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He was admirably fitted to allay party ani-
mosities. Among his merits it is said that he maintained the dignity of the office, received distinguished strangers properly, being bred in the best school of manners-that of the high-minded and accomplished officers of the army; and that in deportment he was grave and dignified like Washington, but warm and affectionate. His amiable character and at- tractive manners made friends for him every- where. The kindly affections of his heart in- creased his acceptance with the people as a popular physician. His practice was not only general in his own town, but was greatly ex- tended to other towns. The parents of the writer of this sketch (not dwellers in Med- ford) were assisted on their entrance into this world, 1803 and 1805, by his skilful hand. Judge then of his sacrifice on entering the army of his country, as a field officer of in- fantry, and the loss for nearly seven years thereby of a growing and profitable medical practice !
It is said that, when he left the army and returned to his home, he found himself so poor that at first he opened a small shop, but without success.
It is said that in his boyhood he formed an intimacy with the celebrated Count Rumford, with whom he kept up a correspondence until the death of the Count. The authority for this statement is unknown to the present writer. Count Rumford as a boy was known as Benjamin Thompson of Woburn, a highly intellectual man, distinguished in the higher pursuits of science, and a military man, who served on the British side at the close of the American Revolution, and later in. one of the states of the European continent.
It is said that as a church-goer the Gover- nor's influence was a powerful example to the people of his town. Late in life he declared his public belief in the authority of the scrip- tures. In 1820, on the division between the two leading sects of his neighborhood, he took side with the Unitarians, but never liked the extremes of either. It is said of him, "He lived as he professed." When General La- fayette came to Massachusetts in 1824, he dined with his friend and fellow officer, then living in retirement at Medford. The citizens gave the guest a general welcome. The din- ner at the Governor's house was a private one, and about twenty were present. Governor Brooks departed this life on March 1, 1825, aged seventy-three, and in 1838 his friends erected a granite pyramid to his memory in the old burying-ground of the town.
The judgment of his contemporaries is con-
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firmed by those best able to decide on his medical abilities, as follows: "As a physician he ranked in the first class of practitioners. His manners were dignified, courteous and be- nign. His kind offices were peculiarly ac- ceptable from the felicitous manner in which he performed them. He was accurate in his investigations and clear in his discernment. He preferred erring on the side of prudence rather than on that of rashness. He watched the operations of nature, and never interfered unless it was obvious he could aid and support her." Another cause of his fellow-citizens' appreciation of him is expressed in the sen- tence of Dr. Dixwell: "He soared above the sordid consideration of the property he should accumulate by his professional labors. His countrymen, who have ever been distinguished for the acuteness of their discernment in judg- ing of public men and measures, were always ready to display their confidence in him."
(I) Henry Baldwin, the
BALDWIN immigrant ancestor, prob-
ably from Devonshire, in England, was one of the first settlers of the new town of Woburn, and of that part of it which is now known as North Woburn. Here in 1661 he built the "palatial house which is still one of the most imposing in the town, and which, though with some changes and occa- sional improvement," has been owned and oc- cupied by his descendants for six generations. The house is the oldest dwelling in Woburn. The estate connected with it and its owner, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, contained in 1801 the large number of 212 acres, valued at $9,000 by the town assessors at that time. A late owner, George R. Baldwin, son of Colonel Baldwin, is succeeded by his daughter, Mrs. Griffith. In 1820 the house was in looks much the same as now. The north chimney, put up by George R. Baldwin, was reputed to be the first "single flue" chimney made in the country. He designed the chimney caps and built a small addition to the rear of the house. On the south, between the house and the canal, was formerly a beautiful gar- den, with walks and trees, superior to any- thing of the kind then in this section. All traces of its appointments having long since disappeared, "neither fountain, nor arbor, nor walk, nor boat, is there now to hint at the story of the past." In 1832 George R. Bald- win occupied the mansion house. Attached to the estate in 1820 was a farm house which,
doubled in size, still exists as an attachment to the larger place.
Henry Baldwin was a sergeant of the Wo- burn militia from 1672-85, and deacon of the First Church, Woburn, from 1686 until his death.
