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successful legal advocates in the State. A stanch Republican, he aided in perfecting the first party organization in the State. Always deeply interested in educational matters, he for a number of years served the School Board of Bloomington as an examiner of applicants for the position of teachers. In religion he is a Trinitarian Congregationalist, and in Cam- bridge attends the North Avenue Congrega- tional Church. Mr. Robinson was married August 23, 1854, to Marianne Greene, daughter of Gardner Greene, a prosperous merchant and highly respected citizen of Topsham, Me. Mrs. Robinson died August 19, 1900. She left one child, a daughter - Florence N. Mr. Robinson has been a resident of Cambridge, Mass., since his return to New England from Illinois in 1885. He has passed the summer seasons at Oxford among the scenes of his boy- hood, his interest in the welfare of his native town and his cordial pleasing manner making him very popular. On June 30, 1899, in the night, his house at Oxford was burned to the ground, the family barely escaping, having been aroused by the faithful dog, who gave the alarm.
ZRA TREAT MACINTYRE, a well- known real estate dealer of Boston, re- siding in the Roxbury district, was born in Plymouth, Me., May 7, 1836, son of John and Nancy T. (Chick) MacIntyre. His paternal ancestors for six generations were residents of Maine, the first of them, Micum MacIntyre, who was from the Highlands of Scotland, being among the Scotch prisoners who were exiled to America for political rea- sons by Oliver Cromwell. He settled on York River, where also were the Donalds or Don- nells, the Maxwells, and others. These came to Gorges's government (established by Sir Fernando Gorges), because he was a Royalist, and settled in what is now the second parish in York. An article in an old number of Blackwood's Magasine thus accounts for the origin of the clan MacIntyre: "A party of Macdonells on one occasion were out in a boat when a knot of wood sprang out, causing a serious leak, whereupon one of the party stuck in his finger to fill in the hole and then cut it
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off with his dirk, thus saving the life of the whole party. From this circumstance his de- scendants were called the MacIntyres, or 'Sons of the Carpenter.'"
Micum1 MacIntyre, as above intimated, was the founder of the York family of MacIntyres. He and his immediate descendants became large landholders and shipbuilders, many of them being also masters of their vessels. Micum had fifty acres of land given him at Berwick, then a part of Kittery, by that town, February 9, 1664. Five years later we find him return- ing to York (as tradition says) at the request of his friend and countryman, Alexander Mc- Eneor (McEneer or McEnery), who was then sick and about to die, wishing him to have his property and to marry and take care of his widow when he was dead. In 1668 the town of York granted him land on the south-west side of the river, and in 1670 he received forty acres from John Pierce and wife Phoebe. He subsequently acquired other land by deed from one Maxwell. This latter tract, on which stood a house built by Alexander McEneer, was lo- cated on the eastern bank of York River, and here, doubtless, Micum's children were b. Micum1 MacIntyre m. in 1670 Hannah, daugh- ter of John Pierce, and widow of Alexander McEnery (or McEneer). In his will, dated April 17, 1700, and probated in October, 1705, he divides his estate among his three sons - John, Daniel, and Micum, third - John to have a larger share of the property than his brothers on condition that he stay at home and help his father in business. From Micum' the line descended through his son John, 2 John, 3 Joseph, 4 John, 5 John,6 to Ezra T.,7 sub- ject of this sketch.
John2 MacIntyre, who d. in 1771, aged ninety years, and who was therefore b. about 1681, built the MacIntyre garrison house at Old York, which is still in a good state of pres- ervation. The maiden name of his wife has not been ascertained with certainty, but may have been Susannah Young, as the York re- cords give a Joseph and John MacIntyre, both sons of John and Susannah (Young) MacIntyre - Joseph, b. March 25, 1707, and John, Feb- ruary 25, 1710-11. John3 MacIntyre, of Cape Neddick (perhaps the John just mentioned),
according to a genealogical chart in the pos- session of Mr. Ezra Treat MacIntyre, m. Elizabeth Webster. Joseph4 MacIntyre, it is said, lived and d. on the old homestead at York. It is not known whom he m., but he had a family of nine children, all sons, concern- ing whom a partial record has been preserved in the family. They were as follows : Paul d. young ; Theodore d. at sea; Joseph lived and d. on the homestead; Timothy settled at Tuf- tonborough, N. H. ; Mark (so named because of a birthmark) lived and d. on the homestead at York; Jeremiah, or Jerry, settled in Saco, Me., where he d .; George d. in Biddeford; Charles lived and d. on the homestead.
