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He married, at Shirley, July 21, 1891, Ab- bie J. Meader, born November, 1869, at New Haven, Vermont, daughter of Nathan and Jennie L. (Sterling) Meader. Her father, Nathan, born 1837, died December, 1897, was a farmer all his life. Her mother was a native of Moriah, New York. Children of Nathan and Jennie L. (Sterling) Meader: Caroline E. Phinney W., Ranleigh E., Roy L., Abbie J. Children of George Stanley and Abbie J. (Meader) Wells: 1. Clayton Meader, born July 14, 1892. 2. George Stanley, February 22, 1894. 3. Blanche Irene, May 25, 1895. 4. Leslie Carl, June 23, 1897.
Richard Farwell, believed to FARWELL be the ancestor of the Ameri- can emigrant, Henry Farwell, one of the pioneers of Concord, Massachusetts, was born in England. He married about 1280 the daughter and heiress of Elias de Rille- stone, and brought that estate and others into the family. These continued in the family un- til about 1500, when they were passed on to the family of Radcliffe, although some portion of the estate remains to this day in a Farwell branch bearing the same arms and claiming descent from Richard Farwell. About the time the estates passed to the Radcliffes, Simon Farwell migrated from Yorkshire to Somer- setshire, and built at Bishop Hall, near Taun- ton, the manor house on which is carved the
Farwell arms, quartered with de Rillestone and others.
(I) Simon Farwell, mentioned above, of Hill-Bishop, died in 1545; married Julia Clark.
(II) Simon Farwell, son of Simon Farwell (I), of Hill-Bishop, married Dorothy Dyer, heiress of Sir James Dyer, speaker of the house of commons and judge. She died 1580. Children : I. Simon. 2. John, of Holbrook. 3. George, born 1533; mentioned below. 4. Richard. 5. Christopher, founder of the Devonshire branch of the family. 6. Four daughters.
(III) George Farwell, son of Simon Far- well (2), was born in 1533 and died in 1609; married Philippa Parker, daughter of John Parker. She died in 1620. They lived at Hill-Bishop. Children : I. Sir George, Knight, of Hill-Bishop; mentioned below. 2. Eliza- beth. 3. Sir John. 4. Arthur.
(IV) Sir George Farwell, son of George Farwell (3), Knight, of Hill-Bishop, died in 1647. He married Lady Mary Seymour, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, and brought into the family royal Plantagenet blood. They had twenty children, some of whom were: Thomas, John, mention- ed below; George, Nathaniel, Edmund, and James.
(V) John Farwell, son of Sir George Far- well (4), married Dorothy Routh, daughter of Sir John Routh. Children : I. Henry, men- tioned below. 2. John.
(VI) Henry Farwell, believed to be the son of John Farwell (5), of Hill-Bishop, England, was one of the first settlers in Concord, Massa- chusetts, and is ancestor of most of the sur- name in America. In this connection it is in- teresting to note that Thomas Farwell was in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1643, where he made a contract with his servant, James Bishop. (Note-The name Bishop may have been derived from the place where the Far- wells lived in England, Hill-Bishop.) Henry Farwell was admitted a freeman May 14, 1638-9. He served on important committees for the proprietors and the town. He removed to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, an adjoining town. His will was made July 12, 1670, just before his death. The inventory of his estate was filed August 5 following. He married Olive Children : i. John, born at Concord about 1639; married first Sarah Wheeler ; second, Sarah Fisk. 2. Mary, born December 26, 1640; married John Bates. 3. Joseph, born February 20, 1642; mentioned below. . 4. Olive, married October 30, 1668,
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at Chelmsford, Benjamin Spaulding. 5.
Elizabeth, married Wilkins.
