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Mr. Symonds married, December 16, 1891, Grace Elizabeth Ferrell, born in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, daughter of George and Elizabeth (West) Ferrell, of that town, died in Unionville. They were the parents of Blanche Eliza- beth Symonds, born September 24, 1892, now residing with her father in Union- ville.
Through his mother, Mr. Symonds is descended from Thomas Wetmore, who was born in 1615 in one of the western counties of England, according to family tradition, and came to America in 1635.
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The name is a variation of Whitmore, and this form was used by Thomas Wet- more at one time. He sailed from Bris- tol, England, in 1635, and settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was a land owner in 1640. Soon after he removed to Hartford and was among the first settlers of Middletown in 1649. There he was admitted a freeman, May 20, 1652, conditions of membership being the possession of an estate valued at two hundred pounds or over, and membership in the Orthodox church (now Congrega- tional.) In 1654-55 he represented Mid- dletown in the General Assembly. He died December II, 1681, at the age of sixty-six years. He married, December II, 1645, Sarah, daughter of John and Ann (Willicke) Hall. She died Decem- ber 7, 1665. Her fourth son, Izrahiah Wetmore, was born March 8, 1657, in Middletown, was a magistrate, deputy to the General Court from 1721 to 1728, inclusive, and died at the age of eighty- six years. He married, May 13, 1692, Rachel Stow, born March 13, 1651, grand- daughter of John Stow, who came from Kent, England, was a freeman at Rox- bury, Massachusetts, in 1634, member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638, representative to the General Court in 1639. He married, in England, Elizabeth Briggs, and they were the parents of Samuel Stow, born 1622, in England, graduated from Har- vard College, 1645, and was the first pas- tor of the First Orthodox Congregational Society in Middletown, installed 1657. Later he established a church at Sims- bury, Connecticut. He married Hope, daughter of William Fletcher, and their youngest child was Rachel Stow, above noted as the wife of Rev. Izrahiah Wet- more. Their son, Rev. Izrahiah Wet- more, was born June 28, 1693, in Middle- town, studied for the ministry, was set-
tled as pastor at Stratford, Connecticut, died there September 14, 1728, and was buried in the old East Burying Ground at Middletown. He married Sarah Booth, of Stratford, daughter of Sergeant John and Dorothy (Hawley) Booth, grand- daughter of Richard Booth, born 1607, who settled in Stratford, and mar- ried Elizabeth, sister of the first Joseph Hawley. Their son, Rev. Izrahiah Wet- more, was born August 30, 1729, in Stratford, graduated at Yale College in 1748, received his Master's degree in 1757, and was pastor for forty-five years of the Presbyterian church of Stratford and Trumbull. In 1773 he preached the election sermon before the Legislature of Connecticut, and several of his sermons were published. He died August 3, 1798, in Trumbull, and was buried in Strat- ford. He married, December 30, 1756, Phebe Walker, born September 7, 1740, died September 12, 1784, daughter of Hon. Robert and Rebecca (Lewis) Walker. Her father filled many responsible and high offices in the colony. Their third son William Walker Wetmore, was born March 29, 1769, in Stratford, where he made his home and died, December 2, 1837. He married, January 18, 1793, Sarah Bogardus, who was born March 28, 1773, a descendant of one of the early Dutch families of New York. Their son, William Whiting Wetmore, born Octo- ber 7, 1806, married, in November, 1827, Eleanor Beebe, and their eldest child, Sarah Bogardus Wetmore, born August 16, 1828, became the wife of Sylvester Russell Symonds, and the mother of Wil- liam Francis Symonds, of Unionville.
NEWTON, Charles Hollister, Active Man of Affairs.
The name of Newton is one of the old- est in the annals of New England, and it
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stands for a family the members of which have maintained throughout the entire period of its history a standard of distin- guished service to their respective com- munities that may well be envied by all. It is represented in the town of Plainville, Connecticut, to-day, by Charles Hollister Newton, the worthy scion of a long line of notable forbears.
