The Battle of Long Island: A Bird's Eye View exhibition maps and drawings

Other maps

Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776 (Rev.War-1776(1976).Fl)

[Map of Brooklyn during the Battle of Long Island] (Rev. War-[1776] (18--?).Fl c.2)

Plan of the Battle of Long Island and of the Brooklyn defences, August 27th, 1776 (Rev. War-1776 (18--?)c.Fl)

Primary sources

Samuel John Atlee journal on the Battle of Long Island, 1776 (1973.090)

Ezra Stiles diary extracts on the Battle of Long Island, 1776 (1973.291)

John Sands papers, 1728 – 1776 (1974.064)

John Hancock letter, 1776 (1977.095)

[Issues dealing with the Battle of Long Island and the Declaration of Independance] (E211 .I55 1776)

Secondary sources

Oliver Starr St. John lecture notes on the Battle of Long Island, 1864 (1973.286)

Battle of Long Island, Maryland soldiers memorial collection, 1869 – 1957 (1973.232)

Revolutionary incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties : with an account of the Battle of Long Island and the British prisons and prison-ships at New York (E263.N6 O56 1970)

The heroes of the American revolution and their descendants : Battle of Long Island (E241.L8 W6 1897)

The battle of Long Island : from a discourse delivered before the New York Historical Society (E241.L8 W37 1839)

An historical sketch of the city of Brooklyn, and the surrounding neighborhood : including the village of Williamsburgh, and the towns of Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, New Utrecht, and Gravesend : to which is added an interesting account of the battle of Long Island (Reference desk - F129.B7 H579 1840 c.2)

Auto trip through historic Brooklyn : many points of Revolutionary interest may be visited in afternoon journey : monuments and tablets tell of Battle of Long Island (Folio F129.B7 D58 1926)

Photographs and prints

Rev. William Ten Eyck Adams lantern slide collection on the Battle of Long Island, circa 1901 (V1974.026)

Brooklyn slide collection, 1963 – 1978 (V1984.001) (includes images of American Revolution and Battle of Long Island sites)

Battle of Long Island print, circa 1976 (2001.044)

Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island lantern slide collection, circa 1870 to circa 1910 (ARC.195) (includes copies of drawings depicting the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War)

Anniversary materials

Battle of Long Island 200th anniversary proclamations, 1976 (ARC.071)

Battle of Long Island 175th anniversary proclamation, 1951 (1977.356)

Dedication of monument and altar to liberty on Battle Hill, Greenwood Cemetery, August 27, 1920 : 144th anniversary of the Battle of Long Island - the first battle of the nation - fought August 27, 1776 : programme of ceremonies (E241.L8 K56 1920 c.2)

175th anniversary of the "Battle of Long Island" (E241.L8 S55 1951 Non-circulating )

Fiction

Burton; or, The sieges. A romance. (PZ3.I64 B87 1838)