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"He is opr of the leading New York specialists on throat, nose and ear and nubibers many singers
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among his patients, and is physician to the Man- hattan Opera House, Mr. Oscar Hammerstein's company.
"To expert knowledge of the physiology of the vocal organs he adds practical experience as a vo- calist. Before and during his student years he was a singer and held, among other positions, that of tenor in one of the large New York churches. This experience has been of great value to him in his practice among singers. He understands them tem- peramentally as well as physically. Moreover, it has led him, in writing this book. "The Voice," to consider questions of temperament as well as prin- ciples of physiology. Great as is the importance that he attaches to a correct physiological method of voice-production, he makes full allowance for what may be called the psychological factors involved therein -- mentality, artistic temperament, correct concept on the part of the singer of the pitch and quality of the tone to be produced. etc.
"Above all, Dr. Miller, while convinced that the tones of the vocal scale require. for their correct omission, subtly corresponding changes of adjust- ment in the vocal organs, utterly rejects anything like a deliberate or conscious attempt on the sing- er's part to bring about these adjustments. He holds that they should occur automatically (or subcon- sciously ) as the result, in very rare instances, of su- preme natural gifts, in other as a spontaneous se- quence to properly developed artistry."
He has devoted much time to investiga- tions regarding the treatment of tuberculosis. He is a member of the American Medical As- sociation, the American Laryngological, Rhi- nological and Otological Society. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Tem- plar, a member of the Mystic Shrine and the Elks. Among his clubs are the Players. Lo- tos, Mendelssohn Glee, New York Yacht. Re- publican. Masonic and the New England So- ciety. Dr. Miller married. April 28. 1892. Emily, daughter of Edward Weston of Yon- kers, New York. They have two daughters, Laura and Frances.
HANOVER This surname is variously spelled Hanniver, Hannover. Hanover, Haniford and Han- niford in the early records, and it is probable that the name was originally Haniford. of old English origin.
(I) Richard Hanover. the immigrant, is mentioned but a few times in the records of Marblehead. Massachusetts, where he settled. He was undoubtedly a seafaring man. Twice his name is spelled Haniver on petitions which he signed, using a mark. His wife Miriam was a member of the church at Marblehead as early as 1669. Children, baptized at Mar- blehead (under the spelling Haniford and Hanniford) : I. Elizabeth, baptized Septem- ber 10, 1660. married Jotham Maverick. 2. Sarah, born November 13. 1671. 3. Miriam, baptized March 18. 1673, married. 1714. Ephi- raim Saulles. 4. Mary, baptized September 28,
1676. 5. Richard, baptized September 13.
1679 6. William, born July 22, 1632. 7. Henry, baptized February 8. 1684-85, died young. 8. Samuel (twin of Henry), hap- tized February 8, died February 19. 1684-85. 9. Ebenezer, mentioned below.
(II) Ebenezer, son of Richard and Miriam Hanover, was baptized at Marblehead, June 19. 1687. He appears to be the only son re- maining and having issue in Marblehead. His sisters were married under the name of Han- over or Hannover. Children. born at Mar- blehead: 1. Ebenezer, baptized December 28, 1729, was a soldier in the revolution, mar- ried Hannah James. 2. Miriam, baptized July 30, 1732. married. December 30. 1751, John Bebet. 3. Samuel, baptized September 8, 1734, married Martha Tarr. 4. Sarah. baptized Att- gust 15, 1736. 5. William, mentioned below.
(III) William, son of Ebenezer Hanover, was born about 17-10. Hle marriel at Marble- head, January 27. 1763, Elizabeth Grant. Children, born at Marblehead : I. William, baptized September 23. 1764. 2. William, bap- tized January 12. 1766. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, baptized April 9. 1769. 5. William, baptized February 3, 1771.
(IV) John, son of William and Elizabeth (Grant ) Hanover. was born in Marhiehead in 1767. and baptized there August 30, 1769. He moved to Connecticut. and livei for a time at New Haven. He was undoubtedly a mariner.
