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Collapse MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977
Expand 1 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 19191 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 1919
Expand 2 - Legal Records - 1766 - 18512 - Legal Records - 1766 - 1851
Expand 3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 18953 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895
Expand 4 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 18954 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 1895
Expand 5 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 19045 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 1904
Expand 6 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 19036 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 1903
Expand 7 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 19197 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 1919
Expand 8 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-18888 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-1888
Expand 9 - Premises Records - 1783-18949 - Premises Records - 1783-1894
Expand 10 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 189610 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 1896
Expand 11 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.185011 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.1850
Collapse 12 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 188512 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 1885
Expand 1 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1818 - 18181 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1818 - 1818
Collapse 2 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1819 - 18192 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1819 - 1819
1 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 02 January 1819
2 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 03 January 1819
3 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 04 January 1819
4 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 06 January 1819
5 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 09 January 1819
6 - Letter & sketches. James Brown (—) to John Rennie (—) - 11 January 1819
7 - Letter. James Brown (—) to William Creighton [Soho] - 11 January 1819
8 - Letter & sketches. James Brown (—) to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 19 January 1819
9 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton. - 20 January 1819
10 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 22 January 1819
11 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 25 January 1819
12 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 26 January 1819
13 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 27 January 1819
14 - Letter. James Brown (13 London St.) to Mr. — Anderson (—) - 28 January 1819
15 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 28 January 1819
16 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - February 1819
17 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 01 February 1819
18 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 02 February 1819
19 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 03 February 1819
20 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 04 February 1819
21 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 6 February 1819
22 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 06 February 1819
23 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 09 February 1819
24 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 09 February 1819
25 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 12 February 1819
26 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 13 February 1819
27 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Mr. — Weymouth (—) - 17 February 1819
28 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 17 February 1819
29 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 18 February 1819
30 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 19 February 1819
31 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 20 February 1819
32 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 23 February 1819
33 - Letter. James Brown (13 London St.) to Daniel Brent (—) - 25 February 1819
34 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 26 February 1819
35 - Transcript of letter. Daniel Brent (Rotherhithe) to James Brown (—) - 26 February 1819
36 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 01 March 1819
37 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 05 March 1819
38 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 06 March 1819
39 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 12 March 1819
40 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 16 March 1819
41 - Memorandum. Swiftsure – Corrected Specification of Timbers etc. given to Mr. Brent - 19 March 1819
42 - Letter. James Brown (13 London St.) to Mr. — Cooke (—) - 19 March 1819
43 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 20 March 1819
44 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 23 March 1819
45 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 26 March 1819
46 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 27 March 1819
47 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 30 March 1819
48a - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 02 April 1819
48b - Memoranda. Experiments with the Caledonia - 30 March 1819 - 1 April 1819
49 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 03 April 1819
50a - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 06 April 1819
50b - Memorandum. Experiments with the Caledonia - 05 April 1819
51a - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 08 April 1819
51b - Memorandum. Experiments with the Caledonia. - 07 April 1819
52 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (—) to Ralph Walker (—) - 09 April 1819
53 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 09 April 1819
54 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Moser & Co. (—) - 10 April 1819
55 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 11 April 1819
56 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to J. Kemson (—) - 13 April 1819
57a - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 14 April 1819
57b - Memorandum. Experiments with the Caledonia - 13 April 1819
58 - Letter & sketch. James Brown (13 London St.) to Mr. — Cooke (—) - 14 April 1819
59a - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 17 April 1819
59b - Memorandum. Experiments made with the Caledonia - 15 April 1819
59c - Memorandum. Experiments with the Caledonia - 16 April 1819
60 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 19 April 1819
61 - Memorandum. Experiments made with the Caledonia - 21 April 1819
62a - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 26 April 1819
62b - Memorandum. Experiments made with the Caledonia - 24 April 1819
63 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 29 April 1819
