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Buchanan, Walter, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Buckley, Phineas H., daughter of, 768.
Buckmaster, George, of Committee of Defense, 646.
Budd, Lieutenant, 625.
Buel, Rev. Dr. Samuel, 417.
Bull, Joseph, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25. Bunce, Geo., & Co., 454.
Bunker Hill, fortified, 41, 42, 43, fighting at, 44, 45, tidings of, 50, 59, 103, corner-stone of monument, 694, 769.
Burgoyne, General, reached Boston, 38, approaching from Canada, 167, sends troops to Bennington, 170, 171, moving towards Albany, 172, 177, battle of Sar- atoga, 179, 185, surrender of, 186, at Schuyler man- sion, 187, conduct of army in Massachusetts, 190, in Parliament, 214.
Burke, Edmund, 52, 55, 213, assailing ministry, 258. 259.
Burke, Judge, 456.
Burling. Lancaster, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Burnet, Dr. William, 426.
Burnet, Dr. William, daughter of, 426.
Burr, Aaron, in Canada, 54, 55, (note) 82, age of, 104, valor of, 126, reconnoiters, 203, at New Haven, 221, character of, as a lawyer, 299, 314, elected senator,
380, description and marriage of, 381, 383, 384, ques- tion submitted to, 385, correspondence in cipher, 386, 389, Washington's opinion of, 396, 430, 432, intrigues of, 454, defeat of, 455, 456, opinions of, 457, 460, po- litical skill of, 461, 463, 465, 466, 470, elected Vice- President, 473, 474, ambition of, 478, 479, style of living of, 482, dining, 484, 488, independent candi- date for governor, 489, defeated, 490, 491, challenges and kills Hamilton, 492, public sentiment, 494, 496, indifference of, 497, 498, flight of, 499, presiding over U. S. Senate, 500, trial of, 539, schemes, 540, poverty, 553, affliction, 614.
Burr, Theodosia (daughter of above), 478, at Richmond Hill, 482, marriage of, 483, portrait, 484, 488, 540, fate of, 614.
Burrows, Captain, death of, 638.
Burt, James, Presidential elector, 1800, 464.
Burtsell, William member of common council, 702.
Bushnell, David, inventor of submarine war-machine, 98, 99, powder-kegs, 199.
Bussing, Abraham, 516.
Butler, John, at Massacre of Wyoming, 205.
Butler, Walter (son of above), at massacre of Cherry Valley, 205.
Butler, Colonel Zebulon, defending Wyoming, 205.
Butler, Colonel Richard (patriot), 211, at storming of Stony Point, 224, 225.
Butler, Pierce (of family of dukes of Ormond), in First Congress, 346.
Byron, Admiral, successor of Lord Howe, 204, opera- tions of, 213.
Byvank, Petrus, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
C.
CABOT, JOHN and SEBASTIAN, 55.
Cadwallader, General John, at battle of Trenton, 150.
Caldwell, Rev. James, 232, wife murdered, 239, at battle of Springfield, 241.
Caldwell, John, 39, 382.
Calhoun, John C., 39, 590, Vice-President, 693.
California, discovery of gold in, 751, bishop of, 752.
Cambridge, Mass., camp in, 24, 42, 59, 70.
Camden, Earl of (Charles Pratt), 12.
Camp, Hugh N., 766.
Campbell, George W. (Secretary of Treasury), 661.
Campbell, D. P., portrait, Interior Park Theater, 686.
Canal, Erie. See E.
Canal Street, 423, 467, 565, 566.
Cantine, Moses, 675.
Capitol, National, controversy concerning site of, 373. Capitol at Washington, 464, burning by British, 647.
Capron, Seth, establishing cotton and wool factories in New York, family, (note) 545.
Capron, General Horace (son of above), 545.
Carden, Captain (British naval commander), 618.
Carey, Henry, portrait, Interior Park Theater, 685.
Carey, John, wife of, 753.
Carey, Matthew, publisher, 525.
