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Marriages performed in the city of Reading, Berks County, PA, July 1, 1876 to October 1, 1885 : Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17958

Author: Frank, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 974.816 F828

Alternate Title: Marriages

Responsibility: compiled by Richard L. Frank.

ISBN: 1558563296 (pbk.); 9781558563292 (pbk.)

Author: Frank, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 59, 256 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Reading.; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Reading (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 F828

Literature in stone : the hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17811

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 974.8 P415pe

Alternate Title: Hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol

Responsibility: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee; book design by Amanda J. DeLorenzo; editors, Ruthann Hubbert-Kemper and Jason L. Wilson.

ISBN: 0964304880 (hbk.); 9780964304888 (hbk.)

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 384 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index.

Contents: Capitol Preservation Committee members and administrative staff -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our legacy from William Penn -- Ch. 1: Pennsylvania's early Capitols -- Ch. 2: The Cobb Capitol -- Ch. 3: The Huston Capitol: inspiration, design, and construction -- Ch. 4: Capitol dedication: October 4, 1906 -- Ch. 5: The Capitol graft scandal -- Ch. 6: The Capitol's fine and decorative arts -- Ch. 7: The Capitol Complex and the City Beautiful Movement -- Ch. 8: The people's building: a preservation journey -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.

Subjects: Huston, Joseph M.; Capitol Complex (Harrisburg, Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Harrisburg (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Harrisburg (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol - Centennial celebrations, etc. - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: DeLorenzo, Amanda J.; Hubbert-Kemper, Ruthann.; Wilson, Jason L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8 P415pe

"The wealth of years" : collecting and remembering Lancaster County; an exhibit at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2000-June 2001

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14345

Date of Publication: 2001.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 52-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.

Contents: From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Exhibitions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 103, number 2 (2001), p. 52-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.103, no.2

Episcopalians and slavery in Lancaster County : from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11377

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Responsibility: by Mark C. Ebersole.

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: p.64-88 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.2.

Subjects: Hope Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Chester County, Pa.); Bangor Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 2 (2003), p. 64-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.105 no.2

Grand opera in grand style: The Lancaster Opera Company celebrates 50 years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11220

Author: Wittel, Kim Y.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 782.1 W828

Responsibility: by Kim. Y. Wittell.

Author: Wittel, Kim Y.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, Pa

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 28 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster Opera Workshop (Lancaster, Pa.); Opera - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 782.1 W828

The records of First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa: 1730-1980 [in eleven volumes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11131

Corporate Author: First Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pa.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 285.8 F527L CD; 285.8 F527L

Responsibility: /compiled by F. Colin Williams

Corporate Author: First Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pa.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Church,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: CD for these records located at (MD 285.8 F527L CD).; "These records have been abstracted from the actual handwritten records of the First Reformed Church."; "This is a series of volumes covering the period 1730-1980...This volume is not all inclusive, as to do so would require 10-12 volumes alone and would be repetitive. It is a volume with a select number of years, spread over the 250 years of the Church."; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 195 #2.

Contents: v.1 Births and Baptisms A-J ;; v.2 Births ad Baptisms K-Z;; v.3 Marriages Males A-J;; v.4 Marriages Males K-Z;; v.5 Marriages Female A-J;; v.6 Marriages Females K-Z;; v.7 Deaths A-Z;; v.8 Members A-J;; v.9 Members K-Z; .; v.10 Confirmants; v.11 Pastors and Consistory; v.11 Pastors and Consistory

Subjects: Reformed Church in America.; Registers of births, etc. - Pensylvania - Lancaster County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Williams, F. Colin

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media; Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 285.8 F527L CD; 285.8 F527L

From Lancaster to the moon : recounting the 1960's and 1970's in Lancaster, Pennsylvania through the pages of Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, Sunday News

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13893

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 070 F931 Oversize

Alternate Title: From Lancaster to the moon :

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: [294] p. : facsims. ; 36 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Newspapers Inc.

Additional Title: Intelligencer journal.; Lancaster new era.; Sunday news.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 070 F931 Oversize

Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13479

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 312 F853e

Responsibility: compiled by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353111

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: vi, 201 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township); Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F853e

Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 312 F893ee

Responsibility: compiled by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353111

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township); East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F893ee

Presbyterians and slavery in Lancaster County from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17661

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Responsibility: by Mark C. Ebersole.

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: p. 150 - 181.

Series: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 108, no. 4 (Winter 2006 - 2007).

Notes: Bibliography : p. 175 - 181.

Subjects: Donegal Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.).; First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Presbyterians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Slavery

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 108, number 4 (2006), p. 150-181Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 108

Lancaster at work : business in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17040

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 381 L245b

ISBN: 0974016233 (pbk.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Join Lancaster's citizens for a day at the office-or the factory. More than 130 photographs illustrate how men and women have made a living.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - HistoryÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.; Â Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - HistoryÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.; Â Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - Social life and customsÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Aleci, Linda S.; Heckles, Marianne.; Lestz, Gerald S.; Loose, John Ward Willson.; Rauhauser, Barry R.; Ryan,Thomas R.; Tennies, Heather S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 381 L245b

'Round the square : a 250th anniversary history of Maytown, Pennsylvania, 1760-2010

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16771

Corporate Author: Book Committee : Maytown 250 event.

