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River Indians imposed upon by Kieft and traders, 42.
Rivington, James, abuses the "Sons of Liberty ;" printing-house of, destroyed ; biography of (note), 233 ; notice of, 572. Robinson, Beverly, Correspondence of, with Ethan Allen, 317, 318; biography of (note), 318.
Robinson, Rev. John, and emigration to America, 21.
Rochambeau, Count de, Arrival of, with French troops, 209 ; biography of (note), 320; leads French troops to the Hudson River, 321.
Rochester, Growth of, 469 ; Pagan rites at, in 1813 (note), 470.
Rodgers, Commodore John, at Sandy Hook ; biography of (note), 397; long cruise of, 418.
Roelandsen, Adam, first schoolmaster at New Amsterdam, 34, 568.
Rogers, Major Robert, Biography of (note), 84.
Roman Catholic priests, Hanging of, au- thorized by law, 126.
Ross, General, commands British troops in Maryland, 435 ; death of, 437.
Royal commissioners with Colonel Nicolls at New Amsterdam, 75.
Ruggles, Timothy, in Stamp Act Congress, 196. Ryswyk, Treaty at, 123.
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Sackett's Harbor, Hostilities at, 391, 411. Safety Fund System, 474.
St. Clair, General, in command at Ticon- deroga, 265 ; abandons Fort Ticonderoga and escapes, 266.
St. Johns, Capture of, 229.
St. Leger invades the Mohawk Valley ; operations there, 264-270, 273; notice of (note), 273.
St. Regis, First trophy of the war (1812- 1815), taken at, 401.
Sandford, Nathan, Chancellor, 459.
Sanitary fairs and the results, 528. Saratoga, Destruction of, 156.
Savage, John, Chief-Justice, 459. Savings-banks established, 553.
Schenectady, Destruction of, 114. Schmidt, Claas, murdered, 43.
Schoharie Valley, Forts in the, 290; deso- lation of the, 306.
School System, the Common, Improve- ments in, suggested, 471.
Schoolcraft, Henry R., authority on Indian life, 573.
Schuyler, Captain John, menaces Montreal, 115.
Schuyler, Mayor Peter, opposes Milborne, 108 ; influence of, over the Indians, 134 ; goes to England with Indian sachems; biography of (note), 135 ; and the germ of the Society Library, 187.
Schuyler, Philip, Life and property of, destroyed at old Saratoga, 157.
Schuyler, Philip, at Oswego ; leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, 213, 214 ; Commanding General of the Northern Department, 222 ; looks after the Tories in the Mohawk Valley ; expedition of, to Johnstown ; disarms the Tories, 231; authorized to invade Canada, 223 ; oper- ations of, in the Mohawk Valley, 224 ; at Fort Edward ; proclamation of, 267, 268 ; obstructs the march of Burgoyne, 267; indignant because of injustice at a council of war, 273; property of, de-
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stroyed by the British army (note) ; en- tertains Burgoyne at Albany, 281 ; letter of, to Governor Clinton, 317 ; first New York member of the National Senate, 341 ; father of the canal system of New York, 347 ; journal of, in 1802, 349.
Scott, John, a disturber of the peace in Long Island, 73.
Scott, Joun Morin, member of a Council of Safety, 260; the first Secretary of State, 262.
Scott, Winfield, on Queenstown Heights, 395 ; at the capture of Fort George, 410 ; in command at the battle of Chippewa, 424; at battle of Lundy's Lane, 424, 425.
Seal, The Great, of the province of New York (note), 109; seals of the State (note), 141.
Sears, Isaac, a leading "Son of Liberty ;" biography of, 208 ; arrest of, 216; de- stroys Rivington's printing-liouse, 233.
Seneca Nation, The, desolated by Sulli- van, 304.
Seventh Regiment, National Guard, quells riots, 485 ; goes to the field, 528.
Seward, William H., in the State Senate, 476; Governor; biography of (note), 492 ; first encounter of, with the slave power, 493.
Seymour, Horatio, Governor : biography of (note), 509 ; vetoes a prohibitory liquor bill, 510 ; and the Draft Riots, 534.
. Sharp, Jacob, gives books for a public library, 187.
Sharpe, Governor, of Maryland, commands Colonial forces, 163.
Sheaffe, General, succeeds Brock in com- mand, 395.
Shirley, General William ; biography of (note), 155 ; contemplates conquests, 157; meets Braddock in conference, 163; commands an expedition against Forts Niagara and Frontenac, which was aban- doned; succeeds Braddock. in command, 167.