The family, which is a very numerous one to-day, with branches that extend far beyond the boundaries of New England, traces its descent from Samuel Newton, of England, who flourished about the opening of the seventeenth century and lived to see that great wave of adventure and enterprise which swept over the coun- try and which was responsible for the colonization of what afterwards became the United States.
His son, the Rev. Roger Newton, was born in the "Mother Country" in the year 1620, and was the first of the name to come to America, which he did as a very young man, although the exact date of his emigration remains a matter of con- jecture. He settled in the newly founded colony of Hartford and there studied divinity under the redoubtable Thomas Hooker, whose daughter, Mary, he after- ward married. He was installed about 1645 as the first minister in Farmington, Connecticut. Later he was the second pas- tor of the church at Milford and served in these two charges for many years, until his death in 1683. A most humorous tale is told of the attempt made by this worthy gentleman to return to England for a visit after twelve years of faithful ministry to his flock in Farmington. He repaired to Boston, from which port he was to take ship, but there arose such a storm and such continued stress of bad weather that the captain of the vessel, being of a pious and superstitious nature,
made up his mind that it was a sign of Heavenly displeasure with one who was seeking to escape from the hardships of preaching the gospel in the wilderness, hoisted his sails and sailed away leaving his reverend passenger stranded in Bos- ton. His marriage to Mary Hooker occurred at Hartford in 1644, and of their union was born eight children, as follows : Samuel, Roger, Susanna, John, Ezekiel, Sarah, Mary and Alice. It is from John Newton, the fourth of these, that Mr. Newton traces his descent.
John Newton was born in Farmington, in June, 1656. He married Lydia Ford, in 1680, and died in 1699. The line from him down to the present is as follows: Ezekiel Newton, born 1687, married Abi- gail Briscoe, in 1711, and died 1728; Dr. Ezekiel Newton, born 1716, married Mary Collins; Ezekiel Newton, born in 1741, married Ann Smith, and died Sep- tember 3, 1811; Nathan Newton, born 1776, married Laura Hollister, in 1803, and died June 28, 1854; Ezekiel Newton, born November 14. 1803, died February 22, 1880; married Caroline Northrop, July 7, 1830; and Franklin Newton, father of Charles H. Newton, of this review.
The Newtons have always been highly honored in the community from the time of the Rev. Roger Newton. whose name appears upon a plate on the memorial bridge erected by the town of Milford to honor the memory of her most prominent citizens. Many members of the family took part in the Revolution, a long list of their names appearing in the various rec- ords, among which is that of Ezekiel Newton, the direct ancestor of Charles Hollister Newton. The family has also intermarried with many of the most prominent of the old New England fami- lies as a comparison of the names aiready
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given will show. The grandfather of Mr. Newton, Ezekiel Newton, married Caro- line Northrop, a sister of Lord Northrop.
Franklin Newton was born December 19, 1838, died January 27, 1894. He had a public school education, and followed the occupation of farming at Washing- ton, Connecticut, all his life, except dur- ing the period in which he served in the Civil War. He married Matilda Morgan, a descendant of a well-known New Eng- land family, always noted for its skill in financial matters which culininated in the person of the late J. Pierpont Morgan.
Charles Hollister Newton was born May 3, 1877, at Washington, Connecticut, and there passed the years of his child- hood and youth. He gained his educa- tion in the excellent schools of that town and proved himself an unusually good student. He left the parental roof upon completing his studies and went to Tor- rington where he secured a position with a large manufacturing concern of that city, in the employ of which he received a rapid promotion. Later he was sent to Newark, New Jersey, to represent his firm, and there remained a considerable period. He then received an offer of the secretaryship of the Osborne-Stephenson Manufacturing Company of Plainville, and returned to that town to take up his new duties. He still holds this important office at the present time. Mr. Newton is very prominent in the general life of Plainville and belongs to many important organizations and orders there. He is a prominent Mason, being a member of Seneca Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, as well as of the higher divisions of the order. He attends the Congrega- tional church of Plainville and is promi- nent in the work of the congregation. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
On September 15, 1894, Mr. Newton
was united in marriage with Sara L. Wad- hams, born October 16, 1876. To Mr. and Mrs. Newton one child has been born, Roger Hooker Newton, June 17, 1909. He began his schooling at the age of four and gives token of possessing unusual mental powers, already showing a marked originality in his ideas and the ability to reason in the manner of an adult.
