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Declaration of Rights, 313

Declaration of Sentiments, 818

Declaratory Act, 204

Deer River, 11

Deism, 510, 512

Deistical Society, 396

DeKalb Regiment, 870

Delameter Iron Works, 659, 874, 901

Delancey Street, 364, 707, 745, 787, 1117, 1118

Delaware, 35, 68, 72, 80, 236-37, 291. See also Chesapeake area; Delaware River Valley

Delaware and Hudson Canal, 431, 445, 625, 659

Delaware Indians, 316

Delaware and Raritan Canal, 432

Delaware River Valley, 11, 13, 21, 23. See also Chesapeake area

Delmonico’s restaurant, 437, 599, 723-24, 878, 879, 886, 948, 961, 981, 1009, 1060, 1063, 1065, 1154, 1211, 1214

Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1086

Democratic National Committee, 822

Democratic Society, 319-20, 321, 322, 324, 395, 396

Democratic Vigilant Association, 861, 862, 863

Democratic-Republicans: and class issues, 323

divisions among, 331

in early nineteenth century, 319-21

322-23, 324, 325, 326-27, 328-29, 330-31, 348, 413, 415, 424, 512

and elections of 1796, 324-25

and elections of 1800, 328-29

emergence of, 320

factionalism among, 512

and French relations, 325-26

and “Gallomania,” 322-23

headquarters of, 322

and immigrants, 326

and Jay Treaty, 321-22

and municipal government, 329-30

and republicanism, 323

and Sedition Act, 326-27

in 1790s and early 1800s, 361, 394, 402

and slavery, 348

supporters of, 320

and Tammany, 322

“Town Meeting” of, 321-22

and voting, 329-31

and working class, 319, 322

Democratization: in municipal government, 1032-33

of politics, 512-14

Democrats: and banks, 571-73

and blacks, 514, 857

and city development, 929, 930, 932

and city-state relations, 836, 837, 838, 841

and Civil War, 865, 866, 869, 879, 885, 886, 888, 894, 896, 901

and Consolidation, 1231, 1234

and Crash of 1873, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1034

divisiveness among, 837

and draft riot, 889, 894, 896

in early nineteenth century, 513, 514, 515, 519, 522, 525

in 1830s, 572, 573-75, 607, 608-9, 615

and elections of 1834, 573-75

and elections of 1864, 886, 901-3

and elections of 1886, 1103-6

elite domination of, 515

and entertainment, 994, 1137, 1154

and Equal Righters, 608-9

and events leading to Civil War, 853, 861

and financial system, 988

and Bangs, 635

and Good Government, 1190, 1191-94, 1201, 1203-6, 1207

and immigrants, 514, 1130

in late nineteenth century, 929, 930, 932, 954, 983, 987, 988, 994, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1034, 1094, 1099, 1103, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1137, 1148, 1151, 1154, 1190, 1191-94, 1201, 1203-6, 1207, 1214, 1215

and merchants, 515

in mid-nineteenth century, 621-22, 623, 624-25, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 638, 708, 822, 824, 826, 830, 836, 838, 841, 850-51, 853, 861, 862

national headquarters of, 822

and newspapers, 522, 1148, 1151, 1154

and organized labor, 515, 988, 1110

and Panic of 1857, 850-51

parade and rally by, 902

and poor relief, 1029

and reform, 830

and slavery, 885

and Spanish-American War, 1214, 1215

supporters of, 621, 822

and Tammany, 824, 826, 1108-10

and toppling of Tweed, 1010

and voting rights, 513, 514

Wall Street renegades from, 850-51

Whigs alliance with, 853

and women’s suffrage, 983

and Wood administration, 850-51, 862

and working class, 522, 987. See also Loco FOODS; Peace Democrats

Swallowtails

War Democrats Department of the East, 870, 887, 896, 903

Department stores, 666-70, 814, 945-46, 960-70, 1000, 1062, 1066, 1145, 1177. See also specific store

Deportation, 58, 61, 165, 326, 829. See also Banishment

Depression of 1830s, 614-18

Desbrosses Street, 364, 904

Deutsche Sparbank, 772

Deutsches Volksgarten, 741, 816

Development: and British occupation of New York, 250-51

of Brooklyn, 440-50, 580-83, 728-29, 933-37

in colonial New York, 184-87

and communications industry, 941–43

and Crash of 1873, 1022-23

downside of, 948-50

in early nineteenth century, 334-36,