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Asa Stoddard (1765). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Early Masonic Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
Jonathan Stoddard (1765). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Early Masonic Records; Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
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Jonathan Stoddard (1765) became a member of the Lodge of St. Andrew in 1779, but was present at the Massachusetts Grand Lodge, Dec. 28, 1778 ; was proxy for Tyrian Lodge of Gloucester in 1783 ; senior warden of St. Andrew's Lodge in 1784; and in 1784 and 1785 filled minor positions in the Massachusetts Grand Lodge, being then a member of Rising States Lodge, of which he was one of the founders in 1784.
Capt. Stoddard (1765) was a prominent founder of the First Universalist Church of Boston, and Dec. 25, 1785, was one of the five persons who purchased for the use of that church the building erected in 1741, in which Rev. Samuel Mather preached from that time until his decease. It was situated on the corner of Hanover and North Bennet streets. He died, Jan. 18, 1790, aged fifty-one years, and was buried " from his late dwelling at the bottom of Cross Street."
John Stutson (1765), housewright, of Boston, was born in 1741. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association ; was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1769, and lieutenant in 1774. He was in military service, and became a captain.
Capt. Stutson (1765), at his decease an honorary member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, died Aug. 8, 1799, aged fifty-eight years.
Timothy Thornton (1765), paver, of Boston, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thorn- ton, and grandson of Timothy (1691), was born in Boston, Feb. 2, 1726.
He probably lived on "Copp's Hill," as April 20, 1763, the foreman of an engine company applied for the premium allowed by the town for bringing the engine to work first at the fire "at Mr. Thornton's house, Copp's Hill." He seems to have been in partnership with a Mr. Fosdick, and together they did the principal paving in the streets of Boston for several years. The price paid was generally twelve pence per yard, they finding everything but gravel and stones. In 1766, Mr. Thornton (1765) assisted in the repairs upon Faneuil Hall, and his bill was nearly thirty-three pounds. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1767. His will was proved in 1770.
Ebenezer Torrey (1765), baker, of Boston, son of William and Bethiah (Bass) Torrey, was born in Boston, Jan. 31, 1741. He does not appear to have held town office.
Capt. Ebenezer (1765) became a member of Engine Company No. 7, Jan. 19, 1763. William Torrey, brother of Capt. Ebenezer (1765), joined the Artillery Company in 1765.
Mr. Whitman (1810), in his history of the Artillery Company, says Mr. Torrey (1765), "in 1811, presented the Company with a new Standard.1 He made a will about that time in which he gave them $750 in bank stock, his children having all deceased and grandchildren being well off, but some young members of that day made remarks relative to the old members who attended the drill meetings regularly, to see the younger members exercise, enjoying the scene, and hovering about the Company in the field also. These remarks hurt their feelings, broke up the custom, and coming to his ears, he made a new will and gave the legacy to others. A solemn warning to those who make themselves too officious, before they have, by long service, become acquainted with the customs."
Timothy Thornton (1765). AUTHORITY :
Boston Records; MS. of Mr. Herbert A. Newton, of Weymouth.
Boston Records. Ebenezer Torrey (1765). AUTHORITIES : 1 See Columbian Centinel, June 5, 1811.
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He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1769, and its ensign in 1787.
At the time of the siege of Boston he removed to Lancaster, Mass., where he died March 14, 1818, leaving an estate of over one hundred thousand dollars. His remains were brought to Boston and deposited in his tomb, No. 4, Granary Burial-Ground. His funeral was attended by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, at No. 110 Orange Street.
William Torrey (1765), baker, of Boston, son of William and Bethiah ( Bass) Torrey, of Boston, was born in Boston, June 7, 1729. He married, Sept. 17, 1750, Abigail Nichols. His bakehouse, in 1760, was at "the lower end of Water Street," and was destroyed in the great fire of that year. In company with the justices, selectmen, and others, he made the general visitations of the town, Feb. 16, 1762, Feb. 15, 1765, and Feb. 18, 1766. He was a scavenger in 1759, an assessor of the town of Boston from 1760 to 1768 inclusive, and a surveyor of highways in 1764. Ebenezer Torrey, brother of William (1765), joined the Artillery Company in 1765. His father, William Torrey, was a great grandson of Capt. William Torrey, who joined the Artillery Company in 1641. Mr. Torrey (1765) died in Boston, Aug. 4, 1769.
George Trott (1765), jeweller, son of Thomas and Waitstill (Payson) Trott, of Boston.