Carleton, Governor Sir Guy, 51, 55, 137, removed from the government of Canada, 195, supersedes Clinton, 271, remedying evils in New York, 272, evacuates New York, 273, 274.
Carlisle, Lord, in Philadelphia, 201.
Carman, Nicholas, vestryman, Trinity Church, 367.
Carré Louis, Huguenot, estate of, 210.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, commissioner to Canada, 72, 196, 336, 346, 367.
Carroll, John (Catholic clergyman), commissioner to Canada, 72.
Carter, Rev. Abiel, wife of, (note) 569.
Cass, Lewis (Secretary of State), 591, 592.
Castle Garden, 661, Lafayette landing at, 692, Jenny Lind, 771.
Cathcart, Earl of (William Shaw), protects Miss Susan Livingston, 218, at Colonel Abraham Gardiner's, 273. Cathedral, St. Patrick's, illustration of, 759.
Catlin, Lynde, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Cavendish, Lord, 172, remarks of, 259.
Cebra, John Yates, 704.
Central Park, purchase of site, 768.
Century Club, founded, 779.
Chamber of Commerce, 105, gift of, 705.
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889
Chambers, Rev. Dr. Talbot W., 760.
Champagny, M., Freuch minister, 543.
Champlain, Lake, expedition over, 53, crossed by the commissioners, 72, naval victory on, 652.
Chandler, Dr. (Elizabethtown), 507.
Chandler, General, captured, 628. Chanler, John Winthrop, wife of, 753.
Chapman, Henry Grafton, wife of, 401.
Charaud, W., portrait, Interior Park Theater (note), 686.
Charitable institutions, 737, 763, 764, 765.
Charleston, S. C., capture of, by British, 237, 238.
Charlestown, Mass., flight of people, 24, heights of, 41, 42, 44, burning of, 45.
Charlier, Professor Elie, 780.
Charlier Institute for boys, 780.
Charlton, Dr. John, marriage of, 305, trustee City Dis- pensary, 468.
Chase, Samuel (Md.), commissioner to Canada, 72, im- peached as judge, 500.
Chastellux, Marquis de, 253.
Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt), speech, 13, 14, 15, opposing the war, 173, 192, 194, death of, 195.
Chatterton Hill, battle at, 141.
Chauncey, Captain Isaac, portrait of, 605, 606, creating fleets on the lakes, 619, 627, calls Perry to his aid, 631, 642, 644, 653, 702,
Chauncey, Lieutenant Wolcott, 628.
Cheetham, James (editor), 478, character of, 479, 480, 543, 548.
Cherry Valley, massacre of inhabitants, 205.
Chesapeake, frigate, attacked by British, 541, 543, 625, capture of, 626.
Chester, Earl of, descendants of, 660.
Chester, John, daughter of, 660.
Chicago, site ceded, 415, massacre at, 602.
Cholera, Asiatic, terrible ravages of, 722.
Church, John B., 456, 477.
Churches. St. Paul's, 90, North, 122, Brick Church, 90, Trinity and Lutheran, burned, 135, converted into prisons, 151, in N. J., desecrated by British, 155, con- dition of, after the Revolution, 275, schools of, 282, Baptist, 284, St. Paul's, visited by President Washing- ton, 354, Trinity rebuilt and consecrated, 367, Third Presbyterian built, 466, Scotch Presbyterian, 466, Wall Street Presbyterian, 466, John Street Methodist, 467, Forsyth Street Methodist, 467, Duane Street Method- ist, 467, Two-Mile Stone Methodist, 467, St. Mark's Episcopal, 514, Wall Street Presbyterian (rebuilt), 559, Rutger Street Church, 559, Spring Street Presbyte- rian, 559, Canal Street Presbyterian, 559, Murray Street Presbyterian, 560, St. John's Episcopal, erected, 560, illustration of, 561, Christ, Episcopal, 561, St. Ste- phen's Episcopal, 561, French, 561, Grace, Episcopal, 562, Zion, 562, number of, in 1880, architecture, etc., 758, St. Patrick's, 759, Grace, St. Thomas, Dutch Reformed, Madison Square Church, and others, 760, 761, 762.
