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Russell, John Watts, M. D., family of, 767, 768.
Russell, Archibald Douglass, family of, 767, 768.
Russell, Hamilton, family of, 767, 768.
Russell, Ebenezer, Regent of the University, 284.
Russell, Samuel, corporator of public schools, 517.
Russell, Jonathan, peace commissioner, 641.
Rutgers, Harmanus, 112.
Rutgers country-seat, 112.
Rutgers, Colonel Henry, member of Assembly in 1784, 279, 307, 364, 439, 466, donation of, 516, gift of, 559, 567,589.
Rutgers, Nicholas C., portrait in Interior of Park The- ater, 686.
Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, 559.
Rutgers College, New Jersey, established, 276. Rutherfords of New York, ancestry of, 768.
Rutherford, Walter, home of, 125, courtesies to Lady Stirling and daughter, 206, house of, 207, marriage of daughter to Matthew Clarkson, 304, library trustee, 418, family of, 768.
Rutherford, John, Regent of the University, 284, stand- ing as a lawyer, 300, street commissioner, 566, family of, 768.
Rutledge, John (statesman and jurist), minister to the Netherlands, 291, in the Convention, 312, 341.
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SACKETT, NATHANIEL, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Sackett's Harbor, 628.
Sag Harbor, storming of, in 1777, 161.
Salem Academy, 422.
Salisbury, Professor Edward Elbridge, 743.
Salisbury, Mrs. Edward Elbridge, 616.
Sands, James, family of, 412.
Sands, Comfort, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, of auditory committee of New York Congress, 87, President of Chamber of Commerce, 412, residence of, 728.
Sands family, note, 412.
Sands, Joshua, State canvasser, 384, family note, 412. Sands, Joseph, merchant, of Prime, Ward, & Sands, 412.
Sands, Robert Charles (editor and poet), 706, 707, 741, 777.
Sands, William R., 412.
Sands, Samuel Stephens, 412.
Sanford, Leland, 752.
Saratoga, battles of, 178-186.
Saratoga Springs, 438.
Saville, Sir George, seconds motion of David Hartley, 214.
Scammell, Colonel Alexander, 113, at battles of Saratoga, 180-186.
Schell, Augustus, President of Hist. Soc., 515, 779. Schermerhorn, Abraham, 722, 754.
Schermerhorn, Peter, 722.
Schermerhorn, family note, 744.
Schenck, Gysbert, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Schieffelin, Effingham, member common council, 702, 703.
Schieffelin, Henry H., student in Columbia College, 469. Schieffelin, Major William Henry, wife of, 401.
Schieffelin, Eugene, 779.
School, Woman's Art, 783.
Schools, Sabbath, number in New York in 1880, 762.
Schools, public, in 1880, number of, 779, College of City of New York, 779, Normal College, 780.
Schools, private, in 1880, 780.
Schroeder, Rev. Dr. John Frederick, 706.
Schuyler, General Philip, portrait of, 17, delegate to Continental Congress, 19, 38, appointed major-general, 45, 46, description of, 51, in the army, 53, captures Sir John Johnson, 60, applauded by Congress, 61, appealing for troops, 71, aiding the commissions to reach Canada, 72, criticised, 73, moves against Sir John Johnson, 74, differences with Gates, 98, sending help to Washington, 145, displaced and restored, 166, obstructing Bur- goyne's progress, 167, superseded by Gates, 168, 178, wife of, 179, 180, house burned, 184, at surrender of Burgoyne, 186, courtesy of, 187, daugliter of, 234, 235, in Legislature, 279, befriending the Loyalists, 295, relationship to the De Lanceys,. 298, 309, senator in first Congress, 346, 352, 367, 381, defeated by Burr, 383, 433, elected to Senate, 430, 443, 445, gift, 481,
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experiment on moving canal-boats through locks, | Slidell, John (son of above), senator, (note) 519. 578.
Schuyler, Colonel John, proprietor of copper-mines on the Passaic, 426, 471.
Schuyler, John, 779.
