History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620-1890, Part 69

Author: Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York : Blake
Number of Pages: 1292


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Joshua Eldridge, born in 1819, is a son of Zenas, and Betsey (Allen) Eldridge, grandson of Nathaniel, and great-grandson .of Jehosaphat Eldridge. He followed the sea for twenty-five years, after which he was engaged in the fish business for fourteen years. He now keeps a small store at South Chatham where he was postmaster from 1885


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to 1889. He was married in 1843, to Laura A., daughter of Isaac Rogers. She died in 1869. Their children are: Rufus T., Charles A., (deceased) and Joshua C. Mr. Eldridge was married in 1870, to Julia A., daughter of Isaac and Bethiah Bearse, of Chatham. She died in 1880. Their children are: Charles A. and Henry H.


Luther Eldridge, born in 1818, is a son of Joseph and Data (Baker) Eldridge and grandson of John Eldridge. He followed the sea from 1829 to 1865, as master nineteen years. Since October, 1SS0, he has been in the light-ship service. He was married in 1845, to Eliza J. Hallett, who died leaving one son, Gustavas H. He was married again in 1889, to Mrs. Eliza A. Eldridge, daughter of Hiram Small.


Walter S. H. Eldridge, born in 1851, is the youngest of eight chil- dren of Oliver and Almira (Kenney) Eldridge, and grandson of Oliver Eldridge. He followed the sea from 1866 to 1885, when he started the Crystal Springs Laundry, which he has operated since that time. He was married in 1873, to Emma, daughter of Elijah Crosby. They have four children: Emma C., Sanford H., Arthur S. and Herbert N.


John Emery was born June 6, 1SOS, and died March 14, 1882. He was a son of Stephen, grandson of John and great-grandson of Rev. Stephen Emery, who preached in Chatham thirty-three years and died there in 1782. The subject of this sketch followed the business of contracting and building in Chatham until the time of his decease. He was first married January 10, 1832, to Almira Harding, who died August 9, 1843. Their children are: Zelia, born October 21, 1834; married April 1, 1856, to Rufus Howes; John Anson, born November 16, 1837, married October 15, 1872, to Mary T. Morrison, of Alleghany City, Pa .; Minerva Francis, born February 10, 1839, married May 6, 1860, to Bassett J. Smith; Edson, born November 4, 1841, died April 13, 1871; and Rufus, born August 3,1843, married in 1866, to Roxanna Cook, of Provincetown, Mass. Mr. Emery was married February 1, 1844, to Mary Atwood. Their children are: Erastus, born August 7, 1846, died January 16, 1878. (He married December 25, 1873, Anna L. Hughes, of Truro, Mass., who died August 9, 1876. He practiced medicine in Truro nine years); Benjamin Valentine, born February 14, 1848, married April 20, 1880, to Belle Richardson, of Covington, Ky., and lives in Chicago, Ill .; Mary Atwood, born December 26, 1852, married December 17, 1879, Dr. Albert F. Blaisdell, of Providence, R. I .; Carrie Luella, born October 27, 1855, died November 6, 1SS1; and Almira Harding, born December 17, 1857.


Clarendon A. Freeman, born in 1849, is the only surviving child of Benjamin T. and Tamsen E. (Nickerson) Freeman. He is a merchant at North Chatham, where he succeeded his father in 1884, since which time he has been postmaster. He was representative from this dis- trict in 1883 and 1884. He is a member of the school committee,


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and since 18SS has been county treasurer. He was married in 1877, to Anna L. Burbank, of Newton Highlands.


George Godfrey, born in 1822, is a son of David and Anna (Young) Godfrey, and grandson of David, who was a son of George, a descend- ant of George Godfrey, who came to this county in 1670. Mr. God- frey was engaged in mercantile business in New York from 1838 to 1868, after which he was ten years in New Jersey. He has been trial justice at Chatham since 1885. He was married in 1845, to Tabitha H., daugliter of Joshua Nickerson. They have one son, Lorenzo N. They lost three children: Anna, George, jr., and Willie. Mr. Godfrey's father served on the privateer Reindeer during the war of 1812, and about 1822 started the first regular packet to sail between Boston and New York, in the employ of Stanton, Fisk & Nichols. He was also one of the originators of the old Despatch Line of packets. It is said that a great uncle of his, Colonel Ben- jamin Godfrey, took a company to the battle of Bunker Hill.


