Supplement to the Report of the Committee Appointed to In- 
vestigate and Report upon the Accuracy of All Dates and 
Events Entered upon the Historical Tablet in the Borough 
Hall + 
Georce W. Tuttle 
Since the above-mentioned report was presented, much addi- 
tional evidence has been found concerning the eighth and ninth 
events inscribed upon the historical tablet in the Borough Hall: 
“1683, Court House erected at Stony Brook (County Seat)”; and 
“1729, County Seat changed to Richmond and second court house 
* jorotth,” 
It is believed that this evidence should be brought to the atten- 
tion of the Institute and put on record; consequently it is presented 
herewith. 
After the English conquest in 1664 Staten Island was included 
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a district laid out by Governor 
Nicolls soon after the conquest, to correspond with similar dis- 
tricts in England. The Court of Sessions for this district was 
held in Gravesend, Long Island; and Staten Island together with 
the other communities in the riding were taxed in 1668 for the 
building of a sessions house at Gravesend. (See Proc. STATEN 
IS, ASSOC, 8 5A, 52. si@e Ole, ion.) 
The General Court of Assizes on the 13th of Oct. 1675 ordered, 
“That by reason of the seperacon by water Staten Island shall 
have jurisdiction of its selfe, and to have noe further dependence 
on the Courts of Long Island nor on their Militia.” ? 
This independence does not appear to have been complete, how- 
ever, for from 1677 to 1683 the Constable of Staten Island was 
1 Read at a meeting of the Section of Historical Research April 19, 1920. 
See Proc. STaTEN Is. Assoc. v. 6, pt. 1, Oct. 1915. 
2 Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York 1 (1675- 
©) § Zp IN, SZ TOR, 
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