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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1940
, between 1729 and 1813, was Lan- caster County. In Lancaster County these hills, from the days of the iron- masters there, are called the Furnace Hills. At the county seat of Lebanon County they are called the South Mountain. Viewed from Brickerville, Cannon Hill, immediately to the north, appears as a
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by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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Rivers of the Eastern shore; seventeen Maryland rivers

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Author
Footner, Hulbert,
Date of Publication
[1944]
Call Number
975.2 F687
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by Hulbert Footner, illustrated by Aaron Sopher.
Author
Footner, Hulbert,
Place of Publication
New York, Toronto
Publisher
Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated
Date of Publication
[1944]
Physical Description
viii, 375 p. illus. (incl. map) 21 cm.
Series
The Rivers of America
Notes
"Sources": p. 362-368.
Subjects
Rivers - Maryland.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) - Description and travel.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 F687
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The right to work : presentation at a public hearing of the National War Labor Board in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 1943, opposing maintenance of membership in six pending cases submitted by the unions at the Armstrong Cork Company's plants at Millville, Gloucester City and Camden, New Jersey; Pittsburgh and Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and South Braintre, Massachusetts

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Author
Prentis, H. W.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
814 P927rt
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By H.W. Prentis, Jr. ...
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press, Inc.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
32 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Armstrong Cork Company.
Open and closed shop - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 P927rt
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Travels in New France

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Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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by J. C. B. Prepared by Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Frontier Forts and Trails Survey) Division of Community Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Edited by Sylvester K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent and Emma Edith Woods.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
xiv, 167 p. front., illus., plates (incl. map) 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"The present translation is based on Casgrain's edition."--p. vi.
Summary
"A French soldier set down his memories of life and adventure in western Pennsylvania and other parts of North America during the thrilling events of the French and Indian War, and called the book 'Voyage au Canada dans le nord de l' Amerique Septentrionale, fait depuis l'an 1751 A 1761'...The author is known only by his initials, J.C.B...These reminiscences of life and events in the wilderness, in the towns of New France, and as a prisoner in New York City, give vivid pictures of the experiences of an ordinary man in an age which was full of significance for the future of America. [from the foreword]
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Canada - History - 1663-1713 (New France).
Canada - Description and travel.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Stevens, Sylvester Kirby,
Kent, Donald H.,
Woods, Emma Edith,
Casgrain, H. R.
J.-C. B.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
971.018 P416
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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011030973;view=1up;seq=7
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How Lancaster grew and what people thought of it

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1941
excellent rifle.guns and other hardware. The town is large, clean and well-built; but in spite of these attractions I quitted it the next morning by sun-rise." The following lines are taken from a description of Lancaster as found in "Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country, etc.," by Fortescue Cuming
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[87]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 4 (1941), p. 87-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm
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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

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Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
973.381 V246
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by Carl Van Doren.
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Viking press,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.
"This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.
"Appendix ... Arnold-André correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.
"General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.
Subjects
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
Treason - United States.
Secret service - Great Britain.
United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Clinton, Henry,
André, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.381 V246
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Microfilm no. 153: [Miscellaneous and family notes copied from the Lancaster County Historical Society]

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Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #153
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Place of Publication
Salt Lake City
Publisher
Genealogical Society ,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
1 reel ; 35 mm.
Notes
Copies of published and unpublished materials, mostly family records.
Number on box #153.
Brackbill (Henry) Bible, Carmichael/Jenkins family, Church (Thomas) family, Michael Groff's Rec. of Deaths, West Earl Twp., Eshleman (David) History, Zug's Heinrich Eschelman family, Daskam's Fondersmith family, Heinrich Fry's history, Funk (Martin) Bible Record, Furness/Gardner/Hillborn/Hooten Chart, Good (Jacob) Bible, Salem (Heller's) Reformed Church Baptisms, 1825-1876 [Upper Leacock Township]
Subjects
Apple family.
Bowman family.
Boyer family.
Brackbill faimily.
Brubacher family.
Buchanan family.
Carmichael family.
Jenkins family.
Charles family.
Church family.
Clemson family.
Crone family.
Dillers family.
Ellmaker family.
Ensminger family.
Eshleman family.
Eschelman family.
Fondersmith family.
Fry family.
Funk family.
Furness family.
Gardner family.
Hillborn family.
Hooten family.
Good family.
Groff family.
Harley family.
Hallman family.
Hastings family.
Hershey family.
Habecker Mennonite Cemetery [family cemetery]
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Upper Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #153
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Eleventh Annual Sessions of the Lancaster Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church

