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JOSEPH CLARKE. Early at Dorchester, Dr. Harris says in 1630.
ROBERT WINCHELL. Was at Dorchester in 1635, sold to Richard Samways (or Samos) who sold to Anthony Hawkins, who probably resided there after he had parted with his first location to Robert Watson.
Here we come to the present Bissell's Ferry Road.
JOSHUA CARTER, from Dorchester. Arthur Williams afterward lived here.
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WILLIAM HANNUM (now Hammond). An early settler at Dor- chester, where he sold out in 1637, and came to Windsor, whence he removed to Northampton.
EDDY TILLY.
PHILLIP RANDALL ( called Goodman). Was at Dorchester in 1633, freeman in 1634.
THOMAS GUNN. An early settlei at Dorchester - went to West- field.
THOMAS STOUGHTON. An early settler at Dorchester, freeman in 1631; was a constable there the same year, and fined for undertaking to marry a couple. Was probably among the very first who came to Windsor. Is called " Ancient," which signifies Ensign.
On this lot stood the old Stone Fort, pictured and described in a subsequent chapter.
JOHN HOSKINS, and his son THOMAS. Came to Dorchester in 1630, made freeman in 1631. Appears to have been past the middle age of life on his arrival, and was called Goodman.
Dea. WILLIAM GAYLORD. Probably one of the passengers of the Mary and John in 1630, and one of the first deacons of the Dorchester Church. Signed with Dea. Wm. Rockwell, the first Dorchester land grants - had lands in 1633 - deputy and selectman in 1635-6 -removed to Windsor. JOHN HAYNES, Esq. (1st Governor of the Colony). Undoubtedly resided at Hartford. This lot had a house on it, and is among the first entries in 1640. He also owned a large lot south of Rocky Hill.
Mr. HUMPHREY PINNEY. From Somersetshire, England, probably one of the passengers in the Mary and John to Dorchester in 1630; freeman there in 1634; removed to Windsor in 1635. This lot is now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Roswell Miller.
JOSIAH HULL. Afterwards sold his place to Mr. Pinney. JOHN ROCKWELL. Was a cooper; sold in 1665-6 to Robert Watson. ANTHONY HAWKINS. Afterward sold to Robert Watson.
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PETER TILTON, who sold to John Bennett.
JOHN BISSELL, Senior, first ferryman.
RICHARD OLDAGE. After his death, this lot was owned by his son- in-law.
JOHN STILES, Senior. (See Chap. 1.)
Mr. FRANCIS STILES. (See Chap. 1.) The present Chief Justice Ellsworth place, sold to Robert Saltonstall, and he to Master Davison, whose widow Joanna sold it to Josias Ellsworth in 1655.
WILLIAM GAYLORD, Jr.
HENRY STILES. From Bedfordshire, England, came to Windsor with his brother Mr. Francis Stiles in 1635 - was a bachelor, and accidentally killed in 1651 - his property went to his brother John.
THE ANCIENT BISSELL'S FERRY ROAD. See chapter entitled Ferries and Bridges.
JOHN BANCROFT. Bought this place from John Osborn, who had it from James Eggleston, to whom it was originally set out as a home lot. Bancroft was the first to build upon it. JOHN BISSELL, Senior.
JOHN DRAKE, Senior.
Mr. JOHN ST. NICHOLAS. Was a member of Rev. Mr. Huit's con- gregation and dwelt near him in Warwickshire, Eng- land - he intended to come to New England with him - but from some cause, did not. He was a prominent parliamentarian, and represented the county of Warwick, in Parliament in 1653.1 In 1652, Mr. Henry Clarke and Edward Griswold, "his lawful attorneys," sold the pro- perty with "housing," to John Drake, Senior, and Jacob Drake.
THOMAS GIBBARD, bought his land of Mr. Francis Stiles, and afterwards sold it to John Drake, Senior.
1 A deposition made in 1684, by George Griswold (then aged about 77)- State Archives, Private Controversies, 11, 190-224. Also memoranda fur- nished by J. Hammond Trumbull of Hartford.
