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Desolation of New York City after the Revolution, 275. Detmold, C. E., 721.
Detroit, site of, 415, surrender of, 601, 602.
De Witt, Charles, of committee to frame State Consti- tution, 161
De Witt, Egbert, daughter of, 119.
De Witt, Simeon, Chancellor of University, 283, 450, 512, 555, street commissioner, 566, surveyor-general, 579. De Witt, Rev. Thomas, president Hist. Soc., 515, 760.
Dexter, Elias, painting of Interior Park Theater sub- mitted to, 685.
Dexter, Samuel (Secretary of Treasury), 466, 549. Di Cesnola, General, Count, 781.
Dickens, Charles, tribute to Washington Irving, 750.
Dickinson, Judge Samuel, 314.
Dickinson, John (son of Judge Samuel), in Convention, 314.
Dickinson, Rev. Moses. trustee of Yale College, 176.
Digby, Admiral, residence of, in New York, 308.
Diodati family, descendants in New York, arms of, 636, 637.
Directory, first city, 286, 287.
Dispensary, City, established, 468, increase of medical dispensaries, 766.
Dix, John Adams (soldier and author), 746, 772
Dodge, Rev. John, 563.
Dodge, William E. ( philanthropist), 765, 773.
Dodge, William E., Jr., 779.
Doll, Dominic, school of, 188, 190.
Dominick, George, vestryman of Trinity Church, 367. Donop, Colonel, Count (Hessian), 109, 150, killed, 181.
Douw, Volckert Peter, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, personal note, 99, judge, 163.
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Douw, Volckert Jansen, ancestor of Douw family, 99. Douw, Petrus, house of, family of, 99.
Dorchester, Lord, 483.
Douglass, Dr. John H., 485.
Douglass, Colonel William, 123, 124, regiment of, 130. Douglass, Mrs. (actress), 436.
Doughty, Samuel, corporator of public schools, 517. Drainage of the city, 785.
Drake, Colonel Samuel, commanded regiment, 65, 90. L'raper, Simeon, 773.
Drayton, J. Coleman, wife of, 753.
Dred Scott decision, 770.
Drew, Andrew, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686. Drone Club, 468.
Drummond, Lord (son of Earl of Perth), in New York, 206, guest of Andrew Hammersley, 210.
Duane, James (statesman), delegate to Second Congress, 19, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, 32, 83, read draft of state constitution to convention, 162, 250, first mayor after the Revolution, 278, mayor's court, 279, educational institutions, 283, 298, efforts to quell Doctors' Mob, 307, state convention to de- cide upon Constitution, 320, wife of, 441.
Duane Street, opened, 349.
Duer, Denning, wife of, 735
Duer, Judge John, mother of, 295, 706, at Irving dinner 722, 742.
Duer, Colonel William, one of Committee on Conspiracy, 136, 139, one of committee to frame State constitu- tion, 161, marriage of, 226, wife of, 295, residence of, 303, 307, song of, 325, wife of, 341, 347.
Duer, William Alexander, jurist and scholar, president of Columbia College, 284, mother of, 295, 354, 448, 672, 674, 706, vice-president at Irving dinner, 722, daughter of, 735, president of Columbia College, 742. Dudley, Governor Joseph, grandson of, 124.
Dudley, Governor Thomas, great-grandson, 124, enter- taining Lion Gardiner in 1635, 634 (note).
Duryee, Abraham, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25. .
Dundas, Sir David, K. C. B., married daughter of Oli- ver De Lancey, 287.
Dunlap, William, 326, 352, 468, 519.
Dunmore, Lord, burns Norfolk, Va., 59.
Dunscomb, Daniel, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Dunscomb, Daniel E., member of common council, 702.
Dunscomb, Edward, 721.
Dutch Reformed Churches in 1783, 276; Dutch Re- formed Church, Fifth Avenue, corner of Forty-eighth Street, illustration of, 740, 760.
Duyckinck, Gerardus, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, buildings burned, 207, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, 308, 512.