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Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
285.8 E37
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Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
The Synod
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
81 p. ; 23cm.
Notes
Sessions held at Christ Church, Annville, Pennsylvania, May 9-10,1949,and Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Oct.12 & 21 and Dec 27, 1948.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Reformed Church - United States - Lancaster Synod.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 E37
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Lancaster City street directory. : "Red rose city of Pennsylvania."

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Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
N.p.],
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
[45] p. : map ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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The plenty of Pennsylvania : samples of seven cultures persisting from colonial days

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Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
917.48 W547
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by Cornelius Weygandt.
Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
H.C. Kinsey & Co.,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
x, 319 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 W547
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Index to the grave records of soldiers of the war of 1812 buried in Ohio

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Author
Diefenbach, H. B.,
Date of Publication
1945]
Call Number
977.1 D559
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compiled 1945 by Mrs. H. B. Diefenbach, assisted by Mrs. C. O. Ross.
Author
Diefenbach, H. B.,
Place of Publication
[n. p
Date of Publication
1945]
Physical Description
71 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - War of 1812 - Registers, lists, etc.
Ohio - Biography.
Additional Author
Ross, C. O.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
977.1 D559
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
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Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050625170&view=1up&seq=7
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Simon Cameron's adventure in iron, 1837-1846; new biographical material including an account of the formation and dissolution of a partnership of Simon Cameron, S.F. Headley, Samuel Humes, and Thomas McNair for the manufacture and sale of iron (principally to what is now the Pennsylvania Railroad) and its political connotations

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Author
McNair, James Birtley,
Date of Publication
[1949]
Call Number
923.2 C182m
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Author
McNair, James Birtley,
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, Calif
Date of Publication
[1949]
Physical Description
xi, 160 p. plates, port. 23 cm.
Notes
"A limited numbered edition of 500 copies."
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [111]-156)
Subjects
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 C182m
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Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

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Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.816 B513i
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Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Place of Publication
[Reading? Pa.]
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Notes
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Appropriate for juvenile literature.
Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.
Contents
The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.
Reading (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Taylor, Francis Starr
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 B513i
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A brief history of the colonial wars in America from 1607 to 1775

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Author
Wade, Herbert T.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
973.2 W119
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Author
Wade, Herbert T.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
viii, 120 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
Notes
"List of preferred reading, the American colonial period": p. 114-120.
Subjects
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History, Military.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W119
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Fiftieth anniversary of St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church: Lime and New Streets, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1897 -1947

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Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
285.8 S134L
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
The Church,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
58 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 S134L
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
company which was chartered as the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster, Pa. The capacity of the local plant was 4,400 ten candle-power lamps. Mr. P. B. Shaw was state agent for the Edison Electric Light Company of New York, and operated the local plant from 1887 to 1889 under a lease
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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History of the classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940

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Author
Glass, Daniel G.
Date of Publication
[1942].
Call Number
285.7 G549
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Editors: Rev. Daniel G. Glass, Rev. C. George Bachman, Rev. Harry E. Shepardson, Rev. John F. Frantz, Rev. J.N. Le Van.
Author
Glass, Daniel G.
Place of Publication
New Holland, Pa
Publisher
Printed by The New Holland Clarion,
Date of Publication
[1942].
Physical Description
xiv, 431 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., coat of arms, map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 420.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States. - Lebanon Classis.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.7 G549
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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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