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Explorers, an age of, 1, 2
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Farming, advance in, 25 “Federalist,” the, 183, 240
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Federalist party, New York the seat of power of, 181, 182; struggle with Anti-Federalists, 186; first big break in, 188; successes of, 189; fall of, 192; merciless use of patronage, 197; support the British, 200
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Federal Union, equality a necessity in, 133, 134
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Feudal privileges, 16, 25
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Fifth Avenue, 243
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Fires, incendiary, in 1741, 121; during British occupation, 168; large losses by, 234
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Fire-water, introduction among Indians, 7
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Fisheries, early, 53, 67, 90
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Fitch, John, pioneer in steam navigation, 209
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Fletcher, Benjamin, governor, 96; connection with pirates, 96; character, 97; quarrels with New England and with Assembly, 99; recalled, 99
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Florida, 3
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Flour, monopoly of bolting and exporting, 60
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Fort, early, 14
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Fort Orange, 47
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France, enmity to, 71, 89; wars with, 90
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Franchise, different kinds of, 175
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Freeholders, privileges of, 118, 175, 178
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French, settlements in America, 3; characteristics of pioneers, 23
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French war-ship, retarded American Revolution, 132
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French war-ship, terrorizes city, 105
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Frontenac, Louis de B., cruelties in New York and New England, 83
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Frontiersman, evolution of, 23
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Fulton, Robert, introduces steam navigation, 209; builds steam frigate, 209
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Fur trade, 7, 9, 18, 131, 218
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Gage, Gen. Thomas, commander of garrison, 139; yields stamps to municipal authorities, 141
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Gallatin, Albert, abhorrence of partisan proscription, 196
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Gallows, the, 37
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“Gazette,” the, first newspaper, 123
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“General Armstrong,” fight of the, 210
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George III., effect of his blunders, 137; address by Stamp Act Congress to, 138; erection of monument to, 142; monument destroyed, 142
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German Calvinists, in the eighteenth century, 109
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German Lutherans, in the eighteenth century, 109
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Germans, early settlers, 14, 34; immigration of, 106, 224, 228, 256; furnish large proportion of auxiliaries to British troops, 161, note
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Governor, restrictions on power of, 177
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Grant, Gen. U. S., Memoirs of, 260, 261
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Guinea Coast, trade with, 91
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Gustavus Adolphus, influence of his death on America’s future, 4
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Haarlem Heights, American victory at, 164
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Hale, Nathan, capture and execution of, 169
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“Half Moon,” the, reaches the Hudson, 1; returns to Holland, 8
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Hall, Oakey, mayoralty of, 252
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Hall of Justice, 73
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Hamilton, Alexander, conservative principles of, 137, attitude in the Revolution, 151; in retreat at Kip’s Bay, 164; leader of Federalist party, 181; character, 186, 189; defender of Loyalists, 182; success in Federal movement, 183; procession in honor of, 184; heart of Federalist party, 186; Secretary of Treasury, 187; Livingston’s opinion of, 188; dislike of Burr, 189; maltreatment of, 191; killed by Burr, 199
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“Harper’s Magazine” 260
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“Harper’s Weekly,” exposures of Tweed, 253
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Hartford, Conn., mail between New York and, 54
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Hebrew immigration, 256
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Hessians, employment as troops, and hatred of, 159
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