Leander Gould, born in 1813, is one of four surviving children of Richard and Sarah (Nickerson) Gould, and is a grandson of Josiah Gould. Mr. Gould was in the fishing and coasting business from 1828 to 1873. He was married in 1834, to Hannah Phillips. They have five children: Leander F., Abby A., Mary A., Josiah A. and Clara J. C.


Solomon E. Hallett, born in 1833, is the only son of John and Char- lotte (Mayo) Hallett, and grandson of John and Lydia (Thacher) Hal- lett. He has been a merchant at Chatham since 1861 .. He was for five years a member of the school board, eleven years selectman, rep- resentative in the legislature two terms, and since January, 1886, has been county commissioner, and is a trustee of Harwich Savings Bank. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was mar- ried in 1855, to Eliza L. Bates. Their three daughters are: Mary S., Lottie F. and Ettie E.


Alfred C. Harding, son of Silas H. and Clarissa C. Harding, and grandson of Joshua Harding, was born in 1849. He was engaged in the meat business several years prior to 1SS2, when he opened an ice cream saloon in Chatham, where he is still in business. He was mar- ried in 1873, to Eliza W., daughter of Warren and Eliza Rogers, and granddaughter of Joseph L. and Phebe Rogers.


Andrew Harding, born in 1836, is the youngest of fourteen chil- dren of Barzilla and Hattie (Bangs) Harding, and a grandson of Isaiah Harding. He was married in 1860, to Abbie Eldridge, who died five years later. He was married again in 1867, to Avis A., daughter of Abel Reynolds. They have one son, Heman A.


Daniel Harding, son of Daniel and Eunice Harding, married Phebe Ann, daughter of Zephaniah and Susan (Allen) Eldridge. Their children were: Phebe Eldora, who has been postmistress at West Chat-


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ham since February 10, 1882, and also kept a variety store at the same place; Zephaniah E., Clarence F., Walter E .. Wallace E. (deceased), Daniel C. and four others, deceased. Clarence F. was married Janu- ary 15, 1884, to Inez L., daughter of Thomas and Malinda F. (Allen) Doane, granddaughter of John G. and great-granddaughter of Thomas Doane. Zephaniah E. Harding was married June 21, 1888, to Lillian E., daughter of William S. and Dinah (Nickerson) Rogers.


CAPTAIN J. C. HARDING .- One of the enterprising young mariners representing the true type of Cape Cod shipmasters is Joseph Clement Harding, of Chatham. Joseph Harding. the first of the name here, came with Governor Gorges in 1623, settling in Plymouth. He married Martha Harding, who survived him and was administrator of his estate. She died a few years later leaving their two sons, John and Joseph, mere lads, who came to Old Eastham in 1644, to serve their minority with Dea. John Doane, their mother's brother. From this Joseph, who made the Cape his home. has descended a long line of worthy and industrious representatives. The male lineage of this branch of the family, including the Joseph last mentioned, is: Joseph, Joseph, Maziah, Joseph, Amos, Amos and Joseph. the father of the subject of this sketch, born in 1822. He is a mariner of note, yet a master in the coastwise trade after a command of forty years in vessels of various build, and passing a large portion of this long period of ser- vice in foreign command. He married Eliza A. Payne, of Chatham, who was born in 1826. Their children were: Joseph C., Alice E., born in 1855, married Danforth S. Steele, of West Somerville, and has one son, Leslie: Isaphine, born in 1860, married Edgar N. Nickerson, of West Somerville; and John P., born in 1862, died in 1889.


