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January 1, 1900, Mr. Linscott married Gertrude DeForest Smith, born February 18, 1878, daughter of Louis L. and Abbie Winn (Tidd) Smith. Her father, who was a shoe merchant in Boston, having died, her mother married for her second husband a Mr. Wat- son, and she assumed the latter name. Mrs. Linscott is a descendant of John Tidd, who came from Yarmouth, England, in 1637, and was one of the original settlers in Woburn, where he died April 24, 1657. His first wife, Margaret, who accompanied him from Eng- land, died in 1651, and by his will it appears that he had a second wife, Alice. The Wo- burn Tidd's are descended from him through his only son, John Tidd, who was born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Linscott have two children, Mildred, born November 16, 1900; and Mary Ryder, born January 8, 1902.
John Tidd, of Charlestown and
TIDD Woburn, Massachusetts, died at Woburn, April 24, 1657; his first wife Margaret, died at Woburn in 1651; he
married (second), date unknown, Alice -, who married at Cambridge, June II, 1657, William Mann. He was sergeant of the military contingent of Woburn in 1646, the first citizen of Woburn named by military title in the records. After careful consideration the compilers of this sketch have come to the con- clusion that it is difficult for them to decide what is true or what is false in much that has been stated by different writers concerning the
early history of the first John Tidd who came an immigrant undoubtedly from England and settled in this country after 1630. The diffi- culty seems to arise from the different spell- ings of this short name of four letters. For example, there is Tead, Teed, Tedd, and Todd, items concerning different individuals of these names being easily confounded with Tidd or with names of similar lengths or likeness. We are willing to accept the fact that this John Tidd came to Charlestown where he was an inhabitant in 1637, admitted to the church there 1639, and soon afterwards a resident of Woburn. This appears to be so from the fact that he was allowed to buy Thomas Moulton's old house, and had liberty to sell house to Nathaniel Hadlock, 1638. He owned eight lots in Charlestown limits, according to Book of Possessions, 1638, the sixth of which was twenty-five acres at Waterfield, or in the part now Woburn. He also. owned twenty acres in West Rockfield, also in present Woburn. In his will he styles himself a tailor. "John Dane's Relation" (a sort of tract giving an account of Dane's spiritual and temporal experience during his lifetime) mentions incidentally a John Tidd, a tailor, from Hartford, Old Eng- land, who may be the same. In Woburn there was a lot near the common called the Tidd lot, which received its name from him. On this lot now stands the edifice of the First Congregational Church. The quotation from "Dane's Narrative" is, in part, as fol- lows: "I now being at Hartford (Hertford, Hartford?) I then wrought with Mr. Tead that (now) lives at Charlestowne (Charles- town, Massachusetts). He was a young man then. He and I was going," etc. Dane died at Ipswich, September 29, 1684, and wrote his "Narrative" in 1682. This leaves it still un- certain whether the John Tidd then of Charlestown was the John Tidd who settled in Woburn and died there in 1657. Children: I. John, see forward; 2. Samuel, died 1651, married Sarah -; had daughter, Eliza, born May, 1642. 3. Elizabeth, married June 13, 1642, Thomas Fuller, of Woburn. 4. Mary, married December 24, 1644, Francis Kendall, of Woburn. 5. Hannah, married William Savell, of Braintree.
(II) John Tidd, son of John Tidd (I) died at Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, April 13, 1703, aged seventy-eight years; married at Woburn, April 14, 1650, Rebecca Wood, of Woburn; she died at Lexington, January 10, 1717, aged ninety-two years. This John Tidd after his marriage resided for a time in Wo- burn, and in 1686, moved to Cambridge
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Farms, or the present town of Lexington where by gift from the proprietors of Cam- bridge and by purchase of several individuals he acquired a large amount of real estate. His homestead there was probably bought of David Fiske on June 1, 1686, and the proper- ty remained in the hands of his descendants almost to (if not to) the present day. It was a lot of forty acres. Children: I. Han- nah, born September 21, 1652; married, De- cember 1, 1674, Joseph Smith, of Watertown. 2. John, born February 26, 1654-5; see for- ward. 3. Mary, born November 13, 1656; married March 7, 1680-1; Joseph Simonds, of Lexington. 4. Samuel, born January 16, 1658-9, died at Lexington, May 9, 1699, un- married. 5. Joseph, born January 18, 1660- I, died February 1, 1660-1. 6. Joseph, born January 20, 1661-2, married (first), Mary -
who died January 23, 1694; married (second) Mary -, who died January 9, 1718; mar-
ried (third) Mary - -- , who died January 4, 1734. He resided at Lexington. 7. Daniel, married December 21, 1694, Lydia Carley, of Cambridge. 8. Rebecca, married November II, 1685, Thomas Blodgett, of Woburn and Lexington.
