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Captain Morton married Betsey Foster, of King- ston, Massachusetts. One of his children, Harriet Morton Gilbert, lived until recently and died in
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Boston in November, 1905. Captain William C. Barstow, father of Mrs. Bartlett, was a son of Charles Barstow, a shipbuilder of Pembroke, Massa- chusetts. He was a sea captain for thirty years, and for twenty years was connected with the Black Ball Line of steamers plying between New York and Liverpool, and was very popular with the travel- ing public. In his later years he was president and treasurer of the East Boston Land Company, a corporation that has done much to build up and im- prove East Boston. He was executor and had charge of the estate of the late General William H. Sumner.
The children of Louis Deblois and Harriet Mor- ton (Barstow) Bartlett were: I. Anna Elizabeth, born May 9, 1855; married James Phillips, Jr., of Fitchburg, had three children, and died March 14, 1893. 2. Louis Deblois, Jr., born in Boston, Decem- ber 19, 1856; died March 7, 1862. 3. Gerry Barstow, born in Boston, November 9, 1858; married Emma Murkland, and has three children; resides in Provi- dence, Rhode Island. 4. Francis William, born June 8, 1861, resides in Fitchburg.
HOWE FAMILY. John Howe (1), the immi- grant ancestor of Marcus and S. Augustus Howe, of Gardner, Massachusetts, and the family to which they belong, is believed to be the son of John How, of Warwickshire, England, and grandson of John How, of Hodinhall, said to be connected with Sir Charles Howe, of Lancaster, living during the reign of Charles I. He was certainly born in England and was among the earliest settlers of Watertown, in New England. He was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He was in Sudbury as early as 1639, and was a selectman there in 1642. He must have been a man of piety for he was appointed by the pastor and selectmen "to see to the restraint of youth on Lord's Day." That was in 1655 when the first American boys were growing up.
He removed to Marlboro, which was later granted to Sudbury men, and he is said to have been the first settler in that ancient town, in 1657. He built his log cabin a little easterly of the Indian Plantation on the old farm where his descendants for many generations lived after him. His farm was some thousand rods from the Spring Hill Meet- ing House, a little eastward of the present road from Spring Hill to Feltonville. One of the own- ers a generation since was Edward Rice. The prox- imity of his farm to the Indian Plantation brought Howe into contact with the savages. He managed effectually to win their confidence and goodwill. His rights were respected and he became a sort of arbiter or umpire in cases of dispute among them.
In 1662 the grant of land by Thomas Danforth was laid out by Howe and Goodman Rice. Howe owned the first public house in Marlboro, and one of his descendants built the famous Wayside Inn near the line in Sudbury. In 1662 he petitioned to be excused from training because he was aged, thick of hearing, and maintained three soldiers in his family. His will dated May 24, and proved June 15, 1680, mentions his wife Mary and children as given below ; also John Howe, son of John Howe, Jr. He died May 28, 1680, and his wife soon after- ward. Their children were : I. John, born 1640, married, January 22, 1662, Elizabeth Woolson, and November 3. 1686, he was killed by the Indians. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Sarah, born September 25, 1644, married, June, 1667, Samuel Ward. 4. Mary, born June 18, 1646, died young. 5. Isaac, born Au-
gust 8, 1648, married, June 17, 1671, Frances Wood. 6. Josiah, married, March 18, 1071, Mary Haynes, of Sudbury. 7. Mary, born June 18, 1654, married, September 18, 1672, John Wetherly. 8. Thomas, born June 12, 1650, married Sarah Hosmer ; (sec- ond) Mary Barron. 9. Daniel, born June 3, 1658, died 1661. 10. Alexander, born December 29, 1601, died January, 1662. II. Eleazer, born January IS, 1662, married, 1683, Hannah Howe, daughter of Abraham Howe.
