2 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 



At the regular meeting of the Association held on January 17, 

 1914, the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, that in view of recent additional information having 

 been received in regard to certain local historical events the presi- 

 dent be and is hereby authorized and requested to appoint a com- 

 mittee, of which he shall be a member, to investigate and report 

 upon the accuracy of all dates and events entered upon the his- 

 torical tablet in the Borough Hall in accordance with the report of 

 the committee of the Association as printed in the Proceedings, 

 vol. I, p. 83, November, 1906. 



The president appointed as members of the committee Edward 

 C. Delavan, Jr., chairman, Ira K. Morris, and William T. Davis. 

 Mr. Delavan and Mr. Morris declined to serve and George W. 

 Tuttle and Charles G. Hine were subsequently appointed in their 

 places. 



Messrs. Delavan and Morris, on account of their large contri- 

 butions to Staten Island history, were invited to give the com- 

 mittee the benefit of their researches on the historical dates and 

 events under consideration. Mr. Delavan met the committee and 

 greatly aided it in its work. We beg to acknowledge our in- 

 debtedness to him. Mr. Morris was unable to meet with the 

 committee at any of its sessions. 



The committee has given careful attention to the historical 

 matters referred to it, and reports as follows : 



Under date of May 14, 1906, Hon. George Cromwell, president 

 of the borough, wrote to the president of the Association, invit- 

 ing the Association to make suggestions for the inscriptions on 

 the then proposed historical tablet to be installed in the Borough 

 Hall, and stating that "any suggestions on the subject from your 

 society will be highly appreciated." To this letter the president 

 of the Association replied, under date of May 15, that he would 

 take pleasure in appointing a committee who would thereafter 

 communicate with the borough president directly on the subject. 



At the regular meeting of the Association on May 19, 1906, the 



