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RETURN OF
LAND GRANTS – 1805 – 1824 – CO137/162
Return of the Number of Patents for Land granted in
the Island of Jamaica from the first day of January 1805 to the 31st
day of December 1824 with the names of the persons to whom granted the quantity
of land and the parish where situated.
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DATE |
SURNAME |
FIRST NAME |
ACRES |
PARISH |
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1805 |
Nov. 26 |
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John Graham |
232 & 15 acres if slippage |
Westmoreland |
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1806 |
Jan. 4 |
JACKSON |
John R |
271 acres |
Port Royal |
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Jan. 14 |
BRADSHAW |
James |
A lot of footland in Titchfield |
Portland |
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Feb. 11 |
fullarton |
James |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
ross |
John |
2 runs of 300 acres each |
Vere |
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Feb. 11 |
GREEN |
John |
The same quantity |
St, Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
Lewis |
John G |
The same quantity |
St. Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
taylor |
William |
The same quantity |
St. Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
swinton |
Melville |
2 runs of 300 & 150 acres |
Clarendon |
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Feb. 11 |
burton |
Deborah |
2 runs of 300 acres each |
St. Eliz & Clarendon |
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Feb. 11 |
angell |
Edward M. |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
smith |
Chs. Hamilton |
4 runs of 300 acres each |
Clarendon |
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Feb. 11 |
rogers |
Henry |
The same quantity |
St. Elizabeth |
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Feb. 11 |
meredith |
Cortland S. |
The same quantity |
ditto |
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Feb. 11 |
fraser |
William |
The same quantity |
Clarendon |
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Feb. 11 |
tyrrell |
John |
The same quantity |
ditto |
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Mar. 4 |
Mckenzie |
Murdock & wife |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Thomas - Vale |
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Jul. 30 |
GRANT |
Lewis |
300 acres quit rent |
Vere |
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Oct. 15 |
drysdale |
John |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Thomas - East |
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Nov. 7 |
aikman |
Alex |
300 acres quit rent |
St. George |
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Dec. 6 |
GRANT |
Alexander |
76 acres
quit rent |
Port Royal |
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Dec 15 |
ross |
John |
300 acres
quit rent |
Vere |
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1807 |
Jan. 30 |
JACKSON |
John R |
135½ acres
quit rent |
Port Royal |
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Feb. 17 |
reid |
John |
2 runs of 300 acres each |
Clarendon |
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June 20 |
GRANT |
James |
440 acres surplusage |
St. Elizabeth |
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June 20 |
smith |
Adam |
32 acres |
Vere |
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Sept 19 |
mcleod |
Alexander |
600 acres quit rent |
Clarendon |
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Oct. 19 |
bramwell |
William |
No quantity specified |
St. Elizabeth |
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Oct. 19 |
blair |
George |
No quantity specified |
ditto |
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Nov. 3 |
murray |
Walter |
Escheat – 2 lots Savanna la Mar |
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Nov 30 |
barron |
Patrick |
243 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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1808 |
Feb 6 |
saunders |
Richard |
300 acres |
St. David |
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Feb 29 |
arthurs |
Samuel & al |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Ann |
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Feb 29 |
jones |
Honble James |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Catherine |
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Mar 12 |
ashley |
Paul |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Mar 12 |
powell |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Mar 25 |
connor |
Bryan |
400 acres quit rent |
St. Elizabeth |
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Jul 25 |
EWERS [?] |
Samuel Main |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Elizabeth |
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Aug 15 |
ross |
Alexander |
300 acres quit rent |
Clarendon |
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Aug 16 |
harris |
Elizabeth |
360 acres quit rent |
St. Elizabeth |
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Sept 1 |
tonken |
William |
346 acres surplusage& confirm. |
Westmoreland |
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Sept 17 |
hall |
Francis |
300 acres quit rent |
Vere |
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Sept 17 |
HALL |
Francis |
300 acres quit rent |
Vere |
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Sept 17 |
Hall
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Francis |
300 acres quit rent |
Vere |
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Sept 26 |
dow |
John |
74 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Oct 11 |
gaul |
James |
Escheat of one moiety of 500 |
St Ann |
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Oct 15 |
MORRISON |
John |
318 acres quit rent |
St. Catherine |
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Oct 18 |
jackson |
John Rawleigh |
204 acres surplusage |
Port Royal |
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Oct 25 |
bell |
Robert |
600 acres quit rent |
St. Ann |
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Oct 29 |
quarrell |
Richard |
300 acres quit rent |
Westmoreland |
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Nov 1 |
parkinson |
Matthew |
300 acres
quit rent |
Westmoreland |
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1809 |
Feb 6 |
smith |
James & wife |
Escheat of a coffee mountain & slaves |
St. Andrew |
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Apr 29 |
reid |
Thomas |
1200 acres quit rent |
Clarendon |
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peterswald |
John & al |
600 acres
quit rent |
St. George |
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May 21 |
wallen |
Edward Pennock |
900 acres
quit rent |
Portland |
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Oct 3 |
parke |
William |
100 acres escheat |
St. Andrew |
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Oct 10 |
hall |
Charles William |
3 small island in Hunts Bay |
St. Andrew |
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Oct 25 |
perry |
Wilhelmina |
Escheat Mountain settlement |
St. Andrew |
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Nov 13 |
claypoole |
James |
Escheat 2¾ lots of land |
Kingston |
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Dec 5 |
smith |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. John |
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Dec 13 |
glasspole |
Johanna Reid & al |
Escheat 2 pieces foot land |
Kingston |
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1810 |
June 27 |
wilson |
Robert |
Escheat 1 lot |
St. Catherine |
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July 27 |
lindsay |
Catline |
Escheat 2
lots |
Kingston |
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Aug 11 |
burke |
Elizabeth |
Escheat 2
lots |
Kingston |
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1811 |