(\") Samuel B., son of John Hanover. was born in Massachusetts, near Marblehead, soon after 1790. and died at New Haven in :315. He came to New Haven, Connecticut, where he followed the sea and the trade of sail- maker. He married Sarah Lothrop, who was born and died in New Haven. Children: Re- becca ; Mary : John, who was a carriagemaker in New Haven and died there; Samuel B .. was & cabinetmaker in New Haven and died there : Elias, was a silver plater and now lives in New Haven : and Julius Smith.
(VI) Julius Smith, son of Samuel B. Ilan- over, was born at New Haven, February 3. 1815, and died in Bridgeport, March 16. 1901. He attended the public schools of his native city until he was nine years old, when he began to earn his own living by carrying newspapers. His father died when he was but eleven weeks old. and as there was a large family he had. as soon as possible. to assist his mother in the care and support of the other five children. When he was pine- teen he entered the employ of the Bridge- fort Farmer and continued with this news- paper for a number of years, later resigning, and finally becoming one of the owners ( l'et-
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engil & Hanover), conducted the Standard tintil 1861, when he left the firm to accept a position as collector of customs under Presi- dent Lincoln, continuing in this office until Cleveland appointed his successor, covering the years from 1869 to 1885. He was presi- dent of the board of education of Bridgeport for a number of years and always took a keen interest in the subject of public educa- tion.
In politics he was a strong Republican. In religion he was a Baptist. He was a citi- zen of exceptional public spirit, broad and lib- eral in his views and of sterling character, and lent his aid to every project that con- tributed to the welfare and uplifting of the eity in which he lived. He was a member of the first board of education. organized April 12, 1876, in Bridgeport. In 1877 Mr. Han- over was vice-president of the board, and when the president. Nathaniel Wheeler, died, Sep- tember 16, 1877, he was elected president of the board, which office he held until 1891, a period of fourteen years. He then accepted a position as agent of the board. He mar- ried. at Bridgeport. October. 1857. Annie Bishop Blackman. born August 28, 1833. at Danbury, Connecticut, daughter of John Clark and Betsey ( Bi-hop) Blackman (sce Black- man VII). Child: Bessie Bishop, born at Bridgeport, now a teacher in the Bridgeport high school.
( The Blackman Line). .
(I) Adam Blackman. immigrant ancestor, was born in 1598 in Staffordshire. England. and on May 28. 1617. entered Christ Col- lege, where he pursued a course of study. For some time thereafter he preached in the counties of Leicester and Derby, and in 1638. with his wife Jane and- six children, came to America, where he settled at Stratford. Con- necticut, in the spring of 1630. His family was one of the first seventeen to locate there. He died in September, 1665, and his widow Jane in 1674, aged seventy-four years. Chil- dren. born in England: Mary, born 1636: John, mentioned below : James : Samuel : De- liverance, married. about 1685. Henry Bon- field: Benjamin, married April 11. 1675. Re- becca Scotton.
(II) John, son of Adam and Jane Black- man, married Dorothy, daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfieldl. Connectient. He made his home in Fairfield. Connecticut, where he died in 1662. His widow married (second). October 35. 1665. Francis Hall. who died, it is believed, in 1600. and she married (third) Mark Sensions St. John, of Norwalk, who died in 1603. She married ( fourth ) Deacon Isaac Moore, of Farming-
ton, and died in 1706. Children: John, men- tioned below : Ebenezer : Joseph.
(III) John (2), son ot Jolin ( 1) and Dor- othy (Smith) Blackman, married Mary Kim- berly. Ilis will was dated September 30. Ion, and proved November 18, 1706 His property was inventoried at more than one hundred and nineteen pounds sterling, and was left to his son Abraham. Children : John, mentioned below : Abraham.
(IV) John (3). son of John (2) and Mary ( Kimberly ) Blackman, settled in Newtown. lle married Abigail Beers, who died March 27. 1762, aged seventy. He died January 25. 1704. aged about seventy-five. His will was dated July 15. 1759, and probated January 30, 1764. Children: Martha, November 29. 1714; Abigail, October 1, 1716: Sarah, Sep- tember 20. 1718. died June. 1721 ; John, men- tioned below: Ebenezer, March 3. 1723-24; Joseph, May 23, 1726; James, June 1. 1730.
