Fenno-Hoffman Family Papers

Subject Index


Accidents
	1:18,64
	4:5,40,47,71
	5:16,17,49,73
Acrostics
	5:72
Actors and actresses
	1:65
	2:39
	3:47,67
	5:52
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
	2:35
Adams, John, 1735-1826
	1:25,27,28,32,35-37
Afro-Americans
	3:7,8,19
	4:42
	5:7
Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	1:59,62
Alcoholism
	3:61
All Saints Day
	3:26
Alligators
	1:51
	3:26
Allston, Washington
	3:2
Amusements
	2:43,44
Anastasia Island (Fla.)--Description and travel
	3:52
Animal fighting
	3:79
Archery--Societies and clubs
	4:50
Artificial limbs
	2:29,32,61
	3:2
	5:50
Artists
	2:24
	3:29-31,48
	5:30,55,56,80b
Asylums
	2:5
Athenian Lecture Series (Philadelphia)
	4:65
Auchmuty, Louisa
	5:55,56
Auctions--Louisiana
	2:53,55
	3:26,27,29-31
Authors
	4:9,26,37,51,58,59,63,68,70,72,74,75
	5:1,2,4-6,9,15,18,24,26,27,32,38,44,51,56,74
Autumn
	4:41
Bache, William
	2:7
Bachelor's Ball (Philadelphia)
	5:45
Balston Spa (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	1:47,65
	2:8
Baltimore (Md.)--Description and travel
	5:61
Banks and banking
	2:57
Barbados--Description and travel
	1:70
Barker, Jacob, 1779-1871
	2:57
Bartley, Mrs. (actress)
	2:39
Battlefields
	2:75
Beggars
	2:25
Benson, James
	3:70,71
Biddleman, Mr.
	2:47
	3:19,21
Bigelow, Mr. 
	3:9
Birthdays
	2:61
	3:18
Blair, Lizzie, b. 1819
	5:21
Boredom
	3:61
	4:1
Boston (Mass.)--Description and travel
	5:14
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
	1:15
Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
	4:15,16
Bremer, Mr.
	5:50,51
Burke, Mr.
	2:47,69-71,73
Business
	5:13
Business ethics
	5:65
Cadwalader, Mr., d. 1823--Death
	3:82
Calomel
	4:18
Canals
	4:31
	5:4
Canning, George, 1770-1827
	4:6
Cannon, Mr.
	3:73
Cap Fran¨ois (Haiti)--Description and travel
	1:54
Card games
	4:28
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
	5:30
Catholic Church
	3:61
Catholic Church--Clergy
	3:66
Caty (Katy)
	1:60
	4:61,63
	5:8
Cemeteries
	2:45,73
	3:26,63
Chameleons
	3:26
Charities
	2:6
Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travel
	1:3
	3:49,50
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
	1:63
Chew, Beverly, d. 1828--Death
	4:18
Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel
	4:44,45
Childhood
		See also letters by William M. Herbert and Caroline Fenno
	2:1,3,15
Children--Conduct of life
	2:15,21,22,32,41
	3:37
	4:3
Cholera
	4:39,50
Christmas
	1:70
	2:15,16,17,44,74,75
	4:9
	5:16,81
Circus
	1:28
City and town life
	2:2
	4:2
	5:34
Clark, William, 1770-1838
	4:47
Clergy
		See also Larned and Forbes in this index
	4:56
Clothing and dress
	2:7,52
	4:38
	5:6
Clothing and dress--Prices
	5:6
Coaches and coaching
	2:8
Coal mines and mining
	4:43
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
	1:40-42,45
Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis, 1749-1831
	1:78
Colden, Cadwalader David, 1769-1834
	1:58
Columbia University
	2:60
Commerce--Georgia--Savannah
	2:61,72
Commerce--Louisiana--New Orleans
	2:36,37,45,52,55,56,58,60,70
	3:4,5,8,9,12,13,17,21,25,32,43,46,48,66,73,74,79,80,82,85,86
Commerce--Michigan
	4:50
Commerce--New York (State)--New York
	3:57,59,74
	4:15
Commerce--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
	5:43
Commerce--South Carolina--Charleston
	2:44
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1879
	1:65
	3:47
Copyright
	5:2
Courtship
	1:2
	2:8,35,60
	3:9,45-48,51,56,75-77,79,80,89
	4:51,55,65,69,71,76,77
	5:1-3,6,9,11,17,43,55,75
Cowper, William, 1731-1800
	1:61
Crab-digging
	5:55
Croaker, pseud.  