Cincinnati, Society of the, organization of, 273, waiting on the President in 1789, 346, 369, 378, 492, resolu- tions of, 495, tomb to Hamilton, 503, welcoming La- fayette, 691, 698.
Cisco, John J., 773.
City Hall, council-room of, 47, reading Declaration of Independence, 93, debtors' prison, 124, library plun- dered, 134, appropriated to Congress, 289, 291, en- larged, 329, erection of City Hall, 486, 554, description of, 556, 612, 632, scenes at, 769, 770.
City Hall Park, defenses, 90, description of, 556, illustrated, 557, 701, meeting in, 589, 646, 666, 689.
City Hotel (in Broadway), illustration of, 554, banquet to the war heroes, 619, 620, Lafayette entertained, 692.
Civil war, effects of, 273, the late, 772, 777.
Claflin, Horace B. (merchant), 766.
Clapp, President (Yale College), daughter of, 160.
Clark, Richard, 323.
Clarke, Bayard, 779.
Clarke, David, (note) 560.
Clarke, Sir Francis, aid to Burgoyne, killed at Sara- toga, 183.
Clark, Lewis Gaylord (editor), 740.
Clark, Thomas, country-seat of, 134, daughter of, 135. Clarkson, Rev. David, birth of, 34, wife of, 35.
Clarkson, Matthew (son of above), secretary of Province, family of, 34, children of, 35.
Clarkson, Hon. David (son of Secretary Matthew), 34. Clarkson, David (son of Hon. David), member of Com- mittee of One Hundred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, character of, 34, family, 35 (note), advanced money to government, 36, house plundered, 101, return to Flatbush, 102, country-seat of, 261.
Clarkson, General Matthew, distinguished soldier and citizen (son of David above), 36, 102, at battle of Sara- toga, 184, aid to General Lincoln, 256, Regent of the University, 284, marriage of, 304, Vestryman of Trin- ity Church, 367, character and residence of, 389, con- nected with Jay family, 401, 418, 468, corporator of public schools, 517, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690, prison commissioner, 736, daughter of, 767.
Clarkson, David (brother of General Matthew), 36, 102. Clarkson, Matthew (mayor of Philadelphia), 416.
Clermont, seat of the Livingstons, burned by British, 189, reception of Lafayette, 371, Lafayette's visit at, 695.
Clinton, Sir Henry, reaches Boston, 38, 56, in New York, 64, repulsed at Charlestown, 98, battle of Long Island, 109, on Murray Hill, 126, 128, at White Plains, 141, met Lafayette in London, 174, desolating New Jersey, 175, message to Burgoyne intercepted by Governor Clinton, 180, sailing up the Hudson, 181, capturing Forts Montgomery and Clinton, 182, burns Kingston, 187, 188, falls back to New York, 189, ap- pointed commander-in-chief of British forces, 195, 199, 201, evacuates Philadelphia, 202, at New York City, 203, 204 exasperating raids, 211, 213, 214, cap- tures Verplanck Point and Stony Point, 219, at Southampton, L. I., 220, 222, withdraws troops from Verplanck Point, 223, reoccupies Stony Point, 226, disconcerted, 227, captures Charleston, 237, returns to New York, 241,242, at Easthampton, 243, efforts to save André, 248, 249, 250, fortifies New York, 253, chagrin of, 255, 257, superseded by Carleton, 271.
Clinton Academy, 422.
Clinton, Charles (colonel), officer in French war, 74, family of, 118.
Clinton, General James (son of above), member of the New York Provincial Congress, 31, 47, commanding in the Highlands, 74, 94, age of, 104, 112, wife of, 119, commanding Fort Clinton, 181, escape of, 182, among Indians, 217, trial of André, 248, 249, placing son in Columbia College, 283.
Clinton, George (son of James), wife of, 331.