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WILLIAM HAYDEN. Came to Dorchester in 1630, freeman in 1634,
a first settler at Hartford, came to Windsor in 1643. The neighborhood is yet known as Haydentown. From Windsor he removed to Killingworth in 1664.
His house was the "outpost" of Old Windsor.1 Above him, and beyond the place where Gunn's Brook crosses it, the road is divided into two, one "running northwesterly to Norwoct" through the plains to Northampton, the other through the up- land "to Pine Meadow."
West of the main street, and extending from Hayden's home lot to John Stiles's place on the south, was an eminence known then and now as Rocky Hill.
This was, according to the old records, a common land, of about fifty-four acres. At its upper end was William Hayden's stone-pit or quarry, from which Mr. Huit's and most of the early Windsor grave-stones, and the foundation stones of the oldest houses in town were quarried.
On the west side of Rocky Hill, near where the road crossed it, was another stone quarry, called from its first owner Thrall's Quarry.
February 16th, 1651-2, " It was granted by the Townsmen, that William Thrall shall have liberty to dig for a Quarry of stone in the Common hill, and shall have it to his own property for seven years, and no man shall molest him by digging within a rod of his pit, his limits are within three rods square." (Town Acts, I, 8.)
On the same side of the road, bounded north by a highway going westward between Stephen Terry's and Jeffry Baker's home lots;2 east by the common street; south by the north line of the Palisado, and east by a back street running parallel with the main street, was a parallelogram of land, which seems to have been called Pound Close. At the north end of this par_ cel was the home lot of
JEFFRY BAKER. Who sold to Michael Humphrey, trader, and in
1 HENRY DENSLOW bought a large tract of land at the higher end of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) in 1662-3. He was killed by the Indians, while at work there in 1676.
2 This is the road now passing west between the residence of Mr. Joel Thrall and Mr. W. H. House.
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1670, the same property was made over to the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, by deed of gift from certain men "as agents for the whole company," i. e., probably the dis- senting party or Second Church in Windsor.
The remainder of the Pound Close was afterward almost entirely bought up by Mr. Henry Clarke.
On the highway west of the Pound Close we find
ELIAS PARKMAN. Before mentioned in connection with his lot in the Palisado. He sold this land to John Denslow and Henry Curtis, the latter of whom afterwards lived there. BEGAT EGGLESTON. Also before mentioned as an occupant in the Palisado.
JOHN TAYLOR. Ditto.
WILLIAM HUBBARD. Before mentioned as an occupant in the Palisado.
GILES GIBBS. Probably from Devonshire, freeman at Dor- chester in 1633, and grantee of Dorchester lands the same year, selectman in 1634.
Back of these lots lay Brick Hill Swamp.
On the south side of the road which turned westward out of the Palisado (the present road to Sandy Hill, by Dr. Pierson's residence) we find the lots of
JOHN WILLIAMS.
HENRY FOOKES (Feakes or Fowkes). Whose widow married William Hosford, who afterwards dwelt there.
JOHN OWEN. A Welshman.
SIMON HOYT, was in Mass., as early as 1629, freeman in 1631, at Dorchester in 1633 - came to Windsor probably in 1639. Sold this place to William Thrall, 1646. North of this lay Jeffry Baker Hollow.
Hosford's Lane seems to have been a highway on the cast side of John Owen's house lot, running from the road by Doctor Pierson's present place south to William Hosford's house, which stood on the brow of the meadow hill in the rear of John Owen's lot.
Retracing our steps to the southeast corner of the Palisado, we will cross the rivulet ferry and continue our walk through Windsor
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South of the Rivulei.
From the ferry, the old road passed west, through the Little Meadow (Mr. Warham's meadow on the north, and the meadow of Benj. Newberry and Robert Howard on the south) till it came to a " meadow gate." This was just about the site of the present residence of Wid. Alvah Rowland. From this point it turned south to the south corner of Dr. Bray Rossiter's home lot, and then turned abruptly west. Thus, it will be seen, it was the original of the present road running from the cause- way in front of the Alvah Rowland house, and up past the Fac- tory to Broad Street.
