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Wells, Rev. J. D. 346 857
John .. . Lindsay J.
924
Wemmel, Dr. A. A.
Wendell, Dr. Mathew 887
Wendt, Louis A
968
West, Benj. W.
Charles E.
1320
1363
C. M ... .
998
Rev. Jacob
Westbrook, Dr. Benj. F 924
924
Wheedon, Dr. Thos. J.
.893, 924
Wight, Dr. Jarvis S. .
1386
Wilkes, Daniel W. 625
Williams, John ...
Rev. Samuel. 1082
Winslow, John ..
1227-1228
1089
Military Execution at, A.
563
Wallabout Basin and Canal .. Wallabout Canal Improvem't, 504
628
105
505 126
Walstein, Mr. and Mrs. 127
1252, 1293 N. F. . . Hon. Wm. H. 1293
Watson, Gaylord.
1191
707
1363
52
Stephen Lott .. 320 1001
489
Early Settlers and Patents ... Ecclesiastical History .... 278
Atlantic Docks. 636 Brooklyn Basin, The ........ 637, 642 Erie Basin, The ... .. 637, 640-641 Erie Basin Dry Dock. 502
Samuel.
1191
1390
GENERAL INDEX.
940
1400
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
Churches. (See also Histories of
PAGE
the Several County Towns).
Baptist.
Calvary 1080
Central. 1076, 1081
Clinton Ave.
1078
Concord
1081
East Brooklyn
1076
Emmanuel.
1081
First. 1074, 1081
(E. D.).
1082
German
1080
Swedish.
1082
Greenpoint
1081
Greenwood
1078
Hanson Place.
1078
Harrison Ave. 1082
Herkimer St. 1079
Marcy Ave.
1080
Pierrepont St.
1074
Sands St. Mission
1079
Second. 1074
Sixth Ave. 1080
Strong Place.
1077
South. .
1076
Tabernacle
1078
Trinity
1080
Washington Ave. 1077
Willoughby Ave
1076
Congregational.
Bedford. 1023
Central .. 1024, 1028
Church of the Covenant .. 1026
Church of the Pilgrims.
1015
Clinton Ave.
1022
East
1028
Elm Place.
1023
Fifth Ave
:026
First.
1026
First, Brownsville
1028
First Identity
1028
Free.
1018
Grand Ave. Chapel
1022
Independent, the.
1015
Lee Ave ..
1027
German Evangel.
1083
Fourth.
1064
Free .
1064
Genevan
1067
German Evangelical
1066
Greene Ave.
1072
John Knox
1067
Lafayette Ave. 1067
Lawrence St. 1066
Memorial. 1070
Noble St 1072
Ross St
1069
Second
1061
Siloam 1065
Sixth 1064
South Brooklyn. 1065
South Third St.
1064
Tabernacle.
1061
Third.
1061
Throop Ave
1069
Wallabout
1065
Westminster 1067
Reformed Presbyterian.
First
Second (United)
1073
Free Presbyterian.
First ...
1073
Roman Catholic.
All Saints'
1056
Annunciation, B. V. M. 1056
Assumption, B. V. M. 1046
First (Prot.). 1043 Holy Name. 1055
Holy Family (Ger.). 1058
Immaculate Conception 1055
Our Lady of Mercy. 1055
Our Lady of Victory 1057
Nativity
1057
Sacred Heart
1057
Grace. . 1041 St. Agnes'
Churches (Meth. Episcopal). PAGE
Grand St. 1033
Greene Ave.
1042
Hanson Place. 1037
Janes
1037
Johnson St.
1032
Episcopal Churches.
999
Good Shepherd.
1007
Grace Ch. Chap. (St. Michael), 1004
Grace .1003, 1011
Holy Trinity.
1003
Mediator
1007
Messiah
1005
Our Saviour
1006
Orchard (Prim.). 1043
Pacific St 1032
Park Ave. (Prim.). 1043
Preachers in L. I. Circuit. 1044
St. John's 1034
St. Paul's
1036
Sands St
1029
Sheepshead Bay 182, 1043
South Third St.
