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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 35 |
| 1877 | 17 |
| 1878 | 53 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 15 |
| 1884 | 7 |
| 1885 | 22 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 25 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 46 |
| 1892 | 83 |
| 1893 | 68 |
| 1894 | 60 |
| 1895 | 84 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 19 |
| 1910 | 3 |
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| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
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| 1925 | 1 |
5 stories matching debt
- The Deserted Crew of the Bark Northwest
Thirteen mariners sue for back wages and passage home after their vessel’s voyage abruptly ends at Port Madison.
- Abandoned at the Docks: The Crew of the Bark Northwest Sues for Wages
Thirteen mariners, stranded in Seattle after their voyage to Port Madison, take their employer to court to recover months of unpaid labor.
- The Captain in the Counting House
A legal firestorm over whether a retired U.S. Army officer can serve as King County Treasurer.
- A Frontier Homestead Lost to Debt
When a small-scale farm on the outskirts of 1880 Seattle becomes a casualty of high-interest credit, the Sheriff moves in to settle the accounts.
- The Sawmill Scandal: Henry Yesler’s Long Legal War
Before the city grew, Seattle’s founding titan was locked in a decade-long, bitter courtroom battle over his sawmill, revealing the ruthless undercurrents of the frontier economy.