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by Tyler Anbinder


  Bowery B’hoys and G’hals, 1, 178–83, 188–90, 284, 346

  Bowery Boy Riot (1857), 269–70, 277, 281–93, 297, 440

  Bowery Theater, 10, 175, 185, 188–89

  bowling, 195–96

  Bowling Green Savings Bank, 331

  boxing, 1, 174, 176, 201–6

  Boyle, Hugh, 318

  Boyne, Battle of the, 185

  Brace, Charles Loring, 103, 109, 132, 194, 251, 350, 352, 364

  Brady, Mathew, 235

  Breen, Matthew P., 182, 195, 320, 333, 334

  Bremer, Fredrika, 34, 71

  Brennan, Hannah, 164

  Brennan, Margaret Molony, 169

  Brennan, Matthew T., 164–71, 186, 261, 293, 320–21, 323

  appointed police captain, 167–68, 170

  and Bowery Boy Riot, 286–87, 289, 291, 292

  during Civil War, 308, 311

  death of, 334, 335

  downfall of, 331–34

  elected city controller, 309–10

  and Engine Company No. 21, 146, 159, 165, 185, 270

  Foote supported by, 159–62, 166

  Kerrigan and, 274, 275, 277, 283

  Monroe Hall saloon of, 159, 194, 202, 243

  in Tammany hierarchy, 296, 309, 318–20, 328, 336

  Tweed arrested by, 329, 330

  Brennan, Owen, 146, 164, 165, 202, 323

  Brennan, Timothy, Jr., 165

  Brennan, Timothy, Sr., 164

  Brennan Guards, 186

  Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk (Broadway show), 175

  Bristol, Sherlock, 143

  Brooklyn Navy Yard, 298, 299

  Brooks, Preston, 307

  Brophy, Michael, 146

  brothels, see prostitution

  Brotherhood of San Rocco of Savoia di Lucania, 384

  Bryant, William Cullen, 214

  Buchanan, James, 36, 76, 167, 306–7

  Buddhism, 412

  building codes, 347

  Bull Run, Battle of, 308

  Bull’s Head Tavern, 14

  Buntline, Ned, 2

  Burke, John, 70

  Burlingame Treaty, 421

  Burr, Aaron, 201

  Burrows, Edwin G., 290

  butchers, 113, 114, 173

  apprentices to, 180

  Byrnes, “Big Tom,” 313–14, 317, 375

  Cable, Ellen, 211–12, 217

  California gold rush, 180, 206, 390

  California Workingmen’s Party, 398

  Callahan’s dance hall, 436

  Calyo, Nicholas, 179

  Canada, Irish immigration to, 58–60, 64

  Capone, Al, 437

  Carr, Caleb, 3

  Carson, Alfred, 185

  Casey, Owen, 50

  Casey, Richard, 226

  Castle Garden immigration depot, 338

  Catholic Young Men’s Association, 413

  Catholics, 31, 230, 241

  charitable activities of, 234, 265, 267–68

  Chinese and, 393, 413, 414, 418, 419

  ethnic diversity of, 344

  Italian, 375, 378–88, 438

  and Protestant charities, 245–46, 249, 250, 252–54, 256, 262

  school subsidies for, 154–55, 331

  views on slavery of, 303, 304, 311; see also Irish

  Catlin, George, 25–26

  Caunt, Bob, 203

  cellar lodging houses, 78–80, 94, 350–52, 356, 429

  cesspools, 85–86

  chain migration, 44

  Chanfrau, “Hen,” 166

  Chanfrau, Frank, 181, 189

  Chatham Street Chapel, 9–10

  Chatham Theater, 8–9, 175, 189, 190

  Child, Lydia Maria, 34

  children: abandonment of, 224–25

  abused and neglected, 106–9

  adoption of, see adoption programs

  of alcoholic parents, 4, 106–8, 130, 133, 231

  in brothels, 210

  drinking by, 232

  enslaved as street musicians, 362–67, 370

  at Five Points House of Industry, 235–40

  immigration of, 44–45

  at mission day school, 247

  mortality rate for, 358–59

  in notorious tenements, 354

  occupations of, 129–33

  scavenging for coal by, 88, 107

  sleeping arrangements for, 75–76

  thievery by, 220, 231

  Children’s Aid Society, 103, 109, 132, 133, 251, 257, 364, 366, 367, 433

  chimney sweeps, 19, 91

  Chin, Kaimon, 402

  Chinese, 1, 2, 378, 389–423, 429, 432n, 436–41