Clinton, De Witt (son of James), 55, 119, first student of Columbia College, 283, 331, 362, 422, 478, duel of, 485, mayor, 487, 495, founding Hist. Soc., 505, canal policy of, 506, description of, 511, Freemason, 512, president Hist. Soc., 515, donation of, 516, corporator of public schools, 517, 518, 526, mayor, 543, 545, 547, removed from, and restored to mayoralty, 553, lieutenant-governor, 575, 579, 596, 612, 614, presiding at banquet, 620, 621, re-appointed mayor, 623, war measures, 642, presents freedom of city to Brown, 645, portrait of, 669, 670, canal memorial of, 671, president of canal commission, 673, 675, beginning canal, 676, predictions of, 677, governor four terms, 677, beneficence of, 678, recommendations of, 680, 688, appearance of, 689, welcoming committee, 690, re- elected governor, 691, visits Ohio, 694, triumphant canal journey, 697, 711, death of, 714, family of, 715. Clinton, Mrs., portrait in interior Park Theater, 685. Clinton, George W. (son of De Witt), 715.
Clinton, George (governor of N. Y., Vice-President of U. S.), in Legislature, 16, delegate to second Continen- tal Congress, 19, arms of, 20, 39, 46, adviser of Wash- ington, 74, commanding militia, 94, age of, 104, votes to defend city, 117, portrait of, 118, family of, 119, at battle of Harlem Heights, 129, 154, elected governor, 163, commands fort against Sir Henry Clinton, 181, escape, 182, observations for fort, 191, 217, 249, in- specting posts and battle-grounds with Washington, 273, in charge of New York City, 274, 278, Cha. cellor of University, 283, opposes Congress, 292, dines John Quincy Adams, 294, residence of, 304, suppressing " doctors' mob,"' 307, 308, 309, ideas of Constitution, 318, presiding over New York convention, 320, 321, daughter marries Minister Genet, 331, receiving Washington, 333, 334, dining with President, 341, 343, 348, 354, 363, 367, 376, 378, 382, renominated gov- ernor, 384, election of, 386, 406, 416, 417, 435, 461,
539
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INDEX.
463, 465, re-elected governor, 474, 479, 548, elected Vice-President, 551, member of Hist. Soc., 555, 578, death of, 595, tomb of, 596.
Clinton, George (son of above), wife of, 20, 119.
Clopper, Cornelius, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Clowes, Peter, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32.
Clubs, founding of, the Moot Club, 32, Drone Club, 468, Krout Club, 513, 514, Friendly Club, 519, Bread and Cheese Club, 706, Sketch Club, Hone Club, Union Club, Kent Club, 707, Union League Club, 778, 779, Century Club, Knickerbocker Club, Manhattan Club, Travelers' Club, Lotus Club, St. Nicholas Club, 779. Clymer, George, in the convention, 314.
Coats, Rev. Michael, 467.
Cochrane, Admiral Sir Alexander (British naval com- mander), 654, 656, 663.
Cochrane, Dr. John, attending Lafayette, portrait and family of, 215, wife invited to dine by Washington, 227, 228, in Morristown, 234, Regent of the Univer- sity, 384, reputation of, and residence, 305, house ransacked by mob, 307.
Cochrane, James (son of Dr. John), 215, 404.
Cochrane, Walter L. (son of Dr John), 215.
Cochrane, General John (son of Walter L.), 215.
Cochrane, Rev. Dr. William, 283.
Cockburn, Admiral, vandalism of, 632, 651.
Coe, John, member of Provincial Congress, 81.
Cogswell, Dr. Joseph G., superintendent of Astor Li- brary, 755.
Colden, Lieutenant-Governor Cadwallader, letter of, 16, opinion of, 19, 26, addressed by Committee of One
Hundred, 30, reply of, 31, death of, 137, great-grand- son of, 642.
Colden, Cadwallader (son of Lieut .- Gov.), born 1722, loyalist, sent to New York by committee on con- spiracy, 169, 206.
Colden, Dr. David (son of Lieut .- Gov.), born 1733, died in England in 1784.
Colden, Cadwallader David (son of Dr. David), 583, 649, portrait of, 650, 674, mayor, 680, 685, 690, 696, memoir of canal, 699.