John Adams, in his diary, under date of Jan. 15, 1766, mentions meeting Lieut. Trott (1765) at the headquarters of the Sons of Liberty, Hanover Square. Sabbath Day, Sept. 6, 1795, the Brethren of the Old South Society, "Voted, That the Treasurer, Deacon Jonathan Mason, be requested until further directions to pay Mr. George Trott [1765] annually, the sum of Fifty dollars, for his weekly services in conducting the musick of the Society."
Aug. 24, 1770, Lieut. Trott (1765) was chosen a petit juror for the August court, served as fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1767, and was lieutenant in the militia. He was living in Boston in 1772.
Edward Tuckerman (1765), baker, of Boston, son of Edward and Dorothy (Kidder) Tuckerman, was born in Boston, Dec. 27, 1740. He served his apprenticeship with William Harris, baker, whose daughter he married. He carried on the business of a baker, at the South End, for about fifty years. Some years before Mr. Tuckerman (1765) "relinquished business, he called together his delinquent customers on a New Year's Day and gave up his claim to every one who acknowledged his inability to pay ; and this generous system he continued afterward to practice during his business years."
By the town records of May 25, 1767, it appears he owned a lot on the road to the fortification, and very near it. Aug. 29, 1776, he was chosen a juryman for a court held in Boston Sept. 5 of that year, "for the trial and condemnation of vessels." He was one of the organizers of the Charitable Mechanic Association, was its first vice- president, and held the office three years. The first successful effort to protect the property of the citizens of Boston against loss by fire was made in 1798 by the Massa-
William Torrey (1765). AUTHORITIES : Bos- ton Records; MS. of Mr. Herbert A. Newton, of Weymouth ; Report of Boston Rec. Com., No. 19, p. 133.
George Trott (1765). AUTHORITIES : Boston
Records; Hill's Hist. of Old South Church; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1889.
Edward Tuckerman (1765). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Annals Mass. Char. Mech. Asso- ciation; Memorial Hist. of Boston, Vol. IV.
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chusetts Mutual Company, of which Edward Tuckerman (1765) was a charter member. He represented Boston in the General Court. In 1789 and 1796 his place of business was on Orange (now Washington) Street. He died, July 17, 1818, aged seventy-eight years.
John Wells (1765), coppersmith, of Boston, son of John and Hannah Wells, was born in Boston Feb. 3, 1737. "John [1792], son of John Wells, Jun. [1765], and Betty, his wife, was born Dec. 3, 1763," in Boston.
Mr. Wells (1765) lived in the mansion of his ancestors in Back (now Salem) Street, at the North End. He was one of the founders of the Charitable Mechanic Association, and did an extensive business. Under the pastorate of Rev. John Eliot, Mr. Wells (1765) was a deacon of the New North Church, of which, for many years, he was a member. He was, proverbially, an honest and kind-hearted man.1 His son John joined the Artillery Company in 1792.
Capt. Wells (1765) was a constable of Boston from 1767 to 1777 inclusive, and, Nov. 6, 1776, he was one of the persons selected in Ward 3 to prepare "an account of the damages sustained since the Boston Port Bill." Aug. 15, 1781, he was drawn for a juror. He was a captain in the militia in 1783. He died in Boston, June 14, 1789.
David Wheeler, Jr. (1765). Messrs. John Green and David Wheeler, Sr., built a fire-engine, and presented it to the town, March 19, 1766. It was accepted by the town. The engine was called the "Green Engine, No. 10." A new company was formed ; David Wheeler was chosen captain of the company, and David Wheeler, Jr. (1765), was a member of it. The engine was placed on Pond's Lane (Bedford Street), near the house of David Wheeler. The corner of Bedford and Washington streets was called " Wheeler's Corner." They left the engine company, Aug. 31, 1768. David, Jr. (1765), was a scavenger in Boston in 1770, and a lieutenant in the militia.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1765 is as follows : -
" April 5th, 1765. Monday being unsuitable weather; the Company under Arms this day, viz Friday, Voted, That the Rev. Mr. Gad Hitchcock of Pembroke be desired to preach on the anniversary Artillery Election of Officers in June next, and that the present Commission Officers with the Treasurer be a committee to wait on him and desire the same.
Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk.
" May 6th, 1765. The Company being under Arms, the above Committee waited on the Rev. Mr. Gad Hitchcock of Pembroke, to desire him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, reported that he had accepted the same. Voted, to repeal a vote passed the sixth of April, 1761, viz : - That when any person offers himself for admit- tance, he shall be publickly proposed and stand a candidate one term. Voted, That the Treasurer pay twenty-four pounds to the Commission Officers towards defraying the charge of the next Election dinner, and the Company to dine with them. Voted, That the Clerk pay four pounds to the Commission Officers towards defraying the charges of the next Election dinner. Voted, That Robert Jenkins [1756], the present Clerk, have
John Wells (1765). AUTHORITY: Boston 1 Annals Mass. Char. Mech. Association, pp. Records. 45, 46. David Wheeler, Jr. (1765). AUTHORITY :
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one quarter part of the fines he shall collect the present year from the delinquent mem- bers of the Company. Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk.