Joseph C. Harding was born March 13. 1850, the oldest of the four children of Joseph Harding. He was taken to sea at the age of two years, and with the advancing years of boyhood a love for this life work was implanted in his earnest nature. At sixteen he went before the mast, at eighteen was second mate of the bark Chief, at twenty-one first mate, and at twenty-three the master, sailing from American ports to the principal ports of Europe. After several years, he was master of the John H. Pierson and the George Kingman in foreign trade, the Charles L. Pierson in the China trade for seven years, and now is master and part owner of the schooner Puritan, a three-master in the foreign trade.


He was married February 28, 1878, to Mary D., daughter of Alfred and Aseneth Eldridge, of Chatham, and they have one son, Alfred C., born June 30, 1885. Mrs. Harding's father was a very successful sea- captain of thirty-five years' service. His children are: Adalena A., Alfred A., Mary D. and Alberto W., of whom the first three survive. His father, Ensign Eldridge, married Sally Gorham from another prominent and respectable family of the Cape.


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Captain Joseph C. Harding is one of those fortunate masters-the result of experience and care-who has never called upon his under- writers for a dollar for accidents, although he has sailed in as many cyclones and typhoons as any master of his age, having crossed the Atlantic sixty-five times, besides sailing on every ocean of the globe. His wife has accompanied him on several long voyages to Australia, Europe and China. They are pleasantly situated in their fine home in South Chatham, where the captain spent the last season while his vessel made a trip to Rio Janeiro. He is a liberal supporter of the church and of every good work in this community, in which he ex- pects to become a resident of more permanence when he shall have completed his life on the sea.


CAPTAIN HIRAM HARDING .- This representative of one branch of the ancient family of Harding, is the son of Mulford and grandson of Thomas Harding, who removed from Hingham to Chatham before the revolutionary war. This Mulford Harding was born July 10, 1776, in the house near Oyster pond, now the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Naomi Linnell. He was a seafaring man in early life, and in the war of 1812 was one of the crew of the Reindeer that suffered in Dartmoor prison as prisoners of war. He was married May 14, 1798, to Sally, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth Young, and reared nine children, whose histories appear in the succeeding paragraphs.


Lurana married Thomas Stetson, and they, with their only son, are deceased.


Polly was married to Abner Sparrow and had five children: Joseph, Samuel S .. Abner H., Hiram H. and Mary. Of this family, the parents and children are all dead excepting Abner A. Hiram H. was lost on a voyage from New York to the Mediterranean.


Mulford Harding (deceased) married Emily Rogers and had one. son, George N., who is now an architect at Hyde Park.


Sally was married to Enos Snow and reared five children, of whom only the youngest survives. The children were: Enos, Sarah, Eme- line, Mary E. and Sarah.


Howes married Catherine Hodgden and had one son, Darius H., who passed through the civil war, was paid off and had started for home, when he was stricken with fever at New Orleans, where he died.


David married Elizabeth C. Holway and their children were: David, Marion, John, Andrew, Lizzie and Annette, of whom three survive.


Naomi A. was married to Josiah Linnell, who died in 1SS7. Their only son, Josiah F. Linnell, is also dead.


Betsey married Freeman Chase, who died in 1887 without issue. The widow survives.


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Captain Hiram Harding, the seventh of the nine, born October 28. 1814, married Lydia F. Gould, who was born in 1819, and who died November 30, 1873. Captain Harding was one of the many who, at an early age, took to the sea. At eleven he was on the deep, at seventeen was mate, and at twenty-two he was in command of the brig Pearl, plying between Boston and Philadelphia-a packet which he navigated winter and summer for thirteen years. He then built the Cambridge, which he commanded on foreign voyages. This was succeeded by the barks Pearl, Sterling, Harvester and others, running to the divisions and ports of the Eastern hemisphere, and enduring all the dangers of a seafaring life for nearly fifty years, thirty-nine of which were passed as master. No serious accident occurred during his long captaincy, but the bark Harvester was burned in the gulf of Persia, by the Arabs, forcing the captain and crew to remain in boats sixty hours before they could find a refuge. His last purchase was the Edith Roe, from which he retired in 1873.


