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East New York, 583, 612, 719, 728, 1055

East River: baptism in, 61

in “Burgis View,” 118

early explorations and trade along, 18-19, 20

geological history of, 5

Indians along, 5, 6, 8, 23, 39

proposal to fill in, 719

sewer drainage into, 185

as source of water for fires, 596

trade along, 122

tunnel under, 1069

water pipes under, 1229. See also Brooklyn Bridge

Shipyards

Water lots

Waterfront East River Electrical Lighting, 1066

East Side: and entertainment, 1138, 1140, 1141, 1144, 1152

and Good Government, 1186, 1188, 1195, 1201, 1207

labor organizations on, 1207

in late nineteenth century, 970, 991, 995, 1056, 1089, 1096, 1104, 1106, 1109, 1112, 1117–20, 1126, 1138, 1140, 1141, 1144, 1152, 1172, 1176, 1180, 1182, 1186, 1188, 1195, 1201, 1207

Lower, 991, 995, 1010, 1056, 1096, 1106, 1117-20, 1126, 1138, 1140, 1141, 1144, 1152, 1172, 1179, 1180, 1182, 1187

in mid-nineteenth century, 929-31, 932, 944, 945

and Social Gospel, 1172, 1176, 1180, 1182

transportation on, 1056, 1104

Upper, 970, 1109, 1207

East Side Association, 929

East Side House, 1175

East Side Relief Committee, 1188

East Ward, 92, 134, 187, 188, 387

Eastchester, 152, 242, 374, 1232

Eastchester Bay, 8

Eastern Europeans, 1112, 1114, 1119, 1121, 1126

Eastern Parkway, 837, 993, 1117

Eating clubs, 174, 248

Eaves Costume Company, 947

Ebenezer Baptist Church, 5

Eckford shipyard, 466

Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Paris), 1076, 1080

Economy: of Boston, 122

and British occupation of New York, 247

and British troops, 181-84, 191

and Civil War, 873, 875-77, 899-901

of colonial New York, 117, 118-19, 120, 122-26, 150-51, 152, 165, 168-72, 181-84, 187, 191-93

and Crash of 1873, 1020-38, 1042, 1060, 1092

and debt, 191-92

and depression/recession, 150-51, 152, 191-92, 280, 512, 833, 845, 1185-91, 1210, 1218

and devaluation of copper pennies, 181

in early nineteenth century, 314-15, 349-52, 409-15, 512, 520

in 1830s, 601–2, 607–18

and Equal Rightcrs, 607

and events leading to Civil War, 861-62

and fashion, 814

global, 1022, 1038

and Good Government, 1185-91, 1203-6

government intervention in, 520

and immigrants, 742

impact of pre-revolutionary wars on, 168

and imperialism, 1210, 1218

and industrial revolution, 170-72

in late nineteenth century, 1185-91, 1203-6, 1210, 1218

in mid-nineteenth century, 619-45, 742, 814, 833-35, 841, 861-62

moral, 834

and municipal reform, 1027

and neutrality, 314–15

of New Netherland, 46-50

and organized labor, 1090

and Panic of 1792, 308-10, 312, 314, 316

and Panic of 1819, 444, 479

and Panic of 1857, 842-51, 866

and Panic of 1861, 866

and Panic of 1893, 1185, 1204

and politics, 152

in post-revolutionary New York, 265, 273, 274, 275, 279, 280, 293, 306, 308-10, 312

of proprietary New York, 79, 84-85

and provisioning of British troops, 247

and public works, 833-35

and ratification of Constitution, 290, 293

in revolutionary New York, 212, 213

and Tories, 274

and wealth, 952

West Indies trade as basis of, 122–26

and Wood, 833–35

and working class, 187, 192, 193, 213, 280, 901. See also Artisans

Craftsmen

Fur trade

Merchants

Nonimportation

Trade

Traders

Wealth Edison Electric Light Company, 1064, 1066

Edison General Electric Company, 1069

Education: adult, 512, 780-82

for blacks, 499, 500, 501, 551, 856

and class issues, 383-85, 500-10

and crime, 384

in early nineteenth century, 499-501, 509-10, 512, 519, 520, 522, 531-32

in 1830s, 549, 551

George’s views about, 1100

and immigrants, 630

Lancasterian system of, 384

in late nineteenth century, 1086, 1088, 1176

in mid-nineteenth century, 630-31, 632, 773, 780-82, 856

and nativism, 632

and organized labor, 773

and poor/poverty, 802

and Presbyterians, 531–32

private, 1086

and republicanism, 509-10

in 1790s and early 1800s, 377, 383-85

for women, 45, 377, 751, 782, 799, 802, 981-82, 1086

for working class, 510,