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HISTORY
OF
HANCOCK COUNTY,
INDIANA.
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT BY THE "PALE FACE," IN 1818, DOWN TO 1882.
ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS, MAPS, CHARTS, PLATS. PORTRAITS, SKETCHES AND DIAGRAMS.
FIRST EDITION.
BY
PRACTICING ATTORNEY, GREENFIELD, IND., EX-COUNTY AND CITY SUPERINTENDENT, AND LATE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE CENTRAL INDIANA NORMAL.
KING & BINFORD, PUBLISHERS.
GREENFIELD. INDLINA: WILLIAM MITCHELL, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. ISS2. YA
V JUN 391
F532 .H 3B6
Ertere la mording to Act of Congress, in the year 1542, by J. H. BINFORD.
In the Ofce of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. D. C.
PREFACE.
Nearly forty years have elapsed since the first newspa- per was established in Greenfield, and it is a singular omission that there has never been a history of the county published. In this respect Hancock is behind her sister counties.
The necessity of the work at this time is apparent to all. The first settlers, in whose bosoms are contained our unwritten local history, are fast passing away, and it is our duty to snatch from oblivion those facts, figures and items of interest worthy of record ere it is too late.
The sketch of Westland Church and school contained herein was furnished by John Brown, an old citizen, and the only man living who knew all the facts, and in the absence of the records, which were burned, could furnish the same, and he is now no more on earth, save in mem- ory. Other instances might be cited. Had the publication of the work been postponed a few years, much of the rarest and best history of the county would have been forever lost. Besides, it is a duty we owe to the memory of the noble fathers who have cleared the forests, made the roads, and prepared this fair land for our habitation, to preserve a record of their lives and noble acts.
The plan of the work is simple and convenient. The reader is first furnished with a bird's-eye view of the county, from which he obtains a general idea of the terri- tory to be surveyed and the magnitude of the undertaking. The townships are then considered in regular alphabetical order, and discussed as fully as practicable, consistent with the limits of the work. Following these are numerous
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chapters, charts, tables, essays, sketches, biographies and discussions of all matters of historical interest in the county.
It has been the constant aim of the publishers to furnish a complete history in every respect. including an elaborate pen picture of the present. Portraits and personal sketches of the prominent men of the county and all the county officers will be found herein. The heavy tax-payers, all the business men and officers are noted in the proper place, that our patrons may have a book to hand down to their children and grandchildren that will give them not only our past history, but such a complete view of the present. as we should be happy to have of the past, when our parents and grandparents were the pioneers, county and township officers, tax-pavers and business men of the day.
The publishers have striven to give a fair and impartial history, without fear or favor, regardless of race, color. party. sect, or any other consideration, hence the reader will find herein sketches and portraits of representative men, past and present, white and colored, rich and poor. churchmen and non-churchmen, native-born and foreign- ers, Whigs, Free-Soilers, Know-Nothings, Republicans. Democrats and Nationals.
The publishers are vain enough to think that the book will be interesting, not only as a volume to be read, but as a work of reference on all important data connected with the county. They have endeavored to give their patrons more, in every respect, than was promised in the prospectus. The book contains a hundred and fifty pages extra, twice as many portraits, vastly more "rule and figure " work. and is fuller and better in contents and mechanical make-up than was originally contemplated or ever represented. In making these additions, however, it has delaved the deliv- ery of the work somewhat, but, in view of the extra labor and expense expended thereon, they trust their friends will be satisfied. To partially offset this extra outlay. which the publishers were scarcely justifiable in making on a work with necessarily a small circulation, owing to the limited territory, they have introduced a very few adver-
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tisements in the rear of the book, and there only. Not a cent has ever been received or asked for any notice in the various " business directories " herein, nor for any biogra- phy, personal sketch or other complimentary remark about any person or property, man or matter. Only what follows page 536 is subject to the charge of " paid notice," and even that in a few years will be valuable history, and appre- ciated by the public as showing who were some of the enterprising business men of to-day. The publishers em- phatically repudiate any charge that may be made, as is often done against county histories, that it is made up of " advertisements " and " paid puffs."