Scotch-Irish, character of, 39.
Scott, Sir Walter, opinion of Irving's writings, 530.
Scott, John Morin, member of Committee of One Hun-
dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Convention, 31, 32, 38, 48, sketch of, 49, commanding city battal- ions, 89, family note, 90, 104, 117, 123, retreat of, 124, 125, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, commanding on the Hudson, 158, one of committee to frame Constitu- tion, 161, 162, 206, daughter of, 285.
Scott, Lewis Allaire (son of above), secretary of the State of New York, reeidence of, 308, appointed com- missioner, 382, 450.
Scott, Winfield, Lieutenant-General U. S. A., 595, 606, 610, surrenders, 611, 629, 642, gallantry of at Chippewa, 643, at Lundy's Lane, 644, wounded, 645.
Seaman, Valentine, corporator of Public School Society, 517.
Searle, John (artist), 686.
Sears, Isaac, 21, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25, 49, 57, dropped out of the New York Councils, 61, abusive, 62, 64, member of Legislature in 1784, 279. Seaton, James, 686.
Sedgwick, Theodore (lawyer and author), entertains John Quincy Adams, 294, in First Congress, 345, 367, 442, 444, 723.
Selden, Ezra (of Lyme), at storming of Stony Point, 225. Selden, Colonel Samuel, 123, wounded, 124, family note, 125.
Selden, Richard Ely (grandson of), 124, 125.
Selden, Judge Samuel Lee, 124.
Selden, Judge Henry K., 124.
Selden, Hon. Dudley, 124, 125.
Selden, William Ely, 125.
Selkirk, Earl of, 390.
Sergent, Rev. Thomas, 467.
Seton, William, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Seward, William H., Secretary of State, 707, 747.
Seymour, Major Moses, house of, 78, family note, 677. Seymour, Henry (son of above), canal commissioner, 677. Seymour, Governor Horatio, opening Mercantile Library, 705.
Sharp, Richard, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26. Shays, Daniel, rebellion in Massachusetts, 311.
Sheaffe, General, 600, succeeds Brock, 610.
Shelburne, Lord, opposed to the war with America, 172, Secretary of State, 257, Premier, 260, agents of, 261, policy of, 264.
Sheldon, Henry, 766.
Shepard, Dr. Horatio David, 738.
Sherbrooke, Miles, country-seat of, 211.
Sherman, John, Secretary of Treasury, mother of, 159. Sherman, General William Tecumseh, mother of, 159.
Sherman, Roger (statesman), of New Haven, 224, in the
Convention, 313, in Congress, 332, in First Congress, 345, 348.
Sherman, Isaac (son of above), at storming of Stony Point, 224, 225.
Sherred, Jacob, donation of, residence of, 710.
Shewkirk, Rev. Mr., 122.
Shippen, Edward, Chief-Justice of Pennsylvania, daugh- ter of, 236.
Sibley, Solomon, 591.
Sibley, Lieutenant, killed at Detroit, 601.
Silk-culture in Connecticut in 1789, 348.
Sill, Theodore, 646.
Silliman, Gold Selleck (lawyer and soldier), 66, 124, brigade of, 125, retreat from New York, 126, flying to the rescue of Danbury, 159, 160, 243.
Silvester, Peter, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31.
Simpson, Edmund, lessee of Park Theater, 682. Sims, Lieutenant, 607.
Sinclair, Lord, Scotland, 300.
Sing-Sing, site of prison selected, 736.
" Skinners," war party in the Revolution, 212. Slavery in New York, Society for the Abolition of, 419, important bill, 674.
Slidell, John, first president Mechanics' Bank, 519, alder- man, 574.
Sloane, Samuel, 773.
Smallwood, William (major-general), 111, 113, 127. Smith, Adam, sentiments of, 59.
Smith, William L. (statesman), South Carolina, member of First Congress, 344, 395.
Smith, Rev. Dr. John, 423.
Smith, Rev. Daniel, Methodist clergyman, 467.
Smith, Thomas A., brigadier-general, 642.