TOLLES, Charles Levi,
Business Man.
Henry Tolles, the immigrant ances- tor, who was born in England, and set- tled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as early as 1669, removing later to Saybrook in that colony. He was twice married. By his first wife, he had a son, Henry, mentioned below.
(II) Henry (2) Tolles, son of Henry (1) Tolles, was in New Haven, April 15, 1693. He married Rebecca Thomas, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca Thomas, of New Haven. Children: Henry, men- tioned below; Rachel, born 1696; Sam- uel, 1698; Daniel, 1700; Ebenezer, 1703; Dorothy, 1705; Experience, 1708.
(III) Henry (3) Tolles, son of Henry (2) Tolles, was born in 1694, in New Haven, and died there in 1772. He mar- ried Deborah Clark, February 15, 1727. She died in New Haven, in 1788. Chil- dren, born in New Haven: Elnathan, born December 15, 1729, died in infancy ; Dorothy, September 17, 1731; Francis, December 30, 1733; Henry, mentioned below ; Mabel, August 21, 1738; Elnathan, January 9, 1741 ; Dorothy, September 3, 1743; Rachel, December I, 1745; De- borah, July 27, 1751 ; Philemon, May 8, 1753.
(IV) Henry (4) Tolles, son of Henry (3) Tolles, was born at New Haven, Au- gust 8, 1736. He married Hannah Clark,
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daughter of John and Rebecca Clark, November 25, 1757. She was descended from William Gilbert, secretary of the New Haven Colony. Children, born at New Haven: Clark, mentioned below ; David, born August 5, 1760; Amarillis, January 14, 1764; John, July 7, 1766; Henry, August 29, 1768; Benjamin, bap- tized May 10, 1778; Philemon, baptized May 10, 1778. Henry Tolles was a sol- dier in the Revolutionary War in Captain Upham's company. Together with his three brothers, Clark, David and John, he was among the first settlers of the town of Weathersfield, Vermont, in Windsor county, 1780. He died there in 1810, and his wife also died in 1801.
(V) Clark Tolles, son of Henry (4) Tolles, was born in New Haven, August 25, 1758. He was also a soldier in the Revolution. He married Sally Proctor. Children, born at Weathersfield, Ver- mont: Henry, born April 10, 1782 ; Sarah, July 21, 1785, married Ames Nichols ; Clark, September 22 1787; Levi, men- tioned below; Betsey, June 2, 1795, mar- ried a Mr. Marshall; Lucy, September 10, 1796, married Henry Truell; Hannah, July 12, 1799, married Leonard Roby ; Gershom Hiram, June 7, 1802, married Cynthia Niles.
(VI) Levi Tolles, son of Clark and Sally (Proctor) Tolles, was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, September 23, 1792. He married Mary Mosely, and they were the parents of the following chil- dren : Julia Ann, Lucian, Charles, George Franklin, of further mention, Betsey, Fanny and Henry.
(VII) George Franklin Tolles, son of Levi and Mary (Mosely) Tolles, was born February 8, 1834, in Bloomfield, Vermont. He received a common school education in his native town, and learned the trade of machinist in Nashua, New Hampshire. During the Civil War he
came to Hartford, Connecticut, and was a contractor engaged in the manufacture of Sharpe's rifles for the government, and afterward he sent for his brother, Charles, and admitted him to partnership in this business. After the war he had a machine shop in Hartford, but after a few years entered the employ of the Colt Patent Firearms Company, continuing for a per- iod of forty years, foreman of the rifle shop during most of the time. In 1909 he retired. In politics he has always been a Republican. He represented the Fourth Ward in the Common Council of Hart- ford in the eighties. He was one of the charter members of Lafayette Lodge, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; and is a member of the Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters; Washington Commandery, Knights Templar; and the Connecticut Consis- tory. In religion he is a Universalist.
