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Mr. More married, January 27, 1876, Emma Parker Smith, daughter of Lebbeus C. Smith, who survives her husband. Children : I. Clara E., born June 8, 1877; died August 3, 1905 ; married Philip M. Colbert, of Winston, North Carolina. 2. Arthur S., born June 13, 1881 ; graduate of Springfield schools, and of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; now with C. C. C. & St. L. railroad ; married, No- vember 12, 1907, Louise Laidley, of Coving- ton, Kentucky; one child, Frederic L., born November 14, 1908. 3. Florence E., born February 14, 1887.
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STOHN Carl Stohn, Sr., was born in Sax- ony, Germany, in 1828. He was educated there and learned the art of silk manufacture. He engaged in business in his native land in the making of silk novel- ties which he sold with other goods of similar nature in a store. He came to this country in 1880 and engaged in the same line of business with a factory at Jersey Heights, New Jersey, continuing until his death in 1896. He was descended from an ancient German family of good standing in social life as well as in busi- ness. He married in his native province Ada Zierold, born January 6, 1836, in Saxony, and came to America with her husband. She is living in New Jersey and very active for her years. Both were active members of the Ger- man Lutheran church. Children: I. Gustave, born February 4, 1859 ; a manufacturer of silk button cloth in New Jersey; married Annie Willham, and has three daughters and one son. 2. Carl, February 2, 1861 ; mentioned below. 3. Oscar, October 26, 1862; is employed in the Jersey Heights silk mill founded by his father ; has a son and daughter. 4. Emil, February 28, 1865 ; has charge of the silk mill at Jersey Heights established by his father and now oper- ated by the firm of Carl Stohn & Sons; has two daughters. 5. Paul, January 28, 1867; is retired from business; resides at Jersey Heights. 6. Otto, December 18, 1874; is super- intendent of the silk mill of his brother Carl at Jersey Heights ; has no children. Six chil- dren are deccased.
(II) Carl (2), son of Carl (I) Stohn, was born in Saxony, February 2, 1861. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and had at the age of fourteen a thorough knowl- edge of the rudimentary branches of learn- ing. He worked in his father's shop and learned various branches of the art of making silk novelties during the next three years. With a desire to try his hand at business on his own account, and at the same time to see the world, he set out from home at the age of seventeen with a stock of goods as an itinerant merchant. He traveled far and near selling his wares through Hungary and Austria and other Ger- man-speaking countries, as well as in the Fatherland. Eventually, he determined to seek his fortune in the United States. The journey exhausted his slender resources, however, and he landed in New York City in 1881 with less than a nickel in his possession. He found work at his trade immediately and, with his pay at piece work, made eighteen dollars during his first three days. From that moment he has
made steady progress in business. He rose rapidly in the esteem of his employers, and at the age of twenty-six became superintendent of a silk mill. He had charge of various silk- making factories in New York, New Jersey and California. Thence he came to Boston in 1890 and was superintendent of a button cloth factory in that city for the next five years. When he was refused an increase of salary which he believed should have been given him, he left the concern, and began busi- ness on his own account, in a modest way, with ten looms, manufacturing the silk novelties with which he had been familiar from his youth. His mastery of the art and familiarity with the trade furnished him with an equip- ment that compensated for his lack of capital. From the outset business prospered, and from ten looms he has increased his plant to one hundred and twenty. His factory is located at 178 Green street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, in a large brick building. He has agencies in Chicago and New York and a representative in Canada. The product of his factory finds a good market in all parts of the country. He manufactures a variety of novelties, in silk and other fabrics, including button cloth. After the death of his father, he took charge of the business at Jersey Heights and has been at the head of the firm of Carl Stohn & Sons to the present time. In the Jamaica Plain factory one hundred and twenty-five hands are em- ployed ; at Jersey Heights sixty or more. Mr. Stohn is vice-president of the Henrici Washer Company, of Boston, and also of the Rutt- kamp-Mincke Company, of Jersey City. Mr. Stohn is a Republican in politics and in relig- ion a Lutheran. He is a Mason, a Shriner and an Elk. Mr. Stohn has a beautiful residence on Metropolitan avenue, Roslindale, favored with an excellent view of the attractive scenery of this fine old section of Boston. He is an excellent type of the self-made American of foreign birth. Coming here with ambition, skill and much natural ability, but handicapped by a foreign language and lack of capital, he lias achieved a degree of success that does credit to both the country of his birth and education and to that of his adoption. He has shown discretion, tact and discernment in his business career, as well as energy, industry and integrity.
