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{
"processId": 47725,
"status": "FINISHED",
"pages": 1,
"content": {
"text": "Dear Sir, I hereby confirm\nthe delivery of 200 units.",
"regions": [
{
"id": "region_1",
"type": "paragraph",
"lines": [
{ "text": "Dear Sir, I hereby confirm" },
{ "text": "the delivery of 200 units." }
]
}
]
}
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Archivio di Stato di Vibo Valentia - Atti Notarili
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Notary acts Luxembourg XVI-XIX
Transcription of originals kept at the Archives Nationales de Luxembourg, to support genealogical research on Johan Reding of Meysembourg (1715 - 1798) and h...

Eduard Hackel and his Italian correspondents
In the late 1800s to early 1900s, thanks to the developments of the postal services that made correspondence increasingly easier and quicker, there was an in...

Stadtarchiv Stockach
The Stockach City Archive preserves the history of the city of Stockach, conducts research and opens its doors to researchers from all over the world. On thi...
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