(VII) Ensign Joseph Farwell, son of Henry Farwell (6), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, February 20, 1642. He re- moved with his father to Chelmsford. About 1609 he bought the Waldo farm in Dunstable, Massachusetts, part of which he deeded to his son, Henry Farwell, in 1702. He settled there in 1699, and was selectman in 1701-02-05-10, and highway surveyor in 1706. His will was dated November 13, 1711, and he died De- cember 31, 1722. He was deacon of the church. He married, December 25, 1666, Hannah Learned, who was born in Woburn, August 24, 1649, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Stearns) Learned. Her father was born in England, son of William and Judith Learned, who came from England to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1632. Her mother was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Stearns, who set- tled in Watertown in 1630. Children : I. Han- nah, born January 20, 1667-8. 2. Joseph, born July 24, 1670 ; mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, born June 9, 1672; married, January, 1693, John Richardson. 4. Henry, born December 18, 1674; married Susannah Richardson. 5. Isaac, born at Chelmsford, removed from Mil- ford to Mansfield, Connecticut. 6. Sarah, born September 2, 1683. 7. John, born June 15, I686. 8. William, born January 21, 1688; settled in Groton, Massachusetts. 9. Oliver, born 1689; killed by the Indians. 10. Olive, born November, 1692.
(VIII) Joseph Farwell, son of Joseph Far- well (7), was born at Chelmsford, Massachu- setts, July 24, 1670. He removed to Groton, where he died August 21, 1740, aged seventy years. He married, at Chelmsford, Hannah Coburn. Children, born at Chelmsford: I. Joseph, born August 5, 1696; married Mary Gilson. 2. Thomas, born October 1I, 1698; died December 16, 1731; married, December 24, 1723, Elizabeth Pierce. Children born at Groton : 3. Hannah, born May 6, 1701; died May II, 176 -. 4. Elizabeth, born December 31, 1703. 5. Edward, born July 12, 1706. 6. Mary, born February 5, 1709. 7. John, born June 23, 1711. 8. Samuel, born January 14, 1714. 9. Daniel, born May 20, 1717 ; mention- ed below. 10. Sarah, born February 26, 1721. (IX) Daniel Farwell, son of Joseph Farwell (8), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, May 20, 1717. He married Mary Children, born at Groton: I. Daniel, April 22, 1740. 2. Anna, May 4, 1744. 3. Timothy, February 21, 1745-6. 4. Mary, February 6, 1747-8. 5. Ed- mund, July 13, 1750; mentioned below. 6.
Zaccheus, June 27, 1753 ; soldier in the Revo- lution. 7. Benjamin, July 2, 1756; soldier in the Revolution.
(X) Edmund Farwell, son of Daniel Far- well (9), was born July 13, 1750. He mar- ried, July 15, 1773, Mary Russell, born Sep- tember 20, 1752, twin sister of Elizabeth Rus- sell and daughter of Jason and Elizabeth Rus- sell, of Cambridge and Bolton; (see sketch of Daniel Russell, of Arlington, elsewhere in this work). Children: I. Mary. 2. Lucinda. 3. A daughter. 4. Thomas. 5. Morse. 6. Richard. 7. Daniel, mentioned below.
(XI) Daniel Farwell, son of Edmund Far- well (10), was born about 1780. He settled in Harvard, Massachusetts, where he followed the occupation of farmer and cooper. In 1825 he removed to New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and died there July 25, 1825, leaving his widow with a young family to support and with very little property. He married Susan Estabrook, daughter of Joel Estabrook, of Westford, Massachusetts. (See Estabrook family.) Children of Daniel and Susan (Esta- brook) Farwell: I. Mary, born December 25, 1807, died August, 1886. 2. Lucinda, born September 12, 1809, died March 2, 1820. 3. Russell, born June 10, 1813, died January, 1899. 4. Sophia, born August II, 1815, died 1887. 5. Royal E., born October 1, 1824; mentioned below.