1037
Summerfield 1036
Summerfield Mission. 1037
Swedish 1042
Unionville 182
Warren St .. 1036
Washington St.
1031
Williamsburgh. 1041
Willoughby Ave. 1038
York St.
1031
Zion. .
1042
Zion's Chapel.
1043
York St. (S. S.).
1097
Presbyterian.
Chapel, City Park. 1065
Christie St ..
1069
Classon Ave .. 1069
Clinton St 1064
Cumberland St. Chapel. 1067
First. 1060, 1064, 1069
United.
1072
Fifth
1064
Ft. Greene.
1072
Lewis Ave. 1027
Mayflower Mission 1023
Mt. Prospect Mission (S. S.)
1022
Navy St. Mission.
1015
Nazarene.
1037
N. Y. and B'klyn Ass'n.
1029
New England.
1026
Plymouth.
1018
Plymouth Bethel
1021
St. John's .. 1083
St. Luke's (German).
1084
Rochester Ave.
Scandinavian Free Mission. State St.
1023
South. 1023
1027
Union. .1023, 1028
Union Mission Chapel. 1028
Warren St. Mission ...... .1015, 1022 Dutch Reformed.
Bedford Ave. 994
Bethany Chapel. 997
Centennial Church, First 998
East . 997
First Ch. of B. .993-994
Fourth
995
German.
996
Ger. Evang. St. Peter's Ch.
998
Greenpoint 995
Lee Ave 997
Middle. 995
North. 996
Second, or Central. 994
So. Bushwick. 996
Third, or South. . 995
Washington Ave.
995
Protestant Episcopal.
All Saints
1006
Atonement.
1006, 1014
Churches (Prot. Episcopal). PAGE
Calvary, Free. . 1001
Calvary (E. D.). 1010
Chapel Ch. Char. Foundation, 1007 Christ. . 1000, 1009
Emmanuel. 1001, 1005
Leonard St. 1041
Mt. Zion African Prot. Mariners'.
1042
New York Ave.
1037
North Fifth St. 1033
Nostrand Ave. 1038
Norwegian Bethel Mission 1043
Redeemer. 1005
Reconciliation 1014
Redemption
1004
Reformation 1004, 1006
St. Andrew's 1006
St. Ann's (Old) 121, 515
1011
St. George's
1007
St. James' 1006, 1010
St. John's (E. D.).
1011
St. John's 1000
St. John's (S. S.).
1097
St. Luke's.
1001
St. Mark's
1004
St. Mary's
1001
St. Matthews'
1006
St. Paul's (Old).
515
St. Paul's
1004
St. Paul's (E. D.).
1010
St. Paul's, Free . 1000
St. Peter's
1004
St. Stephen's
1007
St. Thomas'
1001
Trinity
1000
The Ascension. 1011
Friends (Quakers).
Meeting House 1014
Lutheran (The Evangel. and).
Emmanuel.
1085
Evang. Mission, Hop- kins St. 1085
Grace Eng. Evangel.
1085
Harrison Ave. Church of E. Assoc., N. A
1085
Norwegian Seaman's
1084
Our Saviour's (Danish). 1084
St. Johannes' 1083
St. Mark's . 1085
St. Matthew's (Eng.). .1083, 1084
St. Peter's (German).
1084
St. Paul's ..
1084
Zion (German) 1083
Methodist Episcopal. Methodism in Brooklyn ...
First ..
African (Wesleyan).
1031
Bethel, African.
1033
Brooklyn (Prim.).
1043
Carlton Ave.
1032
Carroll Park
1042
Cedar St.
Central .
1041
DeKalb Ave. 1032
Elders, Presiding, in B'klyn and L. I. Dist. 1044
First (Greenpoint) 1034
First German. 1037
First Place (Free) 1048
First Place. 1034
Fleet St. . 1034
Fleet St. Bethel. 1038
Forty-Fourth St. 1042
Fourth Meth. Prot. 1043
1029
1030
Puritan 1024 1024
1028
Tompkins Ave. .
1073
1042
1058
1032
St. Barnabas' Chapel (E. D.). .