Henry Baldwin died February 14, 1697-98; married November I, 1649, Phebe, baptized in Boston, June 3, 1632, died September 13, 1716, eldest daughter of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson. Children : I. Susanna, born August 30, 1650 ; died September 28, 1651. 2. Susanna, born July 25, 1652, died March 7, 1694; married Israel Walker (Samuel I), as his second wife. 3. Phebe, born September 7, 1654, died October 20, 1679, aged twenty-five ; married November 7, 1676, Samuel Richard- son (Samuel I), as his third wife. 4. John, born October 28, 1656. 5. Daniel, born March 15, 1658-59; see forward. 6. Timothy, born May 27, 1661; see forward. 7. Mary, born July 19, 1663; died January 8, 1663-64. 8. Henry, born November 15, 1664; see forward. 9. Abigail, born August 20, 1667, died De- cember 25, 1769 ;* married December 4, 1705, John Reed. (Ralph 2, William I), as his sec- ond wife. 10. Ruth, born July 31, 1670; un- married and alive at the date of her father's will. II. Benjamin, born January 20, 1672- 73; see forward. Henry Baldwin the father, in will allowed April 4, 1698, names his wife Phebe; sons Henry, Daniel, Timothy and Benjamin ; his son Israel Walker, husband of his daughter Susanna, and his grandson Israel Walker ; his son Samuel Richardson, husband of his daughter Phebe, and his grandson, Zachariah Richardson, son of Phebe; also his two daughters then single, Abigail and Ruth Baldwin.
II) Daniel Baldwin, son of Henry (I), born March 15, 1659-60, died January 24, 1718-19; married January 6, 1684-85, Han- nah, born October 22, 1667, died September 28, 1736, daughter of Joseph Richardson (Samuel I) and Hannah (Green) Richard- son. Children : I. Hannah, born August 21, 1686. 2. Phebe, born May 13, 1690; died March IO, 1706-07. 3. Henry, born March 15, 1692-93; died March 12 (sic), 1692-93. 4. Joseph, born March 15, 1692-93; died March 12 (sic), 1692-93. 5. Susanna, born March 31, 1694, died before 1746; married December 15, 1712, Benjamin Walker, of Billerica (Joseph 2. Samuel I). 6. Daniel, born De- cember 16, 1695; killed by the Indians in
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battle near Dunstable, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 5, 1724. 7. Dorcas, born October 18, 1697 ; died March 7, 1697-98. 8. Joseph, born March 17, 1698-99; died February 3, 1744- 45 ; married July 4, 1733, Ruth Centre, of Charlestown. She died December 15, 1733. 9. Dorcas, born August II, 1701. 10. John, born August 28, 1703; married December 8, 1726, Sarah Lawrence, of Watertown. II. Rebecca, born December 19, 1705; died March 10, 1735-36. 12. Benjamin, born March 30, 1707. 13. Phebe, born December 28, 1708; married October 29, 1735, John Hamblet, of Nottingham.
In the case of John Seers versus Lieutenant John Wyman, before the council in 1676, Dan- iel Baldwin, aged seventeen years, testified about the impressment of two horses, and that while pressing a horse belonging to John Wy- man, whe resisted the constable, said Wyman "suffered his negro servant to beat me with a great stick, and reproved him not." In the same case, on the testimony of several wit- nesses, Daniel Baldwin is called "grandchild to John Seers," and came with him to Lieu- tenant Wyman's garrison. The witnesses say Daniel Baldwin abused James Carringbone, negro servant of said Wyman, "both in words and deeds," calling him "Black Roag," and struck him with his gun across his back, and said he would "shute" him. Seers stated that Baldwin was a "solger" who came to Wy- man's with him, and that one of Wyman's household struck said Baldwin with a "great stick." The particulars of this interesting case are published in "Woburn Men in the Indian and Other Wars," pp. II-14 (editions of 1897 and 1903).