(\') John (4), son of John ( 3) and Abigail (Beers ) Blackman, was born September 27. 1720, and married Margery Glover. Chil- dren : Ebenezer, Simeon, and John Star", mentioned below.
(VI) John Starr, son of John and Mar- gery (Glover) Blackman, was born September II, 1777. died September 4. 1851. He was a jeweler and silversmith in Danbury all his life, held a number of town offices, and was a prominent man in the community. He mar- ried Laura Clark, born July 14, 1783. died May 11, 1864. Children: Niona, born Au- gust 6. 1804. died April 18, 1878. never mar- ried: John Clark. see forward: Frederick S., born April 22, 18IT. died August 17. 1898. married Sophia Harnett. born December 22. 1821. died January 0, 1818.
(VII) John Clark, son of John Starr and Laura (Clark) Blackman, was born in Dan- bury. September HI. ISO;, died in Bridge- port, Connecticut, December 8. 1872. He was educated in his native town, where he became a jeweler. and also spent the years of his carly manhood. In 1836 he removed to Bridgeport, bringing his family there the for- lowing year, and established himself in the jewelry business. conducting a store for forty vears on the present site of Davis & Hawley. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and took the greatest interest in the affairs of this organization. In his religious belief he was an Episcopalian, and he bore his full share in the public affairs of the community as an honest and upright citizen. He married. May 20, 1830, Betsey, born May 27. 1810, died May 3. 1005, daughter of Nathaniel and Bet- sey (Dobbs) Bishop, both natives of Dan- bury, the former being a comb manufacturer.
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Children, all born in Danbury: 1. William, born February 12, 1831, died 1833. 2. Annie Bishop, born August 28, 1833. married Julius Smith llanover ( see Hanover VI). 3. Helen, born July 28, 1835. married, October 15. 1858. Henry B. Ferguson, who died November 12. 1858: he followed the sea and was first mate of a vessel: she resides with Mr. Hanover. 4. John, born March 22, 1837, died the same day. 5. William. born September 15. 1842. died in 1865. 6. Charles, twin of William. died January 22. 1844. 7. Sophia Harriet, born May 14. 1849, married, September 25. 1873. Edwin F. Rhodes. a cotton broker, of Providence, Rhode Island. They have one daughter, who married Bennet Loisey, of Providence, and has children: Pelham R., Margaret and Donald. 8. Fanny Isabella, born December 2. 1850. married, September 22, 1874. Harold W. Wighman, an artist, of Jersey City. who died October 11. 1907. They had children: i. William Clark, born in Bridgeport. April 23. 1876, died in Jack- sonville, Florida, February 26, 1885. ii. Hor- ace W .. horn January 19. 1879, is a clerk in Jersey City : he married Adele Cox, and has one child: H. Adele. iii. Lillian, born June 19, 1880, married William D. Clark, of Cali- fornia, a traveling salesman. They have chi !- dren : Oliver D .. John Blackman, William Bishop and Fanny Lonise. iv. Frank Han- over, born in Jacksonville, Florida, July 12, 1882, resides in Jersey City. Nathaniel and Betsey ( Dobbs ) Bishop had children: I. Harnett, born November 15. 1807, died Jan- uary 1, 1812. 2. Fanny, born May 20, 1809. died January 29, 1877. 3. Betsey, mentioned above. 4. Amos, born August 19, 1811, died June 18. 1884. 5. Harriet, born July 12, 1813, died August 25. 1814. 6. Ann. born September 14. 1814. died September II. 1832. 7. Martha, born April 13. 1815. died February 25, 1896. 8. Mary, born December 4. 1817, died April 5. 1893. 9. Nathaniel, born June 12, 1819. died March 12, 1821. 10. Catherine. born July 14. 1820, died October 27. 1824. II. Nathaniel, born February 24, 1824, re- sides in Danbury. 12. To-eph, born June 24, 1825, died September 12, 1863. 13. Isabella, born November 21, 1827, deceased.
