Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection Series 10: Financial Records

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Series Summary

Scope and Contents of the Series

Arrangement of Series

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Series

1.1 Correspondence: General: A-D

1.1 Correspondence: General: E-K

1.1 Correspondence: General: L-R

1.1 Correspondence: General: S-Z

1.2 Correspondence: Letters, Telegrams and Cards Received After Stabbing in Harlem

1.3 Correspondence: Condolences and Letters Received After Assassination

1.4 Correspondence: Unidentified

2. Writings by Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Writings by Others

4. Research Notes

5. Education Materials

6. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Organizational Records

7. Montgomery Improvement Association Organizational Records

8. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Organizational Records

9. Ebenezer Baptist Church Organizational Records

10. Financial Records

11. Legal Materials

12. Printed Materiald

13. Photographs

14. Artwork

15. Memorabilia

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Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection

Series 10: Financial Records

Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center

Series Summary

Repository: Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center

Creator: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Collection Number: Series 10

Title: Series 10: Financial Records

Date: 1935-1969, undated

Quantity: 4 linear feet

Scope and Contents of the Series

This series contains financial records for Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family. Statements, charge records, credit vouchers, cancelled checks, and other records detailing the King’s bank and credit accounts. There are bills for utilities, hotel stays, and healthcare as well as tickets and receipts documenting airline travel. The series also contains invoices, receipts, statements, and remittances from various companies.

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Arrangement of the Series

The series is arranged alphabetically.

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Index Terms

Names:

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Organizations:

American Express Company

Atlanta Gas Light Company

Carte Blanche (Firm)

Citizens' Trust Company

Davison-Paxon Company

Delta Air Lines

Diners' Club

Eastern Air Lines, inc.

First National Bank of Montgomery

Georgia Power Company

Gulf Oil Products

J. P. Allen & Company

National Shawmut Bank

Orkin

Pure Oil Company

Rich's (Retail store)

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company

Standard Oil Company

Thompson-Boland-Lee

United States. Internal Revenue Service

Yates & Milton Stores

Subjects:

Accounts.

Air travel.

Airlines.

Banks and banking.

Credit.

Debt.

Finance, personal.

Hotels.

Income tax.

Income.

Insurance.

Investments.

Taxation.

Transportation.

Document Types:

Correspondence.

Credit records.

Financial statements.

Insurance records.

Invoices.

Receipts (financial records).

Sales records.

Tax records.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access:

Access is restricted to digital surrogates available in Archives and Special Collections Department of the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

Restrictions on Use:

All documents in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property Morehouse College, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. Permission to consult the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection does not automatically include permission to publish from the Collection. Permission to publish or quote from previously unpublished materials or from materials under copyright must first be obtained from the copyright holder. Requests for permission to publish any of Dr. King’s copyrighted speeches, sermons, books or other writings, in whole or in part, shall be addressed to Intellectual Properties Management, Inc., 449 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Georgia, 30312.

Preferred Citation Method:

Materials should be cited as: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Researchers are encouraged to furnish the Archives with a copy of any publication that cites materials from the Collection.

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Detailed Description of the Series

A A A Bicycle Shop, 1962 July 18 (invoice, 1p)

A A A Electric Motor Service, 1962 June 19 (invoice, 1p)

A.G. Gaston Motel (Birmingham, Ala.), 1965 (credit card, 1p)

Actor's & Writer's Workshop, Inc., undated (invoice [partial], 1p)

Admiral Corporation, 1963 October 22 (typed letter signed, 1p)

Advertiser-Alabama Journal, 1951 June 16 (receipts, 4pp)

Processing Information: These receipts were originally located between page 102 and 103 of Ernest Pye's The biography of a mind: Bosworth of Oberlin, BX7260 .B6213 P9 1948.

Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago, 1963 January 14 (receipt, 1p)

Air-India, 1959 September 2 (receipt, 1p)

Processing Information: This receipt was originally located between page 564 and 565 of Britannica book of the year, 1958, AE5 .E32.

