1821 Susquehanna Democrat

The Susquehanna Democrat 1821 Published on Friday Evening, Wilkesbarre, PA By Samuel MAFFET & Charles STEUART, Main Street 5 January 1821 Pennsylvania Legislature: Petition from the town of Montrose, praying that an act may be passed erecting that town in to a borough. A bill was later reported. Agency of the Philadelphia Bank, Wilkesbarre, Jan.…

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1819 Susquehanna Democrat

The Susquehanna Democrat 1819 Published on Friday Evening, Wilkesbarre, PA By Samuel MAFFET, Main Street 1 January 1819 Navigation of the Susquehanna River (p. 3) …On the 9th March 1771, an act was passed declaring this river a public highway, as far down as WRIGHT’S Ferry… A supplement passed 31 March 1785 declared the Susquehanna…

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1818 Susquehanna Democrat

Susquehanna Democrat 1818 Published on Friday Evening, Wilkesbarre, PA By Samuel MAFFET, Main Street 2 January 1818 Coshecton and Great Bend Turnpike Stockholders Annual Election of Officers to be held the first Monday of January next, at the house of Charles DRAKE, in Damascus. Nathan SKINNER, Sec. Estate of Peter GOULD, late of Plymouth, Luzerne…

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