The captain has had eight children, of whom four survive: Lydia F., born May 7, 1843, died November 6, 1843; Captain Hiram, jr., born September 24, 1844, married Josephine Young; a daughter born to them lived but four years; Captain Joseph F., born July 19, 1846, mar- ried Annie Snow; Maria C., born November 12, 1850, died April 27, 1868; George H., born February 13, 1853, unmarried, is an express messenger; Marianna, born April 5, 1855, lives at home; Sarah G., born February 14, 1857, died April 17, 1872; and Emma F., born Sep- tember 12, 1860, died in infancy.


Captain Hiram Harding has not only filled a prominent part on the sea, but has been equally efficient on land. He has been notary public, justice of the peace, wreck commissioner, insurance agent, director of Barnstable Fire Insurance Company, trustee of savings bank, and selectman. He has been a member of the Boston Marine Society for thirty five years, and for many years past a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Chatham. In his life voyage of over seventy-five years, every phase has been met with that confidence and fortitude for which he is marked, and now in life's early evening he enjoys, in his pleasant home at Chatham, the results of his earnest, active, earlier life.


Walden F. Harding, son of Walden and Julia A. (Cahoon) Harding, was born in 1852, and followed the sea from 1863 to 1883. Since the latter year he has carried on the meat business in Chatham, and since 1SSS he has also done a grocery business. He was married in 1876, to Ida M., daughter of Sylvanus Bearse. Their three children are: Otis H., Helen F. and Irene A.


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Hardy. Mr. Hardy was a coal and wood merchant. He was several years selectman, and at the time of his death, in 1877. he was presi- dent of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. He was married in 1827, to Miriam, daughter of Samuel Freeman. Seven of their nine children are living: Almira, Miriam, Rebecca, Betsey A., Harriet, Josiah and Augustus. Eliza and Samuel died. Betsey A. owns the homestead.


Josiah Hardy, born in 1822, is a son of Josiah and Rebecca (Clark) Hardy, and grandson of Josiah Hardy, who came from Virginia to Chatham in 1776, and married Rebecca Hamilton, and had four chil- dren. Mr. Hardy was a master mariner until 1866, and since 1872 he has been the keeper of the Chatham lighthouse. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1844, to Har- riet K., daughter of Jonathan and Olive (Moody) Myrick. They have four children: James H., Joseph M., Ursula M. and Samuel F. They lost two: Joseph M. and Rebecca C.


Ebenezer N. Hawes, born in 1849, is the youngest son of Edward and Polly (Kelley) Hawes, grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of John Hawes. Mr. Hawes is a blacksmith at West Chatham. He was married in 1870, to Lucy I., daughter of Luther Sears. They have one daughter, Annie M.


Samuel Higgins, born in 1812, in Brewster, was a son of Samuel Higgins. He was a blacksmith by trade, and kept a hardware store in Chatham several years prior to his death, which occurred in 1881. He was married in 1834, to Abby E., daughter of Samuel Hallett, of Yarmouth. They had two daughters: Abby C. (Mrs. Joseph C. Chase) and Adelaide L., who died. Mr. Higgins was several years a member of the school committee, two terms county treasurer, and two terms a member of the house of representatives.


Thomas Holway, born in 1825, is the only survivor of four chil- dren of Thomas and Sabrina (Gould) Holway, and grandson of Prince Holway, of Sandwich. He has been engaged in the fishing business for several years. He was married in 1867, to Sarah E., daughter of Abel Reynolds, of Rhode Island. They have two children: Sabie S. and William T. Mr. Holway is a member of the Chatham Methodist Episcopal church and a prohibitionist.


Marcus W. Howard, son of Edward and Emily (Nickerson) Howard, was born in 1846. He is a merchant tailor at Chatham, where in 1873, he succeeded his father, who had been in the business since 1839. Mr. Howard was postmaster from 1885 to 1889. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter. He was married in 1872, to Susan E. Huckins. They have one daughter, Agnes A.


Oscar E. Howard, son of Edward Howard, was born in 1853. He has been in the tailor shop with his brother, Marcus W., since 1876.