Feb 11 |
weightman |
Richard |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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Mar 20 |
lindmir |
Augustus |
600 acres |
Portland |
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Apr 18 |
hollingsworth |
David |
600 acres quit rent |
Vere |
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May 29 |
fyffe |
Charles |
Escheat 50 acres of land |
St. Ann |
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May 31 |
dixon |
Joseph |
Escheat 5 acres of land |
St. Ann |
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Sept 26 |
kerr |
Samuel |
300 acres |
St James |
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Sept 30 |
montagnae |
Edward |
300 acres |
St. Thomas- East |
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Nov 4 |
heron |
Alexander |
300 acres |
St Elizabeth |
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Nov 5 |
delafitte |
Alexander |
300 acres |
St George |
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1812 |
Feb 7 |
TAYLOR |
John |
300 acres |
Westmoreland |
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Apr 23 |
harris |
Elizabeth |
A lot of land in Titchfield |
Portland |
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June 6 |
wiNtle |
James |
Escheat of a lot of footland |
St. Catherine |
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June 18 |
ripley |
Mary F. |
Escheat of a lot of footland |
Kingston |
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RIPLEY |
Mary F. |
Escheat of a piece of land |
St. Ann |
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Aug 13 |
esson |
Andrew |
167 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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1813 |
Mar 3 |
MacMorrice |
Thomas & al |
A lot of footland in Titchfield |
Portland |
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May 17 |
manhertz |
Johan Michael |
Escheat of ½ part undivided piece |
St George |
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June 11 |
champNeys |
John |
Escheat of
land, no description |
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Jul 23 |
hissom |
William |
300 acres |
Vere |
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1814 |
Mar 3 |
wright |
Robert |
112 acres |
Vere |
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Mar 25 |
McCLELLAND |
Robert |
Escheat of land & premises |
Kingston |
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May 16 |
BOWES |
Robert & al |
Escheat of a
coffee plantation |
Vere |
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Oct 5 |
SHAND |
John Honble |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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shand |
William |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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1815 |
May 31 |
bellamore |
Timothy |
258 acres |
St. Ann |
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June 29 |
stewart |
Robert |
300 acres |
Clarendon |
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Dec 12 |
bowen |
Francis |
300 acres |
St John & St Thomas in the Vale |
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1816 |
Aug 3 |
miller |
James |
105 acres |
Clarendon |
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Sept 6 |
powell |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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powell |
George |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Oct 14 |
connor |
Bryan |
300 acres |
St Elizabeth |
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1817 |
Jan 20 |
allen |
William |
2 acres, 3 roods |
Hanover |
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Aug 2 |
kerr |
Samuel |
300 acres |
St James |
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1818 |
June 6 |
BRANFOOT |
Thomas John |
300 acres quit rent |
Manchester |
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Jul 10 |
Reid |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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July 16 |
taylor |
William |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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July 20 |
dunbrie |
James |
300 acres |
St. Ann |
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Aug 1 |
phillpotts |
Thomas |
300 acres |
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Dec 9 |
jackson |
William |
225 acres quit rent |
St. Dorothy |
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1819 |
Jan 26 |
angell |
Benjamin |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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1820 |
Apr 14 |
mason |
Samuel |
282 acres |
Manchester |
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Aug 26 |
branfoot |
Thomas John |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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1821 |
Mar 3 |
mackeson |
John |
300 acres quit rent |
Manchester |
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Jun 18 |
powell |
Richard |
110 acres |
Manchester |
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1822 |
Jan 29 |
o’connor |
Charles |
300 acres |
Westmoreland |
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1823 |
Mar 10 |
pownall |
James Cornel. |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Andrew |
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Apr 7 |
lennox |
Elizabeth |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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johnson |
William |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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kilburn |
Grace |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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clark |
George |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Apr 15 |
jobline |
Elizabeth Parker |
Footland in Titchfield |
Portland |
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June 5 |
farquharson |
Matthew |
No quantity specified |
St. Elizabeth |
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miller |
Andrew |
No quantity specified |
St. Elizabeth |
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earle |
John |
No quantity specified |
St. Elizabeth |
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Jul 5 |
stephenson |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Oct 8 |
wheatley |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Oct 17 |
smith |
Esther |
300 acres |
Trelawney |
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1824 |
Jan 22 |
gowdie |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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gowdie |
Susan |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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young |
George |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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Apr 8 |
johnson |
William |
300 acres quit rent |
St. Elizabeth |
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seacole |
Charles William |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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May 15 |
dyer |
William |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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payne |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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May 25 |
mason |
Thomas |
300 acres |
St. Elizabeth |
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Sept 11 |
bently |
Samuel |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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raven |
Mark |
220 acres |
Manchester |
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Nov 18 |
jake |
Enoch |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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morlock |
Henry |
300 acres |
Manchester |
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