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ENRY WILSON EASTHAM, of· Lynn, was born in England, May 19, 1861. His father, the late James Eastham, who was b. in Lancashire, England, in 1826, and d. in Lawrence, Mass., in 1887, came to Massachusetts in 1870, and
settled in Lawrence. There he followed his former occupation of book-keeping, and was also a weaver in the Lawrence Mills. He had m. in England in 1853 Ann Wilson, who also was a native of Lancashire, b. in 1833. In 1872 Mrs. Eastham came from England with their seven children (William Wilson, Catherine, James Wilson, Henry Wilson, Ann, Thomas, and Mary), and joined her husband in Lawrence. Another child, Alice, was b. to them in that city.
William Wilson Eastham, a machinist, now living in Methuen, Mass., m., first, Anna Lever, and m., second, Lizzie Saville. Cath- erine Eastham resides in Lawrence. James Wilson, who engaged in the hardware business in Methuen, m. Emily Saville, by whom he has two children - Elsie and Alice. Ann Eastham is a teacher in one of the grammar schools of Lawrence. Thomas, engaged in the hardware business in Lynn, is single, and resides in Lawrence. Mary and Alice are teachers in the public schools of Lawrence.
Henry W. Eastham, after obtaining his edu- cation in the schools of Lawrence, worked in the factories for a while. Subsequently learn- ing the machinist's trade, he remained in Law- rence until 1891, when he established himself in business in Lynn as a manufacturer of ma- chine awls and drivers. In 1897 he enlarged his operations by adding a line of hardware, and is now conducting two stores. Mr. East- ham takes an active interest in municipal affairs, being a supporter of the Republican party. In 1899 he was elected Councilman from Ward Six; in 1900 was re-elected, and made president of the Council, in virtue of which office he was a member of the School Board and a trustee of the public library. He was elected Alderman for 1901, and re-elected for 1902, and made president of the board. He is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He is prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M., of Lawrence; to Sutton Chapter, R. A. M., of Lynn; to Bethany Commandery, K. T., of Law- rence; and to Zebulon Council, R. & S. M., of Lynn. He also belongs to various Lynn organ- izations of Odd Fellows, including Kearsarge Lodge, Fraternity Encampment, "City of
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Lynn " Canton, and the Iva Rebecca Lodge. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Lynn., and of the Pilgrim Fathers' "Mayflower " Col- ony of Lawrence. He likewise belongs to the Park Club, the Press Club, and the West Lynn Yacht Club.
On October 13, 1886, Mr. Eastham married Mary Frances Cross, who was born in Methuen in October, 1863, a daughter of James B. and Matilda C. (Tucker) Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Eastham have two children, namely: Susie Wilson, born in Lawrence, September 4, 1889; and Grace Marion, born in Lynn, January I, 1897.
LFRED L. BARBOUR, a prominent business man of Cambridge, was born in 1837, son of John Nathaniel and Susan (Sargent) Barbour.
He is a grandson of John Barber, who, in company with his brother William, came from England and settled in Boston, locating on Prince Street, where together they followed the tailor's trade. The house in which they lived was ordered by the British during the Revolutionary War to be torn down, but was left standing and remained intact up to 1870. John Barber d. in Boston in 1814. He m. (it is supposed in Boston) Hepsibah Varnum, of Dracut, Mass. They had six children : Elizabeth, who m. Moses Thayer, of Boston ; Hepsibah V., who m. a Mr. White; John Nathaniel, father of the direct subject of this sketch; James S., who m. Louisa Harrod, of Harvard, Mass., and had a son Frank H., who is now cashier at the Shawmut Bank, Boston ; and Mary and Nancy, who both d. unmarried.