(XII) Royal Estabrook Farwell, son of Daniel Farwell (II), was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, October 1, 1824. His father died at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, when he was but nine months old, and his education was acquired as opportunity offered in the winter terms of the district school, and one term in the Appelton Academy. He began to work at farming when a mere child, and from the age of ten years he has been self-support- ing. During his minority he lived part of the time with an aunt, and part of the time with his brother, Russell Farwell, who was a black- smith. He lived for a time at Pepperell, Massa- chusetts, near his native town, and finally in 1845 came to Natick, Massachusetts, and en- gaged a short time in the blacksmith business. About 1848 he engaged in manufacturing shoes and was one of the pioneer manu- facturers of boots and shoes in Natick, which at that time was a small village, and he continued in this line until the civil war broke out. At that time his health was not good and he gave up business and, being disqualified for the service, he en- tered upon the work of the Christian Commis- sion to aid the Union army and relieve the
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hardship and sufferings of the Union soldiers. Even before the Emancipation Proclamation the negroes flocked to the Federal army and had to be cared for. It was an important part of Mr. Farwell's duty to look after these un- fortunate runaway slaves and to furnish then transportation north. To some extent the white population left destitute by the ravages of war had also to be fed and clothed. After the slaves were set free the work of the Com- mission became enormously increased. At Camp Nelson, Kentucky, where Mr. Farwell was then stationed, great numbers gathered. It was out of the question to provide for them in the South, and when he attempted to send them north the railroad men refused to allow them aboard. He had to make a requisition upon General Bartlett for troops before the conductor and engineer would transport the negroes. He accompanied the troops and fifty negroes to the train, saw them aboard, and, when the conductor and engineer refused to proceed, placed both under arrest, ordered out another engineer, and appointed a conductor and fireman, but the railroad men capitulated and begged to be allowed to perform their duties, saying that they recognized the author- ity of the United States as higher than that of Kentucky. At the close of the war he was appointed agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, a difficult position for which his service in the war had given him excellent preparation. It was his duty to start the former slaves on their new paths as free and independent Americans, to save them from suffering and want, and provide for educating the young. Against the prejudice, hatred and bitterness of the defeat- ed Rebels the work of this bureau, unpopular though it was in the north as well as the south, was carried forward bravely and persevering- ly. The very life of a man in this bureau was in constant danger. He became intimately as- sociated with Rev. John G. Fee, who assisted in establishing Berea College for Freedmen. He continued in this field of duty until the spring of 1866, when he returned to Natick.
He established a fire insurance and real es- tate agency in Natick, and has been in active business to the present time, though during the past few years he has taken life easily and let his son and junior partner have the labor- ing oar. He admitted to partnership in his business his only son Edwin, in 1882, and the firm name since then has been R. E. Farwell & Son. For many years the firm had offices in Clark's Block, but removed to their present lo- cation in Walcott's Block when that building was completed, in 1886. For many years Mr.
Farwell has been the most prominent real es- tate expert of the town, and one of the best known insurance agents of that section. Mr. Farwell has always been prominent in public affairs. He was a prime mover in the pro- curing of a system of municipal water supply for Natick, and from the beginning of con- struction was chairman of the board of water commissioners of that town. In politics he was anti-slavery before the war, and a mem- ber of the Free Soil party, and since the or- ganization of the Republican party he has been one of its most loyal supporters. He has never sought public office for himself, though for many years he served the town on the board of assessors. Mr. Farwell is a prominent member and generous supporter of the First Congregational Church, Natick. He married first, Sarah Walcott, born July 20, 1823, died October II, 1861. He married second Martha S. Walcott, born February 22, 1824, sister of his first wife, daughter of John Walcott. One child by first marriage: Edwin, born August 21, 1861.
Thomas Estabrook, the ESTABROOK immigrant ancestor, was born at Enfield, county Middlesex, England, about 1640. He was the brother of Joseph Estabrook, mentioned else- where in this work, and came to this country in 1660. He settled at Concord, Massachu- setts, and married there Sarah Temple, May II, 1663. He was a planter. He lived at Swansea, Massachusetts, for a time, and was admitted an inhabitant by the town August 13, 1666, and was selectman there in 1681. He died January 28, 1720-21. Children : I. Thom- as, mentioned below. 2. Abraham, married September 30, 1718, Martha Brabrook.
