(37) Page 284.—Mr. Lang.—See previous notes. The words in italics are quotations from his paper, The New-York Gazette.
(38) Page 286.—“Feds,” etc.—The assumed or imputed titles of various party factions at war with each other.
(39) Page 288.—John Barnes, a comedian of much excellence, the great favorite of laughter-loving audiences, and the husband of the lady mentioned in notes 21 and 22.
(40) Page 290.—Tenth-Ward Electors.—Those composing a party in opposition for a short time to the regular nominees at Tammany Hall.
(41) Page 292.—The Surgeon-General, Doctor Samuel L. Mitchill.
(42) Page 303.—Mrs. Poppleton, the fashionable confectioner at No. 206 Broadway.
(43) Page 303.—Messrs. Christian, china and glass dealers in Maiden Lane.
(44) Page 304.—Nathaniel Leavenworth.—A young gentleman of fortune and fashion, recently returned from his travels abroad, then residing at 30 Greenwich Street, which, strange as it may now appear, was fifty years ago a fashionable place of residence.
(45) Page 306.—William Cobbett.—The career of this very powerful writer and political agitator, here and in England, is too prominent in the records of both countries to be other than slightly mentioned. At the time of the appearance of the verses, he was a resident of Hempstead, Long Island.
(46) Page 306.—George Barrington, the celebrated burglar and light-fingered gentleman. The line is said to have been written by him when a convict at Botany Bay.
(47) Page 309.—The Forum.—See previous note. Mr. Hallett and Mr. Dey were young lawyers. Mr. Dey afterward became a clergyman. The career of Napoleon, and Turkish social life, were among their subjects of debate.
(48) Page 311.—James L. Bell, the High Sheriff of the County.
(49) Page 311.—Robert Dawson, the keeper of a livery stable at No. 9 Dey Street.
(50) Page 311.—A. T. Goodrich & Co., booksellers at the corner of Broadway and Cedar Street, who kept a popular circulating library.
(51) Page 312.—Chester Jennings, the lessee of the City Hotel, on Broadway, between Cedar and Thames Streets.
