Gotham_ A History of New York City to 1898 - Edwin G. Burrows [1178]
Obscenity
Pornography
Prostitutes
Shakespeare Hotel, 741
Shakespeare Inn, 948
Shakespeare Tavern, 416, 417, 470
Shamrock Friendly Association, 513, 543
Shamrock Society, 742
Shamrock Street, 746
Shantytowns, 747, 930
Shay’s Rebellion, 289
Shearith Israel congregation, 250, 456, 481, 503, 749
Sheepshead Bay, 1136, 1137
Sheriff: and apprentices’ behavior, 144
in colonial New York, 142, 144, 152, 153, 161, 182
and Dongan administration, 92
election of, 153
first, 78
and “Great Negro Plot” of 1741, 161
as gubernatorial appointment, 92, 139-40
and Judiciary Act, 101-2
and Leisler, 97, 100
and McDougall case, 212
and “Montgomerie Charter,” 139-40
and politics, 152
in post-revolutionary New York, 257
and press gangs, 182
in proprietary New York, 78
selection of, 257
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1045, 1069, 1154
Sherry’s, 1083, 1203
Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 855, 857, 863
Shinnecock Indians, 146
Shipwrights, 901
Shipyards: along East River, 123, 650, 651, 652, 660
blacks as workers in, 854
and Civil War, 873, 874
in colonial New York, 123, 127, 142, 150, 177, 183, 188, 191, 211
in early nineteenth century, 340-41, 441-42, 475, 515
in 1830s, 636
in late nineteenth century, 950, 987, 992
in mid-nineteenth century, 650, 651-52, 660, 663, 745, 828, 833, 845
and Panic of 1857, 845
in post-revolutionary New York, 287
in 1790s and early 1800s, 389
Shirt Sewers and Seamstresses Union, 666
Shirt Tails, 633
Shoes, 279, 346, 413-14, 443, 475, 604, 605, 742, 771, 773, 875
Shooting matches, 405
Shopgirls, 806, 813
Shopkeepers. See Retailers
Short Boys, 828, 829
Showgirls, 955-56, 1066
Shtetl Jews, 1112-14, 1119, 1120, 1121
“The Sidewalks of New York” (song), 1147
Signs, 680-81
Siloam Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn), 857, 858, 863, 973
Silver Lake Park, 8
Silversmiths, 945
Simmonds and Wall Dramatic Agency, 947
Sing Sing prison, 448, 506, 508, 605, 755, 756, 1057, 1098, 1192
Singer Sewing Machine Company, 1013, 1037, 1049, 1079
Sisters of Charity, 503, 593, 751, 776, 792, 882
Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 751
Sisters of Mercy, 751, 776
Sisters of Mercy Hospital, 930
Sisters of Notre Dame, 751
Siwanoy Indians, 5
“Six Per Cent Club,” 309
Sixteenth Amendment, 984
Sixteenth Street, 716, 750,
Sixth Avenue: in early nineteenth century, 325, 447, 459
in 1830s, 543
and entertainment, 1145, 1148, 1149
in late nineteenth century, 932, 945, 946, 947, 959, 960, 970, 972, 994, 1000, 1054, 1055, 1145, 1148, 1149
in mid-nineteenth century, 627, 669, 727, 854, 857, 895
theaters on, 947
transportation on, 994, 1054, 1055, 1145
Sixth Avenue (Brooklyn), 972
Sixth Regiment, 871-72
Sixth Street, 256, 389, 476, 782, 790, 1006
Sixth Ward, 387, 476, 485, 513, 543, 574, 619, 624, 746, 752, 800, 807, 823, 831-33, 839, 840, 1127
Sixty-ninth Irish Regiment, 861, 870, 808
60th Street, 1075
65th Street, 1077
66th Street, 791, 1037, 1042, 1077
67th Street, 1037, 1110
68th Street, 447, 930-31, 982, 1200
69th Street, 460, 930, 1200
Sketch Club, 470
Skyscrapers, 1050-53, 1062, 1235. See also specific building
Slang, 753
Slaughter House Point, 757
Slaughterhouses, 389, 391, 392, 475, 588, 745, 786, 787, 930
Slave market, 148, 859
Slave Power, 853, 862
Slave trade: and Africa, 120, 126, 128-29, 151, 165
and Anglo-Dutch relations, 71
asiento awarded to Britain for, 120
in colonial New York, 147
and events leading to Civil War, 861
halting of, 286
importance of, 126-27
in mid-nineteenth century, 861
in New Amsterdam, 48-49
and West India Company, 28, 32-33, 48-49, 55-56, 71
and West Indies, 120, 126
Slavecatchers, 560-62, 855
Slaves/slavery: from Africa, 147, 148, 151, 165
and Akan-Asante society, 129, 148
as American troops, 285
and Anglo-Dutch relations, 82
authority of masters toward, 143, 144
in British military, 235
and British occupation of New York, 248-49, 250
British promises to, 248-49
as British troops, 248, 249
burials of, 129
and city-state