. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . and southerly of the main channel. The courts of thecounty were originally holden for the most part at Hempstead, atwhich place the governor on various occasions ordered meetings of thedelegates from the different towns. By the act of the Assembly in1683, by which the counties and towns upon Long Island
. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . and southerly of the main channel. The courts of thecounty were originally holden for the most part at Hempstead, atwhich place the governor on various occasions ordered meetings of thedelegates from the different towns. By the act of the Assembly in1683, by which the counties and towns upon Long Island were organ-ized and established, the county courts were required thereafter to beheld at the village of Jamaica. They were held there for about sevenyears in the old stone church which stood in the middle of the presentFulton street, opposite Union Hall street. In the year 1090, a court-house and jail were erected upon the site now occupied by the femaleacademy, and continued to be used for the purpose of holding the QUEENS COUNTY. 291 courts of the county until the present courthouse was built upon thenorth side of Hempstead plains, in the town of North Hempstead, inthe year 17S8. The county is divided into 6 towns : Flushing, Jamaica, Newtown, Hempstead, Nortli Hempstead, Oyster Central part of Jamaica Village, Long Island. The village of Jamaica is a beautiful place. It is located upon theLong Island railroad, 13 miles from New Yqrk, also upon the greatthoroughfare from Brooklyn to the east end of Long Island, and en-joys every desirable facility of ijitercovirse with the surrounding coun-try. Here are concentrated the different roads leading to Brooklyn,Williamsburg, Rockaway, Flushing, Jericho, and Hempstead. Thisvillage was made the seat of justice for the north-riding of Yorkshire,at its organization in 1665 ; and so continued after the division of LongIsland into counties in 1683, until the erection of the courthouse onHempstead plains in 1788. The offices of surr
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