The REV. JOHN WARHAM's home lot was that now known as the Alvah Rowland place, and first belonged to Joseph New- berry. From him, Mr. Warham bought " from the high- way east, back 20 rods to the Palisado on the hill, with the frame and timber standing thereon." This frame proba- bly occupied the very spot where the Alvah Rowland house now stands. Mr. Warham's first house stood a little further north.
South of Mr. Warham was the lot of
JOSEPH NEWBERRY. From Devonshire, see Newberry Genealogy.
He subsequently sold to Anthony Dorchester, whom we after- wards (1649) find agreeing with Mr. Warham and Dr. Rossiter concerning the fencing of their lots.
Mr. WILLIAM PHELPS, Senior - who sold his lot with the buildings thereon in 1642, to Benjamin Newberry, who sold it to Anthony Dorchester, together with that part of Joseph Newberry's lot which Mr. Warham did not buy. Dor- chester sold to Robert Howard, before 1652.
DR. BRAY (or Brian) ROSSITER. The residences of Messrs. War- ham, Newberry, Phelps and Rossiter probably stood nearly in a line together, on the road. They were, undoubtedly, the houses which were "drowned very deep" in the Great Flood of 1638-9.
Back of them on the eminence, between the Rowland place and the rail road track, there was a small Palisado, mentioned in a deed from Joseph Newberry to Mr. Warham. The same location is again alluded to in a deed in 1660, as the place where the Palisado " anciently stood."
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So that the early inhabitants on the south side of the Rivulet were not wholly without a place of refuge, to which their min- ister and themselves might flee for safety.
From the road which passed west, on the south side of Dr. Rossiter's lot, another road turned south, in very nearly the line of the present rail road, upon which were the following persons: RICHARD VORE. Was at Dorchester in 1630.
" Whereas, Richard Vore, upon Mr. John Warham's request, formerly gave him liberty to build a little house upon his land joining the north end of his [Vore's] then and now dwelling house for the use of his kinswoman, Mary Jones, to dwell in during her life, and at her death to give it to the said Richard, and the said Mary Jones being now deceased, this to testify that I, John Warham, do hereby alienate, assign and set over the said house I builded as aforesaid to Richard Vore of Wind- sor, in the County of Hartford in Connecticut, &c. &c. Dated Dec. 15th, 1666."
Vore also owned meadow land between the Rivulet and Mill Brook, where the latter empties into the former, called on the records Vore's Point.
ROGER WILLIAMS. One of the earliest settlers at Dorchester - applied for freemanship, Oct., 1630 - came to Windsor probably in 1635 - from there he removed to Boston, sold to Capt. Benjamin Newberry, who afterwards lived there.
THOMAS MARSHFIELD. Born at Exeter, England - probably came to Dorchester in 1630.
Mr. JOHN BRANKER. "The schoolmaster," early at Dorchester, where he was made freeman in 1632.
THOMAS MOORE. Early at Dorchester.
JOHN MOORE, came to Dorchester, in the Mary and John - was a deacon at Windsor.
JOHN WITCHFIELD, was at Dorchester, probably in 1630.
JAMES MARSHALL, 1 and
SAMUEL ALLEN, both sold out to James Eggleston, who lived on the place.
From this point the road turned gradually to the southeast, till it came to the high ground known " from time immemorial "
1 A James Marshall, in Exon, Devonshire, England, owned lands and had attorneys in Windsor. Query, was it the same ?
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as The Island, through whose whole length it passed south- ward, and so on through the meadows through Hartford. This was the first or meadow road to Hartford.
On the Island, between the road and Plymouth Meadow, we find first the lot of
JOSEPH LOOMIS. John Moses bought a part of Loomis's home lot on the west opposite side of the highway, and sold it in April, 1655, to Nathaniel Loomis.
JOHN PORTER.
GEORGE PHELPS. 1
Mr. HENRY WOLCOTT, Senior. Somersetshire, England, came in the Mary and John to Dorchester, in 1630-early at Windsor.
Mr. Henry Wolcott, Junior. See above.