Shute, Swen, commands Swedish soldiers at Fort Casimer, 66.
Simms, Jeptha R., historian, 574.
Six Nations, the, Conference of, with Shir- Jey, 157; council with the (1778), 289 ;
boundary of the territory of the, defined ; cession and sales of the lands of, 334. Skene, Philip, Biography of, 267.
Skenesborough, Flight of Americans to, from Ticonderoga, 266.
Slave trade, The, 138.
Slavery in New York, Abolition of, recom- mended, 363, 451 ; final abolition of, in the United States, 531.
Slechtenhorst, Brandt Van, commissary at Rensselaerwyck, defies the authority of Stuyvesant ; sketch of (note), 60.
Sloughter, Governor Henry, 109; signs the deatlı-warrant of Leisler and Mil- borne, 112.
Smith, William, on Lord Cornbury (note), 132 ; letter of, to Colonel Schuyler (note), 209 ; historian of New York, 572.
Smith, William, counsel for Zenger, 144. Smith, William S., Marshal, 346.
Smythe, General, Absurd conduct of, 403. Social phenomenon, A strange, 548.
Society Library, Founding of the ; names of the founders of the, 187.
Sons of Liberty, The, work for Zenger, 145 ; members of the association of the (note), 195 ; activity of the, 217.
South Carolina, Partisan leaders in, 309 ; rebellious position of, 516.
Southwick, Solomon, 399; biography of (note), 447.
Spiegel, Laurens Van der, schepen, 89.
Spencer, Ambrose, Biography of (note), 452.
Spencer, John C., Superintendent of Com- mon Schools ; biography of, 494
Stamp Act proposed and opposed, 194-198 ; effects of the, 197; repeal of the, 198.
Stamp Act Congress at New York, 196.
"Star Spangled Banner, The," Origin of the song of (note), 437.
Stark, John, reconnoitres Ticonderoga, 175.
State Constitutional Convention, Distin- guished members of the, 455.
State Government put into operation, 260- 262 ; plan of, arranged by a committee (note), 260.
State Constitution, Revision of the, 455- 457. State Lotteries, 459.
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State Park, A, 550.
Staten Island, Colonies on, 42 ; claimed by Lady Carteret, 95.
States-General of Holland, 15.
Statesmen and jurists, 575.
Steamship, The first, that crossed the At- lantic Ocean; of war, the first (note), 378.
Steenwyck, Cornelis, Mayor and wise coun- cillor ; biography of (note), 88, 89; im- prisoned, 92.
Stephens, Alexander H., and the Southern Confederacy, 521.
Stephenson, Fort, Defence of, 404.
Steuben, Baron von, in Virginia ; biography of (note), 320, 321.
Stewart, Captain Charles, and the Constitu- tion frigate ; biography of (note), 138.
Stewart, Colonel, British commander, re- treats from Orangeburg and fights at Eutaw Springs ; retreats to Charleston, 325.
Stirling, Lord, Charter given to, 42.
Stirling, General Lord, in battle on Long Island, 244; made prisoner ; biography of (note), 245.
Stone Arabia desolated, 308.
Stone, William L., reporter in the State Constitutional Convention in 1821, 455 ; historian of the canal celebration ; biog- raphy of (note), 463 ; historian and jour- nalist, 574.
Stony Creek, Battle of, 410, 411.
Stony Point, Capture of, by Wayne, 299, 300.
Stony and Verplanck's Points captured by the British, 297, 298.
Stricker, General, in battle of North Point, 437.
Stuart Kings, The, chartered slave-trading companies (note), 138.
Stuyvesant, Peter, Biographical sketch of (note), 53; character of ; Director-Gen- eral of New Netherland ; reception of, at Manhattan, 54; policy of, defined ; energetic administration of public affairs by, 55; calls a popular convention ; friendly relations with neighbors de- sired by, 56 ; attempts a settlement of disputes with New England, at Hart- ford, 58; demolishes Fort Nassau on
the Delaware ; builds Fort Casimer ; im- proves the capital of New Netherland ; names the capital New Amsterdam, 59; has trouble with Van Slechtenhorst and the Council of Nine, 60, 61; threatens to abolish The Council of Nine, 62 ; sum- moned before the States-General, 63; withstands the Representative Assembly, 65; interview of, with Beeckinan ; ordered to retake Fo:t Casimer, 66; con- quers New Sweden, 67; opposed to re- ligious toleration ; persecutes Quakers, 71; alarmed by Captain Scott's state- ments ; orders an election of delegates to a Provincial Assembly, 74; stubborn resistance to the demands of English in- vaders, 75-78 ; receives a letter from the English commander ; urged to surrender ; tears up the letter in a passion ; the peo- ple demand it, 76; its fragments gath- ered up, 77; yields to the pressure of friends ; surrenders the city and province, 78 ; death and sepulture of, 83.
Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company, 82.
Suffolk County, Territory of, 98.
Sullivan, General John, succeeds General Thomas in Canada, 240; in battle ou Long Island and made prisoner, 243; biography of (note), 302 ; expedition of, in Central New York, 303, 304.
Sumter, Fort, attacked and evacuated, 521. Sumter, Thomas, the "South Carolina Game Cock," 309.
Sun, The, the first one-cent newspaper pub- lished, 483.
Surrender of Burgoyne, Effect of the, 282. Sutherland, Jacob, Assistant Justice, 459. Swaanendael, Colony of ; extinction of, 33. Swartwout, General, in battle at Chrysler's Field, 416.
Swartwout, John, Duel of, with De Witt Clinton, 372.
Swift, Joseph G., at Chrysler's Field, 416.
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Talcott, S. A., first Attorney-General, 460. Talladega, Battle of, 406.
Tallashatchee, Battle of, 406.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, on Long Island, 315.
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Tallmadge, James, in State Constitutional Convention, 1846, 503.
Tallmadge, Nathaniel P., United States Senator, 479.
Tammany Society, Aims and character of the ; history of the (note), 360.
Ta-reng-a-wa-gon, Holder of the Heavens, 3. Tariff System, 473.
Tawasentha Creek, Treaty at, with Indians, 19.
Taxation and Representation, 56, 193, 194. Taylor, President Zachary, Death of, 507. Tea Act introduced into Parliament, 202. Tea, Importation of, opposed, 204-206 ; ac- tion concerning, at New York, 205, 206; destroyed at New York and Boston, 206. Tecumtha, Death of, 406.
Tenbroeck, Abraham, in the Assembly, 214; in battle on Bemis's Heights, 278.
Ternay, Admiral, at Newport, 309.
Texas, Annexation of, 501; intention con- cerning, 502.
Thames, Battle at the, 406.
Thomas, General John, in command in Canada ; death of, 240.
Thompson, John, and the National cur- rency, 535.
Throop, Enos T., Governor ; biography of (note), 478.
Ticonderoga, Attack upon, and repulse, 174 ; capture of, 218 ; evacuated, 266.
Tienhoven, Cornelis Van, schout ; biog- raphy of (note), 62.
Tiger, Block's ship, burned, 15.
Tilden, Samnel J., and the "Tweed Ring," 547 ; Governor, 551, 552; biography of, 551; institutes investigations concerning the canal, 554.
Tinicum Island, capital of New Sweden, 52.
Tompkins, Daniel D., Biography of (note), 280; character of, 445; declines the office of Secretary of War ; Vice-Presi- dent of the United States, 449.
Tompkins, Governor, and Rufus King (note), 234.
Toombs, Robert, and Mayor Wood, 521. Topping, Thomas, councilman, 84. Torrey, John, 575.
Toryism, Prevalence of, in New York, 233.
Townshend, General, 181 ; assumes com- mand of the army, 183.
Towson, N., at battle of Chippewa, 422, 494.
Transportation facilities of the State, 555.
Treaty of Alliance, Celebration of the an- niversary of the, 364.
Treaty at Westminster, 1674, 90.
Trenton, Battle at, 254.
Trinity Church, Organization of ; vestry- men of (note), 119.
Troops, British, at New York, Conflicts with the, 200.
Trumbull, Governor Jonathan, sends troops to Lake Champlain, 223.
Trumbull, John, artist, 575.
Tryon, Governor William, attempts con- ciliation, 191 ; notice of, 203 ; reception of, at New York, 220 ; on board the Asia ; his council (note), 232 ; corresponds with leading Tories, 233 ; on board the Duchess of Gordon, 235 ; leads marauding expe- ditions, 264 ; allusion to, in " McFingal" (uote), 298.
Tryon County, Extent of, 342.
Tuscaroras the sixth nation of the Iroquois League, 10 ; join the Iroquois, 137.
Tusten, Colonel, at Minisink, 301.
"Tweed Ring," The, at: acked by the press its overthrow, 546, 547.
Tweenhuysen, L., 14. Twelve, Committee of, 47, 48.
