Excerpt from The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2: Including an Account of the Late War, and of the Thirteen Colonies, From Their Origin to That Period Lord Howe arrives Off staten-island, and sends a letter to George Washington, esq. P. 94. General Howe lands the royal army on long-island, p. 977-surprises and defeats the Americans, p. 98. The Americans conclude Upon evacuating the island, p. 101. The wretched state of the armies under generals Washington and Gates, p. 104. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.