Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 51

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986


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(IV) George Austin, youngest of the nine children of Deacon Robert and Nancy ( Batch- elder ) Wason, was born in New Boston, Sep- tember 17, 1831. His education was obtained in the common schools. He inherited the an- cestral estate which now contains four hun- dred and seventy-five acres, and devoted his life to the pursuit of agriculture. He was engaged in general farming, but made a specialty of raising thoroughbred Devon cattle, in which he attained gratifying success. He lived on the farm until 1885, when he removed to Nashua and resided there until his death, June 21, 1906, aged seventy-one. He kept the farm and managed it until 1903. He was a mem- ber of that class of New England farmers who have elevated agriculture to the dignity of a science. His interest in this industry was of more than ordinary depth, and his efforts for the improvement of stock resulted in much gain, not only for himself but to farmers all over New England. He was a member of all the leading agricultural societies of his vicinity and of the state. He became interested in the grange during the early years of the organiza- tion in this state, and was a charter member of Joe English Grange of New Boston, and served for years as its master. For four years he was master of the state grange, and at the time of his death was the oldest living past master of that institution. To his work the present standing of the order in this state is due to a considerable extent. He filled the office of president of the Hillsborough Agri- cultural Society, and president of the Piscata- qua Valley Fair Association. For over twenty years he was trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Hanover and Durham, and served as president of the board for over seven years, being forced' to resign owing to ill health in 1904. He was the first Republican moderator in the town of New Boston, in which town he maintained his legal residence and voted up to the time of his death. Few men were better known than


he throughout the county and state. He was county commissioner of Hillsborough county six years, was representative from New Bos- ton in 1883-95, and state senator in 1891-93. He was instrumental in securing the charter of the New Boston railroad, and was its first president, serving until his death. He was a man of upright character, honest in all his dealings, prompt to keep his word, kind and sympathetic by nature, a member of the best class of man- hood this or any other state may produce. His interest in public affairs was such that he was many times placed by his fellow citizens in position of trust and honor, and always sus- tained with credit the duties they entailed, however great their magnitude. George A. Wason married, September 17, 1863, Clara Louisa Hills, born in New Boston, October 15, 1843, daughter of Sidney and Louisa ( Trull) Hills. Three children were born to them: Ed- ward Hills, see forward; George B., see for- ward ; Robert S., see forward.


(V) Edward Hills, eldest son of George A. and Clara Louisa (Hills) Wason, was born in New Boston, September 2, 1865. He acquired his education in the public schools, at Frances- town Academy, and at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in the class of 1886. He subsequently read law in the office of George B. French, of Nashua, and while read- ing his course taught as principal several terms in the Main street evening school. He attended lectures at the Boston University School of Law, from which he graduated in the class of 1890, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In March of the same year he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar, and at once opened an office in Nashua and began a successful practice. Later he became associated pro- fessionally with George F. Jackson under the firm name of Wason & Jackson. Mr. Wason has shown a decided aptitude for politics ever since he attained his majority, and has already filled various offices in the city of Nashua and in the state. In 1887 he was elected sergeant at arms of the New Hampshire senate, and in 1889 was re-elected to the same position. In 1891 he was chosen assistant clerk of the senate and returned to the same position in 1893. Two years later he was elected clerk of the same body, a high testimonial of his fidelity and ability as a public officer. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Nashua board of edu- cation, and in January, 1895, in recognition of his services. his associates elected him presi-


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dent of that body. In 1904 he was elected solicitor, and re-elected the following year. In 1897 he was elected to the common council, and served as president of that body two years ; in 1898 was member of the legislature; in 1902 member of constitutional convention; in September, 1902, was elected county solicitor, and in 1904 was renominated and re-elected. In 1906 he was elected president of the Citi- zens' Institution for Savings, and trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He is an admirer of ho:ses, and for some years has been treasurer of the Nashua Driving Park Association. Mr. Wason is a leading citizen and business man of Nashua, and has made an enviable record in the discharge of the duties of the various positions he has filled. He is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master ; Meri- dian Sun Royal Chapter ; Israel Hunt Council ; Saint George Commandery, Knights Templar ; Edward A. Raymond Consistory; Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Boston; Nashua Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Nashua Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he was elected exalted ruler in 1903.