(III) John Tidd, son of John Tidd (2), born at Woburn, February 26, 1654-5, died there August 3, 1743; married June 12, 1678, Elizabeth Fifield, born September 7, 1657, died at Woburn, October 6, 1732, daughter of William and Mary Fifield, of Hampton, New Hampshire. John Tidd served in King Philip's war, 1675 and '76, first in the garri- son at Groton; second under Lieutenant Ed- ward Oakes, in Captain Thomas Prentice's troop, June, 1676. It was he who was ser- geant in the Woburn militia from 1694 to 1737. Children: I. Elizabeth, born Septem- ber 19, 1679; married September 24, 1701, Joseph Stephens. 2. John, born November 2, 1681; married November 6, 1729, Abigail Gould, of Stoneham. 3. Joseph, born March 8, 1684, married November 22, 1732, Martha Pierce, of Woburn. 4. Rebecca, born Au- gust 4, 1687, died May 21, 1738. 5. Mary, born April 25, 1690. 6. Ebenezer, born Au- gust 31, 1693, see forward.
(IV) Ebenezer Tidd, son of John Tidd (3), born at Woburn August 31, 1693, died there, August 18, 1725; married Martha Wyman, born October 13, 1695, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman, of Wo- burn; she married (second) March 23, 1731, Major Joseph Richardson, of Woburn. On August 30, 1717, Ebenezer Tidd and Edward Winn were chosen guagers; the notice of
which appointment is preserved in the Wo- burn Public Library, (Wyman Coll. Mss. I:59. Children: I. Samuel, born August 20, 1716; married (first), September 14, 1738, Phebe Sawyer, of Woburn, who died Novem- ber 18, 1765; married (second), December 28, 1769 Lucy (Fowle) Gardner, of Woburn. 2. Ebenezer, born September 24, 1718, married (first), May 8, 1744, Elizabeth Faulkner, of Medford, who died May 19, 1752; and mar- ried (second), January 1, 1755, Lucy Polly, of Medford. 3. Jonathan, born November 7, 1724, see forward.
(V) Lieutenant Jonathan Tidd, son of Ebenezer Tidd (4), born at Woburn, Novem- ber 7, 1724, died there August 16, 1785; mar- ried at Boston, January 29, 1747, Serviah Baker, daughter of Samuel and Mary Baker, of Woburn; she died his widow, May 8, 1791, aged sixty-four years. In 1750 Samuel Bak- er Sr., in a will of that date, has a paragraph to this effect: "Item. To my grandson-in-law Jonathan Tidd that now liveth in my house
* * I give and bequeath all and sing- ular my housing and lands * *
* with my movable estate." Previously on Decem- ber 12, 1748, Samuel Baker, yeoman, sold for £700 one-half of his lands in Wilmington and Woburn to the said Jonathan Tidd of Wo- burn, currier. This is the earliest mention that the compilers have found of the occupa- tion of this the first most important currier or leather dresser known in the annals of Woburn. There had been others like the first members of the Wyman family who had been previously engaged on a smaller scale in this business in Woburn, but to Jonathan Tidd belongs the honor of starting the trade which has had such an extensive vogue in Woburn as to give the city a national as well as a world-wide reputation.
He was a man of such account that he early became a lieutenant in the militia company located in that part of Woburn known as the second parish of the town, now belonging ter- ritorily to the town of Burlington, to which district the estate of Jonathan Tidd was at- tached. He was therefore during the period of the revolutionary war first lieutenant of Walker's company of the Second Precinct, and as such was present with that command in the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, and rendered service of ten days at that time. The members of this com- pany being largely called into service in other commands at the front, we find, perhaps from his age or the manufacture of leather or for some other cause now unknown, that on May.