1401
Churches (R. C.)-Continued. PAGE
St. Alphonsus' (Ger.) 1057
St. Ambrose's. 1058
St. Anne's .. 1056
St. Anthony's. 1055
St. Augustine's 1057
St. Bernard's
1057
Roads.
192
Grand Opera House. 1125
Haverly's. 1123
Hooley's Opera House. 1115, 1124
Kemble, The 1163
Mozart Gardens 513
Music Hall, The. 1124
Music and Opera, Progress of, in Brooklyn. 1126
Museum, The Brooklyn. 1110
Music in Public Schools. 1161
Novelty, The. 1125
Olympic, The. 1125
Other Dramatic Societies. 1162
Park, The 1116
Prospect Heights, The. 1164
Standard, The.
1124
Volks, The 1124
Druids, United Order of.
1355
Druggists. (See Dealers.)
Dry Goods. (See Dealers.)
E
Eastern Star, Lodges of. (See Masons.)
Ecclesiastical.
B'klyn Ohjects to Ch. Taxes .. 328
B'klyn Petitions for a Separate Minister 329
Ch. Erected at Brooklyn. 332
Erected at Flatlands. 330
Church Masters. 337
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF
KINGS Co., 1628-1800 ...... 327-337 First Ch. on L. I. at Flatbush. 327 First Ministers of New Nether- lands 327
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATIONS OF B'KLYN. .993-1090
EDUCATION, HIGHER. IN BKLYN .. 950-962 PUBLIC, DEP'T OF .. . . . Educational. (See Histories of the Several County Towns). Adelphi Academy, The. 954
Board of Education, B'klyn .. 485
Members of. 615, 618 Officers of. .184, 618
Dentists' Materials. 816 Organization of, 1835 ... 614
Kings Co. Dental Soc ..
945
L. I. Association of Dental Surgeons. 943
Mechanical Dentistry. 816
New York Dental Soc., The. 944
Pioneers of Dentistry in K. Co. 941
Profession of Dentistry 941
Services of B'klyn Dentists in the Civil War .. 943
DENTISTRY IN BR'KLYN, THE PRO- FESSION OF
941-949
Dentists. 1386
DRAMA AND OPERA IN B'KLYN, 1105-1135 Dramatic.
Academy of Music. .486, 1112
Amaranth, The 1163
Amaryllis 1164
Amateur Opera Association. . 1164
1165
Amateurs, Since Professionals, Amphitheatre, The 1108
Amphion, The .. 1164
Arcadian, The 1164
Athenaeum, The Brooklyn 1112
Brooklyn Lyceum, The ..
1302
Theatre
510, 1117
Burning of the.
513
Bulwer, The ...
1416
Colonnade Garden, The 1109
Dramatic. PAGE
Drama, The, in Brooklyn ..... 1105
Dramatic Amateur Ass'n. 1162
Entre Nous, The. 1162
First Dramatic Performance in Brooklyn. 1106
St. Benedict's
1055
St. Boniface's.
1055
St. Bridget's
1058
St. Cecelia's
1057
Topography of ..
189
St. Francis de Sales'
St. Francis'
1055
St. James'
1045
St. John's. 1054, 1058
St. John the Baptist. 1056
St. Joseph's
1054
St. Leonard's
1057
St. Louis'
1057
St. Mary's Star of the Sea.
1055
St. Mary's Parochial School ..
St. Michael's.
1058
St. Nicholas'.
1056
St. Paul's
1046
St. Peter's
1055
St. Peter's and St. Paul's 1050
Books, etc. 1376
St. Stephen's. 1056
Boots and Shoes. 1375
Butchers .. 1370
China and Glassware 1377
Coal and Wood 1383
Transfiguration. 1057
Visitation, B. V. M. 1055
Reformed Catholic.
Ref. Catholic Churches
1060
Jewish.
Temple Israel.
1089
Beth Elohim. 1089
Ahavis Achim. 1089
Unitarian.
First Congreg. (Ch. of the
Saviour)
1086
Second. .. 1087
Third Union. 1087
Universalist.
First.
1086
Church of Our Father. 1088
All Souls' 1088
Miscellaneous.
