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[JAMAICA] The Laws of Jamaica, Passed by the Assembly, And Confirmed by His Majesty in Council, Feb. 23. 1683. London: H. Hi...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Lot image - [JAMAICA] Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Jamaica; from 1681, to 1737, inclusive

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[JAMAICA] Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Jamaica; from 1681, to 1737, inclusive. London: John Baskett, 1738. Firs...

C The New York City Bar Association

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Lot image - [GRENADA] SMITH, GEORGE. The Laws of Grenada, from 1763 to 1805...

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[GRENADA] SMITH, GEORGE. The Laws of Grenada, from 1763 to 1805... London: H. Bryer, 1808. First edition, heavily annotated...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Lot image - [CONNECTICUT - COLONIAL] Acts and Laws of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England

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[CONNECTICUT - COLONIAL] Acts and Laws of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England. New-London: Re-printed and sol...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Lot image - [NEW YORK - COLONIAL] Two Hugh Gaine printed volumes from the library of Russell Benedict

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[NEW YORK - COLONIAL] Two Hugh Gaine printed volumes from the library of Russell Benedict, the first being session laws from...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Lot image - [NEW YORK - COLONIAL] [The Duke's Laws]. Laus Deo. East-Hampton Book of Laws. June ye 24th 1665

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[NEW YORK - COLONIAL] [The Dukes Laws]. Laus Deo. East-Hampton Book of Laws. June ye 24th 1665. [New York: New York Histori...

C The New York City Bar Association

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Lot image - [COLONIAL] POWNALL, THOMAS. The Administration of the Colonies

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[COLONIAL] POWNALL, THOMAS. The Administration of the Colonies. London: Walter, 1768. Stated fourth edition. Lacks half-title, xxxi,...

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[COLONIAL - GEORGE BANCROFTS COPIES] [OTIS, JAMES]. Considerations on behalf of the colonists in a letter to a noted lord....

C The New York City Bar Association

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[VERMONT BORDER DISPUTE] ALLEN, ETHAN and FAY, JONAS. A concise refutation of the claims of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts-Bay...

C The New York City Bar Association

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Lot image - [CONNECTICUT] Group of four volumes containing session laws, including one Revolutionary imprint and three Federal

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[CONNECTICUT] Group of four volumes containing session laws, including one Revolutionary imprint and three Federal, bound in...

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Lot image - [CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL] Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America

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[CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL] Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America. New London: Timothy Green, 1784. 20th century...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Lot image - [CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL] KIRBY, EPHRAIM. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut

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[CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL] KIRBY, EPHRAIM. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. Litchfi...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Lot image - [CONNECTICUT] By-Laws of the City of Hartford

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[CONNECTICUT] By-Laws of the City of Hartford. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1797. First edition. 20th century cloth. 8 7/8 x...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[MARYLAND - FEDERAL] Laws of Maryland, made and passed, at a session of Assembly, begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on M...

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Lot image - [MARYLAND - FEDERAL] Thick volume of Maryland Session Laws, 1785-96

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[MARYLAND - FEDERAL] Thick volume of Maryland Session Laws, 1785-96, in contemporary reverse sheep with red and black letter...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Lot image - [MARYLAND - FEDERAL] HERTY, THOMAS. A Digest of the Laws of Maryland

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[MARYLAND - FEDERAL] HERTY, THOMAS. A Digest of the Laws of Maryland. Baltimore: 1799. First edition. 20th century cloth. [1...

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Lot image - [DELAWARE - FEDERAL] Run of Delaware laws, 1798-1805

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[DELAWARE - FEDERAL] Run of Delaware laws, 1798-1805, a group of imprints bound in two volumes in 20th century cloth, the fi...

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[PENNSYLVANIA - FEDERAL] Laws enacted in the sixth [-ninth] General Assembly of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commo...