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13, 1775, he was listed on a roll as lieutenant of the third foot company in Woburn under the command of Captain Timothy Winn. In March and also again in July, 1776, his name was entered in the alarm list of Walker's Company, in which officers who had already rendered active service previously were en- rolled. His militia service did not end then, for he was lieutenant still of Walker's com- pany in 1780, actively so, and again on the alarm list in 1781. He was drafted in Au- gust, 1777, for the service in the northward army against Burgoyne and provided a sub- stitute. The above was his most important military service, but previously to the revolu- tion we ought to remark that he held the of- fice of ensign or color bearer of infantry, ranking equivalently with that of second lieu- tenant, from the year 1762 to 1773, and as lieutenant, ranking as at present as first lieu- tenant, in the same army, in 1774. His funeral occurred August 17, 1785, the day following his death. Among the real estate he left there was listed as late as October 1, 1793, a tan house, currier's shop and an old chaise house. This property was located on the corner of Ward and Pearl street, in present North Woburn. Children: I. Serviah, born February 10, 1748; married, April 18, 1769, Jonathan Fix, of Woburn. 2. Hannah, born February 17, 1749; married November 6, 1769, John Feagg, of Woburn. 3. Lucy, born April 18, 1751; married May 12, 1779, Benjamin Tidd, of Woburn. 4. Azubah, born June 27, 1753; married March 18, 1773, John Eames Jr., of Wilmington. 5. Mary, born August or March 3, 1755; married March 9, 1773, Asahel Simonds, of Woburn. 6. Jonathan, born August 3, 1757; see for- ward. 7. Samuel, born December 7, 1759; married May 24, 1781, Ruhannah Richard- son, of Woburn. 8. Martha, born January 7, 1762; married March 22, 1780, Josiah Con- verse, of Woburn. 9. Ebenezer, born Janu- ary 17, 1764; married April 27, 1807, Han- nah Thompson, of Woburn; resided at Charlestown, New Hampshire. 10. Comfort, born April 3, 1766; married (first), August 18, 1791, Jesse Tay, of Woburn; married (second), November 5, 1809, Benjamin Ni- chols, of Bedford, New Hampshire. II. Ja- cob, born January 10, 1768; married Novem- ber 16, 1795, Deborah Wright. 12. Susanna, born October 6, 1770; married, February 3, 1791, Jesse Barnard, resided at Harvard, Massachusetts.
(VI) Jonathan Tidd, son of Lieutenant Jonathan Tidd (5), born at Woburn, August
3, 1757, died there, February 17, 1842, aged eighty-four years; married October 19, 1780, Rhoda Thompson, born November 5, 1763, died January 15, 1836, aged seventy-two years two months and ten days, daughter of Abijah and Abigail (Wyman) Thompson, of Woburn. This Jonathan Tidd was a pen- sioner for revolutionary or military service in 1840, at that time aged eighty-four, and resid- ing with his son William Tidd. With his father he was also a member of Walker's company in 1775, and his name appears on the roll of the same company as late as 1780 and 1782. He was a private for nine days service at the time of the battle of Lexington, in the same company; a private in Captain Timothy Winn's (third foot company) May 13, 1775; a private (enlisted May 7, 1775) in Captain John Wood's (Woburn) company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's regiment, in ac- tive service on August 1, 1775. He was drafted for Canada from Walker's company, July 5, 1776, and was reported as serving in the present expedition to Canada, five months July 26, 1776. He was elected fourth cor- poral of Walker's company when at home, February 12, 1777, and was detailed from Walker's company for two months guarding stores at Cambridge under Lieutenant Jo- seph Johnson, of Woburn, from September I, 1777. He appears at times to be sickly, and the records show that he was sick and ab- sent from his company and probably at home on August 10, 1775, and again on December 31, 1776, when Marrett, the second precinct minister, placed in his almanac the entry: "visited Jonathan Tidd, Jr., being sick." He was lieutenant of the militia in Woburn be- tween the years 1792 and 1816. He was for a long period called Jonathan Tidd junior. He was engaged like his father in the tanning and currying business at North Woburn, and his estate there is scheduled in the famous list of Woburn estates in the year 1798. He was one of the last survivors of the revolu- tionary soldiers of Woburn. Children: I. Jonathan, born December 15, 1781, see for- ward. 2. Nabby (or Abigail), born June 16, 1787, died December 16, 1854, aged sixty- seven years and six months; married Septem- ber 1, 1807. Stephen Nichols, of Woburn, who December 16, 1854, was aged sixty-eight vears and seven months. 3. Child, buried January TT. 1790. 4. William, born April 12. 1792, died February 13. 1874, aged eighty- one years and ten months; married (first) May 13, 1813, Rosanna Buckman, who died May 19, 1816, aged twenty-one years; mar-
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ried (second), Luthera Bond, who died May 21, 1876, aged eighty-one years eight months and six days. 5. Franklin, died December 26, 1798, aged three years. 6. Mary Thomp- son, born February 17, 1806, died October 15, 1878, aged seventy-two years and eight months; married May 6, 1824, Joseph Eaton, who died September 1, 1878, aged eighty-two years eight months and seventeen days.
