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He married, April 2, 1891, Helen Welling- ton, sister of his brother's wife, mentioned above. She was born at Waltham, February 14, 1864, daughter of Charles Lowell and Ce- cilia Webb (Dalton) Wellington, of Waltham. Children : I. Lena Wellington, born August
Myrtle Margaret, born October
Edward Brewer, the English BREWER ancestor of Clifford M. Brew- er, came from England to New England some time between 1730 and 1740, as a sailor, and landing in Connecticut. He was mate of a brig at the time of the French and Indian wars. Business being dull at the time, the captain of the brig thought best to haul her up for awhile, and put Ed- ward Brewer on board as shipkeeper. The English press law was then in vogue, and a gang came on board the brig and pressed Ed- ward Brewer into the service to go to the provinces to fight the Indians. They were landed at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, from there were taken to Yarmouth, and he, with five others, as scouts, started Monday morning from Yarmouth and visited the sev- eral block houses along the shore to Harps- well, a distance of about thirty miles, and ar- rived there the following Saturday, and the next Monday started back for Yarmouth. At the close of the war Edward settled at Yar- mouth and married. After living there a number of years he moved to Freeport and died there, and all the Brewers that ever lived in this vicinity are descendants of his. Ed- ward Brewer married Lucy Lake, and had six children, all born in Yarmouth, Maine: I. Daniel, born 1753, married Hannah Dill. 2. Joseph, born 1755. 3. Reuben, 1770. 4. Eben, 1773. 5. Hezekiah, 1775. 6. Geor- giana, about 1777.
(II) Daniel Brewer, born in 1753, married Hannah Dill; had nine children: Edward, Enoch, Daniel, James, Reuben, Sarah, Nellie, Jane and John twins, born 1796, died 1882.
(III) John Brewer, born 1796, lived in Yarmouth, Maine, and died in 1864. Chil- dren : I. William Litchfield, born 1821, mar- ried Augusta Dunning; died 1881. 2. Dan- iel, born 1823, died 1901; married Susan A. Grant. 3. Elizabeth, born 1826, died 1876; married Nehemiah Brewer. 4. Sarah J., born 1828, died 1907; married Joseph True. 5. Mary A., born 1830, died 1899; married William H. Thomas. 6. John, born 1832, died 1884; married Mary L. Cole. 7. Fan- nie M., born 1836, died 1872; married James Prithan. 8. Enoch, born 1836, died 1907; married Eliza E. Prithan.
(IV) John Brewer, born in 1832, in Free- port, Maine, died in 1884. He married Mary L., daughter of William Cole, of Buckfield,
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Maine. They resided in Gorham, New Hampshire, and later in Portland, Maine. Children of John and Mary (Cole) Brewer; I. Arthur W., born in Gorham, New Hamp- shire, September 26, 1858; married Jessie Fisher, and lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, but · died in Portland, Maine. 2. Nellie M., born in Gorham, December 13, 1862. 3. Ernest Everett, born in Lisbon, Maine, August 10, 1864. 4. Clifford Merton; see forward.
(V) Clifford Merton Brewer, was born in Portland, Maine, April 16, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Portland and at a business college in Portland. He then entered the employ of J. B. Brown & Sons, bankers, in Portland, and remained with them five or six years. In 1894 he came to Boston and became connected with Kid- der, Peabody & Company, the well known bankers, where he now is. He has resided in Medford since 1895, and has taken an ac- tive part in city affairs, serving as an alder- man in 1904, 1905 and 1906; was elected mayor December, 1906, for two years, and has just entered upon his second year of ser- vice. He is affiliated with Mount Hermon Lodge of Masons, Medford; the Royal Arch Chapter of Medford, Medford Council, Bos- ton Commandery of Knights Templars, the Mystic Shrine, Boston, and the Economic Club, Boston. He is an honorary member of the Lawrence Light Guards of Medford; a member of the Medford Savings Bank Cor- poration, of the Citizens' Association, the Brotherhood of West Medford, the Medford Historical Society and the National Geogra- phic Society of Washington, D. C. He was one of the executive committee for the celebra- tion of the two hundred and seventy-fifth an- niversary of the settlement of Medford in 1905, and did much to promote its success. He married Harriet Merrill, daughter of Jos- eph T. Merrill, of Portland, Maine, June 19, 1895. Children of Clifford M. and Harriet (Merrill) Brewer, born in Medford: I. Ar- thur Douglass, May 4, 1896. 2. Mary Mer- rill, June 17, 1902.
