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All " water-cures " and " health institutes " are hospitals; and it appears almost wonderful how soon all Eastern institutions were repre- sented here, though generally in a small way of course, after the first tide of immigration dur- ing the gold excitement. How early the first water-cure was established in Sacramento we have not been able to learn, but it was probably earlylin the '50s. In 1857 Dr. T. P. Zander ad- 'vertised in glowing terms a hydropathic insti- tution on the southwest corner of Fifth and K
streets, Sacramento. Afterward a Dr. Burns established a similar institution, which is now the
PACIFIC WATER CURE AND ECLECTIC HEALTH IN- STITUTE.
With so much that is semi-tropical around it, Sacramento would not be complete unless fur- nished for all the luxury of the bath. The Pa_ cific Water Cure and Eclectic Health Institute, on the northwest corner of Seventh and L streets, under the direction of Dr. M. F. Clayton, pro- vides all the requisites of the bath, and much more, in that it offers all the comforts and con- veniences of a well-equipped sanitarium. The building is large and commodious, centrally lo- cated, while yet somewhat removed from the noise and bustle of the crowded thoroughfares of the city; is surrounded by beautiful shade trees, and suggestive in every way of a pleasant and refined home. A portion of the building has recently been raised, and the departments entirely remodeled. There are luxurious par- lors, rich and elegant in all their appointments, for the exclusive use of the ladies patronizing this famous establishinent.
The institution is provided with all the neces- sary appliances for Turkish, Russian, electric or medicated water or vapor baths, which may be enjoyed at any time as a luxury or as a neces- sary means of medical treatment. On the second floor are comfortable, home-like rooms, full of sunshine, for the use of those who either require rest after bathing, or for patients coming from: a distance in search of relief and cure. Even stables with horses and vehicles for their usc are a part of the establishment.
The whole is under the direction and super- vision of Dr. M. F. Clayton, a graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has been in the present location thirteen years, and whose large experience as a prac- titioner for thirty-three years renders himn es- pecially fitted for snch a charge.
M. F. CLAYTON, M. D., Proprietor of the " Pacific Water Cure and Home for the Sick," northwest corner of Seventh and L streets,
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Sacramento, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1826, and brought up in Crawford County, that State. Graduating in medicine at the Eclectie Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1855, he practiced his profession in the northeastern por- tion of Indiana four years, and then, in 1859, came overland to California, with ox and horse teams, being five and a half months on the way. Practicing medicine on the route made the jour- ney more tedions, but multiplied his experiences in such a manner as apparently to fill up a whole life-time, and furnish matter for endless anec- dote. That magnificent painting at the head of the north stairway in the Capitol -- the most interesting in all the West to early immigrants to this coast-fitly represents many a scene through which the Doctor passed on that long and indescribable journey. He saw his last horse die 200 miles from human habitation! Arriving at Placerville, September 15, barefoot and almost trouserless, he rolled up his sleeves and went to work in caring for the sick. His first task was the care of a man who had been shot, and who, under the Doctor's management, fully recovered. After practicing in Placerville eiglit years, Dr. Clayton moved to Sacramento and opened an office on J street, between Fifth and Sixth, remaining there two years. About that time his family, consisting of a wife and four children, came and joined him. After hav- ing an office on K street, between Fifth and Sixth, a year or so, the Doctor, in 1876, pur- chased his present institution, fully described under the head of Hospitals in this work. He also owns a tract of partly improved land abont sixty-five miles east and a little north of Sacra- mento, and in El Dorado County.
The Doctor is one of the organizers of the State Eclectic Medical Society, of which he was vice president the first term and president two terms; also a member of the State Eclectic Board of Medical Examiners three years, and chairman two years. In politics he is a zealons Prohibitionist. During the campaign of 1888 he was a member of the State Executive Com- mittee of the Prohibition party. IIe is an affa-
ble gentleman, well calculated to inspire hope and a cheerful spirit in all his patients, and a jolly mood in all persons around him.
