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and fire fighting, 186

in post-revolutionary New York, 293

price of land near, 187

retail shops in, 124, 125, 171, 183

in revolutionary New York, 258

Hanover Street, 188, 364, 467, 576, 877

Hanoverians, 116. See also specific monarch

Harbor Commission, 836

Harbor News Association, 677

Hardware district, 945

Harlem: and British evacuation from New York, 259

development of, 929, 930, 1123

in early nineteenth century, 486, 489

in 1830s, 557, 569, 586

and Good Government, 1207

housing in, 991

Hudde farms in, 35

and immigrants, 1118, 1124

as Indian land, 6, 8

Italians in, 1123-24

in late nineteenth century, 970, 991, 1054, 1069, 1118, 1124, 1194, 1207

in mid-nineteenth century, 733, 743, 746, 747, 750

in New Amsterdam, 35, 54

popular culture in, 54

religion in, 105

in 1790s and early 1800s, 357, 374

slaves in, 147

transportation to, 655-56, 932, 1054

utilities in, 1069. See also New Haarlem

Harlem Bridge, 721

Harlem Corner, 899

Harlem Creek, 565

Harlem Flat, 422

Harlem Gas Works, 826, 1006

Harlem Heights, 179, 240, 241, 242, 424

Harlem Lane, 952-53, 955, 1009

Harlem line. See New York and Harlem Rail Road

Harlem Plains, 240, 929

Harlem River, 5, 123, 184, 242, 364, 625, 655, 744, 1054, 1196, 1222

Harlem Ship Canal, 8

Harlem Square, 421

Harmon Street. See East Broadway

Harmonical Society, 174, 375

Harmonic Gesellschaft, 1087

Harmony Hall, 510, 543

Harper and Brothers, 441, 442, 497, 517, 545-46, 641, 681-33, 686, 606, 698, 701, 703, 704, 709, 1037, 1093

Harpers Family Library, 698-99

Harper’s Ferry, 863

“Harper’s Police,” 638

Harper’s Weekly, 887

Harrigan and Hart, 1141, 1152

Harrington’s New Grand Moving Diorama, 598

Harry Hill’s music hall, 957, 1066, 1142, 1157

Hartford, Connecticut:

founding of, 29

Hartford Convention, 428

Hartford Treaty, 71

Hart’s Island, 755, 1181

Haskalah, 1114

Hat industry, 171, 183, 279, 741, 770, 772

Havana Street Railway, 1218

Hawaii, 1127, 1211-12

Haymarket bombing (Chicago, Illinois), 1098, 1106, 1156, 1179

Haymarket (concert saloon), 1148

H.B. Claflin, 1046

Heads of households: in colonial New York, 142-43

Health: and Macks, 480

and Civil War, 879-81

and class issues, 790

in colonial New York, 125–26

and Consolidation, 1236

in early nineteenth century, 480

in 1830s, 589-94

and Good Government, 1104, 1196-98

and immigration, 790

in late nineteenth century, 983, 991, 1162-63, 1194, 1196-98

in mid-nineteenth century, 775, 784-88, 790, 828

and morality, 590, 591, 593, 784-88, 1162-63

in New Amsterdam, 44

and parks, 790

and philanthropy, 381-82

and poor/poverty, 357-58

in post-revolutionary New York, 302

and reform, 879-81

in revolutionary New York, 213

in 17905 and early 1800s, 356-59, 381-82, 392

and Tammany, 828

and water supply, 1198

as women’s issue, 983

and working class, 594, 991. See also Epidemics

Health Committee, 357, 358

Health Department, 1196, 1197

Hearn Brothers, 668

Hebrew Benevolent Society, 503

Hebrew Educational Alliance, 1115

Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society, 1115

Hebrew Free School Association, 1115

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 1115

Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 1173

Heere Gracht. See Broad Street

Heere Wegh. See Broadway

Hell Gate, 219, 307

Hell’s Kitchen, 747, 970, 991, 993, 1003, 1006, 1106, 1109, 1112, 1170, 1227

Hell’s Kitchen Gang, 998

Hempstead, 40, 61, 63, 68, 80-81, 219, 254, 258

Hempstead Plains, 78, 79, 193, 247

Hendricks Brothers Copper Rolling Mills, 567, 613, 662, 875

Henry George Bohemian Club, 1101

Henry Street Settlement, 1176, 1198

Herring Street, 397, 420

Hessian troops, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 242-43, 246, 254, 273

Hester Street, 439, 476, 957, 1117, 1123

Hibernian Hall, 1006

Hibernian Provident Society, 513

Hibernian Universal Benevolent Society (HUBS), 543

Hickory Clubs, 514

Hicks Street, 1174

High Bridge, 625, 746, 903, 1055

Highbinders (Hide-Binders), 402, 491

Higher education, 180-81, 799, 1086, 1088. See also specific institution

Highland Park, 4, 837

Hindus,