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Morse, Richard C. (brother of above), editor, 739.
Morss, John, vote of thanks to, 689.
Mortier, Abraham, 437.
Morton, Levi E., 773.
Morton, John, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, home of, 156, daughter of, 442, 445, trustee City Dispensary, 468.
Morton, General Jacob (son of above), 300, family note, 445, corporator of public schools, 517, 550, 621, 624, 696.
Morton, Washington, courtship and marriage of, 443, 479.
Mosloy, Count de Otto (of the French Legation), mar- ried twice in New York, 302.
Mott, Dr. Valentine, 774.
Mott, Jacob, corporator of public schools, 517, alder- man, 574.
Mount Vernon, Washington visits, 256, 278.
Moustier, Marquis de, French minister, 303, house in Broadway illuminated, 338, gave a ball in honor of the President, 342, 343, taking leave of the President, 348. Muhlenberg, Speaker Frederick Augustus, dining with President Washington, 343, 345, 373, 421, 423.
Muhlenberg, Rev. General, 216.
Muhlenberg, General Peter, in first Congress, 345.
Muhlenberg, Rev. William A., 766.
Mulford, Judge John, 417.
Mulford, Col. David, 417.
Mulford, David, wife of, 41, 417.
Mulligan, Hercules, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Munson, Reuben, marriage of, daughter of, 270, alder- man, 575.
Munro, Rev. Harry, wife of, 401.
Munro, Peter J., 373, wife of, 401, 402.
Murfree, Major Hardy, at storming of Stony Point, 224, 225.
Murray, John, Jr., 514, 515, 516, corporator of public schools, 517, 526, prison commissioner, 736.
Murray, William V., minister at The Hague, 430, 459.
Murray, Joseph, books of, 134.
Murray, John, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, director first Missionary Society, 468.
Murray, Robert, house of, 123, wife of, 126.
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INDEX. 903.
Murray, Lindlay, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, mother of, 126, member of Historical So- ciety, 554.
Murray Hill, 27, army stores secreted in cellar of, 89, occupied by British, 125, incidents, 126.
N.
NASH, GENERAL FRANCIS, joins Washington in Phila- delphia, 175.
Nash, Governor Abner, 175. Nash, Jacob, 43.
Nash, Solomon, of artillery, 70, writes in journal, 122, retreat from New York City, 126.
Nathan, Benjamin, 773.
National Bank, discussion of, 380, establishment of, 673. Neilson, Dr. John, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Nelson, Jantes, 560.
Neville, General John, 403.
Newark, American army in, 145, British army in, 146, raid of British, 233.
Newbold, Mrs., portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685.
New Brunswick, American army in, 146, British army in, 147.
New England, excitement of, 23, men assembling in camp at Cambridge, 24, opposing war of 1812, 588, threatening attitude of, 640, coasts ravaged, 647, dis- content throughout, 661.
New Haven, college affairs, 176, 177, attacked by British, 221, 348.
New Jersey, character of, 58, exposure of, 80, Lord Howe's opinion of, 95, Washington's retreat through, 144-147, distress of people, 155, division of families, 157, ladies working for the soldiers, 190, Legislature, 201, armies marching through, 203, assault upon Paulus Hook, 226, 227, state exhausted, 238.
New London, burned by British, 256.
New Orleans, 487, preparations for defense, 654, salva- tion of, 658, victory, 659.
Newspapers. - The New York Gazette and Weekly Mer- cury, editor of, 127, the press in a formative state, 285, newspapers of 1784, 286, 451, 453, Commercial Advertiser, Evening Post, 479, American Citizen, Morning Chronicle, New York Daily Advertiser, 506, the New York Gazette, Mercantile Advertiser, Public Advertiser, Republican Watchword, Spectator, Ex- press, Herald, the People's Friend, New York Price Current, Weekly Museum, the Weekly Visitor, Inde- pendent Republican, the Weekly Inspector, the New York Spy, 525, 527, 528, 529, 707, New York Sun, Courier and Enquirer, New York Herald, Journal of Commerce, 738, New York Tribune, founded 1841, New York Express, founded 1836, New York Times, founded 1851, New York World, founded 1860, Sun- day Courier, established 1825 (first Sunday paper), New York Observer (religious paper), founded 1820, Christian Intelligencer, projected 1830, Evangelist, founded 1833, Independent, founded about 1853, 739, 740.
