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Van Rensselaer, Philip, 373, family of, 598.
Van Rensselaer, General, defeats Tories and Indians, 249.
Van Rensselaer, General Stephen (the patroon), 367, wife of, 373, 384, lieutenant-governor, 411, portrait of, 449, 474, 546, canal commissioner, 579, 594, comman- der of New York militia, 597, 599, 600, storming of Queenstown, 607, 610, retires from army, 611, 623, 624, canal commissioner, 673, proposes to construct canal, 674, Chancellor of the University, 693, at open- ing of Erie Canal, 697, 714, 747.
Van Rensselaer, General Solomon (son of General Henry Kiliaen), adjutant-general, (note) 597, 598, portrait of, 599, 600, 605, storming of Queenstown, 607-610,
wounded, 611, with Clinton in Ohio, 694, at opening of Erie Canal, 697.
Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Harriet Bayard, 685.
Van Rensselaer, Johannes, wife of, 547.
Van Rensselaer, General Henry Kiliaen, 597.
Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen, introducing canal bill, 672, canal commissioner, 673, at opening of Erie Canal, 697.
Van Rensselaer, Alexander, 765.
Van Schaack, Peter, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25, 47.
Van Shaick, Myndert, residence of, 710.
Van Tassel, Cornelius, captured and maltreated, 190.
Van Tassel, Peter, captured and maltreated, 190.
Van Vetchen, Abraham, 714.
Van Voorhees, Dr., massacred by Indians, 604.
Van Voorhees, Jacob, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25.
Van Wagenen, Hubert, vestryman in Trinity Church, 367.
Van Winkle, Evert, (note) 568.
Van Wyck, Cornelius Barents (ancestor of New York Van Wycks), 85, 86.
Van Wyck, Dr. Theodorus, member of New York Con- gress, 86.
Van Wyck, Cornelius (brother of above), member of New York Congress, 86.
Van Wyck, Judge Richard (son of above), incident in life of, 85, 86.
Van Wyck, Theodorus (son of Dr. Theodorus), 86.
Van Wyck, Sidney E., 86.
Van Wyck, Pierre Cortlandt, recorder, 86, 469, 543, re- moved and restored as recorder, 553, portrait in In- terior Park Theater, 686, 704.
Van Wyck, Abraham, captain of volunteers, 90.
Van Wyck mansion, 86.
Van Wyck Arms, 409.
Van Wyck, family note, 409.
Van Zandt, Wynant (gentleman), held important trusts under Charles I., 33.
Van Zandt, Johannes (son of above), settled in New York, 1782, 33.
Van Zandt, Wynant (son of Johannes), portrait of, 33.
Van Zandt, Jacobus (son of Wynant), member of the Committee of One Hundred, 26, member of the New
York Provincial Congress, 31, family of, 33, daughter of, 34, chairman of War Committee, 89, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Van Zandt, Wynant (son of Wynant), born 1730, 33. Van Zandt, Wynant (son of above), born 1767, 33, 34. Van Zandt, Wynant (son of above), 33.
Van Zandt, Wynant (son of above), 33, alderman, 574. Van Zandt, Miss, married James Homer Maxwell, 34. Van Zandt, Peter, member of Legislature in 1784, 279. Van Zandt watch-seal, 34.
Varick, Abraham, wife of, 20.
Varick, Colonel Richard, in Washington's family in Rev- olution, 48, 77, city recorder, 279, wife of, 304, mayor, 354, 378, dinner to, 475, canal appraiser, 677, 678.
Varnum, General James Mitchell (eminent lawyer), 104. Vaughan, General Sir John, K. B. (second son of Earl of Lisburne), 112, 188, 189.
Vere Broke, Philip (British naval commander), 625.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Count de (French states- man), 17, 50, dinner to the American ministers, 194, 254, closeted with Franklin and Oswald, 260, receives Grenville, 261, 262, concludes treaty with England, 263, signs general treaty, 264, recommends delay, 265, signs treaties with four nations, 267, entertains diplo- matists, 270, congratulates Adams, 290.
