Date/ID Type Image
1786-04-13-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Suit/Claim/Counterclaim
People: Mathurin , Dupre , Clark - , Lemoyne , Jacob , Percy , Lavergne , Cornu - , Derbigny , Gordon , Laporte , Serrano - , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Duguet / Dugué , Jourdain , de Caldas , Drouet , Leduc , Fernandez - , Morin - , Pedesclaux - , Labbe , Toulouse , Durel , Ferriere , Boisdore, Jr. , Girard , Richard , ( Drouet ) , ( FPOC ) , Almonester ( y Roxas ) - , Armas ( y Arcila ) - , Arnaud , Astier , Aubry , Audibert , Badillo - , Balestrine , Balle , Bardeaux , Batis , Bellome ( Bellomy ) - , Berque , Bertin , Bertoniere ( Bertonniere ) - , Blanc , Boisdore - , Bonnearme , Boudous , Boyaval ( Bayaval )- , Broutin - ( 1752 ) , Calandro [ Calandrot ] , Caraby , Carpintero , Carretero , Castanedo - , Catoire , Catoire , Cavildo , Challe , Charpentier , Chenau , Cheveron , Colell , Colet , Dacosta , de la Plaza , Débon , Delaplace - , Morant - , Demorant , Derginad , Dobrot , Dominique , Doncella , Droit , Droit , Droit, Jr. , Drouet , Drouet , Droüet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet , Drouet, Son , Drouet, Son , Drouet , Dubois , Duforest - , Duguet , Duque , Esperance , Esperanza , Estilil , Fernandes , Fourniee , Friere , Gautier , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Genoy , Gerome , Gerrn , Gilland , Girard , Girard , Girard , Gomez - , Gonzalez - , Gorgozat , Gravier , Greneaux , Guillon , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Henry , Henry , Henry , Jerome , Jones , Labatut , Labe , Labie , Lacoste , Lacroix , Lafon , Lagrenade , Langevin , Languran , Larron , Laserre , Laurenso / Laurent , Lerable , Liotau , Luengo - , Luis , Magnon , Malet , Mallet , Mallon , Marchand , Margota , Maxent , Meilleur , Meisonic , Miguel , Millet , Miró ( Miro ) - , Moler , Monlon ( Monllon ) - , Montegut ( Montegu ) - , Munilla , Netoyer , Noguez , Garvea ( y Orue ) - , Palestino , Pavana ( Pavaña ) - , Postigo ( y Balderrama ) - , Pregonero , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Quintanilla , Raby , Ragicault , Raphelet , Rivera , Rodriguez , Rodrigues ( Rodriguez ) - , Sarada , Sarade , Sedella - , Serrada , Maxent ( Maxant ) - , Tarascon - , Tixerant, son , Tixerant, Sr. , Tixerrant, fils, ainée , Toledo , Toulus , Valliere , Vidal - , Vincent , Vincent , Wackerny , Webeat , Xeres
1788-11-09-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Collection / Demand for Payment of a Note / Debt
People: Alpuente ( y Ruiz ) - , Armand, Sr. , Bastide , Beaubé , Beaubé , Becat - ( 1760 ) , Bonnet , Bordelloy , Boutin , Chauvard , Clark , Combes , Combe , Combe , La Combe , Cordounier , Dalton , Delasire , Demousseaux , Derbigny , Doyen , Ducoté , DuCros ( de Lucinge ) ( 1752 ), pere - , Dufossat ( Dufosat ) - , Fabre ( & Company ) - , Liotau, Fabre and Company - , Falabert , Feret , Fleur , Gaignard , Granon , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Guinsau , Habrad , Huet , Jacque , Lafitte , Laissard , Laserre , Lavergne , Layssard , Ledoux , Lejeune , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Liotau - , Marcelo , Marcotte , Mar / Marre , Massy , Mauve , Mayeur , Miró ( Miro ) - , Normand , Oncel , Parent , Pasquier , Pattus , Pattus , Pattus, Jr. , Pattus, Sr. , Pedesclaux - , Percy , Pereny , Perro , Perrot , Pierrot , Pigeaux , Portafaix , Postigo ( y Balderrama ) - , Poidras ( Poydras ) - , Rabalce, Sr. , Rabela , Rabot , Remond , Renoult , Rientord , Rieutord , Rigaud , Riviere , Rouge , Roussou , Sausse , Sauvage , Silvestre , Soileau , Sonde , Souselle , Sousie , Valette , Valette , Varenque , Vicente , Vidal - , Vidrequin , Vincent , Vitrac , Ward , Wiggins
1792-07-11-02 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Annulment of Contract / Partnership / etc