The first steps looking forward toward the publication of this work were taken about a year ago by King & Har- den, the latter of whom did most of the canvassing, and aided materially in getting the work under headway, when he sold his interest. September first, to J. H. Binford, who had previously been employed to do the writing, since which the new firm of King & Binford have been the sole proprietors and managers, and upon the former has devolved largely the labor of collecting the materials from official and other sources.
In presenting this work to the public the publishers beg the indulgence of their patrons and friends for any errors that may have crept in. The materials have been collected from various sources, at a considerable expenditure of time, labor and patience, and the memories of some of the aged pioneer reporters being a little deficient, their accounts may occasionally differ, yet it is believed on the whole to be correct. more so perhaps than are histories generally, yet, should the reader discover errors, as he doubtless will, let him " pass them lightly o'er," for no one regrets their occurrence more than the writer. As to the style of the composition, it was intended to be plain and simple and as free from the diffuse, labored and pompous as possible, but is not at all times as far removed from some of these detects as would have been had the writer had the time to rewrite and properly revise, but such was impossible in
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the limited time that could be spared from his other duties. As to the comprehensiveness of the work, should any one look in vain for some biography or early reminiscence, let such a one remember that it is impossible to crowd in a single volume an account of everything of interest in a county of the size and age of Hancock. To do so would require a half-dozen such works as this and more labor and expense than the legitimate patronage would warrant, hence it is only a question of a judicious selection of mate- rials and representative facts. However, there are a few churches, individuals, bands, lodges and other matters left unnoticed that would have received proper attention, not- withstanding the amount of matter claiming admittance, had the publishers been able to find any person sufficiently interested in perpetuating their memory to open the bolted doors or furnish the necessary facts, but perhaps " what is our loss is their gain."
As to the arrangement of the portraits, with the excep- tion of a few mistakes, it is the best that could be done under the circumstances, consistent with an even distribu- tion of the same and a logical treatment of the subject. In this respect, as in every other, the publishers have endeavored to be wholly impartial and non-sectional, hence each township is fully and fairly represented, the contrast being seldom greater than the difference in size and popu- lation.
To Senator Ben Harrison, State Superintendent John M. Bloss, the county officers, older citizens of the county. and others who have contributed materials and substantial encouragement to the enterprise, the publishers would return their sincere thanks and make their final bow, admitting, after all, that how well they have succeeded is for their patrons to decide, whose verdict is irrevocable.
KING & BINFORD.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. VIEWS.
PAGE ..
Court House
35
School Ilousc.
35
First Log Cabin in Greenfield.
II. MAPS.
llancock County in IS2S. 30
llaneock County in 1832.
€
Hancock County in 1850.
32
Hancock County in 1553.
34
III. CHARTS.
Distances and Post-offices.
.142
General Facts Tabulated
475
Local Facts Tabulated
$2
IV. PLATS.
Blue-River Township
49
Brandywine Township
77
Brown Township.
Buck-Creek Township
113
Center Township.
141
Green Township. 20S
231
Sugar-Creek Township
273
Vernon Township.
311
V. PORTRAITS.
PAGE.
PAGI ...
Arnett, S. II.
130
Hough, William R.
Addison, John.
266
Judkins, EJam I
379
Bradley, Nelson.
40
King, James K. 151
Binford, J. H.
466
Knox, George L 34)
Bohn, P. J ..
2.47
Marsh. John L 111
Binford, Robert ....
455
McNamee, Benjamin. 301
Barrett, Charles E.
4.59
Martin. S. M.
Bradley. Elizabeth, frontispiece.
2
Carter, Joseph J ..
220
Pope, Varon.
307
Chandler, Morgan
20
Pope, John H.
435
Collins. Thomas
220
Reeves, B. F
100)
Curry, I. A
337
Roberts, N. II.
331
C'ass, Anaretta .
221
Roberts, Mary N
$20
Doctors, Group of.
22
Riley, J. W
Dickerson, S. T
204
Superintendents, Group of.
352
Freeman, B. F
Stuart, J. G ..
315
Forts, Joseph.
Smith, R. A
447
Foster, John
255
Smith, Robert.