	See Drake, Joseph R.
Cuba--Description and travel
	1:51
	3:40
Dance
	1:47,62
	3:52
	4:8
Dance--Study and teaching
	1:62
Death
	1:16,51,53,63,73
	2:23,73
	3:6,62,63,85,87
	4:18,23,73
	5:25,49,70
Death in literature
	1:72
	2:50
	5:84,85
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820
	3:12
Deeds
	5:68
Democratic Party
	4:48,49
Dentistry
	2:6
	4:30
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
	5:18,19,31
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
	5:19
Diplomacy
	1:24,29-32,37,40,48,50,53,54,76
Distilleries
	2:54
Divorce
	5:81
Domestic servants
	1:60
	4:61,63
	5:8
Domestics
	4:12,36
	5:11  See also  Caty
Drake, Joseph Rodman, 1795-1820
	3:2,6,10
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, 1748-1817
	1:70,71
Dueling
	3:1,4,6,8,46,47,67,79,83
Duer, Jane
	5:9,32
Duer, John
	3:2
Dutch language
	5:7
Duval, William P., 1784-1854
	3:84
Dwellings
	3:72
	4:29,58
	5:7,8,13,33,40,80a
Easton (Pa.)--Description and travel
	2:66
Eccentrics and eccentricities
	4:19  See also  Insanity
Economy (Pa.)--Description and travel
	4:42
Education
		See also  Schools
	1:63,79
	2:19-22,41
	4:2,3,5,13,17,62  
Elopement
	3:7
Embezzlement
	3:44,46
Engineering
	4:28
Entertaining
	1:47
	3:61,75,77-79
	4:5,8,25,27
	5:41,53
Epidemics
	4:18,39
	5:21  See also  Cholera, Yellow fever
Estates (Law)
	4:60,61
	5:59,63,64
Executions and executioners
	3:1,12
Eyeglasses
	1:9
Family  
		See also Parents 
	2:4,7,72
	3:33,89
	4:4,9
	5:8,28
Farming
	2:59
	5:16
Fashion
	1:24,48
	2:53
Fenno family
	5:70
Fenno, Caroline, 1791-1805
	1:73
Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823
	3:3
	4:1
	5:70
Fenno, George, 1786-1829
	1:48
	2:68
	4:22,23
Fenno, James B., 1794-182?
	3:44,66,85,88
Fenno, John Ward , 1779-1802
	1:41,45,63
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
	1:65
	5:80b
Fenno, Mary (dau. of George?)
	4:8
Fenno, Mary, 1755-1798
	1:65
	5:80b
Fenno, Mrs. Samuel
	1:24
Fenno, Upton, b. 1819
	5:12
Fights
	1:26
	2:35
	3:70
Finances, personal
	1:41-43,45,54,75,80,83
	4:4,8,11,28,30,36,37
	5:18,22,24
Firearms
	2:15
Fires
	1:28
	3:5,9,11,23
Fish, Mrs. 
	3:52
Fishkill (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	2:35
	4:68
Floods--Mississippi River
	3:85,86
Florida--Description and travel
	3:42,50,52,61
	4:1
Florida--Politics and government
	3:61,68,84,87
	4:1
Food--Prices
	1:31
Forbes, Mr.
	3:61,68
Forest fires
	2:69
Fourth of July celebrations
	2:34
	3:52
	4:68
France--Description and travel
	1:17,24,29-32,37,40,48,50-54,66-68
	2:25,28
	3:1,67,75,77-79
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
	1:17
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
	1:9
French language
	3:77
	4:13
Fulton (steamship)
	2:8
Funeral rites and ceremonies
		See also  Cemeteries
	1:72
	2:46,73
	3:19
	4:18
	5:70
Galena (Ill.)--Description and travel
	4:47
Gambling
	2:58
	3:6,73
	4:8
Games
	5:81
Gardening
	3:68,87
	5:11
Gas lighting
	2:23
Genealogy
	5:66,70
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888
	3:50
Gilman, Dr.