  assimilation of, 422–23

  clubhouses of, 397

  gambling by, 408–13, 415

  housing for, 404–6

  intermarriage of Caucasians and, 389, 390, 394, 406, 411, 414, 419–20

  occupations of, 396, 397, 400–404

  opium dens of, 409–10, 413–15

  organizations of, 188, 415–17

  proselytizing among, 418–19

  religious institutions of, 417–18

  restaurants of, 406–8, 436, 438

  restrictions on immigration and naturalization of, 421–22

  Riis on, 426

  violence against, 398, 399

  Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, 416

  Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 419

  Choate, Joseph H., 421

  cholera, 23, 82

  Churchill, James, 119

  cigars, manufacturing and peddling, 400–401

  Civil War, 83, 129, 140, 181, 236, 305, 307–14, 333

  casualties in, 265

  charities during, 244

  child labor during, 132, 133

  Chinese in, 422

  decline in Five Points population during, 343

  Draft Riots during, 314–18

  Kerrigan in, 284, 297–300

  politics during, 147, 171, 271, 296, 309–11, 313

  ragpickers during, 376

  return migration during, 135

  tenements during, 85, 89

  Clancy, John, 146, 170–71, 328

  and Bowery Boy Riot, 280, 289, 290

  during Civil War, 307–12, 315

  death of, 320, 333

  elected county clerk, 293–96

  Kerrigan and, 274, 275

  Clark, James, 325

  Clark, William, 26, 27

  Clay, Henry, 143

  Cline, Elizabeth, 258

  clothing: charitable distribution of, 254, 267, 308

  manufacture of, see needle trades

  second-hand, peddling of, 119

  washing, 83–85

  coal, scavenging for, 88, 107, 133

  coal stoves, 88

  Colfax, Schuyler, 10

  Collect Pond, 14–20, 46, 67, 91

  colonization movement, 9

  Columbia College, 170

  Common Council, 15, 21, 22, 155

  Confucianism, 417

  Congregationalists, 428

  Congress, U.S., 27, 158, 164, 293, 298, 306, 314, 421, 422, 435, 438

  Connell, William, 226

  Connolly, Tim, 201

  Connor, Margaret, 122

  Consolidated Chinese Benevolent Association, 440

  Constitution, U.S., 27

  construction trades, 113

  Conway, Michael and Bridget, 44

  Conway family, 78

  Coogan, Michael, 121, 136

  Cooper Union, Lincoln’s speech at, 235, 229–40

  Corcoran, Michael, 308

  Cornish, Samuel E., 7, 9

  Corrigan, Archbishop Michael A., 380–82, 386, 388

  corruption: police, 228–29, 394

  political, 309, 319–33, 336

  Coulthardt Brewery, 15

  Coulthardt family, 67

  counterfeiting, 393

  County Democracy, 335–36

  Cow Bay, 24, 91–93, 98, 220, 343, 348, 357, 423, 433, 434

  African Americans in, 1
2, 46, 91–92, 97, 316

  dance halls in, 197

  Italians in, 367

  rents charged for apartments in, 102

  Cox, Samuel H., 7–8, 10

  Crimean War, 186

  Crocker, Charles, 398

  Crockett, Davy, 2, 26–27

  Croker, Richard, 336

  Crolius, Clarkson, Jr., 156, 157

  Crolius pottery works, 15

  Crowley, Katie, 413–14

  Crown’s Grocery, 192–93, 209, 226, 231

  Cuddy, Edward, 324–25

  Cuneo, Antonio, 372, 373

  Cuneo, Pasquale, 368

  Custer, Gen. George Armstrong, 189

  Cutter, Osman and Margaret, 219

  Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 213–15, 288, 292

  dance halls, 1, 172–73, 175, 196–200, 346, 436

  lodging in, 79–80

  mixing of races in, 26, 36, 197–99

  Davenport, John I., 326

  Davis, John, 124

  Dayton, Elizabeth, 209

  Dead Rabbits gang, 284–89, 292, 310; see also Roche Guard

  Decker, Wilhelm, 227–28

  Delmonico’s restaurant, 436

  Democratic party, 3, 26–27, 76, 148–58, 206, 272, 279, 395