64 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 30 April 1819
65 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 03 May 1819
66 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 04 May 1819
67 - Letter& sketch.. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (Soho) - 05 May 1819
68 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 08 May 1819
69 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 08 May 1819
70 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 10 May 1819
71a - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 12 May 1819
71b - Memorandum. Experiments made with the Eclipse - 12 May 1819
72 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 18 May 1819
73 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 22 May 1819
74 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 27 May 1819
75a - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 31 May 1819
75b - Memorandum. Experiments made with the Eclipse - 29 May 1819
76a - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 05 June 1819
76b - Memoranda. Passage to and from Margate on board the Eclipse.1 & 5 Jun.1819; Towing Experiment with the Hastings 74 by the Eclipse - 04 June 1819
77 - Letter. James Brown (13 London St.) to Francis Biggs (—) - 07 June 1819
78 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 07 June 1819
79 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 08 June 1819
80 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Mr. — Hall (—) - 09 June 1819
81 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 10 June 1819
82 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 11 June 1819
83 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (—) to Ralph Walker (—) - 14 June 1819
84 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Joseph Price (—) - 14 June 1819
85 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 16 June 1819
86 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to John Howde (—) - 19 June 1819
87 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 26 June 1819
88 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 02 July 1819
89 - Memorandum. London & Leith Steam Packets. - 13 July 1819
90 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 31 July 1819
91 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 05 August 1819
92 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 09 August 1819
93 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 11 August 1819
94 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 17 August 1819
95 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 18 August 1819
96 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 21 August 1819
97 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 25 August 1819
98 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 31 August 1819
99 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 03 September 1819
100 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 07 September 1819
101 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 10 September 1819
102 - Letter & sketch. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 15 September 1819
103 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 16 September 1819
104 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 17 September 1819
105 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 18 September 1819
106 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. to Cobb & Son (Margate) - 18 September 1819
107 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (—) to Wallitt & Sons (—) - 23 September 1819
108 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 24 September 1819
109 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 25 September 1819
110 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 30 September 1819
111 - Memorandum. Speedwell – General Estimate sent to the Duke of Atholl for the larch timber - nd. [c. October 1819]
112 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 08 October 1819
113 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 11 October 1819
114 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 15 October 1819
115 - Letter. James Brown (13 London St.) to William Creighton [Soho] - 15 October 1819
116 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 16 October 1819
117 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 22 October 1819
118 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 28 October 1819
119 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (London St.) to Francis Smith (—) - 29 October 1819
120 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 30 October 1819
121 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (London St.) to the Proprietors of the Sons of Commerce (—) - 01 November 1819
122 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 02 November 1819
123 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 03 November 1819
124 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 05 November 1819
125 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (London St.) to J. Coope (—) - 06 November 1819
126 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 12 November 1819
127 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 19 November 1819
128 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 20 November 1819
129 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Liptrap, Smith & Co. (—) - 24 November 1819
130 - Letter. James Brown (London St.) to Robert Smirke (—) - 27 November 1819
131 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 27 November 1819
132 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 30 November 1819
133 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 01 December 1819
134 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 03 December 1819
135 - Letter. James Brown (Haydon Square) to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 03 December 1819
136 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [Soho] - 13 December 1819
137 - Letter & sketch. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. (13 London St.) to Elliot & Co. (—) - 17 December 1819
138 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 18 December 1819
139 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - 29 December 1819
140 - Letter & sketches. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. [Soho] - nd. [1819]
Expand 3 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1820 - 18203 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1820 - 1820
Expand 4 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1821 - 18214 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1821 - 1821
Expand 5 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1822 - 18225 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1822 - 1822
Expand 6 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1823 - 18236 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1823 - 1823