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Lot image - [PENNSYLVANIA] Geseze der Republik Pennsylvanien

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[PENNSYLVANIA] Geseze der Republik Pennsylvanien. Reading, PA: Johann Ritter und Carl Kessler, 1807. First edition. Modern h...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Lot image - [NEW JERSEY - FEDERAL] PATERSON, WILLIAM. Laws of the State of New Jersey

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[NEW JERSEY - FEDERAL] PATERSON, WILLIAM. Laws of the State of New Jersey. New Brunswick: Abraham Blauvelt, 1800. First edit...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Lot image - [RHODE ISLAND - FEDERAL] Group of Rhode Island Resolves, 1784-99

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[RHODE ISLAND - FEDERAL] Group of Rhode Island Resolves, 1784-99, 18 volumes, all but one in 20th century cloth (1 in broken...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Lot image - [MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] Group of Acts and Laws Passed by the General Court, 1784-1789

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[MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] Group of Acts and Laws Passed by the General Court, 1784-1789, six volumes in 20th century cloth c...

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[MASSACHUSETTS - CALEB STRONGS COPY] Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Begun and held at Bos...

C The New York City Bar Association

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[MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Passed by the General Court: begun and holden at Boston, i...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Lot image - [MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] Group of Massachusetts Resolves, 1789-1806

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[MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] Group of Massachusetts Resolves, 1789-1806, 20 volumes in 20th century cloth, commencing with R...

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[MASSACHUSETTS - FEDERAL] The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, and that of the United States; The Declaration of Ind...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Lot image - [NEW HAMPSHIRE - FEDERAL] Group of New Hampshire laws, 1800-1810

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[NEW HAMPSHIRE - FEDERAL] Group of New Hampshire laws, 1800-1810, an inconsecutive nine volume run in 20th century cloth, co...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $100 - $200

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Lot image - [VERMONT - FEDERAL] The Laws of the State of Vermont, digested and compiled

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[VERMONT - FEDERAL] The Laws of the State of Vermont, digested and compiled. Randolph: Sereno Wright, 1808. Two volumes. 20th centur...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Lot image - [NEW YORK - FEDERAL] Run of Laws of the State of New York, 1784-1796

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[NEW YORK - FEDERAL] Run of Laws of the State of New York, 1784-1796, being the 7th-19th sessions of the legislature, nine v...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Lot image - [NEW YORK - FEDERAL] Miscellany of Assembly and Senate Journals, 1785-1800

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[NEW YORK - FEDERAL] Miscellany of Assembly and Senate Journals, 1785-1800, 11 volumes all but two in 20th century cloth (on...

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[NEW YORK - FEDERAL] Laws of the state of New York, comprising the Constitution, and the acts of the Legislature, since the Rev...

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Estimate: $200 - $300

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Lot image - [NEW YORK LEGAL HISTORY] COLEMAN, WILLIAM. Cases of Practice adjudjed in the Supreme Court of the State of New-York

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[NEW YORK LEGAL HISTORY] COLEMAN, WILLIAM. Cases of Practice adjudjed in the Supreme Court of the State of New-York. New Yor...

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[NEW YORK - EARLY LEGAL IMPRINT] The Justices Directory, or Points on Certiorari, being a Digest of the Cases Reported by John...

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[NEW YORK] The Constitution of the State of New-York: Together with a Digest of the Laws Respecting Elections, in the State and...

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[NEW YORK LEGAL HISTORY] BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN. The Revision of the Statutes of the State of New York and the Revisers ... An A...

C The New York City Bar Association

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Lot image - [VIRGINIA - FEDERAL] Abridgment of the Public Permanent Laws of Virginia

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[VIRGINIA - FEDERAL] Abridgment of the Public Permanent Laws of Virginia. Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1796. First edition. 20...

C The New York City Bar Association

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[VIRGINIA - FEDERAL] Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the Answers of Sundry States to their Resolutions, passed in Dece...

C The New York City Bar Association

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[UNITED STATES] Acts passed at the third session of the Fifth Congress of the United States. Begun and held at the city of Phil...

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Lot image - [UNITED STATES] Acts passed at the First [... Second] Session of the Sixth Congress of the United States

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[UNITED STATES] Acts passed at the First [... Second] Session of the Sixth Congress of the United States. Richmond: Meriwet...