"June 3d. 1765. The Company being under Arms, it was then Voted, That the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Gad Hitchcock and return him the thanks of this Company for his Sermon preached this day.1 Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk."
Rev. Gad Hitchcock, of Pembroke, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1765. He was a son of Capt. Ebenezer and Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock, and was born Feb. 12, 1719, at Springfield, Mass. He graduated at Harvard College in 1743. Dec. 22, 1748, he married Dorothy Angier, of Cambridge. She was a granddaughter of Rev. Urian Oakes who delivered the anniversary sermon before the Artillery Company in 1672. Mr. Hitchcock was invited, Feb. 29, 1747, to settle with the parish at Pembroke. He accepted the invitation, and was ordained on the "first Wednesday in October, 1748." In December, 1749, Mr. Hitchcock bought in Pembroke a house that is still standing, and seventeen acres of land. There he passed his days ; there he died, full of years and honors.
In 1758 he was chaplain of Col. Doty's regiment, and followed the fortunes of war. In May, 1774, he delivered the election sermon in the Old South Church. Gov. Gage was present. Mr. Hitchcock chose as his text, "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice ; when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." Prov. xxix. 2. Dr. Hitchcock, in after years, said it was a moving discourse, inasmuch as it moved many of the congregation out of the house, - referring to the loyalists, who left the church in their indignation. He was elected, July 12, 1779, a member of the convention to frame a constitution for Massachusetts. He died, Aug. 3, 1803, after an illness of four years. He was in the eighty-fifth year of his age, and the fifty-eighth of his ministry.
1766. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1766 were : Thomas Dawes (1754), captain ; Samuel Barrett (1755), lieutenant ; Edward Carnes (1755), ensign. William Dawes (1760) was first sergeant ; John Brocas (1764), second sergeant ; Levi Jennings (1764), third sergeant ; Thomas Bumstead (1764), fourth sergeant, and Robert Jenkins, tertius (1756), clerk.
The Stamp Act was repealed March 18, 1766, and May 16 a copy of the Act of Repeal was received in Boston. It was an occasion of great joy in the town and through- out the province. Anticipating the expression of this joy, the town voted, April 21, 1766, " That for the Security of the Powder House on the Night of general Rejoicings, the Selectmen be desired to Order two of the Fire Engines into the Common to be placed
Rev. Gad Hitchcock. AUTHORITY : Hitch- cock Genealogy.
" Monday last being the anniversary of the Election of Officers for the antient and honorable Artillery Company, the following Gentlemen were chosen for the ensuing year, viz: William Homes, Esq [1747] Captain, Thomas Dawes Esq [1754] Lieutenant, Mr. Samuel Torrey Jr. [1752] Ensign. Previous to the Choice the Company waited on his Excellency the Governor, the Honorable his
Majesty's Council, etc. to the Old Brick Meeting House, where a Sermon suitable to the Occasion was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gad Hitchcock of Hanover. After which they proceeded to Faneuil Hall, where an elegant Dinner was provided by the Company; and in the Evening the new elected Officers made a generous Entertainment when many loyal Healths were drank." - Boston Gazette, June 10, 1765.
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near said Magazine : and that the Roof thereof be well wet : and that the Air Holes be stop't with Mortar and Brick." May 19 was the day of rejoicing. In early morning and during the day cannon were fired and bells rung. In the evening there was a general illumination, and also a display of fireworks. In the front windows of Capt. Dawes' (1754) and Thomas Symmes' (1758) houses appeared the portrait of Mr. Pitt, " as large as life," with this inscription : -
" Hail, Pitt ! Hail, patrons! pride of George's days ! How round the globe expand your patriot rays ! And the New World is brightened with the blaze."
The following-named were officers in Col. Jackson's (1738) regiment, commissioned May 17, 1766, viz. : Jeremiah Stimpson (1761), captain ; Josiah Waters (1747), captain ; Samuel Ballard (1755), captain-lieutenant of the colonel's company ; Martin Gay (1761), first lieutenant of the lieutenant-colonel's company ; Daniel Jones (1754), first lieutenant of the major's company ; Ephraim Copeland (1733), lieutenant of Capt. Gore's (1743) company ; John Adams (1740), ensign ; Samuel Simpson (1759), adjutant. Adino Pad- dock (1762) was captain of the Boston train of artillery.
