Read The Epic of New York City Online
Authors: Edward Robb Ellis
Bank Street,
220
Barclay, Rev. Henry,
140
Barkley, Alben,
573
Barnard, George G.,
304
,
334â35
,
342
,
350
,
352
,
353
,
355
Barnard College,
169
Barnum, P. T.,
269â70
,
361
,
386
,
402â03
,
438
Barnum's museum,
322
Barrymore, John,
403
Barrymore, Lionel,
403
Barrymore, Maurice,
403
Barsimon, Jacob,
60
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste,
385â87
,
388â89
,
390
,
391
Baruch, Bernard M.,
395
,
508â09
,
527
,
531â32
Battery, the,
19
,
26
,
104
,
146
,
165
,
295
,
390
Battery Park,
270
Baxter, George,
58
Baxter, Warner,
533
Bayard, Annake Stuyvesant,
42
,
43
,
63
Bayard, Colonel Nicholas,
74
Beach, Alfred Ely,
399â40
Beame, Abraham,
590
Beaver,
209â10
Beaver Street,
240
Becker, Charles,
484â85
Bedloe, Isaac,
79
Beecher, Henry Ward,
268â69
,
286
,
288
,
292
,
320
Begun, Isadore,
536
Bell, Alexander Graham,
358â59
Bellamy, Francis Rufus,
539
Bellevue Hospital,
190
Bell Telephone Company of New York,
359
Benjamin, Herbert,
539
Bennett, James Gordon,
258
,
287
,
294
,
296
Bennett, William Adriaense,
53
Bentyn, Jacques,
53
Berlin, Irving,
418
Bernstroff, Count Johann von,
503
Bierce, Ambrose,
595
Bigelow, John,
495
Big Six,
553
Black, Frank S.,
446
Black Horse Tavern,
127
Black Jokers,
302
Blackman, Lieut. Lennon,
558
Blackouts,
559
Black Thursday,
528â30
Black Tom explosion,
502â03
Blackton, J. Stuart,
445
Blanshard, Paul,
536
Bleecker Street,
193
Bliss, Henry H.,
461
Blizzard of 1888,
393â404
Block, Paul,
545
Bloody Thursday,
515â16
Bogardus, Everardus,
31
Bogardus, New York,
32â33
Boldt, George C.,
414
Booth, Edwin,
323
Booth, John Wilkes,
325
Borough Hall,
454
Boroughs,
53
,
54â55
,
453
;
see also
under name of
borough
Boston, Massachusetts,
79
,
89
,
90
,
92
,
93
,
117
,
138
,
152
,
154
,
155â56
,
158
,
193
Boston Massacre (1770),
154
Boston Port Act,
155
Boston Post Road,
81
,
87
,
168
,
194
,
202
Boston Tea Party,
155
Bowery, the,
26
,
32
,
81
,
173
,
174
,
183
,
194
,
259
,
281
Bowery Theatre,
238â39
Bowling Green,
25
,
32
,
46
,
154
,
161
Bowman, Dr. Isaiah,
507
Bowne, John,
63
Boycotts of British goods,
146
,
149
,
152
Boyd, Robert,
181
Bradford, William,
28
,
104â05
,
117
,
118
,
121
,
122
,
123
Brady, Mathew B.,
288
Breda, Peace of (1667),
78
Brennan, Matthew,
353
Brisbane, Arthur,
433
Britannia
(tea ship),
154
British East India Company,
155
Broad Street,
187
Broadway,
19
,
26
,
74
,
81
,
109
,
117
,
148
,
150
,
161
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177
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188
,
192
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194
,
214
,
251
,
258
,
318
,
339
,
379
,
406
,
495
Broadway Theatre,
262
Brockholls, Anthony,
87
Brodie, Steve,
399
Brooklyn,
19
,
53
,
92
,
162
,
170
,
226
,
312
,
370
,
372
,
374
,
375
,
397
,
451
,
452
,
453
,
454
,
506
Brooklyn Bridge,
179
,
185
,
197
,
369â76
,
390
,
397
,
399
,
463
,
483
Brooklyn Dodgers,
465
Brooklyn Heights,
12
,
159
,
162
,
163
,
213
,
373
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
53
,
162
,
208
,
295
,
444
Brown, Charles,
204
Brown, Edward Fisher,
597
Bruckberger, Raymond L.,
595
Brush, Charles Francis,
363
Brush Electric Illuminating Company,
364
Bryan, William Jennings,
479
,
486
,
501
Bryant, William Cullen,
270
,
289
,
362
,
494
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,”
553
Buchanan, James,
290
Buckley, William F., Jr.,
590
Buffalo hunts,
179
Bull Run, First Battle of,
296
Bull's Head Tavern,
174
Bundling,
116
Bunker Hill, Battle of,
156
Buntline, Ned (E. Z. C. Judson),
261
,
264
,
265
Burnet, William,
120
Burns, George,
146
Burr, Aaron,
168
,
192
,
195â97
,
198â201
Burros, Howard,
403
Burton, Mary,
131
,
132â33
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
137
Bush, Irving T.,
527
Bushnell, David,
164â65
Butler, General Benjamin F.,
319
Butterfield, Daniel,
343
Cable cars,
463
Cady, J. Cleveland,
378â79
Cameron, Colonel James,
295
Campbell, Allan,
259
Camp Black,
446
Cape's Tavern,
174
Capital of the nation,
177
,
184â89
Capito, Mathys,
418
Caplan, Charles,
514â15
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan,
335
Carnegie Hall,
409â11
Carrère, John Merven,
494
Carson, W. E.,
423
Caruso, Enrico,
512
Castiglia, Francesco (Frank Costello),
553
,
568â69
,
573â74
,
575â76
Castle Garden,
421â22
Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
411â13
Catholic Church and the Catholics,
60
,
91
,
93
,
94â95
,
103
,
111
,
131
,
135
,
136
,
178
,
216
,
232
,
246
,
248
,
251â54
,
256
,
272â73
,
281
,
299
,
360â61
,
500
Cedar Creek,
177
Central Labor Union (C.L.U.),
381
Central Park,
168
,
173
,
270â72
,
294
,
337
,
360
,
362
,
461
,
532
Central Park Zoo,
551