	4:30
	5:19
Goshen (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	4:2
Gossip
	2:14
	3:50,52,68,84
	5:3,47
Grammar
	2:65
Gratz family
	2:13
	4:28,51,52
	5:5
Gratz, Benjamin
	3:2
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
	2:5
	3:2,72
	4:63
	5:81
Great Britain--Description and travel
	1:50,53,54  See also  Navy
Great Britain--Politics and government
	1:44
Great Britain. Navy
		See  all Charles J. Fenno letters, especially 
	1:55,67,69,71,76,79,81-83
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
	1:3
Guantanamo Bay (Cuba)--Description and travel
	1:51
Hair jewelry
	1:39
Haiti--Description and travel
	1:52
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867
	3:2
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
	1:18
Hernandez, Mr. 
	3:61,68
Hodge, Dr.--Death
	1:36
Hoffman family
	5:33,66
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884
	2:29,32,61
	3:2
	4:7,9,26,37,41-49,51,52,58,59,63,68,70,72, 74,75
	5:1,2,4-6,9,15,18,24,26,27,32,38,44,50,51,56,74
Hoffman, David
	2:8
Hoffman, Edward, d. 1830--Death
	4:33
Hoffman, George, 1808-84
	4:28,30
	5:68,69
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
	1:73
	2:4,7
	4:7,11,12,18,22,27,28,32,34,57
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837--Death
	4:60,61
Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861
	5:63,64
Hoffman, Martin, 1763-1828--Death
	4:10
Hoffman, Mr. 
	3:77
Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800
	5:33
Hoffman, Ogden Jr., b. 1823
	4:62
Hoffman, Ogden, 1794-1856
	2:15
	3:2,3
	4:24,69,71
	5:16,17,48,70
Hoffman, Phebe, b. 1823
	4:28,30
	5:68,69
Hoffman, Sarah Ogden, 1742-1821
	3:37
	5:59
Hoffman, Virginia Southard  
	See  Ogden Hoffman
Holdays--Florida-- Saint Augustine
	3:61
Holidays--France
	1:17
Hopkinson, Joseph, 1770-1842
	1:25,27
Horses
	4:24,26,32,49
	5:22
Horticultural Ball
	4:26
Household moving
	1:12,15
Howe, Fanny
	5:43
Humor
	5:79
Hunting
	1:85
	3:26
Hurricane
	3:15,68
Ice
	3:56
Indians of North America
	3:61
	4:41,44,46
Indians--Mixed bloods
	4:44
Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862
	1:46
Inman, Henry
	3:48
Irish
	3:63,81
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
	1:61
	2:68
	3:2,3,52
	4:54a
	5:19
Italy
	1:58
	2:52
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
	3:30,31,42
Jacobins
	1:20
Jarvis, John Wesley, 1781-1839
	3:29,30,46
Jewelry
	1:39
Jews
	2:2
	3:2
	4:52,67,76
	5:5,61
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
	2:65
Kearny, Lawrence, 1789-1868
	3:40
Kemble, Frances Ann, 1809-1893
	5:30
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
	1:20
Labor and laboring classes
	5:32,77
Lafayette Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
	4:7
Laffite, Jean, ca.1780-1821
	2:50
Lake Ponchartrain (La.)--Description and travel
	3:7,26
Lancaster (Pa.)--Description and travel
	2:66
Larned, Mr.
	2:46,73
	3:12,18
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
	3:19
Lebanon (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	2:9
Lent
	3:31
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
	3:2
Letter-writing
	1:61
	2:22,74
	3:17
	4:7
Letters of introduction
	3:14,48
	4:27,47
	5:81
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
	1:15
Literature
	2:54,59
	3:72
	5:30,84
London (England)--Description and travel
	1:43,44
Long Island (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	5:34
Long, James, 1793-1822
	3:9
Loring, John Wentworth, 1775-1852
	1:57,69,78,79
Louisiana Guards
	3:5,6,8,9,11,70,78-80
Louisiana--Politics and government
	3:47,77,78
Louisiana. Militia
	3:5,6,8,9,11,70,78-80
Love letters
	1:2,3,5-8,10,11,13,14,34,38,64
	5:58,72,82
Ludlow, Mrs. Thomas
	5:53
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851
	4:44
Marriage
	1:48
	3:3
	4:64
	5:34,57,58,73
Masculinity (Psychology)
	4:4
	5:10
McCoy, Mr.
	3:29,69
McCulloch, George P.
