Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). New York. 1906.
Subject Index
Boston, Mass., mail between New York and, 54; compared with New York in 1710, 108; sentiment and action about Tea Act, 146; New York refuses aid to British garrison at, 154 |
Boston Massacre, not first bloodshed in Revolution,145 |
Boueries, 18 |
Bowling Green, Stamp Act riots on, 140 |
Brazil, despoiled by the West India Company, 13 |
Bread riots, 234 |
Breda, Peace of, 51 |
Brewery, the first, 18 |
Bribery, early, 100; Gov. Cornbury influenced by, 104; in street railway cases, 239 |
British fleet, New York the base of operations of, 161; action on the Hudson, 165 |
British occupation, 166, 272 |
British troops, New York the base of operations of, 161; make New York their headquarters, 166; treatment of captured city, 167 |
Brockholls, Anthony, Lt. Gov., in charge of colony, 62; inefficiency, 62 |
Brooklyn, L. I., Revolutionary forces at, 161 |
Brown, Charles Brockden, 208 |
Bryant, William Cullen, 240 |
Burgomasters, abolition of, 49; office restored, 55 |
Burr, Aaron, in retreat at Kip’s Bay, 164; a resident |
Canada, futile expedition against, 83, 84; effect of English conquest of, on American history, 126, 132 |
Canal Street, site of, 14; origin of name, 37 |
Capital, New York the Federal, 185 |
Catskill Mountains, 8 |
Centennial celebration of adoption of Federal Constitution, 259 |
Central Park, 257 |
Century Club, 260 |
“Century Magazine,” the, 260 |
Charities, 206, 257 |
Charles II., death of, 68 |
Charter of 1857, 239 |
Charter of Liberties and Privileges, 66 |
Chatham, Earl of, possibilities in his statesmanship, 137 |
China trade, 175 |
Cholera, plague of 1832, 232 |
Christiansen, Hendrik, head of Dutch posts, 9; death of, 10 |
Christmas, observance of, 116 |
Church, the first, 19, 38 |
Churches, turned into prisons, 167, 168; repair of, 173 |
Church of England, the State church, 87, 111; the fashionable organization, 112; controls King’s College, 112; enmity to, 153; see also EPISCOPALIAN |
Citizenship, early admission of foreigners to, 47, 66 |
City Council, dispersed by Leisler’s troops, 78, 82 |
City Hall, headquarters of Lt.- Gov. Ingoldsby, 86; used as prison, 170 |
Civil rights, guaranteed by Gov. Nicolls, 47 |
Civil War, early threats of, 180; New York during the, 245 |
Class divisions, 202 |
Class government, 87 |
Clergy, action of Roman Catholic, during draft riots, 249 |
Clergyman, the first regular, 20 |
Clinton, De Witt, first scholar of Columbia College, 173; rise of, 189; member of Council of Appointment, 193; principles of appointment to office, 196; mayor, 197; fights a duel, 199; constructs Erie Canal, 215; introduces spoils system, 215 |
Clinton, Gen. George, opposes evacuation of New York, 162; character, 163, 182; opposes union of States, 182; election frauds in interest of, 187; management of patronage, 188, |