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and “Great Negro Plot” of 1741, 159-66

in late nineteenth century, 1168

in mid-nineteenth century, 862

and morality, 1168

and prostitutes, 805

and religion, 208

and working class, 862. See also Blacks

Interracialism

Jews

Slaves/slavery

Race riots, 557-58

Radical Abolitionist Party, 858

Radicals: and abolitionists, 559

artisans as, 510

and Catholics, 752, 1095

Christian, 1171-73

and Consolidation, 1236

and Crash of 1873, 1028

decline of, 280, 281, 283

in early nineteenth century, 322, 510-12

in 1830s, 543, 553, 559, 594

and elites, 511

and events leading to Civil War, 861

and feminism, 801-2, 1018, 1019

and Hamilton, 270

and health, 594, 785

and housing, 768

and immigrants, 397, 543, 752

as intellectuals, 1119-20

and Jay Treaty, 322

Jews as, 1119-20

and land reform, 766-68

in late nineteenth century, 987, 988-89, 1018, 1019, 1028, 1034, 1110, 1119-20

literary, 685

merchants opposition to, 278

in mid-nineteenth century, 752, 766-68, 785, 801-2, 861

and morality, 594

and municipal reform, 1028

and organized labor, 987, 988-89

and politics, 621

in post-revolutionary New York, 266-70, 273-74, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285

and republicanism, 396-97, 510-11

and Revolution Settlement, 283

and Rutgers v. Waddington, 278

and sale of confiscated Tory property, 282

in 1790s and early 1800s, 395, 396-97

and slavery, 285, 553

and Social Gospel, 1171-73

and socialism, 1018

and suppression of Tories, 273-74, 281

and working class, 511-12. See also specific person or organization

Railroads: and Civil War, 873, 893, 895

and corporate holding companies, 1046

corporate managers of, 969

and corruption, 900

and Crash of 1873, 1021, 1022, 1035-36, 1038

and development of financial district, 940

and draft riot, 893

in 1830s, 563-65, 568

in 1830, 613, 616

and electric locomotives, 1068

and events leading to Civil War, 853, 859, 860

expansion of, 1041-42

failure of, 1185

and ferries, 656

land for, 899

in late nineteenth century, 969, 1021, 1022, 1035-36, 1038, 1185, 1210, 1218, 1225-26

in mid-nineteenth century, 655-56, 657, 845, 847, 853, 859, 860

and middle-class workers, 969

and Fame of 1857, 845, 847

and Panic of 1893, 1185

stocks, 567-69, 899-900, 1022, 1038

and telegraph, 676

terminals for, 943-45

and theater, 946-47

transcontinental, 853, 859, 860, 873

and urban-rural relationship, 944-45

and utilities, 1068

wars among, 1042, 1044-45

in West, 1041. See also Elevated railroads

specific person or railroad

Ramble, 974

Ramble Park, 718

Randall’s Island, 780, 785, 1198

Rape, 407-8

Rapid Transit Act, 1053

Rapid transit system, 1024, 1053-58, 1068-69, 1194. See also Transportation

Raritan Bay, 5, 662, 793, 950

Raritan Indians, 5, 38

Raritan River, 90

Raritan River Valley, 5, 136, 157

Ratbaiting, 486

Ravenswood, 718, 938, 1069

Ramon’s Tavern, 306

Reade Street, 361, 415, 667

Reading rooms, 771, 782

Real estate: in Brooklyn, 449

in colonial New York, 187

and Consolidation, 1222, 1223

and Crash of 1873, 1022, 1028

in early nineteenth century, 337-38, 447, 448-49, 451

in 1830s, 575-80, 598

in 1830, 612, 616, 617

and entertainment, 1137

investors in, 187

in late nineteenth century, 1022, 1028, 1050, 1057, 1137, 1183, 1223

in mid-nineteenth century, 767

in New Amsterdam, 46

prices of, 187

private ownership of, 46

registration of, 66

in 1790s and early 1800s, 373, 374

and Social Gospel, 1183

transfer of, 46

and Transportation, 1057. See also Development

Land

Property

Real Estate Exchange, 1050, 1103, 1228, 1234

Realism: literary, 697

Realists, 1170-80

Reason Street, 398

Rechgawawanche Indians, 5

Reconstruction: end of, 1034-35, 1041

in New York, 1034-35

in South, 1034-35

Recorder, 92, 139-40, 257, 362, 365, 368, 829

Rector Place, 1054

Recycling program, 1195-96

Red Cross, 1188

Red Fort, 423

Red Hook, 29, 139, 229, 234, 582,