The Bronx and its people; a history, 1609-1927, Volume III, Part 81

Author: Wells, James Lee, 1843-1928
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: New York, The Lewis historical Pub. Co., Inc.
Number of Pages: 618


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Building and Loan Associations, 625.


Baptist Church, First, 153


Baptist Churches, 681


Bar Association, Bronx County, 505


Baremore, The Capture of Major, 213


Barter and Currency, 163


Battle of Long Island, 179


Battle of Pells Point, 187


Battle of White Plains, 190


Beliefs, Early Education and, 264


Block, Adriaen, Navigator, 64-67


Board of Trade, The Bronx 714, 731, 822


"Bond News" The, 736


Borough and City Officials, Present, 383


Borough, Early History of the, 19


Borough of The Bronx created, 23, 237, 384


Boston Post Road, 314


Botanical Gardens, 697


Boundaries, Township, 21


Boundary Between Connecticut and West- chester, 229, et seq.


Bounty Bonds, The, 413


Bridges, Parks, Parkways and, 685, et seq.


Briggs, Josiah A., 382, 688, title page


British at Throgg's Neck, 184


British Vessels anchored during Revolutionary War, 179


Bronck (Bronk or Brunk) Jonas, first settler, 7, 57, 96, 111, 126


Bronx Board of Trade, The, 731, 822


Bronx Borough Created, 23, 237, 384


Bronx Borough Officials, List of, 382


"Bronx City Islander," The, 736


Bronx Commercial advantages, The, 819


Bronx County Administration at present time, 382


Bronx County Bar Association, 505-11


Bronx County legal officials, 504 Bronxdale, 342


Bronx Dental Clinic, The, 581


Bronx, Growth of The, 821


Bronx, in the Spanish-American War, The, 423


Bronx Lawyers, 495, et seq.


Bronx Park, 695


"Bronx Record and Times," The, 736


Bronx River, A Tribute (poem), by Joseph Rodman Drake, 124


Bronx River Parkway, 690, 791-94


"Bronx Sentinel," The, 736


"Bronx Star," The, 736


Bronx Territory, War in, 114


Bronx Tuberculosis and Health Committee, 574 Bronx Village Skirmishes, 213


Bronze Tablet, commemoration Battle of White Plains, 191


Bronze Tablet for Chief Ninhan, 695


Brouncksland as Manor, 136


Brown, Judge Nehemiah, 478


Building Code, The, 800


Building Construction, Modern, 801, 821


336


THE BRONX AND ITS PEOPLE


Building development figures from 1883-1925, 795


Building statistics, 713


Bureaus and Standing Committees : Civic Trade and Commerce; Industrial; Traffic and Waterways; Publicity; Membership Com- mittee; Law Committee, 732


Business in The Bronx, 822


Canal Traffic, 786


Catholic Big Brothers League, Bronx, 637


Catholic Churches, Roman, 684


Catholic Protectory, New York, 641 Cattle imported, 76


Cause of the Spanish-American War, 423 Cemeteries, 706


Chain store branches, 824


Changes in Government, 370 et seq.


Channels, Enlarging New York Harbor chan- nels, 802


Charitable and Philanthropic Organizations, 627 et seq.


Charter of Greater New York, 23


"Charter of Privileges and Exemptions," 366 Chief Ninhan, Bronze Tablet for, 695 Children, Welfare and Relief Societies for, 628 Christiaensen, Hendrick, Dutch navigator, 64- 67


Church and State, 270


Church Early Welfare Agency, 630


Churches, see particular denominations


Circuit Court and Circuit Judges, 492 City Administration in The Bronx, 382 City Island (Minnewits), 346 Civil and Police Courts, 503