Vermilye, Rev. Dr. Thomas E., 760, 765.
Vermilye, William M., 765.
Vermilye, Washington R., 766.
Vermont, State of, admission opposed by New York, 364, 365, donation of, 653.
Verplanck, Gulian, purchases estate from Indians, 1682, 220.
Verplanck, Gulian (great-grandson of above), wife of, 300. Verplanck, Gulian (son of above), Regent of University, 300.
Verplanck, Samuel (son of above), member of Committee of One Hundred, 26, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31, wife of, 220.
Verplanck, Daniel Crommelin (judge, son of Samuel), wife of, 220, character as a lawyer, and family note, 300, library trustee, 418.
Verplanck, Gulian (brother of Samuel), member of As- sembly and Regent of University, 300, member of Tontine Association, 383, 517.
Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 220, 300, student of Co- lumbia College, 469, 706, 722, 740, 741.
Verplanck Arms, family note, 300.
Verplanck mansion, 215, 219, picture of, 220, scene of the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati, 273. Viele, General Egbert L., 785.
Volney, Constantine François, Chassebeuf, Count de, 483, 513.
W.
WADDELL, CAPTAIN JOHN, arms of, 157.
Waddell, Mrs. Anna, property of, 156, 157.
Waddell, William, alderman, 157.
Waddell, Coventry, ancestry of, 157, mansion of, 756, family note, 787.
Waddell, Robert R., member of Chamber of Commerce, 282.
Wadsworth, James S., 773.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, in First Congress, 345.
Wadsworth, James, originator of first Normal School in New York, (note) 610.
Wadsworth, General William, 103, 123, 125, 521, 591, 610.
Waite, Chief-Justice Morrison R., 124, 357.
Waite, Henry Matson, chief-justice of Connecticut, 124. Wales, Prince of, visited New York, 771.
Wall Street Presbyterian Church in 1783, 275, 276, spire seen in picture, 382, second monthly concert of prayer held in, 466, rebuilt, 558, clergymen, 559.
Wall Street, reading of the Declaration of Independence in, 93, shade-trees cut for fuel, 231, 291, Congress as- sembled in, in 1787, 301, Washington inaugurated in, 337, illuminated, 338, picture of, 350, scene in John Street Theater, 352, 361, 434, 726.
Wallace, Hon. Hugh (counselor), 47, summoned before committee on conspiracy, 75.
Walpole, Horace, opinion of, 155.
Walsingham, Lord, 257, 258.
Walton, Abraham, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25, member of New York Provincial Congress, 31.
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Walton, William, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 25, member of Chamber of Commerce, 282, wife of, 298, 300.
Walton Arms, (note) 298.
Walton House, old, 298.
War of 1812, declaration of, 586, opposition to, 588, 589, preparation for, 590, 591, 592, scenes of, 593 - 664.
War with Mexico, 751.
Ward, Samuel, residence of, 710, 733, trustee of Astor Library, 755.
Ward, Stephen, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 32, in Legislature, 279.
Ward, General Artemas, first major-general of the Rev- olution, 41, 42, 43.
Ward, Artemas, statesman (son of above), 623.
Ward, Jasper, alderman, 574.
Ward, Josepli, one of founders of Newark, New Jersey, 240.
Ward's Island, Emigrant hospital upon, 737. Warner, Samuel Selden, daughter of, 124.
Warner, Colonel Seth, exploit of, 29, at battle of Ben- nington, 171.
Warren, General Joseph, 41, 44, killed, 45.
Warren, Sir Peter, estate and family of, 571.
Warville, Brissot, 303, describes journey to Philadelphia, 332.
