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Magistrates: in colonial New York, 111, 202

in early nineteenth century, 365

on Long Island, 96

in mid-nineteenth century, 825

in New Amsterdam, 63-67

in proprietary New York, 79

and public works, 184, 186

and slaves, 149

and Sons of Liberty, 202

and Tammany, 825

Magnetic Telegraph Company, 675

Mahican Indians, 13, 22, 23, 37, 68

Maiden Lane: in colonial New York, 125, 159

in early nineteenth century, 340, 354, 437, 439, 597

markets on, 125

in mid-nineteenth century, 651

in New Amsterdam, 30, 54

in post-revolutionary New York, 304

in proprietary New York, 88

in revolutionary New York, 278

Maidenhead, 300

Mail: subsidies for transatlantic, 649, 650. See also Post Office

Main Street, 390

Maine: Duke of York as proprietor of, 72

Maine: sinking of, 1215

Maison Done, 879

Malay, 1127

Mall (Central Park), 794

Manhasset (Sellout’s Bay), 37

Manhattan: Dutch send ship to, 18

early explorations around, 18-19

geological history of, 4

naming of, 19. See also New Amsterdam; New Netherland

New Orange

New York (proprietorship)

New York (royal colony)

specific river or site

Manhattan Avenue, 744

Manhattan Beach, 1137, 1146

Manhattan Beach Hotel, 1088, 1135, 1136

Manhattan Club, 954

Manhattan College, 750

Manhattan Company, 361, 362, 389, 444, 589, 595, 625, 1056, 1068

Manhattan Elevated Railroad, 1056, 1058, 1109

Manhattan Gas Works, 884, 991

Manhattan Gas-Light Company, 826

Manhattan Insurance Company, 532

Manhattan Railway Company, 1054

Manhattan Savings Institution, 999

Manhattan Square, 965, 1190

Manhattanville, 751

Manifest Destiny, 652, 686, 1210

Manila, 1211, 1216

Manors, 92. See also specific manor or person

Mansions: along East River, 389, 718

in 1830s, 580

in late nineteenth century, 930, 960, 1075-1

in mid-nineteenth century, 716

in 1790s and early 1800s, 372, 373, 389

utilities in, 1065

Manufacturers of Marble Mantels, 605

Manufacturing: and British colonial policy, 196-97

in Brooklyn, 391, 443, 660-61, 662, 933, 1228

and Civil War, 873, 874-75, 876, 877

in colonial New York, 170-71

and Consolidation, 1228

and Crash of 1873, 1021

in early nineteenth century, 315, 343-46, 429, 441-43, 530

in 1830s, 595, 607, 613

and evangelical religion, 530

and fashion, 814

and financiers, 663, 1046

and Jews, 1115

in late nineteenth century, 969, 1010, 1021, 1046, 1062, 1065, 1066

metropolitan, 663-66

in mid-nineteenth century, 659-62, 663-66, 801, 814, 843

middle-class workers in, 969

and neutrality, 315

and “outwork,” 443, 664

and Panic of 1857, 843

in post-revolutionary New York, 306-7, 310

protectionism for, 307, 309

in Queens, 661

and toppling of Tweed, 1010

and utilities, 1062, 1065, 1066

and Washington’s inauguration, 297

women in, 801

and working class, 307. See also specific person or firm; type of manufacturing or specific manufacturer

Manumission, 479

Manumission Society, 285-86, 347, 348, 349, 499, 501, 855

Marble House: Arnold, Constable as, 668

Marble Palace: A.T. Stewart store as, 667-68, 671, 716, 726, 833, 878, 945, 1103

Marine Hospital, 358

Marine insurance, 124, 325-26, 336, 875, 950

Marine National Bank, 1042-43

Mariner’s Church, 496

Marines. See British troops

Marion Street, 855

“Market Place,” 421

Market Street, 475

Marketfield Street, 36, 50, 88, 95, 241, 343

Markets: in colonial New York, 125, 176, 197

in early nineteenth century, 354, 451 “, 632

and “Montgomcrie Charter,” 139

in New Amsterdam, 46

in post-revolutionary New York, 267

in proprietary New York, 85. See also Slave market

Marktvelt Street. See Marketfield Street

Marriage: of blacks/slaves, 56, 128

in colonial New York, 174

and culture in New York, 174

Dutch inter-, 89

in early nineteenth century, 509

of elites, 714, 723

and Free Love, 984–85

interracial, 556, 559

into titled families, 1084-85

among Irish, 801

in late nineteenth century, 983-85, 1017-18

in mid-nineteenth century, 714, 723

in New Amsterdam,