On Mr. Brewer's maternal line he was a great-grandson of
(I) John Cole, born June 22, 1765, and lived in Winthrop, Maine, then a part of Massachusetts. He married Anna Morrill, about 1785. Children, born in Winthrop, Maine: I. Nathan, born May 3, 1786. 2. William, born November 3, 1788, married Lupira Spaulding. 3. Lydia, born August 7, 1790, married Thomas Elms. 4. John, born April 19, 1791. 5. Cyrus, born June
13, 1792, died in 1814. 6. Hiram, born De- cember 9, 1793, married Lois Young. 7. Susannah, born January 31, 1796, married Chase. 8. Lewis, born May 13, 1798. 9. Morrill, born December 6, 1799, married Dorothy Joy. 10. Horatio G., born June 9, 1802. II. Ossian, September 25, 1803. 12. Lyman, March 30, 1805. 13. Angelina, May 15, 1808. 14. Horace, Feb- ruary 29, 1810.
(II) William Cole, born in Winthrop, No- vember 3, 1788, lived in Buckfield, Maine; married Lupira Spaulding, daughter of Ben- jamin Spaulding, October 3, 1811, descended from
(I) Edward (Spaulding) Spaulding, born in England, came to Braintree, Massachusetts, about 1633. His wife's name is not known. Children, born in Braintree: John, Edward, Grace, Benjamin, Joseph, Dinah, Andrew.
(II) Andrew Spaulding married, and his children were: Hannah, Andrew, Henry, John, Rachel, William, Joanna, Benoni, Mary.
(III) Henry Spaulding, married, and his children were: Henry, Thomas, William, Leonard, Eleazer.
(IV) Leonard Spaulding, married, and his children were: Benjamin, Elizabeth, Thank- ful, Rachel, Sarah, Abel, Esther, Lucy.
(V) Benjamin Spaulding, married Patty Barrett; lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Children: I. Benjamin, born August 15, 1768, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. 2. Leonard, 3. Elizabeth. 4. Abel. 5. Esther, 6. Stephen. 7. Thankful. 8. Rebecca. 9. Patty.
(VI) Benjamin Spaulding, born in Chelms- ford, Massachusetts, August 15, 1768, mar- ried Martilla Robinson. Children: I. In- crease, born October 2, 1791. 2. Lupira, born February 17, 1794; married William Cole, October 3, 1811. 3. Jonas, born April 22, 1796. 4. Adrian, born July 1, 1800. 5. Axel, born February 17, 1803. 6. Sidney, born January 20, 1807. 7. Melissa, born January 22, 1809. 8. Dastine, born January 15, 1819. 9. Ozen, born December 2, 1821. (VII) Lupira Spaulding married William Cole. Children: I. Addison, born Febru- ary 8, 1812; married Eliza de Costa, of Buck- field, Maine. 2. Cyrus, born February 28, 1814; married Sarah de Costa, of Buckfield, Maine. 3. Myrtilla, born July 16, 1816; mar- ried George Bridgham, of Bridgton, Maine. 4. William Lloyd, born January 29, 1819; married Cordelia Allen. 5. Lydia, born July 21, 1822; married first, Joseph Willis; second,
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Maria Louise, born June 3, 1824; married Samuel Marble, of Paris, Maine. 7. A. Vernon, born March 30, 1827; married Lucy Hall, of Buckfield, Maine. 8. Rotheus, born September 8, 1830; married Margaret Allen. 9. Melissa, born January 5, 1834; married Charles Allen, of Buckfield. 10. Mary L., born January 9, 1838; married John Brewer.
