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Law Institute, organization of, in 1828, 717.
Lawrence, Abraham K., 779.
Lawrence, Augustus H., 574, 624.
Lawrence, Cornelius W., mayor, 723, family of, 724, quelling riot, 725, 732.
Lawrence, Effingham, daughter of, 724.
Lawrence, Isaac, President of bank, 520, wife of, 569.
Lawrence, Captain James, victory of, 623, portrait, 624, in command of the Chesapeake, 625, death of, 626.
Lawrence, John (judge advocate), at trial of Andre,
248, 300, in Federal procession, 326, in First Congress, 346.
Lawrence, John, Regent of University, 284.
Lawrence, John L., 469, president of Croton Water Board, 730.
Lawrence, John W., president Seventh Ward Bank, wife of, 724.
Lawrence, Richard, member of New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Lawrence, William, wife of, 724.
Lawrence, William Beach (author), 522, 706, 722.
Leake, Robert (British officer, settled in New York), 712.
Leake, John George, lawyer (son of above), death of, 711, will of, 712.
Leake, Robert William (brother of John), wife of, 712. Leake and Watts Orphan Home, corner-stone laid, 712.
Lear, Tobias, secretary of Washington, 348, 359, 373, 378.
Learned, Ebenezer, at battle of Saratoga, 184.
Leavitt, David, president of American Exchange Bank, 735.
Leavitt, Rev. Joshua (editor), 740.
Ledyard, Colonel, murder of, 256.
Ledyard, Isaac, Presidential elector, 464, 485.
Lee, Arthur, signs treaty with France, 194, 367.
Lee, General Charles, 45, 46, character of, 61, com- manding in New York, 62, aspirations of, 63, 64, pre- dictions of, 65, in Charlestown, 98, abusing Congress, 138, 139, strange conduct of, 145, 147, captured, 148, 156, treason of, 166, at Monmouth, 202, traitorous, 203.
Lee, Ezra (of old Lyme), experiment of, 99, wife of, 160.
Lee, Governor Henry, 82, in Congress, 311, 546.
Lee, Major Henry (Light Horse Harry), 211, at Paulus Hook, 226, 227, at battle of Springfield, 241, 244, dragoons of, 252.
Lee, Richard Henry, of Committee on Ceremonials, 204, president of Congress, 293, entertainments of, 294,
escorting Washington, 336, Senator in First Congress, 346.
Lee, Fort, 138, 142, 143, abandoned, 144.
Lefferts, Jacobus, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Lefferts, John L., 509.
Lefferts, Marshall, 766.
Leggett, Thomas, 728.
Leggett, Samuel, organized first gas company in New York, 728.
Leggett, William (politician and editor), 723, wife of, 728.
Leggett, William (son of Samuel), family of, 728.
Leggett, Sarah H., philanthropist, 728.
Leitch, Major, killed at battle of Harlem Heights, 130.
L'Enfant, Major, 196, French engineer, arranged great Federal procession, 321.
Lenox, Robert, writing Judge Iredell, 375, alderman, 574, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685, 781.
Lenox, James, 763, founding Presbyterian Hospital, 765, founding Lenox Library, 780, 781.
Lenox Library, 780, 781.
Leonard, William, captain of volunteers, 90.
Le Roy, Herman, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Le Roy, Herman, Jr., 686, 712.
Le Roy, Jacob (alderman), 574.
Le Roy, Jacob H., 685.
Le Roy, William, 686.
Leslie, General (British), 129, 130, 131, 133, 153.
Lewis, Francis, signer of Declaration of Independence, in second Continental Congress, 19, member of Com- mittee of One Hundred, 25, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Lewis, John, vestryman of Trinity Church, 367.
Lewis, Governor Morgan, soldier and jurist, 82, at battle of Saratoga, 186, marriage of, 235, Chancellor of the University, 283, 284, 299, officer of great Federal procession, 322, conducting Washington, 334, 336, 359, attorney-general, 383, judge, 389, daughter of, 442, chief justice of the State, 475, governor, 490, president of Historical Society, 515, 544, retires to country-seat, 545, 585, 595, 649, 719.
Lexington, battle of, 21.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, member of New York Provincial Congress, 32, in Legislature, 279.
Liancourt, de la Rochefoucauld, 448.
"Liberty Hall," home of Governor Livingston, in dan- ger, 158, expedition against, 218, alarm of inmates, 240, 304, Mrs. Washington at, 342.
