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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Military HistoryLocal
- Margaret Rose (b1924): Auxiliary Territory Service (ATS) Release book (A/3780/W)
- The Fellowship of the Services - Hoyland Nether Mess: register of member 1945-1993 (A/3759/G)
- Noel Cambridge Harbutt (1877-1949), Major: photographs of Blitz damage in Bath, and rel papers 1942-1953 (1228)
- Royal Air Force Sergeant Curtis, RAF No. 7 (Observers') School of Aeronautics, photograph album incl images of staff, places in bath, ordnance, aircraft and aerial photographs 1917-1919 (1211)
- James Henry Coward (fl 1900-1933), soldier: diary, photographs, corresp rel to Boer War and injury during the First World War 1900-1933 (46117)
- John Reginald Ivinson, (1909-1987), electrician: collected papers rel to career as electrician for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd incl transcript of log book of visit to Argentina during World War Two 1909-1987 (BDX 776)
- Colin Peters, RAF pilot: flight log book (1943-1948) and newspaper article from the Barrow Evening Mail (2000) 1943-2000 (BDX 783)
- William Taylor (fl 1942-1947), 3rd Battalion Irish Guards: medical papers, service postcards and papers, telegrams and notebook with partial account of war service 1942-1947 (YDX 731)
- Research notes incl photographs of Charles Cope at First World War Eggerslack Military Hospital and an unidentified military hospital 2015 (WDY 678)
- James Leslie Riley (1903-1944), Second World War Prisoner of War: papers incl letters written when a POW (1942�1944), recipe book (c1940s); plan of POW camps (c1940s), Prisoner of War newspapers (1944), list of medals received (1945), photographs his funeral (1944) and biography based on his letters (2018) c1942-2018 (D8209)
- Jury Family of Exeter: papers and photographs rel to the Jury and Hall families incl naval service and travels of Charles Bernard Jury of Devon 20th cent (ZAOV; acc D2018/39)
- Lethbridge family of Devon: papers rel to Lethbridge and Farmer families of Devon incl a family pedigree, research notes, corresp and a letter written by Thomas Arthur Narris (1882-1971) ARP warden describing the Exeter Blitz during the Second World War 20th cent (ZAQA; acc D2018/125)
- Shebbeare family of Okehampton: papers rel to Army Service in the First World War and corresp, letters and photographs rel to trips through the Middle East 19th-20th cent (6623M; acc D2018/5; acc D2018/8)
- Williams family of Berry Pomeroy: letter from Captain John Williams, a prisoner in France, to his wife 1779 (ZAQB; acc D2018/130)
- Phyllis Mary Dearman (fl 1914-1919), driver-mechanic, Army Service Corps: illustrated diary describing her work with the Mechanical Transport Company during the First World War fl 1914-1919 (DRP/75; acc D2018/102)
- Francis Norman Willis (1893-1975), soldier: First World War diaries (3) c1915-1919 (FNW; acc D2018/256)
- Armstrong and Hendy, suppliers to the Armed Forces, Weymouth: accounts for supplies to the York Hussars stationed in Weymouth Barracks 1802 (D-3043)
- Bournemouth Air Raid Precautions: records of bombs, plane crashes and damage 1940-1943 (D-3080)
- Weymouth Barracks: plan of Red Barracks and Bincleaves Barracks c1914 (D-3042)
- British Army: documents rel to a Polish regiment sent to Brancepeth Camp in 1947 1947 (D/X 2146)
- Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland (1777-1839), Knight, Rear Admiral: private letter book 1838-1839 (DDX2213)
- Dr David Marchant, (fl 2014-2018) Museums Registrar (ERYC): research records on the East Riding Yeomanry 2018 (DDX2229)
- John Geddes Ruffle (fl 1942-1944), of Brighton: aircraft spotting log books 1942-1944 (ACC 13103)
- Edward Percy Swan (fl 1914-1960), of Rye: photographs of First World War military service in the Middle East c1914-1960 (ACC 13249)
- John Archibald Ruggles-Brise (1908-2007), 2nd Baronet: personal papers, incl corresp and photographs rel to his service in Anti-Aircraft Command and Territorial Army and as Lord Lieutenant of Essex c1940-1978 (A14943)