(VII) Jonathan Tidd, son of Jonathan Tidd (6), born at Woburn, December 15, 1781, died there, April 19, 1830; married Jan- uary 29, 1806, Cynthia Eames, born at Wo- burn, October 7, 1782, died there August 25, 1872, aged eighty-nine years and eleven months, daughter of John and Abigail (Thompson) Eames. He resided at North
Woburn on the estate of his ancestors. Hc was a man of unique and unusual ability, and an odd literary composition of his on a political subject, in the form of two letters to Colonel John Wade, a noted leader after- wards of the Jacksonian Democratic party, under dates of February 19, and March 30, 1829, is extant. But his powers of locomo- tion were sadly impaired by an accident which made him famous, for on July 14, 1807, in the fall of the house frame of Major Clapp, in Woburn, in which four persons were killed and thirty or forty severely injured. He sus- tained a severe injury of the spine and also a fractured rib. He survived, to the wonder of everybody at that time, though he was never able to walk readily afterwards. Chil- dren: I. Cynthia, born May 17, 1807, died July 26, 1834; married October 27, 1833, Jo- seph P. Howard, who died July 8, 1876, aged seventy-four years. 2. Jonathan, born Octo- ber 18, 1808, see forward. 3. Lydia, born May 1, 1810, died August 21, 1878; married October, 1831, Charles Bond, who died No- vember 21, 1878. 4. Franklin, born October 6, 1813, died January 2, 1837. 5. Alfred, born December II, 1815, died May 27, 1821. 6. Daniel, born December 29, 1817, died No- vember I, 1867, aged forty-nine years and eleven months. 7. Marshall, born January 14, 1820, died May II, 1904, aged eighty-four years, three months and twenty-eight days; married June 16, 1846, Sarah B. Hitchcock, daughter of Samuel and Sallie (Bond) Hitch- cock, of Claremont, New Hampshire. She died May 7, 1895, aged seventy-two years nine months and twenty-four days. 8. Rhoda, born March 14, 1822, died August 14, 1898; married (first), December 5, 1844, William P. Reed, who died February 10, 1865, aged forty-six years and eight months; mar-
ried (second) October 31, 1872, Charles W. Greeley. 9. Alfred, born October 26, 1825, died February 7, 1907, aged eighty-three years three months and twelve days.
(VIII) Jonathan Tidd, son of Jonathan Tidd (7), born at Woburn, October 18, 1808, died there June 27, 1892, aged eighty-three years eight months and nine days; married June, 1836, Sally Johnson Tay, born June 25, 1814, died December 17, 1841, aged twenty- seven years and six months, daughter of Jo- siah and Susanna (Johnson) Tay. Married (second), at Claremont, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 4, 1842, Harriet De Forest Hitchcock, born at Claremont, August 9, 1818, died at Woburn, January 10, 1870, aged fifty-one years five months and one day, daughter of Samuel and Sally (Bond) Hitchcock.
