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Customs duties, refusal to pay, 62
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Declaration of Independence, supported by best citizens, 156
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Declaration of Rights by Stamp Act Congress, 138
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Defenses, inferiority of, 156, 157
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De Lancey, James, appointed chief-justice, 124; conduct in trial of Zenger, 124
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De Lancey family, armorial bearings of, 115; leaders of court party, 125, 136, 142
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Delaware River, Swedish possessions on, 3; Dutch colony on, 21; Swedish colony defeated by Stuyvesant, 40; extinction of Swedish Lutheran Church, on, 111
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Demagogism, 179
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Democracy, tendencies of Dutch settlers toward, 41; early limitations of, 88; rise against the oligarchy, 135; early opinions about, 176; absolute sway of, 200
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Democratic party, rise of name, 186; control State and city, 193; merciless use of patronage, 197; support the French, 200; split in, 236; controlled by Tammany Hall, 237; power of, 245; corruption in, 252
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De Peyster family, leaders in the court party, 136
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Detroit, wrested from the French, 5
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De Vries, patroon, 25, 27
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Disorders, after fall of Andros, 73; after Bellomont’s death, 103
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Doctors’ Mob, the, 174
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Dominie, first house for the, 19
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Dongan, Thomas, appointed governor, 64; policy and character, 64, 68; recalled, 69
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Draft riots, 248, 250
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Drake, Rodman, 240
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Drinking habits, early colonial, 115
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Duane, James, first mayor after Revolution, 178
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Duels, 190
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Dutch, settlements in America, 3, 4; defeated by Plymouth colonists, 21; characteristics of, 23, 24; massacre by Indians, 28; religious liberty under English rule, 47, 50; recapture of city by, 54
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Dutch Church, rights guaranteed to, 87; extinction prevented, 111
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Dutch rule, transition to English, 46; restoration of, 54; end of, 57.
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East Indies, early trade with, 90
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East River bridge, 257
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Education, in early colonial times, 116; foundation of free-school system, 206
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Election riots, 234
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Elections, intimidation at, 97; disorderly aldermanic, 103; frauds at, 252
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Electoral College, tie-vote for Jefferson and Burr, 193
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Electric telegraph, development of, 216
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Eleventh New York Volunteers, 249
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Embargo, the 201
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England, the cradle of seamen, 1; immigration from, 26, 256; seizes New Amsterdam, 43, 45; war with Holland, 51, 54; early trade with, 90; treatment of colonies compared with other nations, 126; how colonies might have been preserved, 132, 133
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English, settlements in America, 3; early settlers, 14, 34; Minuit’s relations with, 18; Van Twiller’s relations with, 20; immigration of, 26, 256; early settlers belong to aristocratic party, 48; regain possession of New York, 57; see also BRITISH
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English law, supremacy of, in New York, 5
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English rule, transition from Dutch to, 46; overthrown by the Dutch, 54, 55; restored, 57
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English-speaking race, marvelous spread of, 127
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Episcopalian Church, the fashionable organization, 112; growth of, 256; see also CHURCH OF ENGLAND
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Episcopalian churches, closed for fear of mobs, 154; reopened during British occupation, 168
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Episcopalians, detestation of Leisler, 80; persecutions of Presbyterians by, 110, 112
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Equality, necessity of, in the Federal Union, 133
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Equal Rights Men, 236
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Erie Canal, effect on city, 215
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Evacuation, by Washington’s troops, 162; by British troops, 171
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Evertsen, Adm. Cornelis, takes the city, 54; makes Colve director of the province, 55
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Exchange, foundation of the, 53
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Execution Dock, Captain Kidd hung at, 102
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