Libraries. - New York Society, 417, description of, 418, neighborhood of, 419, Mercantile, founding of, 704, sketch of, 705, New York Athenaeum, founding of, 705, merged in New York Society, 706, Columbia Col- lege, 716, New York Hospital, 716, New York Histor- ical Society, 508, 554, 555, 716, Apprentices', 716, 717, Law Institute, 717, American Institute, 717, Episcopal Theological Seminary, 718, Union Theological Semi- nary, 720, Astor, 753, 755, Lenox, 780, 781, Cooper In- stitute, 782, 783, Mott Memorial, 783, Genealogical Society, 783, Geographical Society, 783, City, 783.
Lincoln, Abraham, President of the United States, 772, 773, assassination of, 778.
Lincoln, General Benjamin, commanding on the Hud- son, 158, at battle of Saratoga, 184, in command of Southern army, 215, captured, 237, at Yorktown, 256, receives surrender of Cornwallis, 257.
Lind, Jenny, musical artist, 771.
Lindsay, George, 468.
Linn, Rev. Dr. William, 354, director in first Missionary Society, 467, 468, founding Historical Society, 505. Lispenard, Anthony, Presidential elector, 1800, 464.
Lispenard, Leonard, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 46, Regent of the University, 284, 569.
Litchfield, Colonel John, wife of, 285.
Literary and Philosophical Society, foundation of, 678. Littell, Captain, gallantry of, 155.
Little, Sir Archibald, 767.
Livermore, Samuel, in First Congress, 346.
Livingston, Philip, in Legislature, 17, delegate to second Continental Congress, 19, member of Com- mittee of One Hundred, 25, of Committee on Conspir- acy, 74, in Congress, 80, daughter of, 183, residence of, 188.
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INDEX.
Livingston, Robert (first Lord of the Manor), 52, nephew of, 547.
Livingston, Robert (son of above), 52.
Livingston, Robert R. (son of above), judge, 52, death of, 67, wife of, 189.
Livingston, Chancellor Robert R., statesman (son of above), in second Continental Congress, 19, 32, in Congress, 83, 84, in Convention, 138, State constitu- tion, 161, Chancellor, 162, mother of, 189, wife of, 235, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 251, 260, 262, letters from commissioners at Paris, 264, retires from secre- taryship, 288, family of, 303,309, in State convention for adopting Constitution, 320, committee to receive Washington, 333, 336, administers oath, 337, house of, in Broadway, 338, dining with President, 341, 365, 366, 370, portrait of, 371, opposed to Schuyler, 383, 384, library trustee, 418, 428, defeated by Jay, 450, 463, 464, 468, minister to France, 474, 482, diplomacy of, 487, 512, 526, 532, 536.
Livingston, Robert (third Lord of Livingston manor), 215, daughter of, 278, family note, 441.
Livingston, Walter (son of above), member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, judge, 163, wife of, 215, wife invited to dine with Washington, 227, 228, Regent of the University, 284, nominates chaplain of Congress, 289, elected commissioner of the Treasury, 291, 396, 441, 585.
Livingston, Henry Walter (of Livingston manor, son of Walter), wife of, 296, secretary of legation at Paris, 391, bearer of communication to Washington, mar- riage and residence of, 396.
Livingston, Colonel John (great-grandson of second Lord of the Manor), 384, marriage of, 441.
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, daughter of, 88, treasurer of New York Congress, 89, daughter married Comte de Mosley, 302, wife of, 343, daughter married Count Niemcewicz, 448. Livingston, William, statesman and author (governor of New Jersey), 59, 71, governor, 80, residence of, 81, wife and family of, 82, 102, 106, letter of, 107, 145, counseling with Washington, 145, family at Basken- ridge, 156, conflicting duties, 157, Liberty Hall threatened, 158, daughter of, 174, pen of, 175, provid- ing for the soldiers, 180, daughters of, 196, with legis- lature at Trenton, 201, granddaughter of, 208, es- capes capture, 218, at Morristown, 236, daughters of, 246, opinion of the treaty, 268, 271, 276, 304, in the Convention, 312, founding New York Society Library, 418, 424, daughter's marriage, 441.
Livingston, Mrs. William (wife of governor), 34, at Lord Stirling's, 157, 218.
Livingston, Susan (daughter of Governor William), planted tree, 81, saved her father's papers, 218, mar- riage and residence of, 304, death of, 369, 383.
Livingston, Kitty (sister of above), 81, 218, writes Mrs. Jay, 235, receiving information from daughter of John Morin Scott, 285, marriage of, 304, second mar- riage, 441.
