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The Epic of New York City

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by Edward Robb Ellis


  Burton, Mary, 131, 132–33, 134, 135, 136, 137

  Bush, Irving T., 527

  Bushnell, David, 164–65

  Bushwick, 53, 452

  Butler, General Benjamin F., 319

  Butterfield, Daniel, 343

  Byrnes, Thomas F., 434, 437

  Cable cars, 463

  Cabot, John, 13, 30

  Cady, J. Cleveland, 378–79

  Cameron, Colonel James, 295

  Campbell, Allan, 259

  Camp Black, 446

  Canada, 104, 142, 208, 319

  Canarsie Indians, 19, 53

  Canvas Town, 171, 178

  Cape’s Tavern, 174

  Capital of the nation, 177, 184–89

  Capito, Mathys, 418

  Caplan, Charles, 514–15

  Cardozo, Albert, 335, 350, 355

  Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan, 335

  Carey, Peggy, 131, 133–34, 135

  Carnegie, Andrew, 409, 410–11

  Carnegie Hall, 409–11

  Carpenter, Daniel C., 306, 307

  Carrère, John Merven, 494

  Carson, W. E., 423

  Caruso, Enrico, 512

  Castiglia, Francesco (Frank Costello), 553, 568–69, 573–74, 575–76

  Castle Garden, 421–22

  Castle Williams, 211–12, 325

  Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 411–13

  Catholic Church and the Catholics, 60, 91, 93, 94–95, 103, 111, 131, 135, 136, 178, 216, 232, 246, 248, 251–54, 256, 272–73, 281, 299, 360–61, 500

  Cedar Creek, 177

  Central Labor Union (C.L.U.), 381

  Central Park, 168, 173, 270–72, 294, 337, 360, 362, 461, 532

  Central Park Zoo, 551

  Centre Market, 221

  Century Club, 387

  Cervera, Rear Admiral Pascual, 445, 447

  Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 362

  Chamber of Commerce, 179, 224, 429, 463

  Chambers, Captain James, 155

  Chambers, John, 125

  Chapin, Charles E., 482

  Chapman, John Jay, 596

  Charles I, of England, 30

  Charles I, of Spain, 14, 15

  Charles II, of England, 67, 75, 82, 84, 90, 92

  Charleston, South Carolina, 158

  Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions (1629), 28

  Charter of New York City, 179, 336–37, 345, 451, 453, 583

  Charter of 1683, 91–92

  Chase National Bank, 503

  Chatham Theatre, 248

  Cherry Street, 185, 248, 329

  Chickering Hall, 408

  Child, Lydia Maria, 238

  Chinatown, 426

  Chinese, the, 420–21, 473

  Chloe, 220

  Choate, Joseph H., 352

  Christiaensen, Hendrick, 17–18, 24

  Churchill, Winston S., 528

  Church of England, 102, 109, 135, 140–41, 178–79

  Ciroficci, Frank (Dago Frank), 485

  City Affairs Committee, 544

  City Hall, 36, 58, 109, 110, 148, 150, 161, 185, 197, 207, 208, 278–79, 283–84, 310, 325, 455, 525

  City Hall Park, 19, 74, 81, 117, 178, 181, 195, 197, 211, 244, 280, 294, 308, 390, 398, 400, 455

  City Hotel, 321

  City Island, 76

  City planning, 202–03

  Civil liberties, 514

  Civil rights demonstrations, 584–85

  Civil War, 292, 293–99, 317–26, 332, 370

  Clark, Aaron, 251

  Clarke, George, 130, 132

  Clermont, steamship, 204–05

  Cleveland, Grover, 374, 375, 381, 388, 390, 391, 422

  Clews, Henry, 378

  Clinton, De Witt, 224–26, 227–28, 251–52

  Clinton, George, 138, 139, 177, 180, 198, 224, 225

  Clinton, General James, 224

  Clinton Hall Library, 274

  Clipper ships, 259–60

  Cobb, Irving S., 596

  Cochrane, John, 290

  Cohan, George M., 514

  Colden, Cadwallader, 118, 146, 147, 148

  Coleman, Edward, 231

  Coleridge, Sir John Duke, 380

  College of the City of New York, 395

  Colles, Christopher, 224

  Colman, John, 16

  Colored Orphan Asylum, 305

  Columbia College, 179, 181, 182

  Columbia River, 211

  Columbia University, 140–41, 561–62; see also Barnard College; Columbia College; King’s College