GRAY Peter Gray, deceased, was during a long and active career one of the foremost business men of Cam- bridge, and a man of great nobility of charac- ter, a selfmade man in the finest and fullest sense of the term.
He was a native of Scotland, born in Edin- burg, July 25, 1839, seventh in a family of nine children. As a lad he entered the employ of John and David Young, manufacturers of coach lamps and tinware and served an ap- prenticeship of six years, during which time he lost but six and one-half days. He re- mained with the firm as a journeyman for two years longer; then worked in a similar es- tablishment in London for two years ; returning to the Youngs, whom he served for two years in the capacity of expert mechanic. On April 8, 1865, he sailed from Glasgow for New Brunswick, where he worked at his trade until November, 1866. Afterwards he went to Boston, Massachusetts. There he entered the employ of George H. Mason, and became his manager. This posi- tion he held until 1879: At this time he went into business on his own account, at No. 12 Marshall street. He carried on a large and constantly increasing business there for twen- ty-five years, until January, 1903, when he re- moved to Nos. 88 and 90 Union street. At this time he took into partnership with him- self his sons, George M. and Mason H. Gray, under the firm name of Peter Gray & Sons. The occupation of the new quarters was the occasion of a "housewarming" which gave evidence of the very friendly feeling existing between Mr. Gray and his employees. To . this business he gave his splendid abilities un- til his death. In his business career he was eminently successful. From a very small be- ginning he developed a business that won for him a place among the leading lantern manu- facturers of the country. His business meth- ods were always safe and conservative, and he made no attempt to build to a towering height upon a slender superstructure. Hence his development of his business was sure and
substantial, without retrogression or halting in a single instance and he made for himself a name in the mercantile world of which any man might well be proud.
Mr. Gray aspired to no official position. He was, however, a strong figure in the social as well as the commercial community. He was a member of long standing in the North Avenue Congregational Church, the welfare of which was ever dear to his heart, and he was constant- ly a liberal contributor to its support, and to the maintenance of its benevolent and charitable objects. He was a prominent Mason, affiliat- ed with Charity Lodge, Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter, Cambridge Commandery, Knights Templar, and the Scottish Rite bodies of Boston. He was for many years a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was keenly alive to the needs of suffering humanity, and was an active and liberal member of the Scots Charitable Society and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association. He held an associate membership in Kinsley Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Gray was married, June 3, 1869, to Antoinette S. Acres, a member of an old Bos- ton family, who survives her husband. Four sons also survive Mr. Gray; George M. and Mason H. Gray, who were in business part- nership with their father; James T. Gray, a well known life and fire insurance agent; and Peter Gray, Jr., now in the employ of Peter Gray & Sons.
Mr. Gray died October 27, 1906, at his resi- dence in Cambridge. He was confined to his bed only a fortnight before his decease. He succumbed to a combination of diseases. Sel- dom does the loss of any man so deeply affect those who knew him, as did the death of Mr. Gray. Sorrow was general throughout North Cambridge, where by virtue of his long resi- dence he was best known. His unostentatious charity, his genial nature, his broad and dem- ocratic spirit, had won him the love of all men, while his business integrity and spotless life had commanded their sincere respect. The funeral took place from the North Avenue Congregational Church, on October 30, 1906. The large edifice was filled with friends from near and far and from all walks of life. The workmen of Peter Gray & Sons' factory made an imphessive part of the audience, the Ma- sonic fraternity attended in large numbers. and the great business world was represented by a host of the substantial representative men of Boston and Cambridge. His own country- men were numerously represented both indi- vidually and in a body, several Scottish or-
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ganizations attending the funeral. All nation- alities and creeds were among the mourners, for Mr. Gray was indeed the friend of all hu- manity. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Evans, who paid fervent tribute to the memory of his deceased friend and parish- ioner. In epitomizing the virtues of the dead philanthropist, the clergyman spoke warmly of his relations. "He proved himself a splen- did husband, and a noble father. There was. much of the true boy nature in him, and it ever kept him close to his sons." A local newspaper contained a eulogy by the Rev. Peter MacQueen, an intimate friend of Mr. Gray, who, amid many touching allusions, said :
"He gave the world better things than it gave him, though he was loved and honored everywhere. Beneath the toil and wounds of all his victories he carried the white lustre of his conscience, burning untarnished to the end. He enshrined honesty in the counting house, and truth and honor before everything else of gain or of success. He was an in- spiring example to the men about him. He was as true as steel to every obligation; as clear as one of his own signal lamps to light up with cheer and charity the homes of want. If every poor soul to which he lent the white hand of christian help should bring a blossom to his grave in the springtime, he would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. If all men were like Peter Gray, this world would be God's paradise. Carrying to those in darkness, bereavement or in want, the lamp of charity he took his money to the poor-but what was better still, he took himself, his genial pres- ence, and his good, kind face. The Great Republic will never have in its citizen- ship too many men of his stamp. Power to re- sist, courage to wait, remorseless severity in toil, and firm reliance on Divine Providence, these were the guerdon he had won in life.
