Read The Epic of New York City Online
Authors: Edward Robb Ellis
Centre Market,
221
Century Club,
387
Cervera, Rear Admiral Pascual,
445
,
447
Cesnola, Luigi Palma di,
362
Chamber of Commerce,
179
,
224
,
429
,
463
Chambers, Captain James,
155
Chambers, John,
125
Chapin, Charles E.,
482
Chapman, John Jay,
596
Charles I, of England,
30
Charles II, of England,
67
,
75
,
82
,
84
,
90
,
92
Charleston, South Carolina,
158
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions (1629),
28
Charter of New York City,
179
,
336â37
,
345
,
451
,
453
,
583
Charter of 1683,
91â92
Chase National Bank,
503
Chatham Theatre,
248
Chickering Hall,
408
Child, Lydia Maria,
238
Chinatown,
426
Chloe,
220
Choate, Joseph H.,
352
Christiaensen, Hendrick,
17â18
,
24
Churchill, Winston S.,
528
Church of England,
102
,
109
,
135
,
140â41
,
178â79
Ciroficci, Frank (Dago Frank),
485
City Affairs Committee,
544
City Hall,
36
,
58
,
109
,
110
,
148
,
150
,
161
,
185
,
197
,
207
,
208
,
278â79
,
283â84
,
310
,
325
,
455
,
525
City Hall Park,
19
,
74
,
81
,
117
,
178
,
181
,
195
,
197
,
211
,
244
,
280
,
294
,
308
,
390
,
398
,
400
,
455
City Hotel,
321
City Island,
76
City planning,
202â03
Civil liberties,
514
Civil rights demonstrations,
584â85
Civil War,
292
,
293â99
,
317â26
,
332
,
370
Clark, Aaron,
251
Clermont,
steamship,
204â05
Cleveland, Grover,
374
,
375
,
381
,
388
,
390
,
391
,
422
Clews, Henry,
378
Clinton, De Witt,
224â26
,
227â28
,
251â52
Clinton, George,
138
,
139
,
177
,
180
,
198
,
224
,
225
Clinton, General James,
224
Clinton Hall Library,
274
Clipper ships,
259â60
Cobb, Irving S.,
596
Cochrane, John,
290
Cohan, George M.,
514
Colden, Cadwallader,
118
,
146
,
147
,
148
Coleman, Edward,
231
Coleridge, Sir John Duke,
380
College of the City of New York,
395
Colles, Christopher,
224
Colman, John,
16
Colored Orphan Asylum,
305
Columbia River,
211
Columbia University,
140â41
,
561â62
;
see also
Barnard College
;
Columbia College
;
King's College
Columbus Day celebration (1792),
190
Columbus Day parade,
458
Columbus Park,
231
Commercial and Financial Chronicle, The,
530
Commercial electric lighting,
364â68
Commercial exchange,
80â81
Committee of Seventy,
352
Communist Club of New York,
281
Communists and communism,
535â39
Compromise of 1850,
267
Compton, Betty,
543
Comstock, Anthony,
429
Comstock & Andrews,
241
Concord, Battle of,
156
Congregation Shearith Israel,
61
Congress, U. S.,
177
,
178
,
180
,
186
,
188
,
189
,
217
,
234
,
267
,
329
,
372
,
387
,
388
,
443
,
444
,
504
,
514
;
see also
Continental Congress
Congress of Racial Equality,
586
,
588
Conkling, Roscoe,
395
,
399â400
Connecticut,
109
Connecticut River,
17
Connolly, Cyril,
597
Connolly, Richard B.,
334
,
335
,
337
,
345
,
346
,
347â48
,
349
,
351
,
355
Conover, Daniel D.,
278
Constitutional government,
100â01
Constitution of New York State,
177
Constitution of the United States,
178
,
180â81
,
183
Continental Congress,
156
,
158
,
161
,
163
,
166
Cooley, Simon,
152
Coontown,
427
Cooper, James Fenimore,
560
Cooper, Peter,
195
,
212
,
217
,
249
,
254
,
273â75
,
336
,
351
,
370
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
273â74
,
288
,
289
,
290
,
351
Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont,
107â08
,
109
,
110
Copeland, Dr. Royal S.,
510
Copeland, William,
348
Copperheads,
310
Corbin, Abel Rathbone,
343
Cornbury, Lady,
110â11
Cornish, Samuel E.,
235
Cornwallis, Lord Charles,
173
Corrie, W. C.,
286
Corruption,
277
,
318
,
327â57
,
381
,
423â39
,
484â85
,
540
,
566â71
Corsi, Giuseppe,
473
Cortelyou, Jacques,
45
Cosby, Colonel William,
120â21
,
123â24
,
127
,
129
Cosgrove, Mike,
581
Counterfeiting,
243
Counties,
92
,
453
;
see also
under name of
county
County courthouse,
349
Coup, W. C.,
361
Cram, Ralph Adams,
413
Crane, John P.,
577
Crane, Stephen,
447
Creelman, James,
480â81
Crime and criminals,
130
,
178
,
280
,
298
,
419
,
551
,
553â54
,
566â69
;
see also
Corruption
;
Gangs and gangsters
;
Racketeers
Croker, Richard,
382
,
423
,
429
,
431
,
433
,
453
,
454
,
464
Croton River,
250
Croton water system,
250â51
,
272
Crusades,
13
Crystal Palace,
269â70
Cuba,
441â48
Cuffee (Negro slave),
134
Cunningham, William,
172â73
Curtis, George William,
346
Cuyler, Lieut. Henry,
95
Daily Worker,
537
Daly, Augustin,
402
Damrosch, Leopold,
409
Dana, Charles A.,
424
Daniels, Josephus,
509
Da Ponte, Lorenzo,
418â19
Dauphine
(Verrazano's vessel),
11
,
12
,
13
Davidson, Henry P.,
501
Davidson, Jo,
418
Davis, Noah,
354
Davis, William E.,
305
Day, Benjamin H.,
237
De Bow, James D. B.,
287
Debtors' prison,
210
,
218â19
,
354
Declaration of Independence,
161
Declaratory Act,
149â50
De Forest, Hendrick,
52
De Greve, Arthur,
555â56
De Lancey, James,
120
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
125
,
139
,
140
Delaware Confederacy,
19
Delmonico, Charles,
433
Democratic party,
see
Tammany Hall
Democratic-Republican party, 189,
195
,
199
Denton, Daniel,
79
Depew, Chauncey M.,
391
,
397
,
464
De Peyster, Captain Abraham,
95
,
110
Depressions,
217
,
242â46
,
340
,
381
,
514
;
see also
Great Depression
;
Panics, financial
;
Recessions
De Rapelje, Joris,
53
De Sapio, Carmine,
574
Desbrosses, Elias,
136
Despatch,
U.S.S.,
390
Deutsches Journal,
500
De Valera, Eamon,
419
Devlin, Charles,
278
De Voe, John,
221â22
Dewey, Thomas E.,
553â54
Dickens, Charles,
255â56