2.4
Group of Doctors.
22
Sparks, William J. 327
Smith, Jonathan.
Gooding, Matilda
283
Trees, William. 167
Gooding, D. S
50
Trov, S. A .. 225
Gooding, O. P
512
Tyner, Elijah 203
Gillum, C. B ..
412
Thompson, William II 203
Ilart, A. T.
15S
Warrum, Noble 153
Hawk, James C ..
309
Wilson, Sarah J .. 220
Ilill. Samuel B ..
321
Williams, Wesley 2015
Iloward, N. P., Sen
362
Wright, Henry.
343
IJarris, Lee O ..
372
Wright, William M 418
Harden, Samuel.
402
Wolf, John. 397
Iloward, N. P., Jr
415
Walker, Meredith
500
VI. DIAGRAMS.
One, two, three and four on surveying and land descriptions. 457-492.
2
369
Smith, William P
Downing, Charles.
237
Group of Superintendents
IIS
Marsh, Ephraim
Barnard, William C
305
New, James A 351
Jackson Township
INDEX.
PAGE.
Attorneys ..
47
Dve, John E.
417
A Teacher's Experience
152
Directory of Palestine
200)
Arnett, S. H.
1 29
Directory of Philadelphia.
202
Addison, John.
265
Dunbar, II. J
Allen, Thompson
59
Dunkard Church
3339
Associate Judges. .
3SS Daughters of Rebecca
10.4
Additions to Greenfield
175 Distances, Table of.
442
Bird's-eye View of County.
25 Derry, Samuel.
170
Blue-River Township.
49
Directory, Official
46
Brandywine Township.
77 | Exemption Laws
393
Brown Township.
SS 1 Ex-County Officers
Buck-Creek Township
113
Eden Chapel
Barnard, William C.
304 Eden Chapel, Green Township.
224
Bohn, P. J.
260 Eden Church, Baptist
230
Binford, James L
6. Eureka Lodge.
193
Banks, J. P
405
Eden, Town of
223
Bentley, Thomas E.
405
Ex-Officers. Center Township
Business Directory of Greenfield ..
Edwards Lodge.
334
Bradley, Nelson ..
374
Freeman. Benj. F
Bradley. Elizabeth
410
Fort. Joseph
366
Bottsford, Clara L.
310
Foster, John
410
Beeson, Amos C.
420
Faut, E. II
461
Binford, Robert
4.5.3 Forkner, Mark E.
472
Binford, J. H
465
Friends' Church, Charlottesville ..
257
Brandywine Brass Band .
S5
Friends' Church, Westland.
394
Blue-River Township, Sequel.
395
Friends' Church, Western Grove.
75 261
Bible Society
447
Farmers' Insurance ..
394
Buck-Creek Township, Continued ..
124
Fair. County
439
Band, Cornet, Greenfield
203
First Cabin.
170
Band, Cornet, New Palestine
2010
Fires in Greenfield
IS2
Band, Cornet, Brandywine
85
Frost, William
105
Charts, General
478
Growth of County
430
Charts, County
482
Gilliam, C. B
422
County Fair Cemeteries
439
Gooding, David S
451
Courts.
354
Gooding, Matilda ..
400
Court-house.
36-386
Greenfield M. E. Church
197
Commissioners.
46
German M. P. Church.
205
Circuit Judges.
387
German Lutheran Church
200
Center Township.
141
Green Township
208
C'enter Township, Continued
172
Greenfield Cornet Band
203
Cut of First Cabin
179
Greenfield, City of ..
172
Cass, Anaretta
221
Greenfield Business Directory
150
Circuit Court
354-391
Greenfield School Building
3%
Courts of Conciliation
392
Green Township, Continued
223
Conrts in Churches and Seminary
3.56
Hall, II. H., Letter of.
130
County Officers
46
Hart, Andrew T
308
Carter, Joseph J
226
Hawk, James C.
353
Collins, Thomas.
108
Harris, Lee O.
371
Coffin, Elihu, Sen.