"Perhaps in all his life Mr. Gray was never so much interested in any special christian work as he was in the Bay Street Church, just over the line of Somerville, where he was a member and a deacon for nearly twenty years. He was a deacon of the old school, but the true school, unfailing in his attendance, his work, his gifts. Many a home was sweetened by his kindliness. No good cause of the church ever was turned away from his door. It was to him the church always looked when in the hour of need. He was ever a tower of strength in the darkest weather, and always 'a gentleman unafraid.' "
" O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their influence. Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion evermore intense. So shall I join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the world."
Robert Lawrence, the
LAWRENCE first known progenitor of this family, was of Lanca- shire, England, born probably as early as A. D. 1150 and the ancestor of the early families of Lawrence in England. Attending his sov- ereign Richard Coeur de Lion, to the War of the Crusades he distinguished himself in the Siege of Acre and was knighted Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. His arms: Argent, a cross raguly gules.
(II) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of Sir Rob- ert Lawrence (I), and his immediate succes- sor to the estate of Ashton Hall, married a daughter of James Trafford, of Lancashire.
(III) James Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (2), married, in 1252, Matilda de Washington, an heiress, daughter of John de Washington.
(IV) John Lawrence, son of James Law- rence (3), succeeded to Ashton Hall; married Margaret Chesford, daughter of Walter Ches- ford.
(V) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (4), was his father's heir; married Elizabeth Holt, of Stably, Lancashire, and died it is said in 1360.
(VI) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (5), succeeded to Ashton Hall; married Margaret Holden, of Lancashire. Children: I, Robert, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, father of Sir Arthur Lawrence of Prior's Court, Gloucestershire. 3. William, born 1425, fought under the Lancastrian ban- ner at St. Albans in 1455 and having fallen there was buried in the Abbey. 4. Edmund.
(VII) Sir Robert. Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (6), had Ashton Hall; mar- ried Amphilbis Longford, daughter of Ed- ward Longford. Children: I. James, heir to the estate; married Cicely Boteler. 2. Robert, married Margaret Lawrence, daugh- ter of John Lawrence, of Lancashire; their son John commanded a wing of the British army under Lord Stanley at Flodden Field. 3. Nicholas, mentioned below.
(VIII) Nicholas Lawrence, son of Sir Rob- ert Lawrence (7) was of Agercroft. Chil- dren: I. Thomas, 2. Nicholas, Jr., 3. Rob- ert. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Wil-
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liam. 6. Henry. 7. Oliver, the ancestor of . the Crich-Grange branch of the family.
(IX) John. Lawrence, son of Nicholas Lawrence (8), was of Agercroft, ancestor of the Lawrence family of St. James Park in Suffolk, it is stated in the pedigree of the Lawrences of Ashton Hall. He died in 1461. (X) Thomas Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (9), was of Rumburgh and held lands in other places. Children: I. John, men- tioned below. 2. Richard, of St. Ives. The will of Thomas is dated July 17, 1471.
