1835. The "Great Fire" destroys six hundred houses Work commenced on the Croton Aqueduct 1842. Water admitted through the Croton Aqueduct 1845. First telegraph recording apparatus publicly tested by Samuel F.B. Morse 1849. Forrest-Macready riots 1853. World's Fair in the Crystal Palace 1856. Ground bought by the city for the Central Park 1863. The Draft Riot 1870. Brooklyn Bridge started 1878. Elevated roads built 1883. Brooklyn Bridge completed 1898. The island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York INDEX Adventure Galley, 82, 83 Amherst, General Jeffrey, 123 Amsterdam, 2, 14 Andre, Major John, 177, 178 Andros, Edmund, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68 Anne, Queen, 28, 91-93 Annetje Jans's farm, 27, 28 Anti-Federalists, 187 Anti-Leislerian Party, 68 Apthorpe, Charles Ward, 156 Apthorpe mansion, 156 Aqueduct, Croton, 227-229 Army, Continental, 144, 148, 151, 179 Arnold, Benedict, 177, 178 Astor Place riot, 231, 232 Astor Place, 231 Bank, Manhattan, 203 Banks, 201-203 Battery, 10, 68, 176 Battle of Bunker Hill, 148 Battle of Golden Hill, 136-138 Battle of Harlem Heights, 164, 165, 166 Battle of Long Island, 154, 155 Bayard Farm, 189 Bayard, Nicholas, 69, 72, 89 Bellomont, Lord, 82, 83, 86-88 Block, Adrian, 10-12 Bogardus, Everardus, 26, 37, 42 Bolting Act, 62, 63 Boston, 66, 84, 140, 141, 143 Boston Port closed, 141 Bouweries laid out, 21 Bouwerie Lane, 21 Bouwerie Village, 54, 76, 231 Bowery Road, 179 Bowery, the, 21, 35 Bowling Green, 12, 35, 93, 105, 131, 134, 152, 200 Bradford, William, 79, 108 Bridge, East River, 236 Bridge, High, 227 British occupy New York City, 163 Broad Street, 57, 148 Broadway, 12, 58, 93, 162, 198, 204 Bunker Hill, Battle of, 148 Burgomasters, 46 Burgoyne, General, 171, 172 Burnet, William, 101-103 Burns's Coffee-House, 129, 130 Burr, Aaron, 150, 201, 203-207 Burton, Mary, 112-114 Buttermilk Channel, 30