Smith, General D., at Chippewa, 643.
Smith, Jeremialı, 379.
Smith, John Cotton (governor), 757.
Smith, Rev. Samuel Stanhope, president Princeton Col- lege, 82, 442, member Historical Society, 555.
Smith, Melancthon, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 46, success of as a lawyer, 299, 309, 382, 384.
Smith, William Peartree, 233, voting for adoption of Con- stitution, 321, library trustee, 418.
Smith, William (chief-justice of Canada), member of The Moot, 33, one of the Committee to frame State Con- stitution, 161, suspected of toryism and sent to New York, courtesies to Lady Stirling and daughter, 206, 555, 714.
Smith, William Pitt, 362.
Smith, Robert, officer of the Revolution, 90, Secretary of Navy, 474.
Smith, Colonel Josiah, 102, 107.
Smith, Colonel William Stevens, 272, secretary of Lega- tion in London, 292, married daughter of John Adams, 294, 303, 348, 350, 354, 367, 485.
Smith, Richard R., sheriff, 385.
Smith, Thomas, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, member of New York Provincial Convention, 31. Smithson, Sir Hugh, Baronet, Earl Percy, Duke of Northumberland, 242.
Smithson, Sir Hugli (son of above), Lord Percy, after- ward second Duke of Northumberland, 212, 270.
Smitlison, James (brother of above), founder of Smith- sonian Institute, 242.
Smithson, Martha, marriage of to Robert Hartley, 270. Smyth, Alexander (Inspector general), 607, dismissed from service, 611.
Social affairs of New York, while the seat of Congress, 295, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 367, 480, 686.
Societies, benevolent, list of, in 1807, (note) 524.
Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, founding of, 518.
Society, Infant School, organization of, 679.
Society, Sabbath School, organization of, 679.
Society, St. Andrews, 495.
Sotomayer, Duke of (son of Spanish minister to the U. S.), 430.
Southwick, Jonathan, daughter of, (note) 757.
Southwick, Solomon (editor), 585.
Spain, policy of, 216, in secret alliance withi France, 228, clainis of, 263, an obstacle to the treaty, 263, soliciting friendship of United States, 289, disputes with, 365, offended, 397.
Spencer, General Joseph, standing of, 103, 116, 117, in battle at White Plains, 141, gallantry, 155.
Spencer, Ambrosc, 540, 456, death of, 645.
Sperry, Simon, in fight with British at New Haven, 222. Sperry, Richard, ancestor of family in Connecticut, 222. Sperry (ex-mayor), New Haven, 222.
Sperry, N. D., 222.
Spies of the Revolution, 231.
Spring, Rev. Samuel, D. D., 501.
Spring, Rev. Gardiner, D. D., of Brick Church (son of above), 501, ordination of, 558.
Springfield, N. J., raid of British, 239, battle of, 241. Springler, Henry, farm of, 573.
St. Clair, General Arthur, evacuates Ticonderoga, 166, 168, near West Point, 219, establishing guards on the Jersey shore, 233, trial of Andre, 248, dining with Washington, 343.
St. John, Samuel, member common council, (note) 702.
St. Leger, General (British), approaching from Lake Ontario, 168, repulsed at Fort Stanwix, 170, 173, 205. Stagg, Benjamin, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Stagg, Jolın, in Legislature in 1784, 279.
Stanhope, Lord, 532.
Stanton, Charles, vestryman, Trinity Church, 367.
Stark, General John, 44, 45, at battle of Trenton, 149,
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150, at battle of Princeton, 153, at Bennington, 170, | Sullivan, General John, superseded by Gates, 98, in trial of André, 248, 312.
" Star Spangled Banner," origin of song, 651.
Staten Island, 91, 94, 95, British in harbor, 100, en- campment, 105, 107, scene of peace negotiations, 119, army quartered, 202, 219, Lord Stirling's descent upon, 232.
State Rights, 318, 319.