Mr. Tolles married August 2, 1863, Jeanette Cynthia (Cornish) Pratt, of Simsbury, Connecticut (see Cornish). Children : Fanny, married John F. Ahern, supervisor of music in Springfield, Mas- sachusetts, public schools; Charles Levi, mentioned below.
(VIII) Charles Levi Tolles, son of George Franklin and Jeanette Cynthia (Cornish) Tolles, was born in Hartford August 20, 1865. He attended the pub- lic schools there, graduating from the Hartford High School in 1884. In March of the same year he started upon his bus- iness career as an office boy for the Jewell Belting Company. In the course of time he was promoted successively to invoice clerk, bookkeeper, cashier and assistant secretary. He not only mastered the details of the office and shop, but went on the road and sold goods for a number of years and became well acquainted with the customers of the company. He was made secretary of the company in 1908,
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and on December 8, 1910, was made vice- president and sales manager. Seven years later, November 20, 1917, Mr. Tolles was made president of the company. He also holds the office of president of the Jewell Belt Hook Company, being on the board of directors of both the Jewell Belting and Jewell Belt Hook companies. He is a member of Lafayette Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; the Hart- ford Club; the Hartford Golf Club; the Farmington Country Club; the Connec- ticut Society, Sons of the American Rev- olution. Both Mr. Tolles and his sister are gifted musically. While students in the High School they began singing in the choir of the Center Congregational Church, and have been active in musi- cal circles and members of various musi- cal organizations to the present time.
Mr. Tolles married Annie Louise Rob- erts, daughter of Charles F. Roberts, of Hartford. Children, born at Hartford : Helen Roberts, born November 7, 1897, and Bryant Franklin, January 20, 1899. Mr. Tolles and his wife are members of the Asylum Congregational Church.
(The Cornish Line).
(I) James Cornish, the immigrant ancestor, was of Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1659, when he witnessed William Jackson's will, and in May, 1660, bought land and taught school there later. Soon after he came to Saybrook he married Phebe Larrabee, widow of Gabriel Larra- bee. "Old William Brown," of Rusper, County Sussex, England, was her father. She married (first) Thomas Lee, by whom she had several children, coming to America in 1641, losing her husband on the voyage. She married (second) Gabriel Larrabee, by whom she had chil- dren also. Through her son James came the family at Simsbury. She died at Northampton, December 28, 1664.
In 1661, James Cornish taught school at Windsor, but in 1664 was at North- ampton and in that year sold his place at Saybrook. He taught school also at Northampton, but soon removed to West- field, of which he was the first town clerk and teacher. His house was destroyed by Indians in King Philip's War. In 1674-76 he was again at Windsor and he kept school there again; in 1678 he was a teacher at Norwalk, Connecticut. Teach- ing was poorly paid and he moved often. While in Westfield, he was for a time clerk of the courts at Northampton, ap- pointed by Governor Andros in 1687, serving two years. After 1667 he lived most of his time in Westfield, but in 1695 he settled in Simsbury, Connecticut, and spent his last years with his son's fam- ily. He was born in England about 1612, died at Simsbury, October 29, 1698.
(II) Deacon James (2) Cornish, son of James (1) Cornish, was born in 1663, died April 2, 1740. He married (first) Novem- ber 10, 1693, Elizabeth Thrall, born May I, 1667, died January 25, 1714, daughter of Timothy and Deborah (Gunn) Thrall, of Windsor. He married (second) April 15, 1715, Hannah Hilliard, born Decem- ber 20, 1681, died December 2, 1751, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Burr) Hilliard. He came from Westfield to Windsor, where he lived from 1690 to 1698, then moved to Simsbury. He was deputy to the General Court from Sims- bury many years; was deacon of the church from 1715 until he died. He was a well-to-do farmer. Children by first wife: James, mentioned below; Eliza- beth, born September 25, 1695; Joseph, October 18, 1697; Benjamin, March 28, 1701; Phebe; Sarah, April 19, 1709. By second wife: Gabriel, May 25, 1716; Jemima, November 20, 1718; Keziah, October 12, 1721 ; Mary, Jabez, 1726.
