. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. The STONE HOUSEAT GOWANUS Scene of the Battle of Long Island. Stirling^Headquarters, Comwalliss Redoubt, Occupiedby Washington. Colonial Residence of DutchJirchitecture. Built by Nicholas Vechte, 1699 By GEORGIA FRASER. WITTER Publishers, and KINTNERNew York, 1909 COPYRIGHT, 1909 BY Witter and Kintner CONTENTS PAGE Prefatory Note 13 CHAPTER ONE First Settlement at Gowanus 23 CHAPTER TWO The Stone House in 1699 35 CHAPTER THREE Military Works on Long Island 53 CHAPTER FOUR American Troops on Long Island 67 CHAPTER FIVE The Stone
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. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. The STONE HOUSEAT GOWANUS Scene of the Battle of Long Island. Stirling^Headquarters, Comwalliss Redoubt, Occupiedby Washington. Colonial Residence of DutchJirchitecture. Built by Nicholas Vechte, 1699 By GEORGIA FRASER. WITTER Publishers, and KINTNERNew York, 1909 COPYRIGHT, 1909 BY Witter and Kintner CONTENTS PAGE Prefatory Note 13 CHAPTER ONE First Settlement at Gowanus 23 CHAPTER TWO The Stone House in 1699 35 CHAPTER THREE Military Works on Long Island 53 CHAPTER FOUR American Troops on Long Island 67 CHAPTER FIVE The Stone House as a Redoubt 75 CHAPTER SIX The Battle of Long Island 95 CHAPTER SEVEN The Retreat from Long Island 109 CHAPTER EIGHTThe British on Long Island 117 CHAPTER NINEAfter the Revolution 123 CHAPTER TENPresent Scene of the Battle 137 Notes, 1699-1909 153 CONSTANTLY PURSUING THAT ARRANT THIEF, OBLIVION, AS HE STEALS INTO INFINITE DARKNESSWITH THE PRICELESS HISTORIES OF OUR LAND, THEANTIQUARY HASTENS TO SNATCH SOME OF THEFLEETING MEMORIALS FROM HIS HANDS —FIELD. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPSThe House and Battlefield Frontispiece PAGE Colonial Silver 19 Copper Tea Kettle 20 Colonial Dressing Case 21 Prints of the Stone House 39 Map of Old Gowanus 46 Portrait of Lord Stirling 57 Militar