Livingston, Brockholst, judge (son of Governor Wil- liam), aid to Schuyler, 167, sails for Spain, 229, re- leased on parole, 271, character of, as a lawyer, 299, oration, 369, 414, library trustee, 418, 452, 461, 475, 479, second vice-president Historical Society, 505, scholarship of, 507, corporator of public schools, 517, 520, 585.
Livingston, Edward (jurist and statesman), at school, 188, mother of, 189, beginning the practice of law, 299, 420, 422, 452, 453, 471, mayor, 475, legal reports of, 476, description and residence of, 477, mayor, 484, laying corner-stone of City Hall, 486, courage and sickness of, 487, in New Orleans, 654, in Congress, 711, 719, Secretary of State, 722, minister to France, 723, Livingston code, 724.
Livingston, Gilbert, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 46, in New York convention which adopted Constitution, 321, Presidential elector in 1800, 464.
Livingston, Rev. Dr. John Henry, 37, residence of, 188, returned to city after Revolution, 276, Regent of the University, 284, 442, vice-president first Missionary Society, 467, 468, 563.
Livingston, Colonel James, 54.
Livingston, Schuyler, wife of, 297. Livingston, Lewis, 55.
Livingston, Lewis H., 384.
Livingston, Dr. Henry, daughter married Gerardus Duyckinck, 308.
Livingston, Robert Cambridge, vestryman of Trinity Church, 367.
Livingston, Edward P. (lieut .- gov.), grandson of Philip, signer of Declaration of Independence, 469.
Livingston, James, wife of, 547.
Livingston, Robert James (son of above), birth, wife of, sons of, 547.
Livingston, Maturin, 442, removed, 543, residence of, 547.
Livingston, Maturin (son of above), twin daughter, Bessie, married George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck. Livingston, Peter R. (brother of Maturin), wife and residence of, 547, opposes canal, 675, 716.
Livingston, Henry Beekman, residence and wife of, 546. Livingston, John R. (brother of the Chancellor), 545, residence of, 546.
Livingston, John W., 611.
Livingston, Swift, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685. Livingston, Thomas F., 686.
Livingston manor, William Smith confined at, 206.
Livingston, Robert Gilbert, daughter married Samuel Hake, 308.
Lloyd, Commodore (British naval commander), 656. Lloyd's Neck, 384.
Lockwood, Rev. Samuel, trustee of Yale College, 176. Longworth (publisher), 527.
Long Island, battle of, 106-111.
Loomis, C. B., 773.
Lord, Daniel, trustee of Astor Library, 755.
Lorillard family, 782.
Lorillard, Peter, 782.
Lorillard, Jacob, 782.
Lott, Abraham, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, captain of volunteers, 90.
Loudon, Samuel (editor), 286, in Federal procession, 325.
Louisiana, purchase of, 487.
Louis XVI., 40, favors United States, 174.
Louis Philippe (of France), entertained by Van Zandt, 34, traveling in America, 447.
Love Lane, now Twenty-first Street, 479.
Lovett, James, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690.
Lovett, Major John, 593, 598, 599, hearing destroyed, 608, 610, 611.
Low, Isaac, chairman of committee of Sixty, 21, issuing call for meeting, 22, of Committee of One Hundred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Low, Cornelius, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Low, Cornelius, 722.
Low, Abiel A., 773.
Loyalists embarking for Nova Scotia, 272, distress of, 273, law concerning, 281, struggles to obtain compen- sation for losses after the Revolution, 295, 297, funds, 298.
Ludington, William, ancestor of family, one of the first settlers of Charlestown, Mass., 212.
Ludington, William, 212.
Ludington, Colonel Henry (son of above), hastening to the relief of Danbury, 159, daughter of, 160, quelling disturbances, 163, entertains Washington, and is saved from capture by his daughter, 212, family note, 213.
Ludington, Lewis (son of above), founds Columbus, Wisconsin, 213.
Ludington, Sibyl, exploit of, 160, doing sentinel duty, 212, marries Hon. Edward Ogden, 213.
Ludington, Rebecca, doing sentinel duty, 212.
Ludington, Harrison (governor of Wisconsin), 213. Ludington, Nelson (Chicago), 212, 213.
Ludington, Charles J. (New York City), 213.
Ludington, James, founds city of Ludington, Michigan, 213.
Ludlow, Roger, deputy-governor of Mass., entertains Lion Gardiner in 1635, 634.
Ludlow, William, of Hill Deverell, Eng., 446.
