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I|e (Sajette.
ruiIAOtMHU,
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5.
By an Americau captain from Cap: Fran
jais, we are told, that Lord Balcarras has
forbidden the entry at and departure from
Touffaint's Dominions, under and
Spanish colours, as a degradation of the
Britifli Flag. This is believed to be the
ground of the report propagated at the
Southward, by the member of Con^refs.
It is added, on the fame authority, that
Touffaint loses ground daily.
Previous to the late aaion, the British
and Ruffian f>rce amounted toabout 35,000
men ; that of the enemy was not more than
20 oco ; but a great part of our force was
not engaged. All the letters from thence
agree in dating, th?t a second attack wa«
expelled to take place in two or three days.
The Duke of York had a very narrow
efeape in the late engagement in Holland
as his royal highness was encouraging and
leading on his brave troops, a cannon bull
parted between him and one of the guards,
but happily he received no injury from it.
Major-General Christie Barton, is ap
pointed Lt-Governor of Upper-Canada, un
der Governor-G' neral the Duke ol Kent.
G»v. Barton, re fides at Montreal.
,■ - •*— •
On Tuesday the 16th ult. the United
States {loop of war was launched
at Norwich, Connecticut. Govrrnor Truiv-
JJ[ll, after whom (he was Horned, was pie
lent.
FIRST DAY,
OS
SUNDA" SCHOOLS.
THE Board of the
Society for the institution andfupport of the
First Day, or Sunday Schools, beg leave to
inform their fellow citizens, that they are
opened, at the usual plStces, for the reception
of Scholars, at such hours as will not inter
fere with those (dedicated to Divine Worship.
The utility of this Inftitutiori hasbefcn
much greater than could have been exp<f&ed,
and with additional funds, might-be much
more extended.
The children ef the indigerft and-labovi
ous poor, are superintended by reputable and
afliduous teachers, are furnifhed with books,
pens, ink and paper : and are th#s refcu?d
froip savage ignorance, acquire habits of or
der and industry, and hereby qualified to be
good fervauts, good apprentices, and we
hope, they , will become, good in.afttrs an'd
good cititens.,
They eamefilv solicit all influential Char
- afters, in the C*!ity and Liberties, particu
larly their friend* in Southward, (as the
School in that diftrift is at present small) to
aflift in this benevolent undertaking, by
urging such children as may be fuitahle ob
jefts of the Institution, to avail themselves
of so favorable an opportunity of acquiring
ufeful inftruftion.
A School* for Girls, is might by Jqhv
Ely, Til!mi ahove M'ulkerry-ftreet,: fcack
®t the Pre{byterian Church ; one for Boys,
by Silas Diksmoor, in be
tween Third and Fourth-streets •" ancT ano
ther for Boys, by Thaddeus Brown, in
Front, nearly opposite to 9hippen-(lieet, in
Southwsrk.
The Schools are open from 7 to half past
g o'clock, in the forenoon, and frbir. T 'till
j.o'clock in the afternoon:
By order of the Boprd,
Thomas Mendknhall, Chairman.
v . John Orm.roo, Secretary.
nth Month (Nov.) 29th, 1799.
address
Or the Guardians of the Poor.
TO THE PUBLIC.'
fELLOW CITIZENS,
THE exh*ufted (late of our Treasury,
the enormous arreardges of poor' tax, and
the accumulated diftrefTes occasioned by the
' repeated calamities with which our city has
been afflicted, all cunfpire to render an im
mediate and efficient remedy indispensably
necc ffary for the support of the unfortunate
objeftj consigned to our care.
Tlie remedy we trust will be the result of
a candid appeal M your reason, jullice and
maniiy—we ask not a boon !—we iolieit
. ly the prompt payment of a tax of inevit
i. Ie necefiity—tquitable in its operation,
' lgvoleut. in its objeft, and upon the due
ileftion of which, tbe cecor.omy and wel
f e of the infti'tutioo, to efTentially depend.