American Auto Parts Co., 1961-1962 (statements and receipts, 6pp)

American Express Company, 1961-1965, undated (invoices, records of charges, and return envelope, 124pp)

American Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greensboro, undated (form and autograph note unsigned, 3pp)

American Peoples Press, 1967 November 20 (typed letter signed and return envelope, 3pp)

Anthony's, 1960 (statements, receipt, and leaflet, 8pp with envelopes)

Atlanta Dairies Cooperative, 1960-1963 (receipts, 23pp with envelope)

Atlanta Dairies Cooperative, 1963-1966 (statements, 21pp)

Atlanta Federal Savings (Firm), undated (form and return envelope, 2pp)

Atlanta Gas Light Company, 1960-1966 (bills and carbon copy of letter from Dora E. McDonald, 65pp)

Atlanta Milton Bradley, Inc., 1966 January (statement, 1p with envelopes)

Atlanta Newspapers (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.), 1963 January 31 (carbon copy of letter from Secretary to Dr. King, 1p with envelopes)

Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic, undated (statement [partial], 1p)

Atlanta Water Works, 1961-1966 (bills, 22pp)

Avis-Rent-A-Car System, 1962 June-August (statement and receipt, 3pp with envelope)

Banner Rambler, 1965-1966 (receipts, 5pp)

Beginning Readers' Program, 1965 September 28 (printed letter, invoice, and return envelope, 3pp)

Best In Children's Books, 1960 April (statement, 3pp with envelope)

Big Apple Supermarket, undated (receipt, 1p)

Blayton, Jesse B., 1963-1966 (invoices, 2pp)

Boomershine Pontiac, 1960 March-April (statement and receipts, 3pp with envelope)

Braniff Airways, Inc., 1962 December (receipts and notice, 3pp)

Brewer-Head Company, 1962-1963 (statements, 2pp)

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1962 April 5 (statement, 1p)

Cal's Factory Outlet, 1960 April (receipts, 2pp)

Capital Airlines, 1960 (tickets and credits, 10pp with envelopes)

Carburetor & Ignition Co., 1962 June-October (invoices, 3pp)

Carte Blanche (Firm), 1961-1966 (charge vouchers, statements, return envelopes, and carbon copy of letter from Dora E. McDonald, 101pp with envelope)

Carver Federal Savings, undated (form and return envelope, 4pp)

Central Chevrolet, Inc., 1965-1966 (typed document signed and statements, 3pp)

Chapman, Susie V., 1966 July 2 (check, 1p)

Chas. S. Martin Distributing Company, 1960-1968 (receipt and invoices, 5pp)

Chesterfield Laundry & Cleaners, 1960 February-May (receipts, 11pp)

Christian Century, 1963, undated (typed letter signed, invoices, and printed letter, 5pp)

Citizens & Southern National Bank, 1965-1966 (statements, 9pp)

Citizens Jewelry Company, 1965-1966 (invoices, 2pp)

Citizens Trust Company, 1960 (check and advice of debit, 3pp with envelope)

Citizens Trust Company, 1964 December 21 (receipt for collection of Nobel Peace Prize award, 1p with envelope)

Citizens Trust Company, 1965-1968 (typed letters signed, typed documents signed, statement, charge slip, bill for safe rental, printed letters, return envelopes, and remittance advices, 21pp)

City Limited, 1961 October 3 (statement, 2pp)

City of Atlanta: Municipal Revenue Collector, 1963 October 2 (receipt, 1p)

City of Atlanta: Municipal Traffic Court, [1966] August (receipts, 4pp)

Cohen Radio & T.V. Service, 1963 April (invoice, 1p)

Cokesbury, 1967 October 25 (typed letter signed, 1p)

Coleman & Reese Service Station, 1962 April 19 (invoice, 1p)