  Columbus, Christopher, 13, 14

  Columbus Day celebration (1792), 190

  Columbus Day parade, 458

  Columbus Park, 231

  Colve, Anthony, 83, 84–85

  Commercial and Financial Chronicle, The, 530

  Commercial electric lighting, 364–68

  Commercial exchange, 80–81

  Committee of Seventy, 352

  Communist Club of New York, 281

  Communists and communism, 535–39

  Compromise of 1850, 267

  Compton, Betty, 543

  Comstock, Anthony, 429

  Comstock & Andrews, 241

  Concord, Battle of, 156

  Congregation Shearith Israel, 61

  Congress, U. S., 177, 178, 180, 186, 188, 189, 217, 234, 267, 329, 372, 387, 388, 443, 444, 504, 514; see also Continental Congress

  Congress of Racial Equality, 586, 588

  Conkling, Roscoe, 395, 399–400

  Connecticut, 109

  Connecticut River, 17

  Connolly, Cyril, 597

  Connolly, Richard B., 334, 335, 337, 345, 346, 347–48, 349, 351, 355

  Conover, Daniel D., 278

  Constitutional government, 100–01

  Constitution of New York State, 177

  Constitution of the United States, 178, 180–81, 183

  Continental Congress, 156, 158, 161, 163, 166

  Cooley, Simon, 152

  Coolidge, Calvin, 522, 527

  Coontown, 427

  Cooper, James Fenimore, 560

  Cooper, Peter, 195, 212, 217, 249, 254, 273–75, 336, 351, 370

  Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 273–74, 288, 289, 290, 351

  Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, 107–08, 109, 110

  Copeland, Dr. Royal S., 510

  Copeland, William, 348

  Copperheads, 310

  Corbin, Abel Rathbone, 343

  Cornbury, Lady, 110–11

  Cornish, Samuel E., 235

  Cornwallis, Lord Charles, 173

  Corrie, W. C., 286

  Corruption, 277, 318, 327–57, 381, 423–39, 484–85, 540, 566–71

  Corsi, Edward, 421, 472–73

  Corsi, Giuseppe, 473

  Cortelyou, Jacques, 45

  Cosby, Colonel William, 120–21, 123–24, 127, 129

  Cosgrove, Mike, 581

  Counterfeiting, 243

  Counties, 92, 453; see also under name of county

  County courthouse, 349

  Coup, W. C., 361

  Cowboys, 172, 359

  Cram, Ralph Adams, 413

  Crain, Thomas, 493, 542, 543

  Crane, John P., 577

  Crane, Stephen, 447

  Creelman, James, 480–81

  Crime and criminals, 130, 178, 280, 298, 419, 551, 553–54, 566–69; see also Corruption; Gangs and gangsters; Racketeers

  Croker, Richard, 382, 423, 429, 431, 433, 453, 454, 464

  Cromwell, Oliver, 59, 60, 78

  Croton River, 250

  Croton water system, 250–51, 272

  Crusades, 13

  Crystal Palace, 269–70

  Cuba, 441–48

  Cuffee (Negro slave), 134

  Cunningham, William, 172–73

  Curaçao, 42, 48, 61

  Curry, John F., 540, 541, 549

  Curtis, George William, 346

  Cuyler, Lieut. Henry, 95

  Daily Worker, 537

  Daly, Augustin, 402 />
  Damrosch, Leopold, 409

  Damrosch, Walter, 409, 410

  Dana, Charles A., 424

  Daniels, Josephus, 509

  Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 418–19

  Dauphine (Verrazano’s vessel), 11, 12, 13

  Davidson, Henry P., 501

  Davidson, Jo, 418

  Davis, Matthew L., 196, 200, 212

  Davis, Noah, 354

  Davis, William E., 305

  Day, Benjamin H., 237

  De Bow, James D. B., 287

  Debtors’ prison, 210, 218–19, 354

  Declaration of Independence, 161

  Declaratory Act, 149–50

  De Forest, Hendrick, 52

  De Greve, Arthur, 555–56

  De Lancey, James, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 139, 140

  Delaware Confederacy, 19

  Delaware River, 17, 24, 27, 34, 64

  Delmonico, Charles, 433

  Democratic party, see Tammany Hall

  Democratic-Republican party, 189, 195, 199

  Denton, Daniel, 79

  Depew, Chauncey M., 391, 397, 464

  De Peyster, Captain Abraham, 95, 110

  Depressions, 217, 242–46, 340, 381, 514; see also Great Depression; Panics, financial; Recessions