He married, in New Jersey, March 27, 1886, Mary Kleindienst, born in Saxony, January 27, 1866. She came to America with her par- ents, Fred and Augusta Kleindienst, who were born, reared and married in Saxony. Chil-
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10, 1692; married, October 29, 1719, Rebecca Livermore. 9. Elizabeth, married, November 7, 1716, Benjamin Eddy. 10. Lydia, born June 20, 1695 ; married, 1725, Jonathan Pratt. II. Obadiah, born February 22, 1697-98. 12. Jo- seph, born December 4, 1702 ; mentioned below. 13. David, born December 15, 1707 ; died No- vember, 1740; unmarried.
. (III) Joseph, son of Theophilus Phillips, was born December 4, 1702: died April 23, 1771, in his sixty-ninth year. He settled in Oxford, in what is now Auburn, on Prospect Hill. He owned several tracts of land in Ox- ford and vicinity. The farm was inherited by his son Israel and grandson Simon, at whose death it passed out of the hands of the family. William D. Dalrymple afterwards occupied the farm, and the site of the old house is sup- posed to be known. He married ( first) Ruth Towne, who died July 4, 1760. He married (second ), December 10, 1760, Mrs. Bathsheba Towne, of Oxford. Children, born in Oxford : I. Jonathan, born August 12, 1732; settled in Sturbridge. 2. Joseph, born April II, 1734; married. November II, 1756, Lydia Wilson ; was in the expedition to Crown Point. 3. Israel, born August 17, 1737; mentioned below. 4. Daniel, born July 6, 1740 ; married, 1763. Rach- el Nichols. 5. Ruth, born October 17, 1744, married, April 28, 1763, Ebenezer Lamson.
(IV) Lieutenant Israel, son of Joseph Phil- lips, was born at Oxford, August 17, 1737. He lived on the homestead, and was a soldier in the French war in 1758. He was also in the revolution, first lieutenant in Captain John Crowell's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, in 1779; also in Captain Samuel Healy's company, Colonel John Jacob's regi- ment of light infantry in 1779,on duty at Rhode Island. He married, September 18, 1760, Huldah Towne, born November 2, 1737, daughter of Jonathan Towne, of Topsfield. She is said to have been a very thin, light, and wiry woman, of fine character, who faithfully instructed those under her care in the precepts of the Bible. She lived on the homestead with her son Simon, whom she outlived. Children. born in Oxford: 1. Ruth, born September 25, 1761 ; died July 17, 1783. 2. Martha, born September 24, 1763 ; died November 25, 1852; married Ebenezer Pray, who served in the rev- olution. 3. Simon, born January 6, 1766 ; died 1817; married, 1791, Rebecca Scott and lived on the homestead. 4. John, born May 2, 1768. 5. Israel, born April 7, 1771 ; mentioned below. 6. Rufus, born August 31, 1773; married, May
5, 1796, Dilla Pitts. 7. Daniel, born March I, 1776.
(V) Israel (2), son of Lieutenant Israel (I) Phillips, was born in Oxford, April 7, 1771; died February 3, 1844. He removed about 1790 to Greenfield, Massachusetts, and bought a piece of wild land, when he settled. He lived the first few years in a log house. It was his practice for several winters during the early part of his married life to teach school, taking his dinner, and leaving his wife alone in a house three-quarters of a mile from any neighbors in the midst of a forest which at that time was not clear of wild beasts. He went two or three miles to the schoolhouse, return- ing at night. He married, in 1791, Mercy Bas- com, daughter of Deacon Moses Bascom, of Greenfield. Children, born in Greenfield: I. Alvah Clesson, born May 6, 1795. 2. Israel, born September 1, 1797. 3. John Towne, boris May 26, 1799. 4. Rufus Severance, born No- vember 10, 1801. 5. Elvira, born October 14, 1804; married Seth Mann ; died September 12, 1865. 6. Noble Philander, born April 19, 1807. 7. Ezekiel Lysander, born July 16, 1809. 8. Alonzo Daniel, born February 9, 1812; men- tioned below. 9. Moses Bascom, born July II. 1814. 10. Huldah, born November 27, 1816; died April 19, 1820. 11. Simon Cady, born May 8. 1819.