John5 MacIntyre, son of Joseph, 4 went in 1792 from Old York to the Penobscot Valley, settling in Frankfort, where he engaged in farming. He m. October 10, 1789, Susannah Blaizdell, a daughter of Eleazer Blaizdell, who served in the Revolutionary War under General Waldo, and assisted in building the fortifications at Frankfort. She appears to have been a descendant of Ralph' Blaisdell, tailor, of Salisbury, who received land there in 1640, 1641, 1644, and 1645; was in York, Me., 1637-40; was deceased in 1650. By his wife Elizabeth, who d. in 1667, Ralph had two sons, only one of whom, it is thought, m. and left children, namely : Henry,2 who m., first, about 1656, Mary Haddon, daughter of Jarrett Haddon, of Salisbury. She d. in 1691, and Henry had a second wife, Elizabeth. He had five sons, one of whom, Ralph, did not marry. The others were: Ebenezer, Henry, John, and Jonathan. Ebenezer3 Blaisdell, b. in 1657, m. Sarah Colby, and had four sons, who m. One, Ralph, b. in 1692, m. Mary Davis, and removed to Kingston, N. H. Another, Ebene- zer,4 b. in 1686, m., first, Sarah Chase; sec- ond (about 1709 or 1710), Abigail Ingersoll, and removed about 1712 to York, Me. He was probably ancestor (father or grandfather) of Eleazer Blaizdell, above mentioned. Eb- enezer Blaisdell bought an extensive tract of land in Frankfort, on which he erected in 1785 the third frame house in the town. This tract extended from the river back one mile, and from the side lane near the Abbott water- ing-trough to the farm now (1897) owned by
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John M. Snow. Quite a number of years be- fore he d. he gave all this land to his children, who are referred to in the History of Frank- fort, which gives an account of this transac- tion, as Ebenezer, Jr., Mrs. Grant, Mrs (John) Dunning, Mrs. Fernald, Mrs. (James) Haley, Mrs. (John) MacIntyre, Mrs. (Elisha) Chick, and sons William and James. John and Su- sannah (Blaizdell) MacIntyre had a family of eleven children; namely: Theodore, John, George, Alexander, Joseph, Lydia, Susan, Caroline, Lucy, Sally, and Harriet. Their record is briefly as follows : -
I. Theodore, b. August 9, 1792, m. March 22, 1818, Mary Avery Freeman, eldest daugh- ter of Major Thatcher and Hannah Avery, of Castine, Me. They had eleven children : Caroline Avery, b. December 26, 1818; Mary Frances, b. November 6, 1820, d. August 17, 1886; William Freeman, b. November 18, 1823, d. December 13, 1843; Charlotte Mi- randa, b. November 15, 1826, d. October 3, 1889; Harriet Webster, b. April 4, 1828, d. January 23, 1876; Theodore Augustus, b. April 6, 1830, d. May 10, 1841; George Hor- ace, b. November 11, 1834, d. June 28, 1864; Charles Franklin, b. December 7, 1835, d. March 19, 1836; Isabelle, b. October 6, 1837, d. November 25, 1837; Helen Maria, b. Janu- ary 8, 1840, d. September, 1840; Adelaide Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1842. Caroline Avery m. January 21, 1840, Amos B. Treat, of Frankfort, Me., and had three children - Augustus (deceased), Mary, and Silas P., the two latter now (1902) residing together in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. Mary Frances m. September 29, 1846, Captain Henry S. Rich, of the steamer "Katahdin," and has two chil- dren : Thomas, now living near Boston; and Susan, who m. a Mr. Buck, of Bucksport, Me., and is now deceased. Charlotte Miranda m. September 24, 1846, John H. Dodge, of Chelsea, Mass. Harriet Webster m. January 22, 1852, George L. Barnard. Adelaide Elizabeth m. June 24, 1862, John Hall, of Attleboro, Mass. William remained unmar- ried. George was killed in the Civil War.