deficiency in the colltftion of tbe pour
- has superinduced the pra&ice of obtain
loans at Bank, supplies on credit and
pi delaying the purchase of wood and othei
i articles until the prices are greatly en
ced, thereby unequally encrtaling thi
ilic burthens : Whereas a due colleftioi
„. .he taxes will enable us promptly to mee
all our existing engagements and purchaf
future supplies in due season with cajh, t<
;he great'faring and reputation of the infti- At No. 155, Market-lkreet,
tution. Superior London Particular, Madeira, "> WINES
The unexampled number of hapleCs or- q\a Sherry, Port & Lifton, ]
pfeans, which the hand of peftil©DCe has Bcft flavored ©id Coniac Brandy,
thrown upon your bounty—the m- Jamaica Spirits and Holland Gin,— By th« pipe
firm and diseased who look for support asid
protedion from the inclemency of the ap- » f T Jv rfl ll e nt Hav
preaching season, earncftly demand the ex- A * eW lons ot excellent nay.
■Ued charity! which you have so ofieo and Nov. 30. iliw oiw
so conspicuously displayed. ~ " I ~
By order of the General Board of T ol ' l V Gentlemen « >th the,r fer
' . r u d vanti, may b« accommodated with Loigingj
Guardians ot the Foor. • in(J gjeakfaft, and t „ 0 ro omt, at No.
Wm. JONES, President. 83 north Fifth Struct.
Nov. 21.
SALIIfA, November 26.
Recapture oftht Hermionk frigate.
Captain Williams, just arrived from Lagui
ra, inform* us of the recapture of the Her
miotic, fo'merly Britifli frigate, and taken
by her mutinous crew about rwo years firice,
and fold to the Spaniards in Laguira. She
was cut out of Port Cabello, in a mod
gallant manner, by four boats from the
Trent British frigate, with only 120 men.
The Hermione was laying at a wharf, se
cured only by a fall, in a passage about a
pidol (hot wide, leading into the harbour,
and under the guns of a mod formiJable
cadle ; flie was complete for fca, and was
(uppofed to have on board 500,000 dollars
property. Her crew confiding of 600 men,
but were so refraftory, from a relu&ance
to go on board a fliip where such horrid
murders had been perpetrated, that 110 more
tha« 180 were doing duty at the time;
120 were in irons on board, and the remain
der were confined on (bore ; (he was at the
fame time deficient in officers. Under these
circumdanccs, with h*r head lying out
wards, and a leading wind, the detperate
attempt was made by the British boats :
they boarded her, cut her fad, killed the
captain and many of her crew, and got fafe
out, although (he was under a cadle mount
ed with 300 brass cannon, and had to pass
several inferior forts.
The astonished Spaniards declared it to
be the ail of devils, and not of men. The
Spanish captain was a brave audamableman,
and deeply regretted by his countrymen.
The Spaniardsbadexpem'ed 200,0c0 dollars
upon the Hermione : (he had 50 guns moun
ted, and was Ihortly to h<ve failed to ren
dezvous at Cuba.
NEW YORK. December 4.
The Supreme Court yesterday delivered
their fent»:nce in ihe cafe of David Frothisg
ham, previously convifted on a charge of
afperfmg the charadter of General Hamil
ton, by publishing that he had been at the
" bottom of an attempt at fupprtffing by
pecuniary means th« Aurora." He was fined
in the sum of one hundred dollars—ordered
to be imprisoned for four months, and to
give feeuriiy for his good behaviour for two
years; hi 1 felf in one thousand dollars, and
two furttics each in five hundred. One
fiirety we- arc informed is Dennis M'Gaha
gen—the other we have not learned.
ARRIVED,
Brig Rambler, Doudtircd, Larc?haie 33
Schr. Polly, Defear, Petersburg 4
Sea Flbwer, Ralph, Bermuda 20
Sloop Sillers, Rudyard,' Baltimore,' .
Captain Block, an the 30th, of Chingo
teck, fell in with a bu»tr"co6taining five
people, escaped from the wreck of the fch.
Lisbon, the people were all-nfearly perilhed
when brought on board, afid were not able
to (land. . .
Arrived—The schooner Nancy, capUio
Black, from Norfolk, 4 days paflage j eon
figned to Mr. John Munroe. -In - lac. 38,
oft Chincotea'gue, iell in with a boat belong
ing to the fchaoser Ivilion, captain Cox,
1 from Peterfourgh, in Virginia, bound to
i Philadelphia, which had been call away on
the above (hoals ; took .on board the cap
tain and four men, in a famiditng situation,
haviug nothing to eatordTing.