Ludlow, Gabriel, married Sarah Haumer, first Ludlow in New York, 446.
Ludlow, David, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282. Ludlow, Gabriel, married Elizabeth Crommelin, 446. Ludlow, Gabriel (son of above), member of Committee of
One Hundred, 25, married Ann Verplanck, 300, 446.
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901
Ludlow, Edward H. (son of above), 446.
Ludlow, Gabriel W., member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Ludlow, Stephen (alderman), 574.
Ludlow, Carey, illustration of residence, 445.
Ludlow genealogy, 446, 447.
Ludlow, William W., member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Ludlow, Thomas W., at Irving dinner, 722.
Ludlow, Lieutenant Augustus C., 621, death of, 625. Ludlow, E. Livingston, 779.
Ludlow Arms, 446.
Lush, Major Stephen, 608.
Luzerne, Chevalier de la, French Minister, 227, 228, 236, reviewing American army, 255.
Lydig, David (director of Merchants' Bank), character of and residence of, 709.
Lydig, Philip (son of above), wife of, 709.
Lyell, Rev. Dr. Thomas, 561, wife of, 569.
M.
MACCREA, JENNY, murdered by Indians, 179.
Macdonough, Commodore Thomas, 642, victory of, 652, honors to, 653.
Machaness, J., director in first Missionary Society, 468. Maclay, Rev. Archibald, 564.
Maclay, William, in first Congress, 346.
Macomb, Alexander, purchasing State lands, 382.
Macomb, Alexander (son of above), Major-General U. S. army, portrait of, 594, Colonel, 595, 627, Brigadier- General, 642, victory at Plattsburg, 652, honors, 653. Macomb, John (or McComb), wife of, 469. Macomb, Robert, 611.
Macready, Charles (English actor), cause of Astor Place Riot, 752, escape of, 753.
Madison, James, 82, convention at Annapolis, 293, 314, logic of, 317, writing the Federalist, 319, in first Con- gress, 344, 347, 367, 368, 395, 396, 414, 420, secretary of State, 474, 485, 543, 548, elected President, 551, 552, 580, 586, 596, 614, re-elected President, 623, re- peals Embargo, 640, anxieties of, 661, 676.
Madison, Mrs. (wife of above), 480, 485, 596, saving State papers and portrait of Washington, 647.
Madison Square, 750, 758.
Magaw, Robert, 113, commands at Fort Washington, 142, attacked, 143, surrenders, 144.
Magnetic telegraph, invention of, 742, 743, first operated between New York and Philadelphia, 750.
Manon, Lord, supports Lord Chatham, 195.
Malcolm, Richard M., 609.
Malcolm, William, officer of the Revolution, 90, mem- ber of Assembly in 1784, 279.
Malibran, at Park Theater in 1825, at Bowery Theater 1826, 741.
Manhattan Water-Works in Reade Street, 455, 727. Mann, Asa, member of common council, 702.
Mann, Newton, 546.
Map of Manhattan Island, 68, 286.
Marbois, M. (French minister), 236.
Marcy, William L. (statesman), governor of New York, 723.
Marie Antoinette, presentation of Franklin, 194, 195. Mariner, William, daring exploit of, 211.
Marion, General Francis, vigorous operations of, 252.
Markets of New York, enlarged and improved, 349, 436, 786.
Marriner, Captain, 348.
Marsh, Rev. Freeman, wife of, 697.
Marsh, Colonel Joseph, 89.
Marsh, Luther R., 765.
Marshall, Charles H., 773.
Marshall, John, chief-justice of United States, envoy, 450, 466, 512, at trial of Burr, 540.
Marston, John, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Marston, Thomas, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Martin, Luther (Maryland), in the Convention, 314. Martin, Dr. Samuel, 79.
Martinez, Don Carlos, marquis of Yrujo (Spanish min- ister), wife of, son of, 430.
Mason, Rev. Dr. John, eminent divine and scholar, 37, Regent of the University, 284.
Mason, Rev. Dr. John M., eminent divine and scholar, 467, at Hamilton's death-bed, 500, founding Histori- cal Society, 505, 506, learning of, 510, 560.
Masonic Hall in Broadway, 710.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 505.
Mather, Rev. Moses, trustee of Yale College, 176.
Mathews, Rev. Dr. James M., 563, 706, residence of, 710, 714, 718, first Chancellor of the University of the City of New York, - daughters of, 720, 724.
Matjte Davits Fly, 128.
