Content:
Whitman probably wrote these notes about Long Island's geographical
dimensions and aboriginal name in the course of preparing material for
"Brooklyniana; A Series of Local
Articles, on Past and Present," which was published in the
Brooklyn Standard
between June 3, 1861 and November 1,
1862. Some of the information and phrases contained in this
manuscript were included in the thirteenth installment, which appeared
on March 1, 1862.