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| [No. 1.] | General Greene's Orders—Camp on Long Island | [5] |
| [" 2.] | General Sullivan's Orders—Camp on Long Island | [27] |
| [" 3.] | General Orders | [30] |
| [" 4.] | Washington to the Massachusetts Assembly | [32] |
| [" 5.] | General Parsons to John Adams | [33] |
| [" 6.] | General Scott to John Jay | [36] |
| [" 7.] | Colonel Joseph Trumbull to his Brother | [40] |
| [" 8.] | Colonel Trumbull to his Father | [41] |
| [" 9.] | Colonel Moses Little to his Son | [42] |
| [" 10.] | Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw to his Wife | [44] |
| [" 11.] | Deposition by Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw | [47] |
| [" 12.] | Colonel Edward Hand to his Wife | [48] |
| [" 13.] | Major Edward Burd to Judge Yeates | [48] |
| [" 14.] | Lieutenant Jasper Ewing to Judge Yeates | [49] |
| [" 15.] | John Ewing to Judge Yeates | [50] |
| [" 16.] | Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney | [51] |
| [" 17.] | Colonel G.S. Silliman to his Wife | [52] |
| [" 18.] | Colonel Silliman to Rev. Mr. Fish | [57] |
| [" 19.] | Account of the Battle of Long Island | [58] |
| [" 20.] | Journal of Colonel Samuel Miles | [60] |
| [" 21.] | Lieutenant-Colonel John Brodhead to —— | [63] |
| [" 22.] | Colonel William Douglas to his Wife | [66] |
| [" 23.] | General Woodhull to the New York Convention | [73] |
| [" 24.] | General Washington to Abraham Yates | [74] |
| [" 25.] | Colonel Hitchcock to Colonel Little | [75] |
| [" 26.] | Major Tallmadge's Account of the Battles of Long Island and White Plains | [77] |
| [" 27.] | Account of Events by Private Martin | [81] |
| [" 28.] | Captain Joshua Huntington to —— | [84] |
| [" 29.] | Captain Tench Tilghman to his Father | [85] |
| [" 30.] | Captain John Gooch to Thomas Fayerweather | [88] |
| [" 31.] | Account of the Retreat from New York and Affair of Harlem Heights, by Colonel David Humphreys | [89] |
| [" 32.] | Testimony Respecting the Retreat from New York | [92] |
| [" 33.] | Major Baurmeister's Narrative | [95] |
| [" 34.] | Colonel Chester to Joseph Webb | [98] |
| [" 35.] | Colonel Glover to his Mother | [99] |
| [" 36.] | General Greene to Colonel Knox | [100] |
| [" 37.] | Diary of Rev. Mr. Shewkirk, Moravian Pastor, New York | [101] |
| [" 38.] | Major Fish to Richard Varick | [127] |
| [" 39.] | Surgeon Eustis to Dr. Townsend | [129] |
| [" 40.] | Captain Nathan Hale to his Brother | [131] |
| [" 41.] | Extract from a Letter from New York | [132] |
| [" 42.] | Extracts from the London Chronicle | [133] |
| [" 43.] | Extract from the Memoirs of Colonel Rufus Putnam | [136] |
| [" 44.] | Scattering Orders by Generals Lee, Spencer, Greene, and Nixon | [141] |
| [" 45.] | General Lee to Colonel Chester | [145] |
| [" 46.] | Captain Bradford's Account of the Capture of General Lee | [146] |
| [" 47.] | General Oliver Wolcott to his Wife | [147] |
| [" 48.] | Captain William Hull to Andrew Adams | [151] |
| [" 49.] | Colonel Knox to his Wife | [152] |
| [" 50.] | Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney | [156] |
| [" 51.] | Journal of Captain Thomas Rodney | [158] |
| [" 52.] | Position of the British at the Close of the Campaign | [162] |
| [" 53.] | Narrative of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch | [167] |
| [" 54.] | Extract from the Journal of Lieutenant William McPherson | [168] |
| [" 55.] | Deposition of Private Foster | [169] |
| [" 56.] | Letters from Captain Randolph, of New Jersey | [170] |
| [" 57.] | Extract from the Journal of Captain Morris | [172] |
| [" 58.] | British Prisoners Taken on Long Island | [174] |
| [" 59.] | A Return of the Prisoners Taken in the Campaign | [175] |
| [" 60.] | List of American Officers Taken Prisoners at the Battle of Long Island | [176] |
| [" 61.] | List of American Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers Taken Prisoners, Killed, or Missing, at the Battle of Long Island | [180] |
| [Biographical Sketches] | [187] |
| [The Maps] | [193] |
| [The Portraits] | [195] |
| [Index] | [197] |
LIST OF MAPS.
1. [New York, Brooklyn, and Environs in 1776.]
2. [Plan of the Battle of Long Island and the Brooklyn Defences.]
3. [President Stiles' Sketch of the Brooklyn Works.]
4. [Ewing's Draught of the Long Island Engagement.]
5. [Map of New York City and of Manhattan Island, with the American Defences.]