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erty. He has had varied experiences on his voyages, which, extending as they did into so many foreign climes, have given him a wide knowledge of the world and a fund of interesting reminiscences.
ISAAC OSCAR WINCHESTER, an indus- trious and thrifty farmer residing in the western part of the town of Bozrah, was born Sept. 15, 1857, in Montville.
Lodowick Winchester, his grandfather, was born in the State of New York in January, 1800, and when a very small boy went to make his home with an aunt in Rhode Island. He resided in that State until 1835, when he removed to. Bozrah and located on a rented farm in the eastern part of the town, remaining there until about 1844, in which year he removed to Montville. For two years he resided on a rented farm in the north part of the town, at the end of that time returning to the original farm in Bozrah. Later he removed to a farm on Noble's Hill, in Montville, following with other residences in the town until he removed to Westchester, and thence to the Jones farm, on the Essex turnpike, in the town of Salem. There he remained until he died, in 1877 ; he was buried in the West Plain cem- etery in Norwich. Mr. Winchester was a member of the Methodist Church. He married Sarah, daughter of Isaac Lamb, of Ledyard, and she sur- vived her husband, reaching the age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of seven children : (I) Denison S., a sea captain, died in New Bedford, Mass. (2) Isaac L., the father of Isaac O., is men- tioned below. (3) John B. was in the 26th Regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteers, and was killed at Port Hudson, Miss., where he is buried. (4) Daniel was in the Ist Connecticut Cavalry, and was killed by a falling tree in camp at Charleston, Va. His remains were brought home and lie in the same cemetery with those of his parents. (5) David is a farmer of Salem, Conn. (6) Sarah is the wife of Frederick Ladd, of Salem. (7) Charles is a farmer in Salem.
Isaac Lamb Winchester was born Sept. 20, 1836, in Bozrah, and received his education in the dis- trict schools, attending each winter sixteen weeks until he reached the age of seventeen years. At the age of nine he began working out, doing farm work for people in the vicinity, and continued thus until after his marriage, when he took up a farm on shares at Leffingwell, conducting same for one year. He then removed to Montville and rented a house, and for a year worked as a farm laborer, at the end of this time, with his savings, purchasing a small place on Raymond Hill, where he resided for twelve years, employed as a farm laborer. He then dis- posed of the place and removed to Bozrah street, spending one year on the Oliver Landphere place, and two years on the Deacon Abel place, and then removed to the Judge Albert Avery place for six years, until April, 1878, when he settled on his present farm. He is a member of the Scott Hill
Baptist Church. In political faith he is a Re lican.
Mr. Winchester was married Dec. 14, 185 n Norwich, to Mrs. Frances Sabra Daniels, born I, 1825, in Bozrah, daughter of Clarissa d Christopher Chapman, and widow of Orrin Da by whom she had no children. Mrs. Winch passed away Oct. 25, 1901. Six children were to her union with Mr. Winchester: (1) AC Oscar is mentioned below. (2) Anson Dougs, born June 10, 1859, is a butcher and resid fein Fitchville. He has served on the board of soft- men. He married Mabel Rogers, and has two jul- dren, Harold and Elsie. (3) Edgar Lodowick, In Jan. 21, 1861, married Lydia Raymond, and fey have had six children, of whom Ethel, Harry, fer and Raymond are mentioned. They reside at Ih- ville. (4) Nelson Daniel, born May 23, 1862, r- ried (first) Carrie Richards and (second) ta Thompson. He is an overseer in the mill at I gh- ville. (5) Frances Clarissa, born May 10, 18 € is the wife of Merritt Austin, of Bozrah, and ha vo children, Frank and Stella. (6) Mary Elizath, born Oct. 28, 1869, married William Kelly, and ler May 30, 1892, leaving one child, Frances.
