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
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
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.
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
