The cordial and constant encouragement extended by the Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, President of the Long Island Historical Society, and the interest taken in the work by Hon. Henry C. Murphy, Benjamin D. Silliman, Esq., and the Librarian, Mr. George Hannah, are gratefully acknowledged.
CHAPTER I. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAMPAIGN--PLANS AND PREPARATIONS 13
CHAPTER II. FORTIFYING NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN 35
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND 139
CHAPTER VI. LOSS OF NEW YORK--KIP'S BAY AFFAIR--BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS 225
CHAPTER VII. WHITE PLAINS--FORT WASHINGTON 263
CHAPTER VIII. TRENTON--PRINCETON--CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN 287
No. 1. General Greene's Orders--Camp on Long Island 5
" 2. General Sullivan's Orders--Camp on Long Island 27
" 4. Washington to the Massachusetts Assembly 32
" 7. Colonel Joseph Trumbull to his Brother 40
" 10. Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw to his Wife 44
" 11. Deposition by Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw 47
" 13. Major Edward Burd to Judge Yeates 48
" 14. Lieutenant Jasper Ewing to Judge Yeates 49
" 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
" 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
" 37. Diary of Rev. Mr. Shewkirk, Moravian Pastor, New York 101
" 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
" 46. Captain Bradford's Account of the Capture of General Lee 146
" 47. General Oliver Wolcott to his Wife 147