Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. " ... to be had of Mess. Wallis and Stonehouse, Booksellers ..." Highlight coloring of red for British troops and green for American. Includes "References to the battle on Long Island" and text in lower margin, "An account of the taking of the city of New York, by His Majesty's forces, on the 15th of September, 1776. Taken from Gen. Howe's letter to Lord George Germaine ..." This is the 4th of 5 states. It includes both map and text in a mature form. The 2nd issue includes military information only through Aug. 27, but here it extends to Sept. 15, the day the British army occupied New York. Thomas W. Streeter's ms. notations in pencil: "This is the rare 4th issue describes by Stokes ... with the text describing the taking of New York on Sept. 15th 1776."