- Royal Green Jackets Regiment: additional material incl regimental journals and newsletters, regulations, programmes for musical events and dinners, photographs, articles, personal documents, lists of personnel, 'Lies' [quotes] book and visitors book 1904-2017 (170A12W)
- Frederick McSweeny (fl 1912), soldier: notebook 1912 (C DIFM)
- G F S Stratton (fl 1914), joint secretary, Isle of Wight Recruiting Campaign 1914: scrapbook of collected letters, posters and papers 1914 (2018/042)
- Marion Nicholas (fl 1914-1916), nurse, 5th Northern General Hospital, Leicester: sketches incl accounts of military experiences 1914-1916 (DE9746)
- H Pepper (fl 1914), Sergeant, 1st Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment: diary and notes 1914 (DE9667)
- 2/4 Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment and Military Mounted Police: photographs c1915-1916 (DE9646)
- Royal Army Ordnance Corps: laboratory course notebooks of Private Ted Stanton 1917 (DE9635)
- Dick Chatterton (fl 1914-1917), founder Chatterton of Horncastle, solicitors, Lincoln: letters from Jim and Dick to their parents in Field House, Horncastle whilst serving in the army 1914-1917 (MISC DON 2041)
- Thomas Mosey (fl 1880-1902), Private, Linconshire Regiment: diaries rel to the Boer War 1900-1901 (MISC DON 2035)
- James Blake (fl 1917), soldier: letter to brother 1917 (ACC 7199)
- Lorna Irene Littleproud (fl 1918), shop assistant, Auxiliary Territorial Service member: photographs and papers 1941-1946 1941-1979 (MC 3466)
- George Pybus (1884-1966), GPO telegraphist and Royal Engineer: diaries and papers 1915-1945 (MC 3450)
- 7th Lindsay Battalion Home Guard: records incl orders, identification cards, corresp and accounts 1941-1944 (1456; 2018/004)
- North Coates Flying Club: records rel to RAF North Coates and RAF Binbrook 1939-1988 (1469; 2018/018)
- John Wilson (fl 1920-1945): papers incl pay book, corresp and photographs rel to wartime 1920-1945 (Z.1614)
- Jean Bain Wood, (fl 1918-1920): letters to Arthur Akers of Boroughbridge 1918-1920 (Z.1618)
- Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors, Alnwick: vols (2) of First World War corresp and military badges, insignia and Military Cross of Robert Thorp, also incl photographs 1914-2000 (B/DAT)
- Ponteland Local History Society: papers incl maps and plans and a copy of diary from a Northumberland Hussars Second World War POW c1980-2010 (NRO 11629)
- Papers rel to First World War incl diary entries on worldwide events and newspaper cuttings 1914-1920 (NRO 11692)
- John Thomas Thorpe (fl 1915-1917), British Expeditionary Force: letters to his mother 1915-1917 (9429)
- John Thomas Dyson (fl 1894-1946), private, 3rd Batallion, The King's Own Regiment: papers incl First World War service records and pension papers 1894-1946 (M237)
- WEF (Ernie) Price, soldier: corresp home from POW camp 1941 (2018/47)
- Sheffield Artillery Volunteers Trust: records incl minutes 1911-2017 (LD2543)
- William George Ind (fl 1901-2000), of Shrewsbury: papers rel to military service during the First World War 20th cent (9455)
- Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) (13th Foot): 2nd battalion muster role 1897-1921 (DD/SLI)
- Account book of John Shaugnessy, 2024 13th (Prince Alberts') Light Infantry 1845-1862 (DD/SLI)
- Diary of Private George W Dennis Bradley, 1st Somerset Light Infantry 1918-1920 (A/BAV)
- William Edward Kinton (1899-1996), private, 3rd Battalion Machine Gun corps: diary 1918-1919 (D/Z 1367)
- Stafford & District Military Historical Society: albums, newsletters, memorabilia 1929-2009 (7650)
- Stafford Home Guard: Battalion B Company (later known as No 6 Platoon Baswich), minutes, accounts and duty book 1940-1945 (7650)
- Album of small black and white photographs (124) with assorted views of Ipswich incl sports, army scenes with military service and the Felixstowe War Memorial 1918-1921 (K1039)
