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and Long Island government, 85
and Lovelace, 83
Nicolls recalled by, 79
powers of, 77, 84
and printing in New York, 108
rumors of French capture of, 319
and slaves, 126. See also James II
Young, John P., 723
Zackrzewska, Marie, 800
Zenger, John Peter, 130, 152, 153-55, 163, 180, 181, 212
Ziegler, William, 1191
Index of Subjects
A.A. Low and Brothers, 650, 651
Abbey Theater, 1149
Abingdon Square, 828
Abingdon Street, 364
Abolitionists, 542, 549, 551-52, 553-62, 608, 857, 863, 884-85. See also specific person or organization
Abortion, 807-12, 1016-17, 1019, 1153, 1192
Abraham and Straus, 1188, 1191
Abyssinian Baptist Church, 855, 856
Academy of Fine Arts, 470
Academy of Mount St.
Vincent, 751
Academy of Music (Brooklyn), 972
Academy of Music (Manhattan): and Civil War, 867, 878, 879
in late nineteenth century, 947, 948, 951, 955, 961, 995, 1015, 1074
in mid-nineteenth century, 724, 765, 815, 861, 863, 888
Academy of the Sacred Heart, 751
Accessory Transit Company, 652
Act of Attainder (1779), 258, 281
Act Concerning Tramps (1880), 1032
Act to Punish Seduction as a Crime (1848), 806-7
Act to Regulate Elections (1778), 257
Act of Union (1707), 116, 132
Adams Street, 705
Adult education, 512, 780-82
Advertising, 339, 439, 524, 527, 678-79, 684, 1047-49, 1151, 1205
Advertising agencies, 678-79
Africa: slave trade from, 120, 126, 128-29, 151, 165
African Americans. See Blacks
Free blacks
Slaves/slavery
specific topic
African Baptist Church, 558
“African Broadway,” 1149
African Civilization Society, 858, 973
African Clarkson Association, 548
African Dorcas Association, 550
African Free School, 286, 347, 398, 499, 501, 547, 550, 555, 855, 856
African Grove, 487-88
African Marine Fund, 400
African Methodist Episcopal Church. See African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church, 398, 400, 480, 483, 546, 547 549, 855
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 413
African Society for Mutual Relief, 856
African Theater, 488, 489
Age of consent, 1163
Aguilar Free Library, 1115
AICP. See Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
The Alarm essays (McDougall), 214
Albany: and Anglo-French relations, 93
Dutch culture in, 136
in early nineteenth century, 335, 341, 3334
in 1830s, 564
and Erie Canal celebration, 430
explorations around, 14
farmers in, 203
and formation of state government, 256
French as threat to, 167, 179
and fur trade, 19
immigration to, 130
as Indian land, 13
Melville family in, 704
migration to, 334
naming of, 73
in proprietary New York, 90
protests in, 203
religion in, 105
in 1790s and early 1800s, 354
state legislature moves to, 354
telegraph wires to, 675
Tories in, 281-82
and trade regulations, 84-85
transportation to, 335, 341, 564, 655, 873. See also City-state relations; Legislature, state
State government Alcohol. See Liquor Aldermen: “boodle,” 1057, 1099
and city-state relations, 836
and Civil War, 900
in colonial New York, 145
corruption of, 788, 900, 935, 1056, 1096, 1099
in early nineteenth century, 323-24, 520
in 1830s, 564, 579, 588
election of, 92, 257, 353
functions of, 362, 365
and Furman affair, 323-24
in late nineteenth century, 935, 1056, 1057, 1099, 1108
and Leisler, 100
in mid-nineteenth century, 784, 788, 823-24, 826, 836, 849
and Panic of 1857, 849
and poor relief, 145
in post-revolutionary New York, 257
in proprietary New York, 78
salary for, 520
and sanitation, 784
in 1790s and early 1800s, 353, 362, 365
and Tammany, 823-24, 825, 826
and transportation, 564, 1056. See also Board of Aldermen
Common Council Alexander Brown and Sons, 612, 613, 615
Algonkian Indians, 13, 23, 24, 69, 86, 87
Alien and Sedition Acts, 326-27, 348, 401
All Souls Unitarian Church, 717, 725, 880
Allaire Iron Works, 567, 874, 889, 901
Allen Street, 495, 1118
Almack Club, 193
Almshouses: and British occupation of New York,