Word: quart
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Commission. Dec. 12, 188. (b) a temporary increase is followed by a steady decrease in prices. Polit. Sci. Quart...
...recent excavation of the "Harvard Furnishing Store." an iron pot was found containing about a quart of ancient silver coins wrapped up in what purported to be an old newspaper. Upon close examination, the paper was found to be a Thanksgiving copy of "Ye Blatant Home," published by "certaine of ye students of Harvarde College." It was No. 4, Vol. II, and bore the date "November 23d, 1699." Among other things, there was an account of a "game of foot-balle between ye youthes of faire Harvarde and ye men of Yayle." The game had been played "3 dayes previous...