Matthews, Charles (actor), 682, as " Monsieur Tonson " at Park Theater, in illustration, 683.
Matthews, Mayor David, arrest of, 78, released on pa- role, 79, commanding troops in New York City, 208, country-seat of, 211.
Matthews, James (brother of the mayor), arrest of, 78. Matthews, General Vincent (son of above), family of, 78. Matthews, General (British), ravages Virginia, 219.
Maxwell, James Homer, wife of, 34.
Maxwell, General, drives British, 155, at Monmouth, 202, pursues British, 219, defends Springfield, 239. Maxwell, Hugh, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, 686.
Maxwell, William, vice-president of Bank of New York, 326, 686.
McArthur, Colonel Duncan, 591.
McCarty, David, State canvasser, 384.
McClellan, General George B., 39.
McCloskey, Cardinal, dedicating St. Patrick's Cathe- dral, 759.
McCloskey, Rev. John, Methodist clergyman, 467.
McCormick, Daniel, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
McCurdy, Charles Johnson (jurist and statesman), 39.
McCurdy, John (merchant and patriot), entertained Washington, 70, 619.
McCurdy, Robert (importing merchant), descent of, 613, 636, called union meeting, 772, 773, 778.
McDougall, General Alexander, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 47, preparing troops for service, 89, age of, 104, in battle at White Plains, 141, 142, com- manding on the Hudson, 158, in Legislature, 279, death of, 287.
McDowell, General, 124.
McEvers, Charles, married Mary Verplanck, 300.
McGillivray, Alexander (Creek Indian chief), reception of, 363, entertained by Tammany Society, 364.
McGowan's Pass, 127.
McHenry, James, Secretary of War, removed, 459.
McKay, James, 686.
Mckesson, John, clerk of Assembly, 285, standing as a lawyer, 300, 506, 515.
McKnight, Rev. John, family of, 284.
McKnight, Rev. Charles (son of above), family of, 284, death of, 285, director first Missionary Society, 467, 559.
McKnight, Dr. Charles (son of Rev. Charles), Regent of University of State of New York, 284, wife of, 285, 305.
McLane, James L. (Baltimore), wife of, (note) 735.
McLane, Dr., 685.
McLeod, Rev. Dr. Alexander, 560.
McNeven, Dr. William James, founding Literary and Philosophical Society, 678.
Mc Vickar, John (merchant and philanthropist), corpo- rator of public schools, 517, 519, 520, wife of, 523.
McVickar, Archibald (son of above), wife of, 520.
McVickar, John (son of John), professor in Columbia College, 469, wife of, 520, 706.
McVickar, Benjamin (brother of above), wife of, 520.
Mechanics, General Society of, resolutions of, 495.
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, scene of political meet- ings, 39.
Medical Society, incorporated, 524, 525.
Meigs, Jonathan, storms Sag Harbor, 161, exploit in Westchester, 190, at storming of Stony Po.nt, 224, 225.
Meigs, Return Jonathan, personal note, 161, governor, 591, Postmaster-General, 651.
Mercer, General Hugh, flying camp of, 91, 113, 116, 144, 145, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, killed at bat- tle of Princeton, 154.
Mercer, John Francis (governor of Maryland), in the Convention, 314.
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Mercier, Thomas R., 696, at Irving dinner, 722.
Mesier, Peter, fifteen buildings burned in 1778, 207, alderman, 574, 624, of Committee of Defense, 646, daughter of, 709.
Methodists, 467.
Michaux, François A. (author), 511, 513.
Middle Dutch Church in 1783, 276, 419, 466, 563, final service in, 760.
Mifflin, General Thomas, 94, 103, 114, 127, raising re- inforcements, 145, 146, 164, in the Convention, 314, 404.
Milledoler, Rev. Dr. Philip, 559.
Miller, Dr. Edward, 468, 512, 517.
Miller, Eleazer, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Miller, Colonel James, 591, bravery of, 545.
Miller, Rev. Dr. Samuel, director in first Missionary So- ciety, 468, founding Historical Society, 505, professor in Princeton College, 510, corporator of public schools, 517, address of, 554, 559. --
Minthorne, Mangle, 574, 575.
Minturn, Edward, 773.
Minturn, Benjamin G., corporator of public schools, 517.
Minturn, Robert B., 763, 765, 772.
Mirabeau, French orator and statesman, addressing audience, 369.
Miralles, Don Juan de, 236.
Mirror, New York, 740, 741.
Missionary Society, first founded, 467.
Mississippi, admission into the Union, 680.