Continental Airlines, 1961 December 11 (receipt, 1p)

Contributions: Martin Luther King Day, 1958 October 20 (typed document unsigned, 3pp)

Contributions: Received at Harlem Hospital, 1958 September-October (typed documents unsigned and carbon copies, 34pp)

Cooper & Logan Self-Service, 1960 January 25 (receipt, 1p)

Cornelius King & Son, 1960 June-July (receipts, 4pp)

Crozer Theological Seminary, 1958-1962 (receipts, 2pp)

Daffodil Food Products Co., 1962 February 2 (receipt, 1p)

Danneman's Food Stores, undated (receipts, 2pp)

Davison-Paxon Company, 1960-1962 (statements, charge slips, return vouchers, return envelopes, and leaflets, 119pp with envelopes)

Davison-Paxon Company, 1963-1966, undated (statements, charge slips, and return vouchers, 265pp)

Dean Drug Store, 1960 (autograph note unsigned and receipt, 2pp with envelopes)

Delta Air Lines, 1960-1961 (receipts, tickets, and gate passes, 16pp with envelopes)

Delta Air Lines, 1962-1965 (receipts, credits, tickets, and carbon copy of letter from Dora E. McDonald, 67pp)

[Dentist], 1963-1966, undated (bills, 15pp)

Diners' Club, 1962-1968 (statements, records of charges, credits, return envelopes, and printed letter, 69pp)

Dixie Appliance Service, 1960-1963 (invoices, 3pp)

Dobbs House, 1962-1968 (statements and charge slips, 5pp)

[Doctor], 1963-1968 (bills, 10pp)

Duffy General Tire Company, 1962 (customer account book, 3pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1960 (tickets and gate passes, 72pp with envelopes)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1961 (tickets, credits, statement, autograph note unsigned, calculator tape, receipts, and flite cheks, 29pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1962 (statements, flite cheks, receipts, and credits, 147pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1963 (statements, flite cheks, receipts, and carbon copy of letter from Dora E. McDonald, 226pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1964-1965 (flite cheks, tickets, and credits, 77pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 1966-1967 (memorandum, credit, and flite chek, 4pp)

Eastern Air Lines, Inc., undated (blank book of flite cheks, 61pp)

Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc., 1968 November (statement and return envelope, 2pp)

Emory University Clinic, 1965 September (statement, 2pp)

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1963 (typed letter signed, 1p)

Esso, 1963 August (credit sale tickets, 10pp)

Estes Heating & Air Conditioning Co., 1966 March 1 (statement, 1p)

Estes Surgical Supply, 1966 September 26 (invoice, 1p)

[Facts on File, Inc.], circa 1967 (invoice, 1p)

Processing Information: This invoice was originally located between page 24 and 25 of Lester A. Sobel's Civil rights, E185.61 .S66 1967.

Financial Industrial Fund, Inc., 1961-1967 (statements, reports, notice, and return envelope, 24pp)

First National Bank of Atlanta, 1964 March-July (typed document signed and statement, 3pp with envelope)

First National Bank of Montgomery, 1954-1956 (deposit slips, 160pp)

First National Bank of Montgomery, 1954 (statements, cancelled checks, and service charge slips, 108pp with envelopes)

First National Bank of Montgomery, 1955 January-June (statements, cancelled checks, service charge slips, and leaflet, 255pp with envelopes)

First National Bank of Montgomery, 1955 July-December (statements, cancelled checks, and service charge slips, 292pp with envelopes)

First National Bank of Montgomery, 1956 January (statement, cancelled checks, and service charge slip, 44pp with envelopes)

Florsheim Shoe Shop, 1960 June 6 (receipt, 1p)

[Flowers], undated (statements, 2pp)

Franklin Simon, 1965-1966, undated (statements, charge slips, and leaflet, 17pp)

Franklin Motor Inn, 1962 May 1 (bill, 1p)

Freeman's Studio, 1960 February 13 (statement, 1p)

[Fruit Baskets], 1966, undated (invoices, 4pp)

Fulton County (Ga.): Tax Notices, 1962-1965 (statements, 7pp)

Gate City Supermarket, undated (receipts, 4pp)

Georgia Power Company, 1935 (past due notice, 2pp)

Processing Information: This notice was originally located between page 92 and 93 of William Rainey Harper's William R. Harper’s introductory Hebrew method and manual, PJ4567 .H38 1922.