(XI) John Lawrence, son of Thomas Law- rence (10), married Margery Will dated July 10, 1504; his wife died in 1507 and both are buried in the church at Rumburgh.
(XII) Robert Lawrence, son of John and Margery Lawrence (II), was named in his father's will, and his wife in that of her mother-in-law.
(XIII) John Lawrence, son of Robert Lawrence (12), married Elizabeth Children: I. Henry. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Agnes. 4. Margaret. 5. Kath- arine. 6. William, of St. James Park, South Elmham, exiled during the reign of Queen Mary, he afterward returned and labored as a preacher at Fressingfield. 7. Richard, of Wissel and Rumburgh, died 1556.
(XIV) John Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (13), married Agnes Chil- dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Rich- ard, died in 1596. 3. Susan. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Margaret. His will is dated April 27, 1590; he was buried at Rumburgh, May 21, 1590; his wife died January 22, 1583.
(XV) John Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (14), was of Wisset in Suffolk county; married Joan His will is dated June 2, 1606; he was buried January 16, 1607. Children: I. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Robert, whose will names his kinsman Henry North, of Laxfield, a son of Sir Henry North and grandson of Lord North. 3. Margery. 4. Katherine.
(XVI) Henry Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (15), married Mary His fath- er's will refers to him as having removed from Wisset to New England and settled in Charlestown. In the first division of land in Charlestown on the Misticke side he received five acres of land for a house lot February 20, 1638. Another lot was transferred to him in 1635 by George Blott. He seems to have died in the early forties and it is supposed that his second wife Christian is the widow who with her son John sold house and land there July 22, 1646. The widow died March
3, 1647-48. The only child known was John, baptized October 8, 1609, mentioned below.
(XVII) John Lawrence, son of Henry Lawrence (16), usually known as the immi- grant ancestor of the family, was baptized at Wisset, Suffolk county, England, October 8, 1609! In 1639 he gave his age as twenty- four; in 1657 as about thirty-five. But he was married before 1635 and his statement of his age was not accurate in either case or the clerks of the court recorded incorrectly-a very common thing in taking the ages of wit- nesses. But Lawrence must have been born as early as 1609, the date of his baptism in England. He was admitted a freeman April 17, 1637, and he received a grant of land at Watertown of three acres February 28, 1636. In 1650 he bought of the town fifteen acres of common land. He was a carpenter by trade. He sold his mansion and land at Watertown in 1662 and removed to Groton. In December of that year he was elected se- 'lectman of the town of Groton. He was evi- dently a man of some intelligence and influ- ence and a large property owner. He con- tinued his business of carpenter at Water- town as well as at Groton, also in Boston. He died at Groton, July II, 1667. In his will he appoints his wife and sons Nathaniel and Jos- eph executors, naming also sons Enoch, Samuel, Isaac, Jonathan, Zechariah, and daughters Elizabeth and Mary. His first wife Elizabeth died August 29, 1663, and he married (second) Susanna Bachelder, daughter of William Bachelder, of Charlestown. She died July 8, 1668, and mentions in her will her daughters Abigail and Susanna, and her sis- ters Rachel Atwood and Abigail Asting. Children: I. John, born March 14, 1636. 2. Nathaniel, born October 15, 1639, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born March, 1642, died May, 1642. 4. Joseph, born May 30, 1643, married Rebecca 5. Jonathan, buried April 6, 1648. 6. Mary, born July 16, 1645, married Tuego Potter. 7. Peleg, born January IO, 1646-47, married Elizabeth Morse. 8. Enoch, born March 5, 1648-49, married Ruth Whitney Shattuck. 9. Samuel, removed to Connecticut, married Rebecca Luen. IO. Isaac, married, April 19, 1682, Abigail Bellews. II. Elizabeth, born May 9, 1655, in Boston; lived with Ensign Buss, of Concord, after father's death. 12. Jonathan, left a hundred pounds to buy a meeting house bell and it was voted by the town of Groton to inscribe his name on the bell; married Re- becca Rutter, of Cambridge. 13. Zechariah. born March 9, 1658-59, in Watertown. Chil-
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dren of John and Susanna: 14. Abigail, born in Groton, January 9, 1666. 15. Susanna, born at Groton, July 3, 1667.