The brig Rarr.bkr, captain Dunbrew, in
33 days, bound to Philadelphia, put in
here in distress. Spoke three days off
Egg Harbour, a French privateisr (locp,
pri/.e to -the Norfolk brig—November- 21,
fp ke the schooner Nancy, captain Brown,
bound to Philadelphia, fr»m St. Kitts, 22
days out, lat. 57, 23, 1 ng 73, 30.
The (hip Oceou was to fail train Go
uaives for this port the 14th ult.
100 CHESTS OF
BOHEA TEA,
Of the Camilla's cargo,
Will be Sold at Au&ion, at No; n6,
South Front Street, on a liberal credit, 011
Monday morning next, at 10 o'clock.
CONNELLY isS Co. /lu9ioheers
December 5. d3t.
CAVALRY.
IHF Second Volunteer Troop of Cavalry of
the United Statei, are ordtred to meet at
the Mcnige« in Chcfnut Street, on Saturday
next, at % o'clock, P. M. in complete uniform,
December 5.
DESERTED,
ON the ittinft from the Marrme Carracks,
HUGH DtJFFIELD, a private in the
Mari'.e Corps, a native of Ireland, aged 3j, live
feet five inches high, dark hair, light complex
ion. He lu» resided for l'ometime pait in this
city, where his family now are.
Whoever apprehends laid Deserter and do
livers him at the Marine Barracks, er lodges
him in goal, will be paid a reward of ten dol
lar§, and reafooable charges.
JAMES MCKNIGHT,
Cipt. commanding Marine Barnckt
December s• diw.
LAWRENCE SECKEL,
HAS FOR SALE,
Dr. ANDREWS
Of the
Proposes to receive xiffW Private Puj'ifs W
be itrstrcied in the rudiments of
THE LATIN LANGUAGE.
HE confines hiiufelf t® beginners because he
would hot incur the danger bf having many
ClafT's, or being obliged to build on an.intufiicienr
foundation-
And as he will require their attendance bit two
hours in the day (from eleven o'clock in the- fore
noon, to one); there will be no need of removing
them from the schools to which thsy havt hither
to gone, or may be intended to be Icßt, for their
improvement, in writing, ciphering, »nd
other ufelul branches »f literature,. not ufnally
taught in a Latin school.
December 5, 1799
Drawing School.
Mr. BECK having beeß solicited by many of
his friends to engage in a Drawing School,
takes the lilxrty of informing them and the pub
lic that he intends opening one at his house in
Fifth Ureet, oppoflte the State house yard, on
Monday the 4th of November, on th« following
terms
Mondayt, WtintfJayi and fridayt,
Ladies from three till quarter,
Ocnrlemeß, lrom half p*& 4 * P 7»
Private Leflons, at honuufor one hour,
Froai homs, two ho«rs, '
PERSPECTIVE,
The eflential ground work of all kinds of draw
ing, taught by a much.more ffmple andlhort me
thod than hitherto pri&iied.
WAIVED,
A prrfon to do house work; alio a boy to it
tend the family and tak« care of'a liorfe.
November 17
JUST PUBLISHED,
AVD FOk SALE
By H. tf P. RICE, No. 16 s. Second street,
(Price I Dollar)
GALATEA,
A fASfORAL ROMANCE.
Embelliihod with Fite Engravings.
A few Cv>j>Se» of
Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre,
May be had as above, p'ke iaj cents.
December 3.
BY SIMON WALKER,
No. 78 Walnut Street,
ENGLISH PORTER and Brown Stoat, In caflcs
of 6 dozen each, •"
Tiii Plates,
Sheet, bar and pig Lead,
Caution with, carriages complete, 4, 6, 9 and II
pounders,
Shot, rouuJ, double beaded'aiid caniiifter,
Iroii Crow Bars,
Cutlafles, boarding Fiket, Mulcts and Piftoli,
Rough Brimflqne, ; ; :
Craam;of Tartar,
Porter,.Wioe. ajjd G'ire' Bottles,
Six Invoices of Earthin Wire, each abo4t thirty
crates, aflbrted
White an 3 red >Le*d, yellow and black Paint, and
' Spanilh BroWn,-
•Ruffiaft Briflje«, ,
Hardware and efforted in calks,
Ad Invoice oT o*rma£ PEniliitj abd Britannia".