Washington, George, elected commander-in-chief of the army, 41, en route for Boston, 45, welcomed in New York, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 57, 59, 62, 64, letter to Stirling, 65, 66, puts the British army to flight from Boston, 69, 70, 71, in Philadelphia, 73, 89, orders the reading of Declaration of Independence to the army in New York, 92, advises removal of women and children from the city of New York, 93, preparing for the attack from the British, 94, addressed by Lord Howe, 95, reply of, 96, interview with Britislı adjutant-gen- eral, 97, 98, calls for volunteers, 100, generals of, 103, 107, 108, 111, 113, retreat from Long Island, 114, 116, council of war, 117, at Kip's Bay, 124, 125, 127, bat- tle of Harlem Heights, 128, 133, appeals to Congress, 138, council of war, 139, in battle at White Plains, 141, takes new position, 142, at Fort Lee, 143, retreats into New Jersey, 144, at Hackensack, 145, at Newark, 146, crosses the Delaware, 147, re-crosses, 149, cap- ture of Trenton, 150, invested with extraordinary powers by Congress, 151, reorganizing, 152, battle of Princeton, 153, 154, applause of the world, 155, issu- ing mandates to the people of New Jersey, 158, strengthening his army, 163, 164, 165, introduction to Lafayette in Philadelphia, 175, battle of the Bran- dywine, 177, battle of Germantown, 180, 181, is in- formed of intrigues, 189, 191, at Valley Forge, 196, dinner-party of, 197, at Monmouth, 202, reprimands Lee, 203, striving to exchange prisoners, 208, coun- seling with Colonel Ludington, 212, establishes call- tonments about New York, 214, at Philadelphia, 216, dining with Knox, 218, at Newburgh, 219, design upon Stony Point, 223, recalls troops, 226, at West Point, 227, humorous note of, 228, at Morristown, 229, watching New York City, 231, at Morristown, 232, 233, observations from Orange Mountain, 236, active measures, 241, feebleness of army, 243, meets Rochambeau at Hartford, 244, discovers treason of Arnold, 245, 246, 247, signs André's death-warrant, 248, 249, at Wethersfield, 252, marches to Yorktown, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, capture of Cornwallis, 257, army about New York City, 271, meets Sir Guy Carl- ton, 272, 273, triumphant entry into the city, 274, 276, at Fraunces' Tavern, 277, parting with his officers, 278, in New York, 287, physician of, 305, in conven- tion, 312, 317, elected President, 331, triumphant journey to New York, 333, reception, 334, dines with Governor Clinton, 334, church services, 336, inaugu- ration scene, 337, address of, 338, consulting states- men, 339, forming cabinet, 340, social habits, 341, ar- rival of Mrs. Washington, 342, 343, illness of, 346, equipage of, 347, eastern tour of, 348, 349, 350, de- scription of, 351, 354, attending opening of Congress, 359, second residence in New York, 361, style of life, 362, birthday honored by Tammany Society, 362, 364, 370, debating site for seat of government, 373, anx- ieties of, 377, 380, re-elected President, 386, 388, calm and unmoved by clamor, 392, head of Federal party, 397, 413, indignation of, 416, 420, 430, farewell ad- dress, 431, appointed by Adams, 451, death of, 458, (note) 512.
Washington, Mrs. Martha, at Richmond Hill House, 70, at Philadelphia, 73, in Virginia, 99, at Valley Forge, 196, 197, witnessing grand review of army, 200, at the army ball, 218, arrives at Morristown, 229, 232, dis- comfort of, 233, reaclies New York after inauguration of President, 243, first reception, 343, 346, life in New York, 345-375, in Philadelphia, 377.
Washington, equestrian statue of, erected 1856, 750.
Washington, Colonel William, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150.
Washington's residences in New York City, 330, 362.
Washington, Fort, 98, 137, 139, 141, 142, capture of, 143, 144, prisoners from, 151, 373.
Washington Benevolent Society, working upon fortifica- tions, 646.
Washington Hall, banquet at, 624, ball at, 666.
Washington Square, old Potter's Field, 440, improvements of, 720.
Washington City, site determined upon, 374, 380, de- scription of, 464, captured by the British, 647.
Water, Croton, introduction into the city, 729, celebration of, 730.
Watkins, Joseplı, alderman, 574.