(XVIII) Nathaniel Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (17), was born at Watertown, Oc- tober 15, 1639. He removed to Groton with his father. He married, March 13, 1660-61, in Sudbury, Sarah Morse, daughter of John and Hannah Morse, of Dedham. He was admitted a freeman in 1672; was a deacon of the Groton church, and was one of the first deputies to the general court. His son John having settled at Cambridge Farms, after- wards Lexington, Deacon Lawrence removed to Lexington, where he died April 14, 1724. His will was dated August 4, 1718, and proved May 8, 1724. His first wife died at Groton, August 29, 1683, and he married (second), November 9, 1687, Hannah Tarbell, of Groton. Children of Nathaniel and Sarah Lawrence: I. Nathaniel, born April 4, 1661, at Sudbury. 2. Sarah, born January 1, 1662- 63, at Sudbury, died young. 3. Hannah, born in Groton, July 3, 1664. 4. John, born July 29, 1667, mentioned below. 5. Mary, born March 3, 1669-70, died young. 6. Sarah, born May 16, 1672. 7. Elizabeth, born July 6, 1674, died October 20, 1675. 8. Elizabeth, born at Groton, married Abner Harris, of Medford. 9. Deborah, born March 24, 1683. Children of Nathaniel and Han- nah Lawrence: 10. Hannah, born April 26, 1687, married Samuel Holden. II. Mary, born October 16, 1690, married Zebadiah" Wheeler. 12. Jonathan, born June 14, 1696, settled at Stoneham.
(XIX) John Lawrence, son of Nathaniel Lawrence (18), was born at Groton, July 29, 1667, and died March 12, 1746-47. He mar- ried in Groton, November 9, 1687, Anna Tar- bell, who was born in 1670. Both were re- ceived into the church at Lexington, Febru- ary 9, 1698-99. She died December 19, 1732, He was a man of understanding and piety, and held important offices in the town, espe- cially active in the support of the schools and church. Children: I. John, born January 9, 1689, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born December 23, 1691. 3. Nathaniel, born Jan- uary 31, 1694. 4. William, born August II, 1697. 5. Samuel, born July 9, 1700. 6. Anna, born October 29, 1702. 7. Jonathan, born February 13, 1706. 8. Sarah, born June 19, 1708. 9. Benjamin, born May 24, 1713. 10. Amos, born February 19, 1715-16.
(XX) John Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (19), was born in Groton, January 9, 1689. Married, May 18, 1710, Elizabeth
Stone, daughter of Deacon Samuel Stone, of Lexington, born June 19, 1693. He died Jan- uary 22, 1752. At the first precinct meeting of that part of Woburn now Burlington in November, 1730, he was chosen collector. In 1732 he was next to the largest taxpayer of that precinct. Children: I. Elizabeth, born May 12, 17II, married, June 22, 1732, Thomas Ditson, of Billerica. 2. John, born September 21, 1713; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born October 3, 1715, probably also of North Yarmouth, Maine. 4. Isaac, born November 27, 1717. 5. Anna, born August 8, 1720. 6. Nathaniel, removed to New Hampshire in 1754. 7. Rebecca, born 1728, married, June 27, 1751, Thomas Locke. 8. Mary, married William Tuttle.
(XXI) John Lawrence, son of John Law- rence (20), was born in Lexington, Massa- chusetts, September 21, 1713. He married, October 23, 1736, Mary Simonds, and after living in Medford, Massachusetts, for a time, settled in Maine. It is known that his de- scendants were at North Yarmouth, Maine, and the history of Narragaugus Valley con- nects the family of that vicinity and the North Yarmouth family.
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