2-3. George and Joseph MacIntyre, sons of John5 and Susannah (Blaizdell) MacIntyre, went to Michigan, where George d. He was
m. and had a family, as appears from a letter of Joseph to his brother Alexander at Frank- fort, Me., dated "China, February 16th, 1836," and postmarked "Detroit," in which he says, "George and his family are well; I saw him the tenth of this month on the St. Clair river," etc. He then says how much he and his brother prefer the West to the East, and after some descriptive writing continues : "I have bought one lot of land of eighty acres, which is three miles from the St. Clair river, at 125 cents per acre, and I am going to De- troit to-day to purchase forty acres more." Subsequently Joseph went to sea, and was never afterwards heard from. 4. Alexander (son of John5 MacIntyre) m. Jane Chick, of Dixmont, Me. (a sister of Nancy Chick, mother of the subject of this sketen), and settled in that part of Frankfort now called Winterport. He had six children : Mary Jane, who d. in infancy; Mary Jane (second), who m. a Mr. Hussey, of Somerville, Mass. ; Al- bert, who m. in Castine, Me. ; Augustus, who m. in South America a Spanish lady; Edwin, who remained a bachelor and lived with his mother; and Alexander, Jr., who d. when young.
5. Lydia MacIntyre, b. April 11, 1803, m. Cornelius Thomas, of Camden, Me., where they resided. They had a large family of children, some of whom now reside on the homestead. One daughter m. a Mr. Bartlett, of Worcester, Mass. Ezra m. Elmira Jones, of Frankfort (now Winterport), Me. Mrs. Lydia MacIntyre Thomas d. April 26, 1866, aged sixty-three years, fifteen days, having survived her husband several years, he dying January 23, 1861, at the age of fifty-seven.
6. Susan MacIntyre, b. January 10, 1801, d. April 13, 1834. She m. Daniel Perkins, Jr., who d. September 24, 1850. They had no children. 7. Lucy MacIntyre m. Edmund Clements. 8. Harriet MacIntyre m. first, Feb- ruary 16, 1817, Colonel Ezra Treat, who was b. December 23, 1791, and d. October 8, 1827, for whom the subject of this sketch was named. She m. second, October 4, 1829, Joshua7 Treat, who was b. December 26, 1785, in Frankfort, Me., and who d. October 23, 1836. He re- sided on the south-easterly side of March stream, at the end of the bridge.
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The children of Colonel Ezra and Harriet F. (MacIntire) Treat were as follows: (1) Mary Ann, b. July 4, 1817; d. January 25, I85I. She m. first, September 14, 1832, Oliver P. Treat, and second, December 29, 1834, Lewis Carleton Kelly. (2) Abigail, b. February 7, 1821, d. August 13, 1843. She m. May 21, 1840, Henry8 Treat, and has chil- dren - Charles and Abby (twins) and Brad- ford. This last-named Abby m. David Au- gustus Boody, who was Mayor of Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1893. (3) Ezra, b. 1827, d. 1855 in Davenport. He m. November 29, 1849, Elmira Jones, daughter of Archibald Jones, of Winterport.
Colonel Ezra Treat was a near relative (brother or uncle) of Colonel Robert Treat, whose daughter Marion was the heroine of a romance that excited wide-spread attention about a year ago. Her mother was employed as a domestic in the establishment of Gordon M'Kay, a Cambridge (Mass.) millionnaire, and she assisted in the household work. Mr. M'Kay, who was a bachelor, took a fancy to the child, educated her, and subsequently, with the mother's consent, married her. The great disparity in their ages, however, mili- tated against a perfect union of mind and soul ; and when in Washington, where they were then living, the husband perceived signs of a mutual attachment springing up between his wife and a young member of the German diplo- matic corps, he realized his mistake. His conduct was unique and generous in the ex- treme. He not only resigned his young wife, by aiding her to obtain a divorce, but also consented to her marriage with the young offi- cer, Adolph Von Bruening, gave her on the day of the wedding $100,000, and subsequently $25,000 a year alimony. In May, 1901, Mrs. Von Bruening, by personal intercession with Emperor William, obtained the pardon of her husband and his readmission to court circles, whence he had been banished on account of his marriage.
