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Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District

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Author
Peters, Richard,
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
Responsibility
by Richard Peters, comprising also some decisions in the same court, by the late Francis Hopkinson, to which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States. With an appendix containing --The laws of Oleron.--The laws of Wisbuy.--The laws of the Hanse towns.--The Marine ordinances of Louis XIV.--A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners: and the laws of the United States relative to mariners.
Author
Peters, Richard,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by William P. Farrand; Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
Preface signed: Richard Peters, Jun.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
On verso of front flyleaf: "Affectionely presented to Judge Yeates - by his old & Sincere] Friend, Classmate, and Fellow Student, Richard Peters, Aug. 1807."
Subjects
Admiralty - United States.
Law reports, digests, etc. - United States.
Maritime law - United States.
Merchant mariners - United States.
Admiralty.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Maritime law.
Merchant mariners.
Droit maritime - États-Unis
Marins (marine marchande)
United States.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Peters, Richard,
Hopkinson, Francis,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. District Court (Pennsylvania)
Visby (Sweden).
Hanseatic League.
France.
United States.
Additional Title
Rolls of Oleron.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Terms of manumission of Fanny
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F009_It02
Date Range
1809, 1813
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Terms of manumission of Fanny
Description
Terms of manumission of Fanny, presented to the Justices of the Peace of Maryland by Jeremiah Heaton. Received and recorded in Harford County, 22 July 1809. Certified 4 November 1813.
Date Range
1809, 1813
Creation Date
1809 and 1813
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Fanny
Heaton, Jeremiah
Subjects
African Americans--History
Liberty
Slaveholders
Slavery
Enslaved persons--Emancipation
Search Terms
Emancipation
Enslaved persons
Harford County, Maryland
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F009_It02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 9, Item 2
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection, Case 1 and cataloged June 2007. Added to database on 26 January 2022.
The items in Folder 9 are all attached at the corner with sealing wax.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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The American law journal and miscellaneous repertory

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Date of Publication
1808-1810.
Call Number
B ook 409 1809
Book 408 1808
Book 410 1810
Book 410 1813
Book 410 1814
Alternate Title
American law journal
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa. : Boston, Mass
Publisher
W.P. Farrand and Co. ; Farrand, Mallory and Co.,
Date of Publication
1808-1810.
Physical Description
3 volumes.
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1808)-v. 3, no. 11/12 (Oct. 1810).
Vol 4 published under title The American Law Journal, vol.IV being the first of a new series, Philadelphia, published by Moses Thomas, Sergeant Hall, printer, 1813.
Vol 5 published under title The American Law Journal vol V being the second of a new serices, Baltimore, published by Edward J. Coale, et al, printed by William Fry, 1814.
Notes
Title from running title.
Editor: John E. Hall.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Subjects
Law - United States - Periodicals.
Law.
United States.
Periodicals.
Full blind tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hall, John E.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
B ook 409 1809
Book 408 1808
Book 410 1810
Book 410 1813
Book 410 1814
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An act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
090 L244m 1807
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by John R. Mathews,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
64 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Contains eight plates denoting military formations.
With : Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Lancaster: Printed by John R. Mathews, 1807.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Military law - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244m 1807
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An act for the Regulation of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1802.
Call Number
090 L244ba 1802
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey,
Date of Publication
1802.
Physical Description
53 p.
Notes
Shaw & Shoemaker,
Subjects
Military law - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Militia.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244ba 1802
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Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia assembly, on the proceedings of sundry of the other states in answer to their resolutions

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Author
Addison, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1800.
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1800
Responsibility
by Alexander Addison.
Author
Addison, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1800.
Physical Description
54, [2] p. (p. [1-2] blank) ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Signatures: A-D⁶ E⁴.
Library copy imperfect: p. [1-2] at end wanting.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with An address, &c. recommendations to the states by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: printed by David C. Claypoole, 1788 -- An examination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784; -- A vindication of Mr. Randophs's resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Smith...1795 -- The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted...United States, October 1796 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.
Evans
Subjects
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798.
Alien and Sedition laws, 1798.
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1797-1801.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1800
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Collection
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Title
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Object ID
MG0080
Date Range
1784-1976
Collection
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Title
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Description
Documents relating to the county courthouse in Lancaster. Consists mostly of proposals and bids for the construction in 1852. Also included are booklets, newspaper clippings from additional construction in the 1970s, court calendars and original affidavits of witness testimony in the investigation of the burning of the courthouse in 1784.
Date Range
1784-1976
Year Range From
1784
Year Range To
1976
Date of Accumulation
1784-1976
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Eckman, D. Richard
Lynch, David
Subjects
Courthouses
Letting of contracts
Search Terms
Bids
Courthouses
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Petitions
Proposals
Extent
1 box, 20 folders, .125 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0080
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Lancaster County Court House Collection (MG-80), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Classification
MG0080
Description Level
Fonds
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
.” Pennsylvania Trail of History site. Distributed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. May 1975. “Amen.” Distributed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. [1983]. Insert 6 Calendar of Events, Ephrata Cloister Associates. 2005, 2007. Folder 17 Regulations for the Seventh Day
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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Collection
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Object ID
MG0071
Date Range
1726-1922
accessed (day, month, year). Language: English, German, Dutch Source of Acquisition: Unknown unless otherwise noted at the item level. Related Items at LancasterHistory: Photograph Collection Custodial History: Photographs were transferred to the Photograph Collection 13 October 2017. This collection has
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Collection
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Description
Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.
Date Range
1726-1922
Year Range From
1726
Year Range To
1922
Date of Accumulation
1726-1922
Creator
Ellmaker family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Cochran, Thomas B.
Eichholtz, Jacob
Elder, Thomas
Ellmaker, Alfred
Ellmaker, Amos
Ellmaker, Ana Margareta
Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker
Ellmaker, E. Ben
Ellmaker, Edgar O.
Ellmaker, Elizabeth
Ellmaker, Enos
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Ellmaker, John Watson
Ellmaker, Leonard
Ellmaker, Lucy H.
Ellmaker, Nathaniel
Ellmaker, Thomas
Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta
Haverstick, H. B.
Hoofgardner, Ferdinand
Hornberger, Maria
Hubbard, Elbert
Huston, R. M.
Koning, P.
Mayor, Robert
Moor, John
Nicolaas, I.
Pancoast, Dr.
Schnierer, Jacob
Snyder, Edwin L.
Snyder, John A.
Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.
Other Creators
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Deeds
Family records
Genealogy
Letters
Marriage records
Stocks
Wills
Search Terms
Aoelian Hall
Carnegie Hall
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Deeds
Ephrata Cloister
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Letters
Manuscript groups
Marriage records
Metropolitan Opera House
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philharmonic Society of New York
Roycroft
Stocks
Wills
Extent
2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German, Dutch
Object ID
MG0071
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photograph Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0071
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.
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Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Lancaster Land drafts Lemon Street School Letters Manuscript groups Mortgages New Design, Earl Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Programs Real estate Real property surveys Reigart's Landing Susquehanna River Texas Texas Frontier Forces Windsor Forge Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by HST
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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