Gotham_ A History of New York City to 1898 - Edwin G. Burrows [1190]
family, 800-802
in garment industry, 1123
of immigrants, 743
in late nineteenth century, 970, 986-87, 988, 1012-13, 1027, 1035, 1041, 1091, 1095-96
in mid-nineteenth century, 664, 665-66, 743, 800-802, 851
of middle class, 970
and organized labor, 986-87, 988, 1012-13, 1091, 1095-96
in post-revolutionary New York, 269, 274
and prostitutes, 483
in revolutionary New York, 225
in 1790s and early 1800s, 393
and street lines, 1056-57
of working class, 800-802
of working women, 443, 478, 665-66, 800-802, 1178
Waiters, 993, 1101
“Waitresses”, 957, 996
Wakefield, 1055
Waldorf Hotel, 1206
Walhalla Hall, 993, 1144
Walker Street, 672
Wall, city: first, 64, 85, 100-10
second, 168
Wall Street: architecture on, 446
and British evacuation from New York, 260
in “Burgis View,” 118, 135
Burr as lawyer on, 271
and Button wood Agreement, 310-12
churches on, 132
City Hall on, 109
in colonial New York, 104, 118, 125, 128, 132, 135, 171, 182, 183, 185
crowds on, 692
and development of financial district, 939-40
and draft riot, 893, 894
in early nineteenth century, 439, 446, 456, 460, 510
in 1830s, 574, 597, 598, 600, 601
and elections of 1864, 903
ferry from, 826, 972
gambling on, 756
and Great Fire of 1835, 597, 598
Hamilton’s law office on, 270
land ownership on, 109
in late nineteenth century, 1047, 1053, 1062, 1065, 1085, 1086
markets on, 125
Mass celebrated in house on, 273
in mid-nineteenth century, 693, 704, 756
in New Amsterdam, 64
parades on, 574, 893, 1086
paving of, 949
Pitt statue on, 212
poverty near, 88
in proprietary New York, 88
protests on, 849-50
in revolutionary New York, 212, 226
in 1790s and early 1800s, 378
skyscrapers on, 1053
slave market on, 127
statues on, 1086
stock exchange on, 311
transportation to, 931
utilities on, 185, 439, 1065
and Washington’s inauguration, 296. See also Banks; Business community; Financiers; New York Stock Exchange
Wallabout, 139
Wallabout Bay, 8, 29, 228, 253, 341, 390, 582, 661, 949
Wallabout Creek, 35, 442
Wallabout Market, 1229
Wallach’s Brass Band, 994
Wallack’s Theater, 947, 948, 961, 1148
Walloons, 16, 20-21, 22, 24,
Walnut Street, 805
Waltzing, 454
Wampum, 22-23, 24, 29, 35, 37, 38, 47-48
Wappeno (Wappinger) Indians, 23, 68
War of 1812, 423-28, 444, 445, 512, 589, 719
War: images of, 881-82. See also specific war
War Democrats, 885, 895, 899
War Department, U.S., 902, 1037
War of Jenkins’ Ear, 159
War of the Spanish Succession. See Queen Anne’s War
Wards: artisanal, 187-90
creation of, 92
and fire fighting, 186
Irish, 832, 851
in mid-nineteenth century, 832, 837
in revolutionary New York, 218-19. See also specific mint
Ward’s Island, 29, 738, 739, 1115
Warehouse districts, 949
Warren Street, 176, 364, 388, 408, 932
Washington administration: appointments in, 299-300
Washington Avenue, 661
Washington Benevolent Society, 415
Washington, D.C.: burning of, 428
chosen as site for capital, 304-5
in Civil War, 866, 880
Washington Hall, 415, 424, 667
Washington Heights, 242-43
Washington Market, 451, 740
Washington Parade-Ground, 466, 579-80
Washington Park, 719, 972
Washington Place, 902
Washington Square: in early nineteenth century, 467, 506, 532
in 1830s, 579, 580, 594, 605
in late nineteenth century, 1083, 1123, 1180
in mid-nineteenth century, 622, 674, 701, 716, 790, 854, 896
protests in, 605
in 1790s and early 1800s, 358, 363
Washington Square Park, 33, 763
Washington Street, 363, 610, 945
Washington Temperence Society (Washingtonians), 628-29, 632
Washington’s Birthday, 316
Watchmen, 111, 142, 143, 185, 213, 249, 365, 366, 636, 637, 638
Water lots, 110, 111, 141, 184, 338-39
Water Poort, 64
Water Street, 124, 201, 273, 306, 311, 337, 339, 587, 596, 805, 843
Water supply: administration of, 368
and city development, 930, 931
and city-state relations, 837
and Consolidation, 1228-29, 1230
in 1830s, 580, 594-95
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