(III) Timothy Baldwin, son of Henry (I), born at Woburn, May 27, 1661, died in Stone- ham, March II, 1733-34; married first, June 2, 1687, Elizabeth, born July 28, 1661, died January 26, 1703-04, daughter of Ralph (Ralph I) and Martha (Toothaker) Hill of Billerica ; married second July 9, 1706, Eliza- beth, daughter of Lazarus and Ruth (Adams) Grover, of Malden. She returned to Malden (her will, May 13, 1752, lodged November 8, 1756, was probated in 1760). Children : I. Elizabeth, born May 29, 1688; died April 4, 1691. 2. Timothy, born November 20, 1689; see forward. 3. Ralph, born June 28, 1691; probably dead before 1718. 4. Hannah, born September 6, 1692; died September 6, 1692. 5. Elizabeth, born June 21, 1695, in Charles- town or Stoneham. His will names wife, son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth, and grand- children Ralph and Hannah, children of
Timothy, Jr., and Hannah (Richardson) Baldwin.
Timothy Baldwin, son of Timothy .(3), born in Woburn, November 20, 1689, died December 3, 1750, aged sixty-one (gravestone at Stoneham) ; married June 10, 1713,. Han- nah, born May 6, 1689, died after 1766, daughter of Nathaniel (Thomas I) and Mary (- Richardson. His wife married second, about April, 1752, John Vinton, and removed to Dudley ; after his death in 1760 she returned to Stoneham, where she was liv- ing in 1766. In November, 1763, she was living with her grandson Timothy, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Matthews. ("Vinton Memorial," p. 378). Children : I. Ralph, born March 6, 1714; died May 1, 173I. 2. Hannah, born September 4, 1715, married February 19, 1734, Joseph Vinton. 3. Eliza- beth, born November 9, 1717; died Novem- ber 25, 1717. 4. Elizabeth, born April 9, 1723; married November 10, 1741, Joseph . Matthews. 5. Timothy, born June 23, 1727 ; died February 19, 1727-28. 6. Timothy, born May 19, 1729 ; died April 1, 1742.
The younger Timothy Baldwin is styled "Ensign" on his gravestone, 1750. This office has its equivalent in the modern second lieu- tenant. His will, dated November 7, 1750, mentions wife Hannah, and his daughters Hannah Vinton and Elizabeth Matthews. He also mentions a legacy given to his honored mother-in-law (stepmother) by his honored father. His father's will was dated July 12, 1718. Elizabeth, his daughter, is mentioned in it as married at that date, but to whom does not appear. Agreements were made re- specting the father's estate in 1734 and 1741. . To Elizabeth, his wife, the father granted the use of a room in the east end of his house, and she released to the son her right to a room in the house, 1734. Her will devised to grand- children Matthews and to Samuel Grover.
(IV) Henry Baldwin, son of Henry (I), born in Woburn, November 15, 1664, died July 7, 1739; married May 4, 1692, Abigail, born February 1, 1674, died January -, 177I, aged ninety-six or ninety-seven, daughter of David and Seaborn (Wilson) Fiske, first of Woburn and latterly of Lexington. Henry had all housing of his father, per will, after his mother Phebe had deceased, and all lands after his father's decease. Children :
I. Henry, born January 12, 1692-93; see for- ward. 2. David, born April 9, 1696; see for- ward. 3. Isaac, born February 20, 1699- 1700; see forward. 4. Abigail, born Febru- ary 13, 1701-02, died September 4, 1704. 5.
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James, born July II, 1705, died June 12, 1709. 6. Abigail, born November 19, 1707, died be- fore 1751; married John Converse, and re- moved to Leicester. 7. James, born October 19, 1710; see forward. 8. Samuel, born August 31, 1717; see forward. The last will of Henry Baldwin, dated January 9, 1732-33, presented by James Baldwin, left August 6, 1739, probated September 10, 1739, names wife Abigail; Henry Baldwin, eldest son ; sons David, Isaac, Samuel, and daughter Abigail Converse, and son James Baldwin, executor. He gave wife one-half part of house, north- erly end, both upper and lower rooms, with the cellar under them; his son James had the other part. He confirmed certain gifts. He also gave his son James his sawmill and his rights in said sawmill stream.