Chr. Ch. of the Evangel. 1089
First Moravian 1090
Life and Advent. 1090
Union Chapel. 1090
1072 German Evangelical Mission.
Navy Mission, The 1097
German Church of the Holy Trinity . 1054
Church of Blessed Hope ..
1090
Society of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
1090
1391 Spiritualistic Circles. 1393
City Officials
CITY OF B., HISTORY OF THE CON- SOLIDATED 484-520
Clarendon House, The. 1359
Clinton House, The .. 1359
Clubs. (See Associations.)
Athletic. .316, 1340
Bicycling. 1340
Boat.
Sporting 1336
Yachting .316, 1339
Coal and Wood. (See Dealers.)
Colonial Legislation. . .372, 373, 374 COMMERCE OF BKLYN., THE ....... 634-667
COMMISSIONERS OF
CHARITY OF
KINGS COUNTY .493a-510a Coney Island. 198
Bauer, Paul.
Discovery of 189
Divisions of.
Coney Island. PAGE
Feltman, Charles. 199
Map of, 1666 .. 190
Modern Development of. 194
Piracy.
192
Ocean Pavilion.
199
Seaside Home for Children .. Sanitarium
197
Settlement. 189
Town's Commonage Leases .. . 192
Tragedy of Brig Vineyard .... West Brighton Hotel ... 198 192
Confectioners. (See Dealers.)
Conservatories. (See Florists.)
CONSOLIDATED CITY OF B., THE HIST. OF. 484-520
Contractors and Builders. 1383
Convention of 1754, The. 373
1055 Costumer 1388
County Officials 1392
D
Dealers -Dry Goods 1362
Bakers. 1371
Confectioners 1371 East New York. (See New Lots Hist.)
Druggists 940
Fish
Furniture.
1372
Gents' Furnishing. 1388
Grocers.
1366
Hard ware. 1380
Hats ..
1376
Jewelers
1387
Lumber. 1382
Meat. Milk.
1371
Millinery Music.
1377
Pianos
1377
Stationers.
1376
Tailors, Merchant 1387
Teas, Coffees, etc .. 1366
Dental.
B'klyn Dental Assoc., The. 944
Brooklyn Dental Society, The
944
Brooklyn Society of Dental Science.
944
Dental Infirmary.
509
Brooklyn. (See Board of Ed.). Asylums and Industrial Schools, under charge of Board of Educat'n, Attendance and Princi- pals .. 618
618
Colored and Principals .. 618
Evening Schools .. 617 Free Sch'l-Book System 617
First School Teacher in, 409
Grammar and Princi- pals 618
Grammar Schools. 618
Primary and Principals, 618 Primary Schools ...... 613, 618 Sources of Income for the Support of Public Schools in 616
Statistics of .. 616
Scholarships in Colleges, 615 Teachers. 617
B'klyn Collegiate and Poly- technic Institute .. . 953
B'klyn Conservatory of Music. 958
B'klyn Froebel Kindergarten, The . 958
B'klyn Heights Sem.
953
B'klyn Juvenile High School. 953
St. Patrick's 1054, 1058
St. Theresa's 1058
St. Vincent's. 1057
St. Vincent de Paul's. 1056
1370
1370
1388
609
197
1056
GENERAL INDEX.
191
1340
1
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
1402
Educational-Continued. PAGE
Browne's Business College .... 958
Bryant and Stratton Business College, The. 959
Columbia Conservatory of
Music. 958 The New. 438
Dawn of a Higher Education, The . . .410, 950 Dept. of Public Education. .. 609
Early Educational Advantages and Methods. 411
Early Private Schools .. .413, 950
EDUCATION IN KINGS CO., 1659- 1883, HISTORY OF 409-413 Education in Kings County .. 48 Greene Collegiate Inst. 957
Industrial School for Destitute Children 518
Kissick's Business College. 959
Lockwood's Academy. 955
Mollenhauer's Coll. of Music .. 958
Private and Endowed Schools Packer's Collegiate Inst. 951
525
School for Destitute Children, Industrial. 518
Schools During the Revolu- tionary War
410
Schools After. 411 16
Schools in the State of N. Y ..