Watson, Elkanalı (agriculturist and author), 578.
Watson, James, 468, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685.
Watson, John, trustec of City Dispensary, 468.
Watts, Hon. John (counselor), residence of, 66, life en- dangered, 67, daughter of, 74, 156, 168, 298, one of the founders of New York Society Library, 418, descend- ants of, 767.
Watts, Hon. John (son of Counselor Jolin Watts), wife of, 194, 297, 300, in great Federal procession, 322, resi- dence of, 354, Speaker of Assembly, 367, member of Tontine Association, 383, trustee of City Dispensary, 468, birthplace of Mrs. Watts, 709, portrait of, 712, founding Leake and Watts Orphan Home, 713, de- scriptive note, 713, prison commissioner, 736.
Watts, Robert (son of Counselor Jolin), wife of, 156, Lady Stirling and daughter as guests, 206, country residence of, 236, 303, trustee of New York Society Library, 418, children of, 767.
Watts, George (son of Hon. John), officer in War of 1812, at battle of Chippewa, 643.
Watts, Robert (son,of Hon. John), drilling in War of 1812, 650, portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 686, death of, 712.
Watts, Dr. Jolin, portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 686, family note, 767.
Watts, Stephen (son of Hon. John), officer, wounded at battle of Oriskany, 170.
Watts, Ridley, family note, 767.
Wayne, General Anthony, at battle of Monmouth, 202, storming of Stony Point, 224, 225, glory of, 226, 250, in Virginia, 253, victory over Indians, 363, 415, 598.
Webb, Richard, ancestor of family in America, 71.
Webb, Samuel B., private secretary to Silas Deane, 71, private secretary to Washington, 95, interview with British adjutant-general, 96, 97, age of, 104, at battle of Trenton, 149, 150.
Webb, General Alexander, 71.
Webb, James Watson (editor), 71, 707, 740.
Webb: John, on Canal Celebration Committee, 697, mem- ber common council, (note) 702.
Webster, Alexander, in Legislature, 279.
Webster, Daniel, statesman, opinion of Hamilton, 374, 623, 693, oration at Bunker Hill, 694, 707.
Webster, Mrs. Daniel, portrait in Interior Park Theater, 685.
Webster, Noah, 326, first editor Commercial Advertiser, 453, member Hist. Soc., 554.
Weed, Thurlow, editor Albany Evening Journal, 740. Weehawken, dueling ground at, 477, 492.
Wells, Captain William, killed by Indians, daughter of, 603.
Wendell, Peter, Chancellor of University, 283.
Wendover, Hon. Peter H., of New York, 681.
West, Benjamin, unfinished study by, 267, painting, 296, 427, 532, 742.
West Point, fortifications commenced, 191.
Wetmore, Apollos R., 763.
Wetmore, General Prosper M., escorting . Lafayette, 693, 773.
Weymouth, Lord, retires from British ministry, 229.
Wharton, Rev. Dr. Charles Henry, president Columbia College, 469.
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Whepley, Rev. Melancthon, pastor of Wall Street Pres- | Wolcott, Governor Oliver (son of Roger), 103, 117, has- byterian Brick Church, 559.
Whepley, Rev. Samuel, 559.
Whipple, General William, at Bennington, 171.
White, Chandler, 771.
White, Anthony Walton, in Federal procession, 322. White, Campbell P., on committee to reinstate Clinton, 690, 696.
White, Henry, Loyalist, 47, property of, 304, family of, 305, 401.
White, Alexander (N. C.), 354.
White, John, member of Committee of One Hundred, 25. White, William Augustus, death of, 625.
Whitehall Street, 389.
Whiting, William B., in Legislature, 279.
Whitney, Stephen, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note), 690, residence of, 710.
Whittelsey, Rev. Chauncey, 177.
Wickham, Thomas, member of the New York Provincial Congress, 32, trustee of Gardiner's Island, 40, 41.
Wickham, William, member of The Moot, 32, 300. Wickham, William H., mayor 1875-1877.