(II) Thomas Estabrook, son of Thomas Estabrook (I), was born August 6, 1685, and married, December 18, 1707, Elizabeth Park- er. He lived at Concord and Dunstable, Massachusetts, and died at Dunstable, July 29, I743. Children, born at Concord: I. Joel, born May 15, 1708; died July 28, 1708. 2. Sarah, born November 6, 1709. 3. Samuel, born March 8, 1710-II; married Huldah Tem- ple. 4. Thomas, born April 2, 1713; men- tioned below. 5. Robert, born November 28, 1715; married Olive Townsend. 6. Abraham, born November 10, 1718. 7. Aaron, married February 17, 1740, Bethia Ball. 8. Moses, born April 15, 1723; married Esther Corey. 9. Joseph, born April I, 1726; married Lydia Wheat.
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(III) Thomas Estabrook, son of Thomas Estabrook (2), was born in Concord, Massa- chusetts, April 2, 1713; married Prudence He removed to Westford from Dun- stable about the time Samuel Farwell and oth- ers came from Groton. Children: I. Benja- min, born at Dunstable, February 29, 1744; married Sarah Heal; settled at Westford. 2. Joel, born at Westford, March 3, 1748-9; men- tioned below. 3. Jonah, born April 2, 1751.
(IV) Joel Estabrook, son of Thomas Esta- brook (3), was born at Westford, March 3, 1748-9. He was a soldier in the Revolution, credited to Dunstable, a private in Captain Ebenezer Bancroft's company, Colonel Eben- ezer Bridge's regiment (the Twenty-seventh) during the summer of 1775, about Boston, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was paid for articles lost during the battle, by order of the House of Representatives dated June 24, 1776. He married at Chelms- ford, in 1778, Abigail Underwood. Children: I. Abigail Underwood, born 1779. 2. Sophia born 1781. 3. Polly, born 1782. 4. Susan- . na, born 1782. 5. Susanna, born 1784. 6. Joel, Jr., born 1788. 7. Sarah, born 1790. All were born at Westford. A daughter married Daniel Farwell and settled in Harvard. (See Farwell family).
TROWBRIDGE The name of Trow- bridge is of high an- tiquity in England as persons bearing that name are found to have lived during the reign of William the Con- queror. The first of the name are found in Trowbridge, a market town and parish in Wiltshire, England, which town received its name from that of one of the family, being their residence for many centuries, and the property of one of the name in the reign of Edward I. The name Trowbridge first ap- pears in the Domesday book. Trowbridge formerly had a castle, but no trace now re- mains. It was besieged by Stephen about A. D. 1135. A younger branch of the Trow- bridges settled in Somersetshire as early as 1541. They resided at Taunton in that coun- ty, and from this branch sprang the Trow- bridges of America. That the Taunton fam- ily descended from that of Wiltshire is suf- ficiently proven by their arms, precisely the same as those seen in the stained glass win- dow of the chancel of St. James' Church, Taunton, England. (Copied from the history of Woodbury, Connecticut.)
(I) John Trowbridge lived at Hutton, Som- erset county, England, and died there in 1575.
In his will, dated February 17, 1575, he names two sons. Thomas, and Edmund, mentioned below, the former being remembered to this day for his bequest to the poor, the income of which is annually distributed in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen, at Taunton, England. John Trowbridge named as execu- tor of his will his two brothers, Thomas, Sr. and Thomas, Jr.
(II) Edmund Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (1), lived in Taunton, Somerset county, England. He had a son, Thomas, mentioned below. He received a bequest from his father John of five silver spoons and a gold ring.