John Nathaniel Barbour was b. on Prince Street, Boston, October 4, 1805, and d. in Cambridge, Mass., January 29, 1890. He was educated in the schools of the North End. Beginning industrial life at the age of eigh- teen, he was for five years in the employ of William Lovering, Jr., a dealer in oils and ship supplies on State Street. In 1828 he engaged with his cousin in the wholesale gro- cery business under the name of Sullivan & Barbour (he and his only brother James having changed the spelling of the family name from
"Barber " to its present form) at the corner of Commercial and what is now Cross Street, Boston. He was a pioneer temperance advo- cate; and, although intoxicants were very generally used at that time, and formed one of the staple commodities of the grocery trade, he refused to keep them in stock. He also helped to support, and at times conducted with others, the first temperance paper in Boston. His active efforts in later years towards the aboli- tion of the rum traffic in Cambridge led to threats against his life and property. Before the Civil War he was engaged in the shipping trade, his vessels sailing to the West Indies, to Mediterranean ports, and to the Sandwich Islands. Among the latter was the ship "Robin Hood," commanded by Captain Fran- cis D. Hardy, of Cambridge. Sympathizing strongly with the anti-slavery movement, Mr. Barbour aided it to the best of his ability, though a strong peace advocate, and was on terms of warm friendship with the poet, John G. Whittier, and with Wendell Phillips. Many a night his home was the refuge of some fugitive slave on his way to Canada and free- dom. Once, with Judge Russell and Wendell Phillips, he chartered a tug, went down the harbor at night, took two slaves off a vessel from the South, and forwarded them to Canada, while their owners were awaiting on the wharf in Boston the arrival of the vessel in order to take them and carry them back to slavery. Mr. Barbour's work in this direction won for him the friendship of Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson, which he improved on his sev- eral visits to Washington; and through their influence he was subsequently appointed to a position in the internal revenue service at Boston, for which he was pre-eminently qual- ified by reason of his business ability and integrity. He held thereafter various offices in the revenue service until he finally became supervisor for the district of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and so contin- ued till 1869. He served, under will, as executor and trustee of the Seth Adams estate. A Baptist in religion, he was for some time superintendent of the Sunday-school of the First Baptist Church of Boston, corner of Hanover and Union Streets, and for over fifty
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years a member of the First Baptist Church of Cambridge, where he also taught a Bible class. Although a hard worker, his temperate habits stood him in good stead, and he enjoyed excellent health until within a short time before his death.
He was m. in 1830 to Susan Sargent, who was b. on Prince Street, Boston, in 1806, a daughter of Loring and Margaret (Abrams) Sargent. Her father d. in Boston, March 18, 1838. (Probate Records.) Her mother was a daughter of William Abrams, of Boston, whose will, dated December 6, 1825, was pro- bated November 27, 1843. After residing for some time on Friend Street, Mr. and Mrs. Bar- bour removed to Cambridgeport, on Franklin Street, near Magazine Street, where they resided in the same house for nearly sixty years. They had five children - Susan E., William S., Alfred L., J. Edwin, and Emma S. Susan E. Barbour m. R. W. H. Evans, of Cambridge, who d. in 1892. Her death oc- curred in 1888. They had five children - Alfred H., Edwin B., Charles A., Mary E., and Austin E. William S. Barbour m. Julia H. Battis, of Roxbury, Mass. He was city engineer of - for many years and at the time of his death, which took place in 1887. His wife now resides in Los Angeles, Cal. They had two children - Fred F. and Edwin F. J. Edwin Barbour, b. in Cambridge in 1840, d. in 1871. He m. Georgie M. Rob- erts, of Cambridge, daughter of Professor Ben- jamin Roberts of the Roberts School, Cam- bridge. They had no children. Emma S. Barbour, b. in Cambridge, 1843, m. Major William H. Whitney of that city, and had two children : Clara E., who m. Arthur S. Pevear, of Cambridge (no children) ; and Charles F.
Alfred L. Barbour has resided in Newton for the last twenty-five years. For the same period he has been secretary and treasurer of the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany, with an office in Cambridge. He is also president of the Columbia Co-operative Bank, and a director in the First National Bank of West Newton, and is connected in an official capacity with other prominent corporations. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of West Newton, which he serves as chairman of
the Executive Committee; also of the Board of Newton Associated Charities; a trustee and for many years president and clerk of the Bap- tist Home; and he was auditor of the Baptist Social Union for the year 1900, and vice-pres- ident in 1901. He belongs to Newton Lodge, I. O. O. F.