New Utrecht, visited by President Washington, 372. New Year's day, 56, 354, 355.
New York, City of, character of, 15, courted by Eng- land, 17, 18, misunderstood, 18, independent action of, 19, interests at stake, 20, excitement of, 21, ruling of the people, 22, counties of, 23, 27, 31, social affairs, 56, inhabitants flying, 58, importance of, 60, councils of, 61, indignant with the New Englanders, 62, alarm of, 63, army of, 73, suspected persons, 75, great ex- citement, 77, honorable attitude of, 84, fortifying, 86, reading of the Declaration of Independence, 92, public rejoicings, 93, Lord Howe's opinion of, 95, heats, 99, spirit of, 101, alarmed by British ships, 104, 105, threatened, 106, cheerlessness of, 114, British advancing upon, 121, 122, occupied by British, 123, 124, 125, houses marked, 134, fire of 1776, 135, build- ings converted into prisons, 151, the whole strength of England aimed at, 172, 203, fire, 205, explosion in harbor, 207, description in 1778, 207, citizens doing good, 208, military rule, 210, in 1780, 231, cheerless- ness of, 232, British fortifying, 252, perpetual appre- hension, 253, half ruined, 254, 271, embarkation of the Loyalists, 273, evacuation by the British, 274, desolation of, 275, condition of the population of,
286, capital of the nation, 289, stiffness of, 291, fur- bished, 301, resisting the encroachments of Congress, 309, agitated about Constitution, 320, Federal proces- sion, 322, 328, hilarious about the first President, 328, 331, 333, 335, Washington taking the oath, 338, illumination of, 338, general progress, 349, New Year's day in 1790, 355, organization and expenses of treasury department, 356, national debt, 357, social life in city in 1791, 361, drives, 371, President's departure from, 378, 380, much agitated, 389, a refuge for exiles, 391, 405, generosity of, 417, living in, 419, gayety of, 433, description of, 434, 437, want of water, 438, state of society, 440, manners and customs, 441, 458, excitement, 494, 500, social condition of, 504, benevolence of, 517, charitable institutions of, 524, commercial distress of, 542, opposition to, 549, busi- ness depression, 550, religious sentiment, 564, rapid progress of, 569, destiny of, 585, defenseless condi- tion, 588, varied opinions, 589, vigorous measures, 590, 605, 612, merchants, 616, ovation to Hull, 617, 619, 621, 631, illumination, 632, gloom, 639, 644, 646, general uprising of citizens, 649, 651, fortifications of, 660, 664, 665, benefits from canal, 675, appreciation of Clinton, 678, intense feeling, 689, celebration of canal completion, 696, 698, magnificent pageant, 699, 700, 701, business activity, 703, rapid increase of wealth, 709, discussing introduction of water, 727, 749, business prostrated, police riot, 769, 770, great financial distress, 732, 768, 786.
New York, State of, topography, 273, key of the con- tinent, 274, Vermont controversy, 364, lands sold, 382, 579, independence, 580, exposure, 587, 593, blockade, 632, geography of, 643, invasion of, by the British, 652, amount raised for free schools, 691, Erie Caual, 697.
New York and Harlem Railroad, incorporated 1831, 721. New York Bay, British squadron, 98, French squadron 203, explosion in, 206, frozen, 232, beauty of, 301, 665, 698, picture of, 749.
New York Journal, 28.
Nichols, Richard, 555.
Nicholson, Commodore James, 322, escorting Washing- ton, 333.
Nicholson, John, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31.