Georgia Power Company, 1960-1966, undated (bills, 71pp)

Gimbel Brothers, undated (delivery records, 2pp)

Processing Information: These records were originally located inside the front cover of A. Powell Davies' The meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls, BM487 .D38 1956.

Golden Flake, 1962-1963 (statements, 14pp)

Graves Plumbing Co., 1963 January 3 (invoice, 1p)

Grolier Incorporated, 1963 April 9 (statement, 1p)

Gulf Oil Products, 1960-1966 (invoices, statements, and tickets, 84pp with envelope)

Hall, John E., 1963 January (photocopy of statement, 1p)

Hampton House Motel and Villas, 1963 February (bill, 1p)

Harvey's Food Market, undated (receipts, 3pp)

Hertz Corporation, 1960-1963 (rental agreement and invoices, 4pp)

Hicks, Barbara H., 1968 November 6 (check, 1p)

Highland Lumber Co., 1960 February-March (invoices, 2pp)

Hilton Hotels Corporation, 1960-1968 (bills, statements, charge slips, typed letter signed, and return envelope, 22pp)

Processing Information: The bill for February 21-22, 1960 was originally located inside the back cover of Melvin E. Wheatley's Going His way, BX8333.W45 G65 1957.

Hood, Kenneth, 1963 April-May (invoice and memorandum, 2pp)

Hopkins Airport Hotel, 1963 November (bill, 1p)

Horizon Room, 1963 September 13 (bill, 2pp)

Hotel Carlyle, undated (bill, 2pp)

Hotel John Marshall, 1963 September-October (bills, 2pp)

Hotel Manhattan, 1962 June (bill and statement, 3pp)

Hughes Spalding Pavilion, 1963-1966 (bills, 7pp)

International Business Machines Corporation, 1969 January 2 (invoice, 3pp)

International Hotel, 1962-1963 (statement, bills, and charge slip, 4pp)

Ivan Allen Company, 1965-1968 (invoices, statement, and typed letter signed, 9pp)

J. P. Allen & Company, 1962-1965 (statements, charge slips, payments, leaflets, and return envelope, 35pp)

Jewell & Company General Insurance, 1965 September 10 (statement, 1p)

John Hope Book Mart, 1966 October-December (invoices, 2pp)

Kessler's, undated (receipt, 1p)

Lane Bryant, 1965-1966 (statements and charge slips, 8pp)

Lawrence, George C., 1962 July 17 (statement, 1p)

Loveman's, 1960 (statements, charge slips, payments, and leaflets, 31pp with envelopes)

McDonough, L. Allen, 1963 May-June (bills, 2pp)

McMahan Shoes, 1964-1966 (statements and typed letter signed, 11pp)

Manger Motor Inn, 1963 May 31 (bill, 2pp)

Mannings, Gwendolyn C. and James D. Palmer, 1963 (bills, 4pp)

Merlin's Complete Institutional Supply Co., 1962 June 4 (invoice, 1p)

Miller's of Montgomery, 1960 January (statement and leaflet, 3pp with envelope)

Ministers & Missionaries Benefit Board, 1965-1968 (invoices, reply card, card, return envelope and carbon copy of letter from Dora E. McDonald, 9pp)

Mohawk Airlines, 1963 June 15 (receipt, 1p)

Moncrief Heating and Air Conditioning, 1968 July 17 (photocopy of invoice, 1p with envelope)

