Abeel, John, Indian trader, 414.

Abercrombie, Gen. James, 298.

Academies, general article on, 125.
list of incorporated, 130.
notices of, 48,140,160,161,169,171,172,
173, 175, 176, 180,184,193,197, 200,
201,202, 203, 205, 211, 212, 214, 216,
220, 228, 229, 230, 235, 237, 239, 243,
244, 246, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253, 259,
260, 261, 263,265,270, 272, 275, 277,
278, 282, 283, 286, 289, 300, 303, 305,
311, 312, 317, 324, 326,327, 330, 331,
332, 333, 343, 346,349, 355, 356, 357,
360, 361, 362, 363, 369,372, 378, 383,
384, 385, 390, 391, 392, 393, 398, 399,
400, 401, 403, 405, 412, 414, 429.430,
453, 456, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467,468,

469, 471, 482, 484, 485, 486, 489,495,
498, 505, 506, 508, 509, 510, 514,515,
516. 522, 527, 528, 532, 536, 538, 546,
547, 548, 554, 556, 557, 558, 559,560,
£61,575, 577, 580, 582, 587, 588, 590,
591, 592, 597, 598, 604, 606, 607, 616,
617,625, 627, 628, 634, 637, 638, 640,
645, 647, 650, 652,657, 658, 663, 665,
666, 674, 675,679, 680, 682, 683, 684,
685, 686, 692, 694, 695, 698, 699, 7-00,
701, 704, 705,707, 708, 713, 714, 715,

716.

statistical summary of, 128.

Academy of*Music, 436.

Accidents, steamboat, statistics, 115.

Acid springs, 320, 324, 325, 456, 593.

Acres of land, by cos., &c., 108.

by towns, 167,177,185,196, 207, 217,
222, 231, 240, 249, 256, 266, 278,294,
306, 313, 319, 328, 335, 339, 350,364.
373, 380, 387, 394, 406, 417, 457,472,
491, 500, 511, 516, 529, 539, 543, 551,
562, 567, 571, 583, 594, 599, 608, 612,
618, 630, 640,648, 653, 659, 669, 676,
687, 695, 709, 716, 721.

Adgate’s Patent, 48, 341, 349.

Adjutant General, 43.

African Methodist Episcopal Church, 139.

Agrarian movement. See Anti lient.

Agricultural College, 616.
fairs, 101.

Hall, 27,160.

Agricultural Implement manufactory, 160,
166, 199, 200, 216, 244, 248, 260, 274,
286, 312, 362, 368, 384, 387, 400, 401,
405, 406, 407, 411, 416, 454, 466,434,
488, 495, 509, 510, 536, 556,559, 561,
571, 575, 598, 611, 617, 665, 681, 691,
693, 695, 699, 716.
products, counties excelling in, 103.
societies, town and county, 83, 102,
103, 575.

Society, 27,101, 495.

Agriculture, appropriations for, 106.
statistics of; by cos., 104 to 107.

Albany Institute, 101,161.

Aldermanic Districts, New York, 420.

Aliens, statistics of, by counties, 150.

Allen, Ebenezer, 384,398,402,404,406,711.
Capt. Ebenezer, 300, 301.

Ethan, at Ticonderoga, 299, 305.
family murdered, 679.

Nathaniel, 498.

Almshouses, 161. 365, 393, 398, 422, 425,
426, 509, 553.

Ambuscade, 345, 411, 461, 604, 671, 672.

American Anti Slavery Society, 146.
and Foreign Christian Union, 146.
Bethel Society, 146.

Bible Society, 144.

Board Commissioners for Foreign Mis¬
sions, 145.

Colonization Society, 146.

Home Missionary Society, 146.
Institute, 435.

Seamen’s Friend Society, 146.

Sunday School Union, 146.

Tract Society, 145.

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, 49, 298, 337, 574,
673, 674.

Analyses of Mineral Waters, 248,383,394,

470, 480, 497, 537, 592,607.

Anaquassacook Patent, 684.

Anchor manufactory, 297, 508, 510, 681.

Andre, Major J., 504, 541, 570, 603, 699,
700, 701, 703.

Andrustown plundered, 342, 349.

Angier, Sieur, surveys by, 298.

Anne, Queen, Germans settle under, 242,
245.

Anniversary Week, N. Y., 144.

Anti masonic movement, 147, 323.

Mission Baptists, 139.
rent troubles, 157, 210, 242, 258, 259,
269, 322, 360, 553, 602, 621, 643.

Anti Slavery Society, 146.

Antwerp Company, 353, 355,375.

Appel Patent, 585.

Apples, statistics of, by counties, 105.
Appling, Major D., 355, 358, 525.
Appointing power, 31.

Aqueducts, 60,165, 275, 397, 418, 424,

589, 597, 689, 714.

Ararat, or resting place for Jews, 291.
Arcade, 403.

Architecture, 4-36, 437.

Argyle Patent, 679.

Armories, 44, 369, 437, 489, 580.
Armstrong, Gen. John, 276.

Arnold, Benedict, 299, 333, 335, 338, 342,
410, 504, 541, 542, 570, 687, 699, 700.
Arsenals, 44, 45,165, 286, 312,325,362,369,
423, 437, 466, 495, 582, 602, 606.
Artesian wells, 25, 362, 392, 424.

Artillery Patent, 681.

Asia, man-of-war, 438.

Asparagus culture, 544.

Assay Office, 122, 437.

Assembly, 28.

districts, 28.

•Assessments, power of Supervisors in, 30.
Associate Presbyterians and Associate Re¬
formed Presbyterians, 139.

Astor claim, Putnam co., 541.

Library, 435.