Schools of the Town of Bush- wick and Village of Wil- liamsburgh . 611
St. John's College 955
Wright's Business College and Eclectic Academy 959
Elks, Benev. Order of. 1355
Ephemeris of Materia Medica. 1190 Epidemics.
Epidemics which have visited Kings county, The. 891
Map of Yellow Fever district. 141
Yellow Fever .. .. .485, 487, 504
Errata. 1394
F
Federal Building, The 865a-868a Ferries.
Ancient Ferry Rights 426
Atlantic St. or South 439
Annex. 446, 513
Bridge St .. 444
Brooklyn Ferries and Ferry Rights .. .425-446
B'klyn, Hist of. .425-446
Catharine St .. 102, 438
Contest as to Ferry Rights .... 427
Dangers and Difficulties of Ferry Travel in Olden Time, 431 Changes in the Village. 230 Division St. 445 Church in the Woods, The. 245
Erie Annex. 446
Ferry District of Village in 1816, Map of. 109
Ferry Houses. 442
First Ferry-Master (eng.). 446
Fulton, Collision on 505
Grand St. (E. D.). 445 Greenpoint 303, 446
Gouverneur St. . 442
Hamilton Ave., View of. 441
Houston St .. 445
Kings Co., Tabular List of. 446
Map of Old Ferry Dist., 1816 .. 109 Navy Yard 444
N. Y. & B'klyn Steamboat As- sociates, The ..
434 445
446
435
Roosevelt St.
442
Local Officers Appointed. 220
Main Road, The. 231 227
Flatbush. PAGE
Mission School 245 Modern History of, The. 230 Musical Associations .. 245
Office of Overseers changed to Commissioners 223
Old Mills.
Old Stage Routes.
231
Organization of Local Govern- ment and Ports 219
Original Seat of Justice. Overseers of .
Parkville, The Village of. M. E. Church.
222 221 232 245
B'klyn's First Fire Eng., (eng.) 568
Chief Engineer, Office of, Created, 1816 .. 571
City Fire Dep't, 1855 573
Com's of Fire Dep't., 1869. . 576
Exempt Firemen's Assoc. of the City of B'klyn .. 583
Fire and Buildings, Depart- ment of .. .. 568, 582
Fire Dep't. Board of Estimates 504
Fire of 1848, Great .. 151 Fire Commissioners, Board of 486
Fire Department. .568, 525
485
Fire Department of Brooklyn. Fire Dep't. Statistics. 578
Fire Dept., The Volunteers .... First Fire Dept., 1788 569
506
Fire Dept., Eastern District .. . Fire Wardens Appointed, 1817. Fire Wardens and Marshals ... 580
571
Firemen's Mon. in Greenwood Cemetery, eng. . 578
First H'k. and L. Co., 1817 571
First Fire Co. of Brooklyn, 1785 568
First Village Fire Bell, 1795 .. Hose Companies. 573a
570
Map of Fire of 1848. 151
577 Single Head Commission, 1880 Village Fire Dep't., 1823, In- corporation of the ... 573
Widows' and Orphans' Fund .. 582
575
W'burgh Fire Dep't. inc. 1843. Fish. (See Dealers.) CULTURE ON L. I. 963-970 Flatlands.
Flatbush.
Annexation Question. 237
Beginnings of Settlement. 213
Board of Health. 241
Board of Improvement .. 236
Boundary Dispute with New- town 216
British Occupation of, The ... 227
Cemetery of the Holy Cross .. 248
218
St. Matthew's Lutheran Ch
75
TOWN OF, HISTORY OF 64-79
Florists. 1364
Foresters, Anc. Order of. .. 316, 1355 Furniture. (See Dealers.)
G
Garfield Building, The .648, 1300
244 Gas Corporations.
Brooklyn Gas Light Co. 675
Citizens' Gas Light Co. 676
220 235 Fulton Municipal Gas Light Co Gas Light Companies . 676 675
Illuminating Oils. 675
Metropolitan Gas Light Co ..
