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Abortion, 23 , 59 , 141 , 235 -41;

laws against, and their enforcement, 237 , 241 , 388 n.66

Abuse, by parent or spouse, 76 , 270 , 321 -22, 325

Acton, William, 23 , 61 , 349 n.42

Adams, Maria (or Marie), 105 , 185 , 223 , 302 , 309 -10

Adultery, and laws against, 140 -41, 151 , 165 , 371 n. 103

Advocate of Moral Reform , 20 , 154

African Americans. See Black New York residents; Prostitutes: black; Prostitution: black and interracial; Racism

Age of consent, 52

Alcoholism, 76 -77. See also Prostitutes: and alcohol and drugs

Aldermen, and Board of, 135 -36, 154 -55, 157 ;

Police Department Reorganization Committee Report (1844), 30 , 124 , 136

Almshouse, 18 , 23 , 117 , 234 , 389 n.78

American Tract Society, 17

Andrews, Carolyn, 185

Andrews, Emma, 185 , 309

Anthony, Mary, 43 -44, 99 , 311

Anthony, Susan B., 138

Anti-feminism, 167

Anti-prostitution laws, 173 . See also Disorderly house/persons: law; Vagrancy law

Applegate, William, 292

Archer, Lawrence, 180

Arkley, Mary, 238 -39

Armstrong, Captain, 45

Arrest records, 53 , 119 , 127 , 351 n.63, 367 n. 20. See also Disorderly house/persons: arrests; Vagrancy law: arrests

Aspinwall, William H., 178

Assignation houses, 196 , 198 , 225 , 381 nn.60, 63, 382 n.65;

number of, 31 , 381 n.58;

mentioned, 42 , 44 , 45 , 50 , 137 , 165 , 193 , 230 , 275 , 313 -14

Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor (AICP), 85 -86, 213

Astor House Hotel, 141 , 231

Austin, Kate, 58