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He was married in 1878, to Huldah S. Sparrow. They have one son, Edward S.


Collins Howes, born in 1819, is a son of Collins and Rhoda (Bangs) Howes, grandson of Enoch, and great-grandson of Richard Howes. Mr. Howes followed the sea as a fisherman until 1862, and since that time has been in the store and fish business at Harding's beach. He has been selectman since 1SS6. He was married in 1840, to Phebe G. Bearse, who died leaving seven children: Dorinda, Phebe H .. Collins E., Celestia B., Charles A., James Curtis (deceased), and Selena F. Mr. Howes was married again in 1884. to Mrs. Hannah G. Hammond, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Harwich.


Collins E. Howes, born in 1846, is a son of Collins and Phebe G. (Bearse) Howes. He followed the sea for fourteen years, and since 1874 has been in the merchant fishing business, at Harding's beach. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was mar- ried in 1867. to Lurana E., daughter of Nathaniel and Eunice ( Nicker- son) Kenney. They have two children: Nathaniel E. and Lottie E.


Frank Howes, the eldest son of George Howes, was born in 1826. He followed the sea from 1840 until 1873. He was master mariner twenty years. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society, and St. Martin's Lodge of Masons. He was a deacon of the Chatham Baptist church and also Sunday school superintendent of the same. He was married in 1853, to Susanna Hawes, who died three years later. He was married again in 1861, to Mercy B., daughter of Clement and Mercy (Bassett) Small, and granddaughter of William Small. They have eight children: Lizzie, Minnie, Frank, George, Ernest, Samuel, Henry and Emmie. Mr. Howes died on May 7, 1885.


Horatio Howes, son of Collins and Rhoda (Bangs) Howes, was born in 1829. He followed the sea in early life, and is now engaged in the poultry business. He was married in 1851, to Mercy A., daughter of David and Abagail (Young) Howes. They have one daughter, Abbie L.


John J. Howes, born in 1850, is the only son of John H. and Emeline (Sparrow) Howes, and grandson of James Howes. He was sixteen years in a men's furnishing store in Boston, prior to April, 1886, when he came to Chatham and opened the Boston dry goods store. He was married in 1874 to Arlissa, daughter of Richard B. and Mary (Gould) Harding. They have one daughter, Florence E., two sons having died in infancy.


Kimble R. Howes, son of David and Eliza J. Howes, was born in 1851. He followed the sea from 1863 to 1884, and since that time he has run a bakery in Chatham. He was married in 1872, to Ella A., daughter of Franklin and Mehitable C. Smith. She died, and he mar- ried her sister, Mehitable C., in 1875.


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Clement Kendrick, born in 1812, is a son of Josiah, and grandson of Henry Kendrick. His mother was Mary, daughter of Kimble Ry- der. Mr. Kendrick followed the sea from 1825 to 1844. He is a direc- tor in the Cape Cod National Bank, and a trustee of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. He was married in 1836, to Harriet, daugh- ter of Christopher Taylor. She died three years later, and he was married in 1841, to Annie, daughter of Reuben Young. She died in 1865.


Edward Kendrick, jr., born in 1849, is a son of Edward and Eliza- beth A. (Doane) Kendrick, grandson of Mulford, and great-grandson of Edward Kendrick. Mr. Kendrick followed the sea until 1887, and has since been a farmer. He was married in 1874, to Mattie W. Wilcox.


James A. Kendrick, son of James and Rebecca (Eldridge) Ken- drick, was born in 1842. His grandparents were James and Betsey Kendrick, and his great-grandparents were Thomas and Phebe Ken- drick. Mr. Kendrick has followed the sea since he was thirteen years old, in the fishing and coasting business. He was married in 1864, to Lucy, daughter of Joseph O. Baker. She died in 1873, and he was married again in 1874, to Phebe E., daughter of Shadrach and Rhoda (Cahoon) Small, and granddaughter of Jonathan Small. They have four children: Eunice B., George W. Martha C. and Rhoda E.