(V) Benjamin Baldwin, son of Henry (I), born January 20, 1672-73; died April 28, 1736; married Hannah , died Septem-
ber 28, 1736. Children : I. John, born , 1697. 2. Benjamin, born October 25, 1701. The statement, real or unfounded, has been made that Benjamin Baldwin resided at one time in Canterbury, Connecticut.
(VI) Henry Baldwin, son of Henry (4), born in Woburn, January 12, 1692-93, died in Pelham, New Hampshire; married May 7, 1717, Mary, born January 10, 1694-95, died October 25, 1798, aged 104, daughter of Joseph (Joseph 2, Samuel I) and Mary (Blogget) Richardson. Children: I. Henry, born February 27, 1717-18. 2. Nathan, born May 18, 1720. 3. Mary, born January 4, I721-22. The following is a contemporary notice of Mrs. Baldwin's death :
"At Shrewsbury, Mrs. Mary Jones, aet. near- ly 105 years. Her maiden name was Mary Richardson. She was born at Woburn, Janu- ary Ioth, O. S., 1694. Her first husband was Henry Baldwin, Esq., of Pelham, N. H., by whom she had three children, who lived to settle in the world, and left families. Her second husband was Colonel Jones, of Hop- kinton, who died about the year 1772, since which time she remained a widow. She en- joyed a good degree of health, until within a few weeks of her death. The serenity of mind, and quietness of temper, which she pos- sesst to an uncommon degree, doubtless con- tributed to her great age. Being early im- prest with the importance of religion, the practice of it, ever appeared natural and easy. As she lived, so she died in the hope of a blessed immortality, and but a few hours be- fore her death was able to express; with great propriety, her views and prospects of futur-
ity."-Columbian Centinel (Boston), Novem- ber 3, 1798.
Captain Henry Baldwin died in Pelham, New Hampshire, 1754. The gravestone of his wife Mary at Shrewsbury reads: Mary, widow of Colonel John Jones, died October 23, 1798, in her 105th year.
Henry Baldwin, son of Henry (6), married Abigail Butler, of Pelham, New Hampshire. They settled in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Children : Mary, married Captain Elisha Ward, of Petersham; also Henry, Nathan, Thaddeus, Eliphalet, Kezia, Abigail, Relief, Lucretia. Henry married second, Martha Ab- bott, widow of Ebenezer Abbott, and died No- vember 17, 1789, aged seventy-two.
Nathan, son of Henry (6), lived in Wor- cester ; married first Sarah Oakes, and second Lydia Oakes. Children, by first wife: Sarah, married Johnson; Abigail. By second wife: Lydia, Mary.
Mary, daughter of Henry (6), mar- ried Rev. Abner Bayley, of Salem, New Hampshire. Children: Mary, married first William White, of Plaistow, and second Moses Webster, of Haverhill; Elizabeth, mar- ried Henry Little of Salem, New Hampshire; Lavinia, married Rev. William Kelley, of Warner, New Hampshire ("Vinton Memori- al," 378. )
(VII) Captain David Baldwin, son of Henry (4), born at Woburn, April 9, 1696, died in Sudbury, June 23, 1770 : married Abi- gail, born December 18, 1702, died June 12, 1767, daughter of Hon. William and Eliza- beth (Golding) Jennison; of Sudbury. He was an innkeeper of Watertown, 1752-1757. Children : I. William, born November II, 1727. 2. Samuel, born August 27, 1731. 3. Lydia, born October 27, 1729, died July 8, 1732. 4. Abigail, born August 18, 1733. 5. Lydia, born October 5, 1735. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Mary, born September 8, 1742.
William, son of David (7), was graduated at Harvard College in 1748; married February 15, 1753, Jane, daughter of Rev. William and Jane Cook, of Sudbury, and was a deacon and magistrate in Sudbury, where he died.
Samuel, son of David (7), graduated at . Harvard College, 1752; married January 2, 1771, Hannah, daughter of Judge John Cush- ing, of Scituate; was ordained pastor at Han- over, Massachusetts, December 1, 1756, dis- missed March 8, 1780, and died December I, 1784, aged fifty-four.