Civil War, Decades preceding, 360


Civil War: Leading newspapers in Bronx ter- ritory at beginning of, 387; secession and abolitionism, 388; firing on Fort Sumter, 389; local volunteers, 391; organizing military units, 393; party rancor, 394; Bull Run and the press, 396; draft riots, 400; Lincoln and the press, 406; Lincoln's assassination, 410; societies give aid, 411; county bonds, 413; return of the volunteers, 415; drafted men, 417; Grand Army posts, 419; draft riots, 421 Claremont Park, 702 Clason's Point, 337 Clergymen, Early, 273


Clinic, The Bronx Dental, 581 Clothes and Textile Manufacturing, 721


Clubs of The Bronx, 744 Code, The Building, 800 Colonial Legislature, First, 77


Colonizing territory of New Netherland, 134 Comfort, Randall, historian, 825


Commerce, Early, 811 Commercial advantages of The Bronx, 819 Commercial background, 810


Common Pleas, Court of, 477 Common Pleas Judges, Early, 488


Condition of Bronx Territory, 241 Condition of two armies at beginning of Revo- lutionary War, 183 Confederation, Articles of, 224 Congregational Churches, 682 Congressional District, Eighteenth, 475


Constitution Revised, 359


Controversy among the medical profession, 598 "Copperheads," 421


Cornwallis, The Surrender of, 219 County Judges, 490


County Seats and Courthouses, 479


Court House in White Plains, The first, 479


Courts and Lawyers, Chapter, 475-512 Courts in 1757, 368


"Cowboys" and "Skinners," 200, 316 Crippled Children Association, 653


Croton Dam, Plot to blow up, 410


Crotona Park, 702


Crystalline Rocks, 15-18


Currencies, Indian and other, 275


Currency, Early, 163


Customs, Early, 267


Decades preceding Civil War, 360 Declaration of Independence, 225; received at White Plains Courthouse, 479


De Laet, Johan, historian, 68, 75, 86 De Lancey, James, 696


De Lancey Mansion, 696


de Rasieres, Isaac, secretary Colonial Govern- ment, 78, 79, 81


Description of The Bronx about 1642, 125


Description of "Rustic" Bronx, 310


Development in Medical practice, 565


De Vries, David Pietersen, (David Pieters), 89 et seq.


Director-General appointed, 78


Disciples of Christ, 682


Discovery of Hudson River, 57-63


Disputes during Civil War, Party, 394


District Attorneys, 490


District Court, Justices of the United States, 493


District Schools, Establishment of, 521


Domestic Economy among Huguenots, 255


Drafted Men in Civil War, The, 417


Draft Riots in Civil War, 400, 421


Drake, Joseph Rodman, Poem by, 124 Drink and Food, 276


Dutch and English Language Schools, 531


Dutch and English meet, 107 Dutch and Indian difficulties, 53


Dutch Claims, 228


Dutch Settlers' private property, 797 Dutch Trading, 65


Earliest Settlers in The Bronx, 69, et seq. Early Happenings: Bronx homes, 827; Bronx villages, 312; care of the sick, 560; customs, 267; ferry transportation, 786; material prog- ress, 259; period homes, 242; social life, 247; trails, 284; transportation, 259-64, 292; White Plains Courthouse destroyed by fire, 479; early writers' description of the Red Men, 39


Early Inhabitants, Chapter, 19-56 Eastchester, 343


"Eastern State Journal" quoted, 396 Education and Beliefs, Early, 264 Education, Chapter, 513-53


Education, Early, 534


Education in the Colonies, 514 Education on the Manors, 158


337


HISTORICAL INDEX


Education, Modern, 534


Electioneering, Old Time, 358


Elevated and Underground Railways, 303-308


Embargo and Non-Intercourse, 356


Enforced Labor, 156 1


England, Manors in, 130 England's attempt to carry on a fur trade, 89 English and Dutch Language Schools, 531


English attempt to leave Holland, 71


English Puritans in Holland, 69


English Rule, Under, 797 Enmity of the Indians, 112 Erection of Manors by the English, 134 Erection of New Schools, 535


Establishing a town government, 78


Establishing First Colonies, 75


Establishing "patroonships," 84-85 European Settlement, 57 et seq. Evacuation of New York, 220