Dwight, Timothy, D. D. (president of Yale College), wife of (note), 522, member of Hist. Soc., 555. Dwight, Theodore, founding Blind Asylum, 720.
Dyson, Robert, portrait, Interior Park Theater, (note) 686.
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EACKER, GEORGE L., 477, 478.
Eastburn, Rev. Dr. Manton, oration by, 742.
Easthampton, L. I., 417, 422.
Eaton, Amos, makes geological survey of New York, 694.
Eccles, Major, captured, 233.
Eckford, Henry, ship-building, 606.
Eddy, Thomas, philanthropist, advice of, 515, corpor- ator of public schools, 517, 518, 578, canal commis- sioner, 579, entertains Clinton, 670, 671, 682, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690, prison commissioner, 736.
Edgar, William, married Miss Anna Van Horne, 285. Edgar, Mrs., presenting colors to ship Hamilton, 325.
Education in New York, public, 282, 283, 284, 422, 423, 468, 469, 470, 504, 515, 516, 517, 518, 523, 524, 525, 568, 584, 680, 715, 716, 779, 780.
Edwards, Lewis, steward of Gardiner's Island, 634. Effingham, Lord, 40.
Egbert, Benjamin, corporator of public schools, 518. Elevated Railways in the city, illustrated, 784. Elgin Botanical Garden, location of, 511.
Ellicott, Joseph, canal commissioner, 673. Elliot, Andrew (son of Sir Gilbert), collector of the port of New York, 206, mansion of, 574.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, receiver-general of Province of New York, 574.
Elliot, Rev. Dr. John, 554.
Elliot, Jesse Duncan (Lieutenant), brilliant exploit of, 606.
Ellis, Robert, Presidential elector, 1800, 464.
Elizabeth, New Jersey, raid by British, 233, Knyphau- sen's expedition, 239.
Ellsworth, Oliver (chief justice), in Convention, 313, 340, 346, 349, wife of, 358, 399, 459, 466.
Ellsworth, Martin (son of chief justice), 358.
Elmendorf, Lucas, 675.
Elmer, Jonathan, in First Congress, 346.
Elting, Peter, letter of, 77.
Ely, Dr. John, wife of, (note) 757.
Ely, Worthington (son of above), granddaughter of, (note) 757.
Ely, Smith (mayor), 757.
Embargo of Jefferson, 541, 542, 640.
Embree, Lawrence, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Emmet, Thomas Addis, 583, attorney-general, 585, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690, death of, 713.
Emmet, Judge Robert (son of Thomas Addis Emmet), assisting the escape of Macready the actor, 753.
Emmet, Dr. Thomas Addis, 570.
Emmet, John P., etching of, 570.
Emott, James, opposes canal, 694.
Endicott, Governor, entertaining Lion Gardiner in 1635, (note) 634.
Erskine, Sir William, 158, at Colonel Abraham Gar- diner's, 243.
Erie Canal, originator of, 577, important movements in connection with, 579, 580, 581, project re-agitated, 669, scheme urged, 672, 673, canal commenced, 676, prog- ress of, 688, completed, 696, water introduced, 697, medals, commemoration of, 700, celebration of com- pletion of, 701, 702, illustration upon ball-tickets, 702. Erie, Lake, union with Atlantic Ocean, illustration of Keg, 699.
Eustis, Captain, 91.
Eutaw Springs, battle of, 256.
Evans, Oliver, 428.
Evangelist, New York, founding of, 739.
Evarts, Hon. William M., 773. Evening Journal, Albany, 740.
Evening Post, New York, 478, 479, 525, 706, 740, 777. Exchange, Merchants', completed in 1827, 710.
Executive mansion, Washington, 465, burned by Brit- ish, 647, etiquette, 687.
Express, New York, founding of, 739.
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FAIRCHILD, MISS, married William Cullen Bryant, 777. Fairfax, Lord, property of, 168.
Fairfield, Connecticut, burning of, 222, 223, 348.
Fairlie, James, 322.
Fairlie, Mrs. Major, 523, 685.