Colden, David F., 722.
Cole, Colonel, dined with President Washington, 354.
Coleman, William, editor of Evening Post, 478, char- acter of, 479.
Colfax, Schuyler (Vice-President), 233.
Colfax, William, commanding Washington's guard, 233. Collect, the Fresh-Water Pond, 34.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 524, 525.
Colles, Christopher, birth and death of, (note) 597.
Collier, Rev. William, 284.
Collins, Isaac (editor), 175
Collins, Joseph B., 763.
Columbia College, students of, 77, 82, used as a hos- pital, 134, revived, 282, 283, 435, description of, 468, students, 469, 495, reputation of, 518, medical school,
525, 705, mourning for Clinton, 715, celebration of semi-centennial anniversary, 741.
Commercial Advertiser, New York, founded, 453. Commissioners of Health, 423
Committee of Sixty, testing mind of New York, 19, meeting of, 22.
Committee of One Hundred, names of, 25, 26, 30, 31.
Committee on Conspiracy, appointed, 74. exertions of, 77, duties of, 80, 105.
Committee on Constitution of New York, 161, 162.
Conckling, Judge Alfred, with Clinton in Ohio, 694. Conckling, Jeremiah, wife of, 635.
Condition of affairs, distressing, in 1786, 293. Conflicting opinions of the men of 1775, 91.
Congress, First Continental, proceedings of, reaching England, 12.
Congress, Second Continental, delegates to, 19, 25, New England delegates, 27, character of, 29, 30, ses- sion of, 36, 37, 38, creating an army, 41, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 57, 59, 71, credit of, 72, establishing war-office, 73, 74, 77, 80, considers independence, 91, 92, 116, 138, begging for troops, 146, retires to Baltimore, 148, borrows money of France, 151, borrows money from house to house, 152, moves to Lancaster, thence to Yorktown, 178, agents of, 186, influenced against Washington, 189, resolutions of, 200, discussing cere- monials, 204, reception of the first French minister,
205, 216, weakness of, 217, 237, 238, censuring com- missioners in France, 267, credit mistrusted, 271, 272, Washington's resignation, 278, appointing secretary of foreign affairs, 288, 291, financial troubles, 292.
Congress, First Federal, election of, 331, counting votes, 332, receiving Washington, 336, 359, important busi- ness before, 361, secession threatened, 374, adjourns, 376, opening third session, 379, 380, 394, divided in opinion, 397, 410, excitement in, 420, vote on treaty, 421, vigorous measures of, 451, 472, passes bill of embargo, 541, 622, appropriations, 668, rewards to Lafayette, 691.
Congress, Provincial (of New York), 23, organization, 31, first vote of, 36, opened with prayer, 37, 45, 47, 48, second, 49, 52, 57, disarming tories, 59, manage- ment of affairs, 63, character of, 64, appoints com- mittee on conspiracy, 74, 77, resolutions of, 78, elec- tion, 84, 86, 87, reading declaration of independence, 93, at White Plains, 106, 107, 115.
Connecticut Farms, burnt by British, 239.
Conner, Richard, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32.
Connery, Nicholas, 79.
Constable, William, 323.
Constant, Joseph, corporator of public schools, 517.
Constitution, State of New York, framing of, 161, adop- tion and publishing of, 162.
Constitution, United States, framers of, 312-317, signed, 318, adoption of, 319-321, celebration, 321-328.
Convention, at Annapolis in 1786, 293.
Convention, constitutional, of New York in 1777, 161. Convention, Hartford, 663.
Convention, Federal, framing Constitution of the United States, 311, description of members, 312, 313, 314, 315, signing of constitution and adjournment of, 318. Convention, New York, on adoption of Federal Consti- tution, 320, 321.
Convention, New York Revolutionary, 19, adjournment of, 21, expiration of powers, 25.
Conway, Lord (Henry Seymour), 258.
Conway, Count de (Thomas), a general, born in Ireland in 1733, came to America in 1777, and became a brigadier in Washington's army, 189.
