Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). New York. 1906.
Subject Index
| Acadia, 3 |
| Adventure, an age of, 1, 2 |
| Advisory Council, Minuit’s, 17; Stuyvesant’s, 36 |
| Africa, early trade with, 90 |
| Albany, Hudson’s arrival near site of, 8; establishment of post near site, 11; refuses allegiance to Leisler’s rule, 83; trade with, 90 |
| Aldermen, first, 50; office abolished, 55; elected by freeholders, 67; disorderly election for, 103; “rights” of, 177; how elected after Revolution, 178; a local legislature, 178 |
| Algonquins, massacre of, 27; reasons for their defeats, 29 |
| Allotment Commission, the, 248 |
| America, Spanish possessions in, 2, 3; uncertain ownership in early times, 3 |
| American Fur Company, 218 |
| American Museum of Natural History, 260 |
| Amusements, of early settlers, 39, 115; at beginning of nineteenth century, 203, 204 |
| Anarchy, threatened, 30 |
| Andros, Sir Edmund, appointed governor, 58; reinstates English form of government, 58; makes English the official language, 59; character of his rule, 60; grants monopoly of bolting and exporting flour, 60; abolishes Indian slavery, 61; hostility to Puritans, 61; summoned to England, 62; restored to favor, 62; reappointed, 69; imprisonment of, 70; consequences of fall of, 73 |
| Annexed District, the, 245 |
| Anti-Monopolist party, 236 |
| Architecture, 240, 257 |
| Aristocratic element, 17, 49, 114 and note |
| Aristocratic party, in 1689, 74; supported by Fletcher, 97, 98; trial of leaders for treason, 103 |
| Armorial bearings, 115 |
| Art, encouragement of, 240 |
| Assembly, the, constitution of, 66; early acts of, 66; property qualification for election to, 87; struggles in, 88, 89; Fletcher’s interference with elections for, 96, 97; characteristics of, 98; quarrels with Fletcher, 99; parsimony as regards defenses, 99, 128, 129; condemns Roman Catholic prisests to death, 105; issues paper money, 107; minority of popular party in, 142; set aside, and replaced by Provincial Congress, 156 |
| Astor, John Jacob, 217, 219 |
| Astor Library, 218 |
| Astor Place Riots, 233, 234 |
| Asylums, 206 |
| Australia, owes practical independence to United States, 131 |
| Backwoodsman, evolution of the, 24 |
| Bakery, the first, 18 |
| Ballston Springs, 204 |
| Bankruptcy of States, 180 |
| Banks, chartering of, 201 |
| Baptists, refuge for, 26; persecuted by Stuyvesant, 42; strength before the Revolution and at present day, 109 |
| Battery Park,204 |
| Bayard, Col. Nicholas, leader of aristocratic party in 1689, 74; colonel of trainbands, 75; chased from the city, 82 |
| Bayard House, feast at, 185 |
| Beekman, David, 128, note |
| Beekman, William, 128, note |
| Bellomont, Earl of, succeeds Gov. Fletcher, 99; character, 99, 100; favors Leislerians and popular party, 100; honors bodies of Leisler and Milborne, 100; connection with Capt. Kidd, 101; land policy of, 102; death, 103 |
| Berrian, John, 156, note |
| Bigotry, 70 |
| Billeting Act, opposition to, 142, 143 |
| Binckes, Adm., takes the city, 54 |
| Blackball Line of packets, 221 |
| Block, Adrian, loses vessel by fire, 8; builds first ship in American waters, 9 |
| Blockade of city, 209 |
| Bogardus, Dominie, 20, 27 |
| Bohemian immigration, 256 |
| Bond servants, 118, 119 |