MRS. SARAH E. CLAYTON, Matrou of the Pa- cific Water-Cure, was born in December, 1826, in Delaware. Her father, Rev. John Davis, was of Welsh descent, and her mother's ances- tors were from England. The family emigrated from Maryland to Ohio in 1830, and after a brief stay at Mansfield and Plymouth, they set- tled in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, at which place Mrs. Clayton taught in the public schools from 1846 to 1851. She then married Dr. M. F. Clayton. During the war of the Re- bellion they lived in Fostoria, that State; and while referring to that period we may mention that a brother of Mrs. Clayton, Dr. W. H. Davis, went out as Surgeon in one of the Iowa regiments, and died at Pittsburg Landing in 1862. Mrs. Clayton was secretary of the Sani- tary Commission five years at Fostoria, and the work which she did during that period she con- siders the most important of her life. It was, indeed, as important a duty as any on the field of battle, to be performed either by a private soldier or a General commanding armies. She came to California in 1870 with four children, the eldest of whom died in London, England, in 1881. Her husband had preceded her to this State a number of years. On going to the county hospital, then at Tenth and L streets, to visit the sick men, she found that the inmates were poorly supplied with reading matter. She asked the citizens to donate such books as they did not need for their own use, to the patients for their entertainment, and her anticipations were more than realized, and they had a valua- ble library to put in the new building when that was completed. Among the books was an old relic, a Greek Bible 200 years old. But, alas! they had the privilege of using that library but a short time, when it, with the nice, new build- ing, was burned.
Probably the next in importance of the works of her life is the part which she has taken in behalf of the orphans of that State. She was
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elected one of the managers of the Protestant Orphan Asylum of this city in .1873, where her first duty was to look after the interests of the children who had been sent out of the asylum on trial, to procure permanent homes. It proved to be a duty of embarrassing responsibility, and she had many difficulties to encounter until she had a thorough system established, so that when a family took a child she knew its interests would be looked after. She went before the Legislature and asked for a law by which the
managers could be governed in placing children out for adoption in families who wished for them; and the law was adopted without a dis- senting voice. (See also our account of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, elsewhere in this volume.)
The children of Dr. and Mrs. Clayton are: Hattie, wife of A. J. Gardner, residing in Sacra- mento; Mrs. Clara M. Byrne, residing with her parents; Frank W., in San Francisco, and Wil- lis M., deceased.
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SACRAMENTO CITY.
CHAPTER XIX.
PIONEER BUSINESS MEN.
N addition to the business men alluded to in our chapter on the founding of Sacramento, we mention the following who were here during the first three or four years after that event.
History states that in May, 1849, there were about thirty buildings occupied by stores, and that on June 26 there were 100 houses in Sacra- mento. The following business and professional men are named about in the order in which we find their advertisements in the Placer Times:
Whitlock & Gibson, auction and commission.
Burnett & Rogers (Peter H. and John P.), exchange brokers and agents for the collection of debts. Burnett was afterward Governor of the State.
Drs. L. P. & S. S. Crane, physicians and druggists.
Dr. C. B. Zabriskie, physician.
Orlando McKnight, proprietor of the Ameri- can House and Restaurant.
Murray & Lappens.
Pickett & Co.
Saget & Co.
T. McDowell & Co., auction and commission. Gillespie, Gerald & Co., wholesale and retail grocers, provisions and mining goods.
Brannan & Co. (Samuel Brannan, William Stout, and Mellus, Howard & Co.), general mer-
chandise. In August, 1849, Mr. Brannan was again alone. Brannan died May 5, 1889, at Escondido, San Diego County, California.
Dr. B. Bryant, a graduate of the Botanico- Medical College of Memphis, established in Au- gust a hospital on L street; also sold medicines.
Dr. W. H. I'Anson, "late Surgeon of the United States Army," opened out in August, 1849, "opposite Prof. Sheppard's store."
John Codlin, butcher and provision merchant. H. P. Merrifield, auction and real estate.
James C. Zabriskie, law, conveyancing and surveying.
Morse, Dunning & Co. (Charles E. G. Morse, of St. Louis, Missouri, and John Dunning, of New York City), provisions.
J. P. Rittenhouse & Co. (Thomas C. D. Olm- stead and W. E. Keyes).
Peyton, Cornet & McCarver.