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 974.815 EDON B724

Responsibility: Rev. Robert McClain Lescallette, Jack Henry Frank, Robert Smith Lauver, Michael Thomas Wolfe, and Ruth McConnell Ebersole.

Corporate Author: Book Committee : Maytown 250 event.

Place of Publication: Evansville (Indiana)

Publisher: M. T. Publishing Company, Inc. ;

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: 176 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Copy 1 is 127 out of 525, copy two is 414 of 525.

Subjects: Maytown (Pa.) - History.; Maytown (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Additional Author: Lescallette, Robert McClain.; Frank, Jack Henry.; Wolfe, Michael Thomas.; Lauver, Robert Smith.; Ebersole, Ruth McConnell.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EDON B724

Lancaster at play : leisure in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17954

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 790 L244

Responsibility: editors: James T. Alton and Thomas R. Ryan.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Cadmus Communications,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: vi.; 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Project manager: Marianne Heckles.

Summary: The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.

Subjects: Leisure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Heckles, Marianne.; Abel, Michael L.; Alton, James T.; Ryan, Thomas R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 790 L244

The development of the charitable landscape : the construction of the Lancaster County almshouse in regional context

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8834

Author: Herman, Bernard L.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Responsibility: by Bernard L. Herman.

Author: Herman, Bernard L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 114-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.102, no. 2/3.

Subjects: Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.).; Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Almshouses - Pennsylvania.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 102, number 2/3 (2000), p. 114-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.102, no.2/3

Lancaster landmarks coloring book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17641

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

Responsibility: by Gerry Kershner.

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Place of Publication: Morgantown PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: unpaged : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes directions to historic sites.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Study and teaching.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

Greenwood cemetery interments in Lancaster City, 1896-1930

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22332

Author: Neiss, Debbie

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 310.35 G816

Lancaster Brain Fever Jun. 29, 1911 Groff, F. F. Interred at 3:30 P.M. 2203 Conestoga 30 8 1 56 4 Adams B. Frank Groff, F. F. [This name is crossed out; there is the notation (Removal to another cemetery).] 2449 1 62 7-1/2 Adams B. Frank 58 Removal [sic] Oct. 22, 1912 Groff, F. F. [In burial book, notation

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Responsibility: compiled by Debbie Neiss and Joanne Weber.

Author: Neiss, Debbie

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Series: LancasterHistory Series of Transcribed Data.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 236 #115.

Summary: Information gathered from the burial books that are located in the cemetery's office. LancasterHistory does not own the original books nor any facsimiles thereof.

Subjects: Greenwood Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources

Call Number: 310.35 G816

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Defend or destroy? The Columbia-Wrightesville Bridge in the Gettysburg campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17893

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Responsibility: written and directed by Thomas L. Schaefer.

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Place of Publication: [S. l.]

Publisher: A Total Magic Video Production ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: "Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."; Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

The Amish of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18102

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Responsibility: text by Donald B. Kraybill ; photography by Daniel Rodriguez.

ISBN: 9780811734783 (pbk.); 0811734781 (pbk.)

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 88 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Ethnic relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Rodriguez, Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Keeping the secret : Underground Railroad activity in Lancaster County and beyond

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12497

Corporate Author: Hinkletown Mennonite School : Fourth and Fifth Grade Classes.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 973.7115 H663

Responsibility: by Hinkletown Mennonite School : Fourth and Fifth Grade Classes.

Corporate Author: Hinkletown Mennonite School : Fourth and Fifth Grade Classes.

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: Unpaged : ill. 28 cm.

Notes: This book has been produced under the leadership of Harriet Douple.

Subjects: Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Study and teaching.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 H663

Digging up details of ordinary lives : an archaeological investigation of a 19th- and 20th-century residential site in Leaman Place, Lancaster County, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11812

Author: Ruth, Phil Johnson.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 974.8011 R974

Alternate Title: Archaeological investigation of a 19th- and 20th-century residential site in Leaman Place, Lancaster County, PA

Responsibility: investigation conducted by Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (CHRS) ; sponsored and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in consultation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Author: Ruth, Phil Johnson.

Place of Publication: North Wales, Pa

Publisher: Cultural Heritage Research Services,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 66 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Principal author: Philip Ruth ..."--t.p. verso.

Subjects: Cultural property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Excavations (Archaeology) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic preservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Highway planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Leaman Place (Pa.) - Antiquities.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Antiquities.

Additional Corporate Author: Cultural Heritage Research Services.; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Transportation.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.8011 R974

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