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All were at last completed, and then came the sus- pending from them of the roadway and the building of the massive approaches of masonry on either side.
On May 24, 1883, after thirteen years of labor, the structure was opened to the public. Impressive cer- emonies attended the event. The President and his cabinet, Governors of States, and distinguished guests attended. The harbor was filled with merchant ves- sels gay with bunting, and seven frigates of the North Atlantic squadron participated. The Seventh Regi- ment, Colonel Emmons Clark, escorted the distin- guished visitors to the New York end of the bridge. As this was reached the flagship Tennessee began a general salute, which was completed by the other frigates, the Navy Yard, and Castle William on Governor's Island. Meantime the party proceeded to the centre of the bridge, where it was met by the municipal authorities of Brooklyn, and escorted to the Brooklyn station, in which a great company had gathered. Here the ceremonies opened with prayer by Bishop Littlejohn, of Brooklyn. An oration by Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, and an address by Rev. Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, followed. A reception at the house of Chief Engineer Roebling, in Brooklyn, and a general display of fireworks in the evening, completed the ceremonies.
The noble statue of Liberty Enlightening the World is intended to typify at once the genius of America and the benefits of liberty to mankind. It is the creation of M. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, an eminent French sculptor, who was born some fifty- three years ago at Colmar, in Alsace, France. What
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adds to its interest is the fact that it is a tribute of respect and esteem from the French people to the people of the United States. The conception is said to have first taken form in the sculptor's mind as he sailed up the noble harbor in the ship that bore him from France. He said :
"We will rear here, before the eyes of the millions of strangers seeking a home in the New World, a colossal statue of Liberty ; in her upstretched hand the torch en- lightening the world ; in her other hand the Book of Laws, to remind them that true liberty is only found in obedience to law ; and the people of France shall present the statue in memory of the ancient friendship subsisting between the two countries."
This was in 1870. After travelling throughout our country for several months and finding hearty en- couragement for his project, Bartholdi returned to France, where his proposed work excited the warm- est enthusiasm of the people. They willingly con- tributed the material, and the statue was begun at once and made rapid progress. The head was completed and exhibited at the Paris Exposition of IS78. On October 24, 1881-the anniversary of the battle of Yorktown,-the pieces of the framework and base were put in place, and on July 4, 1884, M. De Lesseps, the president of the French committee for procuring funds, officially presented the statue to the Hon. Levi P. Morton, our Minister to France. In his speech at the time, M. De Lesseps said that the statue was " the gift of France, the contributions of one hundred and eighty cities, forty general coun-
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cils, a large number of societies, and of over one hundred thousand subscribers." At the same time the French government provided a national vessel, the Isère, for transporting the statue to our shores. Meantime a pedestal for the statue had to be erected, and it was proposed that the American people should provide this by popular subscription, as the French had done with the statue, and an American commit- tee was formed. Congress had authorized President Hayes to set apart a site for the statue, and he designated Bedloe's Island in New York harbor, about a mile southwest of the Battery. Ground was first broken for the pedestal in April, 1883, and the latter was completed in April, 1886, a solid mass of masonry, 154 feet 10 inches high-about three and a half feet higher than the goddess which was to crown it. This statue was not cast of bronze, but was built up of repoussé, or sheets of hammered copper. The sheets were packed in cases, and put on board the French vessel Isère, which arrived off Sandy Hook in the latter part of June, 1886. There she was met by the North Atlantic squadron and escorted up the bay, while the forts fired salutes, and the city bells rang joyous peals in her honor.
The work of putting the statue together was com- pleted in October, 1886, under the direction of General Charles P. Stone, of the United States army. The ceremonies attending the dedication on October 28, 1886, are familiar to the youngest reader. and need not be detailed here.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.
MAYORS OF NEW YORK SINCE THE REVOLUTION.
David Matthews, 1776-1784.
James Duane, 1784-1789.
Richard Varick, 1789-1801.
