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A paper on the history of this bank, by Mr. Ira K. Morris, was read at 

 a meeting of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island held on 

 January 12, 1895,^ on which occasion this same note was exhibited, having 

 been loaned to Mr. Morris by Mr. Charles H. Ingalls, at that time president 

 of the First National Bank of Staten Island. From Mr. Morris's paper 

 the following is quoted: "It came into his [Mr. Ingalls's] possession in a 

 peculiar manner. An old lady, a resident of Staten Island, heard that the 

 bank with which Mr. Ingalls is connected had commenced operations and 

 she wrote to him to ask if he proposed to redeem the notes of the old 

 bank. Mr. Ingalls wrote her that it was not the intention of the newly 

 organized bank to redeem the notes of the old one; but that it would 

 gladly buy this one at its face value, and he, therefore, gave her two dollars 

 for the relic." The note now comes into our permanent possession through 

 the grandson of Mr. Charles H. Ingalls who loaned it for our inspection 

 about twenty years ago. 



Mr. William T. Davis presented and read a series of comments upon a 

 collection of old engravings and woodcuts relating to Staten Island and 

 vicinity. (See this issue, p. 55.) 



Mr. Charles M. Shipman exhibited and discussed specimens of Equi- 

 setuni arvense L., found growing in sandy soil at Rossville, with vertical 

 rootstocks five feet and more in length, apparently representing an effort 

 of the plants to reach downward through the dry surface soil to under- 

 lying moisture. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner presented an Indian stone axe, from Mariners' 

 Harbor, donated by Mr. Harold Nichols. 



Announced Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick read a paper, illustrated by specimens and lantern 

 slides, on Some Botanical and Geological Features of the Silver Lake 

 Basin. (See this issue, p. 60.) 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, November 21, 1914 



The meeting was held in the assembly, hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-six persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October 17, 1914, were read and approved. 



The president referred to the social meeting held during the afternoon 

 at Harbor View, on invitation of Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff, and expressed, 

 on behalf of the Association, the pleasure experienced by all who attended 

 the function. 



The secretary read the following duly announced proposed amendment 

 to section 2 of by-law I : 



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