Cyrus S. Kent, born in 1847, is a son of Enos, and grandson of Ed- ward Kent. He has followed the sea since 1860, and has been cap- tain nineteen years. He is a member of the Boston Marine Society, St. Martin's Lodge, and Sylvester Baxter Chapter. He was married in 1870, to Sarah P., daughter of Ziba Nickerson.


Myrick N. Kent, born in 1816, is the only son of David and Eliza- beth (Nickerson) Kent, and grandson of Edward Kent. He followed the sea from 1830 to 1860, and was master twenty-three years. He was married in 1839, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Rebecca (Wing) Harding. They have one son, James H. Three children died: Emma J., Esther E. and David.


Lucy E. Lewis is a daughter of Richard and Lavonia (White) Ry- der, and granddaughter of Harding Ryder. She was married in 1866, to David Lewis, who died in 1878. Mr. Lewis followed the sea as a fisherman. He was a son of Isaiah Lewis. Richard Ryder died in 1842, aged thirty years. His widow was married in 1844, to Zenas Taylor, who died in 1881. Of his four children only one is living- John C. Taylor.


Isaac Loveland, son of Timothy and Dorcas (Doane) Loveland, was born in 1817. He was a cooper by trade in early life, from 1847 to 1866 was engaged in the fish and mercantile business, and after that was for some time engaged in weir fishing. He was several


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years president of the Cape Cod National Bank, resigning the posi- tion a short time before his death. which occurred in 1888. He was married in 1846, to Elizabeth Kent. They had one son, who died.


Timothy V. Loveland, son of Timothy and Dorcas (Doane) Love- land, was born in 1810. He worked at the carpenters' trade until 1848, from that time until 1863 was engaged in the fish business at Sandy point, and has since been engaged in weir fishing. He was married first to Patience Nye, who died leaving three children: Susan, Isaiah and Timothy O. His second wife was Harriet Nye. They have three children: Augustus. Hattie and Isaac H.


Winslow Loveland, son of Joseph and Martha (Snow) Loveland, was born in 1826. He was a master mariner from 1851 to 1887. He has resided in East Boston since 1857. He is a member of the Boston Marine Society. He was married in 1848 to Sarah W. Hammond, who died leaving one daughter, Cleora E. He was married again in 1856, to Maria W. Gould, They have two sons: Herbert W. and Joseph W.


Reuben S. Loveland, son of Joseph and Martha Loveland, was born in 1820, and is a mason by trade. He was married in 1852, to Marinda Mayo, who died leaving two daughters: Clarissa A. (deceased) and Ella M. He was married again in 1867 to Mrs. Abbie Myrick, daugh- ter of Reuben C. Taylor. They have two sons: Reuben C. and Ben- jamin A. Mr. Loveland is a prohibitionist.


Gaius Mullett, born in 1842, is a son of Gaius and Martha (Nicker- son) Mullett and grandson of James Mullett. Mr. Mullett has been twelve years constable, two terms deputy sheriff, and since October . 7, 1887, he has been deputy collector of customs for the port of Chat- ham, and notary public. He was married in 1865, to Louisa B., daughter of Lothrop L. Bearse. They have one son, Lemuel C.


George H. Munroe, who has been for ten years paymaster in the silk mills at Holyoke, Mass., was married in 1872 to Emma I., daugh- ter of Simeon N. and Mehitabel . Atkins) Taylor and granddaughter of John Taylor. Mrs. Munroe is one of three children. Her brother, Joseph, is deceased, and her sister, Maria L., is visiting in Europe with her parents.


Alvano T. Nickerson, born in 1839, is a son of Caleb, and grandson of Salathiel Nickerson. His mother is Julia A., daughter of William and Mehitabel (Ryder) Hamilton. Mr. Nickerson has been in busi- ness in Boston since he was sixteen years of age. He was married in 1863, to Laurietta, daughter of Lumbert Nickerson. They have five children: Mabel E., Alvano T., jr., Lillian H., Walter L. and Hattie H. Mr. Nickerson spends his summers at North Chatham, where his an- ·cestors have lived for several generations.




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