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in 1830s, 564, 575, 580, 581, 588, 589, 594, 595, 605, 608, 609, 616

elections for, 101, 141, 153, 207, 266, 324

elite domination of, 515

as Federalist, 326

as “Forty Thieves,” 825-26, 827, 829, 830

housed in City Hall, 266

in late nineteenth century, 1033, 1052, 1063

and Lincoln’s funeral procession, 904-5

mayor’s role in, 267

members of, 181

in mid-nineteenth century, 622, 624, 630, 632, 634, 635, 636, 638, 655, 767, 775, 786, 787, 788, 823, 825-27, 829-30, 833, 834, 836, 838, 848, 849, 850, 855

and new City Hall, 109

in post-revolutionary New York, 266, 267, 268, 269, 301

powers of, 267, 268, 836, 837

and republicanism, 301

in revolutionary New York, 207

in 1790s and early 1800s, 353, 354, 357-59, 360-61, 362-63, 364, 369, 373, 374, 400, 401, 406

standing committees of, 353

and Wood, 833, 834, 848. See also City Council

specific topic

Common Sense (Paine), 227, 230

Common-law courts, 818

Commune: New York as, 1008, 1017, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1034

Communications, 801, 845, 875, 941-43, 1059-62, 1088, 1149, 1151-54. See also Telegraph; Telephone

Communism, 766, 1036, 1037, 1172

Communist Club, 861, 988

Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa, 71

Competition: and corporate holding companies, 1045-46

in 1830s, 606-9

and elevated, 1056-57

George’s views about, 1092

in late nineteenth century, 1042–43

and pooling, 1042, 1044, 1059

and railroad wars, 1042, 1044-45

in 1790s and early 1800s, 356

and trusts, 1045-46. See also Licensing

Compromise of 1790, 304-6

Compromise of 1820, 853

Comptroller, 368, 836, 1234

Comstock Law, 1015, 1017, 1018

Comstock reforms, 1013–16, 1017-19

Concert halls, 996

Concert saloons, 805, 957, 1000, 1017–18, 1142, 1148, 1163

Concord: battle of, 223, 224

Concord Street, 705, 1175

Concord Street Baptist Church of Christ, 855, 857, 973

Concordia Hall, 741, 1139

Conduit Avenue, 837

Coney Island, 5, 8, 583, 707, 720, 755, 827, 935, 994, 1066, 1132-38, 1191, 1231

Coney Island Athletic Club, 1164

Coney Island House, 471

Coney Island Jockey Club, 1136, 1137

Coney Island Rail Road, 1132, 1135

Confederate States of America, 865, 871, 872, 873, 885, 887, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904

Confederation: New York State unhappy with, 279-80

and state and federal debt, 280. See also Articles of Confederation

Confidence men, 694

Congregational Club, 1177

Congregationalists, 452, 729, 775, 976, 1156, 1210

Congregazione del Monte Carmelo della 115

ma Strada, 1125

Congress of Deputies, 217

Congress. See Congress, U.S.

Continental Congress

Provincial Congress Congress, U.S.: balance of power in, 852

and Civil War, 878, 888, 899

Clinton’s views about, 279

and constitutional convention, 288

last New York meeting of, 305

in late nineteenth century, 1015, 1190

and New York as federal capital, 300, 302, 303, 304, 305

“id ratification of Constitution, 290, 292, 293, 294

and selection of site for capital, 305

and Washington’s inauguration, 296, 297

and White House decoration, 878. See also specific person or topic

Connecticut: and Anglo-Dutch relations, 72

and British occupation of New York, 246, 247, 255

Duke of York as proprietor of, 72, 73

Indians in, 5, 39, 86

migrations from, 390

militia from, 240, 241

in post-revolutionary period, 279, 285

prisoners of war in, 231

and ratification of Constitution, 291, 293

rebels flee to, 246

refugees from, 255

resistance to British policies in, 200

Sears in, 226, 227

settlement of, 28

size of, 114

slavery in, 285

Tories in, 258

and trade, 279

Connecticut River Valley, 19, 21, 23, 29

Conscience: freedom of, 292

Consolidated Gas Company, 1069

Consolidation: and charter for Greater New York, 1233-35

and Good Government, 1231, 1234-35

Great Debate about, 1230-33

and Greater New York Commission, 1226-30

and Green, 1220, 1222, 1223-26, 1234

and Hewitt’s proposal, 1223

and legislature,