  and Bowery Boy Riot, 269–71, 292

  Brennan’s career in, 164–69, 293, 319–20, 328, 332

  during Civil War, 297, 309–11, 313

  Clancy’s prominence in, 170–71, 293–96

  Donoho’s career in, 148–49, 152–53, 155, 331

  Dowling’s rise in, 169–70

  and election riots, 27–29, 156–57

  factional struggles in, 277–78

  Kelly-Foote contest in, 158–64

  Kerrigan and, 274–75, 298, 299, 301

  machine of, see Tammany Hall

  newspapers allied with, 20, 155, 322, 340

  police corruption and, 228

  in presidential elections, 36, 143, 305, 324–25

  primaries of, 149–52

  radical, 179

  and slavery, 303, 304, 306

  voter fraud in, 323–25, 327

  Devier, Hugh and Catharine, 91

  Devins, John, 219

  Diamond, John, 174–75

  Dickens, Charles, 2, 32–34, 36, 172–73, 195, 198, 236

  Dodwell, George, 52

  Doheny, Michael, 54

  Dolan, Peter, 353

  domestic servants, 122, 123, 126–28, 134, 376

  children of, 262

  prostitution as alternative for, 216, 217

  training of, 251–52

  Donaho, John, 218

  Donahue, Catherine, 260

  Donoho, Constantine J., 148–49, 151–53, 155, 157, 158, 166, 167, 171, 271, 275, 320, 331

  Donovan’s Lane, 391–92, 397, 410

  Dooley’s Long Room, 150–52, 166, 275

  Doscher, Herman, 225

  Doscher, John, 225–26

  Doty, Phoebe, 217

  Douglas, Stephen A., 306–7

  Douglass, Frederick, 166

  Dowdican, Denis, 221

  Dowling, Joseph, 146, 169–70, 186, 229, 274, 280, 289, 293, 310–11, 320–21, 328, 334, 392

  Draft Riots (1863), 305, 314–18

  Dred Scott decision (1857), 307

  Drumcliffe (Ireland), 57, 59

  drunkenness, 4, 23–24, 105, 136, 207, 230–33, 353

  effect on families of, 106–8, 130, 133, 231, 256

  fires and, 91

  and giving up children for adoption, 258–61

  murder and, 225–26

  of politicians, 161, 164

  prostitution and, 216

  violence and, 92, 390, 391

  “dumbbell” tenements, 347–48

  Durante, Jimmy, 437

  Dwyer, Mary Ann, 123

  Eastman, Monk, 437

  elections: importance of spectacle in, 162

  intimidation and violence during, 141, 143, 153–54, 156, 162, 201, 277, 333

  location of polling places, 168

  riots during, 27–29, 145, 154–58, 277, 203, 295

  voter fraud in, 321–27

  elevated trains, 346, 434

  Ellingham, Bob, 173

  Ellis Island, 373

  Emancipation Proclamation, 311

  Emigrant Savings Bank, 111, 137–38, 432n

  Emmons, John, 151

  Empire Club, 143, 144, 166, 206

  Encyclopedia of New York City, The, 3

  Engine Company No. 6, 185

  Engine Company No. 11, 165

  Engine Company No. 15, 202

  Engine Company No. 21, 146, 165, 169, 183–85, 227–28, 270

  Engine Company No. 22, 184–85

  Engine Company No. 28, 170

  English, 106, 116, 127, 184, 232

  entertainers, street, 177–78

  Episcopalians, 241, 247, 248, 251

  Equal Rights League, 421

  Erie Railroad, 122, 378

  evangelical Christians, 243–44

  Evans, Jacob, 224

  Everson, William, 222

  factories, see manufacturing

  family associations, Chinese, 416

  Fannin, Eleck, 182

  Farmer, Patrick, 104

  Farragut, David G., 422

  fencing of stolen goods, 119–20, 221–22

  Fenians, 291, 300–301, 329, 394

  Ferris, James, 9, 31, 155–56, 161

  filibusterers, 275–76

  Fillmore, Millard, 36

  Finney, Charles G., 9

  fire escapes, 89, 347, 349

  fires: fighting, see volunteer fire companies

  tenement, 89–91

  Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 164

  Fitzgerald, Michael, 146

  Fitzpatrick, Bridget, 222

  Fitzpatrick, Catherine, 390, 391

  Five Points House of Industry, 88, 92, 103, 197, 207, 208, 216, 248, 250–55, 265–67