(III) Thomas Trowbridge, son of Edmund Trowbridge (2), was born in England about 1610. He came from Taunton, Somerset- shire, England, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, as early as 1636. His wife joined the church there in 1636, and their son was born there that year. He drew a lot of land January 2, 1637, and ,at various times after that. Later in 1638 or early in 1639 however, he removed to New Haven. He was in the foreign shipping business and he continued in business, making voyages be- tween the Barbadoes and England. He owned a house and lot in New Haven as early as 1639, but apparently was not living there. He and his wife and three children were living there in 1643, and he was rated as one of the richest men of the colony, paying taxes on five hundred pounds. In 1644 Mr. Cheever, the celebrated pedagogue, received payment for teaching Trowbridge's children; evidently the children were well educated for their day. He went to England in 1644, leaving his three sons and all his American property in charge of Henry Gibbons, who proved unfaithful to his trust. Sergeant Thomas Jeffries took the boys into his own family. Thomas Trow- bridge wrote often from England to have Gibbons brought to account, but without avail. Even a power of attorney to his sons was not effective. Thomas Trowbridge died in Taunton, England, February 7, 1672-73, and soon afterwards Gibbons gave to the sons a deed of everything he had, even to the bed he slept on, in an endeavor to make good the property of the family. When Gibbons died in 1686 Thomas Trowbridge was appointed his administrator and recovered all there was le't of his father's estate in New Haven. The sons of Thomas Trowbridge were: 1. Thom- as, born 1632 at Taunton, England. 2. Wil- liam, born 1634. 3. James, born 1636, at Dor- chester, Massachusetts, 'mentioned below.
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(IV) Deacon James Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (3), was born at Dor- chester, Massachusetts, in 1636, and bap- tized two years later. In 164I he re- moved with his father to New Haven, Connecticut. He lived in New Haven until nearly twenty-one years old, when he re- turned to Dorchester and occupied the land his father had owned before removing to New Haven. He removed in 1664 to Cambridge Village, now Newton, Massachusetts. His wife Margaret, Thomas Wiswan, Goodman ยท Kinwright, were dismissed by the Dorchester church July 1I, 1664, to the church gathered at Cambridge Village. James Trowbridge was elected deacon to succeed his father-in- law in 1675, and held the office forty-two con- secutive years. In 1675 he bought of Deputy- Governor Danforth a farm of eighty-five acres with house and other buildings, where the governor had lived several years, adjoin- ing his farm, and the descendants of James Trowbridge have ever since kept in their pos- session a considerable part of the original homestead in Newton. In the seventh gener- ation the place was owned by Nathan Trow- bridge. James Trowbridge was selectman on the very first board, elected August 27, 1679, and served nine years. He was clerk of writs 1692-93, lieutenant of the military company, deputy to the general court from 1700 to 1703. He made his will in 1709, and added a codicil in 1715; it was proved in June, 1717. He men- tioned his rights in land at Dorchester re- ceived from his father, Thomas Trowbridge. The estate amounted to two hundred and for- ty pounds and seven shillings.
He married December 30, 1659, Margaret Atherton, daughter of Major General Hum- phrey Atherton. She died August 17, 1672, and he married (second), January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson, daughter of Deacon John Jackson. She died September 16, 1727, aged seventy-eight years. Children of the first wife: I. Elizabeth, born October 12, 1660, married John Myrick. 2. Mindwell, June 20, 1662, married Jonathan Fuller. 3. John, May 22, 1664, married Sarah Wilson. 4. Margaret, April 30, 1666, married Hon. Ebenezer Stone. 5. Thankful, March 4, 1668, married Deacon R. Ward. 6. Hannah, June 15, 1672, mar- ried John Greenwood. Children of the second wife; 7. Experience, November 1, 1675, mar- ried Samuel Wilson. 8. Thomas, December 4, 1677, mentioned below. 9. Deliverance, December 31, 1679, married Eleazer Ward. IO. James, September 20, 1682, married (first) Hannah Bacon; (second) Hannah Jackson.
II. William, November 19, 1684, married Sarah Ann Ward; married (second) Sarah Fullam. 12. Abigail, April II, 1687, proba- bly never married. 13. Caleb, November 9, 1692, married Sarah Oliver; married (second) Hannah Walter.
(V) Lieutenant Thomas Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge (4), was born Decem- ber 4, 1677, and died in 1724. He settled in Newton and removed to New London, Con- necticut. He married his first wife about 1700 ; married (second), March 3, 1709, Mary Goffe, of Cambridge. He married (third), January 7, 1716, Susanna --- -. In 1725 Ed- mund Goffe was appointed guardian of Trow- bridge's minor children Edmund and Lydia, and Mr. Nathaniel Longley of Mary Trow- bridge, aged thirteen. Child of the first wife. I. John, born about 1702, mentioned below. Children of the second wife: 2. Edmund, born 1709, Harvard graduate, 1728; married Mar- tha Remington and resided in Cambridge. 3. Lydia, born 1710-II, married, 1737, Richard Dana, and was mother of Chief Justice Dana. 4. Mary, born 1713, married Eben Chamber- lain, in 1733. 5. Abigail, born about 1720 (see guardianship papers at Middlesex pro- bate).
