold, 247, 248 Bibby, Edward N., wife of, 401.
Bibby, Gouverneur S., portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 685.
Bibby, Thomas, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685. Bicker, Victor, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Biddle, Captain (naval commander), 663.
Bingham, Mrs , daughters of, 430
Bird, Colonel (British), 158, killed at battle of German- town, 181. Bishop, Nathan, 765.
Bissell, John, one of the founders of Windsor, 358.
Bissell, Daniel, brigadier-general, 642.
Bissell, Epaphras, married Jerusha Wolcott, 358.
Bissell, Edward (son of above), married Jane Ann Maria Reed, 358.
Bissell, Dr. Arthur, married Anna Browne, family note, 358.
Blackwell's Island, charitable institutions, 737.
Blair, John (Va)., 341, 376.
Bland, Colonel, 347.
Blatchford, Richard M., 773.
Bleecker, Anthony L., vestryman of Trinity Church, 367, secretary of City Dispensary, 468, founding Hist. Soc., 505, 506, 511, 519.
Bleecker, Barent, 578.
Bleecker, James, 468.
Bleecker, Leonard, 468, treasurer Free School Society, 516, 517.
Bleecker, Judge Henry, 163.
Blind Asylum, erected 1839, 720.
Blockade of New York City, 621, 632.
Bloom, Lieutenant-Colonel, wounded, 610.
Bloomfield, Joseph, governor of New Jersey, 590, 607.
Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, 518.
Board of Health, 784, 785.
Boerum, Simon, delegate to Second Continental Con- gress, 19, (note) 20.
Bogardus, General Robert, 690
Bogert, Michael, of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Bogert, Van De, 784.
Boggs, James, president of Phoenix Bank, 384.
Bolton, Thomas, 700, member of common council, (note) 702.
Bolton, Anthony, 323.
Bonaparte, Jerome, 483, marriage of, 488.
Bonaparte, Joseph, 527
Bonaparte, Lucien, 527.
Bonaparte, Napoleon (Emperor), 454, 458, 460, 487, 541,588.
Boorman, James, residence of, 720, 773.
Boreel, Francis R., grand chamberlain to King of Hol- land, 754.
Boston, city of, population, 24, 41, 42, 56, evacuation by British, 69, 617, reception to Captain Lawrence, 624.
Botanical Garden, Elgin, situation of, 511, 647.
Bouck, William C. (governor), canal commissioner, 677. Boudinot, Elias, 333, president American Bible Society, 679.
Boudinot, Elisha, 233.
Boulton & Watt, builds engine, 533.
Bourne, William Oland, A.M., 516.
Bowden, Rev. Dr. John, 514.
Bowdoin, Governor James (Mass.), daughter of, 302
Bowen, Rev. Dr. Nathaniel, rector of Grace Church, 562.
Bowen, Henry C., 766.
Bowery, 435.
Bowery House, 209.
Bowling-Green, 92, 480, 486.
Bowman, John, 688.
Bowne, Daniel, daughter married Walter Franklin, (note) 331.
Bowne, Robert, original corporator of public schools, 517, 578.
Bowne, Robert H., on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Bowne, Walter, mayor of New York, daughter of, (note) 724
Boyd, John J., portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 686.
Boyd, John Parker, 590.
Boyd, William, corporator of public schools, 518.
Brackenridge, Judge, 530.
Bradford, William, attorney-general, 405, 416.
Bradhurst, Mansel, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Bradish, Luther, president Hist. Soc., 515, 764.
Bradish, Miss, 666
Bradley, Hon Joseph P., wife of, 426, 427.
Brady, Judge, wife of, 709, 773.
Brant, Joseph (Indian chief), in England, 69, 169, at Wyoming, 205, 217, 249.
Brant, John, Indian chief (son of above), 605.
Brasher, Abraham, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Brasier, Abraham, member of New York Provincial Committee, 31.
Break-Neck Hill, why so called, 131.
Breckenridge, Hugh Henry, (note) 82.
Breese, Sidney, epitaph of, 745.
Breese, Judge Samuel, family of, 745.
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Brehan, Madame de, sister of the French minister, 303, 338, in society, 341, painted Washington's miniature, 347, 348.
Brevoort farm, 571.
Brevoort, Henry, 530, mansion of, 573, 574, 630, portrait, Interior of Park Theater, 685, daughter of, 753, trustee of Astor Library, 755.
Brevoort, J. Carson, wife of, 510.
Brick Church in 1783, 275, 276, 558, 576, 577.
Bridgewater, Earl of, 532.
Bridge over East River, 784.
Brinckerhoff, Abraham, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Brinckerhoff, Dirck, member of New York Provincial Convention, 31.
Bristed, Rev. John, wife of, 753.
Bristed, Charles Astor, wife of, 753, 755.
Broadway, 435, diagram of, in 1810, 572, regulation of, 573.
Broadhead, John Romeyn, historian, 705.
Brock, General Sir Isaac, 600, activity of, 601, 608, 609, mourning for, 611.
Bronson, Green C., 773.
Bronx River, survey of, 449, 513, 709.
Brooklyn Heights, fortified, 646.
Brooks, Erastus (editor), 739.
Brooks, James (of New York Express), 739.
Brooks, Captain David, U. S. A., wife of, 768.
Broom, John, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, of committee to frame Constitution, 161.
Broom, Samuel, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, 383.
Broome, Lieutenant-Governor, 89, in Federal proces- sion, 326, member of Tontine Association, 383, director of first missionary society, 468, death of, 575.
Broome, Lieutenant James, death of, 625. Brower, Cornelius, 469.
Brower, Jacob, 469.
Brower, John, 469.
Brown, Charles Brockden (author), 468, 519, 527, mem- ber Hist. Soc., 554.
Brown, General Jacob, defending Sackett's Harbor, 628, early career of, (note) 628, major-general, 642, captures Fort Erie, and victorious at Chippewa, 643, 644, sortie from Fort Erie, 645, gold box of, 646
Brown, Noah, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Browne, Sir Anthony, England, descendants of, 358.
Browne, Thomas, one of the founders of Rye, N. Y., 358.
Browne, Judge, daughter married Dr Arthur Bissell, 358.
Bruce, Dr. Archibald (professor of mineralogy ), 514.
Bruen, Dr. Alexander M., wife of, 401.
Bryant, William Cullen, 740, 742, portrait of, 776, 778, 779.
Buchanan, James, President, 39, 772.
Buchanan, Thomas, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
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