Fancher, Enoch L., 765.
Farmer, Thomas, corporator of public schools, 518.
Farquhar, Charles, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Farquhar, James, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686. Farquhar, James, vestryman of Trinity Church, 367. Fashions before the Revolution, 87, in 1808, 550, 551. Fauchet, M., French minister, 416.
Febiger, Colonel Christian, at storming of Stony Point, 224.
Federalist, The, written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madi- son, 319.
Federal Hall, Washington's inauguration, 329, 375, 376, 418, 434.
Federal principle, the great, 315.
Fellows, Colonel, 104, at Kip's Bay, 123.
Fenwick, Sir John, 368.
Ferguson, Adam (Scotch historian), in Philadelphia, 201.
Ferguson, Captain, 211, 212.
Ferguson, John, 469, 575, 678, mayor in 1815, (note) 680. Ferries of New York, first steam, 538.
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Few, William, dining with President Washington, 343, Senator in First Congress, 346, wife of, 354, 689. Field, Benjamin, 331.
Field, Benjamin H., 779.
Field, Cortlandt De Peyster, wife of, 210.
Field, Cyrus W., success of the Atlantic cable, 770, 771. Field, David Dudley, 770, 771, 774.
Field, Maunsell B., mother of, 331.
Field, Moses, ancestry of, 331.
Finances of Congress, 216, increasing difficulties, 228, borrowing money of the French, 255, complications, 292, 293, Hamilton's plan for payment of national and state debts, 360.
Findlay, Colonel James, 591.
Fire, of 1776, 135, map of, 136, of 1778, 205, 206, of 1811, 576, of 1835, 725, of 1845, 747.
Fire-engines of 1880, 786.
Fish, Colonel Nicholas, 104, at Yorktown, 256, 257, 452, 501, president New York Society of the Cincinnati, 575, portrait of, 576, on Committee of Defense, 646, on committee to reinstate Clinton (note), 690, resi- dence of, 710.
Fish, Hamilton, statesman and scholar (son of Colonel Nicholas), 448, president of Hist. Soc., 515, Secretary of State, 575, governor, 753, 772, 773, president of Union Club, 779.
Fish, Preserved, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690.
Fitch, John (inventor), first steamboat, on the Collect, 424, description of, 425, 427, 428, 535.
Fitch, Governor Thomas, mansion burned by British, 223, ancestry and descendants, 735.
Fitzherbert (minister at the French Court), signs treaty, 262, 264, 268.
Five Points, 763, House of Industry, 766.
Flag, national, 170, alteration of, 681.
Flatbush, Long Island, the Clarksons of, 36, 85, oc- cupied by Hessians, 101, 102, 105, 107, 108, 109, resi- dence of Axtell, 206, death of Chief-Justice Horseman- den, 211.
Fleet, British, off Sandy Hook, 78, 90.
Fleming, General Augustus, 702, at Irving dinner, 722.
Fleming, Edward, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Florida, cession of, by Spain, 680.
Floyd, William (son of Nicoll Floyd), delegate to second Continental Congress, sketch of family in note, 20, in Congress, 83, wrote from Congress, 101, daughter of, 119, in the Legislature, 279, in first Congress, 346, Presidential elector, 1800, 464.
Floyd, Richard, 115.
Floyd, Nicoll, son of Richard Floyd, 20.
Floyd, Hon. John G. (son of Nicoll and grandson of William above), 20.
Flushing, visited by President Washington in 1789, 348, 372.
Folliott, George, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Folsom, General Nathaniel, sent to Washington from Congress, 196.
Forsyth, Major, exploit of, 626.
Forrest, Edwin (American tragedian), connected with Astor Place Riot, 752.
Folsom, Charles, 777.
Ford, Mrs. Colonel, house of, 232, 233.
Fortifications of the city (1776), 90, of 1812, 661.
Fort Erie, capture of, 643, sortie from, 645, 653.
Fort George, 608, capture of, 627.
Fort Meigs, bombardment of, 629.
