" 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 Caesar 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. 6. FIELD OF THE HARLEM HEIGHTS "AFFAIR." PORTRAITS. 1. JOHN LASHER, COLONEL FIRST NEW YORK CITY BATTALION. 2. EDWARD HAND, COLONEL FIRST CONTINENTAL REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA. 3. JOHN GLOVER, COLONEL FOURTEENTH CONTINENTAL REGIMENT, MASSACHUSETTS. 4. JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON, COLONEL SEVENTEENTH CONTINENTAL REGIMENT, CONNECTICUT. PART I. THE CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER I.