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Sale 511: Historic Autographs and Manuscripts with Archival Material (#511) 07/25/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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115
  • Author
    Clay, Henry
  • Headline
    Henry Clay partial document signed
  • Date Published
    April 14, 1827
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
116
  • Author
    Clinton, George
  • Headline
    Signed by George Clinton as Governor of New York
  • Date Published
    1792
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
117
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    (Colonial Shipping)
  • Author
    Stevenson, George
  • Headline
    Letter describing the passage to Madeira 1768
  • Date Published
    Jan. 28, 1768
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
118
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    (Colorado - Civil War)
  • Author
    Weld, Lewis Ledyard
  • Headline
    1861 Lincoln’s first administrator of Colorado Territory
  • Date Published
    September 25, 1861
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
119
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    (Colorado Mining)
  • Author
    Hill, N.[athaniel] P.
  • Headline
    ALs from Nathaniel P. Hill, a CO mining magnate.
  • Date Published
    July 14, 1863
Estimate$120 - $180
Sold for$75
StatusSold
120
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    (Colorado Mining)
  • Author
    New York Mining and Development Company
  • Headline
    1905 Mining speculation by ‘New York Capitalists’
  • Date Published
    Sept. 1, 1905
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
121
  • Heading
    (Colorado Mining)
  • Author
    Wells, H.F.
  • Headline
    TLs, claims ‘damned conspiracy’ in Denbigh Mining collapse
  • Date Published
    Oct. 8, 1919
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
122
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    (Anti-college fraternities, ca. 1915)
  • Author
    Thomas, Charles S.
  • Headline
    Progressive Senator denounces college fraternities, ca.1915 letter
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
123
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    (Colorado)
  • Author
    Willett, F.C.
  • Headline
    ALs from the ill-fated author of rare Colorado Handbook
  • Date Published
    July 6, 1872
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
126
  • Author
    Corwin, Thomas
  • Headline
    Thomas Corwin Secretary of Treasury Under Filmore
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
127
  • Author
    Coxe, Tench
  • Headline
    2 Autograph Letters Signed by Tench Coxe
  • Date Published
    Sept. 5 & Sept. 9, 1815
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$150
StatusSold
128
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    (Crime)
  • Author
    Bedlow, Henry
  • Headline
    ALs 1809 New York Patrician Rapist seeks Wall Street loan
  • Date Published
    January 4, 1809
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
129
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    (Crime)
  • Author
    McIlvaine, Joseph M.
  • Headline
    ALs about a notorious sex scandal & murder in PA, 1831
  • Date Published
    September 22, 1831
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
130
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    (Crime)
  • Author
    Pettigrove, Frederick G.
  • Headline
    TLs First Criminal Fingerprinting in America 1905
  • Date Published
    Feb. 20, 1905
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
131
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    (Crime - 1843 Manuscript on the murder of Robert E. Lee’s cousin and namesake)
  • Author
    Peyton, Dr. Robert E.
  • Headline
    ALs about 1843 Murder of Robert E. Lee
  • Date Published
    September 13, 1843
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
132
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    (Crime)
  • Author
    Various
  • Headline
    1903-47 Three versions of the “Spanish Prisoner” scam
  • Date Published
    1903-1947
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
133
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    (Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)
  • Headline
    Group of five documents for Chinese slaves in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1860s-
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
134
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    (Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)
  • Headline
    Docuents from a Chinese slave in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1850s-1860s
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
135
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)
  • Headline
    Group of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slaves
  • Date Published
    1860s-1870s
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
136
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)
  • Headline
    Group of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slaves
  • Date Published
    1860s-1870s
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
137
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    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    An invention to add tips to cigars & cigarettes
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
138
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    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    The invention of a new paper for cigarettes
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
139
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    An invention to better the quality of Cuban tobacco
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
140
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    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    Patent for the invention of an aromatic tobacco
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
141
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    An invention to cut and compact tobacco for export
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
142
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    An invention to make and package cigarettes
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
143
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    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    Patent for an invention to make cigars & cigarettes
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
144
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    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Headline
    A patent for the creation of hygienic cigars and cigarettes
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
145
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    (Cuba)
  • Author
    Cleveland, Ricard Jeffrey
  • Headline
    Documents regarding the 1832 Cholera epidemic in Cuba
  • Date Published
    July 10, 1832
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
146
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    (Cuba)
  • Author
    Powell, Albert E.
