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-PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE 
ASSOCIATION 
OF STATEN ISLAND. 
Vou. VIII. No. 5. 
The regular mecting of the Association was 
held at the Staten Island Academy, with the 
president in the chair. 
The committee on re-naming of streets and 
highways made a further report of progress 
and submitted a complete list of all street, 
avenue and road names used on the Island, 
with duplications partially checked off. 
Mr. Frederick E. Partington and Mr. Percy 
R King, New Brighton, were elected active 
members. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis read the following paper 
on 
OLD STATEN ISLAND SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL 
AND LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS : 
We have seen in Mr. Morris’ paper on 
-“*The Tompkins Lyceum,” printed in our 
Proceedings for June gth , 1900, that pro- 
vision was made in the by-laws for a curator 
of natural history, who was to ‘‘have control 
over the arrangement and exhibition of all 
the curiosities and specimens in Natural 
History, presented to or deposited with the 
Lyceum.” The Lyceum flourished in 1842 
and for several succeeding years. 
The following extract from the Richmond 
County Gazette, for June 4th , 1862, shows that 
at least one other attempt was made to estab- 
lish a scientific society on the Island: 
“¢ A Meeting of Gentlemen friendly to the 
organization of a Scientific Association on 
Staten Island, was held at St. Julien Hotel on 
a Saturday, the 31st day of May last ‘of which 
APRIL 13th, 1gor. 
Albert O. Wilcox, Esq., was chosen Chan- 
man, and Doctor T. W. Donovan, Secretary, 
The character and purposes of the Association 
having been explained, and a plan of organi- 
zation submitted, the further consideration of 
the subjeet was postponed, and the following 
resolution adopted : 
Resolved, That this meeting adjourn, to 
meet at the St. Julien Hotel, Tompkinsville, 
on Saturday, the 7th of June next, at 4.30 p. 
m., at which time and place all gentlemen 
friendly to the proposed Association and 
wishing to become members of the same are 
invited to attend.” 
The following notices copied from old 
newspapers show the existence on the Island 
of various other kindred associations : 
‘‘ Public Library Meeting, Ata large and 
respectable meeting of the citizens of Factory- 
ville and its vicinity held at the Shakspeare 
Hotel on Wednesday evening, the 12th inst., 
for the purpose of establishing a Public 
Library, it was Resolved, that this meeting 
vote a general invitation to all those who feel 
friendly to the cause to meet at this house on 
the evening of the 21st inst, at 7 o’clock— 
Resolved, that the meeting adjourn to meet 
on the evening of the 21st inst, at 7 o’clock, 
G W MaArsALt, President- 
N. S. Burger 
D. V. N. Mersereau, 
Factoryville, Feb’y 13th, 1834.” 
Richmond Co. Free Press, Feb’y 29, 1834. 
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