(III) Captain James (3) Cornish, son
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of Deacon James (2) Cornish, was born October 30, 1694, died March 22, 1784. He married (first) Amy Butler, who died February 16, 1763, daughter of Thomas Butler, of Hartford. He married (second), November 24, 1763, Hannah (Thrall) Hickox, who died August 27, 1779. He was a farmer in Simsbury. He was com- missioned captain in October, 1736, of the south company or train band. Chil- dren by first wife, born at Simsbury : James, born October 4, 1720, died Febru- ary 13, 1736-37 ; Elisha, mentioned below ; Amy, June 5, 1722 ; Daniel, May 21, 1727 ; Abigail, September 5, 1729; Joel, July 18, 1731; Abigail, May 5, 1733; Lucy, June 8, 1735; Violet, April 12, 1737; Rachel, September 3, 1740.
(IV) Sergeant Elisha Cornish, son of Captain James (3) Cornish, was born at Simsbury, June 5, 1722, died April 27, 1794. He married (first) September 25, 1740, Hepsibah Humphrey, born 1724, died February 25, 1755, daughter of Charles Humphrey. He married (sec- ond) August 31, 1755, Mary Dyer, who died October 21, 1775, daughter of Ben- jamin Dyer. He married (third) June 2, 1776, Charity Pettibone, born June 30, 1744, died October 5, 1803. His widow married, June 14, 1799, Dr. Amasa Case. Children by first wife, born in Simsbury : Hepsibah, born August 27, 1741, died young ; Hepsibah, November 4, 1742; James, mentioned below ; Elizabeth, May 8, 1746; Elisha, December 7, 1748; Dor- cas, September II, 1750; Charles, Sep- tember 29, 1752. By second wife: Mary, February 17, 1759. By third wife: Giles, April 8, 1780.
(V) Captain James (4) Cornish, son of Sergeant Elisha Cornish, was born at Simsbury, December 16, 1744, died July 9, 1813. He married, December 29, 1766, Ruhamah Bidwell, born 1743, died March 14, 1814. He was a farmer in Simsbury ;
captain of the militia company there. Children, born at Simsbury: Charles, born October 29, 1767; Dorcas; Eber, February 16, 1772; Chloe; James, men- tioned below; Loruhamah, 1783.
(VI) Colonel James (5) Cornish, son of Captain James (4) and Ruhamah (Bid- well) Cornish, was born in 1776, died January 20, 1836. He was a farmer in Simsbury. He was active in the militia and rose to the rank of colonel of his regiment. He married (first) Cynthia Russell, born October 14, 1778, died Au- gust 5, 1824, daughter of Sergeant Jesse and Sarah (Cornish) Russell, grand- daughter of Daniel and Mindwell (Bunce) Cornish, great-granddaughter of cap- tain James Cornish, mentioned above. He married (second) Elizabeth Smith, widow, who survived him. Children : Grove, born 1796; Charles, 1799, died February 20, 1804; Charles Edwin, men- tioned below; James Darwin, May, 1808; Sidney Aurora, October 6, 1819.
(VII) Major Charles Edwin Cornish, son of Colonel James (5) Cornish, was born at Simsbury, April 13, 1805, died February 14, 1882. He lived at Glaston- bury. He was for many years prominent in the militia, and an excellent officer, of fine presence and a strict disciplinarian. He married Mary N. Vining, born Sep- tember 10, 1810, died May II, 1873, daughter of Thomas Vining. Child, Jeanette Cynthia, born June II, 1835, married (first) Henry L. Pratt, February 12, 1856, (second), August 2, 1863, George Franklin Tolles, of Hartford (see Tolles).
GLOVER, George,
Retired Manufacturer.