- Charman family of Haslemere: photographs and papers incl a First World War diary of Francis Eric Charman, City of London Rifles c1910-1943 (9979)
- Herbert Frank Boxer (fl 1918-2018), signaller, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: war diary, photographs and vital documents 1918-2018 (Z/704)
- Jack Cleaver (fl 1916-1968), private, 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: photograph album record of service in the Middle East and India c1916-1918 (ESR/25/CLEA)
- Harold 'Hal' T Crookall (1917-2017), Major, musician and actor: papers 1868-1979 (9902)
- Frederick East (fl 1916-1968), private, 6th Battalion, Surrey Home Guard: papers, incl rel to service in the Second World War 1916-1968 (ESR/25/CLEA)
- William George Harris (fl 1922-2016), 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment: papers incl corresp with his family during wartime service abroad and photographs 1922-2016 (QRWS/30/HARRI)
- Henry Edwin Robinson (fl 1918-1919), private, 3rd battalion, Devonshire Regiment: papers rel to service in the First World War 1918-1919 (SGW/16)
- George Seddon: drawing plan of POW camp based at the boundary of Denton and Audenshaw incl drawings of the buildings 2015 (Acc 4566)
- Private John Lewin, (fl 1874), F Co, Manchester Regiment 63rd: notebook 1874 (Acc 4574)
- Harold Fred Booth, (fl 1914-1919), Sgt, 7th Bat Manchester Regiment: service record incl bundle of images from Egypt 1914-1919 (Acc 4575)
- Charles Grimes: handwritten First World War diary 1914-1916 (Acc 4578)
- Manchester Home Guard: memoirs of donors father's time in the Home Guard during Second World War 2008 (Acc 4582)
- Jack Gabbey: memoir of Gabbey, a POW in Second World War 'The Final Days of 1945' 1940-1945 (Acc 4584)
- Typographical Association, Newcastle and District branch: roll of honour for members killed in First World War incl names of men with photograph and unit details 1914-1919 (TU.TA1)
- James Albert Adams, Hebburn, prisoner of war: photographs of Stalag VIII B (Lamsdorf), with copy papers rel to time as a prisoner of war c1940-1949 (DX1711)
- Royal Air Forces Association, Steyning branch: records c1972-1997 (19352)
- Norman Turley (fl 1940-1969), solider: records rel to sporting life and military service 1940-1949 (Acc. 2018/95)
- Albert Frank Lucas of Devizes: photographs rel to his time serving in the Tanks Corps and 9th Tank Battalion, Army of the Rhine 1910-1946 (4414)
- Edward Purser (fl 1914-1918), soldier, Worcestershire Regiment: letters and photographs 1914-1918 (BA16144)
National
- J H Barland (fl 1873), army officer: travel journal and commonplace book c1873 (Add MS 89359)
- MS 'The daily and Monthly Pay of the Officers of ye Army, and of the Traine of Artillery under the Comand of his Excellency the Earle of Essex� 1643 (Add MS 89326)
- Geoffrey Herbert Blake (1923-2017), Major, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC): diaries (2) written while serving in India with the RIASC (Air Despatch) 1943-1947 (Mss Eur F717)
- Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys Pryce (1874-1950), Knight, General, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Master General of the Ordinance in India: notes for a talk on the British withdrawal from India and Indian Independence 1947 (Mss Eur F720)
- Archibald Black (fl 1938-1945), of the 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders: memoir, 'Threads', rel to his experiences during the Second World War in Singapore and Thailand, and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese incl the construction of the Konyu cutting (Hellfire Pass) c1980-1989 (Documents.27249)
- Peter Booth (fl 1944-1946), signalman, RN: memoir appearing to incorporate a journal kept at the time of his service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War 2001 (Documents.27258)