(11) Colonel Samuel Howe, second child of John Howe (I), was born in Sudbury, Massachu- setts, October 20, 1042. He was a prominent man in town and military affairs, holding many town offices and colonel of the regiment made up of com- panies from the towns in the vicinity. He was ad- mitted a freeman in Sudbury, 1671. He al- ways resided in his native town. He married there, June 5, 1063, Martha Bent, daughter of John. He married, September 18, 1685, Sarah Clapp for his second wife. Children of Colonel Samuel and Martha Howe were: John, born July 24, 1664; Mary, born March 2, 1665; Lydia, Samuel, see for- ward; Martha, born October 9, 1669; Daniel, born November 2, 1674; David, born November 2, 1674; Hannah, born April 6, 1677. Children of Colonel Samuel and Sarah: Daniel, born February 24, 1689, and perhaps others.
(III) Samuel Howe, son of Colonel Howe (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, May 14, 1668. He also settled in Sudbury. He married Mar- tha - -. Their children were: Moses, born about 1695: Ebenezer, see forward; Micajah, probably ; Joseph, born August 10, 1706, and probably others.
(IV) Ebenezer Howe, son of Samuel Howe (3), was born, according to the North Brookfield his- tory, about 1697, at Sudbury. He bought land at Brookfield of Henry Dwight, June IS, 1719. for one hundred and ninety-five pounds. This was the home lot formerly of Edward Kellogg, bounded by the farms of John Clary, Robert Emmons and others. He married Lydia -, who died 1750. He married (second) Mary - He died in 1753 and his will was proved July +, 1753. His widow was left with a large family of children to bring up. Their children were: Lucy, born December 20, 1724, married - Henshaw ; Lydia, born June 5. 1727, died young; Charles, born May 22, 1730, died young ; Samuel, born May 6, 1732; Sarah, born July 26. 1734, died young: Lydia, born October 23, 1736: Sarah, born December 14, 1738: Charles, born April 2, 1741; Joseph, born May 26, 1743: Benja- min: Nehemiah, born December 7. 1745: Ebenezer, Jr., see forward; Mary (by the second wife Mary), born August 3. 1852.
(V) Ebenezer Howe. son of Ebenezer Howe (4), was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, No- vember 1, 1747. His father died when he was a small boy. and he probably lived with relatives. He had a guardian appointed in 1753. He was living in Winchendon before the revolution and was a soldier from that town. He was in Captain Moses Hale's company, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regi- ment, at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was later sergeant in Lieutenant Joseph Boynton's company, Colonel Sparhawk's regiment, in 1777, in the battle of Bennington in the Northern army. His first four children were born in Winchendon. Then about 1778 he removed to Templeton, an adjacent town. He removed from Templeton to Gardner, about 1784, and located about a mile
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north of the centre of the town on the farm lately owned by Charles Eaton.
He married (first) Elizabeth Deland and (sec- ond) Mercy Hill. Hle died November 28, 1808. His will was filed December 26, 1808. His age at the time of his death is given as sixty-two years. Children of Ebenezer Howe were: Tamesin, born at Winchendon, August 31, 1770, married Joel Brooks; Perley, born in Winchendon. November 7, 1772; Ezekiel, born in Winchendon, March 20, 1775: Sarah, born December 11, 1777, married Silas Wood; Betsey, born April 12, 1781, married John Miller; Benjamin, see forward; Amos, born in Gardner, the first born in the town after its in- corporation, June 17, 1785, died 1805. aged twenty years.
(VI) Benjamin Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe (5), was born February 16, 1783, in Templeton or Gardner, Massachusetts. He was an industrious and successful farmer and lived all his life in Gard- ner. He married Keziah Hill. Their children were: Benjamin, Jr., born July 9, 1804: Amos, born Sep- tember 1, 1805. died 1836: Sarah, born May 5, 1808, married Luke Bowker; Ebenezer D., born March 14, 1811, died February 19, 1837; Simeon, see for- ward; Mary Ann, born November 2, 1814. died January 20, 1848; Lucy, born January 23, 1816, died March 6, 1837: Harrison, born October 5, 1818, (lied March 4, 1891 ; he married (first) Fanny Ken- dall, and they had three children. two living, namely: 1. Lucy, married (first) George Sweet ; (second ) Charles Plantier, three children, two liv- ing; they reside on Peabody street: 2. Sumner, married - Ray, and had one child, now deceased. Ilarrison Howe married ( second) Martha Shep- stone, and two children were born to them: I. May, married Norman McLean Foster, resides in Fitchburg : 2. Gilbert. Mrs. Howe and her son Gilbert reside on Rich street, near Temple street, Gardner.