Jonathan Tidd was educated in the com- mon schools of Woburn, and when old enough entered the trade of his father and grand- father and followed it with success through- out his life. He was a man of more than us- ual intelligence, possessed of great natural shrewdness, and, with an iron constitution and an indomitable will, was enabled fortu- nately to carry out any undertaking which he attempted to accomplish. Unfortunately, as a boy he was thrown on his own resources by his father's having been crippled for life in the terrible accident which we have de- scribed in this sketch under his name, and without any favorable opportunities for edu- cation such as his mental equipment and natural endowments deserved, was forced to begin life at the bottom of the ladder. He fought his way upward, became one of the most prominent and wealthiest citizens in that part of Woburn in which he was born. The house in which he lived all his life was his birthplace, and is still preserved in excellent condition. In company with his neighbor and brother-in-law Charles Bond, under the firm name of Bond & Tidd, he did business for many years as one of the best known leather manufacturers of Woburn, and in the financial panic of 1857 this concern was re- garded as one of the strongest in the town, keeping a regular deposit of $20,000 in the Woburn Bank. Mr. Tidd continued busi- ness after the death of Mr. Bond in 1878, and retired from the active part a few years be- fore his death.
In the administration of municipal affairs he was never prominent, and the only office he ever held was that of assessor in 1859. In many traits of character Mr. Tidd was con- sidered by many. as a thorough Yankee. He
JONATHAN TIDD HOUSE, WOBURN
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was a fine mechanic, of an inquiring turn of mind, which he turned to account as an in- ventor of many curious and useful contriv- ances. In fact, had he given his attention to the subject of patents and taken proper steps to put on the market some of the machines he originated, he might have amassed a large fortune. Interested in his younger days in sporting, and familiar with the use of rod and gun, his inventive mind was led to originate improvements in the construction of firearms. The "Choate bore" and the gain-twist of rifle barrels were among his creations. The mill now used by curriers was his invention, and the first leather splitting machine ever made was built in his factory by himself and Seth Parker. He was a kindhearted and genial gentleman; fair and honorable in his social and business relations; kind and faithful hus- band; a fond father; a good citizen. Chil- dren: I. Charles Augustus, born May 22, 1837, died young. 2. Sally Augusta, born October 29, 1838, married June 19, 1878, Nathan H. Marion, of Burlington; children: i. Henry Seward (Marion), born at Burling- ton, died at Woburn, March 9, 1880. ii. Hor- ace Humphrey (Marion), born at Woburn, July 27, 1879, died June 15, 1880. iii. Jona- than Tidd (Marion), born at Woburn, April 27, 1881, died August 10, 1881. iv. Marshall Prescott (Marion), born at Woburn, April 27, 1881, died August 10, 1881. 3. Don, born February 9, 1840, died February 12, 1851. Children by second wife: 4. Samuel Hitch- cock, born October 25, 1846, died August 30, 1873; married, December 17, 1871, Lucretia K. Clark. Child: i. Arthur Warren, born December 9, 1872; married August, 1906, Ida Smith, of Kendall, New York. 5. Abby Winn, born October 12, 1855; married (first) February 1, 1877, Louis L. Smith, of Boston; he died September 23, 1879, aged thirty-one years five months and nine days; married (second), April 27, 1882, Nathaniel S. Wat- son. Child by first marriage: i. Gertrude De Forest (Smith), born February 18, 1878, le- gally adopted by her stepfather, Nathaniel S. Watson, and name changed to Gertrude Smith Watson, married January 1, 1900, Ar- thur Hall Linscott, of Woburn, and have : Mildred (Linscott), born November 16, 1900; and Mary Ryder (Linscott), born January 8, 1902. (See Linscott Family).
The surname Bradbury is BRADBURY of Saxon origin, and of the class styled local. It is from the words Brad, meaning broad, and Bury meaning town, domain, house or hill.
It is found variously spelled in English records as Bradberrie, Bradberrye, Bradberry and Bradbury. The latter is the spelling adopted by the American immigrant and followed general- ly by his descendants. The family seems never to have been widely diffused through Eng- land, though of ancient origin. The point from which all of the name had their ances- tral origin seems to be Ollerset, Parish Glos- sop, in the northern part of Derbyshire. The earliest mention of this surname is found there in 1433 when Roger de Bradbury and Rodolphus de Bradbury were among the gen- try of that vicinity. The coat-of-arms of this family is: Sable a chevron ermine between three round buckles, the tongues hanging downward. Crest-A demidove volant arg. fretty gu holding in beak a slip of barberry, vert.
