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Parochial schools

Schools

Teachers Educational Alliance, 1175

Eight-hour work day, 771, 987-88, 989, 1012-13, 1091, 1098, 1207

Eighteenth Street, 577, 971, 974, 991, 1168

Eighth Avenue: in colonial New York, 178

in early nineteenth century, 480

in 1830s, 578

in late nineteenth century, 1003, 1005-8, 1054

in mid-nineteenth century, 727, 747, 828, 857, 889, 959, 970, 998

Orange parade on, 1005-8

slaughter on, 1005-8

transportation on, 857, 1054. See also Central Park West

Eighth District, 982

Eighth Regiment Armory, 1078

Eighth Regiment Artillery Troop, 895

Eighth Street, 727, 775, 970, 1100, 1120, 1134

Eighty-fourth Regiment, 1006, 1007

81st Street, 1054

82nd Street, 747

Sard Street, 480, 1080

84th Street, 700

85th Street, 939

86th Street, 460, 565, 627,

87th Street, 786

88th Street, 480, 890, 930

E.J. Herrick store, 611

Eldridge Street, 476, 745

Elections: of 1791, 316

of 1792, 317

of 1794, 320-21

of 1796, 324-35

of 1800, 328-29

of 1807, 402

of 1808, 415

of 1812, 424-25

of 1824, 513

of 1828, 440, 514-15

of 1829, 518-19

of 1830, 521, 622

of 1834, 573-75

of 1836, 609

of 1840, 622-23

of 1844, 633

of 1856, 853, 860, 861

of 1859, 862

of 1860, 864-65, 866

of 1861, 885

of 1862, 886

of 1864, 886, 896, 901-3

of 1868, 1001

of 1869, 988, 1034

of 1870, 1001

of 1871, 1010

of 1872, 1011, 1019

of 1873, 1222

of 1874, 1035

of 1876, 1035

of 1884, 1154

of 1886, 1099-1106, 1154, 1206

of 1804, 1193-94

of 1896, 1103-6

of 1897, 1206

of 1900, 1217

and city-state relations, 837

and class issues, 141-42

in colonial New York, 181

democratization of municipal, 329-31

and formation of state government, 256

fraud in, 1001, 1119-92

and freemen, 181

and Good Government, 1119-92

of local government officials, 231

in mid-nineteenth century, 824, 829, 837

participation in, 181

in post-revolutionary New York, 256, 257

and ratification of Constitution, 289

in revolutionary New York, 207

and state government, 231

and Tammany, 823, 824

triennial, 156. See also Assembly: elections for

Common Council: elections for

Voting Electoral College, 852, 1035

Electric Club, 1066

Electricity, 1063-68, 1069, 1149. See also Street lighting

Elephant Hotel, 1132, 1135

Elevated railroads, 1053-58, 1095, 1100, 1101, 1149, 1168

Elevators, 670, 940-41, 943, 945, 971

Eleventh Avenue, 655, 747, 1080. See also West End Avenue

Eleventh New York Volunteers, 893

Eleventh Regiment (Fire Zouaves), 872

Eleventh Street, 672, 695, 717, 748, 893

Eleventh Ward, 789

Elgin Botanical Gardens, 378

Eli Hart and Company, 609-11

Elites: in Brooklyn, 718-20, 724

churches for, 456, 459-60

and Consolidation, 1231

culture of, 467-70

decadent, 697

in early nineteenth century, 452-72, 485-86, 487, 506-7, 511, 515, 530

in 1830s, 584-86, 608, 616-17

entertainment for, 452, 487, 723-24, 1071-72, 1148, 1149

and ethnicity, 1087-58

and evangelical religion, 530

exclusions from, 1087-88

and executions, 506-7

as genteel, 463-65

and Good Government, 1191-94

housing for, 371-72, 373

inclusions in, 1086-87

and Jews, 714

in late nineteenth century, 1148, 1149, 1171, 1175

and liquor, 485-86, 628, 776

luxury of, 720–26

marriages of, 714, 723

as Medici of the Republic, 452-72

in mid-nineteenth century, 628, 697, 701, 712-26, 776

mockery of, 760

neighborhoods for, 456-60, 712-17

and Poe’s New York, 701

and politics, 455, 515

and radicalism, 511

and republicanism, 465-67

and settlement movement, 1175

in 1790s and early 1800s, 371-72, 373, 375-76, 379

and Social Gospel, 1171, 1175

and Spanish-American War, 1209

and spheres of influence, 460-61

suburbs and summer homes for, 718-20

and War of 1812, 423

women as, 722-23

World’s reports about, 1153-54. See also Knickerbockers; Mansions; Wealth; specific person or family

Elizabeth Street, 389, 555, 745,