(VII) Simeon Howe, fifth child of Benjamin (6) and Keziah ( Hill) Howe, was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, May 14, 1813. He was educated in the common schools and learned the chairmaking trade. He also conducted a farm for a time. Then he began to manufacture tubs and pails in New Ilampshire on his own account. He returned to Gardner after a few years and worked for various chair manufacturers there. He died in Gardner in 1892. at the age of seventy-nine years.
He married, 1837, at Gardner, Abigail Fairbanks, born December 31, 1812, died October, 1893, daugh- ter of Jabez and Abigail Fairbanks, and a descend- ant of Jonathan Fairbanks, of Dedham, of the dis- tinguished Lancaster branch of the family. Her father was born in Gardner, May 9, 1784; her mother was born December 2. 1786, and died at the age of thirty years. Children of Simeon and Abigail ( Fairbanks) Howe were: Simeon Augustus, see forward: Marcus H., see forward: Adeline F .. born August 30, 1843, died May 3. 1861; Marshall M., born August 21, 1845: Charles H., born August 26. 1851: Willie F., born March 24, 1856, in Man- chester. New Hampshire.
(VIII) S. Augustus Howe, son of Simeon Howe (7), was born in Gardner. Massachusetts, July 2, 1839. He was educated in the district schools of Gardner and at the Bolton high school. At the age of nineteen he went to Oswego. New York. where he was employed for two years in a chair factory. He enlisted, May 17, 1861, as a private in
Company C, Twenty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, for service in the civil war at the very beginning of the conflict. He was made a corporal December 1. 1861, and first sergeant October, 1862. Shortly afterward he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant for gallant cond it on the field of Fredericksburg. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, May 29, 1863.
After working in the Chickering piano factory in Boston for a time, he was offered a responsible position at the Onondaga ( New York), Penitentiary, but he re-enlisted in the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery as first lieutenant, and later became the captain. With this battery he assisted in the fortifi- cations about Washington. He participated in the second battle of Bull Run and the battles of South Mountain, Antietam. Fredericksburg in both en- gagements, Cold Harbor. Cedar Creek and Peters- burg.
After the close of the war he resumed chair- making in New York state, and later returned to Gardner, where he worked in the chair factories. In 1871 he and his brother Marcus H. bought the grain and feed business of C. W. Bush. At the end of fifteen years Marcus H. Howe retired from the firm, the grist mill was discontinued and the business continued with Willie F. Howe as his part- ner. Later Marshall M. Howe, another brother bought the interests of the junior partner. The feed and grain store of Howe Brothers in Depot Square has been for thirty years one of the best known and most successful places of business in Gardner.
Mr. Howe is a Republican and has been active in public affairs. He has held various town offices, including that of constable and of assessor. He was a representative in the general court in 1891-92, special county commissioner since 1893. He is a member'of William Ellison Lodge of Odd Fellows; of D. G. Farragut Post, Grand Army of the Re- public.
He married. 1863, Jennie Carroll, born in Os- wego, New York, daughter of John Carroll, a pros- perous farmer. Children of S. Augustus and Jennie Howe were: Fred M .. in Boston, Massachusetts; Frank C .. in Boston, clerk in office of Boston & Maine Railroad.
.(VIII) Marcus II. Howe, second child of Simcon Howe (7). born at Gardner, Massachu- setts. December 6, 1841, died there 1902. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and then learned the chairmaking business, which he followed until 1871, when he went into partner- ship with his elder brother, S. Augustus Howe, under the firm name of Howe Brothers. dealers in grain and feed. They also carried on the grist mill. They bought out the business of C. W. Bush. At the end of fifteen years Mr. Howe retired and cold his interests in the firm to his younger brother. Willie F. Howe. After his retirement he lived quietly in Gardner. He was greatly respected and beloved by a large circle of friends. He was a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He was a Free Mason and very well known in Masonic circles.
