PROCEEDINGS 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



Vol. VI 



October 191 5 



Part I, p. 1-66 



Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate and Report 



Upon the Accuracy of All Dates and Events Entered Upon 



the Historical Tablet in the Borough HalP 



Contents 



Page 



Report of the committee 2 



References to authorities for statements made in the report 20 



Appendix 24 



List of important events discussed in the report, with extracts 



from documents relating thereto 24 



I. Discovery of Staten Island by Henry Hudson 24 



n. The settlement of Old Town, the establishment of local 



government, and incidents leading up to those events 25 



HI. Erection of the first church on Staten Island 43 



IV. Fresh Kills settled by French Huguenots 49 



V. Dutch government supplanted by English 50 



VI. Staten Island separated from New Jersey 51 



VII. Courthouse erected at Stony Brook 54 



VIII. County seat changed to Richmond and second court- 

 house built 57 



IX. Rebuilding of British forts by the Americans 60 



List of authorities and publications cited and consulted with places 



where they may be found 62 



1 Presented at the meeting of the Association May 21, 1915. See Proc. 

 Staten Is. Assoc. 5: 116. Oct. 1914-May 1915. 



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