Isaac O. Winchester was born in Montville ind was reared to hard work on the farm. He hac fly limited advantages for education, such as the d fict schools afforded, and at the age of twelve yeathe began working out at farm labor, getting ,all wages for long hours, as was the custom a hat time. He worked thus for a number of yerin Lebanon and Bozrah, and was careful and sing with his wages, so that when he became of a |he had a small capital which he invested in his p lent farm of 100 acres in (which he purc sed April, 1878) of the Gurdon Wate fian place, going heavily into debt at the time. Bylird work, economy, good business judgment and share dealing, he soon managed to lift the debt, furified a home for the family, and earned for him § a foremost place among the valued and esteeme iti- zens of the town. Mr. Winchester has never ar- ried.
Mr. Winchester is a stanch Republican in [iti- cal faith. He has never sought office, but l has served several years as a grand juror. As w be seen, Mr. Winchester is entitled to be called a elf- made man. He is deserving of all the succes hat has come to him, being a man of the best Hits, most unselfish and kind, and is respected by al who know him.
NATHANIEL PENDLETON NOYES, post- master at Stonington, Conn., and one of the le ing and influential citizens of the town, is a desce, ant in the ninth generation from Rev. William Ires, the progenitor of the family in America. H line of ancestry is given in Judge R. A. Wheeler's |fis- tory of Stonington," as follows:
(I) Rev. William Noyes was born in Ei and
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1 568. id from 1602 for about twenty years was tor of holderton. He married about 1595 Anne ker, older ho was born in 1575, and was buried at 1, England, March 7, 1657. Rev. William yes dal about 1616.
(II) 4, Sa than ames Noyes, born in 1608, married, in h, eldest daughter of Joseph Brown, of on, England, and in March of that year arke for New England in company with his sin T mas Parker, in the "Mary and John," of
don. He preached for a short time at Medford, thenfor a while at the Watertown Church, and 635 it to Newbury, Mass., and there preached il his eath, Oct. 22, 1656. Rev. James Noyes very luch beloved in Newbury, and it was said im it he was of so loving and compassionate hum : carriage that there was never anyone ac- inted ith him, but did desire the continuance of friendhip and acquaintance."
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ev. James Noyes, born March 1I, 1640, onington, Conn., in 1664, to preach, by tatiorf the town. The meeting house in which preacl 1 was a short distance southwesterly of prese residence of Henry M. Palmer. He ded i the family of Thomas Stanton until he orda ed Sept. 1I, 1674, and the next day he rothy, daughter of Thomas and Ann ried rd) U. nton. Mr. Noyes made his home on a e tradof land which he bought of Samuel Wil- f Haford, on the road to Wequetequock, and he d Dec. 30, 1719. For the first ten years is mi- forty a ch try, he preached as a licentiate, and the ze years as an ordained clergyman. He ain of Capt. George Denison's expedi- that ptured Canonchet, chief sachem of the agan t Indians, in April, 1676.
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pt. Thomas Noyes, born Aug. 15, 1679, of the Stonington train band in 1723. , 1705, he married Elizabeth Sanford ne 26, 1755. He was also an officer in army.
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mas Noyes, born April 16, 1710, mar- , 1731, Mary, daughter of Isaac and mes) Thompson of Westerly, Rhode r1. VI) tomas Noyes, born 1739, married Jan. ary E., daughter of Henry Cobb, of born Feb. 15, 1740. He died in 1831, two years, while she passed away in , aged ninety-four years. For seventy ved in the old home which was burned 760, ngto1) nine h, 18 the 55. VII) nber lers,
athaniel Noyes, born in 1771, died in 354. He married Feb. 11, 1800, Mary 10 died in 1852. He was a shoemaker ide, ali followed the sea for some time.
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Capt. Franklin Noyes, born Nov. 2, pril 15, 1892, married, June 14, 1829, ughter of Capt. Paul and Sabra Pen- esterly, R. I. She died Feb. 29, 1880. childen were: Charles E. P., born April 15,
1831, keeper of the Latimer Reef Light at Stoning- ton, was in the navy during the Civil war. Thomas J., born March 9, 1833, is now deceased. Benjamin F., born Nov. 5, 1835, was lost at sea in November, I859. William P., born Sept. 15, 1838, died in California in January, 1904; he was a sea captain, and made several scientific voyages for the Leland Stanford University. Susan Sabrina, born June 19, 1841, died at Akron, Ohio, in 1902, the wife of Alex- ander Porter. Paul Pendleton, born Oct. 3, 1843, is a machinist by trade, and is living at Rahway, N. J. Mary A., born Oct. 3, 1843, died May 4, 1898, the wife of John H. G. Munro, of Boston. Nathaniel Pendleton was born March 12, 1846.