(VI) Alonzo Daniel, son of Israel (2) Phil- lips, was born in Greenfield, February 9, 1812; died there May 3, 1863. For a time in the early part of his life he was employed in the service of Hon. Stephen C. Bemis, of Springfield. He was a successful and popular hotel keeper and followed the business for thirty years and lived successively in Springfield, Brattleborongh, Vermont ; Hartford, Connecticut ; Athol and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He married Mary A. Robinson, born at West Springfield, Febru- ary 15, 1818, daughter of Joel and Anna ( Bart- lett ) Robinson. Children: 1. Smith Robinson, born at Williamsett, January 14, 1837; mar- ried, June 19, 1859, Ida M. Bissell ; died Octo- ber 7. 1877 ; child, Isabella S., born August 3, 1860. 2. Alonzo Daniel, born August 31, 1838 ; married, October 11, 1861, Mary A. Cope ; chil- dren : i. Frederic Charles, born December 20, 1863; ii. Frank Henry, born January 5, 1866; iii. Inez May, born September 30, 1871. 3. Charles Oscar, born August 5, 1840 ; served in the civil war ; married Ellen E. Pendleton ; died January, 1877 : children : i. William Henry, born November 23, 1868; ii. Louis Agassiz, born August 14. 1870; iii. Edith Ryerson, born Au-
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gust 16, 1873. 4. Henry Moses, born August II, 1845, mentioned below. 5. Mary Anne, born February 23, 1847, married John A. Field ; son, Henry Alonzo Field, born August 8, 1870. 6. Emma Lucy, born December 23, 1854, married C. A. Brown.
(VII) Henry Moses, son of Alonzo D. Phillips, was born in Athol, Massachusetts, August II, 1845. He attended the public schools at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the Deer- field Academy at Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the Norwich University, where he had been a student for a year and a half when the civil war came on. In company with students from Norwich and from Dartmouth College he went to Providence, Rhode Island, to enlist in a squadron of cavalry that Governor Sprague had been authorized to recruit for three months service. It was called the Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry. It was raised for the purpose of taking the place of seasoned troops in guard duty at Washington, but every man was needed at the front at that time. General „.IcClellan was being driven back from the Peninsula and the squadron was sent into ac- tive service in the Valley of the Shenandoah. Just after the battle of Antietam Mr. Phillips returned to Springfield and became a clerk in. the office of Mayor Henry Alexander, Jr. He was commissioned second lieutenant by Gover- nor Andrew and assigned to the Fourth Mas- zuchusetts Cavalry. He went with his regiment to the front in South Carolina and later joined the Union army under General Butler on the south side of Richmond: He served until shortly before the end of the war and was breveted captain. Upon his return home, he was appointed to an office in the internal rev- enue department and finally became deputy collector of the district. In 1871 he established himself in the business of manufacturing steam heating apparatus and built up a thriving trade. His business was incorporated as the Phillips
Manufacturing Company, of which he was resident and treasurer. He sold out about 895 to a new corporation and retired. In pol- itics Mr. Phillips is a Republican. He was for a number of years member of the Springfield common council from ward four and repre- sented his district in the general court in Bos- ton. He was mayor of Springfield in 1883-84- 85, and state senator in 1886-87. From 1889 to 1893 he was postmaster of Springfield. In
1893 he was elected state treasurer of Massa- chusetts and receiver-general. He was re- elected in 1894. In April, 1895, he resigned the office of state treasurer to accept the office of
secretary of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was elected to the office of vice-president of this company, July 27, 1904, and resigned January 1, 1909. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Massachusetts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion of the United States, and of E. K. Wil- cox Post, No. 16, Grand Army of the Repub- lic. He belongs to the Winthrop and Nayasset clubs of Springfield. He is vice-president of the Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank. Mr. Phillips has been for many years one of the financial leaders of the city and no man is bet- ter known or more highly respected in the community. In religion he is a Unitarian, be- ing a member of the Church of the Unity. He married, December 29, 1874, Julia Bowles Alexander, daughter of Henry and Amelia (Peabody) Alexander, and granddaughter of Henry Alexander Sr., of Northfield, Massa- chusetts. Their only child, Henry Alexander, was born September to, 1875, at Springfield. He was educated in a private school at Bel- mont, Massachusetts, at Harvard College, where he was grauated in the class of 1897 with the degree of A. B., receiving the Mas- ter's degree a year later. He took a course of five years in "L'Ecole des Beaux Arts" in Par- is, France, graduating in 1904 and is now a member of the the firm of Phillips & Ingalls, architects, of New York City.
