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shall, born January 6, died February 19, 1845 ; Mary Ann, born June 1, 1848. 5. Caroline Mackentire, born November 21, 1807; mar- ried, February 7, 1830, Zina Underwood. 6. Charles Fisher Emerson, born October 21, 1809.
(III) John Smith, eldest son and second child of James and Hannah (Daggett) Fales, was born in Medway, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 5. 1800, and died at Sherborn, Massachu- setts. He received his early education at Med- way, at the same time assisting his father on. the farm and in his teaming; he was still a young lad when he was sent to Sherborn, bound out to Daniel Leland, and attended the common schools of the town. Later he settled in Holliston, where he engaged in farming and teaming, principally in bringing West India goods from Boston to Holliston, and shortly after his marriage he removed to Sherborn. There he lived for a time on the Cutter place, and worked on various farms. He and his family attended the Orthodox church. and in politics he was a Whig. He married, May 6, 1830, Charlotte, born July 25, 1807, died July 22, 1850, daughter of Captain John and Sylvia (Leland) Leland. Children: I. Harriet Au- gusta, born July 19, 1830, died June 9, 1850. 2. Charlotte Adelaide, born March 1I, 1832, died March 9, 1908 ; married, March 16, 1862, Alden Harrison Adams, of Sherborn; chil- dren : i. John Leland, born July 24, 1863 : married, June 2, 1894. Caroline Comey; ii. Charlotte Lovina, born January 7, 1865 ; mar- ried, Angust 29, 1893, Joseph Perry Douse; iii. Charles Francis, born July 10, 1866; mar- ried, June 1905. Bertha Lee : iv. George Alden, born October 16, 1867; v. Oliver Fales, born August 5, 1870; vi. Harriet Sybel, born Feb- ruary 9. 1875. 3. Oliver Leland, born Janu- ary 7, 1839, disappeared in 1860. 4. John, born March 12, 1841 ; married Ella Raleigh; children: George and Bertha. 5. Charles Leland, see forward. 6. George Miller, born March 11. 1847. died August 29, 1884. At an early age he became a fireman for the Bos- ton & Albany railroad, retaining this position for the greater part of his life. He resided at. No. 32 Mall street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, was of the Baptist faith, and a Republican in politics. He married, June 10, 1880, Emma Leland, born in Sherborn, daughter of John and Sybil (Leland) Jones ; child: Emma C., born June 11, died August 25, 1881.
(IV) Charles Leland, third son and fifth chikl of John Smith and Charlotte (Leland) Fales. was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts,
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April 26, 1843, and died in Franklin, Massa- chusetts, September 28, 1902. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, then found employment in a grocery store, where he remained until the outbreak of the civil war, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment, Massachu- setts Volunteer Militia, in the spring of 1861, and went into camp. Was mustered into ser- vice July 2, at Camp Cameron, at Cambridge, under Colonel P. T. Wyman. The regiment was in various camps until May 12, 1862, when it joined Hooker's Division, Heintzel- - man's Corps, Army of the Potomac. Its first engagement was at Fair Oaks, June 18, another at the same place on June 26, and others were as follows: Savage Station, June 27; Glen- dale, June 28; Malvern Hill, June 30, and at the same place, July 20; Bristow's Station, July 26; Bull Run, August 29; at this battle Mr. Fales was taken prisoner and was under guard on the battle ground for a week, paroled and sent to Washington, from there to Camp Parole at Annapolis, Maryland, where he was exchanged in November and returned to service December, 1862. Later he participated in the following battles : Chancellorsville, May 1, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3; Wapping Heights, July 23: Manassas Gap; Mine Run, Novem- ber 27, 1863. Later he was on detached duty at division headquarters under the provost marshal, and was discharged from service at Brandy Station, Virginia. He re-enlisted, July II, 1864, in the Eleventh Massachusetts Batta- lion, and was advanced to the rank of corporal September 1, 1864, serving in that rank until the close of the war. He was also in the following engagements: Cold Harbor, May 31, 1864; in and around Petersburg, Virginia, from