ADVERTISEMENT. In the course of the year there will, probably, be published a second volume, entitled, the Revolutionary Incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties, with an extended account of the Battle of Brooklyn, the prison 'ships at the Walleboght, the whale boat warfare, and the illicit trade in Long Island Sound. Any information will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged. INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS OF QUEENS COUNTY; WITH CONNECTING NARRATIVES, EXPLANATORY BY HENRY ONDERDONK, JR. Posterity delights in details."-J. Q. ADAMS. NEW-YORK: LEAVITT, TROW AND COMPANY, 194 BROADWAY. TO THE INHABITANTS OF QUEENS COUNTY, DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO LIVED HERE DURING THE STORMY PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, THIS ATTEMPT TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION THE HISTORY OF THE OPINIONS, DEEDS, AND SUFFERINGS, OF OUR COMMON ANCESTRY, Es respectfully Enscribed, BY THEIR FELLOW.CITIZEN. |