Fort Stephenson, gallant defense of, 629.
Foster, Abiel, in first Congress, 345.
Foster, Rev. Dr. Benjamin, 284, 467.
Foster, John, member New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Fowler, Joseph, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Fox, Charles, 52, in Parliament, 172, 193, opinion of, 213, 214, caustic remarks of, 229, assailing the minis- try, 258, 259, made Secretary of State, 260, quarrels with Shelburne, 261, 262, approves treaty, 266.
Fox, George, 59.
Fraser, Simon, wife of, 297.
France, condition of, 387, difficulties, 430, revolution in, 392, 404.
Historical Society, 511, founding Literary and Phi- losophical Society, 678, 682, 683, 686, treatise on cholera, 722.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, agent of the colonies in Great Britain, 13, 58, jokes of, 59, on secret committee, 70, commissioner to Canada, 72, illness of, 73, committee to treat with Howe for peace, 119, journey with Adams, 120, interview with British generals on Staten Island, 121, in France, 174, correspondence with David Hartley, 192, treaty with France, 193, presented at court, 194, 195, correspondence with Hartley, 251, 252, 259, visits Vergennes, 260, introduces British diplomatists, 261, opinions of, 262, signs provisional treaty, 263, signs general treaty, 264, residence near Paris, 265, autograph, 266, signs definitive treaty, 267, portrait of Hartley received, 268, asks permission to return home, 291, president of Pennsylvania, 312, in the Convention, 315, speech of, 316, visited by Jefferson, 366, death of, 368, family note, 369, 512.
Franklin, Governor William (son of above), 57, 58.
Franklin, William Temple (son of Governor William Franklin), 58, in Paris, 193, in picture, 267.
Franklin, Sarah (daughter of Dr. Franklin), married Richard Bache, descendants of, 369.
Franklin, Matthew, corporator of public schools, 517. Franklin, Thomas, corporator of public schools, 517.
Franklin, Walter, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, house of, 329, 330, family note, 331.
Franklin, Walter, house, 330.
Franklin, Lady, 771.
Franks, Jacob, 287.
Fraunces' Tavern, 277, 278, 339.
Frazer, General (British), at battle of Saratoga, 179, 182, killed, 183, burial of, 184.
Freeborn, Thomas, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690.
Freemasons, ancient fraternity of, 512.
Free School Society, charter of, 515, illustration of first school building, 517, 779, 780.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, exploit of, 174.
Frelinghuysen, Rev. T. J., 276.
Frelinghuysen, Rev. John (son of above), 276.
Frelinghuysen, Hon. Frederick (son of above), 277. Frelinghuysen, Hon. Theodore (son of above), 276, 662. French Alliance, 193, anniversary of, in camp, 218. Freneau, Philip, poet, 82, 393.
Fresh-Water Pond, the Collect, description of, 349, map of, 423, picture of, 424, filling in, 565, present site, 736.
Frog's Neck (Throg's), landing of British, 139.
Fulton, Robert, 424, 427, first steamboat, 531, sketch of, 532, in France, 533, portrait of, 534, 535, steam frigate, 538, canal commissioner, 580, memory of, 703.
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GAGE, GENERAL, 24, 30, criticised, 40, 43, 45.
Gahn, Henry (Swedish consul), 554, 555.
Gaine, Hugh, escapes to Newark, 127, newspaper of, 286, 325, library trustee, 418.
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, Lieutenant-Colonel, 595, Brigadier-General, 642, 644.
Gallatin, Albert, 421, 452, Secretary of Treasury, 474, president Historical Society, 515, report of, 580, 639, 661, commissioner at Ghent, 667, minister to France, 668, 719.
Gambier, Lord, British commissioner at Ghent, 662, 667. Gano, Rev. John (Baptist clergyman), 37, Regent of University, and sketch of, 284.
Gano, Stephen, descendants of, 284.
Gano, Rev. Stephen (son of Rev. John), preaches dedi- cation sermon, 284.
Gano, John, editor of Cincinnati Commercial, 284.
