Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Peasley” in article pos=8 of The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1864., [Electronic resource]:
...ook place about half-past 11 o'clock on Saturday night proceeded from the partial burning of a framed building on Seventeenth street, in the occupancy of William Jones, formerly of the firm of Brown, Peasley & Co. Before the arrival of the fire engines, the flames were extinguished by persons in the neighborhood, with the assistance of Lieutenant Baptist, of the night police.
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