Mr. Barbour married in 1861 Mary N. Crosby, daughter of Edward Crosby, of Cam- bridge. He has two children - Walter F. and Robert A. Walter F. Barbour, born in Cam- bridge in 1865, is unmarried, and resides in West Newton. Robert A. Barbour, born in Cambridge in 1871, married Jean Harty, of Newton. Mrs. Mary N. Barbour died in March, 1871, at the birth of her son Robert, and Mr. Barbour married for his second wife, in 1874, Josie M. Smith, daughter of Professor Eldridge Smith, who was for twenty-five years master of the Dorchester High School. Of this union there are three children : Mary S., born in Newton, who is a student at Wellesley College; Grace J., who married John C. Davis, of Kansas City, Mo. ; and Ethel S., unmarried.
UCIUS WILDER CHASE, of Haver- hill, Mass., was born in Haverhill, March 6, 1851, son of Lucius S. and Rebecca A. (Tilton) Chase. He is a lineal descendant of Aquila' Chase, of Hampton, N. H., and Newbury, Mass., the de- scent being through John,2 David, 3 Anthony, 4 John, 5 Frederick,6 Lucius S.7 to Lucius Wilder8.
Aquila' Chase, who came with his brother Thomas from England to Hampton, N. H., in 1639 or 1640, m. Anne, daughter of John Wheeler. In 1646 he removed to Newbury, Mass., where he received from the proprietors a grant of land "on condition that he do goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." He d. December 27, 1670.
John2 Chase, b. November 2, 1655, was twice m., and had eleven children. His first wife was Elizabeth Bingley. His second, whom he m. December 21, 1687, was Lydia Challis, daughter of Lieutenant Philip Challis (later in life known as Philip Watson Challis),
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of Amesbury, and his wife, Mary Sargent. John2 Chase was a soldier in King Philip's War. David3 Chase, probably the youngest child of John2 by his second wife, was b. in Newbury, October 20, 1710. He m. Novem- ber 24, 1729, Sarah Emery. Anthony4 Chase, who was a soldier in the expedition to Cape Breton, m. first, June 29, 1758, Abigail Wood- man, of Newbury, and settled at East Haver- hill, where he had purchased two acres of land, with water privileges, and had built a clothing mill and a dwelling-house. He afterward built both a saw mill and a grist mill. He m. in 1782 for his second wife Sarah Swett, a widow. John5 Chase, b. in Haverhill in 1773, son of Anthony and Abigail, was a householder in 1798. Frederick6 Chase, b. in 1801, son of John5 and his wife Elizabeth, was a lifelong resident of Haverhill, Mass., where he d. Janu- ary 10, 1867. Lucius S .? Chase, b. in Haver- hill in 1830, son of Frederick6 and Mary S. Chase, d. in Haverhill, March 25, 1859. He was a shoe manufacturer. In 1850 he m. Rebecca A. Tilton, daughter of Cephas and Harriet (Nichols) Tilton.
Lucius Wilder Chase, their son, the subject of this sketch, lived in Haverhill till he was eleven years old, and after that on a farm in Bradford until he was eighteen. He was educated in the public schools of Haverhill and Bradford, and at Comer's Business Col- lege, Boston. After acquiring a practical knowledge of various branches of shoemaking by spending two years in a shoe factory, he es- tablished himself in business as a shoe manu- facturer in 1882, becoming head of the firm of Chase & Chamberlain, with a factory at first in Haverhill, later at Henniker, N.H., and at present in Raymond, N. H. He is quite prom- inent in the Masonic circles of Haverhill, be- longing to Mizpah Lodge, F. & A. M., Ken- tucky Chapter, R. A. M., and Haverhill Commandery, K. T.
Mr. Chase married in 1873 Mary M. Rand, who was born in Chester, N. H., a daughter of Philbrick and Catherine (Rand) Rand. Her paternal grandfather, Joseph Rand, b. in 1783, and her maternal grandfather, William Rand, were brothers, being sons of William Rand, Sr., who m. Elizabeth Forsaith and d. in 1787.