Gano, Dr. James M., 284.
Gano, Joseph J., 284.
Gano, George A., family of, 284.
Gansevoort, Leonard, of committee on conspiracy, 74, 384, 450.
Gansevoort, Lieutenant, 608.
Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, commanding at Fort Stan- wix, 169, 595.
Francis, Dr. John W., writes of editors, 479, 506, of | Gardiner, Valentine, wife of, 442.
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Gardiner, Lion, founder of manor of Gardiner's Island, 40, signature and seal of, 635, 636, 637.
Gardiner, David (second Lord), 40, (note) 41.
Gardiner, David (sixth Lord), children of, 40, 41, 417.
Gardiner, John Lyon (seventh Lord), 41, portrait, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 782.
Gardiner, Hon. Samuel Buell (present proprietor), 637. Gardiner, Colonel Abraham, 41, 198, 199, 243.
Gardiner, Dr. Nathaniel (son of above), 199, 243, 417.
Gardiner, David, (grandson of Colonel Abraham), mem- ber of Congress, 242.
Gardiner, Miss Julia (daughter of above), married Pres- ident Tyler, 242, 747.
Gardiner family, various branches of, 636, 637.
Gardiner's Bay, 41, view of, 199, British fleet in, 242, 632, 634, 638.
Gardiner's Island, 40, stripped of produce, 198, view of manor house, 199, 417, description of, 632, settlement of, 634, 635, 637, 638.
Gardoqui, Don Diego, Spanish minister, 290, house illuminated, 338, dining with President Washington, 343, taking leave, 348.
Gas, introduced into the city in 1825, 728. Gasherie, Joseph, 89, in Legislature, 279.
Gates, General Horatio, 61, differences with Schuyler, 98, joins Washington, 148, 149, intrigues of, 166, 167, supersedes Schuyler, 168, at battles of Saratoga, 178, 187, intrigues of, 189, 196, defeat at the South, 244, superseded, 249, 448, 461.
Gautier, Dr. Joseph Hornblower, 426.
Gautier, Mrs. Dr., 426.
Geddes, James, 579.
Geissenhainer, Rev. Dr. F. G., 563.
Gelston, David, State canvasser, 384.
Gelston, Maltby, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686. Genet, Edmond Charles (French minister). wife of, 119,
331, conduct of, 388, 392, 393, family of, 394, recalled, 395, marriage of, 396, second wife, 397.
Genet, George C., 331.
George III., King of England, 12, 17, 50, 69, statue de- molished, 92, employing Hessians, 100, jubilant, 167, Lafayette presented, 174, 194, speech of, 258, stubborn- ness of, 259, ministers of, 261, Adams's interview with, 290, 291.
George, Lake, crossed by the commissioners. 72.
Gerard, M., French minister, 203, return of, 228, 229.
Gerard, James W., portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685.
Germain, Lord, 151, 173, 195, 204, 242, obloquy of, 249, applauding Cornwallis, 253, 257, retires from Cabinet, 258.
German, Obadiah, canal appraiser, 677.
Gerry, Elbridge, statesman, 96, letter of, 288, 289, marriage of, 294, in Convention, 313, wife of, 341, in First Congress, 345, 354, envoy, 450, Vice-President, 623.
Gervais, John Lewis, commissioner of the treasury, 291. Ghent, commissioners at, 651, 662, peace signed at, 664. Gibbs, George, 554.
Gibbons, Thomas, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690.
Gibson, Colonel George, 216.
Gilbert, William A., captain of volunteers, 90.
Gilbert, William W., member of Committee of One Hun- dred. 25.
Giles, Aquila, officer of great Federal procession, 322.
Gillespie, Robert, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Gilman, Nicholas, in First Congress, 345, 354.
Glen, Henry, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31.
Glover, Colonel John, 113, at battle of Trenton, 149, at trial of André, 248, 250.
Goelet, Peter, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26. Goforth, William, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Gooch, Captain, 144.
Goodrich, Chauncey, wife of, 358, 422.
Goodrich, Samuel (Peter Parley), 757.
