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 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

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Cadwalader, in battle of Princeton, 275

Caledonia, captured in War of 1812, 374