Missouri, admission into the Union, 688.
Mitchill, Dr. Samuel Latham, 362, 470, founding Histor- ical Society, 506, editor of Medical Repository, 512, family of, 512, faith in steam navigation, 513, cor- porator of Public schools, 518, 519, wrote "Picture of New York," 529, 555, 575, 583, founding Literary and Philosophical Society, 678, 685, portrait of, 690, canal celebration, 699.
Mobile, Alabama, threatened, 639, attacked, 651.
Moncrieff, Major, wife of, 105, country-seat of, 211.
Money, paper, illustration of counterfeit, 272, illustra- tion of issue in 1790, 367, 648.
Monmouth, battle of, 202, 203.
Monroe, James (President of United States), at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, 379, appointed Minister to France, 396, recalled, 430, popularity of, 478, Louisiana pur- chased, 487, 548, Secretary of State, 651, 661, 663, elected President, 673, wife of, 680, prudence of, 693. Montgomery, General Richard, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, brigadier, 38, 39, 46, 48, 51, description and portrait of, 52, joins army, 53, 54, killed at Quebec, 55, wife of, 303, 482, residence of, 546. Monticello, 365.
Montpensier, Duke de, 449.
Mooney, William, Tammany Sachem, 362.
Moore, Right Rev. Bishop Benjamin, 410, President of Columbia College, 469, 483, 500, vice-president His- torical Society, 505, scholarship of, 509, 510, 568.
Moore, Clement Clarke (son of Bishop Moore), wife of, 410, 469, 741.
Moore, John B., member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Moore, John, daughter of, 520.
Moore, Nathaniel F., eminent scholar, professor and president of Columbia College, 469.
Moore, Thomas W. Channing, brings picture of Inte- rior of Park Theater into notice, 686.
Moot, The, members of, 32.
Morgan, General Daniel, 137, at battles of Saratoga, 180-186, victory of the Cowpens, 253.
Morgan, Edwin Dennison (governor), 762 ..
Morin, Maria, mother of John Morin Scott, 285.
Morocco, Emperor of, 365, 415.
Morris, Richard, 32, chief-justice of New York, 299.
Morris, George P. (editor and poet), ode by, 731, of New York Mirror, 740, 741.
Morris, Ensign Robert, killed at battle of Queenstown, 609.
Morris, Thomas, of council of appointment, 450.
Morris, Colonel Roger, joined King's forces, 209.
Morris (Roger) house, 127, 128, 130, council of war at, 139, 143.
Morrisania, old residence of Gouverneur Morris, 280, 281.
Morris, Lewis (judge), son of, 281.
Morris, Lewis (son of above), signer of Declaration of
Independence, in Congress, 20, in Legislature, 279, family of, 281, Regent of University, 284.
Morris, James (son of the signer), marriage of, 281.
Morris, Staats Long (British general), brother of the signer, 281.
Morris, Richard (Chief-Justice of New York), brother of the signer, 281, remarks of, 318, in State convention to decide on Constitution, 320.
Morris, Gouverneur, 32, 38, 46, 48, member of committee on conspiracy, 74, 79, 87, member of committee to frame constitution of the State, 161, 162, at Schuyler's headquarters, 167, with Jay at Philadelphia, 174, at Valley Forge, 196, committee on Ceremonials, 204, 206, description of, 237, assistant financier, 251, house of, 280, brothers of, 281, in the Convention, 312, portrait of, 317, drafts the Constitution, 318, in Paris, 330, 331, 347, 348, writing from France, 384, as min- ister, 390, 392, recalled, 395, 447, 470, elected Senator, 471, 487, address of, 495, president of Historical So- ciety, 515, street commissioner, 566, 578, canal commissioner, 579, 583.
Morris, Robert, financier, borrows money for the army, 132, laments condition of the treasury, 228, wife of, 235, 236, elected superintendent of finance, 251, en- tertains Washington, 255, 262, assisted by Hamil- ton, 293, in the Convention, 312, wife of, 342, 346, 374, 375, residence of, 377, 391.
Morristown, American army quartered in, 229, 232, 233, scene of Hamilton's courtship, 234, 235, Lafayette's return, 237.
Morrow, Jeremiah (governor of Ohio), 694.
Morse, Rev. Jedediah (geographer), 394, member Hist. Soc., 554.
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, inventor of telegraphy (son of above), 706, 742, portrait of, 743, success of, 744, family note, 745, death of, 746.
Morse, Sidney E. (son of Rev. Jedediah), founding New York Observer, 739.
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