(V) George Butler, son of George A. and Clara Louisa Wason, was born in New Bos- ton, April 20, 1869. After graduating from the Nashua high school, he went to Boston, 1889, and entered the employ of the firm of Wason & Company, of which his uncle, Robert B. Wason, is senior member. After serving five years as a clerk, he became a member of the company in 1894. He is vice-president of the Boston Wholesale Grocers' Association, a director of the New England Wholesale Gro- cers' Association, from 1903 to 1906 was a director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, is president of the Liberty Trust Company, of Boston, and member of Mount Olivet Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he affiliates with the Republicans. He married, April 20, 1895, Lillian Maude Fletcher, born 1869, daughter of Joseph and Bertha Fletcher, of South Orange. New Jersey. Their children are: George Fletcher and Richard Austin.


(V) Robert S., son of George A. and Clara Louisa Wason, was born in New Boston, De- cember 10, 1871. He attended the Nashua high school, Berkley School of Boston, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gradu- ating from the latter institution June 9, 1906. He began his business career as clerk in the firm of Wason & Company, and continued in that capacity until admitted to membership in 1898,


the firm then consisted of Robert Boyd Wason, his uncle, George Butler Wason, his brother, and himself. Mr. Wason is a Republican in politics, member of various college fraternities, and was president of national conventions of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, held at Wash- ington, D. C., 1895. He married, January 28, 1903, Estelle Sperling, daughter of Ellis Joseph, of New York City.


The records of several of HAMILTON the various Hamilton fami- lies in New England begins with tradition and this is true of the record in this instance.


(I) Michael Hamilton is probably the immi- grant ancestor iof the family below written. He was a native of Scotland, emigrated to America, landed in Boston, settled in Wor- cester, where his eldest son remained, but with four other sons and a daughter removed to and settled in Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he died. Michael's wife was Rebecca.


(II) Josiah, son of the immigrant, came with his father and family to America, and settled in Brookfield, where he lived and died. (III) Lieutenant Josiah (2), son of Josiah ( I) and Huldah ( Barnes ) Hamilton, was born, lived and died in South Parish, South Brook- field, Massachusetts. He died about 1794. He married Huldah Barnes, who lived to be about one hundred years old. She was blind for some years, and then her sight returned and she could read small print.


(IV) Dr. Asa, son of Lieutenant Josiah (2) Hamilton, was born in Brookfield, May I, 1758, and died in Somers, Connecticut, April 16, 1801. He had lived in Somers after May 18, 1779. He practiced medicine and surgery very successfully over a large territory until his death. He was honored by many civil and military offices. He was surgeon of a regiment in the revolution, afterwards major of the Thirty-first regiment, and was also a Master Mason. He married, in 1777, Rebecca Hamil- ton, a distant relative, born in Brookfield, June 18, 1758, daughter of John Hamilton, who re- moved from Brookfield and died in Palmer. Fifteen years after the death of her husband, Rebecca married Captain William Cook, of Somers, Connecticut. She died at the home of her eldest son in Enfield, Connecticut, April 5, 1840. Children: Horatio Arnold; Char- lotte ; Theodore : Joshua Erving ; Rebecca ; and an infant (died young).