Muse's, 1960, undated (statements, charge slip, and reply card, 20pp with envelope)

Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Association of Atlanta, 1963, undated (temporary receipt and withdrawal application and receipts, 3pp)

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, 1963-1964 (bill and reply card, 4pp)

National Shawmut Bank, 1953-1954 (cancelled checks, check stubs, and statement, 119pp with envelope)

National Tire Shop, 1960 July-September (invoices, 4pp)

Nellye's Bo-Kay Flower Shop, 1962-1966 (invoices and calculator tape, 5pp)

New York Amsterdam News, undated (statement, 1p)

New Yorker Gift Shop, undated (statement, 1p)

Northwest Airlines, Inc., 1962 March-May (credit and receipt, 2pp)

Norwood, Robert, Jr., undated (invoice, 1p)

Orkin, 1960 (statements, leaflets, and typed document signed, 22pp with envelopes)

Orkin, 1962-1966, undated (statements, typed document unsigned, and leaflet, 24pp)

Overhead Door Company of Atlanta, Inc., 1965 December 30 (invoice, 1p)

Pan American World Airways, Inc., 1963 February (ticket, leaflet, reboarding pass, and receipt, 8pp with envelope)

Pilgrim Health & Life Insurance Company, 1963-1965 (receipts, 2pp)

Playboy Magazine, 1965 November 15 (invoice and return envelope, 3pp)

Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company, 1962-1969 (premium notices, leaflets, typed document signed, and return envelope, 29pp)

Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund, 1962-1963, undated (records of payment, dividend records, and premium notices, 22pp)

Professional Laboratory Services, 1960 August 3 (receipt, 1p)

Professional Rug Service, Inc., 1960 April 29 (invoice, 1p)

Publishers Clearing House, 1962, undated (bills, return envelope, and photocopy of typed letter signed, 5pp)

Pullman Company, 1960 March-April (receipt and passenger's check, 3pp with envelope)

Pure Oil Company, 1962 (statements, records of charges, and calculator tape, 84pp)

Pure Oil Company, 1963 (statements, records of charges, and return envelope, 135pp)

Pure Oil Company, 1965 (statements, records of charges, and leaflet, 64pp)

Pure Oil Company, 1966, undated (statements, records of charges, and leaflets, 122pp)

Regency Hyatt House (Atlanta, Ga.), 1967 August 21 (bill, 3pp)

Regenstien's, 1962-1966 (statements, charge slips, leaflet, and return merchandise memorandums, 27pp)

Rhodes, Ethel, 1968 December 2 (money order, 3pp)

Rich’s (Retail store), 1960 (statements, charge slips, reply cards, leaflets, and receipt, 173pp with envelopes)

Rich’s (Retail store), 1961-1963 (statements, charge slips, back order copy, and credits, 236pp)

Rich’s (Retail store), 1965-1966, undated (statements and charge slips, 90pp)

Robinson, Florence, 1968 November 16 (check, 2pp)

Savarin, 1965 May 21 (record of charge, 1p)

Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1960-1962 (statements, charge slips, credit checks, and leaflets, 200pp with envelopes)

Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1963-1966, undated (statements, charge slips, credit checks, leaflets, return envelope, and receipts, 212pp)

Service Federal Savings and Loan Association, undated (form and piece of stationary, 3pp)

Sheldon, Lee R., 1963 October 24 (receipt, 1p)

Sheraton Hotels, 1958-1963 (bills, photocopy of typed letter signed, and invoice, 9pp)

Sherman House, 1962 November (bill and statement, 2pp)

Sims Radiator Service, 1963 July (invoice, 1p with envelope)

Smith Tire Company, 1962 November (statement and charge slips, 3pp)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1960 (bills, statements, and leaflets, 67pp with envelopes)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1961 (bills and statements, 10pp)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1962 (bills, statements, and carbon copy of letter from secretary, 118pp)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1963 (bills and statements, 39pp)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1965-1966 (bills, 69pp)