Edward Livingston, 1801-1803.
De Witt Clinton, 1803-1807.
Marinus Willett, 1807-1808.
De Witt Clinton, 1808-1810.
Jacob Radcliff, 1810-1811.
De Witt Clinton, 1811-1815.
John Ferguson, 1815.
Jacob Radcliff, 1815-1818.
Cadwallader D. Colden, 1818-1821.
Stephen Allen, 1821-1824.
William Paulding, IS24-1826.
Phillip Hone, 1826-1827.
William Paulding, 1827-1829.
Walter Bowne, 1829-1833.
Gideon Lee, 1833-1834. Cornelius W. Lawrence, 1834-1837. Aaron Clark, 1837-1839.
Isaac L. Varian, 1839-1841.
Robert H. Morris, 1841-1844. James Harper, 1844-1847.
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William V. Brady, 1847-1848.
William F. Havemeyer, 1848-1849.
Caleb S. Woodhull, 1849-1851.
Ambrose C. Kingsland, 1851-1853. Jacob A. Westervelt, 1853-1855.
Fernando Wood, 1855-1858.
Daniel N. Tieman, 1858-1860.
Fernando Wood, 1860-1862.
George Opydyke, 1862-1864.
C. Godfrey Gunther, 1864-1866.
John T. Hoffman, 1866-1868.
Thomas Coman (Acting Mayor), 1868.
A. Oakey Hall, 1869-1871.
William F. Havemeyer, 1873-1874.
William H. Wickham, 1875-1877.
Smith Ely, 1877-1879.
Edward Cooper, 1879-1880.
William R. Grace, 1881-1883.
Franklin Edson, 1883-1885.
William R. Grace, 1885-1887.
Abram S. Hewitt, 1887-
APPENDIX B.
NOTABLE AND CURIOUS EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.
1609. (Sept. 6th.) Hudson discovers Manhattan Island.
1613. Trading-port of four houses established on the island by Amsterdam merchants.
1614. Fort Amsterdam erected.
1621. Dutch West India Company chartered, and terri- tory of New Netherland committed to its care.
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1624. Peter Minuit, first Director, arrives.
1626. Buys Manhattan Island (22,000 acres in area) of the Indians for $24 in merchandise.
1632. Minuit succeeded by Wouter Van Twiller.
1633. First schoolmaster (Adam Roelantsen) arrived, and the first church built.
1635. Fort Amsterdam finished at cost of $1,688.
1638. William Kieft succeeds Van Twiller as Director.
1642. Stone tavern (later Stadt Huys) built at head of Coenties Slip.
1647. Petrus Stuyvesant succeeds Kieft as Director.
1650. First lawyer (Dirck Van Schellyen) began practice.
1652. First city charter granted.
1653.
Palisades along line of Wall Street erected as de- fence against the English. The first magis- trates appointed.
1656. City first surveyed, and the streets-17-mapped ; 120 houses and 1,000 inhabitants then in the city.
1657. Average price of city lots, $50.
1658. Streets paved with stone. Rattle watch of eight men appointed. Rent of an average house $14 per year. Fire buckets, hooks, and ladders furnished.
1664. City taken by the English. Population, 1,500.
1665. Jury trials first established.
1668. Francis Lovelace succeeds Colonel Nicolls as Governor.
1673. City retaken by the Dutch.
1674. Re-ceded to the English.
1678.
An Admiralty Court established, and citizens given the exclusive right to export bread and flour. Three ships and fifteen sloops and barques owned in the city.
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1683. Dougan's charter granted. City divided into six wards.
1685. Assessed value of property, £75,694.
I686. City seal presented.
1688. Wall Street laid out, 36 feet wide.
1691. Leisler hanged.
1692. Pine, Cedar, and adjoining streets laid out through the old Damen farm.
1693. First printing-press established by William Brad- ford. Bell-man or town-crier appointed, and furnished with livery dress. The city builds a bridge over Spuyten Duyvil creek.
