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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
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Boston Massacre, not first bloodshed in Revolution,145
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Boueries, 18
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Bowling Green, Stamp Act riots on, 140
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Brazil, despoiled by the West India Company, 13
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Bread riots, 234
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Breda, Peace of, 51
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Brewery, the first, 18
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Bribery, early, 100; Gov. Cornbury influenced by, 104; in street railway cases, 239
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British fleet, New York the base of operations of, 161; action on the Hudson, 165
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British occupation, 166, 272
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British troops, New York the base of operations of, 161; make New York their headquarters, 166; treatment of captured city, 167
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Brockholls, Anthony, Lt. Gov., in charge of colony, 62; inefficiency, 62
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Brooklyn, L. I., Revolutionary forces at, 161
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Brown, Charles Brockden, 208
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Bryant, William Cullen, 240
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Burgomasters, abolition of, 49; office restored, 55
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Burr, Aaron, in retreat at Kip’s Bay, 164; a resident of New York, 181; power in city democracy, 189; elected senator, 189; disliked by Hamilton, 189; defeat in 1799, 189; candidate for Vice-Presidency, 191; tacties election of 1800, 191; elected Vice Presidency, 191; tacties in election of 1800, 191; elected Vice-President, 192; tie vote in Electoral College, 193; antagonism of Jefferson to, 197; driven out of Democratic party, 198; candidate for governorship, 198; kills Hamilton in duel, 199; ostracized, 199; bill to introduce water into the city, 201
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Canada, futile expedition against, 83, 84; effect of English conquest of, on American history, 126, 132
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Canal Street, site of, 14; origin of name, 37
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Capital, New York the Federal, 185
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Catskill Mountains, 8
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Centennial celebration of adoption of Federal Constitution, 259
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Central Park, 257
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Century Club, 260
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“Century Magazine,” the, 260
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Charities, 206, 257
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Charles II., death of, 68
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Charter of 1857, 239
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Charter of Liberties and Privileges, 66
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Chatham, Earl of, possibilities in his statesmanship, 137
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China trade, 175
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Cholera, plague of 1832, 232
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Christiansen, Hendrik, head of Dutch posts, 9; death of, 10
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Christmas, observance of, 116
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Church, the first, 19, 38
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Churches, turned into prisons, 167, 168; repair of, 173
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Church of England, the State church, 87, 111; the fashionable organization, 112; controls King’s College, 112; enmity to, 153; see also EPISCOPALIAN
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Citizenship, early admission of foreigners to, 47, 66
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City Council, dispersed by Leisler’s troops, 78, 82
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City Hall, headquarters of Lt.- Gov. Ingoldsby, 86; used as prison, 170
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Civil rights, guaranteed by Gov. Nicolls, 47
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Civil War, early threats of, 180; New York during the, 245
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Class divisions, 202
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Class government, 87
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Clergy, action of Roman Catholic, during draft riots, 249
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Clergyman, the first regular, 20
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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
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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, 196; elected governor, 193, elected Vice-President, 198
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