Sally MacIntyre m. William Mugridge, of Winterport, Me.
John6 MacIntyre was b. in Frankfort in 1799. In his youth he was engaged in the occupation of boat-builder and repairer and in the manu-
facture of oars at Castine, Me. When about twenty years old, he took up land at Plymouth, Penobscot County, where he resided for the rest of his life, engaged in farming. His death occurred in 1843. His wife Nancy was b. in Sanford, Me., a daughter of Moses and Mary Jane (Ferguson) Chick. Her father was a native of Berwick, Me., and son of Aaron Chick, of Berwick. Her mother's brother William, b. April 12, 1785, was a pensioner of the War of 1812, in which he lost a leg. He had several sons, among them Benjamin and Charles. The latter settled in California, where he m., and where he d. about twelve years ago. Benjamin, with one of his brothers, went to Wisconsin, where he became wealthy and was a prominent politician, at one time coming within a few votes of being nominated for Governor when a nomination meant an elec- tion. As a compensation for this disappoint- ment, he was sent by his constituency in 1860 to Congress. About 1865 he returned East for his father, whom he took back to Wisconsin with him. The latter d., however, in West- boro, Mass., December 20, 1868. Mrs. Nancy Chick MacIntyre, who at the time of her mar- riage resided with her parents in Dixmont, was one of nine children, namely: Thatcher, who m. Mary Ferguson, of Dixmont, and d. at the age of ninety; Nancy, who m. John6 Mac- Intyre; Calvin, who m. Sarah Twitchell, of Dixmont; Jane, who m. Alex. MacIntyre, a brother of John6 MacIntyre; Edwin, who m. Theodocia Dunning, a cousin of John6 Mac- Intyre; Sally, who never m .; Sanford, who m. Jane Rice; William, who d. unmarried at the age of thirty; and Alvin, who m. Nancy Sweeney.
Mrs. Nancy Chick MacIntyre became the mother of eight children, as follows: Susan Jane, b. in Plymouth, Me., September 11, 1825, m. George B. Loud, and had eight children - John Calvin, Ephraim Augustus, George Willis, Charles Manley, Walter Elmer, Susan Ella, Mary Adelaide, and Jane (usually called Jenny). She d. in January, 1863. Nancy T. MacIntyre, b. in Plymouth, Me., March 24, 1827, m. Daniel Goodwin Ferguson, of Dixmont, and had six children - James Goodwin, Bennett Seavey, John,
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Abigail Harris, Alma, and one other that d. in childhood. Mary M. MacIntyre, b. in Ply- mouth, February 23, 1829, m. Benjamin Dodge Whitcomb, of Boston, and had seven children - Charles Wesley, Abigail, Ida Mac- Intyre, and four daughters that d. in infancy. She d. June 30, 1889. Caroline MacIntyre, b. in Plymouth, August 21, 1831, was an in- valid and d. unmarried May 23, 1891. Elizabeth MacIntyre, b. in Plymouth, Me., July 22, 1833, d. unmarried in Lewiston, Me., in 1857. Ezra Treat is the subject of this sketch, and more extended mention of him will be found herein. Joseph M. MacIntyre, b. in Plymouth, Me., February 2, 1839, was a carpenter. He enlisted for service in the Civil War in Company F, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Colonel Robert Cowden) ; took part in twenty-seven battles; and was killed at Chancellorsville in the rifle pits at 8 A. M. on Sunday, May 3, 1863. Harriet, b. in Plymouth about 1842, d. in infan- cy. Mrs. Nancy Chick MacIntyre d. in 1869.
