446 



Index 



Pugsley's Creek, 15, 18, 22, 73, 402, 



406 

 Purchases, land, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 



39, 40, 42, 48, 50, 51, 78, 184, 314, 



428 

 Putnam County, 1, 47, 238, 280, 281 

 Putnam, Maj.-Gcn. Israel, 142 

 Putnam, Col. Rufus, 127, 148,338 



Quakers, 4, 30, 63, 78, 251, 258, 259, 



271,272, 27;,, 274, 284 

 Quebec, 338 

 Queen Anne, 266, 426 

 Queens Borough, 1,18, 177, 236 , 

 Queens County, 1, 47 

 Queen's Rangers, 120, 121, 152, 155, 



157. 4ii 

 Quimby, John, 56 

 Quinnahung, 22, 381 

 Quit-rent, 53, 54, 55, 71, 75, 79, 183, 



197. 199, 4io 



Race-courses, 289, 290, 291 

 Racing, 108, 289 



Raids, 122, 131, 151, 152, 155, 160, 

 162, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 



173, 174, 298 

 Railroad commissioners, 248, 249 

 Railroads: Elevated, 196, 227, 232, 

 235, 238, 241, 242, 245, 249, 354 

 Harlem, 207, 213, 228, 229, 230, 

 232, 233, 234, 285, 342, 356, 

 366, 371 

 Long Island, 236 

 New York Central & Hudson 

 River, 126, 192, 207, 228, 232, 



234, 236, 237, 247, 285, 326, 334, 

 342 



New York, New Haven & Hart- 

 ford, 28, 180, 230, 231, 232, 



235, 236, 247, 249, 386 



N. Y., N. H. & H., Suburban 

 branch (Harlem River & Port 

 Chester), 214, 235, 236, 249, 

 310,360,389,405,427 



New York & Port Chester, 247, 

 248, 249 



New York, Westchester & Bos- 

 ton, 231, 247, 427 



Port Morris branch, 232 



Putnam, 192, 207, 236, 237, 300, 

 336 



Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris, 



233 

 West Side & Yonkers, 238 

 Randall, John, surveyor, 366 



Randall's Island, 135, 159, 192,364, 



365. 366 

 Randolph, Anne Cary (Mrs. Gou- 



verncur Morris), 267, 363 

 Rapelje, George, 317 

 Rapid Transit Commission, 244, 245 

 Rat Island, 20 

 Rates, railroad, 232, 243 

 Rattlesnake Brook, 19, 214, 422, 424 

 Rattlesnakes, 53 

 Raven, the, 351 

 Rawdon, Lord, 155 

 Read, Colonel, 143, 144, 145, 146 

 Reconnaissance, 168, 170, 292, 302 

 Records, city and town, 131, 302, 



396, 398, 406 

 Referendum, 10, 244 

 Refugees, 119, 154 

 Regiment, First Continental Foot, 



141 

 Regiment, Glover's, 143, 144, 162 

 Regiments, American, 131 

 Regiments, British, 129, 343, 348 

 Regiments, Massachusetts, 168, 174 

 Regiments, New York, 119, 172 

 Regiments, Pennsylvania, 125, 127, 



129 

 Regiments, Rhode Island, 173 

 Reid's Mill, 19, 104, 423, 424 

 Reign of Terror, 362 

 Relics, military, 337, 343, 347 

 Religion, 251 

 Rensellaerswyck, 28, 32 

 Renwicks, 200, 201 

 Reserviors: Jerome Park, 128, 213, 

 215,290,336,343,417 



Williamsbridge, 158, 216, 357 

 Retreat, American, 148 

 Rhode Island, 156, 159, 160, 168 

 Richardson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Leg- 



gett), 84 

 Richardson, John, 16, 42, 64, 83, 84, 



104, 381 

 Richbefi's purchase, 49 

 Richmond Borough, I 

 Rider & Conkling, 368 

 Riis, Jacob, settlement, 315 

 Riker's Island, 19, 20, 385 

 Ritzema, Colonel, 119 

 Riverdale, 14, 20, 234, 326, 327, 336 

 Riverside Hospital, 12 

 Rivington, James, 101, 117, 120, 123, 



411 

 Roads, 191, 193, 194, 201, 212, 213, 



214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 



221, 222, 226, 317, 390 