People: Gravier , Gomez - , Lemaire , Pedesclaux - , Marigny - , Serrano - , Pujol , Cavelier , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) - , Badillo , Derbigny , Dorville , Macarty , Boisdore , Guillemaud / Guillemard , Latil , Andry , Brion , Olivier , Treme , Carraby , Sarpy , ( Dapremont ) , ( Dapremont / Flecher) , ( Dapremont / Fletcher ) , ( Gravier ) , Argote - , Armas , Arroyo , Balls & Company , Bals , Bourigny, Jr. , Buch , Bush , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Clarck , Dabremons , Dapremont , Desfonges , Doriocourt ( Dóriocourt ) - , Ehrmstrom / Ehrenstrom , Fletcher , Forstall / Forstal , Frette , Girod , Hamilton , Humphries , Jarreau , Joice , Lajonchere , Leduc , Soubie - , Maxmillon , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Morant , Orsel , Orso ( Orzo ) - , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Raymundo , Villanova , Was / Huas , Wilson
1792-10-02-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Succession, Report on Inventory
People: Pedesclaux - , Lavergne , Siben , Argote - , Leduc , Voisin ( 1784 ) - , Galvez , Quintanilla , Merieult , Derbigny , Giovellino / Giovelina , ( Duplesi ) , ( Jerant ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Pradier ) , ( Villier ) , ( Villier ) , ( Villier ) , ( Villiers ) , Ayala , Becat - ( 1760 ) , Bellerue , Bernado , Boudousquie , Broulain , Broutin , Chaise , Chauvin Delery ( De Léry ) Boisclair , Delery , Delery , Depres , Devillier , Fortie , Gomez - , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hoa - , Larronda , Leonard , Lesassier , Liotau - , Mayronne , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Meriente , Millor , Moreson , Not given , Not given , Orso ( Orzo ) - , Petit , Portillo , Pradier , Pradier , Pradier , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Ramires , Reaud , Rot , Salcedo - , Sedella - , Toca , Tounoir , Verbois , Vidal - , de Villiers , de Villiers , Voisin ( 1735 ) - , Voisin, fils ( 1767 ) - , Volant
1793-05-04-03 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Divorce / Separation
People: ( Sedella ) , ( Sedella ) , Albarez , Almogabar , Angli , Angli , Azcarate , Badillo - , Barcelona , Bringas , Broutin - ( 1752 ) , Calvo , Camano , Cane , Cardenas , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Chaquet , Claro , Claro , Crespo , Cruz , Derbigny , Dumaine , Feo , Ferrary , Fuentes , Fuentes , Garcia , Garcia , Gomez - , Gonzales , Guardiola , Guei , Guei , Guinault ( change>1783 ) - , Hasset , Henriquez , Kaboschek , Lamarre / Lamare , Laviseta , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Lemos , Liotau - , Lovio , Manuel , Mars , Martinez , Maysach , Melo , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Montan , Montegut ( Montegu ) - , Ventura ( Morales ) - , Moreno , Palacios , Palao , Pallan , Pedesclaux - , Peña ( Pena ) - , Perera , Perez , Petit , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Quintero , Raby , Robles , Rodriguez - , Romero , Ronquillo , Rubio , Satille , Sedella - , Serpa , Serrano - , Suares , Vasquez , Vasquez , Vasquez , Vidal - , Walsh , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -
1793-05-22-01 Judicial Acts, Criminal Cases/Acts, Suit / Claim / Counterclaim
People: ( Chatelain ) , ( Chatelain ) , ( Chatelain ) , ( Decuir ) , ( Mayeux ) , ( Mayeux ) , ( Poydras ) , ( Soileau ) , ( Soileau ) , ( Soileau ) , ( Soileau, then Poydras) , Allain , Armesto - , Assereto , Badillo - , Bertoniere ( Bertonniere ) - , Boilrin , Bordelon , Bordelon , Boudousquie , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Chatelain , Cheneverd , Choisser , Decuir , Decuir , Derbigny , Deveau , Ducote , Dufiet / Dufief , Duforest - , Duparc , Duplaichein , Dupuy , Duralde , Gaignard , Garcelier , Gautier , Gradenigo , Gradenigo , Gradenigo , Grisey , Guillory , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Heberard , Joffrion , Junaux , Laborde , Lacour , Lamoureux , Laporte , Ledoux , Lemoine , Lemoine , Lemoine , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Lesassier , Liotau - , Lugar , Malbert , Mayeux , Mayeux , Mayeux , Morandiere , Olivier , Pampalon , Pedesclaux - , Perea , Pomony , Poulus , Poidras ( Poydras ) - , Precoeur , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Sandre , Serrano - , Soileau , St. Romain , Tauriac , Tournier , Vidal - , Villard