Evangelical Churches, 682


"Evening Journal," The, 733


Families, Old Homes and, 825, et seq. Ferries established, 347 Ferris Mansion, 834


Ferry transportation, 777 Feudalism and the Manor, 129


First Colonies established, 75


First New York Volunteers, can War, 426 First White Child, The, 73 Food and Drink, 276 Food Products, 724


Spanish-Ameri-


Food Supply of the Indians, 30


Fordham Hospital, 557, 559


Fordham Manor, 144


Fordham University, 547-550 Foresters of America, 750


Fort Amsterdam, Settling of, 74 Fort Good Hope, 75


Fort Independence, 208


Fort Nassau, 75 Fort Orange, Settling of, 74


Fort Schuyler, 341 Fort Sumter, Firing on, 389 Forts at Kingsbridge, 176


Fourth Provincial Congress, The, 375


Franz Sigel Park, 691


Fraternal Orders and Societies, 741, et seq. Free Home for Young Girls, 648


Furniture and Cabinet Work. 731


"Gazette," The, 407-410 General Assembly convened, 372 Geology of New York, 14 Geology of The Bronx, 1 Glacial Period, 10 "Glover's Rock," 12; tablet, 700 Government, Indian Form of, 41 Grace Church, West Farms, 152 Gradual emigration of the Indians to other points, 55 Grand Army Posts, The, 419 "Great Patents," 135 Greater New York Charter, 23 Growth of The Bronx, 821


Haffen, Louis F., 351, 382, 384-86, 687, 688, title page


"Half-Moon," The, 60-63 Hardships in New Colony, 82 Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, 768


Hebrew United Charities, 638 .


Hessians, The, 192


High Schools and Pupils, 544


History in Bronx Territory, Civil, 365 History of Assemblies and Conventions, 372 Holidays for the Dutch and the English, 165 Home Life of the Indian, 35


Homes in the Early Period, 242 Homesteads, Old, 833


Hospitals: Fordham; 557, 559; Lincoln Hospital and Home, 557; Lebanon, 557, 559; Riverside, 558; St. Francis, 558-59, 592-98; St. Joseph's, 558-59; Seton, 558; The Home for Incurables, 558; Union, 559; Montefiore, 583-92.


Household interiors, 829


Houses of the Manor-Lords and Tenants, 153 Howe's Defense, 200 "Hudson River" Railroad, The, 765 Hudson, Statue of Henry, 320


Hudson's Exploitation, Henry, 60-63 Huguenot Thrift, 255 Hutchinson, Anne, 47, 53, 98, 114, 700


Importing of Cattle, 76


Incidents in Revolutionary War, 206, 278 Indian and other currencies, 275 Indian Characteristics, 36-38


"Indian Field" attacked, 211


Indian History: General Review, 25-126; local tribes, 27, 44; population and food supply, 30; manufacture of implements, 33-35; home life, 35; their dress, 39; form of government, 42; religion, 43; languages, 48; early Indian names, 50; invasion by the whites, 51; first meeting with the white man, 58; the Wal- loons, 72; settling Forts Amsterdam and Orange, 74; purchase of Manhattan Island, 78; enmity of Indians, 112; war in Bronx territory, 114; peace with the Indians, 120 Indian Implements and Ornaments, 33 Indian property ownership, 796


Indian's first meeting with the White Man, 58- 59 Industrial and commercial development, 714 Industries, 713, et seq. Inhabitants, Early, Chapter, 19-56 Intercourse and Conflict with the Indians, 105 et seq. Interior of early households, 829


Jay, John, First Chief Justice of the United States, 486


Jay, Judge William, 480 Jenkins, Stephen, historian, 695 Jewish Congregations, 685 Jewish Ladies' Day Nursery, 637


Jorisz, Adriaen, 74, 79


Joseph Rodman Drake Park, 703 Judges and Personnel, 480 Judges appointed, Early, 378 Judges, Early, 476-479