	2:13
Medicine
	1:33
	2:6
	4:30,32,33,55
	5:27,32,45,81
Mediterranean Sea
	1:72
Mental health
	1:61
	3:2
Mental illness
		See also  Eccentrics
	5:37,40
Merchants
	1:2
Mesmerism
	5:17,45
Mexico--Politics and government
	3:81
Michigan
	4:44,50
Middle West--Description and travel
	4:41-49
Migration, Internal
	4:63,69
Military companies
	1:29,31,35
	4:47
	5:77
Military service
	4:21
Militia
		See Louisiana Guards
Mines and mining
	4:43,47
Mississippi River--Description and travel
	2:40
Mississippi--Description and travel
	2:40
Money
	1:2
	2:15
	4:22,63  See also  Finance
Moro Castle (San Juan, P.R.)
	3:40
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
	2:23
Moses, Gratz
	5:61
Mosquitoes
	3:8,89
Motherhood
	1:24
Mourning
	3:67  See also  Death
Mowatt, Anna Cora Ogden, 1819-70
	5:52
Mugging
	5:64
Murder
	3:11,70,71,73
	5:50,51,62
Music
	1:25,27
	5:41
Mutiny
	3:12
National characteristics, American
	4:35
Nationalism
	1:5
	5:75
Nelson, Horatio, 1758-1805
	1:69
Nepotism
	1:36
New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel
	1:46
	2:12,33,42,43, 46,47
	3:6,7,13,18,20,23,25,32,33,46,58
	5:73
New Orleans, Battle of , 1815
	2:75 
	3:1
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	1:18
	2:23,47
	3:46,58
	4:6,29
	5:26
New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government
	1:9
	3:4
	4:31,48
New York (State)--Description and travel
	1:47
	4:38
Newspaper publishing
	1:6,9,11,14-17,21,22,30,33
	5:21
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel
	4:53
Ocean travel--Atlantic Ocean
	1:45,49-53
	2:25
Ogilvie, James, d.1820
	2:6
Opera
	3:75
Oranges
	2:73
	3:22,45,61,71,72
Orlando Furioso
	2:54
Parent and child
	2:15,21,22,32,41
	3:37
	4:3,11
	5:67
Patronage, Political
	1:36
	4:13,14,21,24
	5:43,53,54
Peace
	1:79
Penn, James Jr.
	3:73
Pennsylvania--Description and travel
	2:66,67
	5:77
Pennsylvania--Description and travel
	4:41,42
Pensacola (Fla.)--Description and travel
	3:42
Personality
	1:73
	2:57
	4:7,30,34,35,39
Pets
	2:33
	4:6-8,28,36
	5:8
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel
	1:46
	2:12
	3:38
	5:30,46,68
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs
	5:5
Phillips, Mr.
	3:81
Photography
	4:48
Physicians 
	See  Medicine
Piermont (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	5:7,8
Piracy
	2:50
	3:1,8,9,12,40,43,79,86  See also  Privateering
Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Description and travel
	4:42,43
Platt, Hamilton
	2:37
Poetry
	5:58,72,76,80,82,85
Poetry--Criticism
	5:29
Poland
	1:17
Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
	5:43
Port Royal (S.C.)--Description and travel
	1:49
Portraits
	1:62,63
Postal service
	1:54,72
	2:40
	3:8,52,68,77
Practical jokes
	2:38
Prairie du Chien (Wisc.)--Description and travel
	4:47
Prejudice
	3:7,52
Presidents--United States--Election--1844
	5:39
Prices
	2:45,53,55
Pringle family
	3:49,50
Prisons
	2:23
Privateering
	1:2,29,32,42,66  See also  Piracy
Puns
	4:6,15,21,25,30
Quakers
	2:6
Quarantine
	2:25,65
	3:35,55,88
Race relations--Florida
	3:52,61
Race relations--Louisiana
	3:1,77-79
Racism
	3:7
Railroad law
	5:20,51,52
Railroads
	4:13,67
	5:20,35,40,51,56,59,77
Rape
	3:8
Recipes
	3:76
	5:15
Religion
	1:33,34
	2:9,16,46
	3:46,50
Republican Party
	5:67
Riots
	5:77
Riots--England--Manchester
	2:65
Riots--Louisiana--New Orleans
	3:7
Riots--Pennsylvania--1873
	5:77
Robbery
	2:52,58,60,64
	3:12,44
	5:64
Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1783-1808
	5:70
Rodman, John
	1:45,48,63
	3:50
	4:1
	5:82
Running races
	5:50
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813
	1:19,21,22
Sabbath
	2:25
Sampson, Mr., d. 1820
	3:16
San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
	5:66,67
Saratoga (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	5:60
Savannah (Ga.)--Description and travel
	2:61
	3:5,32,34
Saving and thrift
	2:37,44,47,56,57,59,61,68
	3:3,5,57
	4:45,63,70,75
	5:6,21,66
Scallan, Mr. 
