Tarrytown, H. W. Mabie on, 137-167;
described, 137-140;
early Dutch settlements, 140-145;
derivation of name, 146;
the Philips Manor-House, 148-150;
the old Dutch church, 150-156;
Tarrytown in the Revolution, 157-160;
capture of John André, 158-161;
Washington Irving, 161-164
Tatnall, Joseph, Washington visits, 357;
gives clock to Wilmington, 359
Tawasentha, Vale of, 29
Taylor, Bayard, 205
Tenacong, see Tinicum
Thackeray, W. M., 206
Thaw, Wm., generosity to Pittsburgh, 424
Thesschenmaecher, Rev. Petrus, 88
Ticonderoga, 19, 40, 51, 54, 233, 405
Tiemann, Mayor, death of, 170
Tifft house, the, 377
Tilden, Samuel J., 205
Tinicum, Prinz's fort at, 340
Torkillius, Rev. R., at Fort Christina, 338, 365
Townsend, Charles, 384
Townsend, Sam, 361
Tran Hook, see Crane Hook
Treaty of 1783, 289
Trefalldigheet, 343
Trent, Captain Wm., establishes first settlement at Pittsburgh, 397-399
Trenton, battle of, 270-274
Trinity Church, New York, 227
Tryon, Governor, quoted, 56
Tusculum, 271
U
Union College, 102-106
University of Pennsylvania, 324
University Settlement, New York, 208
Usselinx, Wm., and his trading company, 335
Utrecht, 216;
treaty of, 96
V
Vallandigham, E. N., on Wilmington, 335-365
Van Curler, Arendt, at Schenectady, 75-84, 92
Vanderheyden Palace, 30
Van Rensselaer, Killiaen, 8, 75
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 25
Van Rensselaer Island, 4
Van Rensselaer Manor-House, 25, 26
Van Slechtenhorst, Brandt, 9
Van Twiller, Walter, 336
Van Wart, Isaac, 160
Van Wyck house, 132
Van Wyck, James, 132
Verplanck house, 131
Verrazzano, 2
Versailles, peace of, 289
Virginia, dispute with Pennsylvania, 414
Vliessingen, see Flushing
Von Königsmark, 346
Von Steuben, see Steuben
W
Waalboght, 213
Wadsworth, Colonel, 122
Wallabout, village of, 224, 233, 242
Walk-in-the-Water, first steamboat on Lake Erie, 384
Walworth, E. H., on Saratoga, 39-70
War of 1812, see various chapters
Washington, plan of city, 187, 368
Washington, George, and the site of Pittsburgh, 393;
at Great Meadows, 399;
with Braddock, 404;
opens road to Fort Duquesne, 405;
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