Preferred Citation: Hill, Marilynn Wood. Their Sisters' Keepers: Prostitution in New York City, 1830-1870. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  1993. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8199p209/

 

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Badger, Susan Matilda, 75 , 313

Bagioli, Antonio, 281 , 394 n.90

Bagioli, Teresa (Mrs. Dan Sickles), 281 , 394 n.90

Baker, Elizabeth, 167

Baker, Mrs., 271 -72

Balch, Mrs., 241

Ballard, Francis, 141

Ballard, Henry, 141 -42, 170

Baltimore, 272 , 274

Barnes, Mary Ann, 273

Barney, Ebenezer, 57

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Barrett, Eleanor, 179 , 314

Barton, Frances, 302

Barton, Mary, 294 , 296

Battery, the, 187 , 209 -10, 266

Bawdy houses, 126 . See also Brothels

Beach, Moses Y. (editor of the Sun), 161

Beckett, James, 290

Bed houses, 199

Beekman, Henry, 35

Belle View, 316

Bellmire, Ellen, 170

Bellows, Rev. Dr. Henry W., 30

Belmont, Cary, 302

Bennett, James G. (editor of the Herald ), 161 -62, 374 n.38

Bennett, Mrs., 56

Betdell, James, 160

Berger, Patience, 43 , 44 -45, 64 , 154 , 311 , 313 ;

assets of, 44 , 99 -100, 105

Berry, Frank (Francis), 36 -37, 155 , 271 , 291 , 297 , 298 , 300

Berry, Mary (Mrs. Frank Berry, née Mary Cisco), 36 -37, 40 , 105 , 151 , 155 , 200 , 269 , 271 , 291 , 311 , 334 -35;

as madam of Jewett, 12 , 262 , 275 , 279 , 298 -301, 302

Birth control. See Contraception

Bishop, Mary, 248

Blackmail and extortion, 131 , 149 , 230 . See also Panel houses

Black Maria, 111

Black New York residents, 55 , 176 -77, 191 -92, 352 n.71

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 110

Blackwell's Island Hospital, 23 , 233

Blackwell's Island penitentiary and workhouse, 46 , 111 , 157

Blankman, Edmon, 103 , 282 , 284

Blaylock, Mary, 185

Blisset, Hannah, 200 , 297 -98, 300 -302

Bloodgood, Justice, 211

Boardinghouses, respectable, 93 , 180 , 197 ;

keepers of, 361 n.82, 382 n.65

Bonner, Mary, 315

Bowen, Eliza. See Jumel, Eliza

Bowen, Mary, 315

Bowery, the, 192 -93, 209 -10

Bowery Theatre, 199 , 200 , 202 , 205 , 271 , 294 , 301

Bowne, Walter, 178

Bowyer, Officer, 231

Box, Mary Jane, 42 , 76

Boyd, Ann, 185

Boyd, John, 167

Boyd, Mr. (Jewett's client), 13

Boyd's New York City Tax Book , 39

Brace, Charles Loring, 342 n.33

Brackett, Kitty, 157

Brakey, Eliza, 45 -46

Brandley, Harriet, 185

Brewer, Mary Ann, 301

Brewster, Honey, 239 , 249 -50

Bridewell (prison), 271

Briggs, Charlotte, 365 n.98

Briggs, John, 169

Brink, Dennis, 150 -51

Broadway, 209 -12;

hotels and theaters on, 198 -200;

mentioned, 31 , 95 , 109 -10, 112 , 115 , 145 , 171 , 177 , 178 , 186 , 193 -95, 207 , 282 , 301

Broadway Theatre, 200 , 382 n.68

Brothel addresses/prostitution locations Anthony Street (later Worth Street), 104 , 166 , 183 , 185 , 191 , 271 ; 28

Anthony, 35 , 183 , 185 , 191 , 295 ;

Bleeker Street, 210 , 307 ;

Bowery East area, 97 , 186 , 192 -93, 209 ;

Broadway West area, 97 , 186 , 193 -94;

Broome Street, 99 , 155 , 239 ;

Canal Street, 31 , 183 , 207 , 210 ;

Centre Street, 129 , 312 ;

Chapel Street (later West Broadway), 12 , 99 , 100 -101, 202 , 205 ;

Cherry Street, 187 -88;

Church Street, 39 , 43 , 44 , 55 , 64 , 99 , 104 , 131 , 133 , 153 , 157 , 167 , 169 , 183 , 185 , 241 , 315 , 316 , 363 n.90, 381 n.54;

Cotlears Hook (The Hook), 27 , 41 , 78 , 187 , 188 , 215 ;

Crosby Street, 183 , 315 ;

Cross Street, 104 , 183 , 191 , 221 ;

Desbrosses Street, 183 ;

Dock areas, 97 , 186 , 187 -88;

Duane Street, 12 , 36 , 39 , 99 , 101 , 110 , 155 , 157 , 169 , 183 , 220 , 271 , 284 ;

136 Duane, 102 , 104 , 185 , 228 ;

Elizabeth Street, 46 , 134 , 295 ;

Elm Street, 38 , 153 , 183 , 275 ;

Five Points, 18 , 49 , 95 -96, 97 , 119 , 186 , 188 -92, 206 -7, 215 , 254 , 287 -88, 295 , 307 , 380 nn.37, 40;

Fortieth, 186 , 195 ;

Fourteenth Street, 195 , 210 ;

Franklin House, 45 ;

Franklin Street, 71 , 74 , 88 ;

3 Franklin, 12 , 296 , 315 ;

Grand Street, 210 , 249 , 253 , 310 ;

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Greene Street, 99 , 104 , 182 , 194 , 229 , 301 ;