  De Rapelje, Joris, 53

  De Sapio, Carmine, 574

  Desbrosses, Elias, 136

  Despatch, U.S.S., 390

  Deutsches Journal, 500

  De Valera, Eamon, 419

  Devlin, Charles, 278

  De Voe, John, 221–22

  Dewey, Thomas E., 553–54

  Dickens, Charles, 255–56

  Dieppe, France, 13

  Dissenters, see Protestants

  Divine, Father (George Baker), 534–35

  Divorce, 102

  Dix, General John A., 291, 319, 340

  Doctors’ Riot, 181–83

  Dolan, “Dandy Johnny,” 233

  Dominion of New England, 92, 93

  Dongan, Colonel Thomas, 90–92, 95, 97

  Dos Passos, John, 487, 535

  Doto, Joseph (Joe Adonis), 553, 567

  Douglas, Stephen A., 289

  Douglass, David, 172

  Douglass, Frederick, 266–67, 286

  Downing, Andrew J., 271

  Draft Riots (1863), 136, 299–316, 319

  Dressler, Marie, 514

  Drew, John, 514

  Drexel Building, 368

  Duane, James, 177, 181, 182

  Duffus, R. L., 595

  Duke’s Laws, 76, 87

  Dunderberg, ironclad vessel, 313

  Dunham, Warden, 355

  Dunn, Elias B., 393–94

  Dunning, John R., 561

  Durant, Will, 389, 552

  Dutch East India Company, 15, 17, 21, 22

  Dutch Reformed Church, 27, 57, 60, 80, 94, 102, 140

  Dutch West India Company, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 45, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 74, 83, 86

  Duyckinck, Evert, 51

  Eagan, John, 303–04

  Eagle, H.M.S., 25, 165

  Earthquakes, 45, 176

  East River, 18, 20, 26, 33, 45, 117, 163, 165, 166, 167, 173, 197, 212, 369, 370, 371, 372, 451, 468, 504

  Ederle, Gertrude, 526

  Edict of Nantes, revocation of, 92

  Edison, Thomas Alva, 363–68

  Edson, Franklin, 374, 375

  Edward (tax-stamp vessel), 146

  Edwards, “Big Bill,” 482

  Edwards, Jonathan, 196

  Education, 86–87, 112, 201–02, 251–54, 273–74, 458–59

  Eidlitz, Cyrus L. W., 471

  Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave, 386

  Eight Men, the, 39, 40

  Einstein, Albert, 562

  Einstein, Izzy, 517–18

  Electric Vehicle Company, 461

  Elevated trains, 338–39, 340–41, 394, 398, 463, 470

  Elizabeth I, of England, 30

  Ellington, Duke, 521

  Ellis Island, 46, 80, 422, 473–76, 505

  Emancipator, 237–38

  Embargo Act (1807), 207–08

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 247

  Emmet, Robert, 259

  Emmet, Thomas, 259

  Emmott, James, 352

  Empire State Building, 415, 496, 552

  Empress of China, 179

  England and the British, 21, 23, 30–31, 35, 39, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 67–70, 71–85, 86–99, 100–14, 115–28, 129–37, 138–42, 143–56, 171–73, 205, 206–08, 211–14, 216–17