- Henry John Charles Bray (d1945), gunner, 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery: papers incl photographs, letters and corresp mainly with his parents, rel to his military service in Egypt and Italy during the Second World War 1943-1950 (Documents.27268)
- Eric Broe (fl 1941-1946), Major, 1 Royal Engineer Demolitions Pool: papers, incl corresp rel to experiences of war 1941-1946 (Documents.26923)
- Denis Frederick Spence Brown (d 1995), Major: letters and aerographs written to his fiancé, Margaret Shulter, during the Second World War 1941-1945 (Documents.26778)
- Herbert Cox (fl 1939-1948), Private, 62nd First Class Fire Brigade, 106th Fire Fighting Company: letters to his wife and son, family photographs 1939-1948 (Documents.26969)
- Arthur Malcolm Fry (1909-2000), Captain, Royal Army Service Corps, and painter: photographic prints rel to service in the Royal Army Service Corps and internment in a series of German prisoner-of-war camps 1939-1945 (2018-04-02)
- Robin J Hall (fl 1943-1949), Flt Lieut, SAAF: flying log books (2) rel to service in No.11 Squadron, South African Air Force, during the Second World War 1943-1949 (Documents.27266)
- Ronald Hancock-Mellor (d1944), Bombadier, Royal Artillery: family corresp 1944-1955 (Documents.26873)
- Frank Thomas Hart (fl 1934-1945), Captain, nursing orderly Royal Army Medical Corps: letters to family, primarily rel to his experiences at the military hospital in Shanghai 1934-1945 (Documents.27152)
- Tim Hetherington (fl 1990-2018), photographer: digital and polaroid images, prints and negatives 1990-2018 (2018-09-03)
- Marten Cruttenden Howard (1896-1981), Quaker, pacifist and conscientious objector: type script memoir 'White Feather: The Experiences of a Pacifist in France and Elsewhere' describing his experience as a conscientious objector in military and civilian prisons and labour camps 1916-1918 (Documents.26586)
- G W B James (fl 1939-1945), Brigadier, consultant in psychological medicine, Middle East: photograph album rel to No 78 Neuropathic Hospital at Fayed, Egypt 1939-1945 (2018-03-06)
- Karl Kern (fl 1942-1945), Private, German prisoner of war: typed statement given whilst held at No.381 POW camp (Middle East Forces) rel to war crimes witnessed whilst serving as a clerk in the Krasne/Krasnoje branch of German military command district of Molodechno (Minsk, Belarus) 1943-1945 (Documents.27210)
- Frederick George Keys (1885-1976), Major, American physical chemist: album of record photographs of the American Expeditionary Force Chemical Warfare Laboratory in Puteaux, France 1914-1939 (2018-10-02)
- James Kirkwood (b1922), Lieut Cmdr, Royal Navy: documents and photographs rel to naval career 1942-1944 (Documents.26587)
- Arkless Lockie (fl 1930-1945), engineer of Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR); Lieut, Royal Engineers: retrospective diary, in 4 notebooks, rel to experiences as prisoner of war of the Japanese, written in the form of a letter to his wife 1942-1945 (Documents.26806)
- Walter Abraham Merkel (fl 1946-1947), Captain,: documents rel to service as Adjutant at Featherstone Park prisoner of war camp (POW camp 18, Haltwhistle, Northumberland) 1946-1947 (Documents.27036)
- James Edward Newton (b1909), signalman and NCO, Royal Corps of Signals: papers incl accounts rel to his Second World War service 1939-1944 (Documents.27204)
- John Peters (fl 1991), Flt Lieut: unedited film of his return from captivity in Iraq to RAF Laarbruch 1991 (BFK 80 V 1 UMT)
- Archibald Roxburgh (1886-1954), Lieut, surgeon and dermatologist: photograph albums (6) rel to service in the Royal Navy with his brother, Robert Roxburgh (1897-1916), midshipman on HMS Indefatigable 1914-1918 (2018-11-03)
- Alexander Savitsky (fl 1914-1989), Captain, Imperial Russian Army: photograph albums and loose prints, incl images rel to his childhood on an estate near Ekaterinburg, as a cavalry officer, and life in Britain following his escape from Russia in 1919 1914-1989 (2018-02-01)