William Rand is mentioned in the History of Chester, N. H., as a brother of John Rand, and both inhabitants of that town, but not perman- ent residents.
In the Revolutionary Rolls of New Hamp- shire William Rand appears as Corporal, Cap- tain Joseph Parsons's company, at Great Island, November 5, 1775; also William Rand, pri- vate, on pay roll for bounty and advance wages, Captain James Arnold's company, Colonel Joshua Wingate, at Ticonderoga, 1776; also William Rand, of Deerfield, in Captain Mars- ton's company, Colonel Gilman's regiment, marched July 22, 1776; also in list of men in Captain Joseph Parsons's company sent to re- inforce Continental army in December, 1776; also William Rand, of Stratham, in Captain McClary's company, mustered February 26, 1776. It is thought that William Rand, of Chester, was the one whose military record is thus given.
Mr. and Mrs. Chase have four children, namely : Anna Wilder, born in 1876, living at home; Amber May, born January 12, 1881, attending the Emerson School of Oratory in Boston; Ruby Etta, born January 22, 1882, now attending Bradford Academy; and Cora Mancia, born in May, 1892.
EORGE WILLIS BROWN, secretary and treasurer of the Natalie Mining and Milling Company, the Boston Coal and Fuel Company, the Fanny Marie Gold Mining and Milling Company, and the New England Journal for Investors, the Boston office being in the Exchange Building, was born in Quincy, Mass., September 18, 1858, son of Forster and Mary Low Bradley (Hamil- ton) Brown. On the father's side he comes of an old Cape Cod family, members of whom resided in Eastham, Chatham, Orleans, and Wellfleet. In Freeman's "Cape Cod" we read : "Mr. Samuel Brown d. December 3, 1691, at Eastham. He was son of William, who m. Mary Murdock, July 16, 1649, at Plym- outh, and d. here (Eastham) about 1694. His sons were: George,2 b. 1652; William,2 b. 1654; Samuel,2 b. 1656, who m. Martha
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Harding, February 19, 1682-3; John, 2 who m. and had sons - John, 3 b. 1692; Zebulon, 1696; David, 1699. William2 m. Susanna Harding, and had a son Jediah, b. 1702. James,2 by wife Deborah, had James, 3 b. 1696; Jediah, 1701; and Thomas, 1703.'
Wellfleet was separated from Eastham in 1763, and Samuel Brown and David Cole were early settlers of this part of Eastham before 1700. George Brown, Samuel Brown, Sr., and Samuel Brown, Jr., were legal inhabitants of Eastham in 1695.
The great-grandfather of Mr. George Willis Brown was George Brown, a native of Well- fleet, possibly a descendant of the George Brown above mentioned, or it may be of Sam- uel of Eastham. George's wife Ruth was a native of Eastham. He was a soldier in the Continental army, as evidenced in the follow- ing record : "George Brown, Wellfleet, Capt. George Webb's Co., Col. William Shepard's regiment; muster return (year not given) ; residence Wellfleet; enlisted from town of Wellfleet ; enlisted for eight months; reported discharged; also, private, Captain Smith's Co., Col. Freeman's regiment; marched to Falmouth, Sept. 10, 1778, on an alarm, ser- vice two days." (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. )
George and Ruth Brown were the parents of Forster Cole Brown, who was b. in Wellfleet and who d. in Cambridge, January 6, 1877, aged eighty-seven years, five months. Their son Forster, father of the subject of this sketch, was b. at Wellfleet, and d. in Quincy, Mass., May 1, 1876, aged fifty-nine years. He was a seafaring man, master of a vessel. His wife Mary was daughter of John K. and Lydia (Chamberlain) Hamilton, her father being a son of Meltiah Hamilton. The father of Meltiah was Eliphalet Hamilton, b. January 10, 1735-6, who was a private in Captain Ben- jamin Godfrey's company, Colonel Zenath Winslow's regiment; service two days, on alarms at Bedford and Falmouth, September, 1778; roll sworn to in Barnstable County. Eliphalet was son of Daniel (b. about 1700) and Abigail Hamilton, the father of Daniel being Abraham, b. December 23, 1661 (Bos- ton Records), son of William and Mary Ham-
bleton, that spelling of the family name being then common.