June 16 to June 22; Deep Bottom, July 27; Danville Railroad, October 2; Hatcher's Run, October 27; siege of Petersburg, winter of 1864-5; near Appomattox, April 7, 1865, until the surrender of Lee, his division having the honor of holding the front line of battle when Lee asked for terms of surrender. Dur- ing the last year of his service he acted as com- pany clerk, and was mustered out, July 14, 1865. He was in the hospital at Camp Hamil- ton, near Fortress Monroe, here he had typhoid fever and lay very ill for several weeks, and was unconscious for a fortnight. Upon his return to his home at the close of the war, Mr. Fales resumed his work in the grocery store in which he had formerly been employed, remaining there for one year. Shortly after his marriage he removed to West Medway,
where he formed a partnership with E. G. Ware, selling his share at the end of the two years. He removed to Foxboro in the fall, and entered into partnership with Mr. Hixon, under the firm name of Hixon & Fales. Mr. Hixon retiring, T. G. Pierce took his place, the firm continuing in business for several years and then selling to Guy Brothers, of Boston. In 1877 Guy Brothers came to Franklin, and with Mr. Fales opened a grocery store under the firm name of C. L. Fales & Company. The following spring Mr. Fales purchased the en- tire interest, carrying on the business, how- ever, under the same name. When his store was destroyed by fire he conducted the busi- ness at his home for a year or more, later opening a store in the Metcalf block and tak- ing as a partner, A. A. Dean, who remained for only one year, the firm name being Fales & Dean. Altogether Mr. Fales was in the grocery business nearly thirty-eight years, and for twenty-five consecutive years in Franklin. No man in the town was more highly respected for integrity and honest business principles. He and his family were attendants at the First Universalist Church, and he gave his political support to the Republican party. He was a member of Franklin Post No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic, and of King David Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Franklin. He married at Medway, April 16, 1866, Abbie Caroline, born February 23, 1844, daughter of James Daggett and Mary (Hill) Fales, the former a cooper by trade. Children: 1. Nellie Adelaide, born Decem- ber 24, 1866; married, April 20, 1887, Arthur Adams Dean, of Franklin ; children: Charles Walter, deceased, and another son died an infant. 2. Charles Elmer, born January 21, 1869, carries on his father's business at Frank- lin. 3. Walter Leland, see forward. 4. Mary Louisa, born August 26, 1878; married, June 15, 1904, Albert Rogers Willard, of Franklin. (V) Walter Leland, second son and third child of Charles Leland and Abbie Caroline (Fales) Fales, was born in Foxboro, Massa- chusetts, September 27, 1871, and died in Franklin, Massachusetts, March 4, 1890. The larger part of his education was obtained in the grammar schools of Franklin, from which he was graduated, and at an early age he became assistant to his father in the store of the latter, acting as clerk. While in the per- formance of his duties, one day, he was taken with cerebral hemorrhage and died in a short - time. During his leisure moments he had de- voted his time to the study of nature, more
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especially plant life, in which he was partic- lılarly interested. He was of a most lovable and generous disposition, a firm and devoted friend, and had given promise of a brilliant future. He was an attendant at the Univer- salist church.
TAYLOR The surname Taylor is a very common and ancient English family name, derived from the occupation of the progenitors, as Smith, Mason, Carpenter. This name is found also pretty generally in Ireland. A branch of the family settled in the north of Ireland at the time of the grants to the Scotch and English Prot- estants, from whom the race of Scotch-Irish, so-called, are descended. James Taylor, sup- posed to be the brother of the immigrant Will- iam. mentioned below, was born in 1607, came to New England and married, October 19, 1641, Isabel Tompkins, born 1615, died Janu- ary 22, 1690, in Concord. He had children : Henry, born and died 1648; Samuel, June 21, 1656; Thomas, born and died 1659. He was probably older than William.