65
Hill, Samuel B
100
Chandler, Morgan
377
Harlan, Stephen
107
Craft, John A
271 Hopkins, John D
120
Chapman, Joseph.
425
Hongh, William R.
3%
Commandery, Hancock
421
Howard, N. P., Jr.
.415
Cornet Band, Greenfield.
203 Hancock Medical Society
3(x)
Cornet Band, New Palestine.
299
History of Schools ..
4,30
Center Church, Friends
POI
Hancock County in 1S2S.
30
Charlottesville
245 Hancock County in 1850. 32
3-4
Carrollton ..
$3
Hays, John ..
178
Harris, Mrs. George
Dennis, Augustus.
06 I. O. O. F., Greenfield
192
Dow, Lorenzo.
132 I. O. O. F., Warrington.
104
Dickerson, Stephen T
203 I. O. O. F., Charlottesville 2(K)
Downing, Charles.
370 I. O. O. F .. Fortville
334
128
Gooding, (). P.
463
Commissioners' Court 354-5
Gilboa M. E. Church
400
Commmon Pleas Court. .
300
Gem P. () ..
204
Curry, Isaiah A
378
Howard, N. P., Senior
372
Collyer, Wellington.
405
Harrison Township
Curry's Chapel, M. E.
202 Hopewell Church.
124
Cleveland
249
Hancock County in 1832.
Charlottesville Directory
2.45 Hancock County in 1SS2
Cemeteries of Greenfield.
407
Diagrams.
Additions to Charlottsville.
245
Directory, Greenfield. 186
Barrett, Charles E.
459 Fortville Church, M. E
330
Brandywine Township, Sequel.
404
Friends' Church, Center
Alyea, James.
II
INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
I. O. O. F., MeCordsville
3,36
Palestinc ..
2%)
I. O. G. T
194
Philadelphia ..
202
Jay, B. G .
131
Roberts, Mrs. Isaac
Judkins, James
370
Roberts, N. IL
40.5
Judkins, Elam I
379
Roberts, Miss Mary N
410
Johns, Robison
403
Reeves, Benjamin F
10.1
Jackson Township ..
231
Tackson Township, Continued.
245
Jails ..
Jackson Township Schools.
King. James K
473
Knox, George L.
411
Sugar-creek Township
27.3
Keemer, William, Mobbed.
Landis. Mrs. Mary
270
Lick-Creek Church.
225
Shiloah Church.
62
Marsh. Jonas
110
Sugar-creek Church
Marsh. John L
111
Sugar-creek M. E. Church
202 211
Mc Namee. Benjamin.
300
Synopsis, Jackson Township
Marsh. Ephraim .
373
Synopsis, Greenfield .
Muth. George.
sot
Streets and Walks in Greenfield .
Martin, Samuel M.
419
Suicide, Win. Wood
Mason, James L .. .
457
Milner's Corner
223
Mt. Olivet Church.
57
201 Sequel to Brandywine Township.
Mt. Carmel Church
200
Sequel to Blue-river Township.
Macedonia Church
132
Shelby. Joshua W.
Missionary Union Baptist Church.
201
Shultz. Joseph F
Mt. Carmel, of Vernon.
341
Smith, R. A
McCordsville M. E. Church.
340
Masons, Greenfield.
191
Sparks. Wm. J
Masons, Charlottesville
260
Smith, Jonathan
Masons, Warrington
103
Stuart. J. G.
405
Masons, New Palestine.
300
Sample, James
452
Masons, Fortville
334
Slifer, Jacob
450 200
Masons. McCordsville
335
St. Thomas Catholic Church.
339
Medical Profession
354
Temperance in Fortville
33.3 58
Nameless C'reck Church.
359
Trees, William.
IO.
New Palestine M. E. Church
298
Thomas, Phineas
IOS
New. JamesA
416
Thomas, Iliram
407
Nashville.
99
Township Trustees.
47
New Palestine, Town of.
280
Table of Distance
442
Offutt. Charles G
460
Taverns, First.
Odd Fellows. Greenfield
192
Union, W. C. Temperance
333
Odd Fellows, Warrington
104
Union Chapel.
125
Odd Fellows, Charlottesville.