- William Henry Sherwood (1898-1986), Colonel, actor and director: diary incl details of work with repertory and Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) concerts and theatrical parties, and being recalled to service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 1941-1945 (Documents.27225)
- Arthur Harold Whitmarsh (d1999), Major: anecdotal memoir, word-processed, covering his experienced during the Second World War 1939-1946 (Documents.27205)
- Richard Williamson (fl 1939-1945), photographer: postcard prints rel to the arrival of Czech and Polish airmen at Beeston, Cheshire, following their evacuation from France, 1940 1939-1945 (2018-03-07)
- Kenneth Wiltshire (fl 1944-1946), ordinary signalman: diaries rel to experiences serving aboard HMS Belfast 1944-1946 (Documents.27163)
- Charles Harold Woolvin (1895-1967), Captain, Royal Engineers: photograph albums and loose prints primarily rel to service in the Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, 59 Squadron 1914-1945 (2018-03-02)
- Directorate of Army Welfare: film, 'Calling Blighty (Birkenhead)', of messages home from British Forces stationed in India 1944-1945 (MGH 7001)
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Defence Communications: records 1990-2018 (2018-08-01)
- Thomas Fiott De Havilland (1775-1866), military engineer and architect: misc corresp 1811-1836 (AQ 1085)
- Henry Jackson Butchart (1882-1971), Major: personal papers incl diary and photographs, official documents, maps and books 1916-1942 (NAM 2018-07-7)
- Sheila Donaldson-Walters (b1926), calligrapher and cartographer: personal papers and maps of the British Expeditionary Force (May 1940) 1942-2005 (NAM 2018-09-12)
- Henry Hugh Gordon Hyslop (1873-1932), Brigadier: personal diary written during commandment of Malmedy 1919 (NAM 2018-08-44)
- William Murrell Lummis (1886-1985), Anglican Clergyman: papers rel to Victoria Cross recipients c1855-1944 (NAM 2018-05-27)
- Orde Charles Wingate (1903-1944), Major General: mss letters (21) to Elizabeth Yeatman-Biggs 1926-1928 (NAM 2018-11-18)
- Lieut Col Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright (1895-1971), Knight, Lieut-Col: papers rel to the Cyprus Regiment and World War Two 1940-1950 (NAM 2018-07-26)
- British Army: photographs of the British Army rel to various activities compiled by Cpl Tom Seaton-Norton 2011-2017 (NAM 2018-01-73 to 2018-01-80)
- British Army: photographs compiled by Cpl Tom Seaton-Norton of British Army music and bands 2014-2017 (NAM 2018-05-25)
- Middlesex Regiment: photo album rel to the regiment during the First World War 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-07-15)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history interview with Anthony 'Ant' Middleton, 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, Royal Marines and Special Boat Service (SBS) 1999-2007 (NAM 2018-01-30)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history interview with Col Tim Collins OBE, Royal Irish Regiment and 22nd Special Air Service Regiment 1988-2007 (NAM 2008-01-28)
- National Army Museum: oral history interview with Alexander 'Alec' Campbell Borrie, 1st Special Air Service Regiment filmed for Special Forces exhibition project 1940-1947 (NAM 2018-02-7)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history associated with Jason Fox, Special Boat Service and Royal Marines Commandos c1975-2018 (NAM 2018-03-3)
- Royal Anglian Regiment: papers 1855-2012 (NAM 2018-08-39)
- Women's Royal Army Corps: records rel to training 1960-1969 (NAM 2018-06-1)
- Richard Strickland (fl 1997): photographs showing King�s Royal Hussars using horses for mounted resupply and patrolling in Bosnia 1997 (NAM 2018-01-70)
- First World War scrapbook compiled by unidentified individual of drawings, photographs and autographs 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-01-71)