Wilkes, Jolın, M. P., 518.
Wilkes, John (lawyer, residing in Wall Street), 518.
Wilkes, Charles (son of above, naval commander), 518, wife of, (note) 519.
Wilkes, Charles (brother of John), 518, treasurer of Hist. Soc., 505, corporator of public schools, 517, president of, 518, (note) 519, son of, 523, 527.
Wilkes, Edmund, portrait in Interior of Park Theater, (note) 686.
Wilkes, Hamilton (son of above), wife of, 519, portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 686.
Wilkes, Dr. George, wife of, (note) 735.
Wilkes, William, portrait in Interior Park Theater, (note) 686.
Wilkes, John, in Parliament, 172, 518.
Wilkinson, General James, at battles of Saratoga, 185, 186, bearer of news to Congress, 189, 597, 598, 629, relieved of command, 642.
Willard (counselor), 43.
Willett, John, on parole, 79.
Willett, Colonel Marinus, 38, birth of, 39, 53, repulses British at Peekskill, 158, at Fort Stanwix, 169, sally from Fort Stanwix, 170, member of Assembly, 279, sheriff, 280, 363, mayor, 543, 554, 575, 589.
Williams, Alexander O., on the General Armstrong, 655, death of, 657.
Williams, Henry, member of Provincial Congress, 32.
Williams, Rev. Eliphalet, trustee of Yale College in 1777, 176, wife of, 368.
Williams, Rev. Warliam, trustee of Yale College in 1777, 176.
Williams, John, in Legislature, 279.
Williams, Elisha (orator), in Legislature, 674. Williams, Nathan, 546.
Williamson, Dr. Hugh, marriage of, 76, in the Conven- tion, 313, in the First Congress, 345, 367, 371, 581.
Willis, Nathaniel P., of New York Mirror, 740.
Wilson, Peter (linguist), 514.
Wilson, James, in the Convention, 314, 341, 367.
Winchester, James, 590.
Winder, General, captured, 628.
Winfield, Charles H. (historian), 478.
Wingate, Paine, 343, Senator in First Congress, 346. Winter, Joseph, 417.
Winter, severe cold of, 1779-1781, 229.
Winthrop (governor), 331.
Winthrop, Governor, entertaining Lion Gardiner in 1635, (note) 634.
Winthrop, Francis Bayard, 522.
Winthrop, Theodore, 774.
Wisner, Henry, delegate to the Second Continental Con- gress, 69, family of, 76, erected powder-mills, 77, one of committee to frame State Constitution, 161.
Wisner, Henry, Jr. (son of above), 77.
Witherspoon, Rev. Dr. John, president of Princeton College, 80, 236, 466.
Withington, John, corporator of public schools, 517.
Wittliaus, Rudolph A., 773.
Wolcott, John, of Wolcott, England, 357. Wolcott Arms, 357.
Wolcott, Henry, one of first settlers of Windsor, Conn., 357.
Wolcott, Simon, married Martha Pitkin, 357.
Wolcott, Governor Roger (son of above), 357.
tening to the help of Norwalk, 223, 348, 351, 354, 355, family note, 357.
Wolcott, Oliver (son of Governor Oliver), secretary of the treasury, and governor of Connecticut), family note, 357, description of, 358, 373, describes Philadel- phia, 379, 395, 398, 404, made secretary, 405, 415, 430, 442, 460, 466, 470, 520, first president Merchants' Bank, 521, member of Hist. Soc., 554, first president Bank of America, 585, 649, 778.
Wolcott, Frederick (brother of above), 358.
Wolcott, Frederick Henry (son of Frederick), 358.
Wolcott, Samuel, daughter married Epaphras Bissell, 358.
Wolcott ladies, distinguished for beauty, 358.
Wolcott, Judge James, wife of, (note) 603.
Wolfe, Hon. John David, 763, 765, family note, 782. Wolfe, Miss Catharine L., gift of, 760, 782. Wolfe, General James, 52.
Wood, Fernando (mayor), 769, 772.