Expand 7 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1824 - 18247 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1824 - 1824
Expand 8 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1825 - 18258 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1825 - 1825
Expand 9 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1826 - 18269 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1826 - 1826
10 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1828 - 1828
Expand 11 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1830 - 183011 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1830 - 1830
Expand 12 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1831 - 183112 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1831 - 1831
Expand 13 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1832 - 183213 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1832 - 1832
Expand 14 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1836 - 183614 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1836 - 1836
Expand 15 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1839 - 183915 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1839 - 1839
16 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1846 - 1846
18 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1847 - 1847
Expand 23 - Incoming Correspondence, 1818 - 181823 - Incoming Correspondence, 1818 - 1818
Expand 24 - Incoming Correspondence, 1819 - 181924 - Incoming Correspondence, 1819 - 1819
Expand 25 - Incoming Correspondence, 1820 - 182025 - Incoming Correspondence, 1820 - 1820
Expand 26 - Incoming Correspondence, 1821 - 182126 - Incoming Correspondence, 1821 - 1821
Expand 27 - Incoming Correspondence, 1822 - 182227 - Incoming Correspondence, 1822 - 1822
Expand 28 - Incoming Correspondence, 1823 - 182328 - Incoming Correspondence, 1823 - 1823
Expand 29 - Incoming Correspondence, 1824 - 182429 - Incoming Correspondence, 1824 - 1824
Expand 30 - Incoming Correspondence, 1825 - 182530 - Incoming Correspondence, 1825 - 1825
Expand 31 - Incoming Correspondence, 1826 - 182631 - Incoming Correspondence, 1826 - 1826
Expand 32 - Incoming Correspondence, 1827 - 182732 - Incoming Correspondence, 1827 - 1827
Expand 33 - Incoming Correspondence, 1828 - 182833 - Incoming Correspondence, 1828 - 1828
Expand 34 - Incoming Correspondence, 1829 - 182934 - Incoming Correspondence, 1829 - 1829
Expand 35 - Incoming Correspondence, 1830 - 183035 - Incoming Correspondence, 1830 - 1830
Expand 36 - Incoming Correspondence, 1831 - 183136 - Incoming Correspondence, 1831 - 1831
Expand 37 - Incoming Correspondence, 1832 - 183237 - Incoming Correspondence, 1832 - 1832
Expand 38 - Incoming Correspondence, 1833 - 183338 - Incoming Correspondence, 1833 - 1833
Expand 39 - Incoming Correspondence, 1834 - 183439 - Incoming Correspondence, 1834 - 1834
Expand 40 - Incoming Correspondence, 1835 - 183540 - Incoming Correspondence, 1835 - 1835
Expand 41 - Incoming Correspondence, 1836 - 183641 - Incoming Correspondence, 1836 - 1836
Expand 42 - Incoming Correspondence, 1837 - 183742 - Incoming Correspondence, 1837 - 1837
Expand 43 - Incoming Correspondence, 1839 - 183943 - Incoming Correspondence, 1839 - 1839
Expand 44 - Incoming Correspondence, 1840 - 184044 - Incoming Correspondence, 1840 - 1840
Expand 45 - Incoming Correspondence, 1841 - 184145 - Incoming Correspondence, 1841 - 1841
Expand 46 - Incoming Correspondence, 1842 - 184246 - Incoming Correspondence, 1842 - 1842
Expand 47 - Incoming Correspondence, 1843 - 184347 - Incoming Correspondence, 1843 - 1843
Expand 48 - Incoming Correspondence, 1844 - 184448 - Incoming Correspondence, 1844 - 1844
Expand 49 - Incoming Correspondence, 1845 - 184549 - Incoming Correspondence, 1845 - 1845
Expand 50 - Incoming Correspondence, 1846 - 184650 - Incoming Correspondence, 1846 - 1846
Expand 51 - Incoming Correspondence, 1847-49 - 1847-184951 - Incoming Correspondence, 1847-49 - 1847-1849
Expand 52 - Incoming Correspondence, 1851 - 185152 - Incoming Correspondence, 1851 - 1851
Expand 53 - Incoming Correspondence, 1852 - 185253 - Incoming Correspondence, 1852 - 1852
Expand 54 - Incoming Correspondence, 1853 - 185354 - Incoming Correspondence, 1853 - 1853
Expand 55 - Incoming Correspondence, 1855 - 185555 - Incoming Correspondence, 1855 - 1855
Expand 56 - Incoming Correspondence, 1850, 1854, 1857-59 - 1850-185956 - Incoming Correspondence, 1850, 1854, 1857-59 - 1850-1859
Expand 57 - Incoming Correspondence and Papers, 1860—1863, 1865—1869 - 1860-186957 - Incoming Correspondence and Papers, 1860—1863, 1865—1869 - 1860-1869
Expand 59 - London Office Special Subjects Correspondence Re. The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1828 - 183759 - London Office Special Subjects Correspondence Re. The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1828 - 1837
Expand 60 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1838 — 183960 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1838 — 1839
Expand 61 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. – Press Copies of Letters - 1829 — 183961 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. – Press Copies of Letters - 1829 — 1839
Expand 64 - London Office Special Subjects L. Souberbielle Et Compagnie - 1856 – 186364 - London Office Special Subjects L. Souberbielle Et Compagnie - 1856 – 1863
Expand 12 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-188512 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-1885
Expand 13 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 183713 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 1837
Expand 14 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-188314 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-1883
Expand 15 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 183515 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 1835
16 - London Office Miscellaneous Papers - 1817-1881
Expand 17-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 185117-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 1851
18 - James Watt & Co. Legal Records - 1779-1780
Expand 21-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 186621-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 1866
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26 - M.R.Boulton, J. Watt & Co. Financial and Legal Records - 1804 - 1836
26-30 - Records of M. R. Boulton J. Watt & Co. - 1771-1840
Expand 27 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-184027 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-1840
Expand 28 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-183028 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-1830
Expand 29 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-181329 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-1813
Expand 30 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-181230 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-1812
31 - Material added by George Tangye - 1857 -1915
32 - Material added by Birmingham Library - 1784 - 1977
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