Nicola, Colonel Lewis, proposes a king, 272.
Nicoll, Francis, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31.
Niemcewicz, Count, writings of, 448.
Nitchie, John, on committee to defend city, 646.
Nixon, General John, character of, 103, regiment, 130, at battle of Trenton, 150.
Noah, Mordecai M., 686, 696.
Noailles, Marquis de, 174, minister to London, 194. Normal College for young women, 780.
North, Lord, 15, introduces conciliatory bills, 193, 194, 195, plans for conciliation, 199, mediatorial proposi- tion of, 251, receives news of the surrender of Corn- wallis, 258, resigns, 259.
North, William, Speaker of Assembly, 422, canal com- missioner, 579.
North Dutch Church in 1783, 276.
Norwalk (Connecticut), burning of, by British, 223, 348. Norwood, Richard, custodian of army stores, 89.
Nott, Rev. Dr. Eliphalet, President of Union College, 124, address of, 501, wife of, 502.
Nott, Rev. Dr. Samuel, 124.
Nott, Stephen, wife of, 124.
Noyes, William Curtis, 773.
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OAKLEY, JAMES, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690. Oakley, Thomas J., 723.
Observer, New York, established, 739.
Oelrichs, Henry, wife of, 401.
Ogden, Mrs., portrait in Interior Park Theater 685.
Ogden, Henry, at Irving dinner, 722.
Ogden, Thomas L., at Irving dinner, 722.
Ogden arms, illustration of, 726.
Ogden, David B., 442.
Ogden, Hon. Edward, wife of, 213.
Ogden, Edward A. (major U. S. A.), 213.
Ogden, Governor Aaron, 82, enters army, 104, in exploit
on Staten Island, 174, at battle of Springfield, 241.
553
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Ogden, General Matthias, 232.
Ogden, David, married Elizabeth Swain, 240.
Ogden, David (son of above), 240.
Ogden, Judge John, Newark, daughter murdered, 240. Ogden, Colonel Josiah (brother of above), 240.
Ogden, Rev. Uzal, D. D. (brother of above), 240.
Ogden, Judge David (cousin of three brothers above), family note, 240.
Ogden, Lewis M., 469.
Ogden, Gouverneur, 469, 687.
Ogden, Ludlow, 526.
Ogden, Isaac, opposes canal scheme, 675.
Ogden, Abraham, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690.
Ogdensburg, 626, sacked, 627.
Ogilvie, Captain Peter, 609.
Olney, Stephen, officer at Yorktown, 257.
Onderdonk, Henry, President Washington breakfasts with, 372.
Onderdonk, Andrew, of council of appointment, 450.
Onderdonk, Bishop Benjamin T., 717.
Opdyke, George C. (mayor), 774.
Orkney, Earls of (of Scotland), 300.
Osgood, Samuel, appointed commissioner of the treas- ury, 291, married widow of Walter Franklin, 330, family note, 331, committee to receive Washington, 333, Postmaster-General, 341, 347, 366, 378, 386, trustee City Dispensary, 468, corporator of public schools, 517.
Ostrander, Gideon, member common council, 702. Ostrander, John I, 674.
Oswald, Richard, framing the treaty of peace, in con- ference with Franklin, 260, with Vergennes, 261, com- mission of, 262, signing provisional treaty, 263, 264. Oswego, New York, captured by British, 642. Otis, Samuel A., 354.
Outhoudt, Henry, in Legislature, 279.
Outhout, Bleeker, poet, 773.
P.
PAGET, CHARLES (British officer), 634.
Paine, Ephraim, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31, judge, 163, in Legislature, 279.
Paine, Thomas, wrote " Common Sense," 59.
Palisades, the wonder of the French noblemen, 253, illustrated, 532.
Paper currency, 37, depreciated, 216, 217, no redemp- tion, 228.
Parish, Henry, 765.
Parish, John, 579.
Park Theater, 556, view of, 557, 558, 682, 683, Interior of, 684, 685, 686.