Among the many recent arrivals from the Old World who have aided very ma- terially in developing the manufacturing industries of New England is George
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Glover, who was born January II, 1841, in Nottingham, England. His father, George Glover, was born in 1815, in Not- tingham, and married Rebecca Wood, who was born in the same place in 1816. He was a son of George Glover, and descended from an ancient English fam- ily. The surname is derived from a trade, the word itself of Saxon origin, and at first spelled Golofore and varied from time to time until the present form was established in the fourteenth century. At that ancient date the family was seated in the counties of Warwick and Kent, England, and tradition connects the first American immigrant with the War- wickshire family. Robert Glover, a de- scendant of this family, was burned at the stake, September 14, 1555, during the per- secution of the Protestants in the reign of "Bloody" Mary. He had sons who suc- ceeded to his estate at Baxterly, War- wickshire. The family has always been distinguished for its piety. and bears a coat-of-arms :
Arms-Sable, a chevron; ermine between three crescents, argent.
The English progenitor of the first American family of the name was Thomas Glover, who died in Rainhill Parish, Prescott, Lancashire, England, Decem- ber 13, 1619. His second and first sur- viving son, John Glover, baptized August 12, 1600, in Rainhill, came to Boston, Massachusetts, where he died February II, 1653. He left a numerous progeny, now found in all parts of the United States.
In 1849 George and Rebecca (Wood) Glover came to the United States and settled in Thompsonville, Connecticut. He was a machinist and found ready occupation here until his death, about 1885.
George Glover, Jr., son of George and
Rebecca (Wood) Glover, was born in 1841, in Nottinghamshire, England, and remained there with his mother and other children one year after his father had come to America. He arrived in 1850, being then nine years of age, and was subsequently a student in the public schools of Thompsonville. At an early age he became associated with his father in learning the machinist trade, and con- tinued as such until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted for three years with the Twelfth Connecticut Regi- ment of Volunteers. Most of his service was in Louisianna, where a few months before the expiration of his term, he was captured by the enemy and imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, where he was retained for some time after the close of hostilities. Returning to Connecticut, he located at Windsor Locks, and was em- ployed for some time as machinist by the Medlicoth Company of that place. In 1866, he established a machine shop of his own, and two years later organized the Windsor Locks Machine Company, engaged in the manufacture of paper mill machinery. With him were associated Eugene Latham and Edwin Upton, who was secretary and treasurer of the com- pany of which Mr. Glover was made pres- ident. In 1901, he sold out his interest and has since lived a retired life in Wind- sor Locks. As evidenced by his military service, Mr. Glover is a most patriotic citizen of the Anglo-Saxon country in which Englishmen so immediately be- come at home. A striking proof of the permanency of the present Anglo-Ameri- can entente cordiale is the existence of many thousands who, though like Mr. Glover of English birth, are intensely loyal to the country of their adoption, and are not to be distinguished in any way from the other Anglo-Saxons of a remoter immigration. He has endeavored by his
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vote and influence to promote the best form of civil government, and has usually acted with the Republican party. He has never sought political office for himself, believing that his own affairs required his best attention to insure success. He did, however, consent as a patriotic duty, when urged by his fellow-townsmen to act as assessor, which office he filled for two terms, serving in all nearly three years. He was also a selectman of the town, and has endeavored to promote the well-being and progress of the place. He is a member of Euclid Lodge, No. 690. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Windsor Locks, and of J. H. Converse Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same place. A faithful and earnest mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, he has filled the position of trustee in the Windsor Locks Society for nearly fifty years, and is now a member of the board of stewards. Mr. Glover married, August 30, 1865, Elizabeth Anderson, of Thompsonville, daughter of James and Jane (Cotter) Anderson, born July 12, 1842. James Anderson was born in 1800, of Scotch ancestry, and came from thence to the United States in 1824. After residing for some time in New York and New Jersey, he came to Thomp- sonville, Connecticut, about 1836-37. He was the earliest carpet weaver of the place. He was a son of Robert and Isa- belle (Martin) Anderson, both of Scotch ancestry. Jane (Cotter) Anderson, wife of James Anderson, was born in County Tyrone, North Ireland, a daughter of John and Margaret (Willis) Cotter. The mother of the last named was Elizabeth Troupe.
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