338


THE BRONX AND ITS PEOPLE


Judicial Districts of The Bronx, 475 Jumel Estate, 279 Justices of Sessions, 489


Kieft, William, Director-General, 105; his suc- cessor appointed, 121


Kingsbridge forts, 176 King's Bridge, Oid, 315 Kingsbridge, Township of, 313, 321 Kingsland Orphan Children's Home, 637 Knights of Pythias, 751


Knight's, Sarah, trip from New York to Bos- ton in 1704, 314


Labor and Slaves, 265 Labor, Enforced, 156 Land prices, 792 Land Transportation, 259-264, 292


Languages of the Indians, 48


Lawyers, Noted Early, 484 Lebanon Hospital, 557, 559 Lee, Major General Charles, 175, 186 Leggett, Gabriel, pioneer settler, 9


Legislature, First Colonial, 77


Libraries, 552 Lincoln attacked by the Press, 406 Lincoln Hospital and Home, 557 Lincoln's election, 364 List of drafted men who sent substitutes, 417 Locomotive, First Steam, 762


Lorillard Mansion, 696 Lutheran Churches, 682


Maccabees, The, 751 Macomb's Dam Park, 703


Magistrate's Courts, 503 "Maine," Sinking of the, 424 Mainland advantages, 714 Manhattan Island purchased, 78 Manila, Battle of, 424 Manners in Revolutionary Period, 252 Manors: Use of, 127; Feudalism and the, 129; in England, 130; in America, 132; and Pat- ents, 134; in Westchester County, 135; Brouncksland, 136; Morrisania, 138; Ford- ham, 144; Pelham, 146; Philipseburgh, 149; education on the, 158 Manors and Patents, Chapter, 127-166 Manufacturing formerly of slow growth, 715 Manufacturing in Greater New York, 717 Markets, 823 Masonic Lodges in The Bronx, 749 Masonic Society, The first, 743 "Mauritius," The, 66, 123 May, Captain Cornelius Jacobsen, explorer, 73- 75


Medical Profession, The, 555-99 Medicine in the Nineteenth Century, 571 Mercantile Interests, 809-24 Merchandise, Modern, 824 Merchants' business in The Bronx, 822 Metal Products, 729 Methodist Episcopal Churches, 682 Michaelius, Rev. Jonas, first clergyman to settle in Manhattan, 81 Military Units Organized in Civil War, 393 Minuit, Peter, 76, 77, 78, 81, 88, 91, 811


Missions, Church, 685


Modern building construction, 801, 821


Modern Merchandise, 824


Montefiore Hospital, 583


Moravian Churches, 683


Morris Family, The, 140


Morris, Gouverneur, 142, 353


Morris, Lewis, pioneer settler and signer of the Declaration of Independence, 20, 98, 140, 141, 330 Morrisania, 329, 332


Morrisania Manor Grant, 138


Mosholu Parkway, 689


Mott Haven Canal, 330


Mullally, John, active in park development, 687


Municipal Courts and Judges, 504-05


Musical Instruments, 725


Names, Origin of Indian, 49


National Administration in The Bronx, 383


Navigation, Steam, 780


"New Netherland Company," 68


New Netherland granted Seal, 75


"New Netherland," The, 73


New Netherland, Trade in, 67


New Netherland Unprofitable, 119


Newspaper article on Bronx campaign in Rev- olutionary War, 205 Newspaper, The first, 733 Newspapers, Early, 733


New York an independent State, 370


New York and New Haven Railroad, 768


New York Port Authority, 789


New York State organized, 223


New York University, 550-52


North Side Board of Trade, The, 809


"North Side News," The, 736, 737


Nurse Service, Visiting, 634


Nurseries, Day, 629


Nursery, Bronx Day, 639


Nurses and Pharmacopoeias, 564


Occupations in The Bronx, 162


Odd Fellows, Independent Order of, 751


Offenses and Punishments, 278


Official Record and Personnel, Chapter, 351


Officials, Early Bronx, 352


Officials of City and Borough at present time, 383


Old Homes and Families, 825 et seq.