1696. First Trinity Church erected.
1697. First regular night-watch established. Streets lighted by extending a lantern on a pole from every seventh house.
1699. City Hall in Wall Street erected.
1702. Free Grammar School established.
1703. Trinity Churchyard granted to the church by the city. A cage, pillory, and stocks for the pun- ishment of criminals erected before the City Hall.
1707. Broadway paved from Trinity Church to Bowling Green.
1710. Lutheran Church erected corner Broadway and Rector Street.
1716. A public clock of four dials first put up in the city on the City Hall, presented by Stephen De Lancey.
1719. Presbyterian Church in Wall Street erected.
1725. The first newspaper- The New York Gazette- published by William Bradford.
1728. Jews' burial ground opened near Chatham Square. 1729. Dutch Church in Nassau Street (old Post-Office) erected.
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1730. Stages to Philadelphia once a fortnight in winter.
1731. A library of 1,622 volumes bequeathed by Rev. Dr. Wellington, of England, opened in the city, nucleus of the present Society Library. Two fire engines brought from London, and a fire department of twenty-four men organized. City divided into seven wards.
1734. A work-house erected in the present Park. Zen- ger's Weekly Journal established.
1740-I. Hard winter. Snow six feet on a level. Hud. son frozen over at New York.
1743. The Postboy, newspaper established by James Parker.
1750. Beekman Street laid out and paved. Thames and John streets paved.
1751. Moravian Chapel built in Fulton Street.
1752. First Merchants' Exchange built at foot of Broad Street.
1754. The Walton House, on Pearl Street, erected by William Walton, a merchant. Present Society Library established.
1755. Staten Island Ferry established.
1757. (May.) Troops embark against Canada.
1760. A public clock presented by John Watts to the Exchange.
1761. Fulton Street (then Partition) regulated and paved.
1762. Public lamps and lamp-posts erected.
1763. Powle's Hook (Jersey City) Ferry established.
1764. The first Methodist Church (in John Street) erect-
ed. Coal thought of as fuel. Sandy Hook Light-house first lighted.
Brick Church (Beekman Street) opened.
1768. 1769. Robert Murray, of New York, reputed the largest shipowner in America.
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1770. Chamber of Commerce incorporated by Royal Charter.
1773. Lots on corner of Nassau and Pine valued at £150 each.
1773. (Sept.) Corner-stone of New York Hospital laid by Governor Tryon.
1774. Hoboken Ferry established. Chatham Street so named.
1784. (May.) King's College re-chartered by State of New York and named Columbia College. Wil- liam Samuel Johnson, first president, elected 1787.
1785. (May.) Ship Empress returned,-the first vessel ever sent from the United States to China. Sir John Temple, first Consul-General from George III., arrived.
1795.
Yellow-fever introduced by a British frigate ; 732 deaths occurred from the disease. Society Library opened its first building, corner of Nassau and Cedar.
1804 New York Historical Society organized (Novem- ber 20th) by Mayor De Witt Clinton, Judge Egbert Benson, Rev. Drs. Samuel Miller, John N. Mason, John N. Abeel, William Linn, Dr. David Hosack, Anthony Bleecker, Samuel Bayard, Peter G. Stuyvesant, and John Pintard. First Free School opened. Washington Irving admitted to the bar.
1806.
1807. College of Physicians and Surgeons chartered.
1808. American Academy of Fine Arts incorporated. Chancellor Livingston, president ; John Trum- bull, vice-president.
1809. Knickerbocker's "History of New York" ap- peared.
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1812. Present City Hall completed. War with Eng- land declared. New York within four months sent 26 privateers to sea, carrying 212 guns, 2,239 men.
1813. New York blockaded by British fleet.
1815. (Feb. 11th.) News of the treaty of peace at Ghent received. *
1816. American Bible Society formed.
1820. Apprentices' Library founded.
1821. Mercantile Library founded.
1824. Lafayette, revisiting America, arrived in New York.
1831.