(I) William Taylor, immigrant ancestor, may have come to New England with his brother James. He settled at Concord on lot No. 14, one hundred and seventeen acres on the East Bedford road. He married Mary Meriam. who died December 10, 1699. He died at Concord, December 6. 1696. Children : I. Mary. born February 19, 1649-50. 2. John, October 19, 1653, married. March 26, 1678. Ennice Woolen. 3. Samuel, July 3, 1655, died July 16, 1655. 4. Abraham, November 14, 1656, mentioned below. 5. Isaac, March 5, 1659. 6. Tacob, May 8, 1662. 7. Joseph, Con- cord. April 7. 1665, settled in Grafton.
(II) Abraham. son of William Taylor, was born in Concord, November 14, 1656. He was admitted a freeman in 1690 and was a farmer in Concord all his life. He married, December 16, 1681, Mary Whittaker, who died Febru- ary 16, 1756, aged ninety-three years, eleven months. Children, born at Concord: I. Abra- ham, January 11, 1682-83, died young. 2. John, September 8, 1685. 3. Ebenezer, April 30, 1688, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, Au- gust 7, 1690. 5. Mary, March 15, 1691-92. 6. Jonathan, August 10, 1694. 7. Sarah, October 13, 1696. 8. David, January 31, 1698. 9. Benjamin, April 18, 1699. 10. Nathaniel, Feb- rkary 9, 1701-02. 11. Daniel, March 22, 1703- 04. 12. Timothy, March 5, 1705, died March 28, 1705. 13. Abraham, April 4, 1707. 14. Samuel, October 1, 1708.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Abraham Taylor, was born at Concord, April 30, 1688, died June 25, 1753. He married Deborah He settled in Lancaster, now Sterling, Massa- chusetts. Children, born at Concord : 1. John, July 20, 1720. 2. Nathan, November 19, 1722. 3. Ebenezer, October 31, 1725, mentioned below. 4. Abraham, August 21, 1729.
(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Taylor, was born at Concord, October 31, 1725. He settled in Lancaster, now Sterling, Massachusetts. He bought land of Thomas Sawyer at Lancaster, April 27, 1750, and also bought land at Lancaster, July 1, 1752, of Elisha Sawyer. He bought land of Mary Beaman in Lancaster, June 23, 1755, and of Thomas Sprague in the west precinct of Lan- caster in 1751. He deeded his homestead of eighty-six acres in the west part of Sterling to son Nathaniel, March 30, 1790. James and Louisa Taylor witnessed the deed. He deeded cther lands to his son Nathaniel, December 12, 1796. He married, March 9, 1748, Mary Houghton, daughter of James Houghton. He and his wife quitclaimed their share in the estate of James Houghton. The other heirs were Silas Smith, Oliver Hoar, Daniel Davis and Fortunatus Eager. Children, born at Lan- caster and Sterling: I. Ebenezer, July 5, 1749, baptized an adult, April 4, 1773. 2. Jonathan (twin ), September 20, 1751. 3. James (twin), September 20, 1751, baptized an adult, May 17, 1772. mentioned below. 5. Elnathan, October 7, 1769.
(V) Dr. James, son of Ebenezer (2) Taylor, was born September 20, 1751, in Sterling, Massachusetts. He was a physician and prac- ticed in Sterling. He removed to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, about 1796, and settled on lot No. 4, range I, and followed farming the remainder of his life. He married, March 27, 1786. Louisa Belknap, born January 4, 1765. died September 7, 1840, in Winchendon, Mass- achusetts, daughter of Ebenezer Belknap, of Sterling. Her father was a captain in the revolution. Children, the first five born in Sterling, the others in Fitzwilliam: 1. Louisa, September 17, 1787, died June 12, 1825. 2. Deborah, March 31. 1789, died August 13, 1849; married, March 3, 1817. Stephen Elliot. 3. James, May 3, 1791, mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, April 23, 1793, died 1874; married (first) January 4, 1818, Betsey Bard; (sec- ond) Anne Osborne. 5. Ebenezer, May 7, 1796, died December 23. 1831 : married, Octo- ber 5, 1820, Phebe Bard. 6. Asher, December 2, 1798, died December 4, 1871 ; married, No-
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vember 7, 1822, Susan Stuart ; (second) No- vember 9, 1848, Orinda Rugg. 7. Mark, July 7, 1801, died October 30, 1838; married, June, 1825. Mary F. Blood. 8. Mary, December 14, 1803, died March 14, 1877; married, March 27, 1824, Leonard Willoby. 9. Dorcas, Octo- ber 14, 1806, died November 19, 1869; mar- ried, August 25, 1829, Luther Willoby. IO. Stillman, November 7, 1811, died May 13, 1887 ; married, January 26, 1841, Susan Adaline Tenney.