  • Headline
    1904 First American Lawyers in Havana - 2 letters
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
147
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    (Customs Inspector)
  • Author
    Neilson, Robert
  • Headline
    Duties of a customs inspector in Baltimore
  • Date Published
    Dec. 31, 1838
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
148
  • Heading
    (Douglass, Frederick)
  • Author
    Wells, E.M.P.
  • Headline
    1838 Where Frederick Douglass Fell in Love?
  • Date Published
    September 1, 1838
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
149
  • Author
    Douglass, Frederick, Jr.
  • Headline
    Document sgnd by Frederick Douglass Jr. 1871
  • Date Published
    [Likely 1871, although printed form reads 1870]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
150
  • Author
    Elizabeth I, Queen of England
  • Headline
    Elizabeth I, Queen of England document and seal
  • Date Published
    Late 16th Century
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
151
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    (Financial)
  • Headline
    Two Rothschild Banking letters 1842-50
  • Date Published
    1842 and 1850
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
152
  • Author
    Fiske, Frank B. (1883-1952)
  • Headline
    Important archive of Dakota pioneer photographer
  • Date Published
    c.1880-1950
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$20,000
StatusSold
153
  • Author
    Forsyth, John
  • Headline
    Early Georgia Land Grant Deed 1807
  • Date Published
    1807
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
155
  • Heading
    (Civil Liberties - Religious Freedom)
  • Author
    Konigmacher, Joseph
  • Headline
    Seventh Day Baptists, Pennsylvania, Blue Laws, Civil Liberties, Religious Freedom
  • Date Published
    May 14, 1850
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
156
  • Author
    Fremont, Jessie Benton
  • Headline
    Autograp Note, unsigned from Jessie Benton Fremont
  • Date Published
    c.1883?
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
157
  • Author
    Gacy, John Wayne
  • Headline
    Archive of letters from serial killer John Wayne Gacy
  • Date Published
    1980s
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
159
  • Author
    George III, King of England
  • Headline
    Document signed by King George III
  • Date Published
    November 1, 1798
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
160
  • Author
    Gilman, John Taylor (1753-1828)
  • Headline
    John T. Gilman Governor of New Hampshire
  • Date Published
    January 12, 1814
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
161
  • Author
    Gonzague, Marie, Duchess of Mantua
  • Headline
    ALs from Marie duchess of Mantua 1638
  • Date Published
    June 4, 1638
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
162
  • Heading
    (Governors)
  • Headline
    Collection of Governors' Autographs from 1970s
  • Date Published
    1970s
Estimate$200 - $350
Sold for$125
StatusSold
163
  • Author
    Hoover, J. Edgar
  • Headline
    J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed
  • Date Published
    February 14, 1935
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
164
  • Heading
    (Illinois)
  • Author
    Coy, Inus(?)
  • Headline
    1877 National Guard’s secret plans to suppress Union strikes
  • Date Published
    August 22, 1877
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
165
  • Heading
    (Indian Land Conveyance - Long Island)
  • Headline
    1829 copy of 1675 Long Island Indian land deed
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
166
  • Heading
    (Kentucky, Tennessee)
  • Author
    Hewitt, Fox
  • Headline
    1865 Hated Union General’s Mining Scheme
  • Date Published
    Sept. 22, 1865
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$250
StatusSold
168
  • Heading
    (Law)
  • Author
    Greenleaf, S[imon]
  • Headline
    ALs from the "Father" of Harvard Law School
  • Date Published
    August 14, 1822
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
169
  • Author
    Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte de (1805-1894)
  • Headline
    Letter from builder of Suez Canal
  • Date Published
    21 April 1849
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
170
  • Author
    Lincoln, Levi
  • Headline
    Levi Lincoln Document Signed 1781
  • Date Published
    September 7, 1781
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
171
  • Heading
    (Maine)
  • Author
    Riggs, Benjamin
  • Headline
    MSS accounts ledger of Maine businessman
  • Date Published
    1814-1818
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
172
  • Heading
    (Maritime)
  • Headline
    Archive of American Shipping 1820s-1840s
  • Date Published
    1820s-1840s
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
173
  • Heading
    (Massachusetts Tavern License)
  • Headline
    License for Massachusetts Tavern 1782
  • Date Published
    Jan. 23, 1782
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$175
StatusSold
174
  • Heading
    (McLean, John)
  • Author
    Brown, Ethan A., commissioner
  • Headline
    ALs from GLO to Supreme Court Justice McLean
  • Date Published
    June 13th, 1836
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
175
  • Heading
    (McLean, John)
  • Author
    Taylor, J[oseph]
  • Headline
    ALs from Jos Taylor to Justice John McLean 1837
  • Date Published
    Sept. 1st, 1837
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
176
  • Author
    [McLean, John]
  • Headline
    ALs of remarks made while presenting Bible to President Taylor
  • Date Published
    [1849]
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    Medici, Marie de (1573-1642).
