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in literature, 699

in mid-nineteenth century, 630, 699, 714, 740, 741-42, 748-49

militia, 829

and morality, 1155, 1156, 1162, 1169

and Navigation Acts, 133

neighborhoods for, 1175

in Netherlands, 16

in New Amsterdam/New Netherland, 59, 60, 61, 133, 503

and oath of allegiance, 133

occupations for, 134, 168, 740, 741-42, 1047, 1115

and organized labor, 1120

Orthodox, 1114, 1119

Polish, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1126

as poor, 503

in proprietary New York, 94

as radicals, 1119-20

Reform, 1114

rights and privileges of, 60, 133-34

Russian, 114, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1174, 1182, 1187

schools for, 1119

Sephardic, 16, 133, 134-35, 481, 1088, 1115

in 1790s and early 1800s, 365

Shtetl, 1112-14, 1119, 1120, 1121

and Social Gospel, 1171, 1173-74, 1175, 1182

as socialists, 1106, 1120, 1194, 1205

and Sunday closings, 1203

and Tammany, 1120

as voters, 133-34, 1120, 1194

wealth of, 1087-88

in West Indies, 133

Jim Crow, 487-90, 557, 643, 856, 1236

J.L. and S.I. Joseph Company, 611-12, 614

John Street, 208, 211, 218, 247, 250, 394, 398, 400, 437, 461, 576, 707

John Street Methodist Church, 250, 456, 482-83, 632, 846

John Street Theater, 269, 297-98, 300, 348, 404, 405

Jolly Tar Tavern, 996

Jones’ Wood, 791-92, 883, 987, 994, 1005, 1098, 1141

Joralemon Street, 449, 581

Joralemon’s Lane, 582

Journalists, 678, 975, 1152-53. See also specific person

Journeyman Cordwainers’ Society, 413-14

Journeyman Shipwright’s Society, 393

Journeymen: in early nineteenth century, 346, 412–14, 486, 515–16

in 1830s, 604

entertainment for, 405, 486

in mid-nineteenth century, 628

and organized labor, 604

in 1790s and early 1800s, 392, 393, 394, 405

strikes by, 414

and temperance, 628

Journeymen’s societies, 430, 515-16

J.P. Morgan and Company, 1046

Judges: appointment of, 153

as Board of Commissioners members, 829

and city-state relations, 836

and Golden administration, 196

in colonial New York, 153, 196

equity, 817

in late nineteenth century, 967-68, 1030, 1041, 1099, 1164

in mid-nineteenth century, 817-18, 820, 829, 836

and reform, 829

and women’s rights, 817–18, 820. See also specific person

Judgment Day, 462, 628

Judiciary Act (1691), 101, 107, 136-32

July 4th, 293, 316, 318, 465, 543, 546-47, 551, 580, 828, 839-40, 1085

Jumel Mansion, 240

Junk dealers, 740

Jury trials, 256, 562

Justices of the peace, 81, 92, 97, 100, 101-2

Juvenile Assembly, 375

Juvenile Delinquents, 501-2, 548, 780

Kalch-hook pond, 33

Kansas: and events leading to Civil War, 853, 859, 861, 863

Keens Chophouse, 1150

Kensington, 933

Kent Basin, 949

Kent’s Tavern, 425

Kerrigan’s Auction Rooms, 1191

Keteltas affair, 323-24

Khal Adas Jeshurun congregation, 1119

Khazzer-Mark (pig market), 1117

Kidder, Peabody, 1047

Kill Van Kull, 8, 432, 662

King Club, 248

King George’s War, 167, 168, 169, 179

King Philip’s War, 86

King Street, 178, 363, 1097

King William’s War, 100-101, 105-6

King’s American Regiment, 246

King’s Arms Coffeehouse, 108-9, 115, 124, 188

King’s Birthday, 181, 301

King’s Bridge, 105, 184, 203, 228, 242, 475

King’s College, 180-81, 208-9, 214, 220, 221, 224, 229, 250, 268. See also Columbia University; specific person

Kings County: blacks in, 287, 854

and British occupation of New York, 246

and Consolidation, 1220, 1222, 1227, 1229, 1231

Democrats of, 934

Dutch attack courthouse in, 105

in early nineteenth century, 348-49, 479

in 1830s, 567, 581

ethnicity in, 390

European ownership of land in, 69

farming in, 391

first newspaper in, 390-91

formation of, 91-92

Kieft buys Indian lands in, 35

in late nineteenth century, 1164

newspapers in, 391

population of, 128

in post-revolutionary New York, 282, 285, 287

and ratification of Constitution, 291, 293

rebels flight from, 246

sale of Tory property in, 282

in 1790s and early 1800s, 390, 391

slavery in, 228, 285, 348-49, 479

slaves in, 128, 147

Tories in, 219-20, 227, 236, 282

transportation in, 567