University of the City of New York founded. Leake and Watts' Orphan Asylum founded by Hon. John Watts. Opened for the admission of orphans in 1843.
1833. New York Sun founded by Benjamin H. Day.
1835. New York Herald founded by James Gordon Bennett.
1836. Union Theological Seminary founded.
1841. New York Tribune founded by Horace Greeley.
1842. Croton Aqueduct opened. Celebration of the event July 4th.
1845. Magnetic telegraph opened between New York and Philadelphia. .
1848. Astor Library founded by bequest of John Jacob Astor.
1851. New York Times founded by Henry J. Raymond. Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, visited New York.
1853. World Fair in Crystal Palace 'on Murray Hill.
1856. Site of Central Park (862 acres) purchased for nearly five and one half million dollars
1858. Corner-stone of St. Patrick's Cathedral laid. At- lantic cable laid.
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1860. New York World founded by Manton Marble.
1862. Corner-stone of New York Academy of Design laid.
1870. East River Bridge begun.
1883. Bridge opened to the Public.
1886. Bartholdi statue dedicated.
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INDEX.
A
Adams, John, elected Vice-Presi- dent, 363 ; mention of, 366, 371, 373, 374
Adams, Samuel, delegate to Con- tinental Congress, 287 Adventure Galley, Kidd's ship, 17S American Fur Company, founded, 394
American Museum, 441
Amsterdam Chamber, entrusted with New Netherlands' affairs, 13; first settlement by, 13; founds New Netherlands, 14
Amsterdam, Fort, begun, 27; com- ; pleted, 49
Amsterdam merchants form trad- ing company, 14
Amusements, colonial, 250
Anabaptists persecuted, 55
Andros, Sir Edmond, appointed governor of New York, 138 ; of New York and New England, 145; deposed, 145; sent t England, 156
Anne, Queen, proclaimed, 190 ; Brick Church used as a prison, 33S aids Palatines, 191 ; grant to Trinity Church, 192
Asia, frigate, fires on the city, 290 : mentioned, 291
Astor, John Jacob, career of, 392 ; Astor Library founded by, 400 ; Astoria founded by, 396
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Balls, colonial, 214
Barclay, Rev. Henry, Rector of Trinity, 183
Barlow, Joel, 404
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, 461 Battle Hill, Greenwood, 318
Bayard, Nicholas, king's council- lor, 147 ; flees the city, 154 ; ar- rested. 156
Beaver skins, value of, 32
Bellomont associated with Kidd, 178 ; appointed governor, 179; his stormy reign, 187; arrests Kidd, 188; death, 188
Billeting Act, 272
Bissel, Trail, message of, 284
Bissels, Adam, patroon, 36 Blackwell's Island, purchased, 49 Block, Adrian, discovers Connect !- cut River and Block Island, II Bloemmaert, Samuel, patroon, 35 : founds Zwanendael, 36; buys a share in Rensselaerwyck, 36 Bowling Green described, 107
Bradford, Governor, receives em- bassy from Minuit, 29
Broad Street bridge and canal, 101 Brooklyn Bridge, charter, 459; opened, 460
Brooklyn Heights, defenses on, 306 : described, 312 Brooklyn in 1663, 116
Burgomasters and schepens of New Amsterdam appointed, 72 ; letter of, on surrender of the city, 84
Bainbridge, the Commodore Wil- Burr, Aaron, aide to General Put- liam, captures Java, 436 1 nam, 308 ; aids Silliman's bri-
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gade to escape, 327 ; in politics, 377; elected Vice-President, 383 ; challenges Hamilton, 385 C
Carther, E., letter of, 270 Canton and California clippers, 422 Chambers, West India Company, 12
Charles II. ascends the throne, S9 ; grant to Connecticut, 81 ; and to James, Duke of York, S; in league with Louis XIV., 136; death, 143