Twiller, Walter Van, Director of New Netherland ; description of, 33, 34 ; scolded from the pulpit, 34; absurd con- duct of. 34; recalled, 38 ; no memorial of; biography of (note), 39.
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Ulster County, Territory of, 98. Underhill, John, assists the Dutch, 50.
Union, Conspiracy to destroy the, 515, 516. Union Defence Committee formed ; mem- bers of the (note), 523 ; doings of the, 523, 524.
" Union Mechanics," Action of the, 260. Union League Club ; raises a regiment, 535.
Union of the Colonies proposed, 161 ; re- sult of (note), 162.
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United Colonies of New England, 93. United Provinces, The, 19.
United States Bank, Removal of Govern- ment deposits from the, 480, 481.
United States Sanitary Commission formed. 527, 528.
Ury, John, a victim of the Negro Plot de- lusion, 153, 154.
Usselincx suggests a Dutch West India Company, 22 ; proposes a Swedish settle- ment on the Delaware River, 40.
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Valley Forge, American army at, 287, 438.
Van Buren, Martin; biography of (note), 445 ; Governor of New York ; Secretary of the United States, 474; appointed Minister to England ; rejected by the Senate ; President of the United States, 480 ; the Free Soil Party and, 507.
Van Cortlandt, Mayor, Joy of, manifested, 103.
Van Cortlandt Manor, 564.
Cortlandt, Orloff Stevens van ; biography of (note), 564.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, first Lieutenant- Governor of the State, 262; re-elected Lientenant-Governor, 353.
Van Dam, Rip, Acting-Governor of the prov- ince, 142; conflict of, with Governor Cosby, 143; suspended from the Council Board, 151.
Van Dyck kills an Indian woman, and is slain, 67, 68.
Van Krieckenbeeck, Daniel, at Fort Or- ange, 29; makes war on the Mohawks and is killed, 30.
Van Ness, William P., Barr's second in his duel with Hamilton; attacks the Living- ston family, 373.
Van Rensselaer Manor, 32, 33, 562.
Van Rensselaer, Robert, leads militia in the Mohawk Valley, 307, 308.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, 363; in command of the militia, 389 ; on the Niagara frontier, 393 ; biog- raphy of (note), 395 ; at the canal cele- bration, 463.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, Jr., 500.
Van Ruyven, Stuyvesant's secretary (note), 78.
Van Schaick, Colonel, pursues Sir John Johnson, 305.
Varick, Richard, at a meeting of Federal- ists ; biography of (note), 358.
Vaudreuil, Governor of Canada, and the Indians, 170 ; at Montreal ; surrenders the city and the province, 184.
· Vaughan, General, commands troops at the capture of the Highlands' forts, 283 ; at the burning of Kingston, 286.
Verazzano, Jolın, Claim of, to the discov- ery of New York Bay (note), 11.
Vermilye, Johannes, arrested, 110.
Vermont, 191 ; leaders in, coquetting with the British authorities in Canada, 308, 317, 318 ; an independent State, 316; authorities of New York alarmed con- cerning, 317; becomes a State of the Union, 319.
Ver Planck, Gelyn, schepen, 89.
Verplanck, Gulian C., 513, 574.
Verplanck's Point, Headquarters at, 327. Vestrymen of Trinity Church (note), 119.
Vigilance Committee of New York City, 203 ; of the State of New York, 260 ; operations of the, 261.
Vincent, General, commands British forces, 410.
" Virginia dynasty," The, 449.
Vulture, The, and Andre and Arnold, 311.
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Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, commands an expedition against Quebec and fails, 136.
Wallace, Hugh, receives Governor Tryon, 221.
Walloons, History of the (note) ; settle in New Netherland, 25.
Walters, Robert, Associate-Justice, 129.
Wampum, Uses of (note), 19.
War, Preparations for, by the Americans, 207.
War-meeting, A great, in New York City, 522.
Warner, Seth, before Congress, 222.
Warrington, Captain, Cruises of, 438, 439.
Washington, George, Mission of, 161, 162 ;
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Major, builds Fort Necessity ; fights French troops, and surrenders, 162, 163; Colonel, in command of Virginia forces, 169 ; General, reception of, at New York, 220 ; a plot to destroy, 235, 236 ; response to appeal of, 243 ; retreat of, across New Jersey, 250; crosses and recrosses the Delaware River; captures the British forces at Trenton, 254; gains a victory at Princeton ; in winter quarters at Mor- ristown, 255 ; Howe and, confront each other in New Jersey, 286; discovers Arnold's treason, 314 ; headquarters of, at Newburgh, 326, 327; final parting with his officers, 331 ; resigns his com- mission ; retires to Mount Vernon, 332 ; presides over the Constitutional Conven- tion, 336 ; letter of, to General Schuyler, 343 ; elected first President of the United States, 344 ; inaugurated, 345 ; interest of. in the canal system, 347 ; death of, 366. Washington (the National Capital), menaced in 1814 ; attacked, and public and pri- vate property at, destroyed, 436.