John Hall. immigrant ancestor,
HALL was born in England in 1617, as shown by a deposition he himself made. He settled first in Charlestown, Mas- sachusetts, and was admitted a freeman in Massachusetts Bay Colony. May 6. 1635. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire. where his name appears on the tax lists from 1648 to 1677, and also often in the land records.
In 1652 he lived at Dover Neck. next to the meeting house, on the lot on the southwesterly side, which reached to the river and included a spring which still is flowing and is called Ilall's spring.
John Hall was the first deacon of the First Church of Dover. as early as 1655. Fle was a lot laver as early as 1657 and as Inte as 16744: in 1658-59 he was one of three to lay out the town bounds between Lamprey and Newrichawannock rivers and to run the northern boundary line. In 1663 he was ou a committee to lay out the highway from Lamprey river to the water side. He was selectman in 1660 and was occasionally a commissioner to end small causes, the title of the early magistrates: was grand juror in 1663-66-68: "clerk of ve writs" for the court in 1663-68-69; town clerk in 1670-75- 79 and other years. In 1677 Deacon Hall received a tract of twenty acres on the west side of Back river, laid out to George Webb in 1642. He gave to his son Ralph by deed dated February 1, 1685-86, half his house and land and the other half at his death. This deed was proved as a will. May 4. 1692, and recorded in February, 1694-95. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lavton or Leighton. Children: Sheba, born Janvary 9. 1639-40: John, born in Charlestown. Septem- ber 21, 1645 : Elizabeth. September 4. 1647. died young : Elizabeth, November 2. 1648 : Na- thaniel. taxed in 1680; Ralpli, mentioned be- low : Grace. born May 16. 1663-64: Hatevil.
(II) Ralph, son of Deacon Jolin Hall. was born about 1660. He was heir to his father's homestead on Dover Neck. He lost twenty acres of land. July 11. 1604, in a lawsnit with Richard Waldron. Richard and Eliza- heth Pinkham quitclaimed to him their rights in the lands of their grandfather. Thomas Leighton. He was auditor in 1702: con- stable in 1705. He died November 13. 1706. He must have married twice, but the name of his first wife is not known. He married ( second), May 23. 1701. Mary, daughter of Philip Chesley. In 1713 Mary, with her sis- ter Esther, wife of John Hall. quitclaimed their father's plantation at Oyster river. Mary married again, and as wife of John Fox she quitclaimed her share in the estate of her first husband, Ralph Hall. to Jobn Hall, son of the first wife: Ralph. John and James were administrators of the estate of their father Ralph. The estate was divided between seven sons. the eldest getting the customary double portion, while Jonathan, who was "weal and sick." got fifteen pounds more than the others. Children of first wife: 1. John. horn about 1685. settied in Somersworth, New
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Hampshire, married. August 9. 1705, Esther Chesley, sister of his father's wife. 2. James, died before 1735. 3. Jonathan. 4. 1-aac, removed to Massachusetts. Children of sec- ond wife: 5. Benjamin, born June, 1702. 6. Ralph, about 17044. 7. Joseph. mentioned below.
( III ) Joseph, son of Ralph Hall. was born March 26, 1706, in Dwer, and died there. November 14. 1782. He married, December 19. 1734, Peniel Bean. Children, born at Dover: Anna. baptized July 29. 1735 : Mary, baptized May 23. 1736; Joseph. mentioned below ; Daniel, baptized August 22, 1742. lived at Wakefield: Abigail, baptized October 7, 1744: Hannah, baptized April 2. 1749: John, November, 1752: Peniel, married, March 19. 1775. John Scribner, of Wakefield.
(!\') Joseph (2). son of Joseph ( 1) Hall, was baptized at Dover. November 5. 1738. He was a settler of the town of Bartlett. New Hampshire, and one of the petitioners for the incorporation of that town. In 1790, accord- ing to the first federal census, he was living there and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under that age and five females. Joseph. Jr., Josiah and Obed also had families then.