Mr. MATTHEW ALLYN. First settled at Hartford - bought his Windsor property of the Plymouth Company, in 1637. JOHN WYATT. Sold to Owen Tudor in 1649.
AMBROSE FOWLER.
On the west side of the road, opposite to Henry Wolcott,. Senior, was the home lot of
GOODMAN WHITEHEAD. Whose widow sold it to Thomas Orton, and he to Simon Wolcott, who sold it in April, 1671, to George and Christopher Saunders, merchants, with dwell- ing, barn, &c. They also purchased the property of the elder Mr. Wolcott opposite.
North of Goodman Whitehead's a road went westward to the wood lots. North of this road, bounded east by the meadow road and west by the upland road to Hartford, and extending up to the land of Samuel Allen, was a large tract owned by Mr. ROGER LUDLOW. From Dorsetshire, England, was one of the original Dorchester Company in 1630 -one of the very earliest at Windsor in 1635 -- went to Fairfield in 1639 and thence to Virginia. His house was on the upland road, probably near the residence of the late Job Drake. This property was sold by Ludlow to Mr. William Whit-
1 Henry Wolcott's shorthand Ms. records that on Oct. 11, 1640, while Mr. Huit was preaching to the good people of Windsor from Romans 12:17, " at this lecture, Geo. Phelps house was burnt so that it [ the house ] went over."
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ing of Hartford, whose widow Susanna sold it to John Bissell, and he transferred it to one of his sons.
The upland road here mentioned, was constructed in April, 1638, by order of the court. It commenced from Mr. John Witchfield's corner, passed westward and southwest (around the corner now occupied by Mr. Thaddeus Mather, at the lower end of Broad Street) and then ran along to Hartford in the line of the present road. 1
Bowfield was the ancient name applied to the country west of the present Broad Street, which is of comparatively modern origin, and was laid out along the back ends of the lots of the first settlers. Coming, then, to the road leading westward "to the commons," we find that at about the northwest corner of the present Broad Street, it sent off a branch road to the Old Mill. Northeast of this road, which is now in use, and between it and the Mill Brook, laid the land of
JASPER RAWLINS (Rollins). Who afterwards moved to Roxbury, and sold out his place to George Alexander in 1646. He sold to William Filly in 1655.
Southwest of the Mill Road, running south to the "road to the commons," were the lots of
JOHN BARTLETT. Who afterwards went up into the Poquonnoc district.
Mr. DANIEL CLARKE, Secretary of the Colony from 1658 to 1663. JOB DRAKE.
JOHN DRAKE, Jr. Sgt. BENEDICTUS ALVORD.
RICHARD BIRDGE.
Following this Mill Road, we come next to the old mill, some- times called the old Warham Mill. Mr. Warham was its first owner, probably by gift from the town, and calls it, in a deed to his wife in 1664, his "corn mill." According to tradi-
¿ 1 See Col. Rec., 1, 17, 51, 56, 125. Also 2d chapter of this work.
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tion, this was the first grist mill in Connecticut, and was resorted to by the people of all the neighboring towns, cven from Middle- town. Be this as it may, it is evidently one of the oldest of Windsor institutions. It seems to have had a number of owners; at one time was divided between twenty-five proprietors, and has always been considered, even to the present day, as good stock. It is now owned by Col. James Loomis of Windsor.
From the mill, the road turns northward, following the gene- ral course of the Rivulet or Farmington River. On its east side and running back to the Rivulet, we find the lots of the following inhabitants:
SAMUEL POND.
WILLIAM BUELL. A Welshman, and carpenter.
JOHN HILLYER.
WILLIAM THRALL. Sold to Nicholas Palmer in 1646, and removed to land which he that year purchased of Simon Hoyt, in Hoyt's Meadow (see Hoyt).
THOMAS BASCOMB. (Probably came to Dorchester with the first settlers, in the Mary and John, 1630.) Sold to John Moses.
MARY COLLINS. Sold to James Eno - this is now the old Eno Place, occupied by Samuel Eno.
NICHOLAS SENCHION.
