Citizens or Papists?: The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821

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Index Acadians, 26, 52, 60 Adams, John, 97, 100 Adams, Sam, 114, 115 Adgate, Matthew, 78, 89, 90 African-Americans, xiv, 60, 121, 148; and Irish Catholics, xviii, 175; disenfranchised , 182; slave conspiracy of 1741, 20–22; Jonas Platt supports voting rights, 194 Age of Reason, 139 Albany, N.Y., 9, 14, 87, 102, 121, 128, 163, 166, 181, 189; founding of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in, 97–99 Albany Common Council, 98, 181 Albany County, N.Y., 128 Alien and Sedition Acts, 97, 156 American Citizen (N.Y.), 101, 110, 127, 128, 139, 154–55 American Indians, xiv, 9 American Party, 193; Catholics and Election of 1807, 136–49 American Revolution, xii, xiv, xv, 82, 162– 63, 191; and Catholics, 30–53 Andros, Edmund, 3, 9 Anglicans, 78 Anti-Catholicism, xv, xviii, 52–53; 108, 132, 141, 149, 153, 156–57, 159, 161– 62, 181, 190–91; and American Nationalism , and, 83–86, 88–90; AntiFederalists , xiv, 67–74, 191–92; colonial New York, 19–29, 190; Federalists, 125–27; 131, 135, 142–44, 175–76, 187, 192; Highbinders gang, 133–34; Loyal245 ists, 44–50, 191; Patriots, 31–36, 191; Republicans, 104–105, 109–10, 112–13, 127, 139, 146, 154, 155; nationalist Republicans , 128–29, 137, 193; Tocqueville ’s view of, 189–91; War of 1812 and easing of, 162–74 Anti-Federalists, 83, 89, 127, 192, 194; and Catholics, xiv, 67–74 Arnold, Benedict, 49–50 Assembly, N.Y., 64, 68, 120–21, 129, 147, 149, 153–56, 159, 162, 174, 177–80, 186; colonial, 15, 34; and debates over Catholic political rights, 68–69, 71, 124–26; election of 1800, 100–101, election of 1807, 138; property requirements for elections, 105, 181; Trinity Church, 67 Astor, Jacob, 103 Atlantic Republicans, 110, 112–13, 140, 154, 158, 162–63, 167, 177–78, 193; and alliance with Catholics, 119–22, 124– 29, 131, 134–35, 141–44, 151 Bible, The, 155 Baptists, 27, 48, 89 Barbados, 8 Barnewell, George, 65–66, 85 Barry, Catherine, 51 Barry, John, 50 Barry, Thomas, 28, 98, 99 Baxter, Jarvis, 6 Bayard, Nicholas, 10 Becker, Carl, 80 246 Index Blackstone’s Commentaries, 142 Book of Revelation, 89 Bradford, Michael, 95 Bradley, Richard, 23 Brady, Sr. Felicita, 173 Briand, Jean-Olivier, Bishop of Quebec, 38 Brockholls, Anthony, 3, 8 Brown, John, 134 Bucktail Republicans, 180, 182, 188 Burk, Thomas, 93–94 Burn, John, 27 Burr, Aaron, 100, 106, 110, 112, 115, 128 Burrites, 151 Burton, Mary, 22 Byrne, Patrick, 173–74 Canada, 3, 8, 26, 33, 35, 46 Capuchins, 61 Carroll, Charles, 38, 81–82 Carroll, Daniel, 50, 71, 79, 81–82 Carroll, John, Bishop of Baltimore, 51, 54, 61, 76, 69, 83, 98, 122, 139, 147; and conflict at St. Peter’s, 62–65; French Revolution, views on, 86–87, trustees at St. Peter’s, and, 116, 118; visits New York during Revolution, 38–39 Cassidy, John, 99, 181 Cassidy, Margaret, 99 Cassidy, Thomas, 99 Catholics, and Catholicism, N.Y., xii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, 43, 49, 53, 79–80, 85, 96, 106–108, 161–62; and American Revolution, 30–53; defend St. Peter’s from attack, 133–35; establish St. Mary’s, Albany, 97–99; establish St. Peter’s, New York City, 54–67; and election of 1800, 100–106; election of 1807, 136–49; expelled from New York during Leisler’s Rebellion, 1–18; and Federalists, 174–82; 187, 191–92; French Revolution, 86–90; gain religious liberty, 53; meet in secret at end of colonial period, 29; organize to change oath of office, 119–32; political rights upheld and restricted, 67–78; population of, 6, 16, 19, 28, 50, 100, 111–12, 119, 123, 126, 130, 147, 184–85; and Republicans, 110–19, 149– 60, 187–88; persecuted in colonial era, 19–29; Tocqueville on, 189–91, 195; War of 1812 and, 162–74. See also Irish Catholics; French Catholics Catholic Church, xvii, 5–6, 14, 30, 33, 51, 53–54, 56, 58, 109–10, 132–34, 146, 154, 186–87, 192; authority of bishops in, 184–87; and Europe, 70; and French Revolution, 87–91, 103; Loyalists, 48; outlawed in colonial New York, 14, 28; Patriots, 36; public image in New York, 62, 141; Quebec Act, 64; sacrament of confession in, 167–72; Test Act, 20; United States, 79, 194; unity of, 121; whigs, 67; women allegedly susceptible to mysticism of, 141. See also trustees; St. Mary’s, Albany; St. Peter’s, New York...