Forster Brown and Mary Low Bradley Ham- ilton were m. October 26, 1843. They had five children, George Willis being the young- est b. Of his sister and three brothers, the following is a brief record : Samuel Low Brad- ley, b. October 7, 1844, m. December 20, 1868, Emily S. Cushing; Charles Forster, b. November 13, 1848, m., first, Annie E. Chase, May 1, 1880, second, Martha E. Evans, March 3, 1883; Mary Ellen, b. August 12, 1854, m. Charles E. Burbank, May 8, 1876; and Willis Hamilton, b. March 12, 1856, d. September 29, 1857. The children of Charles F. Brown are : Charles Hamilton, b. February 27, 1884; Martha Eliza, b. September 19, 1885; Willis Bradley, b. January 18, 1888; and Dorothy Low, b. February 3, 1894.
George Willis Brown was educated in the schools of Quincy, Mass. His first industrial experience was as a sailor before the mast for one year, making a voyage to the West Indies, during which he was shipwrecked. Returning to Quincy, he at twenty years of age became the agent for the Boston & Hingham Steam- boat Company, which position he filled for several seasons. In 1883 he received an ap- pointment as clerk in the office of Secretary of State, remaining there sixteen years, grad- ually rising in his department until he had secured the highest position possible for him to attain. He then engaged in the mining business on his own account, in which he has been very successful, and is thus early on the high road to complete financial success. He has a large circle of friends, who have fullest confidence in his integrity and judgment.
April 6, 1882, Mr. Brown married, in Bos- ton, Mary Elizabeth Laduke, a native of that city, and daughter of Lewis and Martha (Mer- rill) Laduke, of Newburyport. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown are the parents of three children : Frank Peirce, b. February 28, 1883; Fanny Marie, b. January 22, 1885; and Rich- ard Wells, b. September 10, 1890. Frank P. Brown is now in the West engaged in civil engineering. Fanny and Richard reside with their parents in Newton, and are attending public school.
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EWIS PARKHURST, member and financial manager of the firm of Ginn & Co., publishers of school and col- lege text-books, and proprietors of the Athenaeum Press, is a resident of Winches- ter, Mass., and a native of Middlesex County, in which this pleasant suburban town eight miles north-west of Boston is situated. Born in Dunstable, in the northern part of the county and State, July 26, 1856, son of Thomas Henry and Sarah Nutting (Wright) Parkhurst, he comes of long lines of Middle- sex County ancestry. From George Parkhurst, a native of England, b. in 1590, who was pro- prietor of a homestall of twelve acres at Water- town, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1642, he is a descendant in the ninth generation, the line being : George,' Joseph,2 Ebenezer,3 En- sign Ebenezer, 4 Lieutenant Joel,5 Leonard, 6 Henry,7 Thomas, 8 Lewis9.
Joseph2 Parkhurst was in. at Concord in 1656 to Mary Reade, of Chelmsford, where he became a resident. Ebenezer, 3 b. in 1671, d. at Dunstable in 1745. He had six children by his wife Mary, his eldest son being Ebenezer, Jr.,4 or Ensign Ebenezer, who was b. at Chelmsford, December 25, 1699, and d. at Dunstable, June 13, 1757. Ensign Ebenezer Parkhurst settled at Dunstable some time after 1726. At a town meeting held in March, 1743, he was chosen one of a committee of three to examine the debts and credits of the town.
Joels Parkhurst, son of Ensign Ebenezer and his wife Sarah, was b. at Dunstable, August 13, 1741. "A man of pure patriotism," he was active in public affairs, serving as Select- man and Assessor and in other offices. In January, 1775, he was chosen one of the Com- mittee of Inspection, and on June 12 was chosen to represent the town in the Continen- tal Congress at Watertown. In 1776 he was a Lieutenant in Captain Oliver Cumming's com- pany; and in February, 1777, Lieutenant Joel5 Parkhurst and Captain Reuben Butterfield being absent in the army, two others were chosen in their places as Selectmen and Assessors. In April, 1778, at a town meeting, he was one of the three men chosen to examine the new State Constitution proposed by the
General Court. In March, 1780, he was chosen Town Clerk. Joel Parkhurst, Esq., was one of the original shareholders of the Social Library established at Dunstable in Feb- ruary, 1800. He d. November 10, 1808. His wife was Betty Cummings.