Parker, Daniel, commissioner to inspect embarkation of Loyalists, 272.
Parker, Admiral Sir Peter, 64, 108, 383.
Parker, Dr. Willard, 765.
Parks of New York, St. John's, 567, Union Square, 572, Madison Square, 574, Washington Square, 720, Cen- tral Park, 768.
Parks, Arthur, in Legislature, 279.
Parliament, discussions of, 12, 13, commissioners of, 73, opinions of members concerning war with America, 172, 173, shocked by disasters in America, 192, 193, 213, 229, 249, speech of the King, 258, resignation of Lord North, 259.
Parry, Caleb, 112.
Parsons, Rev. Jonathan, clergyman of Lyme, Conn., 160.
Parsons, Major-General Samuel Holden (son of above), 99, genius of, 103, 110, 111, at Kip's Bay, 123, com- mands on the Hudson, 158, personal note, 160, storms Sag Harbor, 161, expostulates with Tryon, 190, brigade of, 191, remarks of, 221, hastens to the help of Norwalk, 223, trial of Andre, 248.
Parsons, William H., wife of, 297.
Partridge, George, dining with President Washington, 354.
Passaic River, copper-mine upon, 426.
Patterson, Colonel (British adjutant-general), 96, 97, 143.
Patterson, William, Senator in First Congress, 346. Patterson, John, wife of, 441.
Paulding, James Kirke, author and politician, 529, 685, 722.
Paulding, William, member of New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Paulding, William, Jr., member Hist. Soc., 554, mayor 1824, 692, 699, 703, residence of, 709.
Paulus Hook, captured by Americans, 226, 227, severity of winter, 229, 375, 378.
Pawling, Levi, judge, 163.
Peabody, Arthur J., wife of, 767.
Peace celebration, names of ladies attending ball, 666, dinner at Ghent given by American Commissioners, 667.
Peace negotiations, germ of, 251, commissions of, 260, 261, preliminary treaty concluded, 263, definitive treaty signed, 267.
Pearsall, Thomas, corporator of public schools, 517.
Peck, Judge, 462, 611.
Peet, Dr. Harvey P., superintendent of Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 678.
Pell's Neck, landing of British at, 139.
Pendleton, Judge Nathaniel, 492, 493, 496, executor, 501, 520, 554, 555, 674, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, 685.
Penn, Governor John, wife of, 296.
Penn, William, 59, property of, 168.
Pennington, Governor William, 426.
Pennsylvania, insurrection in, 403, its suppression, 404, 422.
Percy, Lord, Sir Hugh Smithson (second Duke of Northumberland), in battle of Long Island, 109, en- tering New York, 126, attacks Fort Washington, 141, second attack, 142, 143, victorious, 144, at Colonel Gardiner's, personal note, 242, 243, cousins of, 270.
Perrin, John, 323.
Perry, Commodore Oliver Hazard, 629, portrait of, 630, great victory on Lake Erie, 631.
Perry, Alexander, brother of, 629. Phelps, Royal, 773.
Phelps, Anson G., house of, 766.
Philadelphia, occupied by the British under Howe, 178, the battle of the Kegs, 199, astir with revelry, 200, evacuated, 201, Congress to meet at, 376, yellow fever at, 394, generosity of, 416.
Philips, General (British), at battles of Saratoga, 182, 186.
Philipse, Ebenezer, 223.
Philipse, Mary Benedict (wife of above), 223.
Philipse, Frederick (third lord of the manor), wife of, 209.
Philipse Manor, third Lord of, 209.
Phillips, Rev. William W., pastor of Wall Street Church, 559.
Phobus, Rev. William, Methodist clergyman, 467.
Phoenix, Alexander (son of Sir John Fenwick, Bart.), 368.
Phoenix, Alexander (son of above), family note, 368.
Phoenix, Daniel, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, city treasurer, 367, sketch of, 368.
Phoenix, Rev. Alexander, 368.
Phoenix, Stephen Whitney, 368.