Reared upon a farm and educated in the dis- trict school, Ezra Treat MacIntyre began to follow the sea when sixteen years old, spend- ing three years as a fisherman on the Grand Banks and one year as a sailor in the coasting trade. In 1856 he went to Minnesota, where he took up a tract of government land and assisted in surveying the boundary line be- tween that State and the Territory of Dakota. Returning East in the fall of 1859, he settled in Boston, and for the ensuing three years was employed as clerk in a grain store. He then engaged in the bakery business at 37 and 39 Prince Street. In 1869 he sold out his busi- ness to his nephews, J. C. and E. A. Loud, who had learned the business of him, and es- tablished a bakery in East Cambridge, Mass. This he disposed of in 1880 to J. G. and B. S. Ferguson, two other nephews of his who had also learned the business of him. In the fol- lowing year he purchased a stock farm in Barn- stead, N. H., on which he resided for some eight years. Since his return to Boston, in 1889, he has been engaged in the real estate business. In politics he was formerly a Re- publican, but is now a Prohibitionist. He is a member of the Congregational church.
December 18, 1872, Mr. MacIntyre married for his first wife Miss Ida Frances William- son, who was born in Boston, March 28, 1852, daughter of George and Frances (Eaton) Will- iamson. Mrs. MacIntyre's paternal grand- father was an English shipmaster, who brought his family to the United States on his own vessel, and who was lost at sea on the return voyage to England, where he purposed to sell his ship. Her father, who was b. at sea, was for many years a Boston pilot. Her maternal grandmother was Rebecca Revere, a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Lovering) Revere, a descendant of Paul Revere, Sr. Of Mr. MacIntyre's first marriage there were six chil- dren, namely: Ida Frances, born in Cam- bridge, November 2, 1874, who died July 2, 1875; Ida May, born in Cambridge, May 22, 1876, who died July 22, 1877; Blanche Louisa, born in Cambridge, September 26, 1877, a graduate of the Emerson College of Oratory, taking also the post-graduate course; Ida Whitcomb, born October 27, 1879, in Cambridge, who is now a student at Smith College; Ezra Treat, Jr., born in Medford, December 22, 1882; and John George, born in Barnstead, N. H., February 18, 1885. Ezra Treat MacIntyre, Jr., is a student at the Roxbury Latin School, class of 1902. He was captain of the football team in 1901, and is now (1902) captain of the crew.
On June 8, 1892, Mr. MacIntyre married for his second wife Miss Isabelle Amelia Carter, of Newton, Mass. She was born in Syracuse, N. Y., February 8, 1866, a daughter of Will- iam Wilby and Melissa (Booth) Carter. Her father, b. in Lowestoft, England, in 1846, d. in 1889. Her mother was b. in 1846, at Waterloo, N. Y., and d. at Cabot, Vt., in July, 1888, while engaged there in evangelistic work. Her autobiography was published in Boston by James H. Earle. The children of Mr. MacIntyre's second marriage are: Mary Belle, born in Boston, August 25, 1893; and Lillian Grace, born in Boston, July 24, 1896.
With an interest in military affairs, possi- bly inherited from his Scottish ancestors, Mr. MacIntyre was formerly an active member of the National Lancers, his name appearing on the roll of honor in the competitive drill in
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1876. He is now an honorary member of the organization.
Mr. MacIntyre has travelled extensively both in this country and Europe, as will be shown by the following outline account of his journeys, upon most of which he has been ac- companied by his family
On his way to attend the annual convention of the Young People's Society of Christian En- deavor at Minneapolis in 1891, he availed him- self of the opportunity of visiting Niagara Falls and the city of Chicago, and from Minneapolis he made side trips to the Falls of Minnehaha, Winona, and Pepin Lake; also to the surround- ing lake region included in Monticello, Run River, White Bear, Duluth, and the adjacent shores of Lake Superior. After attending the Christian Endeavor Convention held in New York City in 1892, he journeyed through Northern New York, visiting Mount Magregor, where General U. S. Grant spent the last days of his life; the Adirondack and Lake George summer resorts; and Saratoga Springs, the locality made historic by the surrender of Gen- eral Burgoyne during the Revolutionary War. The following year, 1893, found him at the Christian Endeavorers' annual gathering in Montreal; and, having purchased tickets by way of that city to the Columbian Exposition, he went on through Canada to Chicago. After seeing the World's Fair, he returned East by way of the White Mountains, visiting Mount Washington, the Crawford Notch, the Profile, and other famous points in that region. Dur- ing this trip and before going to Chicago he visited the Thousand Islands and shot the rapids of the St. Lawrence.