• Decemhe* Jt ■" - eo6w
THE SUBSCai:
Having explored I and]" id_ off Jo r fatiifyi ng
■ thi Wart-artli due Id tbr Officers and
Soldiers who served in the ivetr
between lire United States
i anil Grent Britain i
PROPOSES to locale Warrants to the best
advantage, on being allowed a raafonable
compenlMion. Ho will »ttetii at Philadelphia at
the time oi locating; and as not kfs than 4000
acres can b« regillcred or located, will receive any
number of warrants less than that amount, and
class ;h«m-with other* so as to make up the quan
tity required.
The fubfuriber propose*, also to attend on the
(»nd immediately after locating, and ihew any
feilioti in.which be may be employed.
Letter* or warrants addressed to Alexander
Add-ifon, Esq. Pittsburgh; Until the 111 ilay of'
Jauuary nex , ox to the lubfcnber at Wafhmgton,
Pci,nfyl»iinia, my tame previous to the 17th Dec.
ami fwin.that <}ay until the nth day of February
next, at the Poll Ollite, Phil.delphia, will be at
tended to. '•
- Wm. M'CLUNEY.
eotj
December 4 1" ■* I
A LOT OF LAND,
Containing between itwelve and thirteen acres.
Situate an the College read,
Leading from Schuylkill to the Market houfc in
Oermatitowß,
Adjoining lands of John Dorsey V James
Mcjes.
IT is nearly at high as any part of thehi|iy town
ship of Roxborough, and has the advantage of
a good road—the foil is good, part ot which has
been well manured lr.ft fuafon, and an excellent
piece of watered mejd«w which may be put under
water at plea'fuie; a good profpeit—There has
been created lafrfuinnier an excellent flone barn;
a well is nearly oimplcated and a cellar dug for
a tenant's houie —About 70 perches (lour quarried
on the pricmifts preparatory lor further imprsve
ment. The whole umWr taw cedar post and rail
fence. The purchafet- con be accommodated wi'h
i \rong light waggon calculate* for two horles to
haul msjiure, &c. with excellent harness entirely
A r o. 103, Higb street.
11 ir.o . 14th, 1.799 diw
A DWELLING HOUSE,
Range of Stores, and a Counting House,
On Mifflin's wharf, Water ftrect, bftwsen Race
aod Vine streets.
0- Enquire of PattiCoo Hartfliorne, no. 119
north Front (Ireet.
' December 3.
BOARD and LODGINGS.
MRS. HAND
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends Mid the
public in general, that (he has just removed to the
•nanfion honfe, in Franklin Court, .formerly oc
cupied by Dr. Franklin, and latterly' by th- Poi>
tuguele Minister, the Chevalier De Friere. A
family may be accommotiawd with 4 fttit tSirooms,
and Angle gentlemen with feparjteapaxtm?nt»,<jc
Board only. ~tfa« »lfo a good Coacb.Hp.qfc and
Stable* f°* four borfu, X 9 let, ' J
noT.JO. ' j " ]
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Pols.
9
9
I
3
3tawtf
FOR SALE,
(£R
FGR SALE,
*0 LKf,
*»*!»
ACADEMY tor DANCING.
Mr. fXXXCIS
at TBI NIW TKCATKI,
BEGS leave to inform bis fcholan 40d the jMik
".lie.-in gentril, that hi» Academy wiU open
for the season, ad THURSDAY the 12th, at Mr.
O'£LLERB
rex sis,
Fi»e Dollars per Month,
Ten do. per Quarter,
No Entrance.
£5" For further Particulars apply to Ms; F
70, north Eighth ftrcct.
. December t,.
GITT DANCING ASSEMBLT.
THE Subscribers arc informed that th«
firlt Aff.mbly will be held at Mr.
G'Elle»'s Hotel, on Thurfiky the 12th
instant.
Dtccmber 4.
TWO TRUNKS , .
PRINTED COTTONS,
Suited to the Well-India Market, and entitled to
drawback—For iale by
GEORGE WILLIAMS,
No. 103, High Street.