Feb. 17, 1767, Thomas Marshall (1761) was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel of the Boston regiment, and James Cunningham (1758) to be major ; April 17, 1767, Martin Gay (1761), captain-lieutenant ; Daniel Jones (1754), Benjamin Phillips (1755), captains ; Hopestill Capen (1763) was promoted to be lieutenant, and Joseph Webb, Jr. (1761), and Nathaniel Heath (1765) were commissioned ensigns.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1766 were : Jonathan Farnum, Jr., Benjamin Homans, William Homes, Jr., John Popkin, Jr.
Jonathan Farnum, Jr. (1766), hairdresser, of Boston, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Road) Farnum (published Aug. 4, 1737), was born in 1744. He was elected scavenger in 1775, 1776, 1777, and 1781. He resided on Back Street.
Benjamin Homans (1766) was born in 1741. He was published, Feb. 3, 1780, to marry Hannah Colman, and in July, 1791, married Mrs. Martha Newell. He lived on Dorsets or Dassetts Alley, and served the town as scavenger in 1766. He received the Masonic degrees at the First Lodge, in Boston, about 1767. He was frequently present in St. John's Grand Lodge in 1768 and 1769, and Jan. 26, 1770, he was appointed "Tyler to the Grand Lodge and other Lodges in Boston." He was reappointed in 1771, and annually until 1776. June 7, 1782, he is recorded as present in Massachusetts Grand Lodge, and he held office in that body nearly all the time until 1792.
Mr. Homans (1766) was appointed deputy sheriff for Suffolk County, in 1784. He became crier for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, for Suffolk County, in 1787, and crier of all the courts in that county in 1795, a position which he held at his decease. He died in 1802, aged sixty-one years.
William Homes, Jr. (1766), silversmith, for Boston, son of William (1747) and Rebecca (Dawes) Homes, was born in Boston, May 7, 1742. He married Elizabeth Whitwell, daughter of William. Her sister Mary married Col. Josiah Waters, Jr. (1769).
Jonathan Farnum, Jr. (1766). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
William Homes, Jr. (1766). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Hill's Hist. of Old South Church. Benjamin Homans (1766). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Early Masonic Records.
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They were nieces of Samuel (1755). He joined the Old South Church Nov. 17, 1765, and from 1798 until his decease was very prominent in church matters.1 He followed the trade of his father, and at the old stand in Ann Street. Mr. Whitman (1810) says of him, he was " a man of small stature, pious, amiable, and much beloved. A few days before his death he was a witness in the Supreme Court, on the trial of the Price will controversy, between Trinity Church and King's Chapel. It was a severe, cold day and Lieut. Homes [1766] never went out of his house afterward." He died Jan. 13, 1825, aged eighty-three years. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1771, and lieutenant in the militia.
John Popkin, Jr. (1766), tailor, of Boston and Malden, was of Welsh ancestry. He married, (1) Rebecca Snelling, who died about 1794, and, (2) Mrs. Sarah Sargent, a niece of Rev. Eliakim Willis, of Malden. He was the father of Rev. John Snelling Popkin, D. D., the learned tutor (1795-8) and professor (1815-33) of Greek and Greek literature in Harvard College, who was also pastor of the Federal Street Church, Boston, from 1799 to 1802, and of the First Church in Newbury, from 1804 to 1815.
John Popkin, Jr. (1766), before the Revolutionary War followed the trade of a tailor, and was a member of Major Paddock's (1762) artillery. June 10, 1762, he was one of the sufferers by a fire which broke out " at the upper end of Williams Court, Corn- hill." He entered the Continental service in Cambridge, in 1775, as a captain of artillery in Col. Gridley's regiment, and served until the close of the war, in 1783. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and participated in the siege of Boston. He was com- missioned captain in Knox's artillery. Jan. 4, 1776, and was in the battle of White Plains ; was commissioned major in Col. Greaton's (3d) Massachusetts regiment, Jan. 1, 1777 ; was aid to Gen. Lincoln (1786) at Saratoga ; and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of Col. Crane's regiment of artillery, July 15, 1777, in which he continued until it was discharged in 1783.
After the war he removed to Bolton, in Worcester County, and invested his money, consisting of public securities, in a country store, and afterwards in a farm, -both of which proved unsuccessful ventures.