Charter, of freedoms and exemp- tions, 34 ; of New Amsterdam, 70 ; of liberties and privileges, 141 ; of New York City, 144 Chimney-sweeps, 97
Christian Commission founded, 449 Christina, Fort, built, 57; cap- tured, 74
Church, first, in New Netherlands, 23 ; described, 112; worship, Dutch, 114
Churches, early, of New York : Dutch Reformed of St. Nich- olas, 180; Trinity, 182-3 ; Huguenot, IS4 ; Presbyterian, 185 ; Baptist, IS; ; Methodist, 185
City currency, 432
City Hall, built, 434 ; Park, 265 ; in 1825. 441
Clermont, steamboat, described, 404 Clinton, De Witt, student, 431 ; advocates Erie Canal, 410 ; at celebration of, 416 ; Fort, 442 Clinton, George, governor of New York, mention of, 345, 346, 352, 353. 364. 371, 377
Commerce, Chamber of, founded, 198
Commercial Advertiser founded, 353
Committee of One Hundred ap- pointed, 287
Communipaw, founded, 37
Congress, colonial, first, 156 ; sec- ond, 363 ; provincial, meets, 239
Connecticut, River, discovered, [I; State, first settled, 47 ; aids in capture of New Amsterdam, 82 Cornbury, Lord, governor, 190 Corporation dinners, 224
Cortlandt, Stephanus Van, king's councillor, 147; mayor, 152 ; flies from Leisler, 154
Cosby, Governor, proceeds against Zenger, 194 ; marriage of daughter of, 218
Costumes, colonial, 206
Council, first, 59
Court scenes, Dutch, 117 ; English, 247
Courts, English, established, 142 Craftsmen, quaint, 232
Creuxis quoted, 23
Cregier, Martin, innkeeper, 103 ; president of burgomasters, 118
Crier, town, 117
Cruger, John, mayor, 171
Curler, Jacob Van, buys Connit- tecock, 46
Cunningham, Captain, British pro- vost-marshal, cruelty of, 337, 340, 342 D
Decatur, Commodore, captures the Macedonian, 436
Delaware, State of, first set- tled, 36
Dellius, Domine, estates contis- cated, 187
Docks, city, first, 97
Dougan, Thomas, appointed gov- . ernor, 141
Draft riots, 450
Dreadnought, clipper, 423, 428
Dutch, country described, 5 ; peo- ple, 6 ; religion and goverment, 6 ; money, value of, 32 ; inn de- scribed, 103 ; dress, 113
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East India Company, English, 7 ; protests against pirates, 175; Dutch, 7 Eelkens, Jacob, sent by London
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merchants, to trade in Dutch territory, 43 ; driven out, 46 Egg-cracking, 128
Erie Canal, 408 ; begun, 410 ; completed, 411 ; opening cere- monies, 412 Erie Railroad chartered, 419
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Farmers' bell, 106
Federal Constitution adopted, 352, 353 ; by Congress, 360 Federal Hall, built, 222; remod- elled from City Hall, 361 Federal party, at birth of the Con- stitution, 352; described, 376 Festivals, Dutch, 126 Fête days, 214 Firemen and fire-engines, 241 Fitch, John, 404
Flag, Dutch, described, 4 ; Eng- lish, 131 Flatlands settled, 49
Fletcher, Benjamin, appointed governor, 16S : endows Trinity Church, ISI ; recalled, 179 Francis I. commissions Verrazano, I French church used as a prison, 338 Fulton Ferry, 96, regulations of, 116 ; cut of, 209 Fulton, Robert, sketch of, 402 ; builds Clermont, 404
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Gage, General, besieged in Boston, 291 ; dubbed Lord Lexington, etc., 299 Gaol, new, described, 342
George, Fort, the capitol, 212 George III., King, statue of, de- stroyed, 296 ; raises armies to subdue America, 298 Godyn, Samuel, patroon, 35 Good Hope, House of, built, 46 Governor's Island bought, 49 Governors, Royal, of New York, ternis of office, 132; Pew of, IS3 Grange, Hamilton's, 386
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Hale, Nathan, executed as a spy, 357
