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Friday, November 28, 2008.
Sunday, December 14, 2008. On the northeast corner of Market and River streets was a tavern owned by Thomas Wright and kept by Mr. On the northeast corner of Market and River streets was the residence of Rozet and Doyle. Rozet had a daughter, Janet, who had red hair. Rozet and Doyle gave place to Joseph and Jacob Sinton in 1803 - 1804. The next building was the printing office of the Luzerne Federalist, published by Charles Miner. Next was the residence of Peleg Tracy.
Saturday, February 7, 2009. Above Northampton came the Presbyterian Church, built 1830, which now houses the Osterhaut Free Library. Then came the Miner house, where now the Westmoreland Club now stands. Next was Collins and Jewett. Next to him lived Judge Garrick Mallery, later the site of the Wilkes-Barre Institute.
Saturday, December 13, 2008.
Saturday, December 13, 2008.
Sunday, December 7, 2008. Captain Zebulon Butler lived on the southeast corner of Northampton and River streets, directly in front of the old Ferry landing. Here Colonel Ethan Allen was entertained in 1786. In this house Luzerne County was organized, its courts established, and its officials inducted into office by Colonel Timothy Pickering. Lord Butler, son of Zebulon appointed the first Postmaster of Wilkes-Barre in 1794, kept the office here. Then came the house built in 1803 by .