Goodrich, Rev. Eliezer, trustee of Yale College, 176.
Gordon, Sir George, of Gordontown, 210.
Gordon, Thomas (son of above), one of lords proprietors of East New Jersey, 210.
Gordon, Sir Robert, of Gordontown, 441.
Gordon, Robert (son of above), 441.
Goulburn, Henry, British Commissioner at Ghent, 662. Gouverneur, Nicholas, wife of, 686.
Gouverneur, Samuel L., postmaster, N. Y., wife of, 687. Gouverneur, Samuel Lawrence (son of above), wife of. 687.
Gouverneur, Isaac, 687.
Government of State of New York, organization of, 162. Government House, illustration of, 435.
Governor's Island, fortified, 90, 95, 100, 115.
Gower, Lord, 14, 229.
Gracie, Archibald (eminent merchant), corporator of
public schools, 517, 520, house of, 521, 710, 734, daughter of, 735.
Gracie, Archibald, Jr., 734.
Gracie, William, 722.
Graham, Charles, 722.
Graham, Daniel, State canvasser, 384.
Graham, Lewis, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32, one of Committee on Conspiracy, 74.
Graham, Robert, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32.
Graham, Mrs. Isabella, 466, 467, 523.
Gramercy Park, 750.
Granger, Gideon, Postmaster-General, 651.
Grant, Major-General (British), 108, 201.
Graydon, Captain Alexander, 144, prisoner at Flatbush, 211.
Grayson, William, Senator in first Congress, 346.
Greeley, Horace, 39, issuing penny newspaper, 738, founder of New York Tribune, 1841, 739.
Green, John C., 765, 779.
Greene, General Nathaniel, introduces Hamilton to Washington, 77, 103, illness of, 104, 116, 117, com- manding on Harlem Heights, 129, at Fort Lee, 143, 144, 145, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, at battle of Princeton, 153, 164, at battle of Brandywine, 178, at Germantown, 181, wife at Valley Forge, 200, sent to Rhode Island, 204, in New Jersey, 241, 244, at Tap- pan, 247, meeting Clinton's officers, 248, at the South, 249, 252, 254, death of, 287, 313.
Greene, Mrs. General Nathaniel, 347, 352, 367.
Greenleaf, editor of Argus, 452, 454.
Greenville, Fort, 415.
Grenville, Thomas (son of George), minister to France, 261, 262, 414.
Grey, General (British Earl), 211.
Gridley, Colonel Richard, 42.
Griffin, Cyrus, 354.
Griffin, Judge Cyrus, at trial of Burr, 540.
Griffin, Lady Christiana, 347, 354.
Griffin, Rev. Edward Dorr, President of Williams Col- lege, 715.
Griffin, George lawyer (brother of above), 715, 742.
Griffin, Rev. Edward Dorr (son of above), 715.
Griffith, Colonel, 130.
Grim, Charles F., 722.
Grim, David, 709.
Grinnell, Cornelius, 771.
Grinnell, Henry (eminent merchant) 767, 771.
Grinnell, Moses H. (eminent merchant), 707, 771, 772, 773, 777, 778.
Griscom, John, 678.
Griswold Arms, 612.
Griswold family, various branches of, 612, 636, 637.
Griswold, Sir Matthew, of Malvern Hall, England, 612.
Griswold, Matthew, first magistrate of Saybrook, Con- necticut, married Anna Wolcott, 357.
Griswold, Matthew (son of above), first settler of Lyme, Connecticut, 612.
Griswold, John (son of above), 612.
Griswold, Governor Matthew (son of John), 160, mar- ried Ursula Wolcott, 358, 633, son of, 612.
Griswold, Governor Roger (son of above), 379, family note, 612, description of, 613, death of, 614.
Griswold, Rev. George (son of Matthew 2d), 613.
Griswold, George (grandson of above), merchanc of New York City, 612, 696, residence of, 710, 719, 735, 764, 765, 779, 782.
Griswold, Nathaniel Lynde (brother of above), mer- chant of New York City, 612, 782.