Cooke, Governor Nicholas (R. I.), 89.
Cooke, George Frederick (actor), 557, birth and burial of, 558.
Cooper, Dr. Charles D., letters of, 491.
Cooper, James Fenimore (novelist), 526, 706, at Irving dinner, 722, at dinner to Edward Livingston, 723. Cooper, Myles, President Columbia College, 27, 28. Cooper, Thomas Apthorpe (actor), 498.
Cooper Institute, 782, 783.
Cooper, Peter (philanthropist), 721, 770, 771, founding Cooper Institute, 782, 783.
Cornwallis, Lord, 107, 108, 109, 111, 126, before Fort Washington, 143, crosses the Hudson, 144, pursues Washington, 145, halts in New Brunswick, 147, in Princeton, 152, near Trenton, 153, 165, at battle of Brandywine, 177, 178, at Germantown, 181, at Charles- ton, 241, defeats Gates, 244, establishes a reign of ter- ror, 249, held in check by Greene, 252, applauded by Germain, 253, at Yorktown, 254, besieged, 256, sur- render of, 257, in custody of John Laurens, 258, ex- changed for Henry Laurens, 263, 271.
Cortelyou House, 101.
Cortelyou, Aaron, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32.
Cosby, Governor Willianı, daughter of, 134.
Coster, Henry A., 519, 520, 522, wife of, 523.
Coster, John (merchant), president Merchants' Bank, 523, residence of, 709.
Cotton mills, first established in New York, 545.
Counterfeit American bills in London, specimen, 217.
Courtenay, Viscount (Earl of Devon), in House of Lords, 229, residence of, 661.
Couwenhoven, Nicholas, 102.
Coventry, Dr. Alexander, 703.
Coventry, Earl of, descendants of in New York, 157, in House of Lords, 229. 1
Cow Boys, 212.
Cowdrey, Samuel, on Canal Celebration Committee, 697, member common council, 702.
Cowpens, Morgan's victory at the, 252.
Cox, John (of Philadelphia), Anna de Lancey, wife of, 297.
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Cox, Jameson, member of common council, (note) 702. Cox, Samuel Hanson, D. D. (pulpit orator and divine), 662, house attacked, 724.
Cox, Lieutenant, 625. 326 Cozine, John (lawyer), character of, 299, 300. Crary, Peter, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690. 468 Crawford, William H., minister to France, 639, 668, 693. Cresop, Michael, sketch of, 15, 16.
Creighton, Rev. William, S. T. D., wife of, 754.
Croghan, Major George (Kentucky), defender of Fort Meigs, 629.
Cromwell, Oliver, 83.
Crommelin, Charles, daughter of, 300.
Crosby, Enoch (Harvey Birch), the Spy, 212, 213.
Croton Aqueduct, 730.
Croton Lake and River, 730.
Croton Maid, 730.
Cruger, Bertram P., wife of, 767.
Cruger, Henry W., (note) 686.
Cruger, John Harris (counselor), concealment of, 105, wife of, 191, 197, commanding garrison at Ninety-Six, 252.
Cruger, Nicholas, country-house of, 82, 322.
Cunningham, Henry, speech of, 688.
Cunningham, executioner of Nathan Hale, 137. Currie, John, 560.
Curtenius, Peter, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25, custodian of army stores, 89, auditor, 368, appointed commissioner, 382, guest at, 554, 555.
Cushing, William, 341. Custis, Eleanor, 342.
Custis, George Washington Parke, 342.
Cutting, Francis B., (note) 707, 722.
Cutting, William, 526.
D.
DABNEY, JOHN B., consul at Fayal, Azore Islands, 656. Dacres, Captain, commanding Guerriere, 615.
Daggett, Napthali, D. D., in battle of New Haven, 221, 222.
Daggett, Hon. David, LL. D., 551.
Dallas, Alexander James (Secretary of Treasury), 661, 663, 673.
Dalton, Dr. John C., 778.
Dalton, Tristam, senator escorting Washington, 336, 346, 348.