  adoption program of, 109, 225, 256–62, 264

  alcoholics treated by, 230

  children aided by, 130, 210, 231, 232, 237–40

  Cow Bay replaced by, 343

  fund-raising by, 255

  Lincoln’s visit to, 235–27

  meals provided by, 122, 254

  Sunday school of, 252–54

  temperance requirements of, 255

  vocational training at, 251–52

  Five Points intersection expanded to six streets, 345

  streets composing, 4, 14

  street names changed, 105

  Five Points Mission, 88, 122, 134, 139, 245–56, 265–67, 418

  adoption program of, 109–10, 225, 256–60, 264

  alcoholics treated by, 230–31

  Catholic criticism of, 255–56

  Chinese proselytized by, 418

  during Civil War, 308

  employment program of, 246–47

  establishment of, 245

  food and clothing distributed by, 254

  fund-raising by, 255

  Old Brewery purchased and razed by, 70, 71, 248–49, 266, 343

  school of, 247, 252, 254

  temperance requirements of, 255

  Five Points neighborhood, boundaries of, 17n

  Five Points Union Mission, 244–45

  Five Points Temperance House, 248

  Fletcher, Mary, 390–91

  flophouses, 79–80

  Florentine, Abraham, Jr., 281

  Flying Dragons, 440

  Flynn, Mary, 138

  Flynn, Thomas, 218

  Foley, Tom, 437

  fongs, 415–16

  Fong Yue Ting, 421–22

  food, 439

  charitable distribution of, 254, 267

  Chinese, 406–8

  Italian, 368–69

  food-service trades, 113

  Foote, John, 152, 158–63, 166

  Ford, Bill, 156, 166

  Fordham University, 274

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 305

  Foster, George G.
, 34, 92, 179–80, 188, 192, 197–99, 208, 209, 213, 215, 217, 233

  Fox, John, 313

  Fox family, 78

  Francis, Ann, 219–20

  Franciscan brotherhood, 388

  Franco-Prussian War, 301, 338

  fraternal lodges, 186

  Freighthandlers Union, 378

  Frémont, John, 36

  French, 127

  fruit vendors, 375–76

  Gallagher, Barney, 290

  gambling, 1, 142, 143, 176, 182, 200, 336, 346

  by Chinese, 408–13, 415

  in saloons, 195–96

  gangs, 2, 437

  battles between firefighters and, 185

  Chinese, 437, 440

  political, 156, 269–71, 313, 333

  rioting by, see Bowery Boy Riot

  Gangs of New York (Asbury), 2, 3

  Gannon, Ann, 222

  garbage, 82–83, 86, 87

  garment workers, see needle trades

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 166

  Geary Act (1892), 421

  Genet, Henry W., 332–33

  Germans, 1, 42, 44–46, 232, 344

  assimilation of, 422

  boardinghouses of, 80

  groceries operated by, 193

  occupations of, 113, 116, 121

  politics and, 294

  and prostitution, 212

  tenement apartments of, 92–93, 97

  Ghost Shadows, 440

  Giblin, Bridget, 128

  Gilder, Richard W., 348, 352

  Gilje, Paul, 29

  Gilmartin, Martin, 277

  Gilmartin, Thomas, 153, 158

  Glance at New York, A (Baker), 189

  Glass, James, 227–28

  Glass, John, 227–28

  glaziers, 113, 118

  Goff, Patrick, 324

  Goldsmith, Caroline, 220

  Gon She, 420

  Gordon, Robert, 218

  Gore Booth, Robert, 49, 51, 52, 54–61, 135–36

  Gotham (Burrow and Wallace), 3, 290

  Gotham Court, 435

  Grand Duke’s Opera House, 190–91

  Grant, Ulysses S., 305, 325

  Gray, Sarah, 90, 91

  Greeley, Horace, 115, 125, 251

  Green, Asa, 31

  Greenwich Village, 346, 390

  Griscom, John H., 103, 251

  groceries: Chinese, 402–3

  Italian, 367, 368

  liquor sold by, 26, 191–93, 232

  Grote, Caspar, 317

  Guardian Savings Bank, 331

  Gunther, Godfrey C., 318

  Hagerty, Daniel and Mary, 96

  Haley, Daniel, 96

  Hall, A. Oakey, 212, 262, 328

  Hall, Robert, 104

  Halliday, Samuel B., 236–40, 244, 257, 263–64

  Hamilton, Alexander, 201

  Hampton, Gen. Wade, 142

  Hancock, Joe, 221

  Hang, William A., 422

  Hare, Mary, 258–59

  Harlow, Alvin F., 2, 181

  Harrington, Ellen, 137

  Harrington, Timothy, 196

  Harrison, Mary, 259

  Hartley, Robert H., 244

  Harvey, Thomas, 285

  Haswell, Charles, 81, 93, 177, 180, 188–89

  Healey, Owen, 111

  Hell’s Kitchen, 107, 357

 

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