  English East India Company, 107

  English Revolution of 1688, 93

  Epidemics, 80, 111, 118, 130, 190, 219–20, 239–40, 510–11

  Episcopal Church, see Church of England; Protestant Episcopal Church

  Epstein, Jacob, 418

  Equitable Building, 394

  Equitable Coach Company, 545

  Erie Canal, 223–28, 375

  Erie Railroad, 341–42

  Erving, John Langdon, 425, 427, 428

  Evacuation Day, 173–74

  Evarts, William Maxwell, 391

  Everett House, 321

  Ewald, George F., 541

  Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 269–70

  Farley, Thomas M., 541

  Farmer, Moses Gerrish, 365

  Farquhar, George, 119

  Farrelly, Richard, 400

  Farren, George Percy, 239

  Fashions and styles, 116–17, 194–95, 459

  Father Knickerbocker, 204

  Federal Hall, 185, 186, 187–88

  Federalist party, 180, 183, 189, 192, 195, 196, 198, 199

  Fenton, Reuben E., 338

  Ferdinand, of Spain, 61

  Ferguson, Frank E., 413

  Fermi, Enrico, 561, 562, 563

  Fernandez, Angel, 361

  Ferryboats, 80, 194, 220, 370, 371, 372, 398, 464

  Field, Cyrus W., 406

  Fifth Avenue, 258, 460, 495, 527

  Fifth Avenue Coach Company, 462

  Fifth Avenue Hotel, 399, 401

  Finns, 64

  Fires, 118–19, 132, 133, 169, 178, 240–42, 250, 300, 321–24, 490–92, 493

  First New York Fire Zouaves, 295, 296

  First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 444

  Fish, Hamilton, 356

  Fisk, James, 364

  Fisk, James, Jr., 342–45

  Fiske, John, 72

  Fitch, John, 190–91, 204

  Five Nations, 103–04

  Five Points district, 231–33, 240, 255, 261, 278, 288, 300

  Flannagan, Edward, 251

  Flatbush, 53, 452

  Flatlands, 452

  Flegenheimer, Arthur (Dutch Schultz), 553, 554

  Fletcher, Benjamin, 101, 104–05, 106, 107

  Flour and bread industry, 88–89, 101

  Flushing, 54, 63–64, 144

  Flushing Meadow, 554, 586

  Flushing Remonstrance (1657), 63–64

  Flynn, John G., 571

  Flynn, Tom, 248–49

  Foley, John, 352

  Foley Square, 230

  Forbes, Gerret, 243

  Ford, Henry, 508

  Forest Hills, 55

  Forrest, Edwin, 239, 260–62

  Fort Amsterdam, 27, 31, 33, 38, 39, 72

  Fort Casimir, 64

  Fort Christina, 35, 64

  Fort Good Hope, 35

  Fort Greene, 213

  Fort James, 72, 82, 91, 94

  Fort LaFayette, 324

  Fort Lee, 170, 171

  Fort Nassau, 18, 27

  Fort Orange, 24, 27, 75

  Fort Sumter, 292, 293, 294

  Fort Wadsworth, 55

  Fort Washington, 170–71

  Fortune (Christiaensen’s vessel), 17–18

  Forty Thieves, 231, 329

  Foster, William Z., 537–39

  Four Hundred, The, 413

  Fourteenth Street, 363

  Fowler, Gene, 524, 526

  Fox, George,
80

  France and the French, 14, 15, 55, 67, 81–82, 83, 92–93, 97, 103, 104, 105, 111, 138–39, 141–42, 191–92, 205, 207–08, 384–92

  Francis I, of France, 13, 14, 15

  Franco-American Union, 386, 390

  Franklin, Benjamin, 48, 117–18, 139, 166

  Franklin, James, 117

  Franklin, U.S.S., 356

  Franklin, Walter, 185

  Franklin Square, 185

  Frankfurter, Felix, 548, 591

  Fraunces Tavern, 174

  Frazius, Bernhardus, 89–90

  Freedman, Andrew, 464

  Freedom of the press, 123–28

  Freedom’s Journal, 235

  French and Indian Wars, 94

  French Antislavery Society, 385

  Frenchtown, 427

  Frese, Albert F., 469

  Fribbles, 116

  Frick, Henry Clay, 514

  Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 178

  Fugitive Slave Act, 267

  Fulton, Robert, 204–05

  Fur trade, 17, 25, 28, 32, 33, 34, 177, 211

  Gage, Father Charles, 91

  Gage, General Thomas, 148, 150, 152

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 530

  Gallagher, James J., 481–82

  Gallatin, Albert, 209, 210

  Galloway, Captain, 210

  Gangs and gangsters, 229, 230–34, 238–39, 254, 261, 263, 280, 303, 419, 520, 553–54, 566–69

  Gardiners Island, 108

  Gardner, Charles W., 425, 426, 427, 428

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 419

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 236, 237, 266–67

  Garrison Dramatic Club, 172

  Garvey, Andrew J., 349, 353, 354, 355

  Garvey, Marcus, 522, 535

  Gaslights, 363

  Gaynor, William Jay, 479–84, 485–86, 489, 499

  Geddes, Sir Patrick, 597–98

  Gelb, Arthur and Barbara, 520

  General Slocum disaster, 468–71

  General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 180

  George II, of England, 141

  George III, of England, 141, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 161, 166, 188

  George, Henry, 380–83

  Gerard, James W., 504

  German, Jacob, 461

  Germans, the, 232, 247, 257, 281, 417, 468–71, 473, 500–01

  Gerrit, Manuel, 36–37

  Gerry, Elbridge, 306

  Gershovitz, Morris and Rose, 418

  Gershwin, George, 418

  Gerster, Etelka, 379

  Ghent, Treaty of (1814), 213

  Gilbert, Bradford Lee, 406–08

  Gilbert, Cass, 495, 496

  Gilbert, Douglas, 526

  Gilligan, Thomas, 587, 588

  Gilmore, Patrick S., 361

  Gilmore’s Concert Garden, 361

  Girard, Stephen, 214

  Gitlow, Benjamin, 536

  Glorious Revolution of 1689, 93

  Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 350, 442

  Godwin, Parke, 267

  Goelet, Peter, 306

  Goff, John W., 430, 431

  Golden Hill, Battle of, 152–54

  Gold Exchange, 343–45

  Goldstein, Jonah, 569

  Gómez, Esteban, 15, 16

  Gompers, Samuel, 381

  Goodwin, Nat C., 403

 

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