Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). New York. 1906.
Subject Index
| Customs duties, refusal to pay, 62 |
| Declaration of Independence, supported by best citizens, 156 |
| Declaration of Rights by Stamp Act Congress, 138 |
| Defenses, inferiority of, 156, 157 |
| De Lancey, James, appointed chief-justice, 124; conduct in trial of Zenger, 124 |
| De Lancey family, armorial bearings of, 115; leaders of court party, 125, 136, 142 |
| Delaware River, Swedish possessions on, 3; Dutch colony on, 21; Swedish colony defeated by Stuyvesant, 40; extinction of Swedish Lutheran Church, on, 111 |
| Demagogism, 179 |
| Democracy, tendencies of Dutch settlers toward, 41; early limitations of, 88; rise against the oligarchy, 135; early opinions about, 176; absolute sway of, 200 |
| Democratic party, rise of name, 186; control State and city, 193; merciless use of patronage, 197; support the French, 200; split in, 236; controlled by Tammany Hall, 237; power of, 245; corruption in, 252 |
| De Peyster family, leaders in the court party, 136 |
| Detroit, wrested from the French, 5 |
| De Vries, patroon, 25, 27 |
| Disorders, after fall of Andros, 73; after Bellomont’s death, 103 |
| Doctors’ Mob, the, 174 |
| Dominie, first house for the, 19 |
| Dongan, Thomas, appointed governor, 64; policy and character, 64, 68; recalled, 69 |
| Draft riots, 248, 250 |
| Drake, Rodman, 240 |
| Drinking habits, early colonial, 115 |
| Duane, James, first mayor after Revolution, 178 |
| Duels, 190 |
| Dutch, settlements in America, 3, 4; defeated by Plymouth colonists, 21; characteristics of, 23, 24; massacre by Indians, 28; religious liberty under English rule, 47, 50; recapture of city by, 54 |
| Dutch Church, rights guaranteed to, 87; extinction prevented, 111 |
| Dutch rule, transition to English, 46; restoration of, 54; end of, 57. |
| East Indies, early trade with, 90 |
| East River bridge, 257 |
| Education, in early colonial times, 116; foundation of free-school system, 206 |
| Election riots, 234 |
| Elections, intimidation at, 97; disorderly aldermanic, 103; frauds at, 252 |
| Electoral College, tie-vote for Jefferson and Burr, 193 |
| Electric telegraph, development of, 216 |
| Eleventh New York Volunteers, 249 |
| Embargo, the 201 |
| England, the cradle of seamen, 1; immigration from, 26, 256; seizes New Amsterdam, 43, 45; war with Holland, 51, 54; early trade with, 90; treatment of colonies compared with other nations, 126; how colonies might have been preserved, 132, 133 |
| English, settlements in America, 3; early settlers, 14, 34; Minuit’s relations with, 18; Van Twiller’s relations with, 20; immigration of, 26, 256; early settlers belong to aristocratic party, 48; regain possession of New York, 57; see also BRITISH |
| English law, supremacy of, in New York, 5 |
| English rule, transition from Dutch to, 46; overthrown by the Dutch, 54, 55; restored, 57 |
| English-speaking race, marvelous spread of, 127 |
| Episcopalian Church, the fashionable organization, 112; growth of, 256; see also CHURCH OF ENGLAND |
| Episcopalian churches, closed for fear of mobs, 154; reopened during British occupation, 168 |
| Episcopalians, detestation of Leisler, 80; persecutions of Presbyterians by, 110, 112 |
| Equality, necessity of, in the Federal Union, 133 |
| Equal Rights Men, 236 |
| Erie Canal, effect on city, 215 |
| Evacuation, by Washington’s troops, 162; by British troops, 171 |
| Evertsen, Adm. Cornelis, takes the city, 54; makes Colve director of the province, 55 |
| Exchange, foundation of the, 53 |
| Execution Dock, Captain Kidd hung at, 102 |