Wood, Samuel, founding Blind Asylum, 720.
Woodhull, General Nathaniel, in Legislature, 17, of New York Provincial Congress, 32, (note) 76, 93, command- ing militia, capture and death, (note) 115.
Woodhull, Mayor Caleb S., 764.
Woodruff, Hon. Lewis B., wife of, 427.
Woodworth, John, Presidential elector in 1800. 464.
Wool, General John Ellis, 608, 609, birth of, (note) 609.
Woolen mills, Oriskany, established, 545.
Woolsey, George Muirnson, 519.
Woolsey, Melancthon Taylor (captain), 599, 606.
Woolsey, Willian Walton, 519, wife of, (note) 522, canal appraiser, 677, 696.
Woolsey, Theodore Dwight D. D. (son of above), scholar, president of Yale College, (note) 522.
Wooster, General David, 38, 53, supersedes Arnold, 72, commanding on the Hudson, 158, flying to relief of Danbury, 159, (note) 160, 568.
World, New York, founding of, 739.
Worth, Frederick A., lieutenant on privateer " General Armstrong," 655, wounded, 657.
Worth, General William Jenkins, at Chippewa, 643, 644, 645, (note) 751.
Worthington, Thomas, senator of Ohio, 591.
Worthington, Sir Hugh, descendants of, 757.
Wortman, Teunis, 575.
Wright, Charles, on committee to reinstate Clinton, (note) 690.
Wright, William, 323.
Wyandanch, Indian Sachem, 40.
Wyckoff, Henry I, on Canal Celebration Committee, 697, (note) 702.
Wyllys, John P., in battle of Long Island, 109, pris- oner, 125.
Wyncoop, Dirck, 89, judge, 163.
Wyncoop, Henry, in First Congress, 345.
Wyoming, massacre at, 205.
Wythe, George (Cliancellor of Virginia), in Convention, 314.
Y.
YALE COLLEGE, 128, 176, 221.
Yates, Abraham, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31, of Committee to frame State Constitution, 161, Schuyler's headquarters, 167, in Legislature, 279.
Yates, Abraham, Jr., in Legislature, 279.
Yates, Richard, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26, member of Provincial Congress, 31.
Yates, Robert, member of New York Provincial Con- gress, 31, of Committee to frame State Constitution, 161, (note) 163, chief-justice, 299, 309.
Yates, Judge Joseph C., 675, governor, 677, 688, 714.
Yellow fever, 394, 416, 449, appalling visitation 'of, 486, in 1819 and 1822, 682, 684.
Yeo, Sir James Lucas (British naval commander), 627, 653.
Yorktown, 254, battle of, 256, 257.
Young, Hamilton, member of Committee of One Hun- dred, 26.
Young, Samuel, Secretary of Canal Commission, 673, 676.
Young Men's Christian Association, 783.
Young Women's Christian Association, 783.
Yrujo, Marquis of, Spanish minister to United States, 430.
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INDEX TO CHAPTER LI.
A.
ABBEY, E. A., 858. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, 855.
Abbey's Theatre, 853. Academy of Music, the, 854. Actor's Fund of America, the, 848. Aguilar Aid Society, the, 849.
Aldine Club, the, 850. Alexander, J. W., 858.
All Angels Church, 841. All Souls Unitarian Church, 842.
Altman, B., collections of paintings and porcelains, 857. Alvary, Max, 855.
" America," the, 851. America, New York the capital city of, 790.
America's Cup, the, 851; races for, 851.
American Art Association, the, 856.
American Fine Arts Building, the, designed by Har- denburg, 794.
American Jockey Club, the, 850.
American Line, the, 826.
American Surety Company Building, the, designed by Price, 793.
American Tract Society Building, the, designed by Robertson, 793.
American Water Color Society, the, 858.
Amusements, 853 ; amount paid annually for, 853.
Anderson, Mrs. A. A., contribution to Barnard Col- lege, 834 ; collection of porcelains, 857.
Andrews, Avery D., 832. Andrews, Loring, library of, 862.