Phoenix Bank, president of, 384.
Pickens, General, vigorous operations of, 252.
Pickering, Timothy, Secretary of War, 405, 416, re- moved, 459, 466, 623.
Pierrepont, Edwards, 773.
Pigott, Sir Hugh, 44, in Gardiner's Bay, 632, 634.
Pinchon, Mons., French minister, 474.
Pinckney, Charles (Governor of South Carolina), in the Convention, 312, 712.
Pinckney, Charles Coatsworth, in the Convention, 312, 430, 450, 460.
Pinckney, Thomas, minister to Spain, 405, 415, Vice- President, 432, 481, 590.
Pinhorne, Judge William, 426.
Pintard, Lewis, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Pintard, Lewis, wife of, 88.
Pintard, Martha (daughter of above), marriage of, 88. Pintard, John, 355, 362. originator of Historical Society, 506, secretary of Historical Society, 507, city in- spector, 516, corporator of public schools, 517, 535, 648, 670, 671, 682, 696.
Pitcher, Lieutenant-Governor Nathaniel (acting gov- ernor), 716.
Pitt, William (see Lord Chatham).
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Pitt, William (son of above), 195, assailing the ministry, 258.
Platt, Jonas, wife of, 20.
Platt, Jeremiah, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Platt, Zephaniah, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, judge, 163.
Platt, Colonel Richard, 322.
Platt, James, 546.
Platt, Jonas, 553, 579, 670, 675.
Plattsburg (New York), victory at, 652.
Politics, 21, 40, 58, 60, 61, new political creed, 82, 84, feuds, 282, 309, novel undertaking, 315, 366, 369, 371, 385, 421, 472, 473.
Police of New York, 770.
Polk, James K., 39, elected President, 751.
Polnitz, Baron, 322, residence of, 574.
Poor, Association for Improving the Condition of the, 763, 764.
Poor, General Enoch, at battles of Saratoga, 183, with Sullivan's expedition, 218, death of, 244.
Popham, William, officer of the great Federal proces- sion of 1788, 322.
Population of the city in 1784, remarks concerning, 286, 423, increase of, 466, 666, in 1832, 721, in 1880, 749,750.
Porter, Commodore David, captures Alert, 616, disaster in the Pacific, 638.
Porter, Peter B , politician and soldier, canal commis- sioner, 579, accusing Smyth of cowardice, 611, 644, 645.
Portland, Duke of, approves treaty, 266.
Portugal, negotiations with, 365.
Post, Dr. Wright, professor in Columbia College, 490, 494.
Postmaster-General, the first, 330.
Potter, Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Nott, President of Union College, 124.
Potter, Rev. Dr. Henry C., rector of Grace Church, 124.
Potter, Hon. Clarkson Nott (statesman), 124.
Potter, Howard (philanthropist), 124, 774.
Potter's Field, 573.
Potts, Rev. George, installation of, 560.
Powers, William, 384.
Presbyterian Education Society, foundation of, 679.
Prescott, General (British), capture of, 165, 166.
Prescott, William, 41, 42, personal description of, 43, 44, 45, repels British at Frog's Neck, 139.
President of the United States, election of first, 328, the choice, 331, inauguration of, 337.
Prevost, Sir George, 593, 627, 631, 652, defeat of, 653.
Prevost, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Aaron Burr), 247.
Price, Hon. Rodman, 412.
Price, Edward, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 686.
Price, William M., 469, 477.
Price, Stephen, 469, 682, 686.
Pride of equality among the soldiers, 97, 98.
Prime, Nathaniel, wife and children of, 412, influence of, 710.
Prime, Ward, & King (bankers), 733.
Princeton, battle of, 154.
Prisoners of war, 208, exchange of, 216.
Prisons in New York, horrors of, 208.
Privateers fitted out by New York merchants, 590, im- portant services rendered by, 654.
Procession, great Federal, 321, 328.
Proclamation of neutrality, 1793, 388.