The surname Watson is de- WATSON rived from Wat, the familiar form for Walter, with the termination Son, meaning son of. It is of English origin. The arms borne by the Wat- sons of Rockingham, county Northampton, are: Parted pr. pale first argent on chevron azure three crescents or, between three mart- lets sable.
(I) John Watson, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family in America, settled first in Rowley, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman in 1672. He removed to Bradford, where he was one of the original members of the church in 1682. The inven- tory of his estate was filed in 1685. He mar- ried Eunice (or Emma), daughter of James Barker. She was admitted to the Bradford church in 1695. Children: I. Nathaniel. 2. William, born about 1650. 3. John, mentioned below.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Watson, was born about 1660. His will was dated April 24 and proved June 5, 1710. He was a signer of both Bradbury petitions. He settled
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in Salisbury. He married, March 22, 1687, Ruth Griffin, who was admitted to the Brad- ford church in 1697, and to the Salisbury church August 25, 1706. Children born at Salisbury : I. Abraham, December 13, 1688. 2. John, September 11, 1690; died young. 3. Hannah, April 5, 1695; died April 12, 1695. 4. Jonathan, October 12, 1696. 5. Ruth, bap- tized November 14, 1697. 6. Ebenezer, men- tioned below.
(III) Ebenezer, son of John (2) Watson, was born about 1634, and married Martha Rawlins, of Newbury. Children : Eliphalet, mentioned below, and others.
(IV) Eliphalet, son of Ebenezer Watson, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, June I, 1717. He went to Maine when a young man, and was admitted to the church at Falmouth in 1739. He was an early settler in Gorham, Maine. He was a proprietor of Gorham as early as 1742, and it is said that he was the fifth settler of the town. The tradition in the family that he was English, like many other similar traditions, applies to his ancestry. Many of the Watson families are Scotch, and there is a tradition in some branches of the family that he was of Scotch ancestry. He owned lots 27 and 28, and built a log house on the former. A few years later he erected a substantial frame dwelling, which was torn down not many years ago. He was there when the French and Indian wars broke out, and in 1746 with others he removed to the fort, where he lived seven years. Two of his children and perhaps more were born in the fort, or garrison house, as it was called. The hardship of these years is hardly conceivable by the present generation. Often starvation threatened the settlers. Watson became one of the most prominent and useful citizens of the town, and was one of the first deacons of the Congregational church. He held various offices of trust and honor, and was distin- guished by his sound sense, wisdom, industry prudence and honesty. He has been described as a pillar of strength in the community. In later years he lived at Norway, where he died March 14, 1812, aged ninety-four years eight months. He married (intentions dated at Fal- mouth, April 29, 1740) Elizabeth, died April 15, 1795, aged seventy-four years, daughter of Captain John P. and Martha (Colman) Phinney. Children, born at Gorham: 1. John, September 23, 1741; married, December 5, 1765, Tabitha Whitney ; soldier in the revolu- tion. 2. Martha, December 4, 1743; died May 10, 1790. 3. Susanna, February 1, 1746. 4.