Joseph Hall signed a petition to have the town annexed to Strafford county or a new county. dated June, 1793. He married Mary, daughter of Josiah Cox. granddaughter of Captain John Cox and Tabitha, daughter of Ebenezer Davenport, of New Casco. Cap- tain Jolin Cox was a mariner, known as "the Old Ranger." and was killed by the Indians at Pemaquid, May 26, 1747: his father was John Cox, born 1657. took the oath of fidelity to Massachusetts. July 22. 1674, died Novem- ber 25, 1742. and was buried at Dorchester. Massachusetts. Children of Joseph and Mary Hall: Joseph, Dorcas, Nathan, Betsey, Elias, mentioned below : Josiah. Polly and Benjamin.
(V) Elias, son of Joseph (2) Hall. was born August 6. 1777. at Falmouth, Maine. He kept the toll bridge and gate at Bartlett. He married three times. He married ( thir 1) Hannah Seavey, born 1700, died August 26, 1839, at Hart's Location. New Hampshire, and is buried at Bartlett. New Hampshire. Joseph Seavey, her father, married Abigail Cummings; was son of Jonathan and Com- fort (Cate-) Seavey, of Greenland. New Hampshire, grandson of Samuel and Abigail Seavey. of Rye. New Hampshire. Thomas Seavey. father of Samuel and grandfather of Samuel Seavey, who married Abigail. was an early settler of Rve. Elias Hall was a farmer and evangelist. Ile died at Jefferson. New Hampshire. October 16, 1851. Children :
Timothy Emerson: Alvah: Joseph Seavey, one of the company that built the Summit Ilouse in 1852 on Mount Washington : Dud- ley Pettingili: Charles: Timothy Emerson ; Thomas Shepard, mentioned below: David; Jonathan : John, and Mary Elizabeth.
(VI) Thomas Shepard, son of Elias Hall, was educated in the public schools of his native town. Hle removed to New York and engaged in business, acquiring a competence. Ile married Sarah Catherine Phillips, who was born in New York City. Among their children was William Phillips. mentioned 1:elow.
(VII) William Phillips, son of Thomas Shepard Hall. was born at Stamford. Con- necticut, February 1. 1864. Ile was educated in the public schools, and this knowledge was supplemented by an academic course. He or- ganized in 1889 the Hall Signal Company, manufacturers of automatic block signals for railroads. He is president of the company. which has offices in New York, Chicago and London. He is a director of the New York Real Estate Security Company, member of the American Railway Signal Association, the New York Board of Trade and Transporta- tion, the Board of Trade of Greenwich, Con- necticut. In politics he is a Republican. He is president of the Communion of Evangelism. New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and devotes much of his time and mears to evangelistic, reform and philanthropic work. He is president of the American Tract Society and of the Bible League of North America, vice-president of the World's Christian Endeavor Union and of the Adirondack League Club, director of the Long Island Assembly. the Montrose Bible Conference. Rollins College of Winter Park. Florida: trustee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, manager of the American Bible Society. Methodist Episcopal Hospita! of Brooklyn, member of the advisory commit- tee of the General Communion on Evangeli-in of the Methodist Church. He founded the Twentieth Century Gospel Campaign in 1900 and is chairman of the national central com- mittee. He is a member of the Lawyers' and Transportation clubs and the New Engiand Society of New York. Ile published "\ Layman's Earnest Appeal for Universal Praver for a World-wide Present-day Ponte- cost."
His home is at Greenwich. Connecti- cut: his office, 25 Broad street. New York. Ile married, October 4. 1887, Charlotte Sophia Hollister, of Bristol. Connecticut, daughter of Elisha S. and Adeline E. Hollister, of Corn- wall Bridge, Connecticut.
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(TH) Jabez Hurd, son of John
HURD Hurd (q. v.), was born March 12, 1707-08. He settled in Trumbull.
Connecticut, in 1740. He married (first ), September 9. 1,27. Phebe Burritt. He mar- ried ( second ), April 10, 1764. Sarah Caldwell. born in 1721, died in 1701. Children: Will- iam, born May 25. 1720: Charity, March 14. 1730; Phineas, February II. 1732: Ninah, December 18. 1733: Abel. mentioned below ; Theophilus. April 4. 1742.
(IV) Abel, son of Jabez Hurd, was born in November. 1735. He married Martha Ferris. They lived in Brookfield. Connecti- cut. Children: Peter, grandfather of Fred- erick Hurd, of Bridgeport : Jabez. mentioned below.