WILLIAM FILLY. Sold to Simon Mills, perhaps an exchange (see Hyde), and he to John Browton.
THOMAS ORTON. Had this home-lot from the town. It had originally been granted to Lawrence Ellison, who had not complied with the terms of two years settlement thereupon. From Orton it passed to Samuel Phelps.
WILLIAM PHELPS, JR. (See below.)
WILLIAM PHELPS, SR. One of the earliest settlers and grantees of land at Dorchester, applied for freemanship Oct., 1630. Selectman in 1633. Deputy in 1634-came to Windsor in 1636. This was about half a mile north of the present residence of Deacon Roger Phelps.
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Above Phelps, near the abrupt turn in the road, was
JOSIAS ELLSWORTH, who, after selling the Gillett place in 1658, built and lived here until he purchased the present Ells- worth place.
Above this on the east side of the Rivulet, we find Hoyt's Meadow. Here was located
SIMON HOYT. At Dorchester probably in 1630 - perhaps came to Windsor in 1639 -removed to Fairfield. Had land granted in 1640, and sold it in 1646, with his " dwelling house, barn, &c.," to William Thrall and Robert Wilson. In 1654, Wilson sold out his half to Thrall, who evidently continued to live there.
EDWARD, GEORGE and FRANCIS GRISWOLD, THOMAS HOLCOMB and JOHN BARTLETT, were living at Poquonnoc as early as 1649.1 Griswold and Holcomb settled there very early, as there is no evidence that they built anywhere else previously.
EDWARD GRISWOLD. With his brothers, came to Windsor in 1639, with the Rev. Mr. Huit, from Warwickshire, England. He had a cider-press on this place. He removed to Killingworth about 1664.
THOMAS HOLCOMB. Freeman at Dorchester in 1634, came to Windsor in 1635 - probably immediately after the sale of his house and land in August of that year.
JOHN BARTLETT. Sold to Samuel Phelps, and he to Edward Gris- wold in 1651, and he to George Griswold in 1656.
JOHN TINKER. "Of Boston" in 1654, had land here which extended 160 rods west from the Rivulet, then turned south-east 226 rods and went over Stony Brook. These lands " and housing " he sold to Edward Griswold, Thomas Holcomb and Samuel Phelps. There was also included in this sale, "a certain marsh for grass, about 14 acres, lying near S. W. from the foresaid parcel, between two ponds." This has since retained the name
1 Col. Rec., 1, 196. Also reprinted in Chapter ii of this work.
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of Tinker's Swamp, and is now owned by Mr. Daniel Buck, Jr.
The road to Poquonnoc above the old mill, at just about the place where the present road from the bridge, near the 1st Con- gregational Meeting-house, comes in, was anciently intersected at right angles by a highway running about southwest from the Rivulet. On this highway we find the residences of
ALEXANDER ALVORD. Early at Windsor, who sold to Josiah Ellsworth in 1654, and he sold to Cornelius Gillet in 1658. This is the present Oliver S. Gillet place.
THOMAS BARBER. Came with Mr. Francis Stiles in 1635.
South of the highway was the lot of
HUMPHREY HYDE. Sold to Simon Mills, he to William Filly, and he to Richard Saxton, who lived there.
His neighbors, on the opposite side of the Poquonnoc road were
GEORGE STUCKEY. NATHAN GILLET. JONATHAN GILLET.
ADDENDA.
While the foregoing chapter was passing through the press, we received the following items, from Mr. Jabez H. Hayden :
JOHN WITOHFIELD. In 1660 bought out David Wilton's house and lands in the Palisado. He probably removed there, as he sold his former place (south of the rivulet) to John Moore in 1661. In 1672, Witch- field made over all his housing and lands, as a marriage portion, to his " kinswoman, Elizabeth Dolman," who was about to be married to John son of Walter Fyler.
JOHN HIGLY. (Son-in-law of Job Drake, Sr., and grandson of Deacon Moore) owned, in 1679, a house on the west side of Broad street, on the north side of the rivulet, by the ferry. Captain Newberry and George Griswold also had warehouses there.