Old Homesteads, 833


Old Time Electioneering, 358


Old Time Taverns, 280


Organization of New York State, 223


Organizations, Early social, 742


Organizing Military Units, 393 Ownership of Indian property, 796


Parks, Parkways and Bridges, 685, et seq. Parkway, Bronx River, 791-94 Party disputes during Civil War, 394


"Patroonships" established, 84-85 Peace Overtures, 219


Peace Treaty, Signers of the, 120


Peace Treaty in Spanish-American War, 426 Pelham, 346 Pelham Bay Park, 698


339


HISTORICAL INDEX


Pelham Manor, 146 Pell family burial place, 701 Pell, Judge John, 475 Pell manor-house, The, 834 Pell, Thomas, first manor-lord, 701 Personnel of Political Parties, 355


Philanthropies, Private, 632 Philipse, Colonel Frederick, pioneer settler, 20 Philipseburgh Manor, 149 Physicians, Early, 569


Piano Manufacturing, 726 Plans for greater New York Harbor channels, 802 Plot to blow up Croton Dam, 410 Poe Cottage, The, 703, 834 Poe Park, 703


Poem on the Bronx River, by Joseph Rodman Drake, 124


Political Status of the Territory, 227-308


Population of The Bronx, 713


Port developments on Real Estate, 802 Port of New York Authority, 789 Porter Statue, General Josiah, 694


Post-Revolutionary Days, 238


Post-Revolutionary Education in The Bronx Territory, 518


Post Roads, Boston and Albany, 314


Posts attacked in Revolutionary War, Various, 214-219 Posts, Grand Army, 419


Preparations for War with the Indians, 1642, 110


Presbyterian Churches, 683


Presbyterian Church in City, Oldest, 153


Present-day County Administration, 382 Press attacks Lincoln, The, 406


Press, The, 732, et seq.


Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Society for the, 658 Primordial Bronx, 1


Private Philanthropies, 632


Privateering carried on, 814


Property of Dutch Settlers, 797


Prospect and Retrospect, 804 Protectory, New York Catholic, 641 Protestant Episcopal Churches, 683


Provincial Congress formed, 171


Public Schools, 537-44


Public Welfare, Department of, 631 "Pudding Rock," 10 Punishments for Offenses, 278


Pupils in High Schools, 544 Purchase of Manhattan Island, 78 Purchase of Manhattan from the Indians, 811


Puritanism, revived, 274


Putnam Division, New York Central and Hud- son River Railroad, 769


Queen's Rangers, The, 172, 208


Racing Parks, Early, 704 Railroad, Coming of the, 762 Railroad facilities, 714 Railroads, 294-301 Railroads electrified, 768


Railroads, The Bronx, 762, et seq. Railways, Underground, 774


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Randall's Island, 329 Raritan Indians incite trouble, 108 Real Estate along the waterfront, 802 Real Estate and Building, 795-809 Recreations and Festivals, 164 Recruits urged, 173


Red Men, Improved Order of, 751 Reformed Church in America, 683 Reformed Church in the United States, 684


Relief Agencies, Special, 629 Religion of the Indians, 43


Religious Aspect, The: pioneer churches, 663; churches in 1926, 663; early religions, min- isters and churches, 664-668; during the Revolution, 668; rectors of St. Peter's, 669; St. Ann's Church, 671; Society of Friends, 673; Reformed Dutch Church, 674; the Estab- lished Church, 676; Catholicity, 677; early Methodists, 680; Baptists, 681; Churches of Christ, 681; list of present-day churches, 681, et seq .; Missions, 685


Representatives in Congress, 377 Residence building in The Bronx, 803 Residents in the '60's, 825


Restoration of River Valley, 792


Retrospect and Prospect, 804


Return of the Volunteers in Civil War, 415 Revision of the Constitution, 359


Revolution, Building progress after the, 798 Revolutionary Companies from Bronx Ter- ritory, 172