1793-11-28-06 Notarial Acts, Assumption of Debt
People: ( Tixerant ) , Barre - , Boudousquie , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Casidanius , Castellanos , Cayeux , Cayeux , Cendre , Cupryo , Dalbiere , Darcy , Derbigny , Ducros , Duforest - , Dutertre , Fernandez , Ferre , George , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Labatut , Latour, Jr. - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Lesassier , Marigny - , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Miró ( Miro ) - , Pedesclaux - , Perea , Postigo ( y Balderrama ) - , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Roche , Rodriguez , Roseta Iris , Saussier , Saussier , Serrano - , Tixerant , Tixerrant , Tixerant , Tixerant , Tixerant / Tixseran , Tixerrant , Trevino , Ventura , Vidal - , Villard , Villefranche , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) - , Yuset , Izurra
1794-05-19-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Succession, succession - full document
People: ( Begin ) , ( Rayas ) , ( Rayas ) , Badillo - , Barrois , Barrois , Begin , Bercy , Bermudes ( Bermudez ) - , Bertoniere ( Bertonniere ) - , Besancon , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Derbigny , Duforest - , Dufour , Duplessis , Favrot - , Garel , Gomez - , Izurra , Jacob , Lafranche , Lambre , Latour , Latour , Lavergne , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Moreson , Nive , Orso ( Orzo ) - , Pedesclaux - , Peleagonzalo , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Rayas , Rivera , Ronde ( Delaronde, père ) - , Balet / Valet , Veillon , Vidal -
1794-09-20-01 Notarial Acts, Sale of Slave(s)
People: ( Hussey ) , Armesto - , Ayala , Barre - , Bonafer , Boudousquie , Bourjois , Broutin - ( 1752 ) , Caffin , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Carrick , Chabot , Chabot , Clark , Clark - , Conway , Curat , Derbigny , Diaz , Dow - , Ducros, fils - , Duforest - , Elliot , Estiva , Fernandez , Ferrary , Fortier , Fortuniche , Garland , Giroso , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hussey , Jones , Joyce , Lacosta , Lacosta , Lanoir , Leblanc , Liotau - , Lovio , Macarty , Maule , McDonang / McDonaugh , McKieman , Mericult / Merieult , Monbrun , Montegut ( Montegu ) - , Moore , Morgan , Morgan , Navarro , Norwood - , Orzel , Pavana ( Pavaña ) - , Pedesclaux - , Peña ( Pena ) - , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Riera , Salcedo - , Sandre , Sauve ( Saure ) - , Serrano - , Strother ( Estrother ) - , Vidal - , Welch , White , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) - , Zerban
1795-02-07-02 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Collection / Demand for Payment of a Note / Debt
People: Abarion , Baudin , Boudousquie , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Dagarey , Derbigny , Duforest - , Duverges , Finiels , Forstall / Forstal , Fortier , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Lesassier , Liotau - , Lisa , Liza , Moreau , Moreau , Pedesclaux - , Perez - , Perier , Prevot , Prudeau , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Salcedo - , Segun , Serrano - , Sigur , Torre , Tremé ( Tremet ) - , Treme , Trudeau - , Vidal - , Volaire , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -
1795-03-26-01 Notarial Acts, Inventory
