Literature Relating to Staten Island 21 



Old Pamphlet, Just Found, Tells of Burning of Quarantine 



BY Citizens^^ 



This is an unsigned article, under the above heading, based upon 

 literature and old pictures and posters in the museum of the 

 Association, which were borrowed for the purpose. It begins 

 with the statement ; " A small pamphlet declared to be the only 

 authentic history in existence of the burning of the old Quaran- 

 tine station at Tompkinsville, S. I., in September, 1858, . , . was 

 found last week among numerous aged documents which for years 

 have been in the possession of the Staten Island Association of 

 Arts and Sciences, etc., etc." 



The " aged document " was a copy of the Proceedings of the 

 Natural Science Association of Staten Island, Special No. 

 16, Oct. 1893,^^ and the information gleaned from this was embel- 

 lished by photographs of two old posters calling meetings of the 

 citizens, and one of a woodcut from Frank Leslie's Illustrated 

 Newspaper showing the Quarantine buildings on fire. 



It has been very amusing to hear the comments of more than one 

 resident of Staten Island in regard to this article and to note their 

 surprise when informed that the original material upon which it 

 was based, and much more in addition relating to the burning of 

 the Quarantine, could be seen and studied by anyone who cared 

 to visit the Museum. 



A. H. 

 Baltimore & Ohio Employes Magazine^* 



This is an octavo publication of 112 pages, profusely illustrated. 

 In this number most of the articles are concerned with Staten 

 Island, and they are either historical reminiscences or descriptions 

 of present day conditions. " The Story of Railroad Development 

 on Staten Island " by S. P. Kretzer, gives a brief resume of the 



12 New York Herald, March 8, 1914. 



13 " The Old Quarantine : Its Destruction and the Causes which Led to 

 It," by Dr. F. Hollick. 



"B. & O. Employes Mag., Vol. 2, No. 8 (Staten Island Number), May 

 1914. 