Ebenezer, September 28, 1748: married Anna Whitney. 5. Colman, December 4, 175I, sol- dier in the revolution; married Mrs. Patience Thomas. 6. Elizabeth, February II, 1753; married Jacob Hamblin. 7. Mary, July 12, 1756. 8. Eliphalet, March 20, 1759; soldier in the revolution; married Zipporah Partridge and Mary Carsley. 9. James, August 3, 1761, married Mary Davis. To. Daniel, mentioned below.
(V) Daniel, son of Eliphalet Watson, was born in Gorham, October 1I, 1763, and died at Norway, Maine, December 24, 1845. He re- sided on the Watson homestead at Gorham until March 6, 1805, when he sold it to J. P. Little and Major Ellis, of Standish, and re- moved with his family to Poland (now Nor- way ) Maine, on the Fort Hill road. The farm is still known as the Watson place, and possesses a fine trout brook and excellent or- chards. He was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain John Reed's company, Col- onel Samuel McCobb's regiment, August 28 to December 1, 1781, engaged in coast defense. He married (first) Anna Maxfield, born in Casco or Raymond, September 26, 1768, died October 22, 1802; (second) May 22, 1803, Mrs. Polly or Mary (Bacon) Hanscom, born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, August 28, 1775, died in Westfield, Massachusetts, January 10, 1855. Children of first wife, born in Gorham, Maine: 1. Martha, February 10, 1791 ; died December 28, 1873; married, November 2, 1817, Norman Clark; children: i. Benjamin Mason Clark; ii. Mary H. Clark, died Decem- 31, 1873; iii. Isabella A. Clark, born July 11, 1828, died February, 1908; iv. Myranda Albi- na Clark, born October 4, 1832, died December 6, 1900, married a Mr. Dudley ; v. Marion Amanda Clark, born December 22, 1834. 2. Josiah Maxfield, born October 30, 1792; dicd August 9, 1844; married Cynthia Hall, born May 6, 1788, died February 13, 1841 ; lived in Readfield, and had son, Ansel G., born April 8, 1830, died February 8, 1883. 3. Hannah White, born December 7, 1794; died August 17, 1892; married, at Norway, Maine, June 16, 1832, Jacob Holt ; lived at Bethel, Maine ; had son Thomas Holt, born December 5, 1834, died in California, November 9, 1889. 4. Daniel, born October 27, 1798; died June 17, 1851 ; married September 12, 1824, Lydia K. Clark, of Bethel, born June 25, 1798, died October 5, 1883 ; children : i. Ceylon, born May 19, 1826, died October, 1887; ii. Cordelia, born May 15, 1828; iii. Alanson Barker, born October, 1829; died November 23, 1868; iv. James Henry.
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born February 21, 1832, died June 9, 1871; v. Susannah B., born December 26, 1833, died January 20, 1879; vi. Anna M., born July I, 1836, died April 30, 1857; vii. Eliza C., born July 15, 1838, died November 29, 1855; viii. Roena, born November 8, 1841, died March 16, 1855, children of the second wife: 5. Jo- seph Hanscom, born June 30, 1804; died young. 6. Anna Maxfield, born in Poland, May 17, 1806; died April 28, 1890; removed to Illinois. 7. Miranda Hanscom, born at Standish, February 27, 1809; died at Pomona, California, June 17, 1892 ; married, February 29, 1838, Tyler Towne; children: i. Sarah Towne, born September 12, 1839; ii. Emma Towne, born December 10, 1840; married De- cember, 1869, Livingston Gain Robinson; iii. Ellen Towne, born January 1, 1842, died July IO, 1874; iv. Daniel Webster Towne, born February 9, 1845, married October 3. 1871, Mary Abby Kelly of North Yarmouth and had Allan and Edith Towne, who died March 27, 1894, at Pomona, California, and he died at Bethel, June 27, 1888. 8. Joseph Hanscom, born October 7, 1811 ; mentioned below. 9. Roxanna Bacon, born May 21, 1814 ; died Jan- uary 3, 1874 ; lived at Bethel. IO. Freeman, born June 3, 1817 ; died at Waukegan, Illinois, March 15, 1814: married Olive Plaisted. II. Warren Kendrick, born February 20, 1821; removed to Oregon where he died. 12. Mary Cook, born February 20, 1821 (twin) ; died February 22, 1856; married Thomas Howe, of Westfield.