Abigail, daughter of David (7), married May 7, 1752, Joseph Curtis, of Sudbury. She had a daughter Abigail who became the wife
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of Rev. Jonathan Barnes, of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, December 14, 1774.
Lydia, daughter of David (7), married February 19, 1756, Hon. Oliver Prescott, of Groton, a physician in a very large practice ; judge of probate; brigadier-general before and during the Revolution, 1768-1781 ; after- wards major-general. He was also a member of the board of war and of the supreme execu- tive council of Massachusetts; a brother of Colonel William Prescott, who commanded in the redoubt on Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 ; be- ing third son (sixth child) of Hon. Benjamin and Abigail (Oliver) Prescott; while Colonel William was their second son (fourth child). Lucy, sixth child of Hon. Oliver and Lydia (Baldwin) Prescott, married Hon. Timothy Bigelow, of Medford, and their eldest daugh- ter Katherine married Hon. Abbott Lawrence.
Elizabeth, daughter of David (7), married October 23, 1755, Henry Evans, and removed to Nova Scotia.
Mary, daughter of David (7), married February 7, 1764, Captain Samuel Jackson of Newton ; no children.
(VIII) Isaac Baldwin, son of Henry (4), born in Woburn, February 20, 1699-1700, died in Sudbury, March 12, 1759; married March 24, 1726, Mary Flegg (or Flagg, as the name is commonly spelt), born in Woburn, December 5, 1702, died in Sudbury, Septem- ber 23, 1744, daughter of Ebenezer and Eliza- beth (Carter) Flagg. Children : I. Luke, born December 23, 1728. 2. Jeduthun, born Janu- ary 13, 1731-32. 3. Nahum, born May 3, 1734. 4. Isaac, born December 12, 1738. 5. Josiah, born June 10, 1743. The father was married to a second wife, Elizabeth, who died his wid- ow, March 8, 1770.
Luke, son of Isaac (8), lived to manhood. Jeduthan or Jeduthun Baldwin, son of Isaac (8), was born at Woburn, January 13, 1732, and died at North Brookfield, Massachusetts, June 4, 1788, aged fifty-six; married, April 28, 1757, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, of Westborough. "The Revolu- tionary Journal of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin, 1775-1778," edited by Thomas Williams Bald- win, printed for the De Burians (Bangor), 1906, contains a memoir and notes, and il- lustrations, besides the journal. He was captain of a company in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755-56, and served in the same capacity from March to December, 1758, at Ticonderoga and at Fort DuQuesne. Twen- ty years afterwards he campaigned in the same country with different generals, as col-
onel and chief of engineers. He lived but a short time in Woburn, as his father moved to Sudbury about 1734. The son left Sudbury when young, and settled in Brookfield, Mass- achusetts, probably about 1754. For a very full account of his life the reader is referred to the volume above named. He was survived by his widow, a son Luke, and a daughter Betsey, and besides these two there were two other children-one Jeduthun, aged six, killed by being thrown from a cart, October 31, 1763 ; the other, Isaac, a member of Harvard College, died April 1, 1783, aged nineteen years.
The published journal of Colonel Jeduthun Baldwin mentions his father, Isaac Baldwin, under date of 1756, his brother Nahum, and later his father and mother, and uncle Samuel Baldwin. Nahum married Martha Low, April 22, 1760. Isaac married Eunice Jennison, De- cember 31, 1761. Josiah married Susanna Gould, March 29, 1763.
Isaac, son of Isaac (8), was mortally wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, and died opposite the house of Colonel Royall, in Medford. He belonged to Colonel John Stark's regiment, was the captain of his own company from the time of his entry into the service, April 23, 1775, and served two months, at six pounds per month, total amount of wages received twelve pounds, and num- ber of miles travel, eighty. He was the rank- ing captain in his regiment. (N. H. State Pa- pers, XIV. 50.)