Dr. F. M. Rodrigues, from New Orleans.
B. E. Watson, groceries.
Dr. M. B. Angle.
Massett & Brewster (Stephen C. and Charles O.), auction and commission.
Dring, store at the Fort.
Thomas A. Warbass, real estate.
Robertson & Co. (G. M. R., Theodore Van
Cott and Thomas King), meat market.
Dr. W. G. Deal.
Dr. Robert Wilson.
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C. G. & R. G. Cornell, meat market.
Drs. Mckenzie & Ames (J. M. and F. W.). James N. Harding, law and real estate. Elisha W. MeKinstry, law.
Jones, Prettyman, Barroll & Co. (Dr. W. G. Deal), commission, real estate and drugs. After- ward Prettyman, Barroll & Gwynn.
Charles Lindley, lawyer and commissioner of deeds.
Bailey, Morrison & Co., merchants.
Pearson & Baker (James P. and W. A. B.), real estate.
Plnme, Trnman & Co.
Cardwell, Brown & Co. (II. C. C., E. L. Brown, John Harris and John S. Fowler), after- ward Harris, Brown & Co.
Drs. J. L. Wydown and T. J. White.
J. B. Starr & Co. (H. L. Barney), auction.
McNulty & Co. (A. G. Iledrick), hardware.
Dr. Benjamin R. Carman bonghit Dr. Deal's interest in the Martin & Deal hospital at the Fort, in December, 1849.
Dr. Hardenstein, homeopathic.
Barney, Brewster & Co. (B. B. Barney, R. E. Brewster, Fred Ogden, J. H. Blossomn and J. P. Hurley), afterward Barney, Blossom & Co.
Suydam, Fletcher & Co. (John Suydam, War- ren Fletcher and J. E. Galloway), then Suydam & Galloway, auction and commission.
Drs. R. M. Stanbury and J. W. H. Stettinius and Mr. Charles E. Abbott bonght the hospital of Dr. Craigan and Mr. Abell at the Fort, during the winter of 1849-'50.
Dr. S. P. Thomas.
B. F. Ilastings & Co., exchange brokers, bank- ers and commission merchants.
James Tate & Co., general merchandise.
C. F. MeCInre & Co. (P. R. Slater).
Covilland, Fajard & Co., general merchandise.
R. Gelston & Co. (Simmons, Intehinson & Co.), general merchandise.
Meconnekin & Co. (E. Meconnekin, A. Hadley and James A. Myer), auction and commission.
William Montgomery, auction and commis- sion, groceries, etc.
Andrew J. Binney, civil engineer and surveyor.
Fowler & Fry, proprietors of the City Hotel. E. M. Hayes, jeweler.
Offutt, Wales & Co. (M. H. Offutt, C. P. Wales, Jacob P. Dunn and George Dunn), anc- tion and commission.
Hensley & Redding (Samnel J. Hensley, Peir- son B. Redding and Jacob R. Snyder), general merchants. Dissolved partnership February 10, 1850.
Middlebrook & Christy (Charles M. and John M. C.).
Steele & Grummun (Seymour G. S. and Caleb G.).
William R. Prince & Co., sheet iron, zinc, miners' supplies, ete.
Demas Strong, dry goods. This man is a brother of W. R. Strong, and is still living, in the East.
M. G. Leonard & Co. (Sheldon, Kibbe & Almy), groceries and miners' supplies.
Gillespie & Monson (Eugenio G. and Alonzo M.), land agents.
L. Bartlett, Jr., bank and real-estate.
E. D. Byrne & Co., dry goods.
G. M. Robertson, commission agent and real- estate broker.
Henley MeKnight & Co. (S. C. Hastings), bank. Dr. Bryarly, in partnership with Dr. Deal.
Wetzlar & Co. (Gustavns W., Julius Wetz- lar, Benj. Fenner, Cornelius Schermerhorn and Francis Stratton). Some of these afterward sold out to John A. Sutter, Jr., and C. Brandes.
A. P. Petit, contractor and builder.
Dr. C. Morrill and Mr. C. T. Whittier, drugs. Joseph Clough, real estate.
