Literature Relating to Staten Island 
Cuase SURVEYING FoR TITLE EXAMINATION, by Edwin P. Clark, 
Brooklyn, Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 1921. 
The purpose of this brochure of 90 pages is to point out by 
numerous illustrations and legal citations the difficulty of recon- 
ciling the data of old deeds, etc., with the physical conditions 
found by the surveyor. The varying standards of measurement, 
the lack of definition of the highways, the errors of former map- 
makers and surveyors, the variations of the magnetic needle, etc., 
as affecting the accuracy of the data, are dealt with in detail. 
Specific references to Staten Island in connection with Philip 
Welles, E. Duxbury, and “ Howards, S. I.,” occur on pages 42 
and 43. While the bulk of the references do not relate to Staten 
Island, the subject matter is of the greatest interest to Staten 
Islanders interested in the interpretation of old documents in 
historical research as well as in title examination. 
M. & M. Exposition 1922 AUSPICES OF THE Port RICHMOND 
BoARD OF TRADE. 
A pamphlet containing a “Short History of Staten Island,” 
remarkable for the number of errors. The date of Hudson's 
arrival is given as December 1609, instead of September ; the date 
of the British conquest is given as 1661 instead of 1664; and many 
other equally glaring errors follow. 
WomeEN oF NEw YorK STATE IN THE REVOLUTION, by Amelia 
~ Day Campbell, an article in the Quarterly Journal of the New 
York State Historical Association, July 1922, contains a reference 
on p. 161 to Margaret Moncrieffe, and p. 167 the following: 
“Charity Mersereau, wife of Colonel Jacob Mersereau, both of 
whom were patriotic residents of Staten Island, even though the 
island had the reputation of being a ‘nest of Tories,’ has been 
made a patron saint of the Charity Mersereau Chapter, the charter 
members of which are all Mersereau descendants.” 
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