People: ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , ( Monsanto ) , Abrams , Alexander , Alexander , Alston / Aliston , Archenar , Argote - , Armstrong , Baben , Badillo - , Becker / Baker , Baker , Balk , Banks , Barland , Benjamin , Birds , Blache , Bonner , Bonner , Bools , Brezeno , Britton , Britton , Brocus , Brown , Bryan , Burling , Burnet , Burnet , Bustamente , Butler , Calahan , Calvo , Calwet , Calwet , Carcasses , Carol , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Carrick , Carter , Carter , Carter , Carter , Casan , Cavalie , Cenas , Chabot , Chambers , Charbonnet , Cobbe , Coborn , Cochran , Coen , Coles , Coles , Colman , Colman , Commager, Jr. , Cooper , Cooper , Cooper , Corchado , Cory , Cory , Cram , Crest , Creger , Cruzat , Dantilly , Dauber , Dayton , Derbigny , Dorroch , Dow - , Ducrest , Duforest - , Dumaine , Dunn , Dunbar , Dunford / Durnford , Durel , Duval , Elliot , Ellis , Ellis , Ellis , Erben / Irwin , Erven , Essex , Ferguson , Farley , Fefe , Fernandez , Fernandez , Filt , Fitzgerald , Flower , Fordese , Fortier , Freeman , Gibson , Gilbert , Giovellino / Giovelina , Girault , Glascok - Glasscock , Gleson , Gocin , Gomez - , Grandpre - , Green , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hamilton , Harman , Harrison , Hartley , Hayes , Heady , Henderson , Henderson , Higdon , Holt , Homes , Honter , Hubbard , Jabery , Johnston , Jones , Jordan , Kelly , King , King , Kirkwood , Cook , La Chapelle / Lachiapella , Lafitte , Lalande , Lambert , Lamothe , Landry , Laserre , Lee , Lelis , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Leonard , Monsanto , Leyre , Lintot , Liotau - , Livaudais , Londrek , Lovio , Lume , Lusky , Macarty , Maget , Makay , Manadu , Marcantel , Martin , McCollaugh , McFarland , McIntosh , Melles , Mese , Mitchell , Miller , Miller , Minor , Monsanto , Monsanto , Monsanto , Monsanto , Monsanto , Monsanto , Tessier , Monsanto , Mortimer , Mota , Nache , Nekelion , Nekelion , Nelion , O'Connor , Odom , Olivares , Oweng / Owens , Panton , Parkins , Pedesclaux - , Perdomo ( 1775 ) - , Perez - , Petit , Picard , Populus , Prevan , Provum , Raby , Rainer , Rauw , Raux , Rea , Reev / Rees , Richard , Ried , Rivera , Rocheblave , Roday , Rodriguez - , Rodriguez - , Roque , Ross , Root , Roulle , Roy , Sandre , Schnell , Sezant / Seran , Serrano - , Sheling , Sigur , Smely , Soulie , Spain , Sprither , Staybraker , Strothers , Tabor , Tesier , Tesier , Tomlinson , Torpen , Touriac , Trouly , Trouly , Urza , Vidal - , Vidal , Vilesas , Voisin , Vousdan , Wathers , Weed , West , West , Wethins , Wheley , Wehet / White , Wilion , Williams , Williams , Wills , Woolley , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) - , Ylor
1795-04-21-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Collection / Demand for Payment of a Note / Debt
People: Argote - , Armesto - , Ayala , Badillo - , Barclay , Beauregard , Boog , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Carrick , Clark - , Derbigny , Donaldson , Donaldson , Duforest - , Eubank , Fernandez , Girault , Gomez - , Hanbury , Hulings , Lavergne , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Leonard ( Leonor ) - , Lindo , Liotau - , Llaguno , Mather , Melier , Merieult , Minor , Pedesclaux - , Percy , Perdomo ( 1775 ) - , Pontalba , Reev / Rees , Rodriguez - , Ross , Sowley , Vidal - , Waterhouse , Watts , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -
1795-05-27-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Collection / Demand for Payment of a Note / Debt
