S PROCEEDINGS 
STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE 
ARTS AND SCIENCES 
EDITED BY f 53 | 
Se PHILIP DOWELL { ie A PR 4 $ 
SOS Sie ae CHARLES W: LENG, WILLIAM‘ T- DAVIS © 
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 
CONTENTS 
~The Meeting of the First Legislative Assembly in America. 
Sais . - Howarp_R. Bayne 
~The First Attempt to Settle Staten Island Piet goes Stst SU Ore Ge Grorce W. Tutte 
French Draught of a Pant of Staten Island in the Vicinity of Great Kills. 
Bec Grorce W.. TUTTLE. 
Early Documents Relating to the Manor of Bentley and the Billop House. 
GrorcE W. TuTtLe 
: Ais The Town of Dover upon Staten Island (Abstract by Charles W. Leng). 
Grorce W. Turtie 
aS Sere to Report of Committee on Historical Tablet ..Grorce W. Turtre 
oS Reminiscences of David Mersereau Van Name .....:....... CHARLES W. LENG 
= Drapoun-Oumcy Adams es eo as ala Oe wee JAcop E,. ConNER » 
The Cold Winter of ‘1g17-18 and Its Effect upon Vegetation on Staten Island, 
INN ee Be Wituram T. Davis 
A Second Station for Hybrid Oaks in the Western End of Staten Island. 
BN Witr1am T. Davis 
Mh. Staten Island Whale. 2 Nee ORG aie ee ats WititiamM I. ‘Davis 
Dead Menhaden on the Shore of Staten Island bee er Witit1AmM T. Davis 
“Notes on Staten Island Blacksnakes ................ $a WILLTIAM:22.. DAVIS . 
Records of Flies Belonging to the Family Hippoboscidae . WitttAm TT. Davis 
=A Statemadasland: Bee Treen 8. Aen oie AME Warirtam T,-Diavis - 
Natural History Records from the Meetings: 22... 4.75... WiLiram T.-Davis 
~_Literature Relating to Staten [sland 5 ee eee ee 
Be Records Of MGCLINGS. pec eine se aes i aieinles «oes Se ne RUE ME ES es ee aes 
=o < Annual: Reports: (abiideed)- eae tet eens ue es PENIS ee at 
The John J. Crooke Fund ....... Bete Arras See Sa Wao ee er 
- Issued August 29, 1922 
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