He married, 1866, Frances A. Flint, daughter of George and Mary E. (Warner) Flint, of East Had- dam. Connecticut. She resides at the homestead in Gardner. Their children were: I. Mary Elizabeth, born June 29. 1869, married Frank A. Leighton,
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live in Greenfield, Massachusetts. 2. Adeline F., horn April, 1872, died February 9, 1881. 3. L. Warner, born May 25, 1880. educated in Gardne .: schools, and graduated from high school then through Williams College at Williamston. Massa- chusetts, now in the wholesale butter husitiess.
GEORGE F. SEARLES. Curtis Searles (1), grandfather of George F. Searles, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was born in England, about 1775. Ile settled on a farm at Grassy Hill, Millbury, Massachusetts, with his wife Tamer, about 1810. Their children were: I. George, see forward. 2. Curtis, Jr., died September 5, 1871, at Westboro, Massachusetts, leaving five children. 3. Tamer Blake, born at Millbury. September 29, 1812.
(II) George Searles, son of Curtis Searles (1), was born in England, and was brought to this country when a young child. He spent his youth at Millbury, and was educated in the public schools there. He learned the carpenter's trade, and be- came interested in the manufacture of ploughs. It was his custom to cut the timber for his ploughs and season it in the summer, make a stock of ploughs in winter, and sell them in the following spring and summer. The mould board and land side were made of seasoned oak, the point only being of iron. Some of his handiwork received first premiums at the Worcester County Fair. He was also engaged in repairing ploughs, and later fol- lowed carpentering and building. He removed to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, in 1837, and lived there the remainder of his life.
He married (first) Abigail Hyde; (second) Julia Williams. The only child of George and Abigail Searles was: I. Abbie, resides at Northbridge Center. The children of George and Julia (Will- iams) Searles were : 2. Warren, a painter of Meriden. Connecticut. 3. Julia, widow of S. R. Chipman, late of Uxbridge. Massachusetts. 4. An- drew, tinsmith, living in Whitinsville. 5. George F., see forward.
(III) George F. Searles, son of George Searles (2), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 27. 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Uxbridge, and at Macomher's Academy in Ux- bridge, then a noted secondary school, receiving students from all sections of the country. At the age of sixteen he began an apprenticeship in the tinsmith's trade at Uxbridge, and worked there nine years. Then he went to Whitinsville, after some six months at Lowell. and worked on tin in the machine shop of the Whitins for nine years. He then went into business for himself at Meriden in the manufacture of stoves, hardware and fancy tin- ware. After a year, during which he had a very flourishing business. employing thirteen assistants, he lost his plant and stock by fire. In May. 1871, he established the same line of business in North- bridge. Massachusetts. At first he had only one roomn, but subsequently occupied a building one hun- dlred feet in length and three stories high. his store being one of the largest in the country in his line. Besides dealing in stoves, hardware, etc., he had a plumbing and tin work department, and con- ducted a large business in plumbing and installing hot water and steam heating apparatus. He was one of the most substantial and successful merchants of Whitinsville.
Mr. Searles always took an interest in public affairs, and was elected to several important offices.
For five years he served on the board of over- seers of the poor, being chairman of the same for three terms. He was a notary public and justice of the peace for twenty years or more. In politics he was always a Republican. His first vote in a presidential campaign was cast for John C. Fremont for president in 1856. In 1881 Mr. Searles was the representative to the general court from the towns of Grafton and Northbridge, and was a member of the committees on parishes and religious societies.
Ile was a member of the Congregational Church from 1861 until his death, which ocurred just be- fore Christmas of 1906. He was well known in sev- eral of the leading fraternal orders. He became an Odd Fellow in 1855. and a Free Mason in 1864. He was a member of Granite Lodge of Free Masons of Whitinsville; a charter member of St. Elmo Chapter of Royal Arch Masons ; member of Worces- ter County Commandery. Knights Templar, of Worcester. He belonged to Hamilton Council of Meriden, Connecticut, for nearly forty years. He is a charter member, and was the first worthy patron of Dekamus Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. No. 20. He was formerly a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars. He was a charter member of two lodges of Odd Fellows and one of Free Masons. He resided in a handsome house at the corner of Church and Pleasant streets. Whitins- ville.