Proclamation, Emancipation, 1863, 774.
Proctor, General, 622, 628, 629, defeat of, 653.
Providence (Rhode Island), visited by President, 376. Provost, Bishop, Regent of the University, 284, chaplain of Congress in New York City, 289, family of, 304, reading prayers after Washington's inaugural, 338, wife of, 341, 354, 458, president Columbia College, 568.
Pruyn, John V. L., Chancellor of the University, 283. Public conveyances, 442, 443, 526. Purchas, Samuel, 555.
Pursh, Frederick (author and curator), 511.
Putnam, General Israel, 42, 44, 45, commander of New York, 66, obstructing the channel to the Hudson, 98, in command at Brooklyn, 104, 108, 116, retreat from New York city, 125, 126, 127, battle of Harlem Heights, 130, 143, 144, commands at Philadelphia,
148, 149, commands at Princeton, 158, at Peekskill, 181, in the Highlands, 190, commences West Point fortifications, 191, at Danbury, 214, 219.
Putnam, Rufus (colonel of artillery), 225.
Pye, David, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 384.
QUAKERS, philanthropy, and early efforts towards eman- cipation of negroes, 373, 674.
Quackenboss, John, 322.
Quincy, Josiah, wife of, 157, 550, 555, 558, caricature, 589.
Quincy, John W., 765.
Queenstown, storming of, 607.
R.
RACHEL, tragedienne, arrival in New York, 771. Radcliff, Jacob, mayor, 553, 680.
Rahl, Colonel (Hessian), at Trenton, 149, surprised, defeated, and killed, 150.
Ramsey, David (historian and author), entertains John Quincy Adams in New York, 294.
Randall, Robert Richard, donation to Sailors' Snug Harbor, 574.
Randall, Thomas, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Randall's Island, benevolent institutions upon, 737.
Randolph, Edmund, governor of Virginia, in Conven- tion, 312, 341, 355, Secretary of State, 405, 415, 416.
Randolph, John, 473.
Randolph, Lieutenant, 608.
Rathbone, William P., member Common Council, 702.
Rathbone, John, Jr., on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690, 696.
Rathbone, Lieutenant, killed at battle of Queenstown, (note) 609.
Rattoone, Rev. Elijah D., wife of, 569.
Ray, Richard, 384, 706.
Ray, Robert, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Raymond, Henry J., 739.
Raymond, Nathaniel, house burned by British, 223. Read, George, signer of Declaration of Independence, 39,
in Convention, 312, Senator in First Congress, 346, 347. Read, Lieutenant George Campbell, 615.
Reade, Sir William, Bart., 210.
Reade, Sir Richard, Bart., 210.
Reade Arms, 274.
Reade, Lawrence, descent of, 209, 210:
Reade, Hon. Joseph (son of above), 209, 210.
Reade, John (son of above), member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, daughter of, 209, 210.
Reade Street, 209, opened, 1794.
Reed, Matthew, member of common council (note), 702. Reed, General James, 44.
Reed, Colonel Joseph, 70, meets Lord Howe's messen- gers, 95, personal note, 96, interview with Patterson, 97, 103, in battle of Harlem Heights, 130, 131, 145, loses confidence of Washington, 147, at battle of Tren- ton, 150, at battle of Princeton, 154, 196, 238, 250. Regiment, Seventh, 752, 769, 773.
Reid, Captain Samuel Chester, commanding Privateer General Armstrong, description and portrait of, 655, gallant defense, 657, honor showered upon, silver service, 659, family note, 660, designing national flag, 681.
Remsen, Henry, member of Committee of One. Hun- dred, 25, of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Remsen, Jeremiah, member of New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Rensselaer Institute, incorporated, 693, 694.
Renwick, Professor James, 519, 706, 722.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 267.
Reynolds, Dr., killed at Detroit, 601.
Reynolds, Morris, 766.
Rhind, Charles, 702.
Rhinelander, F., letters of, 66.
Rhinelander, William C., residence of, 720.