Jolın H. Dickerson, civil engineer and sur- veyor.
Moran & Clark.
J. Neely Johnson, lawyer, and afterward Gov- ernor, elected by the American party.
Bailey, Morrison & Co. (Major B., John C. and E. M. Hayes).
Smith, Keith & Co. (J. E. S., Matthew K. and Henry M. Spotswood).
Lewis & Bailey (John H. L. and John T. B.), general commission and merehandise.
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Warbass & Co. (Thomas A. W., William S. Heyl and John F. Morse), bankers and real estate.
Barton Lee, successor to Priest, Lee & Co.
G. B. Stevens, wholesale auction and commis- sion.
Chenery & Hubbard, proprietors of the Globe Hotel.
Ferris Formnan, law.
Hoope & L'Amoureux, general merchants.
G. H. Johnson, dagnerrean artist.
John H. Spies, notions.
Burnell, Stout & Co., wholesale anction and commission.
Spalding & Mckinney (Volney S., M. D. and Joseph McK.), saloon.
A. M. Winn, agent for Sutter.
Dr. B. T. Kruse.
J. D. B. Stillman, M. D. Left in 1862.
L. A. Birdsall, M. D.
J. A. Wadsworth, M. D., from Providence, Rhode Island, had the " K Street Hospital."
Boyd & Davis, real estate, now in San Fran- cisco, wealthy.
Earl, McIntosh & Co , forwarding. Earl is now in San Francisco.
John Hatch, jeweler, resided here in Sacra- mento until his death.
Simmons, Hutchinson & Co., general mer- chandise. Simmons also dealt in real estate.
J. L. F. Warren established the store now owned by Baker & Hamilton. For the last thirty years Warren has been conducting an ag- ricultural paper in San Francisco.
D. O. Mills, dealer in gold dust and founder of the bank still known by his name. He is a resident of New York City.
Brown, Henry & Co., wholesale clothing.
James Lee kept the "Stinking Tent," the chief gaming establishment for a time. Z. Hub- bard soon started a large, neat gambling tent.
Jacob Binninger built the first hotel in Sac- ramento.
James King of William, varions.
Dr. Charles H. Craigan, from Washington City, established a hospital at the Fort in 1849;
rates of board and treatment, $16 to $50 per day.
H. Arents & Co., general merchandise.
Burge & Ratcliffe (Robert K. and Win. M.), manufacturers of iron shutters and doors.
M. T. McClellan, speculator in gold and sil- ver; "coin exchanged for dust, at $15 per ounce."
Sagat & Southard (L. T. & Charles C.), gen- eral merchandise and miners' supplies.
Marshall & Santry, general merchandise.
Von Pfister & Vanghan (Edward and William), general merchandise.
H. A. Schoolcraft, real estate and magis- trate.
Drs. Wm. M. Carpenter and T. L. Chapman. Dr. T. M. Ames, at Sutterville.
Nevett & Co., hardware. Youmans was the "Co."
C. C. Sackett, notary public and conveyancer. R. Chenery, flour.
George H. Pettibone, proprietor of the El Dorado House.
Yates Ferguson, general store.
Haines, Webster & Co., hotel.
Richard Berry, auction.
Barton & Grim, real estate.
Watson & Bem, hardware.
C. P. Huntington & Co., hardware.
J. B. Blanchard & Co., hardware.
Bowstead & Woods, iron and brass foundry.
Wesley Merritt, Moran & Clark, H. E. Rob- inson & Co., George H. Johnson, Thompson & Taylor, Cochran, Peifer, Samuel Gregg, S. C. Bruce, Montgomery & Co., Captain Gallop, A. C. Latson, John Van Houghton, Ames & Mc- Kenzie, Jesse Haycock, Dearbower, Caswell, Ingalls & Co., Hanna, Jennings & Co., Captain Northamn, Geise & Son, J. J. Burge, Harden- bergh & Co., Morrill & Hamlin, Coats & Rivett, Cheeks, Pinkard, Prince, Scranton & Smith, T. S. Mitchell & Co., Reynolds & Co., P. B. Corn- wall, Panl, White & Co., etc.