Steam locomotives, first in use, 537, first in America, 721. Steam navigation, steamboat of Fitch, 424, 425 (note), 429,
first steamboat on Hudson, 531, on Mississippi, 535, on Delaware, 536, steamer Savannah, 538, remarkable in- crease of steam vessels, 703, port of New York, 749. Stephens, Rev. Jolin, 564.
Steuben, Baron, description of, 196, character of, 197, at the Verplanck mansion, 219, anecdote of, 228, exhibition of tactics, etc., 236, training troops, 244, trial of André, 248, thwarting Cornwallis in Virginia, 253, presides at formation of the Cincinnati, 273, wounded in trying to quell Doctors' Mob, 307, 341, 346, 367, 709.
Stevens, Samuel, president State Board of Water Com- missioners, 730.
Stevens, General Ebenezer, leading artillery into Can- ada, 71, wife of, 412, 649, 784.
Stevens, John A., 735.
Stevens, Colonel John (inventor), 424, 428, builds steam- boat, 536, residence of, (note) 536, 537, 539.
Stevens, John Cox (son of above), 536.
Stevens, Robert Livingston (inventor), 536, (note) 539. Stevens, William, wife of, 426.
Steward, Major John, at storming of Stony Point, 224. Stewart, Hon. Thomas E., wife of, 176.
Stewart, Alexander T., merchant, 773, career of, 783.
Stewart, Captain Charles, victories at sea, 664.
Stiles, Rev. Dr. Ezra, president of Yale College, 128, 177, 221.
Stiles, Ezra (son of above), doing soldier's duty, 221.
Stirling, Lord (William Alexander), 57, 59, surveying New York for fortifications, 63, in command of New York, 615, age and character of 103, 108, 110, surren- dercd, 111, 114, exchanged, 138, crossing the Dela- ware, 147, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, at battle of Princeton, 153, portrait and sketch of, 156, 164, in bat- tle of Scotch Plains, 165, reports intrigue to Wash- ington, 169, wife of, 196, wife and daughter at Valley Forge, 200, wife and daughter visit the city, 206, near West Point, 219, daughter married, 226, expedition to Staten Island, 232, 244, death of, 287, portrait of daughter, 295, descendants of, 767, 768.
Stockholm, Andrew, officer of Revolution, 90.
Stockton, Richard, LL. D, lawyer and statesnan (of New Jersey), 551.
Stone, Colonel William L., 697, editor of Commercial Ad- vertiser, 740.
Stonington (Connecticut), bombarded, 647.
Stony Point, design upon, 223, storming of, 224, 225.
Storm, Thomas, director first Missionary Society, 468. Stormout, Lord, left France, 194, 258.
Storrs, Henry R., 707.
Story, Francis V., 738.
Stoutenburgh, Isaac, officer of Revolution, 90, in Legis- lature, 279.
Stoutenburgh, Isaac, prison commissioner, 736.
Stoutenburgh, Peter, 323.
Strachey, Sir Henry, Baronet, 263.
Streets of New York, opening of, 565, regulation and numbering of, 571.
Strong, Caleb, governor of Massachusetts, in Convention, 312, Senator in First Congress, 346, refusing President's call for troops, 612, 613.
Strong, Benajah, daughter of, 20.
Strong, Selah, member New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Stuart, Robert L., 765.
Sturgess, LL. D., Jonathan, jurist, in First Congress, 345.
Sturgess, Jonathan, philanthropist, 765.
Stuyvesant, Gerardus, residence of, 209, founding Hist. Soc., 505.
Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, wife of, 210, 576.
Stuyvesant, Peter Gerard, wife of, 297, founding Hist. Soc., 505, 511, president Hist. Soc., 515, 576, 722. Stymetz, Frederick, 322.
Submarine navigation, 98, machine of Bushnell, 99. Suffern, Thomas, residence of, 720.
command at Brooklyn, 104, 107, 108, 109, captured, 110, 114, visited Congress on parole, 119, joins Wash- ington, 148, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150, 164, at- tacks Staten Island, 174, joins Washington, 175, at battle of Brandywine, 177, 178, expedition among thie Indians, 217.