(VI) John Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (5), was born about 1702, and died May 19, 1762. He was a housewright and came to Framingham, Massachusetts, as early as 1725. He bought fifty-five acres of land, part of the present Nathan Hosmer place, by deed dated February 3, 1726-27, from Joseph Buckminster. He exchanged this farm March 16, 1732, with Samuel Bullen for fifty acres of land and buildings, paying also fifty-five pounds. This farm adjoined . Eze- kiel How's. He also bought the Joshua Ea- ton place, now Captain Russell's and Mrs. Parsons, in 1742, and the Peter B. Davis farm in 1747. All his land was formerly of the six hundred acres of "reserved land," and the original title given by Colonel Buckminster or derived from him proving defective, Trow- bridge recovered damages and gained new ti- tle of the heirs of Governor Danforth. Trow- bridge was selectman and a prominent citizen of Framingham. He married Mehitable Ea- ton, daughter of Jonas Eaton. She was bur- ied March 26, 1777. Children: I. Mehitable, born January 26, 1725-26, married Oldham Gates. 2. Mary, born July 27, 1728, married Amos Gates. 3. John, born May 22, 1730, married Margaret Farrar and lived in Fram- ingham. 4. Lydia, born December 24, 1731, married, January 7, 1752-53, Ralph Hemen-
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way. 5. Thomas, born April 1, 1734, men- tioned below. 6. Ruth, born March 3, 1736, married Peter Rice.
(VII) Thomas Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (6), was born in Framingham, April 1, 1734, and died at Swanzey, New Hampshire, January 12, 1804. He lived in Framingham until 1771, when he settled in Fitzwilliam, where he was admitted to the church in 1772, removing to Swanzey. He was dismissed to the Swanzey church Decem- ber 26, 1784. He resided on the J. O. Gary place in Swanzey. His son Thomas suc- ceeded to the homestead, and his grandson, Colonel Thomas Trowbridge, lived in. Swan- zey on the C. E. Hill place. Mr. Trowbridge married Hannah Perry, of Framingham, born 1735, died December 2, 1809, aged seventy- four years. Children, born in Framingham, except the two youngest: I. Luther, born June 3, 1756, married Elizabeth Tallman and lived in Albany, New York. 2. Hannah, De- cember 19, 1759, died 1804; married, Novem- ber 22, 1781, Jonathan Whitin, Jr. 3. Ed- mund, March 2, 1762, died 1766. 4. Mehita- ble, February 6, 1764, married, July 1, 1781, Abijah Wetherbee; she died February 6, 1844. 5. Polly, June 6, 1766, married Page and lived in Ohio. 6. Thomas, June 5, 1768. 7. Joseph, May 5, 1770, mentioned be- low. 8. Margaret, April 6, 1774, married Belden and lived in Vermont. 9. Martha, born in Fitzwilliam, May 10, 1778, married Jonathan Whitcomb; she died September 3, 1822, at Dummerston, Vermont.
(VIII) Joseph Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (7), was born in Framingham, May 5, 1770. He married, at the age of eighteen, April 27, 1788, Lucy Barnes, of Marlborough, born September 16, 1756, daughter of Frederick Barnes. A certificate on file at the Middlesex probate records states that "Joseph Trowbridge of Marlborough, a minor, and husband to Lucy, daughter of Frederick Barnes, late of Marlborough, chose John Stowe for his guardian," May 6, 1789. The guardian's bond states that his father Thomas Trowbridge was "late of Framing- ham, now of New Hampshire." John and Simon Stowe and Uriah Brigham were on the bond. Joseph died November, 1808, and his widow Lucy administered his estate. The in- ventory filed December 21, 1808, showed property valued at $1910.98.
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