(V) Dr. Horatio Arnold Hamilton, eldest child of Dr. Asa and Rebecca ( Hamilton)


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Hamilton, was born in Brookfield, March 24, 1778, and died in Enfield, Connecticut, March 21, 1850. At the age of fourteen months he was taken to Somers, Connecticut, by his par- ents, and there studied medicine and surgery with his father. At the age of nineteen he entered upon the practice of his profession in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, and carried it on with much success. About 1800 he returned to Somers to render assistance to his father who was enfeebled in health and could not attend to all the professional calls that were made upon him. During his residence in Somers he spent a very active life in his pro- fession, and held many important offices in town and county and the ecclesiastical society. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was master of Lafayette Lodge at its organization. He built a number of dwelling houses and other buildings, and after accumu- lating a very handsome estate moved, April, 1831. to Enfield, Connecticut, where his activ- ities in his profession continued till his death. He married (first) May 31, 1798, Elizabeth Bement, born August 18, 1775, in Enfield, Connecticut, died there December 28, 1839, daughter of Dennis and Lydia Bement, who lived at Enfield. Dennis Bement was grand- son of one of the first settlers of Enfield, an emigrant from England. Children: Horatio Asa; Miranda Elizabeth; a daughter (died young ) : Erasmus Erskine ; Aurelia Charlotte ; a son (died young). He married (second) December 10, 1840, Hannah Watson, who died September 26, 1877. Children : Hannah Atla (died young), and Hannah Alice.


(VI) Dr. Erasmus Erskine Hamilton, sec- ond son of Dr. Horatio Arnold and Elizabeth (Bement) Hamilton, was born March 28, 1807, and died October 6, 1885. He read medicine with his father and graduated from the Pitts- field Medical College. He engaged in practice, which he continued for over fifty years at Somers, Connecticut. He married, May 12, 1831, Ursula Emeline Kibbe, born May 2, 1809, in North Somers, Connecticut, died De- cember 22, 1888, aged eighty years, daugh- ter of General Amariah and Charlotte ( Mc- Kinny) Kibbe. Children: A daughter (died young) ; Theodore Erskine; Egbert Erwin (died young ) ; Josephine Annette ; Horatio Asa.


(VII) Dr. Theodore Erskine Hamilton, eld- est son of Dr. Erasmus E. and Ursula E. ( Kibbe) Hamilton, was born in Somers, Tol- land county, Connecticut, December 22, 1833. He received his early education in the Suffield Literary Institution, Somers, Connecticut, and


at Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massa- chusetts. In the summer season when not at school, he rolled pills and otherwise assisted his father in his drug store, and also did hard work on his father's farm. He began to read medicine with his father when a young man, and in 1858-59 was a student in the medical department of Harvard University, and in 1860 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, from which he grad- uated in 1861 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Locating in Somers, Connecticut, he continued to practice until October 3, 1871. In the years 1864-65 he held the rank of sur- geon in the Eighth Connecticut Volunteer In- fantry, Army of the James. He served in the hospital at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, in the flying hospital of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, in Chimborazo and Camp Lee hos- pitals, Richmond, Virginia, and in Camp Davie Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia. On his return to professional life, Dr. Hamilton resumed practice in Somers, and in 1871 removed to Springfield, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, serv- ing for some time on the surgical staff of the Springfield Hospital. It is a remarkable fact, and one which has no doubt contributed largely to Dr. Hamilton's professional success, that since the age of ten years he has been in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health. He was a member of De Soto Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years, and is a member of the Winthrop Club of Springfield.


Dr. Hamilton married, December 24, 1863, Susan Louisa Chapin, born in New York City, August 31, 1837, daughter of Dr. John R. and Eliza A. (Abbott) Chapin (see below). Children: 1. Josephine Eliza, born February 5, 1865 ; wife of Charles Allen Stone, of Spring- field; one child, Elizabeth Roxana, born July 31, 1890. 2. Erskine Erasmus, born Decem- ber 25, 1866; graduate 1892 from College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York ; mar- ried Hope Wardell Cornell, February 20, 1894, and died January 24, 1901. He was a popular and successful physician. 3. Elizabeth Miranda, born May 22, 1868, died September 23, 1887. 4. Horatio Arnold, born in Springfield, De- cember 14, 1876 ; joint owner of the Hartford Mill Supply Company ; married Alice Warner, of Wethersfield; one child, Erskine E., born September 14, 1908.