ALSO,
Nine handled pair of American flrong made
SHOES, together wi:hfundry other articles.
Dec. 4 diw.
For Sale,
At tbe Merchant's Coffee House, on Mon
day, 9«-6 tnst. at half pest 12 o'clock,
0 R 0 N 0,
JEM AS foe cimt from sea, and now
laying at the wharf of John Rofs, Elq. burtheß
4 ,i tons regifler, about 3 yean old, complete
ly fitted, and ready to proceed to sea, mount
ing twelve, fix and nine pound cannon, small
arras, boarding netting, &c. as per inventory
left with tho Auaioneer. Terms, approved
indorsed notes at a, 4, and 6 month*.
R. S. FOOTMAN, Auftioneer'
December 3 »
For FREIGHT or CHARTER,
For Europe or the Weft Indies,
, - THE SHIP
-jTL PACIFIC,
" t PERKINS SALTER, Matter,
i She is a staunch good Ship,
well Jitted, burthen about
3000 barrels, and ready to rceeive a cargo
on board.
ft3r For terms apply to
WHARTON and LEWIS,
No Xl 5 South Front street,
. WHO HAVE FOR SALE,
A .parcel of Hayanna Molaflics,
Old Madeira Wine,
Ground Ginger,
Builington Pork, See. Btc.
November 21.
F,r LIVERPOOL,,
THE DANISH SHIP
«|. LITTLE MARTHA,
gjffllcycL On.l C. Ma«k, master,
,, Burthen 300 ton»,
THE principal part of her cargo lining now
ready to ga on boanj, (he will fail with all possible
dispatch. For Freight apply to
NICKLIfI is GRIFFITH.
Kav.lT, '799 ' 5
MARSHAL'S SALE.
United States, }
Pennsylvania DijtriS, J
la puri'uance of a writ to me directed, from
the hon rable Richard Peter*, Efuuire, Judge
of the Court of the United States, in
and for the Petmfylvatiia Diftridl, will be ex
posed t-> public sale at the Merchant* Codec
Home, 'n the City of Philadelphia! on Sa
tuiday :he 7th of December next, at 11
o'clock, it noon ;
£~jjTiw armed French veflcl,
LA MAGICIENNE,
With all and ftnguiar her apparel, guns and
appurtenances, as the fame n<rw are, having
been lately fcizrd and .taken on the high seas,
and within the juril'di<&i«n of the laid Court,
libelled against, prnlecuted and condemned, at
the futt cjif Moses Brown', Elq. commander of
the public armed veflel called the Merrimack,
in behalf of himfelf and the other officers, a«d
crew thereof.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
Marftial's Office it Philadelphia, )
19th day of De«embcr, 1799. j
N. B. An inventory may be seen at the of.
Dqc. ».
Genteel furnifhed Apartments,
To-Let, in ChcfautJlrect,
Suitable for
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Enquire at the Office ol this Gazett«.
Nov. 30. 3t —-Dec. 2&4
Lodging and Breakfast,
FOR one or two Gngle Gentlemen, in a genteel
private family, with the u£e of a neat front
Parlour, and Board for Servants may be had at
No. 18 north Fifth"ttrtst.
November »6.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
U AK AW AY •»* Saturday evefthig thetjftlil
I\. Jijly mftattt, frwm Colebrook Fumtce, j
ta»»fter county, * N«grt> Maa nanvetf Cote, j
|M **ktm4oy**r* of »ge, £*efeet.
m W&ctl*igni tolerable liiack, with adown 1
lit Mkt) fipfrou, be it afiuanteg WtM fellow,'
ajjrt* JUr,4nd «ery fottd of fir®tog li<wor,
hu beet) brought upi tie famine bu&neli, i*.
very tattfy' V *Bf Mnd of laboringwork f *£
taufwsth hint a «nnj>«r of clotkwg.
wbitfc" werc< ant fifit phritt j^ffwne''
ii «c#6SeaMl»*feepei kis ccKtrfe
te-Phfedttyfeb or tti* igfeftb <• **#>■">
~ . * The, tirnvtremrd witt bepatiLfef f»* ■
qjr»(t Jiim w iUtT-i0 **,
' wHJtrelrfoirtble charge* iFljfwiJfet hiSae.