260
United Brethren.
101
Odd Fellows. Fortville ..
334
Vernon Township. 310
320
Order of Good Templars
194
Our Country.
34+
Willow Branch
99
Othcial Directory
46
Wood, Wm. S.
163
Our Forefathers
Wilson. Sarah J.
210
Paris. Lewis B
Western Grove.
75
Post Offices.
36-442
Westland.
399
Philadelphia M. E. Church.
294
Woodbury, M. E. Church
339
Pleasant Grove M. E. Church
1 2.4
Wolf's Mill
395
Pleasant Hill M. E. Church.
254
Wright, Joseph
131
Presbyterians ..
195
Warrum, Noble ...
202
Progress of Schools.
430
Winn, Joseph
342
Porter. William II
Walpole. Thomas D
413
Parker, George W
120
Wolf, John.
401
Pope, Aaron
300 Wright, Henry.
Pope, John II
106 Wright, Wmn. M.
Pierson, Morris.
349
White, John II
450
Patterson, Andrew M.
471 Woodbury.
332
Probate Courts.
938 Will, L. Dow's 130
Petit Jury.
355 Zion's Chapel
101
393
Recapitulation, Green Township.
251
Reedy, Jerry and Son
222 Itx
Railroads.
151 163 162 485 474 40.4 495
2 1 350 351 307 370 427
Masons, Eden
22-
Sardis Lodge
Manitau Tribe.
333
Temperance in Blue-river. 390
McCordsville
330
Tyner, Elijah
Methodism in Greenfield
197
Troy, S. A.
Nibarger. John
10°
Tyner, James.
Newby. L. P
470
Thompson, W'm. HI
425
New Palestine Band
Odd Fellows. McCordsyIlle
3.36
Warrington
Warrum, Harmon
Pleasant View M. E. Church
398
Walker, Meredith
272
Papers of Greenfield
410
Williams, Wesley.
Prefession, Medical.
354
Stuart, Isaac
Surveying
Safe Robbery
Mt. Gillead Church.
Real Estate
Roberts Chapel.
225
168 Sugar-creek Township, Continued .. Streams
Smith, W. P.
Smith, Robert
Vernon Township, Continued.
343
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF COUNTY.
Location, size, boundary, organization, origin of name, population in 1828 and is0. voters, condition of county then and now by comparison and contrast, topography, soil. water, health, exports formerly and at present, productions in bushels, timber, gravel .. sand, streams, map of county in 1828, origin and organization of townships, plat of county from 1850 to 1853, first settlers, plat of county from 1853 to present, early inci- dents, post-offices and villages, cut of court-house, public buildings, cut of Greenfield school building, taxes for 1832 and other years, railroads, papers, intelligence, home of prominent men, poets and politicians, churches, loyalty, official directory. 25-45.
CHAPTER II.
BLUE-RIVER TOWNSHIP.
Plat, origin of name, organization, changes in territory. location, boundary, size. streams, first mills, first township settled, first log cabin. blacksmith, school-house. orchard, stere and fence, early incidents, first settlers, scenery, soil, surface, prosperity, educational and church advantages, mills and factories, roads and railroads, population, value of real and personal property, taxes, heavy tax payers, justices, physicians, early and modern merchants. ex-trustees, former citizens living elsewhere, ex-county officers. exports, value of school property, politics and population. 19-57.
CHAPTER IN.
BLUE-RIVER TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Mount Olivet Church, Luse's tile-factory, Rule's saw-mill, Elijah Tyner, Adam Allen's pioneer life, history of Shiloh Church, James L. Binford, Elihu Coffin. Sen .. personal sketch of Augustus Dennis, sketch of the pioneer life of Harmon Warrum. Western Grove Church. 57-76.
CHAPTER IV.
BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP.
Plat, origin of name, when organized and of what it consisted, changes in territory. location, boundary and size, streams, first and present mills, first settlers. topography. timber, roads and railroads, a few first things, schools, value of school property, popu- lation, polls and politics, valuation and taxation, heavy tax-payers, general items. ex-justices, trustees, ex-county officers, deaths, exports. 77-53.
