: Other Fools and Their Doings or Life among the Freedmen by Goff H N K Harriet Newell Kneeland - African Americans Fiction; Freed persons Fiction

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From Boston to Albany.--Worcester and Pittsfield.--The Empire State and its Capital.--Old Associations.--State Street.-- Sketch of Early History.--Killian Van Rensselaer.--Dutch Emigration.--Old Fort Orange.--City Heights.--The Lumber District.--Van Rensselaer Homestead.--The New Capitol.-- Military Bureau.--War Relics.--Letter of General Dix.-- Ellsworth and Lincoln Memorials.--Geological Rooms.--The Cathedral.--Dudley Observatory.--Street Marketing.--Troy and Cohoes.--Stove Works.--Paper Boats.--Grand Army Rooms.--Down the Hudson. 25-37

Geographical Location of Boston.--Ancient Names.--Etymology of the Word Massachusetts.--Changes in the Peninsula.--Noted Points of Interest.--Boston Common.--Old Elm.--Duel Under its Branches.--Soldiers' Monument.--Fragmentary History.-- Courtship on the Common.--Faneuil Hall and Market.--Old State House.--King's Chapel.--Brattle Square Church.--New State House.--New Post Office.--Old South Church.--Birthplace of Franklin.--"News Letter."--City Hall.--Custom House.-- Providence Railroad Station.--Places of General Interest. 38-56

The Niagara Frontier.--Unfortunate Fate of the Eries.--The Battle of Doom.--Times of 1812.--Burning of Buffalo.--Early Names.--Origin of Present Name.--Growth and Population.-- Railway Lines.--Queen of the Great Lakes.--Fort Porter and Fort Erie.--International Bridge.--Iron Manufacture.--Danger of the Niagara.--Forest Lawn Cemetery.--Decoration Day.-- The Spaulding Monument.--Parks and Boulevard.--Delaware Avenue.--On the Terrace.--Elevator District.--Church and Schools.--Grosvenor Library.--Historical Rooms.--Journalism.-- Public Buildings.--City Hall.--Dog-carts and their Attendants. 57-71

Brooklyn a Suburb of New York.--A City of Homes.--Public Buildings.--Churches.--Henry Ward Beecher.--Thomas De Witt Talmage.--Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.--Justin D. Fulton, D.D.--R. S. Storrs, D.D.--Navy Yard.--Atlantic Dock.-- Washington Park.--Prospect Park.--Greenwood Cemetery.-- Evergreen and Cyprus Hills Cemeteries.--Coney Island.-- Rockaway.--Staten Island.--Glen Island.--Future of Brooklyn. 72-84

Position of Baltimore.--Streets.--Cathedral and Churches.-- Public Buildings.--Educational Institutions.--Art Collections.--Charitable Institutions.--Monuments.--Railway Tunnels.--Parks and Cemeteries.--Druid Hill Park.--Commerce and Manufactures.--Foundation of the City.--Early History.-- Bonaparte-Patterson Marriage.--Storming of Baltimore in 1814.--Maryland at the Breaking-out of the Rebellion.--Assault on Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, in April, 1861.--Subsequent Events during the War.--Baltimore Proves Herself Loyal.-- Re-union of Grand Army of the Republic in Baltimore, September, 1882.--Old Differences Forgotten and Fraternal Relations Established. 85-106

First Visit to Charleston.--Jail Yard.--Bombardment of the City.--Roper Hospital.--Charleston During the War.--Secession of South Carolina.--Attack and Surrender of Fort Sumter.-- Blockade of the Harbor.--Great Fire of 1861.--Capitulation in 1865.--First Settlement of the City.--Battles of the Revolution.--Nullification Act.--John C. Calhoun.--Population of the City.--Commerce and Manufactures.--Charleston Harbor.-- "American Venice."--Battery.--Streets, Public Buildings and Churches.--Scenery about Charleston.--Railways and Steamship Lines.--An Ancient Church.--Magnolia Cemetery.--Drives near the City.--Charleston Purified by Fire. 107-120

Founding of Cincinnati.--Rapid Increase of Population.-- Character of its Early Settlers.--Pro-slavery Sympathies.-- During the Rebellion.--Description of the City.--Smoke and Soot--Suburbs.--"Fifth Avenue" of Cincinnati.--Streets, Public Buildings, Private Art Galleries, Hotels, Churches and Educational Institutions.--"Over the Rhine."--Hebrew Population.--Liberal Religious Sentiment.--Commerce and Manufacturing Interests.--Stock Yards and Pork-packing Establishments.--Wine Making.--Covington and Newport Suspension Bridge.--High Water.--Spring Grove Cemetery. 121-139

The "Western Reserve."--Character of Early Settlers.-- Fairport.--Richmond.--Early History of Cleveland.--Indians.-- Opening of Ohio and Portsmouth Canal.--Commerce in 1845.-- Cleveland in 1850.--First Railroad.--Manufacturing Interests.--Cuyahoga "Flats" at Night.--The "Forest City."-- Streets and Avenues.--Monumental Park.--Public Buildings and Churches.--Union Depot.--Water Rents.--Educational Institutions.--Rocky River.--Approach to the City.--Freshet of 1883.--Funeral of President Garfield.--Lake Side Cemetery.-- Site of the Garfield Monument. 140-156

Topographical Situation of Chicago.--Meaning of the Name.-- Early History.--Massacre at Fort Dearborn.--Last of the Red Men.--The Great Land Bubble.--Rapid Increase in Population and Business.--The Canal.--First Railroad.--Status of the City in 1871.--The Great Fire.--Its Origin, Progress and Extent.--Heartrending Scenes.--Estimated Total Loss.--Help from all Quarters.--Work of Reconstruction.--Second Fire.-- Its Public Buildings, Educational and Charitable Institutions, Streets and Parks.--Its Waterworks.--Its Stock Yards.--Its Suburbs.--Future of the City. 157-175

Location of Cheyenne.--Founding of the City.--Lawlessness.-- Vigilance Committee.--Woman Suffrage.--Rapid Increase of Population and Business.--A Reaction.--Stock Raising.-- Irrigation.--Mineral Resources.--Present Prospects. 176-181

Detroit and Her Avenues of Approach.--Competing Lines.-- London in Canada.--The Strait and the Ferry.--Music on the Waters.--The Home of the Algonquins.--Teusha-grondie.-- Wa-we-aw-to-nong.--Fort Ponchartrain and the Early French Settlers.--The Red Cross of St. George.--Conspiracy of Pontiac.--Battle of Bloody Run.--The Long Siege.--Detroit's First American Flag.--Old Landmarks.--The Pontiac Tree.-- Devastation by Fire.--Site of the Modern City.--New City Hall.--Public Library.--Mexican Antiquities. 182-193

Decoration Day in Pennsylvania.--Lake Erie.--Natural Advantages of Erie.--Her Harbor, Commerce and Manufactures.-- Streets and Public Buildings.--Soldiers' Monument.--Erie Cemetery.--East and West Parks.--Perry's Victory. 194-198

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