Astronomical Instrument manufactory,
392.

Observatories, 161, 423.

Asylums, 42, 149, 198, 27-5, 276, 365, 370,
396, 398, 403,412, 419, 425, 432, 433,
434, 468, 483, 488, 518, 524, 566.
Atheneum, 368, 403.

Attainder. See Forfeiture.

Attorney General, 32.

Auditor of Canal Department, 54.

Auger manufactory, 593.

Avenues, New York City, plan of, 422.
Awl manufactory, 286.

Ax factories, 166, 220, 235, 286, 368, 402,
483, 484, 558, 593, 616, 668.

Axle manufactory, 235, 277, 668, 699.

Bakeries, statistics by counties, 109.

Bank note engraving, 90.

Banks, agencies of, 90.
commissioners, 90.
existing, list of, 90 to 95.
general article on, 89.
individual, 89.

obsolete and closing, 95 to 99.
savings, 99.
suspension of, 90.

United States, 90.

Baptists, 139,140.

Free Will, 140.

Old School, 139.

Seventh Day, 143.

Barley, counties where most raised, 101.
statistics by counties, 104.
trade, 159.

Barracks, 45, 239, 354, 358, 542,555, 580.
Barrel manufactory, 220, 402, 488, 509,
518 520 522
Barytes, sulphate of, 352, 356, 577, 600,
604, 698.

Basket manufactory, 286.

Batteries, 423, 437, 565.

Batting manufactory, 464.

Battles, 219, 233, 234, 297, 305, 316, 342,
343, 345, 355, 358, 371, 410, 411,438,
461, 478, 521, 525, 554,556, 569, 574,
575, 580, 586, 602,604, 607, 633, 643,
645, 661, 667, 671, 681, 698,701, 707.
Baum, Col., defeated, 586.

Bayard’s Patent, 601.

Bay of New York, 437.

Beaches, 544, 547, 550, 631, 634, 635, 636,
638, 639.

Beacons. See Lighthouses.

Beacraft, a tory, 602.

Beans, statistics by counties, 105.

Beardsley, Purchase, 210.

Beck, Dr. T. Romeyn, 156, 160,

Becker’s Patent, 603.

Bedim, Cardinal, 287.

Bedstead manufactory, 166, 291.

Beef, supply to New York City, 427,428.
Beekman’s Patent, 269, 270, 276, 277.

Bell, attempt to steal, 343.

founderies, 166, 561.

Belletre, expedition of, 348.

Bellevue Hospital, 42'5.

Bellows manufactory, 286.

Belting manufactory, 199, 549.

Bemis Heights, 586, 679.

Benevolent Societies, 81, 144, 370, 371,
403, 432.

Bennington, battle of, 554,556, 586, 680.
Bethel Society, 146.

Bible Societies, 144,145, 370,403, 434, 4S9.
Big Tree Council, 322.

Billiard Table manufactory, 286.

Billop House, 565.

Manor, 564.

Bird, Col., 699.

Bituminous springs, 168,173
Blackberry culture, 703.

Blacking manufactory, 716.

Black Lead, 302, 303, 304.

manufactory, 297, 304.

Black River Navigation Co., 60.

Tract, 375.

Black Rock Plat, 288.

Blacksmith shops by counties, 109.
Blacksmiths, number by counties, 152.
Blackwells Island, 419, 425.

Blanchard, Col., 672.

Blank Book manufactory, 286.

Blenheim Patent, 602, 603.

Blind, Institution for the, 432, 433.

statistics by counties, 150.
Blockhouses, 232, 297, 301, 310. 342. 343,
346, 356, 359, 467, 469, 470, 511, 549,
577, 582, 591, 596, 604, 646. 681, 682,
687, 691.

Block manufactory, 368.

Bloomer costume, origin of, 617.

Board of Agriculture, 102,106.

Education. New York, 430.

Health, 116, 428.

Boatbuilding, 367, 402, 419, 616, 618, 657,
662, 686.

Bog iron ore, 25.

Boiler manufactory, 160, 286, 652.

Bolt manufactory, 166.

Bonaparte, Joseph, 363, 376.

Bonded warehouses, 111, 113.

Bone boiling, 372.
manure, 368.
pits, 361, 453, 522.

Bony fish, 124, 631.

Bookbinderies, 160, 246, 286.

Book manufactory, 199.

Boon, Gerrit, 462, 468.

Boot and Shoe Makers, number by coun¬
ties, 152.

Boot and Shoe manufac., 286, 402,488,596.

statistics by counties. 109.

Boroughs, 596, 598, 698, 706.

Boston Corner, 18.

Ten Towns, 18. 180,199, 479, 650.
Botanical gardens, 370, 423, 430.

Bouck’s Patent, 605.

Bouck, William C., 59.

Boundaries, 17, 258, 290, 308, 418, 586.
Boundary commissions, 18, 677.

controversies, 503, 545, 551, 700, 706,
Bourbon, reputed, 309.

Box manufactory, 286.

Boyd, Lieut. Wm, 384.

Boylston Tract, 375.

Braddock’s defeat, 671.

Bradford, William, 431.

Bradstreet, Col., 519.

Brantingham Tract, 375.

Brant, Joseph, 219, 264, 265, 283, 315. 34i,
343, 349,409, 410, 412, 414, 454' 478,
503,531, 538, 586, 604.

Brass foundery, 166, 286.

Breakwater, 280, 284.

Breathing well, so called, 190.

Breweries, 109,160, 214, 237, 241,275 286,
367, 368, 383. 385, 399, 402, 406. 419,
468, 483, 488, 509, 556, 501, 563. 598,
617, 657, 662, 691.