(VI) James (2), son of Dr. James (I) Taylor, was born in Sterling, May 3, 1791, died April 2, 1863. After the birth of his first child he removed to Winchendon, Massachu- setts. He married (first) January 22, 1822, Kezia Stuart, born July 2, 1794, died April 28, 1828, daughter of Paul and Hannah Stuart, of Winchendon. He married (second ) October 26. 1829, Lucy Blood, born February 20, 1797, died March 14, 1860, daughter of Reuben and Lucy Blood, of Sterling. He married (third) January 31, 1861, Laura Jane Parkill, of Can- ton, New York. Children by first wife: I. James Hiram, born December 13, 1822, men- tioned below. 2. Arvilla Louisa, April 21, 1826. in Winchendon, married, November 28, 1848. Levi G. Smith. 3. Infant, born and died April 28, 1828. Child by third wife: Edson Parkill. September 1. 1862.
(VII) James Hiram, son of James (2) Taylor. was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hamp- shire. December 13. 1822, died in 1884, in Stockholm, New York. He bought a farm in Stockholm, St. Lawrence county, New York, where he removed about 1850, and lived there the remainder of his life. He married, in Bicknellville, New York, Lorinda Ursula Humphrey, born July 2, 1831, daughter of Lewis and Louisa ( Eliott) Humphrey. Chil- dren : I. Charles Humphrey. 2. Fred Bas- comb. born May 2, 1855, mentioned below. 3. Jovisa. 4. Delbert. a Baptist minister, now living in Wisconsin. 5. Grace.
(VIII) Fred Bascomb, son of James Hiram Taylor, was born in Stockholm. New York, May 2. 1855. He attended the public schools of the town of Stockholm, and at the age of eighteen came to Springfield and engaged in the building business and two years later built a factory to manufacture sash and blinds. He has developed a large and prosperous business and ranks among the leaders in his line. From the first he has invested at every opportunity in real estate and at the present time is one of the largest owners of real estate in the city of Springfield. In politics he is a Republican.
and in religion a Methodist. He is a member of De Soto Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, May 9, 1882, Eliza Jane King, daughter of William A. and Sarah A. (Ferry ) King. Children: I. Bernice Evelyn, born July 3, 1883, married Walter Lawrence Chamberlain ; child, Walter L. Chamberlain, Jr. 2. Earle Humphrey, March 31, 1885, men- tioned below. 3. Philip Merwin, October 7, 1892. 4. Grace King, January 3, 1895.
(IX) Earle Humphrey, son of Fred Bas- comb Taylor, was born in Springfield, March 31, 1885, and was educated there in the public schools, and at the Cheshire Military Academy, where he was a student from the age of four- teen to twenty-two, and at Princeton Univer- sity. At the end of his freshman year he left college to help his father who had suffered heavy loss from a fire that destroyed his fac- tory. Since then he has been associated in business with his father. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion an Episcopalian. He married, April 17, 1909, Beatrice Stone, born April 9, 1885, daughter of Wilmore B. and Carrie (Newell) Stone.
DOTEN The American advent of this family was in the "Mayflower." It has produced merchants of wealth and renown, men high in finance ; others have hum- bly sailed the seas, penetrating every clime on the face of the globe ; but the vast majority have been plain, substantial artisans and farmers, who have educated their children well, and have brought them up to lead useful lives. In the revolution they were on both sides of the fight ; the loyalists mostly emigrated to Nova Scotia after independence was declared. The Dotens were in the Seminole war in Florida ; in the war for sailors' rights they were at Plattsburgh and Sacketts Harbor ; in the Mexi- can war they were at Chepultepec ; in the fratri- cidal strife in '61 some followed the Stars and Stripes, and others of the name the Stars and Bars. They were at Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, and in the Wilderness. In our latest war, descendants of the name were with Roosevelt at Kettle Hill. In religion, we find them among the Quakers, and even among the Mormons, as well as all the leading denomina- tions. Among those who have achieved special prominence have been Hon. John Lamb Doty, United States consul to Bermuda, under Cleve- land ; Hon. Lakewood L. Doty, private secre- tary to both Governors Morgan and Seymour, and afterward United States consul to Nassau ; Professor Frank A. Sherman, of Dartmouth
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College ; and Hosea Doten, the mathematician and astromomer.