Capt. Franklin Noyes was a sea-faring man, who went on sealing voyages. Later he engaged in fish- ing in Long Island Sound, following the water the greater part of his life. He was a Baptist in re- ligion, while in politics he was a Republican.
(IX) Nathaniel Pendleton Noyes, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., March 12, 1846, and there attended the pub- lic schools. At the age of eighteen years he became assistant postmaster to Franklin Williams, in Ston- ington, serving fifteen months. In 1865 he was grad- uated from Eastman's Business College, at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., and for the next three years he was assistant postmaster to Mr. Pendleton, of Westerly, R. I. The following five years were spent in the United States railroad mail service as mail clerk on the night train from Boston to New York, but. his health failing, he was obliged to spend the next three winters in the south.
From 1875, for seven years, Mr. Noyes was assistant postmaster to Eugene B. Pendleton of Westerly, but was once more obliged to seek a warmer climate. In 1885 he became assistant post- master at Stonington, and served three and one-half years under James Pendleton, and Elias B. Hinck- ley. On Dec. 23, 1890, Mr. Noyes was appointed postmaster by President Harrison; on Feb. 14, 1899, he was re-appointed by President Mckinley ; and Feb. 13, 1903, he was again re-appointed by President Roosevelt. During the session of 1897, he was doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and has done valiant service for his party, and is recognized as one of its most substantial members. In religious affiliations he is a member of the First Baptist Church.
On Oct. 30, 1869, Mr. Noyes married Fannie S., daughter of Thomas and Phoebe C. Hall, of Westerly, R. I., and their children are: Minnie Pauline, born Aug. 30, 1870; Harry Pendleton, born Aug. 29, 1882.
Miss Grace Denison Wheeler, in the "Homes of Our Ancestors," says of the home of Nathaniel Pendleton Noyes : "If one loves the water and enjoys the light and sound of breaking waves and billows, let him visit the old house on Wamphassett Point just west of
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the village of Stonington, which faces the har- bor, and so near to the water that with closed eyes one can easily imagine himself 'rocked in the cradle of the deep.'" This house was built in the early part of the eighteenth century by Mr. John Whiting, who lived here when he was deacon of the Road Church in 1739. It is built a story and a half with gambrel roof. The ground in front of the door used to be laid in ter- races of green banks, which extended to the water edge, while stone steps reached out from one to the other, and old fashioned roses bordered the walks. The interior is almost new, having been renovated by the present owner.
HARRIS. One of the oldest families of New London county is that bearing the name of Harris, and to it belongs Dr. George Robert Harris, of Nor- wich, a successful physician and one of the leading and most skillful surgeons of eastern Connecticut.
(I) Among the passengers on the "William and Frances," coming to America in 1632, was Walter Harris, who settled in Weymouth, Mass., where he remained about twenty years, and then came to Pequot Harbor. His wife was Mary Fry, and they had two sons, Gabriel and Thomas. Walter Harris died Nov. 6, 1654.
(II) Gabriel Harris, son of Walter, married Elizabeth Abbott, and died in 1684. She died in 1702.
(III) Samuel Harris, son of Gabriel and Eliza- beth ( Abbott) Harris, was born July 14, 1666, and married Aug. 5, 1687, Elizabeth Gibson.
(IV) Gibson Harris, son of Samuel, born April 20, 1694, married Jan. 7, 1720, Phebe, daughter of "Lawyer" George Denison, of New London. He removed from New London to Bozrah, where he died in 1761. His children were: George, born Jan. 18, 1721 (married Ann Lathrop) ; Joshua, born Feb. 26, 1722; Benjamin, born July 7, 1724 (mar- ried Ann Waterman) ; Daniel, born May 25, 1726; Phebe, born May 21, 1728 (married Jabez Hough) ; Ann, born Oct. 17, 1730 ; Mary, born Nov. 12, 1732 ; and Elizabeth, born in 1734.