There were also numerous express companies, stage lines, etc., too tedious to mention in all their changes.
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GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
The principal grocers in 1850 and following years were the following:
The most extensive in operations were Pome- roy & Peebles, whose establishment was famil- iarly known as the " Missouri Store." Both those men are dead.
Haynes & Co. were almost exclusively an importing house.
Bullard, Figg & Co. did a large business. The former is deceased, and Mr. Figg is still living, in Sacramento.
Cavert & Hill also had a large trade, in a large frame building on Front street, where the McCreary flouring-mill now stands.
Forshee, Booth & Co. enjoyed an extensive patronage. The members were John Forshee, Lucius A. Booth and Job F. Dye. Booth lives now at Piedmont, and Forshee is dead. Dye came to California as early as 1840.
E. D. & W. T. Kennedy were Philadelphia inen, who in the grocery trade accumulated a little fortune. The first mentioned resides in Philadelphia, and the other is deceased.
J. W. Foard & Co. (George Cadwallader) are both dead. The latter became an eminent at- torney here.
W. T. Grissim & Co. (Snyder) are also de- ceased.
Curry & Co. and P. J. Brown & Co. were burned out in the great fire of 1852, re-estab- lished themselves and finally went out of business in 1855.
The "Lady Adams Company," named after the ship that brought them to the coast, was one of the oldest firms in Sacramento, who brought a cargo of goods with them. Mebius & Co. are now their successors.
Stanford Bros. (three brothers of Leland Stan ford) were not burned out in 1852, although their building was not so fire-proof as many others that were consumed. All other build- ings in their block were burned.
Hermance & Burton never resumed business after the fire of 1852.
J. H. Trowbridge & Co. and Carroll & Stearin
soon after the fire succeeded the old house of Birdsall & Co., taking the name of Sendder, Carroll & Co.
Taylor & Van Sickle were successful business inen before the fire; after that event Van Sickle never resnmed business.
Lonis Sloss had a successful trade here until about 1854; is now with the Alaska Fur Com- pany in San Francisco.
Chamberlain & Patrick did business upon the Plaza. Chamberlain, now nearly ninety years of age, is still in active employment, in the banking house of D. O. Mills & Co. Dr. Pat- rick is deceased.
Wilcoxson & Co. enjoyed a large trade up to 1852, then closed. Jackson Wilcoxson is dead; but Jefferson, his brother, is still living here, and is now a capitalist.
Maddox & Co. were from Arkansas. They built the present Maddux Block, corner of Third and K streets.
Mills & Co. (James and D. O. Mills) retired from the grocery business probably in 1851. The latter established the bank which is still known by his name, and now resides in New York City.
Bushnell & Co.'s establishment was one of the very few houses that were not burned out in the fire of 1852.
Sheath & Arnold established a business here about 1851. The former is now a resident of San Francisco, having a large dairy in the country, and John Arnold died in Connecticut about 1864. Their successors are Adams, Mc- Neill & Co.
Fry, Hoopes & Co. comprised J. D. Fry and Thomas Hoopes. Fry is in San Francisco and lloopes is dead. Their successors are Lindley & Co.
Hopkins & Miller. The former, Mark Hop- kins, died at Ynma, March 29, 1878, and the latter, Ed. Miller, is now connected with the Central Pacific Railroad.
W. R. McCaull & Co. (- Moore) did a large business. McCaull is dead, and Moore is in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Smith & Booth, predecessors of the present firm of Booth & Co. Charles Smith died in New York, and the other partner is ex-United States Senator Newton Booth, the senior mem- ber of the present firm. By the index, find in this volume a biographical sketch of the latter.
Hull & Lohman were also successful grocers. Hull is living in San Francisco, and Lohman died in that city five or six years ago.
Lindley, Booth & Co. (T. M. Lindley, L. A. Booth) began in September, 1849. The next year Booth retired from the firm. After a time Lindley dropped that trade here and was in business elsewhere. February 1, 1853, he be- came a member of Fry, Hoopes & Co., on the corner of Seventh and J streets; a year after- ward the name of the firm was Lindley & Hoopes, and in 1855 Mr. Lindley was alone. The firm is now Lindley & Co. (T. M. and D. A. Lindley), 214-218 K street.