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter from Queen of France, Marie de Medici
  • Date Published
    May 31, 1624
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
178
  • Author
    Mifflin, Thomas
  • Headline
    Land Grant, signed by Thomas Mifflin, Gov of PA 1795
  • Date Published
    May 22, 1795
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
179
  • Heading
    (Mining - Alaska)
  • Headline
    Archive of legal documents, maps, etc. Chickaloon Coal Co.
  • Date Published
    1917-1920
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
180
  • Heading
    (Mining - Arizona)
  • Author
    "Jim"
  • Headline
    ALs about 1880s Ghost Town Mineral Park’s Mining Boom
  • Date Published
    March 15 (no year, ca. 1880)
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
181
  • Heading
    (Mining)
  • Author
    Holmes, J.A.
  • Headline
    TLs from father of US mining safety, JA Holmes
  • Date Published
    November 28, 1911
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
182
  • Heading
    (Mining)
  • Author
    Unknown
  • Headline
    1865 Hated Union General’s Mining Scheme
  • Date Published
    May 27, 1865
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
183
  • Author
    Napoleon I (1769-1821)
  • Headline
    Autograph request for enlistment, signed off by Bonaparte c.1800
  • Date Published
    [1800]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
184
  • Heading
    Napoleon I (1769-1821)
  • Author
    Clarke, Henri Jacques Clark, the Duc de Feltre (1765-1818)
  • Headline
    ADs by Duc de Feltre, endorsed by Napoleon "Accorde N"
  • Date Published
    January 29, 1812
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
185
  • Heading
    (Napoleon)
  • Author
    Beauharnais, Eugene
  • Headline
    Autograph letter signed from the stepson of Napoleon.
  • Date Published
    February 29, 1808
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$0
StatusSold
186
  • Heading
    (New York City Fire Department)
  • Headline
    NYFD scrapbook
  • Date Published
    1899-1909
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
187
  • Heading
    (New York City)
  • Author
    Washington, John N.
  • Headline
    1847 North Carolina lawyer overwhelmed by the ‘great city’
  • Date Published
    Dec. 18, 1847
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
188
  • Heading
    (New York Politics)
  • Author
    Hale, Daniel
  • Headline
    ALs criticizing young DeWitt Clinton
  • Date Published
    September 2, 1801
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
191
  • Heading
    (Patriotic Postal Covers)
  • Author
    Magnus, Charles
  • Headline
    5 patriotic envelopes, designed by Charles Magnus
  • Date Published
    c.1850s
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$125
StatusSold
192
  • Author
    Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598)
  • Headline
    Document signed Philip II of Spain
  • Date Published
    1573
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
193
  • Heading
    (Philippines)
  • Headline
    Letters to Philippines Commissioner Moses
  • Date Published
    1900-1908
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
194
  • Author
    Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
  • Headline
    Letter from abolitionist Wendell Phillips
  • Date Published
    c.1870
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
195
  • Author
    Powell, Colin L.