Richard, Silas, 696.
Richards, A. C., 773.
Richards, Edgar, wife of, 735.
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Richardson, regiment at Harlem Heights, 130. Richardson, Judge James, 676. Richardson, Captain J., 686.
Richmond Hill House, Washington's headquarters at, 70, 117, residence of Vice-President, 334, Mrs. Adams's description of, 335, 352, 379, 461, Theodosia Burr's description of, 482, 493, deserted by Burr, 498, sold, 499, 569.
Ridley, Matthew, 442.
Riedesel, General, at battle of Saratoga, 179-186.
Riedesel, Baroness, at Saratoga, 184, ministering to the wounded, 185, courtesies from Schuyler, 187, borrow- ing fuel in New York City, 231.
Riggs, Caleb S., wife of, 426.
Riker, Richard, 368, 485, wounded, 486, member of Hist. Soc., 554, recorder in 1815, 680, 700.
Riots. - The Doctors' Mob, 1788, 306, 307, antislavery riots, 734, among stone-cutters, at Five Points, 725, bread riots, 732, Astor Place, 752, police riot, 769, draft riots, 775.
Ripley, Eleazer Wheelock, 595, brigadier, 642, 644, 645. Ripley, Rev, Mr., 223.
Ritzind, Rudolphus, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Rivington, James, sketch of, 49, 50, newspaper of, 286. Roach, Lieutenant Isaac, 606.
Robbins, Ezekiel, director first Missionary Society, 468. Roberts, Marshall O., 771, 783.
Robertson, General, efforts to save André, 248.
Robertson, Alexander, portrait-painter, 519.
Robinson, Colonel Beverley, joins King's forces, 209, 245. Robinson, William H., 686.
Robinson, Beverley, 722.
Rochambeau, Count de, 71, at Newport, 242, 243, meets Washington at Wethersfield, 252, inspecting Manhat- tan Island, 253, at Yorktown, 255.
Rochester, William B., 674.
Rockingham, Lord, opposed to the war, 172, premier, 259, death of, 260.
Rodgers, Commodore, 617, 638.
Rodgers, Moses, 463.
Rodgers, Dr. John R. B., professor in Columbia College, 470.
Rodgers, Rev. Dr. John, 37, daughter of, 88, residence
of, 188, return to city after the Revolution, 275, character of, 276, 282, Vice-Chancellor of University,
283, president Missionary Society, 467, 468, death, 559.
Rogers, Benjamin Woolsey, 519, 735.
Rogers, Fitch, 522.
Rogers, Moses, 367, 522, daughter of, 735.
Rogers, Nehemiah, 522.
Rogers, Captain Moses, commanded first ocean steamer, 538.
Rogers, Archibald, 735.
Rombouts, Francis, purchased estate of Indians, 220.
Romeyn, Rev. Dr. John Brodhead, 469, 560.
Ronan, Ensign, massacred by Indians, 604.
Roosevelt, Isaac, member of Committee of One Hundred,
25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, in Legislature, 279, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, president of Bank of New York, 287, daughter of, 304, 384.
Roosevelt, Nicholas (eminent inventor), member of Com- mittee of One Hundred, 26, 382, 424, 428, 535, design- ing first boat to New Orleans, 536.
Roosevelt, James H., founding Roosevelt Hospital, 766. Roosevelt Hospital, 766.
Roosevelt, John J. (captain of volunteers), 90, 382. Roosevelt estate, 567.
Roosevelt family, 766.
Ross, General (British), 651.
Rous, Sir John, motion of, in Parliament, 259.
Ruggles, Samuel B., donates Gramercy Park, 750, trus- tee of Astor Library, 755.
Rumsey, James, 427.
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, writes Speaker Muhlenberg, 373, 565.
Russ, Dr. John Dennison (inventor and scholar), 720, 764.
Russel, Archibald (philanthropist and scholar), founding Five Points House of Industry, 767, ancestry and family of, 768.
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