(V) Daniel Harris, born May 25, 1726, married Prudence Rogers for his first wife ; his second wife was Sarah Hunt. By his first marriage he had children as follows: Phebe, born Dec. 28, 1751, married Josiah Osgood; Peter, born Dec. 9, 1753, married Rebecca Rockwell; Samuel was born Feb. 27, 1755 ; Prudence, born Sept. 20, 1757, became the second wife of Josiah Osgood ; Mary, born July 19, 1760, died young ; Lucy, born April 19, 1762, mar- ried John Ford ; Hannah, born May 3, 1764, married George Palmer ; Ann, born May 4, 1766, married Charles Ford; Daniel (2), born March II, 1768, is mentioned below ; Mary was born in 1774. By his marriage with Sarah Hunt Daniel Rogers had one child, Sarah.
(VI) Daniel Harris (2), born March 11, 1768,
was married Jan. 23, 1793, to Sabrina Brown, w was born in June, 1774, and died March 11, 18 He was a farmer and resided in Bozrah. In latter years of his life, after he had retired from fa work, he moved to Groton, and there died at home of a son, Oct. 7, 1848. The children born Daniel (2) and Sabrina Harris were: Reuben, b Sept. 16, 1793, died Nov. 21, 1824; Prudence born Feb. 4, 1795 ; Amanda, born Nov. 4, 1796, Ir ried Isaac Dean ; Lorinda, born Feb. 8, 1801, n ried Benjamin Perry; Permelia, born March 1803, married a Mr. Wells and removed to Wisc sin ; George, born Aug. 14, 1806, was a cabir maker, and died in Jewett City at the age of twer six years ; Robert B., born Feb. 9, 1809, is mentio below ; William Palmer, born Nov. 12, 1811, n ried (first) Susan Avery and (second) Maria Car bell, and died June 27, 1884.
(VII) Robert B. Harris was born in Boz: Conn., and when a young man went to Jewett C where his older brother George was engaged cabinetmaking. He worked with his brother learned the trade, and after the death of the la became associated with Nathan Brown, contint to work at that business there until about It when he moved to Preston (now East Norwid where he worked at his trade for many years, beer in the employ of Deacon Horace Colton, of M ... wich, and later of N. S. Gilbert. In the la !" years of his life he followed the trade of pair.[. He passed away Jan. I, 1864. On Sept. 23, I'll in Willimantic, Conn., Robert B. Harris was r |- ried to Betsey Hillard Brewster, who was born Preston, Sept. 23, 1815, daughter of Erastus Esther (Hillard) Brewster, and a direct desce ant of Elder William Brewster of the "Mayflow This branch of the Brewster family is given in sketch of Simon Brewster, of Griswold, elsewl- Mrs. Harris survived her husband and died :ly 30, 1895. Their children were: (I) Capt. Chats R., born Oct. 22, 1835, began going on the watert the age of seventeen years, and during the Civil fr served in the United States Navy, and later he .s in command of a Pacific Mail steamship. Fia number of years previous to his death he was a it for the Norwich & New York Transportation at New York. His home was in Hoboken, N where he died Dec. 28, 1896. He married, n.
9, 1861, Jane Brown, and had three children: |1- nie Louise (who died young), Charles Robert ( 10 married and has three children) and James Br n. (2) Lucretia, born Feb. 4, 1837, married Jan 4, 1859, Elias Brewster, who was born May 29, 1 4, and died Nov. 14, 1898. She resides on Gove street, Norwich. Her children were Grace M. (+10 died in infancy), Elizabeth G. (who is a teach in Norwich public schools) and Robert M. (who ).r- ried Emma L. Horsfall, and has one child, Mojan N.). (3) George Augustus is mentioned be w. (4) Orrin F., born May 31, 1843, is a physici: at
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orwid He married Aug. 19, 1890, Mary Tracy, 1 the three surviving children are Orrin F., Jr., ary Aand Daniel T.