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[UNITED STATES - LOUISIANA PURCHASE] Acts Passed at the First [... Second] Session of the Eighth Congress of the United States...

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Lot image - [UNITED STATES] The Laws of the United States of America. In Three Volumes

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[UNITED STATES] The Laws of the United States of America. In Three Volumes. Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, 1796. Three volum...

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Lot image - [UNITED STATES] Group of Acts of Congress, 1799-1809

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[UNITED STATES] Group of Acts of Congress, 1799-1809, covering the 6th-10th Congresses, nine volumes in 20th century cloth,...

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS Report of the Secretary of State on the Subject of Establishing a Uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of...

C The New York City Bar Association

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[MADISON & MONROE] [LOWELL, JOHN]. The Diplomatic Policy of Mr. Madison Unveiled; in Strictures upon the late Correspondence between...

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Lot image - [FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS] Bound volume of pamphlets and broadsides

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[FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS] Bound volume of pamphlets and broadsides, including the 1832 Convention, the treaty between...

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Estimate: $500 - $800

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[FRANCE] An impartial history of the late Revolution in France from its commencement to the death of the Queen and the executio...

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Estimate: $100 - $150

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Lot image - [VIRGINIA - KENT, JAMES] WASHINGTON, BUSHROD. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia

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[VIRGINIA - KENT, JAMES] WASHINGTON, BUSHROD. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Ri...

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Lot image - KENT, JAMES Two New York Supreme Court documents signed

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KENT, JAMES Two New York Supreme Court documents signed. New York: 1808 & 1811. Each an engraved document with vignette illu...

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Lot image - KENT, JAMES Commentaries on American Law

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KENT, JAMES Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1826-27-28-30. First editions. Four volumes. Modern cloth wi...

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Estimate: $400 - $600

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Lot image - [AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY] Group of four 18th century American legal imprints

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[AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY] Group of four 18th century American legal imprints, including Judgements in the Admiralty of Pen...

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Lot image - [NEW YORK - MANUSCRIPT] Large group of John Henry Remsen's Notary Public Protest Books and Supreme Court Registers

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[NEW YORK - MANUSCRIPT] Large group of John Henry Remsens Notary Public Protest Books and Supreme Court Registers. New York...

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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Lot image - [WEBSTER, NOAH] GLANVILLA, RANULPHUS DE. Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae

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[WEBSTER, NOAH] GLANVILLA, RANULPHUS DE. Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae... London: printed by J. Streater, H....

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] COKE, EDWARD. The fourth part of the Institutes of the lawes of England; concerning the jurisdiction of c...

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Lot image - [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] Bound volume of pamphlets

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[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] Bound volume of pamphlets. Includes HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Observations on Certain Documents Containe...

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Lot image - HAMILTON, JOHN CHURCH The Life of Alexander Hamilton

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HAMILTON, JOHN CHURCH The Life of Alexander Hamilton. New York. Halsted & Voorhies, 1834 & D. Appleton, 1840. First editions...

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Lot image - [WASHINGTON, GEORGE] Life Portraits of George Washington and their Replicas

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[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] Life Portraits of George Washington and their Replicas. Philadelphia: [Lancaster Press, 1931]. One of 1...

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[SOUTH CAROLINA] Acts, Ordinances, and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Passed in the Year 1784...

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Lot image - [GEORGIA] Run of George Laws, 1799-1820

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[GEORGIA] Run of George Laws, 1799-1820, twenty-five volumes (plus one facsimile) in 20th century cloth, includes one separa...

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Estimate: $400 - $600

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[GEORGIA - HUMOR] GAULT, JOSEPH. Reports of Decisions in Justices Courts in the State of Georgia, from the year of Our Lord 18...

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Estimate: $300 - $500

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Lot image - [ALABAMA] Run of General Assembly Acts, 1833-1846

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[ALABAMA] Run of General Assembly Acts, 1833-1846, sixteen volumes in 20th century cloth, commencing with Acts Passed at...

C The New York City Bar Association

Estimate: $300 - $500

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