(V) Jabez (2), son of Abel Hurd, was born in 1760. died in 1844. He married Lucy Blakeman, born in 1768, died in 1851. daugh- ter of James and Lucy ( Hitchcock ) Blake- man. Children: Berenice. married Skidmore: George Sallu, mentioned below ; Philo, born July 25. 1795. married Melinda Tomlinson : Hester, married Hawley : Samuel Ferris, born March 2, 1799, married1 Julia Tomlinson.
(VI) George Sallu, son of Jabez (2) Hurd, was born about 1790. at Brookfield. He mar- ried Mary Taylor. of Danbury. Connecticut.
(VII) William B., son of George Sallu Hurd, was born at Brookfield. June 5, 1820. died April 28, 1911. at Manchester, Connecti- cuit. He was a dentist by profession. He married Elizabeth Ambler, born at Danbury. October 28, 1828. daughter of Benjamin and Polly (Segur) Ambler, of Danbury. John Ambler, her revolutionary ancestor, was un- der General Arnold at Lake Champlain.
(VIII) Hon. William B. (2) Hurd, son of William B. (1) Hurd, was born at Bir- mingham, Connecticut, February 9, 1851. He began his education in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York. He entered Madison (now Colgate) University, and afterward he- came a student in the University of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in the class of 18;2 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He studied law in the office of George H. Fisher, and in 1874 was admitted to the bar. He became a partner of Mr. Fisher in the firm of Fisher. Hurd & Voltz, and continued until ISSo, when he withdrew to become a member of the law finn of Hurd & Grim. His partner was Charles O. Grim. and the firm took a lead- ing place among the attorneys of Brooklyn for a period of thirteen years. The offices of the firm were at oo Broadway. Judge Hurd's success as an advocate was notable.
It was due in large measure to his thorough preparation in law and to a natural aptitude for saying in a convincing way the right thing at the right time. In 1896 he was called to the bench of the county court of Kings county, having been elected in No- vember. 1895. He has won distinction and reputation for judicial ability, fidelity and im- partiality as a judge. Among some of the notable trials at which he presided were those of Martha M. Place and Benjamin Pugh, hothi of whom were convicted of murder and executed for their crimes : of W. F. Miller of the notorious Franklin syndicate swindle : of Dan Doody for perjury, and Jacob Klein for arson. Miller and Doody were convicted. and Klein's case resulted in three mistrials from disagreements of juries. He served on the bench until January, 1902.
Judge Hurd was one of the incorporators and trustee of the Kings County Bar Asso- ciation and member of the hrst committee on membership. He is trustee of the Bre- voort Savings Bank, a trustee of the law library and director of the New England Society. He is a member of Euclid Lodge. No. 656, Free and Accepted Masons: the Delta Kappa Epsilon. the Phi Beta Kappa. Hanover Club, Hamilton Club. Brooklyn Club and the University Club of Brooklyn. In politics he is a Democrat: in religion an Episcopalian. In 1906 St. Lawrence Uni- versity, the law school of which is located in Brooklyn, conferred upon Judge Hurd the honorary degree of LL. D. In his younger days he was very active in political life. He was a delegate to numerous state and other conventions of his party. He was chairman of the convention at which Mr. Livingston was nominated for comptroller and Mr. Boody for mayor of Brooklyn. He was for years a member of the Democratic city committee Judge Hurd possesses an attractive personal- ity and enjoys the friendship. not only of the lawyers and judges of Kings county but of men in all walks of life, in all parts of the state.
He married ( first). April 19. 1880. Eloise. daughter of John W. Vandewater, of Brook- lyn. She died August 3. 1896, and he mar- ried (second), December 23. 1899, Mary (Whitney) Barrett, daughter of George F. Whitney. of Vermont, widow of James C. Barrett. Her mother was Augusta P. ( Eaton ) Whitney, a descendant of Francis Eaton, who came in the "Mayflower." She is a member of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution and also of the Colonial Dames. Judge Hurd has one child by his first wife: Katharine, born January, 1881.
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