Greenwich Street, 122 ;

Hotel de Wood, 220 ;

Houston Street, 182 -83, 208 ;

Laurence House, 12 ;

Laurens Street, 286 ;

Leonard Street, 99 , 102 , 104 , 151 , 159 , 161 , 171 , 183 , 185 , 212 , 215 , 232 , 280 , 315 ;

55 Leonard, 104 , 182 , 183 , 185 , 290 , 302 ;

Little Water Street, 191 ;

Mercer Street, 54 , 56 , 99 , 102 , 104 , 179 , 183 , 194 , 212 , 215 , 253 , 282 , 291 , 292 , 302 ;

Mott Street, 38 , 73 , 100 -101, 183 ;

Mulberry Street, 231 ;

Murray Street, 182 ;

Orange Street, 38 , 145 , 168 , 183 , 191 , 226 ;

Paradise Square, 190 ;

Prince Street, 35 , 210 ;

Reade Street (Reed), 38 , 130 , 168 , 183 ;

Rialto, 195 ;

Seven Sisters, 195 ;

Seventh Avenue, 168 , 195 ;

Staple Street, 183 ;

Tenderloin district, 192 , 195 ;

Thomas Street, 99 , 129 , 185 ;

41 Thomas, 12 , 34 -35, 64 , 129 , 220 , 322 , 325 ;

Thompson Street, 310 ;

Twelfth Street, 178 , 180 , 195 , 282 ;

Twenty-Fifth Street, 195 ;

Twenty-Fourth Street, 183 ;

Twenty-Second Street, 195 ;

Twenty-Seventh Street, 195 ;

Union Square, 195 ;

Walnut Street, 70 , 273 ;

Warren Street, 183 ;

Washington Square North area, 97 , 186 , 194 -95;

Water Street, 87 , 187 -88, 207 , 211 , 215 , 228 ;

West Broadway, 99 , 183 ;

White Street, 130 , 305 ;

Wooster Street, 99 , 194 . See also Battery; Bowery; Broadway; Five Points

"Brothel bullies," defined, 376 n. 58. See also "Bullies"

Brothelkeepers (madams, managers), 40 , 91 -94, 183 , 185 , 196 -97, 222 -26, 269 , 290 -92, 361 n.82, 365 n.98;

ages of, 48 , 50 ;

business and personal skills of, 223 -25;

as exploiters of prostitutes, 94 , 299 -300;

gender, race, and ethnicity of, 55 -58, 94 , 290 -92, 352 n.69, 361 n.83;

as "mothers" and friends, 224 , 299 ;

and personality of house, 222 -23;

profits of, 99 -103, 105 ;

and violence against prostitutes, 295 -96. See also names of individual brothelkeepers and madams

Brothels/prostitution boardinghouses: children in, 57 , 223 -24, 313 -15;

Creole, 55 -56;

directories and guidebooks, 25 , 31 , 55 , 56 , 179 , 194 , 214 -15, 253 , 302 ;

distribution patterns of, 31 , 96 , 97 , 178 -81, 183 , 185 , 186 -95, 362 n.88, 363 n.89;

fees to customer, 88 , 198 , 226 , 227 , 244 , 360 nn.70-71;

German, 221 , 291 ;

as home and family, 224 , 299 -300;

landlords of, 29 , 133 , 181 , 292 ;

long-term addresses of, 184 -85;

lower-class, 178 , 190 , 193 -94, 215 , 221 , 232 ;

and neighbors and community, 127 -30, 177 -81, 216 , 227 -28,

number of, 29 , 31 , 33 , 343 nn. 39-40, 345 n.49, 381 n.58;

as primary institution, 196 -99;

rents in, 88 -89;

rituals and practices of, 36 -37, 225 -27;

security of, 222 , 225 -26;

servants in, 57 -58, 89 , 223 -24;

and social role for men, 251 , 253 -54, 261 -62, 299 ;

theft in, 165 -66, 228 -29;

upper-class, 193 , 195 , 220 -21, 232 ;

as workplace, 195 -97, 219 -22 See also Assignation houses; Panel houses; Police/law enforcers; Prostitutes' relationships with men: as clients; Prostitutes' relationships with men: and violence

Brown, Charlotte, 309 -10

Brown, Jane, 228

Brown, Julia, 105 , 130 , 165 , 173 , 178 , 180 , 181 , 185 , 194 , 224 , 365 n.98, 386 n. 22, 396 n. 117

Brown, Lydia. See Norman, Amelia

Brown, Margaret, 105 , 180 , 302

Brown, Mrs., 155

Brown, Rachel, 314

Brown, Susan, 78

Browning, Mary and Jacob, 290

Buchanan, James, 102 , 268 , 281

Buchanan, Sarah, 74 , 313 , 357 n. 29

"Bullies," 167 -68, 269 , 271 , 362 n.84, 376 n. 58

Buntline, Ned (E. Z. C. Judson): Mysteries and Miseries of New York , 218 ;

Ned Buntline's Own , 161 . See also Judson, Edward Zane Carroll

Burgen, Elizabeth, 233

Burk, Ann, 270

Burke, Mary, 70

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Burke, Mr. (Jewett's client), 13

Burke, Mr. (Mrs. Baker's client), 271 -72

Burr (Vidal), 11

Burr, Aaron, 282 -84

Bush, Margaret Ann, 311

Bushnell, Mrs., 185

Butler, Ann and Catherine, 310 , 311

Butler, Anne M., 349 n.44

 

Preferred Citation: Hill, Marilynn Wood. Their Sisters' Keepers: Prostitution in New York City, 1830-1870. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  1993. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8199p209/