Daly, Charles P., president Geographical Society, 709. Dana, Francis, LL. D. 196.
Danbury, Conn., burning of, 158, 159.
Dartmouth, Lord, 14, 16, 19, 46, 47, 48, 57.
Davie, William Richardson, 313.
Davis, Judge J. C. Bancroft, wife of, 735.
Davis, Matthew L. (author), 479, 493, imprisoned, 496, 575.
Davis, William A. (alderman), 697, 700.
Davy, Sir Humphry (chemist and philosopher), discov- eries of, 512.
Davezac, Auguste, chargé d'affaires to The Hague, 723. Day, Benjamin, projector of New York Sun, 738.
Dayton, David, member of Provincial Congress, 32.
Dayton, Colonel Elias, took possession of Johnson Hall, 74, at battle of Springfield, 241, senator, 485.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, establishment of, 678, illustra- tion, 679.
Deane, Silas, mission to France, 70, note of, 71, signs treaty with France, 194, return, 203.
Dearborn, General Henry, at battle of Saratoga, 183- 186, Secretary of War, 474, 590, 593, 594, 627, 628, su- perseded, 629.
Decatur, Commodore Stephen, portrait of, 618, 620, 624, 635, 651, 663.
Declaration of Independence, original draft of, 80, adoption of, 91, read to the army, 92, proclaimed in Wall Street, 93, anniversary celebrated in 1789, 346.
D'Estaing, Count, reaches America with French fleet, 203, 204, 213, 227.
De Fleury (afterwards field-marshal of France), at storm- ing of Stony Point, 224, 225.
De Forrest, Lockwood, on committee to reinstate Clin- ton, (note) 690.
De Grasse, Count, 252, in Chesapeake Bay, 255, 256. De Grushe, John, 324.
De Heister, General (Hessian), 108, 109, 111. in battle of White Plains, 141.
Dehon, Theodore, 773.
De Kay, James (naturalist), 706.
Delafield, John, member of Tontine Association, 383. Delafield, Joseph.
Delafield, John, 469, 719. Delafield, Julia (author), 383.
De Lancey, James (son of Lieut .- Gov. ), in England, 296 agent of Loyalists at the English Court, 297.
De Lancey, Colonel James (son of Peter De Lancey), regiment of, 39, 280, retires to Nova Scotia, 297.
De Lancey, John, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
De Lancey, John Peter, wife of, 191, 287, in England, 297, returned to New York, 298.
De Lancey, Peter (of Westchester), daughter of, 194, seven sons of, 297, old home of, 709.
De Lancey, Oliver (son of Peter), in British Navy, 297. De Lancey, Hon. Oliver (counselor), 47, summoned be- fore Committee on Conspiracy, 75, house of, 85, daughter of, 105, mansion burned by Americans, 190, distress of family, 191, daughter of, in fort at the South, 252, 298, death of, in England, (note) 287. De Lancey, Susanna (sister of above), married Sir Peter Warren, children of, 287.
De Lancey, Oliver, Jr., 115, 197, at fête in Philadelphia, 200, succeeded André as adjutant-general of British army, 287.
De Lancey, Stephen, 32.
De Lancey, William Heathcote (Episcopal Bishop of New York), birth of, 191, 297, wife of, 401.
De Lancey, Edward Floyd (son of above), 117, 144, 779. Delaplace (British commander), capture of, 29.
Delano, Eugene, wife of, 762.
Delano, Franklin, wife of, 753.
Demont, William (traitor), 142.
De Neuville, French minister, 707.
Denning, William, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Denny, Thomas, 764.
De Peyster, Frederick (president Hist. Soc.), 515, resi- dence of, in 1826, 710, 713, 714.
De Peyster, James, sisters of, 308.
De Peyster, John J., 469, 647.
De Peyster, Johannes (Vol. I.), descendants of, 304, 305, great-granddaughter of (note), 695.
De Peyster, Robert G. L., portrait in Interior Park The- ater, 686.
Desbrosses, James, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
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