(The Chapin Line).


Susan Louisa (Chapin) Hamilton, wife of Dr. Theodore E. Hamilton, is a descendant .of


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Samuel Chapin (I), written of on another page, through Joseph (II), Ebenezer ( III), Seth (IV), Samuel (V), and


(VI) Rev. Reuben, third son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Spencer ) Chapin, was born in Som- ers, September 5, 1778, and died July 17, 1834. "He was a licentiate among the Congrega- tionalists, but never became a settled pastor, owing to a sudden injury to his lungs which deprived him of good health for the remainder of his life." He married, March 3, 1806, Louisa Russell, of Somers, and they had : Alonzo Bowen; Infant (died young) ; John Russell : Louisa Cooley (died young) ; Reuben Spencer ; Seth Smith and Louisa Cooley.


(VII) Dr. John Russell, second son of Rev. Reuben and Louisa (Russell) Chapin, was born April 27, 1811, and died June 25, 1852. He married (first) October 10, 1836, Eliza A. Abbott, died March 3, 1840; (second) April 16, 1841, Amelia A. Cowperthwaite, of New York City. Children by wife Eliza: Susan Louisa and John Russell; by wife Amelia : Ann Elizabeth, Amelia C., Emily Collins and Willard Parker.


(VIII) Susan Louisa, eldest child of Dr. John R. and Eliza A. (Abbott) Chapin, was born in New York City, August 31, 1837. She married. December 24. 1863, Dr. Theodore E. Hamilton, and resides in Springfield, Massa- chusetts.


HAMILTON In the early part of the seventeenth century there was a great emigration from Argyleshire, Ayrshire, and other counties in the south of Scotland to the north of Ireland. About 1718 a large immigration came from Londonderry in the north of Ireland to New Engand, and those Scotch-Irish, as they were called, settled principally in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and in parts of Massachusetts, not far distant. Among those who made their home in Massachusetts was the ancestor of the family, a branch of which is traced below.


(1) James Hamilton, one of the Scotch- Irish immigrants of 1718, settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was the first person by the name of Hamilton in that region. That he was a Scotch-Irishman and came from Lon- donderry there is no doubt, and it is equally certain that he came about 1718, but just where or when he was born no one knows. James Hamilton's name is on the list of town officers of Worcester in 1723. That he died in Wor- cester is proved by his will which was probated May 16, 1735. This will was executed April


25, 1735, and attested by Humphrey Taylor, James Forbus, Nixle ( Michael) Hamilton. By it the testator disposed of land (amount not given), house, cattle and household goods. He mentions his wife Rebekah Hamilton, to whom he bequeathes "three cows, with all the mov- ables within my dwelling house to be for her use and behoof so long as she shall live, and to be at her disposal at her death." There is no record of the death of Rebekah the widow. In the Registry of Deeds at Worcester, Book II, page 497, is found the deed given by Thomas, Michael and John Hamilton, dated October 5, 1739, conveying "the estate of their late hon- oured father James Hamilton to Robert Temple of Boston for £669 in bills of credit." This deed was signed by Thomas and his wife Mar- gery, Michael and his wife Rebecca, and John and his wife Mary. The children of James and Rebekah Hamilton were: Thomas, Mickel, (or Michael). John and Frances.


(II) Thomas, eldest child of James and Rebekah Hamilton, settled in Pelham. The name of his wife is not known. His children were : James. Joseph, John, Thomas, Robert, Rebecca and Frances.


(III) Joseph, second son of Thomas Hamil- ton, married Ann Oliver, of Pelham, where he resided. November II, 1773. Their chil- dren were: Reuben, Betsy, Isaac, Joel, Polly, Oliver, Ann, Joseph and Jacob.


