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militia, 829

in Montreal, 18

occupations for, 744

as prisoners of war, 185

and smuggling, 121-22, 196, 201

as threat to New England, 72

as threat to New Netherland, 72

as threat to New York, 92-93, 96, 99, 100-101, 130, 167-68, 179

and West Indies trade, 120. See also France

French West Indies

Huguenots

Napoleonic Wars

French Ball, 1148

French Commune, 1097, 1105

French Flats, 971, 1078

French and Indian War, 167, 168-69, 191, 236

French Protestants. See Huguenots

French Republic, 318

French Revolution, 313–15, 317, 318, 319, 320, 331, 348, 395, 397, 1105

French West Indies, 116, 121-22, 167, 171, 191, 196, 205, 315

French-American Union, 1034

French’s Hotel, 1051

Fresh Water Pond, 111, 161, 186, 198, 247-48, 341, 359, 360, 361, 387, 391, 392, 412, 424, 476, 636

Friendly Club, 376-78, 385, 405, 416

Friendly Society of Tradesmen House Carpenters, 212

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 375, 543, 737, 738

“Friendly Visitors,” 1158-61

Friends of Liberty, Peace, and Commerce, 424

Front Street, 338, 598, 1158

Fuel Association, 426

Fugitive Slave Act (1793), 560, 852, 857, 859

Fulton Avenue. See Fulton Street

Fulton faction, 608

Fulton Fish Market, 1065

Fulton Iron Works, 874

Fulton Street: in colonial New York, 110, 177

inearly nineteenth century, 416, 432, 438

in 1830s, 581

ferry from, 323, 581, 728, 729, 936

in late nineteenth century, 972, 978, 999, 1055, 1062, 1227

in mid-nineteenth century, 653, 678, 689, 705, 707, 719, 737, 741, 895, 934, 936, 948-49

naming of, 432

in New Amsterdam, 67

as Old Ferry Road, 380-90

in post-revolutionary New York, 272, 323

in revolutionary New York, 208, 236

in 1790s and early 1800s, 389-90

Fulton Street Market, 451

Funerals, 129, 174, 300, 332, 731, 881, 904-5, 1008. See also Cemeteries

Fur trade, 11–13, 18, 21, 22-23, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 188, 218

in early nineteenth century, 486

and Good Government, 1192

in late nineteenth century, 954-55, 1134, specific indian tribe or group

Furrnan affair, 323-24

Furman Street, 660, 875

Furnishings, 721, 973, 1080-81

Furnitue Workers League, 1012

Furniture makers, 742. See also Cabinetmakers; Phyfe, Duncan

Gaiety (concert saloon), 957

“Gallomania,” 316, 322-23

Gambling: and art world, 688

in colonial New York, 1164, 1192

in mid-nineteenth century, 638, 688, 756, 777, 807, 827, 832, 879

and morality, 1162, 1163, 1164

in New Amsterdam, 54

and police corruption, 1192

in 1790s and early 1800s, 405

and social life, 954-55

and tribute, 807. See also Horse racing; Lotteries

Gangs, 413, 491, 492, 545, 633-35, 754, 757, 998-99, 1104

Gansevoort Market, 825-26, 1064

Gansevoort Street, 6, 363

Garbage/rubbish, 43, 46, 85, 588, 787, 790, 930, 948, 991, 1194-96, 1198. See also Sanitation

Garden Street. See Exchange Place

Garden Theater, 1148

Gardeners, 744

Gardiner’s Bay, 427

Garibaldi Guard, 870, 881

Garment industry, 443, 613, 664, 665-66, 742-43, 800, 807, 845, 991, 992, 1116-17, 1123, 1178. See also Fashions

Garrisonians, 552

Gas companies/lines, 826, 845, 930, 931, 1069

Gas Consumers Association, 826, 1069

Gas House district, 999

Gas House Gang, 999

Gates Avenue, 1055

Gay Street, 480

Genealogical Society, 1083

General Association, 223, 225, 227

General Blockade Order, 410–11

General Committee of the Benevolent Associates for the Relief of the Poor, 412

General Electric, 1070

General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1167

General Republican Committee, 328

General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 280, 316, 317, 318, 332, 343, 348, 361, 394, 405-6, 498, 632

General Theological Seminary, 448, 548, 578, 1087

General Trades Union of the City of New York (GTU), 603-9

Genet (Edmund) affair, 318-19

Geneva Club, 160, 161, 163, 164

George Street, 403

German American Reform Union, 1193

German Cabinetmakers Association of New York, 992

German Emigrant Society, 737, 738

German Industrial School, 802

German Labor Federation, 851

German Pianomakers Union of New York City, 772

German Rifles, 870

German Sisters