Ile married, January 4, 1854, Eveline Fisher, born October 1. 1834, daughter of Captain Josiah Fisher, of Uxbridge. Captain Fisher commanded a company of militia in the early twenties. He was a merchant. His father was an officer in the Amer- ican army. during the revolution, from the town of Franklin. Children of George F., and Eveline (Fisher ) Searles are: I. Arthur L., a member of the firm of George F. Searles & Sons, married Annie Smith, and they have had one child George, who died in infancy. 2. Frank J., a member of the firm of George F. Searles & Sons, married Hattie M. Smith, sister of the wife of his brother. Their five chil- dren are Grace, George, Frank, Geraldine and Gwendoline (twins). Arthur L. and Frank J. Searles reside in a house at the corner of Cottage and Pros- pect streets.
WETHERBEE FAMILY. John Wetherbee (I), the immigrant ancestor of George F. Wetherbee. late of Gardner, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1650. and settled in Marlboro and Stow, Massachusetts. He died in Stow in 1711. He mar- ried first. at Marlboro, September 18, 1672, Mary How, who was born June 18, 1658. died June 5, 1684, the daughter of John and Mary How. He married (second) Lydia Moore, who survived him. The chil- dren of John and Mary Wetherbee: I. Joseph. born September 18. 1672; married Elizabeth Johnson. 2. John, born March 26. 1675: died about 1720: lived
in Stow; descendants numerous in Rindge, New Hampshire. 3. Thomas, born January 8, 1678; mar- ried Hannah Wood; ancestor of the Shrewsbury branch of the family. 4. Mary. Children of John and Lydia Wetherbee: 5. Ephraim, settled in Lunen- burg: descendants in Fitchburg and lower New Hampshire. 6. Jonathan. 7. David, mentioned be- low. 8. Anne. o. Lydia.
(II) David Wetherbee. son of John Wetherbee (1), was born in Stow. Massachusetts, about 1690.
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He resided in Stow. Among his children was Phinehas, born October 6, 1716, mentioned below.
(III ) Phinehas Wetherbee, son of David Wether- bee (2), was born in Stow, October 6, 1716. He settled in Stow. Among his children were : I. Phineas, Jr., horn about 1640; removed to Ashburn- ham about 1765; married, June 7. 1767, Hannah Whitney, of Stow, and had: Betty, Catherine, Dolly and Hannah at Ashburnham. 2. Israel, born July 18, 1756. mentioned below.
(IV) Israel Wetherbee, son of Phinehas Wether- bee (3), was horn in Stow, July 18, 1756. He set- tled at Ashby, not far from his birth-place. His children: 1. Israel, Jr., born November 19, 1781, at Ashby ; died December 28, 1848: married, May 4, 1809, at Fitchburg, Hepsibah, who died July 25, IS29, leaving eight children, born in Fitchburg. 2. Joseph, born August 13, 1783: died October 23, 1858. father of Deacon Joseph Wetherbee, of Ash- burnham and Rindge. 3. Silas, born March 14, 1790; died April, 1860. 4. Zacheus, born June 18, 1795, mentioned below. Zacheus H. Wetherbee, son of Israel Wetherbee (4). was born in Ashby, June 18, 1795. He bought a five acre lot in Lancaster on the road to Lunenburg, April 3, 1817, from Daniel Hayden. He was a housewright by trade. He married, June 3. 1817. Rachel F. Rand, at Harvard, Massachu- setts. He married (second) Sarah D. Raymore, born February 28. 1798, in Sterling. He died De- cember 25, 1875. She died May 12, 1875. The chil- dren of Zacheus and Rachel F. Wetherbee: I. Julia Ann. 2. Rachel S., died at Framingham, Sep- tember 18. 1838. 3. Jonathan Zacheus, mentioned below. Children of Zacheus H. and Sarah D. Wetherhee: 4. Sarah Ellen.