Revolutionary Incidents, 206, 278


Revolutionary War: apathy towards, 168; Bronx companies formed, 172; forts at Kings- bridge, 176; hostilities, 179; Battle of Long Island, 179; Washington's headquarters, 182; contrast of two armies at beginning of war, 183; British at Throgg's Neck, 184; Battle of Pell's Point, 187; of White Plains, 190; Lower Westchester County in, 196; Howe's defense, 200; André and Arnold, 202-206; Young's' House, 204; Surrender of Corn- wallis, 219; New York evacuated, 220; Ar- ticles of Confederation, 224; Declaration of Independence, 225; Manners and customs during, 252


Riots in Civil War Draft, 400 Riverdale, 317


Riverside Hospital, 558


River Valley restored, 792


Roads through The Bronx region, 285-292


Robinson Rev. John, 70


"Rocking Stone," The famous, 11


Rocks, Crystalline, 15-18


Roosevelt's Rough Riders, 433


Rough Riders, Roosevelt's, 433


Royal Arcanum', Order of, 751


"Rustic" Bronx, 310


Sacred Heart Academy, The, 537


St. Francis Hospital, 558-59, 592-98


St. John's College, 536


St. Joseph's Hospital, 559


St. Joseph's Institute for the Care and In- struction of the Deaf and Dumb, 536


St. Mary's Park, 703 Salvation Army, The, 633, 655


340


THE BRONX AND ITS PEOPLE


San Juan Hill, Capture of, 425 Savages still aggressive, 117


Schaghen, Peter Jans, quoted, 80


Scharf, John T., historian, quoted, 198 Schoolmasters, Early, 160, 517


Schools above and below the Harlem, 524 Schools for the Dutch, 158 . Schools: See Chapter on Education


Seal granted New Netherland, 75


Secession and Abolitionism, 388


Second Regiment, New York Volunteers,


Spanish-American War, 427


Seventh-Day Adventists, 685 Seventy-first Regiment, Spanish-American War, 431


Shipbuilding industry, 720, 758 Shipping facilities, 777


Signers of the Peace Treaty, 121


Sixty-ninth Regiment, Spanish-American War, 430


"Skinners" and "Cowboys," 200, 316


Skirmishes in Bronx Village, 213


Slavery in New Amsterdam, 156


Slaves and Labor, 265


Social Life, Early, 247


Societies and Clubs, Older local, 752


Societies giving succor during Civil War, 411 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, 658


Spanish-American War: Cause and general review, 423; call for volunteers, 425; five regiments called, 426-434; the "Maine," 424; capture of San Juan Hill, 425; peace treaty, 426


"Split Rock," 11 State Administration in The Bronx, 383


State and Church, 270


State Constitution of 1777, The, 375


State Government changes, 370 et seq.


Steam Navigation, 780


Street Car Lines, 771


Street Cars, Companies in the 1850's, 301-303 Stuyvesant, Peter, 121, 123, 229


Substitutes in Civil War, 417


Supreme Court Justices, 491 and 494 Surrender of Cornwallis, 219


Surrogate's Court and list of Surrogates, 488- 89


Tablets, Bronze: commemoration Battle of White Plains, 191; for Chief Ninhan, 695 Taverns, Old Time, 280


Taxpayers' Alliance, The, 809


Terms of the Settlement of New York by early colonists, 132


Territories of Various Tribes, 44


Textile Manufacturing, Clothes and, 721


The Bronx: Geology and topography, 1-18; early history, 19; borough and county created, 23; Indian settlements, 25; European settle- ment, 57; early settlers, 96; war in Bronx territory, 114; peace, 116; Manors and pat- ents, 127; early education, 160; early occupa- tions, 162; in Revolutionary War, 167; its political status, 227; former villages, 309; official record and personnel, 351; in Civil