Hamilton, Alexander, student, 266; captain in patriot army, 308-327; delegate to Federal Convention, 350 ; in politics, 377 ; duel with Aaron Burr, 386; death, 388 Hamilton, Andrew, lawyer, counsel for Zenger, 195
Hancock, John, letter of, 287 Harlem Heights, 328; battle of, 330
Herald, newspaper, founded, 441 Hessians, account of, 300
Houses and furniture, Dutch, 123 Howe, Sir William, evacuates Boston, 294; besieges New Yor !: , 297; attack on Long Island, 312; Battle of Harlem Heights, 330 Hudson, Henry, captain, discovers New Netherlands, S ; death, 10 Hudson River discovered, 3 Huguenots, account of, 185 Hull, Isaac, commodore, captures the Guerrière, 436
Hunter, Robert, appointed gov- ernor, 191
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Independence, Declaration of, read to the army, 296
Indians, American, various tribes of, 21 ; dress, manners, etc., 22; combine against the Dutch, 60, 76
Ingoldsby, Richard, lieutenant- governor, 158 ; arrives in New York, 159 ; acting-governor, 16S Irving, Washington, publishes "History of New York," 434 ; portrait of, 433
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James, Duke of York, grant of New York, SI ; ascends throne, I43 ; abdicates, 143
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James, Fort, named, 131 ; surren- dered to Dutch, 138
Jans Roelof, grant of land to, 49 ; farm of, given to Trinity Church, 190
Jay, John, sketch of, 266 ; portrait of, 267
Jones, John Paul, commodore, captures the Frolic, 436
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Labadists visit New York, 204 Laet, De, co-patroon, 36
Lafayette visits America, 443
Lamb, John, sketch of, 265 ; men- tioned, 274, 290
Lansing, John, delegate to consti- tutional convention, 350
Lee, Charles, general, takes com- mand of New York, 292 ; trans- ferred to the South, 294
Leisler, Jacob, usurps the govern- ment, 147 ; trial of, 163 ; exe- cuted, 166 ; estates restored to heirs, 186
Leitch, Major, gallant death, 332 Lexington, alarm of battle of, 284 Liberty poles, 273 ; battle of, 275 Lind, Jenny, arrives in America, 462
Livingston, Chancellor, adminis- ters the oath to President Wash- ington, 366
Livingston, Edward, 378
Livingston, Robert, the first, sketch of, 177
Livingston, Robert, 404
Long Island, battle of, 317
Lovelace, Richard, governor, sketch of, 136
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Maiden Lane, derivation of name, 96
Manhattan Island, described, 19 : purchased of Indians, 20
Markets, colonial, 231
McDougall, Alexander, sketch of, 265 ; mentioned, 290
McGowan's Pass mentioned, 303 Melyn, Cornelius, tried for sedi- tion, 66
Michaelis, Jonas, Rev., first minis- ister, 28 ; letter of, 93
Middle Dutch Church used as a prison, 338
Milborne, Jacob, 147 ; executed, 166
Minuit, Peter, first director, 15 ; recalled, 38 ; in service of Swe- dish queen, 56
Moore, Sir Henry, governor, 272 Montgomery, John, governor, fur- niture of, 219
Morris, Lewis, 156
Moussart, Toussaint, co-patroon, 36 Muscovy Company founded, 10
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New Jersey settled, 36
New Netherlands, first discovery, 3 ; first named, II ; settlement, 13, 14; government of, 26; taken by the English, 59
Newspaper, first, 192 New Year festivities, 126
New York Central Railroad opened, 419
New York Historical Society founded, 433
New York, named, 131 ; chartered, 144 ; occupied by patriot army ; 302 ; captured by the British, 328; evacuated, 344 ; court town, 371 ; commercial develop- ment, 401 ; in the civil war, 445 ; misgoverned, 456
Nicholson, Lieutenant - Governor, deposed by Leisler, 150
Nicolls, Richard, colonel, captures New Amsterdam, SI-Sg ; first governor of New York, 133; death of, 13S
North Dutch Church used as a prison, 338