  • Headline
    Colin Powell's memoir Signed limited edition
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1995]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
196
  • Heading
    (Rhode Island)
  • Headline
    1774 Rhode Island land transfer deed
  • Date Published
    1774
Estimate$100 - $200
StatusUnsold
198
  • Author
    Richelieu, Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Armand Richelieu 1816
  • Date Published
    Oct. 2, 1816(?)
Estimate$100 - $200
StatusUnsold
199
  • Author
    Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
  • Headline
    TLs from John D. Rockefeller
  • Date Published
    February 4, 1949
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
200
  • Author
    Rockefeller, Nelson A.
  • Headline
    Pen used by Nelson Rockefeller to sign a NY Senate Bill
  • Date Published
    1967
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Santa Anna, Antonio López de
  • Headline
    Document signed by Santa Anna of Mexico
  • Date Published
    Nov. 16, 1824
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
202
  • Author
    Scott, Charles; James Wood; William Nelson
  • Headline
    Doc. signed by Charles Scott & James Wood
  • Date Published
    Oct. 22, 1790
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
203
  • Heading
    (Sherwood Forest)
  • Headline
    Land document about the Sherwood Forest, w/watermark
  • Date Published
    March 4, 1658
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
205
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Author
    Sweetser, A.P.
  • Headline
    letter defending slavery 1845
  • Date Published
    February 21, 1845
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Smith, Alfred E.
  • Headline
    Signed by the 1928 Democratic Presidential Candidate
  • Publisher
    Printed for Personal Distribution
  • Date Published
    [1929]
Estimate$150 - $200
Sold for$100
StatusSold
207
  • Heading
    (South Carolina)
  • Author
    Read, Jacob and Henry Pendleton
  • Headline
    Early South Carolina Document
  • Date Published
    March 20, 1787
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
208
  • Author
    Stevenson, Adlai E.
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Adlai Stevenson
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    [1954]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
209
  • Author
    Streeter, Farris B.
  • Headline
    Farris B. Streeter Solicitor of the Treasury
  • Date Published
    October 1, 1853
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
210
  • Heading
    (Tennessee)
  • Author
    Quintard, C.[harles] T.[odd]
  • Headline
    ALs from Bishop of Tennessee, 1875 aiding black & white folks
  • Date Published
    April 8, 1875
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Toucey, Isaac
  • Headline
    Isaac Toucey Attorney General under J.K. Polk
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
212
  • Author
    Toynbee, Arnold J.
  • Headline
    A Study of History - With an archive of letters
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    [1951]-1954
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
213
  • Author
    Trotsky, Leon
  • Headline
    Document signed by Leon Trotsky
  • Date Published
    c.1925
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
214
  • Heading
    (Vassar Women Students political passions)
  • Headline
    2 ALs about politics, students at Vassar, 1868-84
  • Date Published
    1868-1884
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
215
  • Heading
    (Vermont)
  • Headline
    Commissions signed by Vermont Governors
  • Date Published
    1787-1878
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
216
  • Heading
    (Vermont)
  • Author
    Tryon, William, et al.
  • Headline
    Land grant for Ver
  • Date Published
    March 18, 1772
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$11,875
StatusSold
217
  • Heading
    (Washington, D.C.)
  • Author
    Goode, F.[rancis] C.[ollier]
  • Headline
    1841 Fist fight free-for-all on the floor of US Congress
  • Date Published
    August 9. 1841
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
218
  • Author
    Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
  • Headline
    Payslip 1783 signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr.
  • Date Published
    March 7, 1783
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
219
  • Heading
    (Women's History)
  • Headline
    feminist musical manuscript c1840
  • Date Published
    [c.1840]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
221
  • Author
    Arnold, H[enry] H[arley] "Hap"
  • Headline
    TLs from General Hap Arnold
  • Date Published
    October 14, 1937
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
222
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Brown, Thomas Moore Gifford
  • Headline
    ALs to A. Johnson from disabled Civil War veteran
  • Date Published
    Aug. 17, 1865
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
223
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Burns, R.G., Sergeant
  • Headline
    Letter from Civil War soldier
  • Date Published
    March 15, 1863
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
225
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Crassau, Henry
  • Headline
    Letter from Civil War soldier
  • Date Published
    April 24th, 1862
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
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