Apartment houses, 845.
Appleton, Colonel, 804.
Aquarium, the, 810.
Arbuthnot, E. O., sale of porcelains, 860.
Architecture, owes real modern advance to Richard M. Hunt, 791 ; France only country with school of, 791. Architectural League of New York, the, 858.
Arion Society, the, 856. Armory Commission, the, 829.
Armstrong, Maitland, 841.
Arnold, J. H. V., library of, 862. Arrochar, 804.
Artists, 858.
Art Loan Exhibition, 800. Art Student's League, the, 858, 860. Asphalt, amount laid, 796. Associated Artists, the, 860.
Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 848.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the 850.
Astor Hotel, the, designed by Hardenburg, 793 ; mag- nificence of, 847.
Astor house, the, designed by Hunt, 791. Astor, J. J., library of, 862.
Astor, Mrs. J. J., library of, 862; gift of New York Cancer Hospital, 865. Astor library, 844 ; addition of new hall to, 860. " Atalanta," the, 851.
Auchmuty, Colonel Richard, 839. Audubon Yacht Club, the, 852. " Augusta Victoria," the, 826. Avery Architectural Library, the, 862. Avery, S. P., 856 ; library of, 862. Ayer Building, the, 794.
B.
BABB, George Fletcher, work of, 793.
Bar Association Building, the, designed by Eidlitz, 794.
Barlow, Samuel L. M., 794 ; sale of paintings of, 859.
Barnard College, 809; named in honor of Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, 834; officially enrolled under Columbia College, 834 ; new building for, 834; contribution of Mrs. A. A. Anderson to, 834.
Barnard, Dr. F. A. P., loss sustained by Columbia College by death of, 834; Barnard College named in honor of, 834.
Barney, C. T., collection of paintings, 857.
Bartholdi Creche, the, 848.
Bartholdi, M., sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, 818. Battery, the, 816.
Battery Park, 810 ; aquarium at, 810.
Battle of Harlem Heights, 836.
Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, the, 851.
Beaux, Cecilia, 858.
Beckwith, Carroll, 858.
Bedloe's Island, 817.
Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, sale of paintings of, 859. Beerbohm Tree, Mr. & Mrs., 854.
Bell, James, 851.
Bellevue Hospital, 863.
Bellows, Rev. Dr. Henry W., 842.
Berkeley School, the, 838. Bernhardt, Sarah, 854.
Bicycling, 852.
Bishop, Heber R., collection of jades, 857.
Blacque, Valentine A., collection of miniatures, 858 ; library of, 862.
Blatchford, Associate Justice, 801.
"Blizzard, the," 799 ; serious results of, 799.
Board of Education, 838; building for future head- quarters of, 838.
Board of Foreign and Domestic Missions, 844.
Bonner, Frederick, collection of paintings, 857. Booth, Edwin, 850.
Borden, M. C. D., collection of paintings, 857.
Boston Public Library, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792.
Botanical Garden, the, 811.
Bowen, Clarence W., reads poem at Washington Cen- tennial Celebration, 800.
Bowery Mission, 848.
Bowmans, 804.
Bowne, Walter, sale of paintings of, 859.
Bradley, Associate Justice, 801.
Brandt, Baron M. von, sale of curios of, 859.
Brearly School, 835, 838.
Brewer, Associate Justice, 801.
Brick Presbyterian Church, 842.
Bridges, plans for new, 814. Briggs, Professor Charles A., trial of, 837.
Brignoli, 854.
Brinkley, Captain F., sale of porcelains, 860. Broadway Theatre, the, 853. Bronx Park, 808.
Brooklyn, consolidation with New York, 791; strike of trolley street railway employees, 804.
Brooklyn Bridge, the, 811; formal opening of, 811; exercises at formal opening of, 811.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 844. Brown, J. A., sale of paintings of, 859. Brush, George De Forest, 858.
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Buffalo, strike of railway employees at, 803. Bush, Joseph R., 851. Butler, Richard, 818.
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