io8 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



On the map is a picture of the Sailors' Snug Harbor buildings, viewed 

 from Richmond Terrace. 



Mr. Davis also presented two old powder flasks, one of copper, machine 

 made, the other a flattened, polished horn with wooden stopper, apparently 

 hand made, and exhibited a third one, made from a natural horn on which 



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is cut the inscription " D. L. [Daniel Lake] March 20th, 1802." 



Mr. Davis also presented a large copper George Washington button, 



with " G.W." in the center and " Long live the President " around the 



margin. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



. Regular Meeting, November 20, 191 5 



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 fourteen persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October 15, 1915, were read and approved. 



Mr. Bayne reported upon a meeting held during the afternoon (Novem- 

 ber 20) at " Lake Sylvia," New Dorp, on invitation tendered to the mem- 

 bers of the Association by Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff. About thirty-five per- 

 sons were present. Refreshments were served in a tent erected for the 

 purpose and addresses were delivered by Mr. Kolff, Mr. Bayne, Mr. John 

 Martin, Dr. Mary W. Green, and Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



The secretary stated that he had received a request from the office of 

 the Borough President for suggestions in regard to suitable names for 

 streets and roads on the island to replace those that are duplicated and 

 for those which may hereafter be laid out. 



The president requested Mr. William T. Davis, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on duplication of street names, appointed February ig, 191S, to fake 

 the matter up with the proper borough officials. 



Announced Program 



The following subjects were presented by members of the Section of 

 Historical Research : 



1. The secretary exhibited a copy of the first edition of the Richmond 

 County Register, issued in 1862 by Henry E. Tudor, and read a paper by 

 Mr. Ira K. Morris in connection with it. (See this issue, p. 'J2..') 



2. The secretary also read in abstract the following papers by Mr. 

 Morris, compiled from letters and publications in the possession of the 

 New York Historical Society: Extracts from the Letter-Book of Captain 

 Alexander McDonald of the Royal Highland Emigrants, 1775-1779, and 

 Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant John Charles Philip von Krafft, 

 1776-1784, in each of which are numerous references to British and Ameri- 

 can activities on Sfaten Island during the period of the Revolution. (See 

 this issue, p. 79 and 92.) 