(I) Robert Bradbury, of Ollerset in Der- byshire, married a daughter of Robert Dav- enport, of Bramhall, county of Chester. She was buried at Stansted, Mount Fitchet, coun- ty Essex. He was born as early as the year 1400. Children: I. William, of Braughing, married Margaret Rockhill. 2. Thomas, in- ducted rector of Meesdon, county Essex, February 6, 1486; died 1513.
(II) William Bradbury, son of Robert Bradbury (I), of Braughing in Hertford- shire, was patron of the church of Westmill in Hertfordshire in 1462; married Margaret Rockhill, daughter of and co-heir of Geoffrey Rockhill, of Wormingford, county Essex. Children: I. Robert; mentioned below. 2. Sir Thomas, sheriff of London in 1498; lord mayor 1509; lord of several manors in Hert- fordshire, Essex and Kent; married Joan, daughter of Denis and Elizabeth Leach; he had no issue, surviving. 3. George, a Lon- don merchant, died unmarried. 4. Henry,
executor of his brother George's will and named in will of his brother Sir Thomas; his will is dated February 13, 1532-33, and proved January 23, 1533-34. 5. Philippa, second wife of John Jocelyn, of High Rid- ing, Essex; he died July 14, 1525.
(III) Robert Bradbury, son of William Bradbury (2). was named in the inquisition of his brother; is said to have married Anne Wyant, daughter of Infans Wyant. He is supposed to have been justice of the assizes, Isle of Ely, February 4, 1486; witness to will of George Nicoll, of Littlebury, December 2, 1481 ; died 1489 and buried in Church of Grey Friars, London. Child: 1. William, born 1480, mentioned below.
(IV) William Bradbury, son of Robert Bradbury (3), named in an inquisition post
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mortem on the estate of his uncle, Sir Thom- as Bradbury in 1510, then aged thirty years; named in this will heir of his uncle's estate, Lord of Manor Mancendon; acquired the manor of Catmere Hall in Littlebury, Essex, in 1543, and was buried at Littlebury, June 15, 1546. Children: I. William; mentioned below. 2. Phillippa, married (first) Michael Welbore, of Pondes in Clavering, Essex; and (second) John Barlee, of Stapleford Abbots, Essex. 3. Matthew, married Margaret Rowse, of the city of Cambridge, England.
(V) William Bradbury, son of William Bradbury (4), was of Littlebury, county Es- sex, Lord of the Manor of Catmere Hall; also of Meesden; acquired the manor of Giffords in Great Tampford, Essex, about 1548 and the manor of Langley Hall in Clavering Hall in 1550. He was mentioned as son and heir and was proved November 9, of that year. The inquisition post mortem was held Octo- ber 4, 1550. He married Helen or Eleanor Fuller, daughter of Andrew and Barbara Ful- ler. She was executrix of her first husband's will and was succeeded in that office of her son Robert in 1561. She married (second) Giles Poulton, of Desborough in Northamp- tonshire, January 15, 1551-52. Children: I. Robert, married Margaret, daughter of Ed- mund Tyrrell. 2. Henry, married Joan Poul- ton, daughter of Giles Poulton; (second) Mar- ian Nichols, daughter of George. 3. Thomas, named in wills of father and brother Robert; had children Thomas, Godfrey and Phillippa. 4. Samuel, baptized January 27, 1548-49, bur- ied at Wicken, March 4, 1551-52. 5. Anne, married Christopher Fulhathy, of Chelms- ford, county Suffolk, February, 5, 1571. 6. Elizabeth, married, February 2, 1562-63, Richard Tyrrell or Trymell, of Wyoolston, Bedfordshire. 7. Mary, baptized January 19, 1 549-50, married Thomas Webb. 8. Bar- bara, baptized March 5, 1551, married Thom- as Paget, of the Middle Temple.
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