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Chapter 24
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According to Hal, how did Peter Harrigan originally acquire the state's valuable coal lands?
A
Through a fair public auction
B
By inheriting them from his family
C
By bribing politicians, paying around three dollars an acre for land worth three thousand
D
By winning them in a legal settlement
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