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, undated (statements, 11pp)

Southern Hardware Supply Company, 1960-1963 (invoices, 3pp)

Specialty Distributing Co., Inc., 1963 January 18 (invoice, 1p)

Spencer Press, 1960-1963 (typed letter unsigned, typed document signed, typed letters signed, and carbon copy of payment sheet, 6pp)

Standard Oil Company, 1960 (records of charges and calculator tapes, 86pp)

Standard Oil Company, 1961 (records of charges with envelope, 19pp)

Standard Oil Company, 1962 (statements and records of charges, 117pp)

Standard Oil Company, 1963 (statements and records of charges, 60pp)

Standard Oil Company, 1965-1966 (statements and records of charges, 129pp)

State of Georgia: Estimated Income Tax, 1965-1966 (statements, 4pp)

State of Ohio: Prepaid Sales Tax, undated (receipt, 1p)

Processing Information: This receipt was originally located on the title page of Lee Charles McCollum's History and rhymes of the lost battalion, D526.2 .M16 1939.

Summit, 1962 June-July (statements and bill, 3pp)

Sykes, M. E., 1960 (invoices, 6pp)

Terminal Transport Co., Inc., 1966 June 28 (bills, 3pp)

Thompson-Boland-Lee, 1962-1966, undated (statements, charge slips, and credit checks, 37pp)

Thompson Landscape Nursery, 1965-1966 (invoices, 4pp)

Trans Canada Airlines, 1962 March 14 (receipt, 1p)

Trans World Airlines, 1964 March 12 (receipt, 1p)

Trinity Poultry Co., Inc., 1963 April 5 (receipt, 1p)

Trust Company of Georgia, undated (form, 1p)

Unidentified: Invoices, 1962-1966, undated (invoices, 19pp)

Unidentified: Receipts, 1960, undated (receipts, 19pp)

Unidentified: Records, 1960-1966, undated (records, 10pp)

Union News Company, 1962 (statements, receipt and return envelope, 5pp)

United Airlines, 1961-1963 (receipts, meal coupon, ticket, and credits, 10pp)

United American Life Insurance Company, 1965-1967 (typed letters signed, document signed, and return envelope, 7pp)

United Appeal, 1962-1963 (statements, 9pp)

United Funds, Inc., 1957-1961 (statements, reports, and return envelopes, 33pp)

United Negro College Fund, 1965-1966 (receipts, 2pp)

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1965, undated (remittances, 2pp)

United States. Internal Revenue Service, 1960-1967 (forms, typed letters unsigned, statements, typed document unsigned, carbon copies of letters from Dora E. McDonald, pamphlet, autograph notes unsigned, calculator tape, typed letters signed, bills, typed document signed, check, and return envelopes, 89pp with envelopes)

Waddell & Reed, Inc., 1968 (typed letter signed, typed document signed and document signed, 3pp with envelope)

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.), 1962 February-March (typed letter signed and statement, 2pp)

Weinstock's Florists, 1960-1966 (statements, 21pp with envelopes)

Western Union Telegraph Company, 1962-1969, undated (collect message slips, statements, and memorandums, 14pp with envelope)

Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 1963 January-June (statement and bill, 2pp)

Williams, George A., 1961 (bill, 1p)

Woolworth's, undated (receipt, 1p)

Xerox Corporation, 1968 August 31 (invoice, 2pp)

Yates & Milton Stores, 1960 (statements and charge slips, 84pp with envelopes)

Yates & Milton Stores, 1961-1962 (statements and charge slips, 179pp)

Yates & Milton Stores, 1963 (statements, charge slips, and receipts, 199pp)

Yates & Milton Stores, 1965-1966 (statements and charge slips, 30pp)

Zachary, 1962-1966 (statements, 10pp)

Zimmerman's, 1963-1966 (statements and charge slips, 6pp)

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