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Orange, Fort (Albany), founded, II
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Paas, festival of, 128 Packet service, 420 Palatines arrive, 191 Parsons, General, in battle of Long Island, 318
Patroons, charter of, 33 ; quarrel with West India Company, 37
Pauw, Michael, patroon, 36 Pavonia founded, 36
Peiret, Pierre, Rev. organizes Hu- guenot Church, IS4
Penn, William, adviser of Duke of York, 140
Pennsylvania Railroad opened, 419 Phillipse, Adolph, store of, 229
Phillipse, Frederick, Councillor, 147 ; manor of, 147 Piracy and privateering, 169
Pirates, dress of, 174
Porter, David, commodore, cap- tures the Alert, 436
Praetors, the, 266
Prisons, British, 338
Prison ships, 340
Privateers, exploits of, 225 Putnam, Israel, hastens to Con- cord, 285 ; assumes command at New York, 294 ; in battle of Long Island, 313 ; letter of, 314 ; leads his division from New York, 327
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Quakers persecuted, 55, 77
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Rapaelje, Sarah, first-born female child in New Amsterdam, 29 Raritan Indians punished, 53 Rasières, Isaac de, provincial sec- retary, 29 ; goes on embassy to Plymouth, 30 ; letter of . 31 Ren-selaer, Kilian Van, patroon, 35 ; purchase> Rensselaerwych, 36 ; his sons, 37 Republican party described, 376
Richmond Hill, Washington's head-quarters, 294; home of Vice- President Adams. 373 ; of Aaron Burr, 383 Risingh, Governor, of New Swe- den, 74
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Sanitary Commission founded, 449 Scott, John Morin, sketch of, 265 ; letter of, 292
Seal, of New Amsterdam, 79; of New York, 144
Sears, Isaac, sketch of, 265 ; ad- ministers oath to Tories, 293
Slaves, negro, described, 242 ; in- surrection of, 191, 245 Slaughter, Henry, Governor, 155 ; arrival, 161 ; death, 168
Smit, Claes, murder of, 58
Snuff-taking, 256 Sons of Liberty, 261, 264
Stadt Huys built, 62 ; changed to City Hall, 72
Stamford Indians massacred, 61 Stamp, Act, 258 ; masters deposed, 243 ; repeal of, 272 Staten Island, purchased, 48 ; massacre at, 58 ; passage boat, 233
States General, described, 6 ; could be appealed to, 261
Steamboats, invention of, 404
Steenwyck, Cornelis, mentioned, 87, 98; sketch of, 122; dines Colonel Nicolls, 136
Stirling, Lord, in New York, and at battle of Long Island, 318 Street signs, 235
Stuyvesant, Petrus, appointed di- rector, 62 ; arrival at New Amsterdam, 65 ; visits Hartford, 69 ; marches against the Swedes, 74 ; surrenders New Nether- lands, So ; death of, 92; his mansion, 92; sketch of, 114 Sugar House Prison, 338
Sullivan, General, in battle of Long Island, 313
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Sun, newspaper, founded, 441
Swedes, settle Delaware, 56; con- quered by the Dutch, 74
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Taine, M., quoted, 134, 259 Taverns, English, 238
Tea party, New York's, 278 Times, newspaper, founded, 44I Tory, party, 260 ; oath, 293 ; camp broken up, 295 ; tarred and feathered, 296 ; rides, 296
Tribune, newspaper, founded, 441 Trinity Church, built, 182 ; en- larged, 183 ; burned, 183, 334 ; grant to, 190; ruins of (print), 335 ; rebuilt, 432
Twiller, Wouter Van, director, 40 ; arrives at New Amsterdam, 41 ; recaptures Fort Nassau, 48 ; removed, 50
Tweed ring, 452
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Uniform, Continental, 307
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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, sketch of, 406
Vanderlyn, John, sketch of, 440 Verrazano, Jean, discovers New York Bay, 2 ; takes possession, 3 ; writes the " Relation," 4 Vigne, Jean, first white male child born in New Netherlands, 204 Vlie boats, 104