(VI) Joseph Hanscom, son of Daniel Wat- son, was born in Norway, Maine, October 7, 18II, and died at Providence, Rhode Island, June 12, 1880. He resided in Saccarappa, Maine, and removed to Westfield, Massachu- setts, about 1849. He married Maria Howe, born at Saccarappa, February 14, 1817, died at Providence, March 4, 1892. Children, born in Saccarappa; I. Sarah Maria, November 5, 1837 : died April 28, 1842. 2. Sophronia, April 7, 1842 ; died March 26, 1846. 3. Mary Gage, March 28, 1844; married, November 25, 1897, William Eaton Whiting, of Providence, Rhode Island. 4. Addison Howard, May 7, 1846; mentioned below. 5. Joseph Franklin, August 31, 1849; married November 17, 1880, Mary Whalley, and removed 1871 to Portland, Ore- gon. Children : i. Frank Whalley, born Octo- ber 20, 1881 ; ii. Violet, born March 9, 1887, died March 21, 1887; iii. Clifton Howe, born September 29, 1892. 6. Clara Maria, born March 10, 1852 ; died July 19, 1854. 7. Daniel Calvin, born June 26, 1854, died at Providence,
August 1, 1887. 8. Sarah Ellen, born Decem- ber 10, 1855 ; married, February 14, 1884, Wal- ter Mansel Oatley, of Providence. 9. Anna Belle, born February 25, 1859; married Octo- ber 12, 1881, Walter J. Bates and died in Port- land, Oregon, August 14, 1901; children: i. Howard Watson Bates, born at Providence September 26, 1883 ; married June 8, 1904, Ma- bel Simpson: child, Lilian Annabelle, born April 6, 1905 ; ii. Forest Reuben Bates, born April 5, 1887. 10. Minnie, born July 7, 1861 ; died August 18, 1861.
(VII) Addison Howard, son of Joseph Hanscom Watson, was born in Saccarappa, May 7, 1846. His father moved to Westfield, Massachusetts, from Saccarappa, when he was a young child and he attended the public and high schools of that town. During the civil war he accompanied Captain John Avery, of Com- pany K, Forty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment, and was with that officer nine months. He returned to Westfield, where he found employ- ment in the tobacco business of Thomas R. Kneil, in Westfield. In 1867 he came to Spring- field to work in the woolen mill of Caleb Al- den, and continued with this concern under the ownership of father and sons until 1883, when he became a partner in the firm of Alden, Lil- lie & Watson, dealers in cotton waste. In 1884 this firm was absorbed by the Springfield Waste Company. The other firms that went into this consolidation were Howard Brothers, of Springfield, and the Union Wadding Com- pany of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Mr. Wat- son has been secretary of the corporation, and is well and favorably known to the trade. In Politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Winthrop and the North Branch fish- ing clubs, both of Springfield. He is a mem- ber of the First Congregational parish, also the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club.
He married, October 8, 1873, Ruema Chapin Call, born August 6, 1851, daughter of Amos and Ruema Chapin (Skeele) Call. Her father was born January 4, 1814, died August 30, 1888, and married, May 16, 1838, Ruema Chapin Skeele, born June 23, 1815, died May 14, 1892 ; they had children: i. Charles Amos Call, born June 3, 1839, died November 6, 1898; ii. Edmund Skeele Call, born March 17, 1841, died August 16, 1843; iii. Margaret Pease Call, born June 15, 1846, died August 13, 1847; iv. George Norton Call, born Au- gust 7, 1844, died March 15, 1885; v. Ruema Chapin Call, born August 6. 1851, mentioned above. Children of Addison H. Watson: I. Frank Elbert, born July 25, 1874. 2. Mabel Ruema, December 6. 1884.
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