CHAPTER V.
BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Carrollton, Sugar-Creek Church, Eden Chapel, brass band, William HI. Porter, Mrs. Isaac Roberts. $3-$7.
CHAPTER VI.
BROWN TOWNSHIP.
Plat, general view, plat of county in 1832, explanations, suggestions and historical facts, location, boundary, size, timber and topography, streams, earliest Jand entries, first settlers, first election, mills, muley and modern, roads, railroads, synopsis, teachers and schools, population, polls, vote, valuation, taxes and tax-payers, murders, suicides an I remarkable deaths, township trustees, justices of the peace, ex-county officers. exports. S8-90.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VII.
BROWN TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Warrington, Nashville, Willow Branch P. O., Concord Baptist Church, Zion's 'Chapel, M. E., the United Brethren, Christian Church at Warrington, Free Masons, I. .O. O. F. of Warrington, Daughters of Rebecca, sketch and portrait of B. F. Reeves, Stephen Harlan, John Nibarger, Phineas Thomas, Thomas Collins, Dr. William Trees, Jonas Marsh, sketch and portrait of Dr. John L. Marsh. 98-112.
CHAPTER VIII.
BUCK-CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Plat, name, changes in size, location, surface, soil and drainage, streams, first settle- ment and land entry, first settlers, first births, deaths, marriages, burials, suicide, preacher, teacher, doctor and blacksmith, mills, merchandising, cut of Superintendents. .educational, synopsis, roads, railroad, population, vote, polls, value of real and personal property, taxes and heavy tax-payers, ex-county officers, productions, physicians, justices .of the peace, township trustees, prominent families, murder and suicide. 113-123.
CHAPTER IX.
BUCK-CREEK TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Hopewell M. E. Church, Pleasant Grove M. E. Church, Union Chapel, John D. Ilop- Ikins, Joshua Shelby, George W. Parker, S. II. Arnett's biography and portrait, Joseph Wright, Barzilla G. Jay, Macedonia Church, Lorenzo Dow. 124-140.
CHAPTER X.
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
Plat of township, origin of name, changes in boundary, size, surface, soil, drainage and productions, streams, first entry and early settlers, first preacher, birth, death, &c .. mills and factories, roads, railroads, educational, number and name of houses and teach- ers, portrait of James K. King, value of school-houses and apparatus, scholastic popula- tion, township trustees, churches, population, polls and vote, value of real and personal property, taxes and heavy tax-payers, law and esquires, portrait Andrew T. Hart. first settlers of Ilarrison township, first business, ex-county officers, murders, suicides and remarkable deaths, portrait of William Trees, M. D., exports, remarks. 141-172.
CHAPTER XI.
CENTER TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Greenfield, laid out in IS2S, size and naming of town, report of commissioners appointed by General Assembly, outline of old town, additions 1-23, cemeteries, cut of first cabin in town, early history, post-office, sidewalks, first business bricks, private residences, other buildings, remarks, big fires, incorporation as town and city, streets, synopsis, first doctors, first attorneys, first business men, first taverns, business directory. city officers. 172-190.
CHAPTER XII.
CENTER TOWNSHIP-CONTINUED.
Masonic Lodge 101, I. O. O. F. 135, Eureka Lodge No. 20, K. of P., Greenfield Lodge No. 184, I. O. G. T., Presbyterian Church, Greenfield Methodism, portrait of Ben- jamin Freeman, Mt. Gilead Church, Curry's Chapel, Sugar-Creek M. E. Church, Mt. Carmel M. E. Church, Greenfield Cornet Band, sketch and portrait of S. T. Dicker- son. 101-207.
CHAPTER XIII.
GREEN TOWNSHIP.
Plat, name and organization, location, size and boundary, surface, soil, drainage and productions, streams, first Jand entries and first settlers, first election, historical anec- dote. a few first things, mills, roads, educational, township trustees, churches, popula- tion and poll, value of real and personal property, taxes, law and esquires, first business. physicians, ex-county officers, prominent families, murders and fatal accidents, portraits of Sarah Jane Wilson and Anaretta Cass, recapitulation. 208-222.
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