Sully, Thomas (artist), painting portraits of Dr. Hosack and Decatur, 583.
Sumpter, General Thomas, vigorous operations of, 252. Sun, New York, founding of, 738.
Surrey, Earl of, 259.
Suydam, Jacob, country-seat of, 211.
Suydam, D. Lydig (philanthropist), 766.
Swart, Dirck, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
Swartwout, Colonel, 66.
Swartwout, Jacobus, in Legislature, 279.
Swartwout, John, 485, 496, 671.
Swartwout, Robert, 486, wifc of, 708.
Swartwout, Samuel, at Irving dinner, 722.
Swift, General Josepli G., fortifying Brooklyn Heights, 600, on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690, 696.
Swords, James, member of Hist. Soc., 554.
Sylvester, Peter, in First Congress, 345.
Symmes, Jolin Cleve, wife of, 218, daughter of, 709.
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TABER, HENRY M., 765.
Talbot, Rev. Mortimer R., wife of, 427.
Talbot, Charles N., 765.
Talbot, Mrs. Eliza, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, 686.
Talleyrand, 406, 450, 483.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, 20.
Tallmadge, Frederick A., 20.
Tallmadge, Henry Floyd, 20.
Tallmadge, Matthias B., wife of, 119, Hist. Soc. 554.
Tallmadge, Major, exploit on Long Island, 249.
Tallmadge, James (lieutenant-governor), at opening of Erie Canal, 697.
Talman, Lieutenant, 628.
Tammany Society, foundation of, 362, 363, 364, 369, 495, 507, 575.
Tappan, Christopher, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, 89, 118.
Tappan, Dr. Peter, 46.
Tappan, Arthur, house sacked by mob, 724, founder of Journal of Commerce, 738.
Tappan, Lewis, house sacked in riot, 724.
Tarrytown, capture of Andre, 246.
Tayler, Lieutenant-Governor John, 283, 623, 675.
Taylor, Jacob B., member of common council, (note) 702. Taylor, Jolın, 564.
Taylor, Rev. Nathaniel, trustee of Yale College in 1777, personal note, 176.
Taylor, Moses, in the enterprise of Atlantic cable, 771, 773.
Tea Water Pump, old, 350, 424, 727.
Tecumseh (Indian chief), 601, 605, 629, deatlı of, 631.
Temple, Sir Jolin, in New York City, 291, social habits, 302, house attacked by Doctors' Mob in 1788, 307.
Templeton, Oliver, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Ten Broeck, Abraham, 16, member of New York Provin- cial Congress, 31, made judge, 163, at battles of Sara- toga, (family note) 183-186.
Ten Broeck, Henry, corporator public schools, 517.
Ten Eyck, Jacob C., madc judge, 163.
Ten Eyck, John A., judge, 163.
Tenement-houses, crowded condition of, 763.
Terbell, Henry S., 765.
Texas, annexation of, 751.
Thacher, George, 345.
Thackeray, William M., 771.
Thatcher, Dr. James, 126, at Beverley mansion, 216, 232, 236, 250, describes situation of army, 254.
Theaters of New York. - John Street, 338, visited by President Washington, 352, Park Theater built, 436, 477, 557, 621, 682, burned and rebuilt, illustration of, 683, Bowery opened, 1826, 741, number of theaters in New York in 1880, 741.
"The Grange," Hamilton's country-seat, illustration of, 482, 492.
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Theological Seminary of Protestant Episcopal Church, organization of, 506.
Theological Seminary Union, founded, 507.
Thomas, David (State treasurer), 585.
Thomas, John, Jr., member of New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Thompson, Charles (Secretary of Congress, 1774-1789), 293, character of, 294, traveling to Mount Vernon, 332.
Thompson, Smith, 475, 479, death of, 480, 675.
Thompson, Jeremiah, collector of the port, 479.
Thompson, Rev. William, 637.
Thompson, John, settled in Brookhaven, 637.
Thompson, Jonathan, collector of the port, 637. Thompson, David (son of above), 637.
