Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873 (PDF, MOBI, EPUB, FB2, TEXT)
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Cellars and Shanties of the Rioters.--Search for it exasperates the
Irish.--Noble Conduct of the Sanitary Police.--Sergeant Copeland.--
Prisoners tried.--Damages claimed from the City.--Number of Police
killed.--Twelve hundred Rioters killed.--The Riot Relief Fund.--List of
Colored People killed.--Generals Wool and Sandford's Reports.--Their
Truthfulness denied.--General Brown vindicated.
CHAPTER XXI.
ORANGE RIOTS OF 1870 AND 1871.
Religious Toleration.--Irish Feuds.--Battle of Boyne Water.--Orangemen.--
Origin and Object of the Society.--A Picnic at Elm Park.--Attacked by the
Ribbonmen.--The Fight. After Scenes.--Riot of 1871.--Conspiracy of the
Irish Catholics to prevent a Parade of Orangemen.--Forbidden by the City
Authorities.--Indignation of the People.--Meeting in the Produce
Exchange.--Governor Hoffman's Proclamation.--Morning of the 12th.--The
Orangemen at Lamartine Hall.--Attack on the Armories.--The Harpers
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