■-'■ U:1 / JACOpX !
MATTHEW M'CONNELL
Hulling opened an Office in Cbesnnt street,
[A few doors-afcoy* Fourth) ..
g- . At. No. 141,
i ND again commenced the Business of Ne
.X. gociatiom, in the various kinds of Pxbli
Stock: Bills oj Exchange, &c. &c._ Engagei
to do every thing in his power to give fotisfac
tioß to those who may think proper to emploj
him. He mean# to confine his tc
the jigency and Commission line, in alt such bu>
tinefs a; is common to the profeflvon.
The purehafe and file of Hou/es end Lots in
and near the City will be attended to, and also
of lands, when that business again revives.
November 19. daw{Ds iw)
Holland Linens,
German Linfeys, fil depreuve,
Ginghams,
Ladies Kid Gloves, by the dozen or
quantity.
gf r pply at No. I South Fourth Street, near
the Indian Queen.
November ij.
t
dtlltb.
WILLIAM SHEAFF
HAS FOB SALE,
At No. 168 High Street, wholesale Is" retail,
fIRST quiiiTT
Madeira of the vintages #f '9l to '97 J \yinES,
Old Sherry, Port and Lilbon J
FiWtand :«urth proof old Comae Brandy,
Jamaica Spirits.
ALSO,
A few Tons of Upland and Mcadov) Hay*
December a
FOR SALE,
On beard the brigantine Fivt Sifters.
Enquire of JOSEPH D©NALDSON.
November 27.
FOR SALE,
THE CARGO
Of the {hip Rebecca, John M'Keever, rnafter, from
BATAVIA,
—Consisting cf- —
350,000 wt. of COFFEE & > first Utief
20,000 wt. of SUGAR, 5
Apply to
JOSEPH SIMS,
Na. 155, south Water ftrect.
Nov. 27.
AND FOR SALE,
By WILL XA M YOUNG,
S. W. coruer of Second and Ch«fnut ftrects,
No I,
Of Reeriationt in Agriculture. Natural His
tory, Arti, and Miscellaneous Literature,
By James AndcrloD, L. L. D.F. R. S. & F. S. A.
Price half a Balltr,
Subfcriptioat for thit work will be r*ceived by
William
Nov. 30.
dtf
POST OFFICE,
November 30, x 79.9*
THE Post Office will be Removed
this day at Sun set, to No. 27 South
third Street. dtf.
Bank. of North America.
THE STOCKHOLDERS
A RE hereby notified that an Election for
A Twelve Directors for the enfoiag year, will
be held at the Bank, on Monday the 13th January
next, at jo o'clcck.
RICHARD WELLS, Cashier.
Det. 2, 1799. dtE
LANCASTER STAGES.
THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lan
cafler line of Stages DISPATCH, teturn their
grateful theuks to their friends and the public m
general, for the pall favors they have received,and
inform them that in addition to the regular Line,
thsy ars provided with Carriages, sober and careful
drivers, to go through between the City and
Borough is two da; s. Tbofe who prefer this mode
of travelling can be accommodated t.t the Stage
Office, sign of United States EagU, Market street,
Philadelphia.
Slough. Downing, Dunwoody W Ce.
Nev. 30. If 2t —?
Fifty Barrels Pippin Applet,
In good order for (hipping,
ADD
A few Barrels Dried Peaches
FOR SALE,
At the corner of Dock and Pear Street.
December 4 d6t
dtf.
SAMUEL REYNOLDS,
TA TL 0 R,
RESPECTFULLY acquaint those gentlemen
who please to favor him with their cuftcm,
and his friends generally, that he has removed to
his Shop, No. 40, South Third Street, where ho
will be glad to ierve them.
N'.B All orders attended with tke usual punc
tuality-
Dee. 3. diw.
' FLOUR,
p%
Will be sold at Auction on Saturday next,
ON WALN»T STREET WHARF,
In Loo to suit tb* Purchafert.
*f Conditions will be made known at the
time of file.
RICHARD S. FOOTMAN,
»4&MI jmtr v
l • 'naiiabufc *&£ ft - mPW'
d6m
FOR SALS,
LOGWOOD
JUST RECEIVED,
REMOVAL.
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