In 1895 Mr. MacIntyre, with his family, crossed the Atlantic for the purpose of making a comprehensive tour of Great Britain and Con- tinental Europe. It is not at all surprising that he should have devoted an unusual length of time to travel in Scotland, the land of his ancestors. Beside the many historic and otherwise interesting sights to be seen in the large centres of population, like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, the numer- ous castles, lochs, battlefields, and mountains made famous by the heroic deeds of Wallace, Bruce, and the Stuart kings, and celebrated
in the novels and poems of Scott and other writers, were viewed with rapt attention by himself and by each member of his family. Loch Lomond and Aberfoyle, the home of the Macgregors, were visited, as were also Ben Ledi, Inverary, the seat of the Duke of Argyle; the old palace of the Scottish kings at Linlithgow; the ancient town of Falkirk, with its stirring memories of William Wallace and Prince Charlie; the bloody field of Ban- nockburn, now laid out in smiling farms ; Stirling, with its narrow streets and famous castle and picturesque old bridge; Doune, with its castle; and Callander, with its Falls of Bracklin and Roman Camp, this being the point of departure for the Trossachs; and Lake Katrine, the region immortalized by Scott in his "Lady of the Lake." Entering the Tros- sachs, frequent changes in the means of lo- comotion now became necessary, the railroad, steamboat, and road conveyances being all re- peatedly and intermittently called into requisi- tion. They visited here the beautiful village of Balquhidder, where there is a monument or gravestone in memory of the celebrated robber chieftain, Rob Roy; the peaceful and beautiful "lotos land" of Lochearnhead; the wild and dreary valley of Glenogle; Glen Dochart, on the southern side of which rises Ben More, three thousand eight hundred and twenty feet high; and Oban, the chief seaport and the virt- ual capital of the West Highlands. In this neighborhood were points of interest too num- erous to mention, most of which were visited by Mr. MacIntyre and his family - castles, lakes, mountains, and battlefields, celebrated in Scottish history and poetry. From Oban they took the steamer for Staffa, Iona, and the coasts of Mull, visiting the celebrated Fingal's Cave. Another excursion, "The Royal Route," from Oban to Inverness, and Crom- well's Fort, by way of the Caledonian Canal, presented new objects of interest, not the least of which was the Pass of Glencoe, famous for the horrid massacre of 1692, and the Cave of Ossian. This route was continued from Fort William to Glengarry and thence to Inverness, with ever-changing scenery, always picturesque and often of a grand description.
Among the other places visited were Both-
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well Castle, one of the most imposing baronial ruins in Scotland, Ayr, and the birthplace of Robert Burns; the various localities so vividly described by Scott in his poem of "Marmion "; and the city of Perth, in the immediate neigh- borhood of which stands the venerable Scone Palace, where may be had a view of the Hill of Dunsinane, to which from the nearby Bir- nam Hill came the moving grove that SO chilled the heart of Macbeth. While in Edinburgh the party was treated to views of its famous castle, Holyrood Palace, Scott's Monu- ment, Callin Hill, the house of John Knox, St. Giles's Church, and Burns's Monument, to- gether with the sight of places made memora- ble by Queen Mary. On the way to London, an opportunity was afforded the party for view- ing some of the old English cathedrals, in- cluding York Minster. In London they de- voted considerable time to the British Museum, with its antiquities dating back forty centuries ; the South Kensington Museum, the mechanical department of which contains Watts's first steam engine, the first locomotives, the first machinery for weaving fabrics, and specimens of the musical instruments of all nations from their inception; the National Historical Mu- seum, the largest of its kind in the world; and the National Art Gallery, in Trafalgar Square, containing examples of all the different schools of art for a period of about one thousand years. They also visited Westminster Abbey, the Tower, the Houses of Parliament, London Bridge, the various palaces, the Bank of Eng- land, St. Paul's Cathedral, Spurgeon's church, John Wesley's church, Windsor Castle, Hamp- ton Court, the Crystal Palace, the Zoological Gardens, the underground railroad, Hyde Park, and the burial places of Bunyan, Watts, and Adam Clarke.
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