676
230 Nassau Gas Light Co. 676
214 People's Gas Light Co 676
GENERAL TRADE AND MERCHAN- DISE. 1362-1392 Gents' Furnishing. (See Dealers.) Good Templars. (See Temperance.) Graham Art School, The ... 1140
Grand Army of the Republic, 316, 1210 1212
253 247
Patentees of, Facsimiles of Au- tographs of
217
Population. Police Com's Appointed. . R. C. Ch. of the Holy Cross ... Select Schools Sabbath Schools of. 239 230 246 243 252 248 Second Reformed German Ch. Sidewalks Regulated. 231 Sisters of St. Joseph, The. Sidew'ks and Cross'gs Flagged Skirmishes of. 247 231 226 Stocks and Whipping Post .... Street Cars Introduced. Social and Political History ... St. John's P. E. Ch. Streets Laid Out .. 228 231 232 218 243 243 223 Sunday Laws Telegraph Co St. Paul's P. E. Ch., Hist. of .. Supervisors Appointed 222 237 Temperance Societies. 238 214 The Nicolls Patent of. 234 Town Clerks. Town Hall. 238 228 Town Pound. 225
Treasurers of the Co. from.
Water Works
240
Windsor Terrace. Windsor Terrace Sabbath
233
School.
Windsor Terrace School.
246 253
Barren Island. 77
Common Schools of 75-77
German Evan. Ref. Ch. 75
M. E. Church of. 75
Neck . 71
Prot. Meth. Church of.
75
333 Reformed Dutch Church of ... Second Ch. at Flatbush, 1698 .. Situation of. 64
73
Dongan Charter of
During the Revolution.
Educational History of.
Erasmus Hall Academy
249 250 234
Fire Engine Co ...
First Baptist Church M. E. Church. Houses. 214 Village Newspaper 236
Five Dutch Towns, The
Gas Company ..
HISTORY OF TOWN OF
Healthfulness of.
Historical Trees
Indian Deed of, 1670,
Justices of the Peace.
224 345
Last Court held at Flatbush .. . 239 Law and Order Association ... Literary Societies 254
Steam Introduced on the Ferry Lines 432
South. 439 Melrose Hall
Ferries. PAGE
Steamboats on the B. Ferry. . 433
Team, or Horse-Boats on the B. Ferry. 433
The B. U. F. Co. 436
The N. Y. and B. F. Co. 436
227
Union Ferry Co .. .. 437, 509, 516, 525 Wall St, View of. 441
Fire Department.
B'klyn Vol. Fire Department., Personnel of, 1869. 576
Board of Fire Com. 486
Public School. R. C. Church.
Sons of Temperance in.
Earliest Ferry to B'klyn. . 425 Commutation of Quit Rents .. Distinguished Citizens. Congregational Church. 245 225 216 225
248
213-254 241
Old Grand St., View of. Peck Slip ..
Renewed Agitation of the Ferry Question, 1821.
574
1403
GENERAL INDEX.
Gravesend PAGE
Addenda. .186-188
Ancient Plot of, 1645. 186
A. P. Stockwell's House 118
Assessors 169
Avenue. 171
Bay Ridge Landing. 203
Brighton Pier at C. I. 204
Brighton Beach B. P. at C. I .. 205
Cattle and Fences ... 165
Cemeteries
183
Chapels.
181
Church History 177
Coney Island Causeway. Chapel.
182
Hist. of.
.189-212
Plank Road, . . .
171
County Treasurer.
169
Court of Sessions. 168
Division of Lands. 163
First Town Patent. 160
General History 185
Geography of. 156
Highways .. 170
HISTORY OF, TOWN OF. 156-188
Hotel Brighton at C. I. 205
Houses of Olden Time. 166
Household Furniture. 166
Indian Purchases 162
Johnson House 188
Libraries. 183 The Seney. . .516, 518
Magistrates' Pew in Church. .. 185
Manhattan Beach at C. I.
208
Hotel, C. I.,
208
Marine R. R. at C. I.
208
Ministers
Miscellaneous ..
Name, Origin of
158
Neck Road, The.
