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document and remarked that he thought of offering it to the Buffalo 

 Museum. I at once suggested that Aaron Burr was probably more prom- 

 inently identified with Staten Island than he was with Buffalo, and that 

 it would be a welcome and valued addition to our local historical relics. 



The note was evidently made and signed by Aaron Burr and the ac- 

 knowledgment of receipt by John L. Tillinghast. The indorsement appears 

 also to be in Burr's handwriting, but may have been by someone else. 



The special event of local interest in connection with Aaron Burr V\'as 

 his death, on September 14, 1836, in the old Continental Hotel at Port 

 Richmond, an account of which, by Ira K. Morris, may be found in the 

 Staten Islander for September 3, 1910. 



Dr. Hollick also exhibited and commented upon a collection of quartz 

 crystals, from the limonite deposits on Todt Hill, recently collected and 

 presented to the association by Mr. Bradish J. Carroll. 



Mr. L. W. Freeman exhibited and presented a peculiar perforated stone, 

 apparently an artifact, found about four feet below the surface in un- 

 disturbed sand, in an excavation made for a sewer basin on Richmond 

 Avenue, Arrochar. 



Mr. P'reeman also exhibited and presented two arrow points, collected at 

 Mariners Harbor. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, November 19, 1910 



The meeting was held in the Museum, Borough Hall, New Brighton, 

 President Howard R. Bayne in the chair, and about ninety persons present. 



On motion the reading of the minutes of the meeting of October 15, 

 1910, and the transaction of business were dispensed with. 



Scientific Program 



The program for the- evening was arranged by the Section of Biology. 



President Howard R. Bayne introduced the speaker of the evening, Pro- 

 fessor Henry E. Crampton, of Columbia University, who delivered a lec- 

 ture on Volcanos and Their History in the South Seas. 



The lecture was illustrated with stereopticon views provided by the 

 lecturer and projected by means of a stereopticon under the management 

 of Mr. Charles A. Ingalls. 



On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Professor Crampton for 

 his courtesy in delivering the lecture, and to Mr. Ingalls for the use of and 

 management of the stereopticon. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, December 17, 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum, Borough Hall, New Brighton, 

 President Howard R. Bayne in the chair, and about thirty persons present. 



The minutes of the meetings of October 15 and November 19, 1910, 

 were read and approved. 