(VI) Jonathan Zacheus Wetherbee, son of Zacheus H. Wetherbee (5). was born in Concord, Massachusetts, about 1823. He married, at Leom- inster, Massachusetts. November 7, 1844, Sarah Johnson, of Leominster. He bought land of Caleb Dana in Princeton, in 1846; of Nahum Wilder in 1862, and other land there later. He was living in Princeton in 18446. on the road to Hubbardston. He died July 2. 1886; his wife died January 12, 1904. The children of Jonathan Z. and Sarah Wetherbee : I. George Francis, mentioned below. 2. Albert B., born in Princeton. 3. Charles Edwin, born July 20, 1849: resides in Worcester.
(VII) George Francis Wetherbee, son of Jona- than Zacheus Wetherbee (6), born at Princeton, Massachusetts, April 27, 1847, died at Gardner, Massachusetts, June 24, 1903. He received a com- mon school education in the public schools of Prince- ton, and worked on his father's farm during his youth. His first business venture was in his native town, in the grain and feed business. He was at the same time station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad there. In 1886 he removed to Gardner, where he carried on an extensive business in feed, grain, flour, etc., until his death. He was an able and successful man of affairs. popular among his fellow-townsmen, and respected by all who knew him. He was a stanch Republican, and active in party councils, but never cared for public office. He was a member of the order of United Workmen, and was a Methodist in religion. He married first, Sylvia A. Roper. of the Princeton branch of the Roper family. (See Roper family.) She died in 1887, leaving a daughter, Adeline Louise, now de- ceased, who married, May 21, 1901, C. E. Atwood,
of Gardner. Mr. Wetherbee married (second) Octo- ber 13, 1888, Sarah F. Smith, daughter of Charles and Mary Smith of Princeton. Their children : George F .. Jr., born October 6, 1889; Charles E., born August 3, 1891.
CUSHING FAMILY. Matthew Cushing (1) was the immigrant ancestor of Milton L. Cushing, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was born in Hing- ham, England, in 1589, the son of Peter and Susan (Hawes ) Cushing. He came to New England from Hingham, England, with his wife, four sons, one daughter, his wife's sister, Frances Recroft, widow. He settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, and became a prominent man there. They came on the ship "Diligent," John Martin. master. and arrived in Boston, August 10, 1638. The one hundred and thirty-three passengers on this ship all settled in Hingham, so the town was literally transplanted from Hingham in the old country. Matthew Cush . ing was deacon of the church of which the Rev. Peter Hobart was pastor. He held various town offices.
He married in England, August 5, 1613, Nazereth Pitcher, daughter of Henry Pitcher. Their children were: Daniel, baptized April 20, 1619; Jeremiah, baptized July 21, 1621: Matthew, baptized April 5, 1623: Deborah, baptized February 17, 1624-5. mar- ried Mathias Briggs; John. Matthew Cushing, Sr., ‹lied September 30, 1666, aged seventy-one. years. His widow died January 6, 1681-2, aged ninety-six years. A brother of Matthew, named Theophilus, came from Hingham in 1638 and died March 24, 1678-9, aged nearly one hundred years. Matthew is the common ancestor of the old New England families of this surname.
(II) Daniel Cushing, son of Matthew Cushing (1). was born in 1619, baptized in Hingham, Eng- land. April 20, 1619. He married, June 19, 1645, Lydia Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman. She died March 12, 1689. He married (second), March 23. 1691, Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter, widow of John Thaxter, and daughter of Nicholas Jacob. She died November 24. 1725. Ile died December 3, 1699. He was admitted a freeman in 1671, was a magistrate and for many years the town clerk of Hingham. He was deputy to the general court 1681-82-95. Ile was one of the most prominent men of the town in his day. He had six children, namely: Matthew, born July 15, 1660. ancestor of Rev. John Cushing, D. D .. of Ashburnham ; Theophilus. of whom later.
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