Other early grocery firms were: Birdsall & Co .; Alırents & Tolger; Meeker & Co. (S. H. and David Meeker); Burton & McCarty; Wood & Kenyon; Kramer & Quivey; Loveland & Co .; Kibbe, Almy & Co .; Thomas Bannister; Burton, Fish & Culver; Peter Slater, etc.
EARLY BANKERS. (From Old Directories.)
1851-Hensley & Merrill (Samuel J. and Robert D.), 47 Second street between J and K; Sacramento City Bank (Rhodes, Sturges & Co.), 53 Second street, between J and K; B. F. Has- tings & Co., 51 J street, between Second and Third.
1853-Adams & Co., Granite Building, Sec- ond street between Orleans Hotel and J street; Grim & Rumler (A. K. and Fr.), 3 J street; D. O. Mills & Co., 58 J street; Francis W. Page, agent of Page, Bacon & Co., of St. Louis, Missouri.
1856-Wells, Fargo & Co .; John M. Rhodes, Second street between J and K.
1868-Sacramento Savings Bank, 89 J street. 1871-Capital Savings Bank, southwest cor- ner Fourth and J streets; Julius Wetzlar, Presi-
dent; R. C. Woolworth, Secretary; Odd Fel- lows' Bank of Savings, St. George Building, Fourth and J streets.
FLOURING MILLS.
Lambard Flouring Mills .- In 1853 these mills were established on the north side of I street, at the head of Second street, and for about two years were run in connection with the Sacramento Iron Works. The original building was of brick, and only 20x40 feet in size. In 1856 it was enlarged, and a most substantial foundation placed under it, by James Kerr, a superior millwright from Boston. This man afterward lost his life on the ill-fated steamship Central America. Additions were made to the building, and the capacity increased to five run of stone. But this mill has long since been discontinued, and the building has for some years been used as a warehouse.
Sacramento Flouring Mills .- In 1853 Dr. Carpenter, at that time a well-known and wealthy citizen of Sacramento, commenced the erection of the large briek building on Front street, between L and M, for the purpose of having it made the State Capitol. The latter "institution," however, was never located there. After its completion the first floor was occupied as grain stores, etc., by C. H. Swift, Campbell & Sweeney, and others. In 1856-'57 it bore the dignity of being the county court-house. From Dr. Carpenter the property passed to C. K. Garrison, and in 1869 Charles and Byron MeCreary bought the building and turned it into the Sacramento Flouring Mills. See sketch of these gentlemen in the biographical depart- ment of this work.
Pioneer Flouring Mills .- R. D. Cary, in 1854, transformed what is known as the Boston Ice House into the Pioneer Flour Mills, situ- ated on First street, between Sacramento and broad, that is, in the vicinity of what is now known as " Jib-Boom " street. Carey failed in business and the property passed into the hands of E. P. Figg. Carey, it was said, afterward went to Philadelphia and accumulated consider-
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able wealth. In 1858 Seth Garfield and Aleck Dyer purchased the mill from F'igg and thor- oughly remodeled it. In October, 1863, the property was destroyed by fire, the proprietors losing about $10,000 above insurance Up to the time of the fire the mill was running day and night, turning ont 200 barrels of flour a day, at a net profit of $75.
Dyer left the city, and Garfield and A. C. Bidwell went into partnership, and within fonr months the present Pioneer Mills were erected and in running order. Three days after the re- newal of business, Bidwell sold out to H. G. Smith, who, together with Garfield, ran the mill till the close of 1864. Then J. II. Carroll came in as a third partner, and the capacity of the mill was increased to 500 barrels a day, the sum of $70,000 having been expended for that purpose. These three partners conducted the mill for five years, and then Carroll and Garfield sold out their interests to Smith and G. W. Mowe. The " Pioneer Milling Company" now comprises H. G. Smith, President; L. Williams, Vice-President; and F. B. Smith, Secretary.
For the Phoenix Mills, see sketch of George Schrodt, in the latter part of this work.
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