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Long Island Books and Documents

The Long Island Books and Documents Collection includes digitized documents and books about Long Island from Special Collections at Stony Brook University Libraries. Highlights include two American Revolutionary War-era letters authored by George Washington that document spy activities in Setauket, New York during 1779 and 1780.

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19th century American carriages : their manufacture, decoration, and use.

Museums at Stony Brook.

1987
The Evolution of Long Island; a story of land and sea.

Ralph Henry. Gabriel

1921
Malverne, Long Island

Amsterdam Development & Sales Company.

circa 1920
Belle Terre: home of the Belle Terre Club, Port Jefferson, Long Island

Belle Terre Estates Inc.

1920
Belle-Terre, `The Tuxedo of Long Island`

Port Jefferson Company New York

1920
The Ferry Road on Long Island

Eugene L. Armbruster

1919
The Geology of Long Island, New York.

Myron L. Fuller

1914
Stone House at Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. Stirling's headquarters, Cornwallis's redoubt, occupied by Washington. Colonial residence of Dutch architecture. Built by Nicholas Vechte, 1699.

Georgia Fraser

1909
The history of the town of Flatbush in Kings County, Long-Island.

Thomas M. (Thomas Morris) Strong

1908-09
Cyclists’ paradise :a guide for cyclists with an accurate map showing the roads and cycle paths of Long Island : with notes, suggestions, runs, hotels and time tables sufficient to enable any one to `lay out a trip` intelligently.

Long Island Railroad Co.

1899
Hale-site

George Taylor

1897