The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn / Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS. PART I. #NAME? PAGE CHAPTER I. Significance of the

LIST OF MAPS.

PORTRAITS.

THE CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER I. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAMPAIGN PLANS AND PREPARATIONS.

CHAPTER VI. LOSS OF NEW YORK KIP'S BAY AFFAIR BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS.

CHAPTER VII. WHITE PLAINS FORT WASHINGTON.

CHAPTER VIII. TRENTON PRINCETON CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

RETURNS AND STATEMENTS OF PRISONERS.

1776

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THE MAPS. PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE BROOKLYN DEFENCES.

THE PORTRAITS.

Transcriber's Note: In quoted passages and in the documents in Part II of this e-book, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, hyphenation, and abbreviations have been retained as they appear in the original. In the remainder of the text, obvious printer errors have been corrected, but archaic spellings (e.g., "reconnoissance" for "reconnaissance," "aid" for "aide") have been retained.

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Contents

THE

CAMPAIGN OF 1776

AROUND

NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.

INCLUDING A NEW AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF

THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE
LOSS OF NEW YORK,


WITH A

REVIEW OF EVENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR,

CONTAINING MAPS, PORTRAITS, AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

BY

HENRY P. JOHNSTON.


BROOKLYN, N.Y.:
PUBLISHED BY THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
1878.

Copyright, 1878,
By HENRY P. JOHNSTON,
For the Society.

S.W. GREEN,
PRINTER AND ELECTROTYPER,
16 and 18 Jacob Street,
New York.


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NEW YORK and BROOKLYN WITH THEIR ENVIRONS IN 1776.

Compiled by H.P. JOHNSTON.

Steel Engr. F. von Egloffstein, N.Y.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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