(V]) George Augustus Harris, the Doctor's her, ent all his life in Preston and was born re Ag. 12, 1840. He received a good common 1001 ved ucation, and after leaving school was em- the late R. M. Haven, a dealer in crock- , in Mfrwich, and Wills & Hoxie, grocers. When teen . Bir is su ; con half. helsea tha the eside ompal r. H e sted nt, he ars of age he entered the employ of Henry , a lumber dealer on Central Wharf, who eded by Nash, Brewster & Co., Mr. Har- uing in their employ for four years and He was offered the treasurership of the avings Bank, which had been in existence le about two years, but he declined the offer dvice of his uncle, Augustus Brewster, of the Norwich & Worcester Railroad and entered the office of that company. `is began work as a freight checker on boat wharf here. Proving to be compe- vas advanced to various positions, finally comin general freight agent of the railroad, a sitiorfe held until he retired in 1894, on account ill he .h.
In I I Mr. Harris was made a Mason in Som- et L cted mpla 186 all . Ha ge, No. 34, and in the following year was cretary of the lodge ; he became a Knight n 1863. He went to Worcester on April to take the Scottish Rite degrees, receiv- e degrees up to and including the 32d. s held important offices in all the Scottish te bols here, and was always popular and well ed an ig the Masons. He was one of the char- men rs of the Scottish Rite bodies in Norwich. Columbian Commandery, No. 4, K. T., he was nior v den under Eminent Commander Carter. Mr. arris was well known and held in high es- im by thful ailroad men in New England. He was nd considerate to his employers and to se 111
er his charge. His disposition was cheer- and ppy, in tì ated . Ha
s chief aim in life was to make his home 1 he succeeded. He was deeply interest-
aims and interests of his children, and em in a generous manner. In politics s was a Republican, and for several years (1 the osition of treasurer of the town of Pres- H death, due to paralysis, occurred Aug. 1897 On : ted i wey, the man Prest on w 1)., 1 ; he dren last itions
c. 9, 1861, George Augustus Harris was marriage with Miss Catherine Amelia Preston, born Dec. 31, 1840, daughter Elijah and Harriett (Harvey) Dewey, years prominent and prosperous residents Mr. Harris resides in Preston. This blessed with the following children : Eli- n in November, 1862, is a farmer in Pres- rried Lockie Harvey, and they had three ester W., Angeline and George, of whom med died in infancy. George Robert is below. Harriet Augusta is the third in
the order of birth. Jennie Louisa married George W. Davis, of Preston, and has two children, Homer W. and Lucius P. Effie Louella was a teacher in the Norwich public schools, and was married in No- vember, 1903, to Charles H. Preston ; they reside in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
(IX) GEORGE ROBERT HARRIS, M. D., was born in Preston, Dec. 20, 1864, and was brought up to farm work. For some time he drove a milk wagon for his uncle. His early education was received in the common schools, and after graduating from the Norwich Free Academy, in 1883, he studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Orrin F. Harris, of Norwich. In May, 1885, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, the Medical Department of Columbia College, and in October, 1886, he entered the Charity Hospital in New York as junior assistant surgeon. After remaining there for sixteen months, and attaining the position of house surgeon, he left in 1888 to ac- cept a position as junior assistant in the Chambers Street Hospital, where he continued until April, 1889, the last six months being house surgeon. Dr. Harris then returned to Norwich, and commenced practice in the office of Dr. O. F. Harris, where he remained until July, 1896, when he opened an independent office in the Shannon building, Main street, where he has since continued.
Dr. Harris holds the office of medical examiner for the town of Preston, under Coroner Franklin H. Brown. He is a member of the surgical staff of the W. W. Backus Hospital. The greater part of his time is devoted to surgery, in which branch he has met with success, and he is without doubt one of the leading surgeons in New London county. Fraternally he belongs to Shetucket Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. He is a 32d degree Mason, belonging to St. James Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., of which he is past master ; Franklin Chapter ; Frank- lin Council; Columbian Commandery, in which he has held offices, being at this time generalissimo; all the Scottish Rite bodies ; and Sphinx Temple, of Hartford. In his political faith he is a Republican.
