VOL. VI 



October 191^-January 1916 Parti, p. 67-11 1 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



EDITED BY 



PHILIP DOWELL 

 ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



CONTENTS 



Additional Notes on the Silver Lake Basin .... ... Arthur Hollick 67 



Housman's Cave Arthur Hollick 69 



The First Business Directory of Staten Island Ira K. Morris 72 



Extracts From the Letter-Book of Captain Alexander McDonald of the Royal 



Highland Emigrants, 1775-1779 ... Ira K. Morris 79 



Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant John Charles Philip von Krafft, 1 776-1 784 



Ira K. Morris 92 



An Interesting Old Publication Arthur Hollick 100 



Records of Meetings 107 



[Issued May 9, 1917] 



Staten Island, N. Y. 



Press of The New Era Printing Companv 



L.ANC ASTER, Pa. 