Leonard6 Parkhurst, b. in 1763, son of Lieu- tenant Joel5 and Betty (Cummings) Parkhurst, also served in the Revolutionary War, and at the time of his death, March 28, 1821, it is said, was a pensioner. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Hills, d. August 30, 1862. They had nine children, the eldest, Betty C., b. in 1791; the second, Henry,? who was b. June 17, 1792, d. September 4, I865.
A farmer by occupation, Henry7 Parkhurst was a useful and valued citizen, serving in various town offices and as a Representative in the State Legislature. He was one of the leading members of the Universalist Church in Dunstable, and was a member of Groton Lodge of Free Masons. He m. June 5, 1817, Abigail, daughter of Oliver and Abigail Tay- lor, of Dunstable. She was b. January 20, 1790, and d. September 6, 1868. They had seven children : Abigail, b. May 5, 1818; Hannah Miriam, b. July 13, 1820; Emma Ann, b. November 5, 1822; Thomas Henry, b. July 17, 1825; William Richardson, b. September 30, 1827; Albert Leonard, b. Jan- uary 15, 1831; John Adams, b. April 12, 1834.
Thomas H. Parkhurst, the eldest son, m. March 12, 1848, Sarah Nutting Wright, daughter of Luke and Hannah Wright. She was b. in 1828, and d. November 9, 1896. She was the mother of three children : Willis Henry, b. March 26, 1849; Lewis, b. July 26, 1856; Lizzie Jane, b. May 8, 1860. Willis H. Parkhurst m. in March, 1871, Ada Luella Saunders. He d. October 8, 1872. Lizzie J. Parkhurst d. November 12, 1892. Mrs. Sarah N. Parkhurst d. November 9, 1896. Thomas H. Parkhurst, now seventy-five years of age, still resides at the old homestead, a farm of about five hundred acres, in Dunstable. He has served efficiently in various town offices. In religion he is a Universalist.
Lewis Parkhurst was educated in the public
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schools of Dunstable, Woodstock Academy, Vermont, and at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1878. He adopted the profession of teaching, and during the next two years was principal of one of the city schools of Fitch- burg. In 1881 he was principal of the Athol High School, and from 1882 to 1887 principal of the high school of Winchester. Entering the employ of Ginn & Co. as agent for the sale of their publications in 1887, he continued to act in that capacity till February, 1890, when he became one of the firm. The Athe- næum Press, where the books issued by Ginn & Co. are printed, is in Cambridge. The Boston office of the firm, which for twenty-five years was on Tremont Place, has recently (January, 1902) been removed to 29 Beacon Street, a building covering the site of the famous Hancock House, which was torn down in 1863. Since 1882 Mr. Parkhurst has been a resident of Winchester, and has taken an active interest in town affairs. For ten years he was a trustee of the savings bank, and for three years president of the National Bank of Winchester. He served seven years on the Board of Water Commissioners, and three years on the School Committee. He is a member of the Unitarian Club of Winchester, and one of the standing committee of the Unitarian church. He was married November 16, 1880, to Emma Wilder, a native of Weston, Vt., daughter of John and Sarah (Cragin) Wilder. Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst have two children, namely : Wilder, born February 22, 1886, now in the high school; and Richard, born in October, 1894, who is attending the public school in Winchester.
AMES EZRA JENKINS, of Lynn, cashier of the Lynn National Bank, was born in that city June 1, 1851, son of Nathan and Content Chase (Jenkins) Jenkins. Nathan Jenkins, b. at Berwick, Me., in 1804, son of Joshua and Sybil Jenkins, was superintendent of mills in Berwick for some years. He was afterwards engaged in the lea- ther business in Boston, and still later in the
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