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| | Frontiersmen of New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | In the summer of 1772, while the court house was being erected, Gov. Tryon and his wife visited Sir William Johnson at Johnson hall, enjoying not only the novel scenery of the vicinity, but also that along the Kennyetto and Sacondaga, upon which streams his summer cottages were located. |
 | | The new court house was completed, and the first court held in it was a "Court of Quarter Sessions," convened September 8, 1772. |
 | | This old colonial court house has undergone some important changes within a few years, and now the entrance is directly into the court room from the front door, but originally from the little hall running across the front, the passage was on either side next to the walls, along which the aisles were arranged. |
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