Thompson family note, and arms, 637.
Thornton, Andrew, 415.
Throop, Enos T. (lieutenant-governor), 716, at dinner to Edward Livingston, 723.
Ticonderoga, fortified, 98, fall of, 166, 167.
Tilghman, Colonel Tench (brother of Judge William), 139.
Tillinghast, Charles, 319.
Tillotson, Robert, 717.
Tillotson, Dr. Thomas, 475, secretary of State of New York, 544, residence of, 546.
Times, New York, founding of, 739.
Tombs, The, City prison, 736, illustration of, 737.
Tompkins, Daniel D. (governor), 283, 469, member of Hist. Soc., 505, 506, 515, corporator of public schools, 517, 544, re-elected governor, 553, 583, 611, re-elected, 623, 649, 651, 659, elected Vice-President, 673, 675, re-elected Vice-President, 687, 691.
Tontine Association, formation of, 383.
Torbert, Samuel, corporator of public schools, 517, alder- man, 574.
Tories. - Diabolical schemes, 73, disarmed, 74, circum- vented, 76, rumors, 77, compelled to show colors, 85, 90, stronghold of, 100, hiding in swamps, 105, forays into New Jersey, 158, jubilant with the fall of Fort Ticonderoga, 167, at Bennington, 170, plundered by British, 174, fighting on the Hudson under Sir Henry Clinton, 182, regiments of, 197, 198, mortification of, 203, in Western New York, 205, in New York City, 207, influencing Indians, 217, criticising Sir Henry Clinton, 227, forming companies in New York City, 232, massacre by, 256, the treaty, 263, 273, 462.
Torpedoes, experiments with, 638.
Torrey (naturalist), 511.
Totten, Joseph, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25.
Tourette, Count de la, 383.
Townsend, Samuel, one of committee to frame State Con- stitution, 161, in Legislature, 279.
Towson, Captain Nathan, 607, 645.
Tracey, Charles, 766.
Tracey, Urialı, 421.
Treasury Department, office burned, 466.
Treaties between Great Britain, France, and Spain, signed, 267.
Treaty with England, provisional, signed, 263, 274, general treaty signed, 264.
Treaty with England, Definitive, 264, discussion of the articles, 265, signing of, 266, 267, low regarded, 268, news of the signing of, 274.
Treaty, Jay, opposition to, 411, ratified, 413, signed, 414, 420.
Treaty with France signed, 460.
Tredwell, Thomas, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32, one of committee on conspiracy, 74.
Tredwell, Dr., 197.
Trees, shade, cut for fuel, 231, destruction of, 368.
Trenton, battle of, 150.
Tribune, New York, foundation of, 739.
Trinity Church, 367, 458, 495, donation of, 517, illustra- tion of, 554, donation to, 561, donations and liberality of, 567, edifice described, 758.
Troup, Robert, character as a lawyer, 299, 300, in Fed- eral procession of 1788, 326.
Trowbridge, Rutherford, in battle when British attacked New Haven, 222.
Trumbull, Rev. Dr. Benjamin, member Hist. Soc., 554.
Trumbull, George, corporator of public schools, 518.
Trumbull, Rev. John, trustee of Yale College in 1777, 176 ..
Trumbull, Colonel John (author and artist), 56, 362, 526. Trumbull, Governor Jonathan, 57, met Washington, 70, addressed about Schuyler, 73, raising troops, 103.
Trumbull, Governor Jonathan (son of above), in First Congress, 345.
Trumbull, Hon. Lyman, 124.
Trumbull, Fort, garrison massacred, 256.
Truxton, Commodore Thomas, 498, 555.
Tryon, Governor William, in England, 16, returns to New York 17, returns from Europe, 45, 46, 47, es- capes to the Duchess of Gordon, 48, 50, 61, intriguing, 78, on Murray Hill with army, 126, burns Danbury, 158, barbarities of, 190, 198, attacks New Haven, 221, 222, burns Fairfield and Norwalk, 223, 231, revenge of, 249, 295.
Tucker, Thomas Tudor, 354.