Waterbury, General, captured on Lake Champlain, 252.
Watson, Elkanah, promotes canal projects, 347, 348 ; biography of (note) ; explora- tions and labors of, 348, 349.
Wayne, General Anthony, attacked near the Paoli Tavern, 286; takes Stony Point ; biography of (note), 299.
Webb, General, Conduct of, at Fort Ed- ward, 171.
Webb, James Watson, revolutionizes jour- nalism ; biography of (note), 482 ; de- fends his castle, 484.
Weed, Thurlow, journalist ; biography of (note), 475.
Wellington's veterans sent to Canada, 420, 441.
Wells, William, councilman, 84.
Wells, Mr., killed at Cherry Valley, 291.
Wentworth, Benning, Governor, grants lands, 189, 190.
Westchester County, Territory of, 97; a British force invades, 248.
Weston, William, and the New York canals, 349.
West India Company, Pronipt action of the, to save New Netherland, 51.
West Point Military Academy founded, 375.
Whig Party, history of its name, 477, 478. Whiskey Insurrection, 358.
White, Hugh, in Central New York, 342. White Plains, Battle at, 248.
Whitemarsh, American army at, 287.
Wilkinson, General James, in command of the Army of the North ; biography of (note), 414 ; on the St. Lawrence, 415- 417 ; leaves the army, 421.
Willett, Marinus, Sortie of, at Fort Schuy- ler, 271 ; mission of, to General Schuyler ; biography of, 272 ; in expedition against the Indians, 301.
Willett, Thomas, commissioner at Hart- ford in 1650, 58; first Mayor of New York, 85.
William of Orange invades England ; be- comes joint monarch with his wife, Mary, 104; death of, 129.
William, the first English trading vessel on the Hudson River ; driven off by the Dutch, 34, 35.
Williams, Colonel Ephraim, killed near Lake George, 166.
Williams, Major, a British officer made prisoner on Bemis's Heights, 278.
Williams, Thomas, arrested, 110.
Wiltwyck founded, 72; desolated by Ind- ians, 73.
Winchester, General James, at French- town, 403.
Winder, General W. H., at Stony Creek Battle, 410 ; commands troops in the Dis- trict of Columbia ; biography of (note), 458 ; commands at the Battle of Bladens- burg, 436.
Winslow, General, leads provincial troops toward Canada, 115.
Wolfe, General James, Amherst's lieu- tenant, 173; commands expedition against Quebec, 180; on the St. Law- rence River (note) ; incidents of the death of, 183.
Women, Patriotism of the, 524.
Wood, Fernando, Mayor of New York, recommends the secession of New York City, 519, 520.
Woodhull, Colonel Nathaniel, in the As- sembly, 214.
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Woodworth, John, Associate-Justice, 459. Woodworth, Samuel, Poem of, 434; notice of, 574.
Wool, General John E., Energetic action of, 525, 526.
Woolsey, Melancthon, on Lake Cham- plain, 390.
Wooster, General David, encamped at Harlem, 220; succeeds Arnold in com- mand at Quebec ; biography of (note), 230.
Wright, Silas, Comptroller of the State ; biography of (note), 475 ; Governor, and the school fund, 500.
Writs of Assistance, Opposition to, 194. Wyoming Valley, Invasion of, 293, 294.
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Yates, J. Van Ness, Secretary of State, 459. Yates, Joseph C., Governor of New York ; biography of (note), 459.
Yates, Judge Robert, Patriotism of, 343. Yellow fever in New York, 352.
Yeo, Sir James Lucas, on Lake Ontario ; biography of (note), 411.
York, Duke of, receives a gift of all New Netherland from his brother, King Charles ; Lord High Admiral ; sends a force to seize the domain, 74.
York (Toronto), Expedition against, 409, 410.
Young, John, Governor of New York, 505 ; an advocate of popular education, 506.
Young, Samuel, Secretary of State ; re- fuses to comply with an act of the Legis- lature, 498.
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Zenger, John Peter, issues the New York Weekly Journal, a tribune of the people ; attacks official authorities ; trial of, for libel, 144, 147 ; acquitted, 147.
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