(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Ann (Oliver) Hamilton, was born March 15, 1789, died in Pelham, May 1, 1864. He was a resident of Pelham all the years of his life. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion a Congregationalist. He married, May 1, 1818, Sylvia Cowan, born March 29, 1797, daughter of James and Molly Cowan. She died August 9, 1885, at Chicopee Falls, aged eighty-eight, and was buried by the side of her husband in Chicopee Falls. Their children were : Homer, Augustus, Harriet, Augusta, George Judson, Hannah Emeline, Rosetta Ann, Maryetta, Henry Clay and Francese Janett.


(V) Henry Clay, fourth son of Joseph (2) and Sylvia (Cowan) Hamilton, was born in Pelham, April 9, 1834, and resides in Spring- field. He was educated in the common schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the employ of the Western railroad as freight brakeman ; later was appointed freight conductor and sub- sequently promoted to first baggage and freight agent for the above road, and upon the con- solidation of the Western and Boston & Albany railroads he was made local freight agent at Springfield, remaining in that capacity until


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January, 1903, and since that time has been soliciting agent for the New York Central lines. He was raised in Hampden Lodge ; he is also a member of the chapter, the Knights Templar, Mehla Temple A. A. O. N. M. S .. and the Knights of Malta, in which he is past commander and member of the grand lodge. He is a Congregationalist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He mar- ried, September 16, 1860, Mary Jane Fuller, born in Chicopee, May 10, 1838, daughter of Orrin and Mary (Cooley) Fuller, of Chicopee. Children: I. Gertrude, born in Springfield, May 27, 1865, died June, 1865. 2. Mabel Francese, born in Springfield, June 23, 1867, married Louis J. Chandler, December 25, 1888.


LONG The Long family is of ancient Eng-


lish ancestry. A branch of the family located in county Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland, intermarried with the Scotch Presbyterian settlers, and from them is descended without doubt the Long family of this sketch.


(I) John Long, immigrant ancestor, prob- ably came from Donegal to Marblehead, Mass- achusetts, and thence to Hopkinton, Massachu- setts, with other Scotch-Irish. But little is known of him. The McFarlands, with whom the Longs were closely associated also lived first at Marblehead, then in Worcester, Rut- land, Upton, Oakham and other Worcester county towns. John Long married (intentions dated September 21, 1745) Mary Taft, of Upton. Alexander Long, of Marblehead, a relative, perhaps a nephew, married, August 21, 1766, Elizabeth Bateman ; was a soldier in the revolution; children: i. Marianna, bap- tized December 6, 1767; ii. Alexander, bap- tized September 17, 1769; iii. Morana, bap- tized June 9, 1771; iv. Sibell, baptized Sep- tember 19, 1773. Some of this family located in Vermont. Children of John Long: I. John, mentioned below. 2. James, (perhaps by first wife of John), lived at Upton, and in the ad- jacent town of Douglas; married, at Douglas, February 8, 1757, Elizabeth Cook; children : i. Joseph, born at Upton, September 15. 1758, baptized at Douglas, 1759; soldier in the revo- lution : settled at Cheshire, Massachusetts ; married (intention dated May 22, 1777) Phebe Hall; ii. Anne, born at Upton, November 30, 1760; iii. Levi. born at Douglas, April 18, 1766, died December 8, 1768; iv. Elizabeth, born January 8, --; died December, 1768; v. Elizabeth, born May 12, 1769; vi. David, born July 4, 1771, died young ; vii. Eunice,


born May 31, 1772; viii. Eunice, born 1774, baptized October 19, 1774; ix. David, born August 4, 1776, lived at Milford, Massachu- setts : the father, James, died May 11, 1789, at Douglas, and his will dated May 7, 1789, proved May 25 following, bequeaths to wife Elizabeth ; children: Joseph, Anna, Elizabeth, Eunice, David; James was a soldier in the revolution, and from his enlistment record in the Continental army we find that he was born in 1727.