Isaac Baldwin at the beginning of the war raised a company of men in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, and led them to Cambridge. While there a tender belonging to the enemy got aground on the Chelsea ferry ways, and he went with twelve of his men in open day in the face of the enemy and burned her, after taking out her guns and sails, by throwing a pitchfork of hay on fire in the cabin windows. Having accomplished this he put his men back one by one and brought up the rear himself under the fire of the British fleet, and in this way reached their quarters safely with four of his men wounded. He fought valiantly at Bunker Hill, and was shot through the breast and died that night. He is said to have loaded and discharged his musket three times after he was wounded. When his men were carry- ing him off the field he exhorted them to fight, assuring them that they would win the day and he would be with them again directly. He died that night. He came to Hillsborough in 1767, was a carpenter and joiner by trade,
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and when the news of the battles of Lexington and Concord came, he was at work framing a barn in an adjoining town.
Isaac Baldwin had a posthumous son named Robert, born July 15, 1775, married April 5, 1803, Martha Brown, and had a fam- ily in Waltham, an account of which is given in Bond's "History of Watertown," pp. II, 675. Isaac Baldwin, probably another son, served in the Continental army in the Revolu- tion, married Hannah Caldwell, of Woburn, May 15, 1794; had sons, Isaac, born Novem- ber 26, 1794, and Charles, born July 27, 1797, recorded on Woburn records. Isaac and wife Hannah were both admitted to Woburn pre- cinct (or Burlington) church, September 14, 1800, and both were dismissed to Hillsbor- ough. Children : Isaac, Charles, and Nahum, were baptized in Precinct church, Woburn, October 5, 1800.
(IX) James Baldwin, son of Henry (4), born in Woburn, October 19, 1710, died June 28, 1791, aged eighty-one; married May 29, 1739, Ruth, born June 17, 1713; died May 13, 1791, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Blod- get) Richardson, sister of the wife of his brother Henry (6). Children : I. Cyrus, born November 5, 1740; see forward. 2. Reuel, born May 9, 1742; died February 21, 1745-46, aged three years, (gravestone at Woburn). 3. Loammi, born January 10, 1744-45; see for- ward. 4. Reuel, born June 30, 1747; see for- ward. James, the father, was a carpenter "of good repute," and reported to have been the 'master workman" in the erection of the Wo- burn precinct (or Burlington) meeting-house in 1732, the frame of which is yet standing, but the exterior has been twice materially al- tered. He served one day in the Woburn quo- ta on April 19, 1775, when the Woburn men in great numbers marched to Lexington and Concord and took part in the battle there. James Baldwin in will dated April 9, 1771, probated November 9, 1791, named wife Ruth, and sons Cyrus, Reuel, and Loammi (second son) executor. The son Loammi re- ceived one-half of the real estate after de- cease of the wife, Ruth.
(X) Captain Samuel Baldwin, son of Hen- ry (4), born at Woburn, August 31, 1717, died at Weston, July 21, 1778, aged sixty- one ; married first, March 23, 1741-42, Eliza- beth, born March 25, 1715, died February 7, 1757, daughter of Captain James and Sarah (Moore) Jones, of Weston; married second March 30, 1758, Sarah Deming, of Needham, died May 2, 1760, aged thirty-nine; married third, March 25, 1762, Rebecca Cotton, born
November 14, 1725, died January 16, 1795, aged seventy-one, daughter of Rev. John and Mary (Gibbs) Cotton. Children by wife Eliz- abeth : I. Samuel, born at Falmouth, July 28, 1743; married July 7, 1763, Millicent Cutler .* 2. Elizabeth, born at Weston June 18, 1745; married December 22, 1768, Elias Jones of East Hoosick. 3. Lydia, born at Weston, Jan- uary 16, 1746; married October 25, 1764, John Newton Parmenter. 4. Ephraim, born at Weston, April 2, 1749, died December 30, 1751. 5. Sarah, born at Weston, September 15, 1750, died April II, 1756, aged five and one-half. 6. Lucy, born June 30, 1753. 7. Es- ther, born June 27, 1756 .; married June 4, 1779, Jonathan Rawson. Child by wife Sarah : 8. Sarah, born January 28, 1759. Children by wife Rebecca : 9. Rebecca, born January 7, 1763, died January 29, 1763. 10. Rebecca, born July 10, 1764; married December 3, 1780, James Cogswell. II. Mary, born March 15, 1766 ; married January 24, 1790, Isaac Hobbs, Jr.
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