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2 stories matching acquisit
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:acquit, acquir, acquitt, acquiesc, exquisit, inquisit
- The Great Migration to the Pacific Northwest
An old pioneer of the Washington Territory returns from Iowa, leading a massive train of hundreds of wagons toward the growing settlements of the Puget Sound.
- The Social Duty of Wealth in 1878 Seattle
A local editor challenges a wealthy property owner who claimed he owed nothing to the community that built his fortune.