Griswold, Judge John (son of Governor Matthew), daughter married Richard McCurdy, 613, sons of, 636.
Griswold, John (son of above), merchant in New York City, 636.
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Griswold, Charles C. (brother of above), merchant in New York City, 636, daughters of, 637, 682.
Griswold, Matthew (son of Governor Roger), 612.
Griswold, Captain Robert (son of Governor Roger), 612. Griswold, Edward, library trustee, 418.
Griswold, Fort, garrison massacred, 256.
Grosvenor, Thomas P., member of Congress, 623. Grote, George (historian), 267.
Gunn, Rev. Alexander, 563.
Gunn, James, Senator in First Congress, 346.
H.
HAIGHT, BENJAMIN (alderman), 574.
Haight, David L., 442.
Haines, Charles G., 689.
Hake, Samuel (claimant of title of Lord Hake), 308.
Hakluyt, Richard, 555.
Hale, David, editor Journal of Commerce, 738, descrip- tion of, 739.
Hale, Nathan, capture of, 136, execution of, 137.
Hall, Rev. Dr. John, church of, 560, 760.
Hallam, Lewis (actor), 436.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene (poet), 706, 742, trustee of Astor Library, 755.
Hallet, Joseph, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Hallock, Rev. Moses, classical school of, 739.
Hallock, Gerard (son of above), editor Journal of Com- merce, 738, news schooners of, 739.
Hallock, Rev. William A., D. D., founder of American Tract Society, 739.
Hamersley, Sir Hugh (Lord Mayor of London), 209.
Hamersley, William (officer in British navy), settled in New York, 209.
Hamersley, Andrew (son of William), character of, and family, 209, wife of, 210, place of residence in 1788, 308, 367.
Hamersley, William (son of above), wife of, 209, pro- fessor in Columbia College, 469.
Hamersley, Dr. Andrew (son of above), author, 209.
Hamersley, Louis Carre (son of Andrew), 209.
Hamersley, Thomas (son of Andrew), wife of, 209.
Hamersley, A. Gordon (son of Louis Carré), 209.
Hamersley, John William (son of Louis Carré), family of, 209, 210.
Hamersley, James Hooker (son of John William), 210. Hamersley, William, Mayor of Hartford, 209.
Hamersley Arms, illustration of, 469.
Hamilton, Sir William, 767.
Hamilton, Alexander (financier and statesman), cap- tain of artillery, 77, early life of, 82, age of, 104, retreating with artillery from New York City, 126, skirmish of, 127, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, de- scription and portrait of, 234, courtship of, 235, at Hartford, 244, discovers treason of Arnold, 245, 247, suggests a confederation, 250, at Yorktown, 256, ex- ploit of, 257, 268, originates University of the State of New York, 283, Regent of the University, 284, origi- nates first banking institution in New York, 292, 293, represents New York at Annapolis Convention, 294, befriending the Loyalists, 295, character as a lawyer, 299, trying to quell Doctors' Mob, 307, establishes bank, 309, character and genius of, 310, love-let- ter of, 314, 315, in Convention to frame Constitution, 316, uniting the Federalist, 319, arguments of, 320, eloquence in State convention, 321, honored by great Federal procession, 323, 339, Secretary of the Treas- ury, 341, oration on life of Greene, 346, 347, 348, 352, plan for paying national debt, 359, opposing Jeffer- son, 367, 373, despairing, 374, 378, favoring National Bank, 380, at enmity with Burr, 381, 384, 387, con- test with Jefferson, 395, 398, 404, retires from Treas- ury, 405, 406, the Jay treaty, 414, 429, consulted, 431, 443, 451, 453, 454, power of, 456, Talleyrand's opinion of, 458, opposed to Adams, 459, indignation of, 460, writing Governor Jay, 463, 470, 479, religious ideas of, 480, purchase of The Grange, 481, social intercourse with Burr, 484, 491, challenged by Burr, 492, duel of, 493, 501, will of, 502, 503.
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