People: Andry - , Arriaga , Badillo - , Bosques , Bousquet , Bousquet , Broutin - ( 1752 ) , Caisergues - , Calvo , Calvo , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Clark - , Clement , Derbigny , Duforest - , Dupuy , Durousseau , Fabre , Fernandez , Fisher , Fomvergne , Gagne , Gayne , Gomez - , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hicks , Jorda , Keese , Lachapela , Lavergne , Lemaire - , Leon , Liotau - , Macarty , Marchand , Mendez , Moore , Murray , Pavia , Pedesclaux - , Percy , Peytavin , Poeyfarré ( Poeyfarre ) - , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Raguet, fils - , Reboul , Reynaud , Ricardos , Riviere , Salazar , Sanz , Sarpy , Sausa , Segond, Jr. - , Serrano - , Soulie , Stoughton , Vargas , Viar , Vidal - , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -
1795-08-13-01 Judicial Acts, Criminal Cases/Acts, Deposition/Interrogation/Testimony
People: ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , ( Pedesclaux ) , Ayala , Badillo - , Bethremieux / Beltremieux , Bernoudy, fils - , Boulmay , Derbigny , Duforest - , Dufosat , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hernandez , Larralde , Lavergne , Lemaire - , Liotau - , Lovio , Mayrone , Millot , Muzie , Pedesclaux , Pedesclaux - , Percy , Perea , Perez , Petit , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Quintanilla , Riano ( Riaño ) - , Rodriguez - , Rua , Sarpy , Serrano - , Wackernie - , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -
1795-09-11-01 Judicial Acts, Civil Cases/Acts, Collection / Demand for Payment of a Note / Debt
People: ( Watts ) , ( Watts ) , Adams , Adams , Armas ( y Arcila ) - , Armesto - , Asheton , Barre - , Belly , Deverbois / Berbois , Calvo , Campbell , Campbell , Campo , Carcarser , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Castles , Clark - , Clifford , Dalsell , Darby - , Derbigny , Dickson , Ducros, fils - , Duforest - , Flowers , Galvez - , Germaine , Guerrero , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hervoy , Hester , Jones , Jones (Jonhs) , Jones , Lavergne , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Liotau - , Marsk , Maxent , McDonang / McDonaugh , McLean , Mendez ( Mendes ) - , Miró ( Miro ) - , Monsanto , Palacios , Pedesclaux - , Percy , Perdomo ( 1775 ) - , Postigo ( y Balderrama ) - , Proffit , Proffit , Quiñones ( Quinones ) - , Reev / Rees , Riviere , Robson , Rodriguez - , Ross , Salcedo - , Sauve ( Saure ) - , Sewel , Skinner , Smith , Strother ( Estrother ) - , Vidal - , Watts , Wilmot
1796-05-12-01 Notarial Acts, Inventory
People: ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , ( Leblanc ) , Avart , Acosta , Andry , Aragon , Armas ( y Arcila ) - , Armero , Arnaud , Ayala , Badillo - , Balderas , Barbet , Bermudes ( Bermudez ) - , Bermudez - , Bernoudy , Bernoudy , Blanchard , Blanco , Bosques , Boudousquie , Bouligny , Bouligny - , Broutin - ( 1752 ) , Bryen , Cagigas , Calderon , Calvo , Hector - ( Baron de Carondelet ) , Casanova , Clark - , Conrotte , Coopertwait / Cowpertwait , Coquet , Cornu - , Cose , Logny , Derbigny , Doriocourt , Dreux , Dreux , Dufiet / Dufief , Duforest - , Dufossat , Durel , Escarie , Fernandez , Fernandez , Fora , Fortier , Freret , Gannier , Genova , Genois , Girod , Gravier , Grondel , Guelle , Guinault ( 1783 ) - , Hernandez , Hernandez , Herrera , Ibanez , Jorda , Jumonville , Labatut , Lafon , Lambert , Larua , Latil , Lavergne , Leblanc , Leblanc , Leblanc , LeBlanc , Leblanc , Leblanc , Leblanc , Lebreton , Lejeune , Lemaire - , Lemos ( y Amorin ) - , Lesassier , Liotau - , Lopez , Lopez , Macarty , Martinez , Mericult / Merieult , Migues , Montreuil , Moore , Morant - , Ortiz , Pedesclaux - , Peña ( Pena ) - , Percy , Perea , Perez , Poeyfarré ( Poeyfarre ) - , Polo , Poidras ( Poydras ) - , Robert , Robin , Rodriguez - , Roela , Rolioso , Roland , Rua , San Juan , Sanchez , Sandre , Santana , Soroca , Terne , Tusson , Valle , Vidal - , Viliers , Vinas , Vino , Ximenez , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) - , Zuniga
1798-03-02-01 Notarial Acts, Sale of Slave(s)
People: Jourdain , Conway , Conway , Conway , Derbigny , Leonard ( Leonor ) - , Liotau - , Mather , Ximenez ( Ximenes ) -

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