NOTES from the author: 

In the preparation of the history of the town of Hempstead articles were
contributed as follows: 

On the village of Pearsalls (pages 166, 167), by Miss Ellie F. Pearsall; 
"Jerusalem" neighborhood (pages 15 7-162), by Edward H. Seaman; 
St. George’s church Hempstead village (pages 174-178), by Rev. W.H. Moore, D.D., 
who also furnished the accompanying cuts; 
the church institutions at Garden City, by Rev. T.S. Drowne, D.D.; 

Seaford, New Bridge, Bellmore and Smithville South (pages 169-171), by Thomas D. Smith; 
and Rockville Centre and East Rockaway (pages 163-166, 170, by John Rhodes and Oliver Denton.

The very valuable early history of the town of North Hempstead (pages 409-412) 
was contributed by H.G. Onderdonk, of Manhasset, to whom the publishers
are also indebted for other assistance. 

The history of the Methodist Episcopal churches of this town was written by 
Rev. E. Warriner, from a portion of the material which he has for years been collecting 
for his forthcoming "Cyclopedia of Long Island Methodism." The value of these articles 
and the amount of research involved in their preparation will be recognized by all readers. 

The section on the agriculture of North Hempstead (pages 416, 417) is by Benjamin D. Hicks, 
and we are indebted to that gentleman for other favors.

The account of journalism in the town was furnished by H.W. Eastman; 
that of the schools by Commissioner C.E. Surdam; 
that of the Roslyn mills by Walter Hicks;
and notes on Port Washington and the oyster business by Warren Weeks. 

Histories of the religious institutions of the town, other than the M.E. churches above
mentioned, were contributed as follows: 
Christ church Manhasset, Rev. J.E. Homans; 
Westbury union Sunday-school, Miss Henrietta Titus; 
Reformed church of Manhasset (in part), Warren Mitchell; 
Trinity church Roslyn, Rev. William C. Brush; 
St. Aloysius church, Great Neck, Rev. E.J. Smith; 
Roman Catholic church at Roslyn, Rev. M.C. Brennan; 
Roslyn Presbyterian church, J. Browne jr.;
Baptist church of Port Washington, James E. Bird.

Contributions to the history of the town of Oyster Bay were, made as follows:
Sea Cliff (page 529) Rev. W.H. De Puy, D.D.; 
agriculture (pages 487, 488), Daniel K. Youngs; 
Odd Fellows’ lodge, Glen Cove (page 520), W.M. Peck; 
Syosset (pages 547, 548), O.D. Burtis; 
Glen Cove and Matinecock (pages 505-525), J.T. Bowne; 
Hicksville (page 549), John F. Heitz; 

churches of Oyster Bay village-  
Episcopal Rev. W.M. Geer, 
Baptist Rev. C.S. Wightman, 
Presbyterian Rev. A.G. Russell, 
Methodist Episcopal William Ludlam; 

churches of Glen Cove- 
Presbyterian Rev. T.S. Bradner, 
Methodist Episcopal Rev. J.S. Gilder, 
Protestant Episcopal Rev. J.C. Middleton; 
Brookville Reformed church, Rev. J.H. Davis;
Locust Valley Reformed church, Rev. A. De W. Mason; 
East Norwich M.E. church, H.H. Frost; 
Jones Institute, Walter Franklin. 

The author of the history of this town would acknowledge the kind assistance given 
in its preparation by the town clerk, John N. Remsen, and by Miss Letitia Townsend; 
many facts in the early history of the town were taken by permission from the 
"Townsend Memorial."

Other acknowledgments are made in different parts of the history itself.

So much time is necessarily consumed in preparing and printing a work of the
magnitude of this that the parts first done may not in all cases embody the
latest information, as, for example, in giving a list of the pastors of a church
or the officers of an organization or a town; this would be inevitable at
whatever time the volume might be issued. Thus: while the supervisors are the
same in several towns as in 1881, the present supervisor 
of Newtown is Thomas F. McGowan; 
of North Hempstead, Jacob Powell; 
of Hempstead, Martin V. Wood.

While some unimportant errors may perhaps be found amid the multitude of details 
entering into the composition of a work of this character, the publishers yet 
present this result of many months’ labor as a reliable and, orderly narrative of 
all the events in the history of Queens county of sufficient importance to merit 
such record.

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