In 1789, he removed to Malden, and Aug. 10 of that year he was appointed an officer in the Custom House of the port of Boston, and held that position until his decease. He was remarkably strong and well in his old age, for, until he was more than eighty-four years of age, he walked from Malden to Boston, four miles, and back, every day except Sundays. He died at Malden, May 8, 1827, aged eighty-five years.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1766 is as follows : -
" April 11th, 1766. Monday being unsuitable Weather, The Company under Arms this day, viz : Fryday,
John Popkin, Jr. (1766). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Memorials of the Massachusetts Cincinnati; Muzzey's Reminiscences and Memori- als; Hurd's Hist. of Middlesex County, Vol. III., P. 581; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1871.
1 From the diary of " Rev. William Homes, of
Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 1689-1746," in the Maine Historical Library, it appears Rev. William Homes, the Diarist, a native of the north of Ireland, was born in 1663. He came to America, taught
school three years (1686-9), and returned to Ire- land. In 1715 he came back to Chilmark. His son Robert, born July 23, 1694, was married, April 3, 1716, to Mrs. Mary Franklin, in Boston, by Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton. Their son, William (1747), was born Jan. 9, 1717, and was baptized in the Old North Church, by Dr. Increase Mather, on the thirteenth day of the same month. William (1747) was the father of William, Jr. (1766).
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" Voted, The Rev. Mr. John Brown of Hingham be desired to preach on the next Anniversary Artillery Election of Officers in June next ; and that the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a committee to wait on him and desire the same service. " Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk.
" May 9th, 1766. Monday being unsuitable weather, The Company under Arms this day, viz. Friday, The Committee waited on the Rev. Mr. John Brown of Hingham to desire him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, reported that he had accepted the same. Voted, That Col. Joseph Jackson [1738], the Treasurer of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company be desired to let what monies he has in his hands to the Province Treasurer at five per cent, provided he cannot let it at six per cent upon good security in this Country. Voted, That the Treasurer pay twenty-four pounds to the present Commission Officers towards defraying the charges of the next Election dinner ; & the Company to dine with them. Voted, That the Clerk pay to the present Commis- sion Officers what fines may be due to the Company this day, after his Commissions are deducted, towards defraying the charges of the next Election Dinner. Voted, That Robert Jenkins [1756], the present Clerk, have one quarter part of the fines he shall collect the present year from the delinquent members of the Company.
"Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk.
" June 2d, 1766. The Company being under Arms, it was then Voted, That the the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. John Brown, and return him the thanks of this Company for his sermon preached this day.1 Attest : ROBERT JENKINS, Tert's, Clerk."
Rev. John Brown, of Hingham, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1766. He was a son of Rev. John and Joanna (Cotton) Brown, and was born in Haverhill, Mass., March 9, 1724. He graduated at Harvard College in 1741, and was ordained pastor over the Second Parish in Hingham, Sept. 2, 1747. The Second Parish became Cohasset in 1770. He married, (1) Dec. 22, 1764, Mrs. Jane Doane, (2) Hepzibah Ames, (3) Oct. 15, 1788, Mrs. Honour Fitzgerald, who, with one son, survived him.
Mr. Brown served in one campaign as chaplain to a Colonial regiment in Nova Scotia, and, by his word and example during the Revolutionary period, encouraged his fellow-citizens to maintain the struggle for liberty. Mr. Brown died, Oct. 22, 1791, aged sixty-seven years, after a pastorate of forty-four years.
1767. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1767 were : Thomas Marshall (1761), captain ; Richard Boynton (1759), lieutenant ; William Bell (1756), ensign. John Osborn, Jr. (1764), was first sergeant; Timothy Thornton (1765), second sergeant; Samuel Gridley (1765), third sergeant ; George Trott (1765), fourth sergeant, and Robert Jenkins, tertius (1756), clerk.
Rev. John Brown. AUTHORITIES: Chase's lIist. of Haverhill; Lincoln's Hist. of Hingham. 1 " Boston, June 4, 1766. Monday last being the anniversary of the election of officers for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, the fol- lowing gentlemen were chosen for the year ensuing, viz: Thomas Dawes Esq. [1754] Captain, Mr. Samuel Barrett [1755] Lieutenant, Mr. Edward Carnes [1755] Ensign. Previous to the choice the company waited on his Excellency the Governor,
the Honorable his Majesty's Council, &c. to the Old Brick Meeting House, where a sermon suitable to the occasion was preached by the Rev. Mr. John Brown of Hingham. After which, they proceeded to Faneuil Hall, where an elegant dinner was pro- vided by the Company, and in the evening the new- elected officers made a generous entertainment, when many loyal healths were drank." - Boston Gazette.
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