ENOCH DRAKE. (Son of Job) in 1681, had built a house and smith shop on the west side of Broad street, next south of John Higley, bounded east by the highway.
Since writing the above, we have come across the following item concern- ing the Old Town House :
"At a town meeting in Windsor, the 28th of December, 1692, it was voted that the town would not repair the town house. At the same meeting it was voted to give to Timothy Thrall, Sen'r, the town house."
CHAPTER VIII.
HISTORY OF WINDSOR.
1650-1675.
EXTRACTS FROM THE TOWN ACTS.
1650, August 21. " It was ordered by the Town that whereas there is an order of the country that there shall be 10s paid by the country for every Wolf that shall be killed within the juris- diction; now it is ordered that there shall be 5s added by the town for every Wolf that shall be killed within the bounds of the town, within this year next ensuing " (Bk. I, 1).
The following extract shows a rudeness of demeanor which we should think unbecoming in a sabbath congregation of the pre- sent day. Mr. Warham, and several of the magistrates, resided on the south side of Windsor River. The meeting-house was but a short distance from the ferry, and half the congregation would of course arrive there at the same time - all of whom could not go over together.
October 23rd. "It was ordered by the townsmen that upon the Lord's days, [of the] meetings, and all other days of public meetings, none shall go into the canoe before the magistrates and elders, when they or any of them go, [personally over] and that there shall not at any time go above 35 persons at a time into the great canoe, and not above six persons at a time in the little canoe, upon the penalty of 5d for every such trans- gression; and if any children or servants transgress this order, their parents or masters shall pay the penalty aforesaid, or if they refuse to do it the name of the person so offending shall be returned to the court." (Bk. I, 1.)
Robert Hayward was this year miller in Windsor, and was freed from jury duty while tending his mill (Col. Rec).
January, 1650-1. An agreement was made with John Brooks
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to keep the ferry over the Rivulet for one year from the 25th of March ensuing. Hc was to carry all who call from sunrise to evening. No one should have power to take the boat from him. He was to have "s [-] pounds " per annum in wheat, pcas and Indian corn, in equal proportions. "Hc is to takc pay of strangers that pass through the town, but he is not to reccive pay for such as come about any business in thic town, which are of Hartford or Wethersfield." "Also the town arc to make a placc fit for him to dwell in before the 25th of Dec., to bc 10 feet in breadth and 15 in length. Also he is to have his wages brought in by the 8th of January next. Also if it should so fall out that the [house] be not ready by the time aforesaid, the town shall provide a house to put his corn in, and he is to attend two several days which shall be appointed to reccive his wages, but if all his wages should not be brought in those two days aforesaid, then the townsmen are to cause the rest to be brought in. Also he is to have a penny for cvery single person that he shall fetch over in the [boat] but if he shall fetch over more than one at a time, he is to have but a half penny a person, and 2 pence for a horse, and * * * if he
fetch them over the river. *
* * but if he carry them up to Mr. Warham's1 he is to have 3 pence for a horse [and] man, except such as shall be employed in [public] service shall pay nothing. (Bk. 1, 2, 3.)
May 5th. "At a meeting of the townsmen Mr. Clarke was appointed to sit in the great pcw." (Bk. I, 5.)
Mr. Clark had been appointed a magistrate the year previous - and according to the custom of the day was honored with a scat in the "great pew," which was wainscotted and expressly designed as a place of special dignity.
October 8. " After lecture it was voted, by the inhabitants then present, that Mr. Warham should have £100 for his labours for this year ensuing, and for after time as the town shall see
1 The ferry, as will be recollected, was at the old road near Mr. Fenton's present dwelling ; but when the water was high, the meadow was overflowed, and the ferryman was obliged to carry his passengers over the submerged meadow, and land them at Mr. Warham's, which was the high ground now occupied by the Alvah Rowland place.
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meet. Also Mrs. Hewit to have £20 the year ensuing." (Bk. 1, 5.)
" Likewise the same, September 29th, 1652."
This annuity to the widow of their beloved teacher was con- tinued from the time of his decease in 1644 to 1656 or there- abouts.
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