(I) Edward Doten was a London youth who came over in the "Mayflower" as an apprentice of Stephen Hopkins. The first account we have of Edward is in Cape Cod harbor where he signed the cabin contract. He was treated to all intents and purposes as one of the company. Stephen Hopkins was a tanner of London, and joined the Pilgrims at Southampton, and did not go to the Low Countries. The "Mayflower" arrived at Cape Cod, November 1I, 1620, and the first duty of the Pilgrims was to find a suitable landing-spot. The shallop they brought with them for shore explorations was out of commission, and a few hardy ones volunteered to make an inland journey. Sixteen in all went ashore, and they were the first Englishmen permanently to land in New England. In this party was Edward Doten. They started No- vember 15, and were gone several days. A few Indians whom they met ran away from them, and they found some Indian corn, which they bore back to the ship, the first they had ever seen. On December 6th, the shallop being made ready, a party of ten set out by water, and of these Edward was one. The weather was extremely cold, the seas rough and boister- ous, and they encountered much hardship. They beat off the Indians, discovered their stores of corn, their habitations, and graves. On Friday, December 8, in a terrible snowstorm, they reached a point of land now known as Clark's island. Here they rendezvoused all day of the 9th, and Sunday, as became men of their pro- fession. It is said that Edward Doten attempted to first leap on the island, but was checked, and the master's mate allowed to first land, after whom the island was named. On Monday, December II (our 21st, Forefather's Day), they sounded the harbor, and sailed for the mainland, mooring at Plymouth Rock. It was a hard winter for the Pilgrims, that first winter at Plymouth. They were little prepared for such rigorous climate, and their suffering was consequently great. Disease attacked them; death thinned their numbers. Edward Doten bore his part of the inconveniences with the others, but, being young and strong of franc, lie was carried through safely.
The next allusion we find to Edward is when he fought a duel in single combat with sword and dagger with Edward Lister, both being wounded, the one in the hand, and the other in the thigh. They were adjudged by the whole community to have their head and feet tied together, and so to remain for twenty-four
hours without meat and drink; but after an hour, because of their great pains, they were released by the governor. This was the first duel fought in New England, and the first pardon ever issued by the hand of an Ameri- can governor. It was also the second offense committed in the colony. Lister seems to have soon after, whether voluntarily or by compul- sion, left the plantation, and died some years later in Virginia. Edward, it must be remem- bered, was not of the ascetic race, like the Scrooby farmers and Notinghamshire sectar- ists who composed the bulk of the "Mayflower" list. He had seen London life in abundance, his blood ran quicker, he possessed a spryer temper than they, and thus got into escapades which were rendered venal through the effer- vescence of youth. He seems later in life to have retrieved his somewhat lively character, and began to accumulate property. In January, 1631, he was rated at one pound seven shillings, and there were many lower ratings than this. He was made a freeman in 1633. He was a litigant, due, no doubt to his warm blood and a determination to stand up for his rights. January 1, 1632, John Washburne haled him into court for wrongfully taking his hog, but the jury brought in for Edward. In April, 1633. Will Bennet complained of Edward for divers injuries-that he sold him a flitch of bacon at the rate of three pounds, and that it was not worth above half that sum. This was referred to Robert Hecker and Francis Eaton, to decide as they should think meet between man and man. Edward called Bennet a rogue, whereat he brought him into court on a sum- mons for slander, and Edward was fined fifty shillings. In 1634, at a general court, an apprentice of Edward's (this shows he was getting up in the world, to keep an assistant), Jolin Smith, asked the court to free him from his master Edward, to whom he had bound himself for ten years, as the master did not keep him properly. At a court of assistants, held March 24, 1634, Edward and Jason Cook were fined six shillings for breaking the peace. They got into a fistic altercation, and Edward drew the first blood. March 7, 1636, at a court of assistants, George Clarke complained against Edward for damages in a land trade. The court ordered Edward to repay Clarke eight pounds. At the same session, Edward was convicted for assault and battery and assessed twelve pence, and in another action of the same kind, same parties, ten shillings. Up to 1650 lie was in court citlier as plaintiff or de- fendant in twelve other causes. In 1624 the
