Beecher, H. W., 247
Beekman Mansion, 195-197
Belcher, Governor J., 252, 257
Bemis Heights, 23, 41, 64
Bennington, battle of, 58
Bertholf, Rev. G., at Tarrytown, 154
Beverwyck, 73, 81
Biddle, Colonel, 122
Bidwell, D. D., 390
Binney, Horace, house of, 318
Bird Grip, Swedish vessel, 337
Bjork, Rev. Eric, builds Old Swedes' Church, 349
Black Rock, battery at, 373, 384
"Block House," the Pittsburgh, 408
Bloomingdale, absorbed by New York, 188
Blue Anchor, the Swedish tavern, 301
Bordentown, 269
Boston, 181, 188
Boudinot, President, of Princeton, 288
Bouquet, Col. Henry, builds the "Block House," 407;
defeats Indians, 407-410
Bowles, naval constructor, 244
Bowling Green, 193
Boyle, H., 107
Brackenridge, 269
Bracola, see Brooklyn
Braddock, defeat and death of, 51, 399-404, 416
Braddock's Field, 418
Bradford, Governor, quoted, 4, 6
Bradford, press of, 306
Brainerd, David, expelled from Yale, 256
Brandt, 56
Brazil, Emperor of, 206
Breuckelen, see Brooklyn
Brewster, E. A., 135
Brinkerhoff, M., 132
Broadhead, Colonel, attacks Indians, 412
Brocklandia, see Brooklyn
Broecke, see Brooklyn
Broeckede, see Brooklyn
Broicklede, see Brooklyn
Bronck, Jonas, 77, 80
Brooklyn, 181, 186, 271;
Harrington Putnam on, 213-249;
Dutch settlement, 213;
Dutch settlers described, 216-220;
first church, 220-222;
British rule, 224-227;
battle of Long Island, 228-240;
the Navy Yard, 242;
Fort Lafayette, 244-248;
modern Brooklyn, 248
Brooklyn Institute, 249
Brown, General, in War of 1812, 378, 380, 381
Brown, H. K., 119, 125, 135
Bryant, Wm. Cullen, 215
Buffalo, Rowland B. Mahany on, 367-391;
founding of, 367;
early history, 368;
incorporated, 370;
strategic position in the War of 1812, 373;
Perry's victory, 376;
burning of, 377;
battle of Chippewa, 378;
Lundy's Lane, 380;
unsuccessful siege by the British of Fort Erie, 381;
the Erie Canal, 382-384;
the modern city, 385-391
Burgoyne, surrender at Saratoga, 22, 23, 58-68;
imprisoned at Albany, 28
Burns, Robert, statue of, 36
Burr, Aaron, 28, 204, 205, 254, 259, 267
Burr, Rev. Aaron, 252, 259
Burr, Dr. Horace, 350
Burwell, Dr. G. N., 389
Bushy Run, battle at, 410
C
Cadwalader, in battle of Princeton, 275
Caledonia, captured in War of 1812, 374
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