171
N. Y. State Training School for Nurses. 913
Old Men's Home. 514
R. C. Home for the Aged. 518
Southern Disp. and Hosp. 938
St. Mary's Hosp 515, 933
St. John's Hosp. .513. 935
Ladies' Fruit and Flower Mis- sion
511
Lutheran Home Association, N. Y. City. 318 Mutual Sick Aid Soc .. 316
Orphan Home of the Ch. of the Holy Trinity. 986
Pierrepont House, The .... 1359 Waldo House, The. 1360 Prot. Epis. Mission to the Public Institutions 988 992
1358
Relief Work.
R. C. Orphan Asylum Soc. of the City of Brooklyn. .... Sailors' Coffee-House Co., The 990 987 983 Sheltering Arms Nursery, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The .... 987 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 987 956
St. Francis' College.
St. Joseph's Inst. for the Im- proved Instruction of Deaf Mutes
990
St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum. 992
St. Leonard's Academy .. 956
St. Michael's Kranken Unter- setzungs Verein. 316
St. Paul's Industrial School ... 992
St. Phebe's Mission 986 St. Vincent's Home. 992
Truant Home of the City of B., The. .562a, 990 Visiting Committee of State Charities Aid Ass. for the K. Co. Institutions 988
Wayside Home
989
Wartburg Home.
317
Williamsburgh Benev. Soc ... 992
Missionary Soc. .. 303
Business Women's Union, The 987
Institutions. PAGE
Children, Home for Destitute, 489
Children's Aid Society, E. D., 303 Ch. Charity Foundation ... 509 Ch. Charity Foundation of
L. I., The.
Christian Union for Chinese Work, The.
978 986 981 981 515
Dispensary, E. D., Hos. and .. Evangelical Home for the Aged Female Employment Soc .. First Brooklyn Woman's Chr. Temperance Union Emerald Association. 992 974 982 986 Flower and Fruit Charity, The German Ladies' Association .. R. C. Orph. Asylum .. 976 992 992 982 982
Gr'npoint Home for the Aged, The ..
Howard Benev. Soc. (New Lots) .
Hebrew Benevolent Soc .. Orphan Soc. of B
303 984 984 992 981
983
Home Association for Working Women and Children, The. Home for Friendless Women and Children ..
976 976
Home for Incurables. .
Hospital Sat. & Sun. Ass., The.
988
Indus. School Assoc. & Home for Destitute Children ... 984
Observatory at C. I.
202
Ocean Ave .. Parkway Pier at C. I.
204
Odd Fellows' Lodge
Orders and Contracts, Sundry,
Oriental Hotel at C. I .. .
Parsonage
Pioneer Settlers.
Post Offices
Quit Rent. . 168 186
Race Courses
Revolutionary Incidents
Sea Beach Hotel at C. I.
Settlement.
Schools, Public.
183
Sheepshead Bay
156
Stillwell House
I
Ice Co., The Ridgewood. 1390
Institutions. (See Histories of the Several County Towns). Baptist Home, The ... .512, 978
Brothers of St. Francis' Mon- astery, The ... 955
B'klyn Ass'n for Improving the Condition of the Poor 974
977
B'klyn Benevolent Soc. Bureau of Charities. .. B'klyn Children's Aid Society, The .. 980
974
Unionville Church, M. E. 182
201
Vanderveer's Bathing Pavil'n, Villages .
183
Water Supply 186
Grocers. (See Dealers.)
H
Hardware. (See Dealers.)
Hatters. (See Dealers.)
Hempstead Conven., 1665, The. . 372, 373 316
Heptasophs, Order of.
1354
Home Circle, The ..
Honor, Knights of ....
.316, 1353
Knights and Ladies of .. 316, 1353 Legion of, The. 1351.
Hospitals and Institutions. PAGE
Bedford Dispensary. 1392
B'klyn City Dispensary ..
986
Central Dispensary ... 485, 937 City Hospital .. 485
Diet Dispensary. 939
Eye and Ear Hospital .. 935 Nursery. . 913
Women's Hom. Hosp. and Disp. 914
Home for Cons'm't'ves,
935
Hom. Disp. 910
Hosp
911
Maternity. .