Tucker, Gideon, of Committee of Defense, 646.
Tudor, Samuel, captain of volunteers, 90.
Tupper, Samuel, commanding small fleet, 90.
Turtle Club, 514.
Tusteen, Benjamin, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32.
Tyler, John (President of the United States), 243, 637, succeeding Harrison as President, marriage of, 747.
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UNIFORM of first soldiers of Revolution, 86, 87, variety, of, 97, British, 106.
Union Club, founded, 707.
Union College, Schenectady, founded, 422.
Union League Club, founded, 778, 779.
Union Theological Seminary, established 1836, 720, 762. Union Square, 749.
University of the State of New York, founded, 282, com- plete list of chancellors, 283, regents, 284, schools and academies created, 422, 423.
University of City of New York, founded, 719, 720, dedi- cated, 742.
University Place, improvements in, 720.
Utica, 169, opening of the canal, 698.
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VALLEAU, LIEUTENANT, killed at battle of Queenstown, (note) 609.
Valley Forge, army quarters, 190, 196, dinner-party, 197, 200.
Van Antwerp, Simon, alderman, 574.
Van Berckel, minister from Holland, 294, 302, 354, daugh- ter of, 372.
Van Berckel, Frank (son of above), 305.
Van Buren, Martin, 544, governor of New York, 673, 675, U. S. Senator, 687, 711, 716, Vice-President, 722, 723, President, 731.
Van Buren, John, 519.
Van Cortlandt, Hon. Stephanus, wife of, 51, great-grand- son of, 95, (note) 695.
Van Cortlandt, Philip (son of above), 95, wife of, (note) 695.
Van Cortlandt manor-house, Croton Landing, 695.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, lientenant-governor (son of Philip and grandson of Stephanus), 95, son of, 119, elected lieutenant-governor, 163, 191, 279, 367, 373, 376, 378, governor, 384, portrait of, and testimonial, 407, fan- ily note, 408, manor house and silverware, 695.
Van Cortlandt, General Philip (son of lieutenant-gov- ernor), member of New York Provincial Congress, 32, commanding at Peekskill, 94, 95, age of, 104, at bat- tles of Saratoga, 180, 186, portrait of, 408, 692, accom- panies Lafayette, 693, home of, 695.
Van Cortlandt, General Pierre (son of lieutenant-gov- ernor), marriage of, 119, 376, 384, Presidential elector, in 1800, 464, 595, letters of, (note) 596, manor house, 695, 711.
Van Cortlandt, Colonel Pierre, present proprietor of manor house, (note) 596, silverware, 695.
Van Cortiandt, Jolin, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31. Van Cortlandt, James, member of New York Provincial Congress, 32.
Van Cortlandt, Angustus (son of Frederick Van Cort- landt), loyalist, 105, conntry residence of, 211, daughter of, 281.
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Van Cortlandt, Stephen (loyalist), 410.
Van Cortlandt, Philip (son of above), British officer, 410.
Van Cortlandt mansion, Kingsbridge, Washington dines at, 253.
Van Cortlandt silverware, illustration of, 695.
Van Dam, Anthony, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Vanderbilt, John, alderman, 621.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, career and wealth of, 784.
Vanderlyn, John (artist), 188.
Van Dyck, Abraham, 39.
Van Dyke, James, 322.
Van Ess, Leander, 706.
Van Horne, Garrit, (note) 36.
Van Horne, Augustus, member of Committee of One Hundred, 26.
Van Horne, David, wife of, 35, family of, 101, returns to Flatbush, 103, country-seat of, 211, daughter of, 285. Van Ness, Colonel, 66.
Van Ness, Judge William W., (note) 585.
Van Ness, William P. (lawyer), 491, indicted, 496.
Van Ness, Peter, Presidential elector, 464.
Van Rensselaer, Lieutenant-Governor Jeremiah, in First Congress, 346, Presidential elector in 1800, 464, 578.
Van Rensselaer, Robert, member of New York Provin- cial Congress, 31, 89.
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