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German Society, 375, 771

Germania Club, 1139

Germania Hall, 741, 989

Germania Society, 870

Germans: in Brooklyn, 1191

as Catholics, 544, 750, 976

and Christmas, 463

and city development, 930

and Civil War, 870, 873, 893, 894, 896, 901, 904

and Consolidation, 1227, 1231

and cooperatives, 769-70, 772-73, 1105

as craftsmen, 1116

cultural life of, 974

and Democrats, 514

and draft riot, 893, 894

in early nineteenth century, 463, 514

and entertainment, 816, 993-95, 1140, 1141

and Good Government, 1187, 1191, 1194, 1202, 1203, 1205, 1206

holidays of, 829, 840

housing for, 747, 991

images of, 882

as immigrants, 129-30, 131, 514, 735-36, 737-38, 739, 742, 743, 1111-12, 1114-20, 1122, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127

and Irish, 753

Jews, 481, 740, 745, 748-49, 1087-88, 1114-20, 1126

as laborers, 936, 938

in late nineteenth century, 930, 936, 938, 974, 976, 986, 989, 991, 993-95, 1008, 1012, 1018, 1024, 1025, 1077, 1078, 1087-88, 1089, 1090, 1092, 1096, 1100, 1105, 1106, 1110, 1111-12, 1114-20, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1140, 1141, 1169, 1174-75, 1181, 1187, 1191, 1194, 1202, 1203, 1205, 1206

and Lincoln’s funeral procession, 904

and Lincoln’s second inaugural, 904

in mid-nineteenth century, 740, 744-46, 747, 750, 753, 769-70, 771, 772-73, 829, 835, 840, 849, 850, 851

and morality, 1169

neighborhoods for, 744-46, 747, 1118, 1174–75

occupations for, 739, 740, 741, 742, 744

and organized labor, 770, 771, 772-73, 986, 988-89

and Panic of 1857, 849, 850

in Queens, 938

and Social Gospel, 1174-75, 1181

as socialists, 988-89), 1089, 1096, 1100, 1106, 1120, 1205

and Sunday closings, 1202-3

and Tammany, 829

and toppling of Tweed, 1010

wealth of, 1078, 1087-88

women as, 800-801

and Wood, 835, 851

as working class, 991, 1120

Gerritsen Beach, 29

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: battle of, 887, 888, 895, 995

G’hals, 813, 816

Gibbons’ bawdy house, 408

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), 433

Gidding’s Old Crib, 755

Gilbert Elevated Railway, 1054

Gilbert and Sullivan, 1144, 1150

Gilder Committee, 1198-99

Giles’ bawdy house, 408

Gilpin’s News Room, 900

Gilsey House, 959

Girly shows, 995-96

A Glance at New York (Greene), 528

Globe Iron Works, 659

Globe Museum, 1140

Glorious Revolution, 95-96, 99, 107, 108, 112

Glue factory, 564

Goerck Street, 604

Gold: and city development, 931

and Civil War, 876, 900-901

in late nineteenth century, 1203-6

in mid-nineteenth century, 770, 843, 847, 851

and Panic of 1837, 614, 615

speculation, 900-901. See also Gold Rush; Gold standard

Gold Room, 900

Gold Rule Hall, 1187

Gold Rush, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 663, 831, 1218

Gold standard, 988, 1018, 1041

Gold and Stock Ticker Company, 1066

Gold Street, 208, 400, 945

Gold Street First Baptist Church, 400

Golden Hill, 157, 208, 211

Good Government: in Brooklyn, 1191-92

and Consolidation, 1231, 1134-35

and economy, 1185-90, 1203-6

and elites, 1191-94

and health, 1196-98

and housing, 1198-1200

and money/currency, 1203-6

and populism, 1203-6

and press, 1189-90

and Roosevelt’s crackdown, 1200-1203

and sanitation, 1194-96

and women, 1206

and working class, 1194, 1200, 1202

Good Government Club, 1184, 1193, 1194, 1206, 1230

Gossip, 527

Gotham, 416-17

Gotham Base Ball Club, 733

Gotham Inn, 389

Government: role of, 451. See also Federal government

Local government

Municipal government

State government

Government House, 300, 368-69

Governor: election for, 256-57

and formation of state government, 256-57

mansion for, 175

in post-revolutionary New York, 256-57. See also specific person

Governor’s Ball, 174

Governor’s Island, 21, 24, 29, 130, 179, 229, 234, 300, 320, 321, 322, 374, 411, 423, 428, 494, 675, 884, 903

Gowanus, 29, 46, 236

Gowanus Bay, 583, 661

Gowanus Canal, 972, 991

Gowanus Creek, 8, 228, 237, 719

Gowanus Heights, 582

Gowanus Hills, 719

Grace Episcopal Church, 672, 703, 714, 717, 720-30, 974, 1086, 1087, 1171, 1189

Grace Hall, 718, 933

Grahamites,