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CEEDINGS above mentioned. These quotations are therefore now 
verified by the original records.° 
A French map of the Guyon property including Great Kills and 
vicinity, found among papers dated 1676, shows two villages, one 
of which is New Dorp and the other is apparently Stony Brook.® 
In a paper on “The town of Dover upon Staten Island” read 
before the Section of Historical Research of the Association at its 
annual meeting in 1918, the writer gives his reasons for believing 
that Old Town, the political center in 1664 and for some years 
afterward, and where courts were held during this time, gave place 
to Stony Brook as the political center (probably not earlier than 
1670), as the consequence of the coming of many new settlers, 
who took up lands to the south and west of the ancient village. 
Number 17, p: 27, of the Historical Tablet Report (Proce: 
STATEN Is, Assoc. v. 6) should be dated Sep. 16, 1652, instead 
of July 7, 1645, as printed. 
It is due to E. C. Delavan, Esq., to say that he first called in 
question the accuracy of a number of the dates and events entered 
upon the historical tablet in the Borough Hall and was instru- 
mental in bringing about the investigation and report to the Asso- 
ciation which followed. 
5 Records of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas 1710-1743, at 
Richmond County Court House, New Brighton. 
6 Land Papers 1: 99. A copy of the map is in the possession of the In- 
stitute. 