(II) John (2), son of John (I) Long, was born about 1730, in Scotland. He married Katharine McFarland. of Glasgow, Scotland, and settled in Oakham, Massachusetts. Accord- ing to family tradition she was born in Glas- gow, Scotland, but the records indicate that she was of the Oakham family. In 1790, Reu- ben McFarland was the only head of family of this name in Oakham, and he had two males over sixteen, two under that age, and one female, in his family, according to the first federal census. Reuben and Margaret McFar- land, of Oakham, sold their home and lands at Oakham, November II, 1805, to Daniel Clapp and Levi Lincoln, of Worcester, and removed to Vermont. Reuben was the only son of Alexander McFarland, of Oakham. Alexander's will was dated June 3, 1775, be- queathing to son Reuben, daughters Rachel Henderson; Sarah Harper, wife of Robert Harper ; Susannah Young; Rebecca, wife of John Bothwell; grandchildren Jean and Chris- tian (daughters of William and Christian (McFarland) Bell) ; Alexander Henderson and Alexander Harper. Alexander McFar- land was a soldier in the revolution, in Cap- tain Seth Washburn's company, Colonel Jona- than Ward's regiment, in 1775.


Alexander McFarland was son of the immi- grant Duncan McFarland, who came with his brother Daniel from Ulster province, Ireland. They were of Scotch ancestry. The MacFar- lands were settled in Dumfriesshire before the year 1300. In Ireland the family lived in counties Armagh and Tyrone. A genealogy of the descendants of Daniel McFarland has been published. It is stated that he or his ancestors came to Ireland from Argyleshire. In 1619 Walter MacFarland was among the first Scotch settlers in Ulster. He was a tenant in 1693 of James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, in the precinct or town of Strabane, county Tyrone, and from him most if not all the Scotch-Irish MacFarlands descended. Chil- dren of Duncan and Christian McFarland : i. Elizabeth, born November 4, 1719; ii. Janet,


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January 5, 1722; iii. Daniel, February 13, 1723-4; iv. Nancy ; v. Alexander, mentioned above ; vi. Christian. The children of Alex- ander McFarland were all recorded as born at Oakham: i. Rachel, September 4, 1739; ii. Sarah, August 26, 1750; iii. Hannah, or Sus- annah, February 25, 1753 ; iv. Rebecca, August 25, 1756; v. Reuben, December 4, 1759, men- tioned above.


John Long bought land at Oakham, April 17, 1783, of Jonathan Richardson, and a place on the road from Brookfield to Rutland, in Oakham, October 6, 1792, of Isaac Hunter. He deeded twelve acres of land at Oakham (bought of John Crawford, June 18, 1782) to the town of Oakham, perhaps for the church or graveyard, May 29, 1786. According to the family records he removed to Vermont in 1797, but the deeds indicate that he or his sons were in Oakham as late as 1812. John Long, of Oakham, deeded to James Long, of Oak- ham, land adjoining the places of Nehemiah Packard, Samuel Crawford, Ichabod Parker and William Parmenter, July 2, 1810. John quitclaimed to James lands at Oakham July 2, 1810. He was not called Jr. in the deed, but may have been the son. John quitclaimed the farm on the road from John Crawford's to the Oakham meeting house and land on the road from Brookfield to Rutland to James Long in 1812. Both were then called of Oak- ham. John Long was a soldier from Coleraine or Shelburne in the revolution, in Captain Hugh McClellan's company, Colonel Samuel Williams's regiment : also September 22, 1777, in Captain John Wells's company at Stillwater ; also lieutenant in Captain Lawrence Kent's company, Colonel David Field's regiment, in 1780. The Coleraine families were closely connected with the Scotch-Irish of Worcester county, and this appears to show that John Long lived for a time in Coleraine and vicinity before settling in Oakham. In 1790 none of the name appear in Coleraine. John Long was the only one of the family in Oakham in 1790, having then in his family two sons (John and James) and three females. Chil- dren: 1. John. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. Catherine. 4. Daughter, married George Bothell.




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