History Of Long Island From Its Discovery And Settlement To The Present Time

Author : Benjamin Franklin Thompson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230400389
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The History of Long Island; from Its Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time. with Many Important and Interesting Matters; Including Otices of N written by Benjamin Franklin Thompson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...entire length from E. to W. is twenty-six miles, and its breadth from N. to S. about sixteen, making its whole area 396 square miles, or 250,000 acres. It is bounded E. by Suffolk county, S. by the ocean, N. by the sound, and W. by Kings 'county, and includes in its civil jurisdiction, Lloyd's Neck, or Queens Village, the islands called the North and South Brother, Hewlett's (or Riker's) Island, and all the other islands in the East River, opposite said bounds, and south of the main channel. This county is subdivided into six municipal corporations or towns, namely: Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, North Hempstead, Hempstead and Oyster Bay. The first conveyance for land obtained from the natives here, was made to the settlers in 1643, and embraced most of the territory included within the original town of Hempstead, where the first county courts were held, as well as several conventions ordered by the governor for the execution of matters, relating to the whole of Long Island, particularly the meeting of delegates from the several towns in March, 1665. The court of sessions in the north riding, was afterwards held at Jamaica, and finally established there by the assembly in 1683. For this purpose a building was erected there in 1684, called the County Hall, which in 1686, was demised to one Richard Cornwell for the term of twenty-one years, on his undertaking to keep the same in repair, and allow the courts of sessions and assize to be held in it. In 1690, this edifice was repaired and somewhat enlarged, but was soon found too small to answer the necessities of the county. After the completion of the new presbyterian church in 1700, the courts were held therein for several years. But in 1708, an act was passed for rebuilding the county hall, ..