War, 387; in Spanish-American War, 423; in World War, 435; its courts and lawyers, 475; education, 513; Medical profession, 555; banks, 601; welfare organizations, 627; re- ligious activities, 663; parks, 687; industries, 713; newspapers, 733; fraternal orders and societies, 741; transportation and shipping, 757; real estate, 795; Mercantile interests, 809; old homes and families, 825


"The Bronx Home News," 736


The Bronx in Revolutionary War, 167


"The Purchase of Keskeskeck," painting visual- izing life of The Bronx, 123


Third Regiment Infantry, Spanish-American War, 428


Thoroughfares, Old Bronx, 759


Throckmorton (Throgmorton), John, patroon, 98, 365


Throgg's Neck, 340


Tibbett (or Tippett), George, pioneer settler, 9


Title to New Netherland, 91


Tompkins, Judge Caleb, 478


Tompkins, Judge Jonathan G., 478


Topography of The Bronx, 4


Totem, The, 43 Towns and Villages, 312 Township Boundaries, 21


Trade in New Netherland, 67


Trading, Early, 814, et seq.


Trading in the Seventeenth Century, 812


Traffic, Canal, 786


Transportation and Shipping, 757 et seq.


Travel, Early, 259-264, 292


Treaty of Peace with England, 224


Treaty of Peace between the Dutch and the Indians, 54


Tribes and Their Territories, 44


Trouble with Raritan Indians, 108


Trouble with the Indians, 94


Under the English Rule, 797


Underground Railways, 774


United Odd Fellows' Home and Orphanage Association, 652 United Presbyterian Church, 683 United States offers aid to Cuba, 423


Van Cortlandt, Frederick, 693


Van Cortlandt, Jacobus, 692


Van Cortlandt Mansion, 322, 692


Van Cortlandt Park, 692


Van Der Donck, Jonkheer Adrien, 100, 122 Van Nest, 335


Van Twiller, Walter, 88, et seq.


Various duties of the early schoolmasters, 161 Verrazano, Giovanni da, 57-59; quoted, 58


Veterans Bureau of The Bronx, United States, 578-81 Villages, Early Bronx, 309-349


Visiting Nurse Service, 634


Vocational Training, 547


Volunteers and Copperheads in Draft Riots, 421


Volunteers for Spanish-American War, 425 Volunteers, Local, 391 Volunteers return from Civil War, 415


341


HISTORICAL INDEX


Walloons, The, 72 War in Bronx Territory, 114 Washington's arrival, General, 173 Washington's Headquarters, 182 Waterfront development, 802 Water travel, 283 Watts, Judge John, 478 Weapons of Warfare, 41 Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, (Webb Academy), 536, 650, 827 Webb, William H., builder of ships, 721 "Weckquaesgacks," The, 46, 47, 53, 110 Wells, James L., 351, 687, title page Westchester, 334


Westchester a county, 367


Westchester and Connecticut Boundary, 229, et seq. Westchester County formed, 233 Westchester County Manors, 135 Westchester County, Pillaging Lower, 196 "Westchester Globe," The, 736 Westchester, Revolutionary incidents in Low- er, 279 West Farms, 324 West Farms Patent, 151


West India Company, 68, 72, 75, 77, 89, 121 White Child, The first, 73


White Plains Courthouse, Declaration of In- dependence received at, 479 Williamsbridge, 325 Woman's Club, Bronx, 746 Wood, James, quoted, 25, 26, 37 Woodmen of the World, 752


World War, The: Preparations for, 435; the 27th and 77th Divisions, 435, et seq .; mobili- zation, 437; the 27th in camp, 438; National Guard of New York, 440; starting overseas, 444; at the front, 445; relieving the British, 449; the Hindenburg Line, 453; the armistice, 460; homeward bound, 461; war decorations, 461; the Argonne, 463; welcome from the Germans, Chateau Thierry, 466; distinguished service crosses awarded to men of 77th Divi- sion from The Bronx, 469; Bronx welcomes its soldiers, 469-472; 258th Field Artillery, 472


Young's House in Revolutionary War, 205


Zoological Park, The, 697


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