912
Sanitarian Hosp. and Disp. 939
Bushwick and East B. Disp .. 938
Bushwick Germ. Mutual Ind. Sick Ben. Society. 1357
County Hosp., Flatbush 467
E. D. Dispensary. . .519, 937
E. D. Hom. Disp. Ass'n. 913 Good Samaritan, The ..
Erin Fraternal Benev. Ass ..
1358 518
Garfield Home for Cons'm't's, Gates Ave. Hom. Disp .. 909
German Home for the Aged .. Lutheran Hosp. . 516
518
Home for Destitute Children .. 489 for the Aged German .. 518 Helping Hand, The.
Hosp. and Disp., E. D.
515
Keith Home. 936
Kings Co. Alms-House. 477
Inebriate Home 503
Lunatic Asylum .. .
485a
Lucretia Mott Dis. and Inf'y .. 937
181 177 L. I. Col. Hosp.
.487, 509
M. E. Hospital, The.
935
Superintendents of the Poor, Hist. of. 463
Hotel, Clarendon, The. 1359
Clinton, The 1359
Mansion House, The .. 1359
Old and New .. .1358-1359
HOTELS AND BATHS.
Hunt Horticultural and Botanic Garden 485
Soil. . ..
187
Stryker House.
Sunday Laws
Supervisors
Temperance Laws, Early Topography. Town Clerks.
Court
Hall
156
of, History of. Organization.
164 185
B'klyn Schools. . 957
Bk'lyn Howard Colored Or- phan Asylum ... 983
B'klyn Home for Aged Men, The
974
B'klyn Nursery, The. 977
Home for the Aged. .. 512
973 Orphan Asylum. .. Indian Ass., The .. 988
B'klyn Soc. for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females . 976
171 172
183
166 208 181 158 173
176 203 156
173
188 165 185 165 156 185 166 186
Industrial School & Home of Brooklyn, E. D. 985
Industrial Restaurant and Training School ... 986 Inebriates' Home for K. Co., 562a,989 Jewish Societies. . 1357
Home for the Aged.
Convent of the Good Shepherd Convent of the Sisters of Mercy ..
171
1404
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
Institutions .- Continued. PAGE
Woman's Work Exchange & Decorative Art Soc. of B. .. 987
Y. M. Assoc., Third Pres. Ch., 303
Zion Relief Association .. 988
Woman's Dispensary. 937
Pharmaceutical.
B'klyn Board of Pharmacy, The
940
Homoeopathic Pharmacies .. 913
Kings Co. Phar. Society 940
Pharmaceutical Associations. 940
Insurance Companies. Atlantic 515
B'klyn City Safe Deposit Co .. 632
Brooklyn Fire. 628
Brooklyn Life. 631
Continental 630
Fireman's Trust. 630
Fire ... 628
Fulton, of W'msburgh
303
Germania.
631
Social Conditions of Early In- habitants 70
S. S. Union. 1097
Superintend'ts of the Poor. . . 463-492a Supervisors, 1st meeting after Rev., 1784 393
Supervisors. 1st meeting after Incorp. of B'klyn .. 404
Temp. Court Accom .. 1832-37, Travel and Transit in. 419
Treasurers. 418a
Will, The First Recorded in .. 419a
Knights, Cath. of America.
1357
of Honor. . .316, 1353
of Pythias .. .. 316, 317, 1354
and Ladies of H ..
316-317
1353
L
(See Bench and Bar of B'klyn.) Asa P. and F. W. Robinson vs. City of Brooklyn. 1264
Beecher-Tilton Trial. .. 511, 512, 1216 1220, 1222
1264 1268
Coppin vs. Gatewood .....
Executors of P. W. Radcliff vs. Mayor and C. C. of B'klyn . 1265
Great Ropewalk Litigation
with the City of B'klyn .. 1266
1264 Henry W. Sage vs. City of B .. Hope vs. English. 1263
Municipal Court under the First Charter. 530
The People vs. Rubenstein. . 1262
Tilton-Beecher Trial. .. 511, 512, 1216 1220, 1222
Court of Oyer and Terminer .. 345 Surrogates 368
Sheriffs. 368
Legal Biographies. 1275 Clothing
Legion of Honor, American 1351 Coffee, Spices and Teas. 800
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