- Joseph Harris (1779-1862), Lieut-Gen: diary rel to the capture of Bhurtrope Nov 17th 1825 to Feb 23rd 1826 1825-1826 (NAM 2018-02-6)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual containing photographs of Marseille (1914), India (1914-1916) and Mesopotamia (1916-1918) 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-02-15)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual rel to South Africa in the 1870s incl photographs of Lord Chelmsford and his staff in 1879 1870-1879 (NAM 2018-02-16)
- Albert Edward Cheshire (fl. 1899-1902), Private: papers rel to his time in B Squadron 13th Hussars during the Boer War incl family corresp and photographs 1899-1902 (NAM 2018-03-1)
- Thomas Bishopp (fl 1854-1910): letters (8) rel to Balaklava and Scutari hospital and barracks associated with the Crimean War 1854-1910 (NAM 2018-03-4)
- Bernard Bluck (fl 1942), Sergeant, 78th Battleaxe Infantry Division: diary rel to North Africa in Second World War 1942 (NAM 2018-04-4)
- George Turbull (fl 1912-1918): memoir rel to the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War 1912-1918 (NAM 2018-05-6)
- S Green (fl 1815), Private, 3rd Battalion 1st Foot Guards: letter written from Paris describing the Battle of Waterloo 1815 (NAM 2018-05-12)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual rel to the 1st Punjab Regiment c1950 (NAM 2018-05-21)
- George Innes Watson (fl 1900), Private: scrapbook rel to Indian Mounted Infantry Corps (also known as Lumsden�s Horse) during the Boer War 1900 (NAM 2018-10-10)
- Rajputana Rifles: papers rel to Rajputana Rifles and Rajputana Rifles Association 1924-2005 (NAM 2018-11-23)
- Lillian Franklin (1882-1955): photograph album rel to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-11-24)
- George De Sausamarez (1814-1890), General: corresp rel to his service in India, Hong Kong and Burma 1840-1866 (NAM 2018-12-22)
- William Ross (fl 1812), Sergeant: mss letter rel his experience during the assault on Badajoz (March 1812) 1812 (NAM 2018-12-23)
- Sir David Dundas (1735-1820), Knight, General: letters and papers on the Toulon affair c1804-1805 (Acc. 13913)
- William Burton Stewart (1872-1936), Lieutenant-Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: memoirs and photograph albums 1898-1936 (Acc. 13934)
- GA Moir (fl 1909-1912), Royal Marine Artillery: diary serving aboard HMS Powerful on a tour of Australia 1909-1912 (NMRN 2018/50)
- Brian Jones, (fl 1953-1976), Merchant Navy: apprentice indenture, corresp, discharge book, certificates, wages, ephemera and RAF Service book 1953-1976 (MMM.2018.30)
- Royal Air Force Wireless Experimental Establishment: monthly technical reports incl details of experiments undertaken 1918-1919 (MS/2190)
University
- Lawrence Edmund Rowntree (1895-1917), 2nd Lieut, Royal Field Artillery: diaries, journals and writings 1910-1914 (LROW)
- Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), Major Gen: Arabic notes and map of Sudan 19th cent (GORD, acc 2010, 2014 & 2033)
- Henry Forder (fl 1830-1894), Captain of the Hold, Royal Navy: personal papers, in particular rel to his time on HMS Enterprise during the British Naval Franklin expedition 1849-1894 (MS 2297)
- Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities' Officers Training Corps: army book (1919-1944) and battalion roll book (1948-1971) 1919-1971 (4229)
- Angus John McNeill (1874-1950), Brigadier General: additional papers incl Army Field Service book, photographs and related papers 1917-1918 (0197)
- Military Establishment of Ireland as it stood on 22 May 1764 1764 (IE TCD MS 11577)
- Heather Bell (d2005), welfare officer with the Twelfth Army: papers rel to her welfare work in Burma with the Twelfth Army c1945-1948 (MS940)
- Visitors book for 'Soundeville' rest camp, Equihen, France, recording name and regiment of visitors 1917 (YMCA/ACC87)
- Major General Sir Denis Pack (d1823), knight, Major General: maps and illustrations incl hand-drawn map of the battle of Salamanca 1806-1834 (MS296)
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