Back of the court house, one hundred and forty feet west of the West Diamond, and running parallel with it, was an alley, now called Delray Street. On the westerly side of this alley, a short distance south of Diamond Alley, was the new square two-story stone county jail. It was erected on a lot purchased by Allegheny County in 1793, and was completed at the same time as the court house. The building was surrounded by a stone wall, the entire lot being enclosed by a high board fence.
Immediately in the rear of the court house, at the southwest corner of the West Diamond and Diamond Alley, was the tavern of John Reed at the “Sign of the Waggon.” Here the Allegheny County courts held a few sessions, during the interval between the time of leaving William Irwin’s house, and the completion of the court house.[268] At the northeast corner of Market Street and the North Diamond, was the tavern of Thomas Ferree at the “Sign of the Black Bear.” Directly across Market Street in the new brick building, was the boot and shoemaking establishment of John and Alexander Wills.[269] On the same side of the street, the second door south of Fifth Street, was James Yeaman’s brick building, in which he conducted his bakery and brewery.[270]
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[233] Thomas Lloyd. The Trial of Alexander Addison, Esq., Lancaster, 1803, pp. 1–168.
[234] William Hamilton. Report of the Trial and Acquittal of Edward Shippen, Chief Justice, and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith, Assistant Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on an Impeachment before the Senate of the Commonwealth, January, 1805, Lancaster, pp. 1–587.
[235] The Commonwealth, August 28, 1805.
[236] The Commonwealth, December 25, 1805.
[237] Onward Bates. Bates et al. of Virginia and Missouri, Chicago, 1914, p. 45.
[238] Onward Bates. Bates et al. of Virginia and Missouri, Chicago, 1914, pp. 43–52.
[239] The Commonwealth, January 8, 1806.