On Nov. 27, 1896, Dr. Harris was married to Miss Jessie L. Hegarty, of West Wareham, Mass., and two children have graced this union: George A., born Nov. 27, 1897 ; and Morse LeBaron, born Feb. 19, 1901, who died Nov. 7, 1901.
DEWEY. The Dewey family, to which Mrs. George Augustus Harris belonged, is descended from
(I) Thomas Dewey, who came to America from Sandwich, Kent county, England, as one of the early settlers under Gov. Winthrop and Rev. John Wareham. He married Frances Clark, and in their family of children was a son
(II) Josiah Dewey, known as Deacon Josiah, who was baptized Oct. 10, 1641, in Windsor, Con11. He married, Nov. 6, 1662, at Northampton, Mass., Hepzibah Lyman. He died Sept. 7, 1732, in Leb- anon, Conn .; his wife had passed away June 4,
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1732. They located in Lebanon, Conn., about 1695, coming there from Westfield, Mass. They had a large family of children. The eldest son was
(III) Josiah Dewey (2), born Dec. 24, 1666, at Northampton, Mass., married Mehitabel Miller, of Westfield, Mass., on Jan. 15, 1691. He was a farmer, and about 1696 removed to Lebanon, Conn., where he was one of the first settlers, and where, in 1700, he was elected the first constable of the town. He owned mills in Lebanon. He died there about 1750. His second son and child was
(IV) Josiah Dewey (3), born March 1, 1697, in Westfield, Mass. He was but a child when his parents removed to Lebanon, Conn., where he grew to manhood and on Dec. 4, 1718, married Sarah Hutchinson, who was born June 6, 1696, in Leba- non, Conn., the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hutchinson. Mr. Dewey was a farmer. He was a deacon in the church. He died Oct. 30, 1771, and his widow passed away Sept. 9, 1776. Both died in Lebanon. In their family of children was
(V) Abraham Dewey, born Feb. 1, 1727, in Lebanon. He was four times married, his third wife being Annie Crandall, of Stonington, Conn., to whom he was married Nov. 10, 1767. She died May 21, 1773. Among their children, the eldest son was
(VI) John Dewey, born in 1770, who married Eunice Fanning, of Groton, born in 1772 in that town. He died May 25, 1848, his widow surviving until March 14, 1849. Their son
(VII) Elijah Barnes Dewey was born in Janu- ary, 1812, and married April 5, 1835, Harriett Har- vey, who was born Aug 27, 1815. He died Sept. 27, 1869, while his wife died Aug. 21, 1862. Their daughter
(VIII) Catherine Amelia was born Dec. 31, 1840, and married, Dec. 9, 1861, George Augustus Harris, and they became the parents of
(IX) Dr. George Robert Harris.
CAPT. CHARLES MAPLES, one of the well- known agriculturists of Norwich, residing on Wawecus Hill, and one of the substantial men of that section, is a descendant of a family which has been represented in New London county for two hundred years.
(I) Stephen Maples (according to the "History of Montville," 1896) was among the earliest set- tlers on lands in the North Parish of New London. He appeared first at New London in 1712, when he was selected as one of the watchmen, called "the military watch." With others he was summoned before the Court of Commissioners on the complaint of the Indians in 1720, to show their titles to the lands they were occupying and improving. At the meeting of the Commissioners, held at the house of Joseph Bradford, Feb. 22, 1720-21, the land titles, which had previously been in dispute were con- firmed to the occupants, Stephen Maples being one whose land claim was sustained. He resided in the
north part of the parish near the Norwich li many of his descendants afterward lived.
Stephen Maples married, about 1718, atien Fargo, daughter of Moses Fargo. With: he united with the church at North Parish bril 2. is wi 1726. He died Aug. 26, 1755, leaving the flowin children : John, born Sept. 15, 1719; Ster n, bor Oct. I, 1721, married Eunice Way; Sa ji, bor April 22, 1724, died Sept. 11, 1755; Will (1, bor June 15, 1727, married Prudence Coms ik ; an Mary, born Dec. 2, 1729, died young.
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