Vries, Pietersen de, co-patroon, 37; sketch of, 41 ; revisits the col- ony, 42 ; purchases Staten Isl- and, 48 ; member of first coun- cil, 59 ; returns to Holland, 61
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Wall, city, 96
Wampum, described, 23 ; value of, 32
War of 1812, naval triumphs of, 436
Warren, Joseph W., quoted, 285 Washington, George, appointed commander-in-chief, 289; passes through New York, 289; takes command of the city, 294 ; or- ders retreat from Long Island, 321 ; evacuates the city, 325 ; fights battle of Harlem Heights, 330 ; autograph letter of, 343 ; takes possession of New York, 345 ; elected President of the United States, 363 ; inaugurated, 364; extracts from his diary, 371,434
West India Company, chartered, II ; described, 12
Whitehall Street, 102
William of Orange, king, 143 ; and Mary proclaimed, 152; death of, 190
Wilmington, Delaware, founded, 57 Willett, Marinus, sketch of, 265 ; letter of, 286 ; seizes arms, 291 Windmills, Dutch, III
Winthrop, Governor, aids in cap- turing New Amsterdam, 86
Wood, Fernando, message of, 446 Wooley, James, Rev., describes New York, 200
World, newspaper, founded, 441 Wolves, bounty on, 105
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Yates, Robert, 350
Younge, John, petitions Duke of York, 140
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Zukenstroosters sent out, 28 Zenger, John Peter, sketch of, 192 ; trial of; for libel, 194 Zwanendael, founded, 36; de- stroyed by Indians, 42
The Story of the Nations.
MESSRS. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure in announcing that they have in course of publication a series of historical studies, intended to present in a graphic manner the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history.
In the story form the current of each national life will be distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes will be presented for the reader in their philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal history.
It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and struggled-as they studied and wrote, and as they amused themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, will not be over- looked, though these will be carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions.
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THE STORY OF *ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. GEORGE RAWLINSON.
*CHALDEA. Z. A. RAGOZIN,
*GREECE. Prof. JAMES A. HARRISON,
Washington and Lee University.
*ROME. ARTHUR GILMAN.
*THE JEWS. Prof. JAMES K. HOSMER, Washington University of St. Louis.
*CARTHAGE. Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH, University College, London.
BYZANTIUM.
*THE GOTHS. HENRY BRADLEY.
*THE NORMANS. SARAH O. JEWETT.
*PERSIA. S. G. W. BENJAMIN.
.. *SPAIN. Rev. E. E. and SUSAN HALE.
.. *GERMANY. S. BARING-GOULD.
.. THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS.
.. HOLLAND. Prof. C. E. THOROLD ROGERS.
*NORWAY. HJALMAR H. BOYESEN.
*THE MOORS IN SPAIN. STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
.. *HUNGARY. Prof. A. VÁMBÉRY.
THE ITALIAN KINGDOM. W. L. ALDEN.
.. EARLY FRANCE. Prof. GUSTAVE MASSON.
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*ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. J. P. MAHAFFY.
.. THE HANSE TOWNS. HELEN ZIMMERN.
.. *ASSYRIA. Z. A. RAGOZIN.
.. *THE SARACENS. ARTHUR GILMAN.
.6 TURKEY, STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
.. PORTUGAL. H. MORSE STEPHENS.
.. MEXICO. SUSAN HALE.
*IRELAND. Hon. EMILY LAWLESS.
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