	3:29,69,78,89
Scarlatina
	4:49
Schools
		See also  Education
	2:1,3,13,15,29,30,38,48,51,63
Scott, Walter , 1771-1832
	3:2,7
Seminole Indians
	3:61
Seton, James
	4:19
Shakers
	2:9
Shipping
	4:4  See also   Oranges
Ships
	1:1,32,49,50,52,66,72
	3:12,23,40  See also  Navy
Singers
	3:81
Singing--Study and teaching
	2:16
Slavery
	1:64
	2:50,58
	3:30,50,73
	4:42
Slavery and the church
	4:42
Slaves
	1:60
	4:61,63
	5:8
Sleighs and sledges
	4:29
Smoking
	4:76
	5:48,51
Snakes
	2:27,35
	5:55
Snipe
	3:26
Society
	1:65
	2:13
	3:47,68,87
	4:51
	5:5
Somerset (Pa.)--Description and travel
	4:41
Southern states--Description and travel
	2:44,68
Spain
	4:1
Spaniards--Florida
	3:52,61,68
St. Augustine (Fla.)--Description and travel
	3:50,52,68,72,76,87
	4:1
Steamboats
	2:8
Suicide
	1:16
	4:11
Summer
	1:30,36
	2:64
	3:89
	4:25
Swan, Kitty
	1:65
Swimming
	4:6,25
Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (N.Y.)
	4:48
Tariff
	5:65
Teachers
	1:46
Telegraph (steamboat)
	3:23
Tennessee--Description and travel
	2:70
Texas--Description and travel
	3:9
Theater--Louisiana--New Orleans
	2:74
	3:1,4,7,9,46,75,79
Theater--New York (State)--New York
	2:35,39
	4:7,8,15,47
Theatre--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
	1:23,25
	2:5
Travel--Accidents
	1:18
"Uncle Sam"
	4:21
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
	1:1,3
	4:43
United States--Politics and government
	1:9,24,30,33-37
	4:48,49,75
	5:36,39,67,75
Vacations
	1:48,65,84,85
	2:35
	4:24,35,38,53,54,63,66,67,69,73,74
	5:60
Values
	1:17,22,23,26,43,61,64
	4:5,12,48
Values--France
	2:28
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
	4:48
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
	3:30
Ventriloquism
	2:65
Vera Cruz (Mexico)--Description and travel
	3:85,86,88
Verplanck, Embury, d. 1861
	5:62
Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 1786-1870
	2:4,7
	3:2
	5:37,40,61
Verplanck, Mrs., d. 1843--Death
	5:25
Virginia--Description and travel
	2:69,70
Vote
	4:8
War
	1:51,53,67-72,76,77
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814
	2:9
Washington's birthday
	2:50
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
	4:55
Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-89
	5:30
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
	4:41-49
West Indies--Description and travel
	1:52,53,76
Wheeling (W.Va.)--Description and travel
	4:42
Whig Party
	4:75
	5:36,39
White Lake (N.Y.)--Description and travel
	5:10
Williamson, Charles, 1757-1808
	1:68
Wilson, George and Ellen
	4:63,69
Winter
	1:23,62
	3:79
	4:46,47
Women
	1:61
	2:45
	3:77
	4:35
	5:31
Women and the military
	5:79
Women in politics
	1:34,36
	5:21,29
Women--Conduct of life
	3:77
	4:8,44
Women--Education
	4:17
Women--France
	2:28
Women--Intellectual life
	5:32
Women--Social conditions
	5:32
Women--Societies and clubs
	4:50
Worthington, Mr. 
	3:52
Yellow fever
	1:50
Yellow fever--Florida--Pensacola
	3:60,68
Yellow fever--Georgia--Savannah
	2:68
Yellow fever--Louisiana--New Orleans
	2:64,69-71,73
	3:8,9,15-23,25-27,56,58,60,62-67,70
Yellow fever--New York (State)--New York
	2:64,65
	3:53,55,58,68
Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
	1:17,19,21,30
Yellow fever--South Carolina--Charleston
	2:61

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