Rittenhouse, 314; his observatory, 318 Roe, E. P., 135 Rogers, Wm. F., 390 Romeyn, Domine, 102, 103 Roosevelt, Governor, cited, 178 Ross house, the Betsy, 316 Rudman, Pastor, cited, 345 Ruttenber, E. M., 135 Ryan, Bishop S. V., 389 Ryswyck, peace of, 95 S St. Augustine, 157 St. Clair, defeat of, 416 St. Francis de Sales, Order of, 28 St. George’s church, Schenectady, 101 St. John, Mrs., 377 St. Luke’s church, Philadelphia, 326 St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia, 326 St. Martin in the Fields, Gibbs’s, 317 St. Paul’s chapel, New York, 201, 202 St. Peter’s church, Albany, 19, 32 Santo Domingo, 357 Saratoga, E. H. Walworth on, 39-69; site of, 39-42; the name, 42-44; French and Indian struggles for site, 45-48; massacre of old Saratoga, 49; Seven Years’ War, 50-52; medicinal value of Saratoga waters discovered, 52; the Fort Stanwix Conference, 53; preliminary warfare of the American Revolution, 54-56; Burgoyne’s defeat and surrender, 56-68; General Schuyler makes old Saratoga his summer resort, 68; Gideon Putnam founds the present Saratoga, 69 Sassoonan, 397 Schaets, Rev. Gideon, 89 Schenectady, 16, 29, 46; J. S. Landon on, 71-106; settled, 71; subject to the Dutch West India Company, 71-73; Arendt Van Curler’s directorship, 75-83; land purchased from the Indians, 83; character of the early settlement, 83-87; under English rule, 87-90; the first legislative assembly, 90; government seized by Leisler, 91; Indian wars, 92-96; Schenectady in the Revolution, 97-99; religious history, 100-103; modern history, 104-106 Schenley, Mary, 424 Schermerhoorn, Symon, 16 Schonowe, 79, 81 Schoonmaker, Domine, 226 Schute, Swen, 343, 365 Schuyler, Elizabeth, marriage of, 28 Schuyler, Margaret, 29 Schuyler, Peter, 12, 46 Schuyler, Philip, shot by Indians, 49 Schuyler, Gen. Philip, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28; in battle of Saratoga, 58-68; visits Saratoga Springs, 68 Schuyler, Mrs. Philip, 18 Schuyler Mansion, 27 Schuylerville, 22, 41 Scott, Walter, 162 Scott, Gen. Winfield, in War of 1812, 378, 381 Selyns, Rev. H., at Brooklyn, 221 _Seneca Chief_, first boat on Erie Canal, 382 Seven Years’ War, 50 Seymour, Governor, quoted, 22 Shelton, Rev. Dr. Wm., 389 Sherman, Roger, 291 Shipley, Elizabeth, 365 Shipley, William, at Wilmington, 352, 365 Shirley, expedition of, 51 Six Nations, _see_ Indians Skeel, Adelaide, on Newburgh, 107-135 Skipper Block, 170 Sleepy Hollow, 147, 164, 167 Sloane, W. M., on Princeton, 251-296 Sloughter, Governor, replaces Leisler, 177 Smith, James M., 390 Smithsonian Institution, 294 Spaulding, E. G., introduces Legal-Tender Act, 391 Spuyten Duyvil Creek, fight at, 170 Squaw Island, the _Detroit_ aground on, 374 Stackpole, Dr., composes Yankee Doodle, 30