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people requested the governor to set off land, and Edward received his share on what is now Watson's hill. In 1627 there was another allotment "to heads of families, and to young men of prudence," and Edward was given a share under this designation, though unmar- ried, which shows him to have gained the confi- dence of the governor. At a general meeting, March 14. 1635, he was given hay ground on Jones river, on High Clifford or Skeat Hill, near the present border of Kingston. In 1627 he sold land to Russell Derby for one hundred and fifty pounds. To this deed he made his mark, as to all other documents. In 1637 he was allotted sixty acres on Mount Hill; also, he owned land in Yarmouth, Cohasset, Dartmouth, Lakenham and Punckquasett, now Tiverton, Rhode Island. In 1638 he went bail for Samuel Gaston for forty pounds ; in 1639 for Richard Derby in the sum of twenty pounds ; in 1642 for John Hassel, of Seakonk ; in 1643 for John Smith, of Eele river. He was a pri- vate in the militia, and lived in the town of Plymouth. High Cliff, Plain Dealing, which is the name Theodore Roosevelt adopted for his Virginia country place.
He died August 24, 1655, and his will bears date May 20 that year ; the appraisement was one hundred and thirty-seven pounds nineteen shillings. He contracted marriage with Faith, daughter of Thurston and Faith Clarke, Janu- ary 6, 1634. She was born in Ipswich, Eng- land. in 1619. Her parents came to Plymouth in 1634. After her husband's decease she mar- ried John Phillips, by whom she had issue, and she died at Marshfield in 1675, and is buried in the old cemetery there. Children of Edward and Faith: Edward, John, who is the subject of the next paragraph ; Thomas, Samuel, De- sire, Elizabeth, Isaac, Joseph and Mary.
(II) John, second son of Edward and Faith ( Clarke) Doten, was born in Plymouth, Massa -- chusetts, May 14, 1639, and died there May 8, 1701. He was a farmer, and the only son of his father who settled in Plymouth. He re- ceived a share of the patrimonial estate ; beside, he was granted by the town, January 8, 1665, three acres of meadow at Turkey swamp ; Jan- uary 31, 1668. thirty acres at Island pond; in 169.1 was given a piece of the "gurnet," a head- land on the coast near Plymouth; and again in 1701 a valuable lot of ground. His mother signed off to him all of her right and title to her late husband's land in Plymouth. His name appears on the court records in several matters. In July, 1669. John Dunham complained that he beat him in the highway. He had the pug-
nacity of his combative father. In 1676 he and Jacob Cooke had a dispute in court over some marshland. In 1681 he entered suit against Nathan Southworth for breach of con- tract. He was a juryman in 1675-6-9, and . 1680-3-4. In 1671 he was highway surveyor, and again in 1675, and in 1680 was constable. His will was executed April 15, 1701, and pro- bated in June that year. His descendants still reside in Plymouth, among whom are preserved heirlooms and traditions of the family. He married, in 1667, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Cooke. He was a native of Holland, and was the son of Francis who came over in the "May- flower," but Jacob and his mother came in the "Ann" three years later. Elizabeth died before John, and he married next, Sarah, daughter of Giles Rickard. By Elizabeth he had John, Ed- ward, Jacob, Elizabeth, Isaac, Samuel, Elisha (see below), Josiah and Martha. By wife Sarah he had Sarah, Patience and Desire. Sarah Rickard Doty married, after her hus- band's death, Joseph Peterson, and she was living as late as 1708.
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