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Henry Fowle, Jr. (1821), pump and block maker, of Boston, son of Henry (1806) and Elizabeth (Bentley) Fowle, was born in Boston, Jan. 14, 1794. He married, in 1817, Elizabeth Edes, of Boston. He learned his trade of his father, and in 1815 went into partnership with him, which continued until 1827, when Henry, Jr. (1821), bought out his father's interest. The financial distress which soon followed destroyed the business, and father and son met heavy losses. Henry, Jr. (1821), gathered what he could from the wreck, purchased a farm in Medford, and went there to live. He was ensign of a company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, in 1817 and 1818, captain of the same from 1819 to 1822 inclusive, and fourth corporal of the Artillery Company in 1821.
Walter Frost (1821), chaise or coach maker, of Boston, was a son of Walter and Martha (Tufts) Frost, and was born in Cambridge. He was ensign in a company of the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1819 to 1821, lieutenant of the same in 1822, and captain from 1823 to 1825 inclusive ; also, he was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1825.
Abraham Gates (1821) was a merchant of Marlboro. He was active in the militia, and rose to the grade of major. In 1826 an academy was established in Marlboro. The following year Abraham Gates (1821) and his father, Silas Gates, gave two thousand dollars for the maintenance of the academy, and its name was changed to " Gates Academy." In 1849 the academy was merged in the high school, and the bequests were transferred to the town. Abraham Gates (1821) was a charter member of United Brethren Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Marlboro, and was its first master, being elected Sept. 23, 1824.
George M. Gibbens (1821), grocer at No. 1 Summer Street, resided at No. 50 Newbury Street. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Miller) Gibbens, and was born in Boston in 1796. His brother, Major Daniel L. Gibbens, joined the Artillery Company in 1810. Mr. Gibbens (1821) was quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant, of the Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, from 1819 to 1821, and adjutant of the same from 1822 to 1824 inclusive. He died in October, 1830, aged thirty-four years.
Frederick Gould (1821) was a clothier, and resided at No. 62 Middle Street, Boston. In the militia he rose to the grade of lieutenant.
Moses Gragg (1821), son of Samuel and Rachel (Blood) Gragg, was born in Groton, Sept. 20, 1791. Samuel Gragg was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and was in the battle at White Plains. Moses Gragg (1821) married, at Dedham, Jan. 6,
Moses Gragg (1821). AUTHORITY: Manuscript of Isaac P. Gragg, Esq., of Cambridge, son of Moses Gragg (1821).
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1820, Rebecca N. Alden, a direct descendant of John Alden, of Plymouth. His early life was spent on his father's farm in Groton, and his education was such as the public schools of the town afforded. He came to Boston when about sixteen years of age, afterwards removed to Dedham and became a hotel keeper, being the senior member of the firm of "Gragg & Alden, proprietors of the Norfolk House, Dedham." They provided the dinner upon the occasion of the public celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of that town. Mr. Gragg (1821) subsequently moved to Milton, and kept the Blue Hill Tavern. In 1840 he made his residence in Roxbury, and opened as a boarding-house what was known as the " Ionic Hall." He was a member of the Massa- chusetts House of Representatives from the town of Milton, and in Roxbury held the position of superintendent of streets. He was a private in Capt. Abner Guild's company of militia in Dedham, served six weeks with that company at South Boston during the War of 1812-5, and at the time of his decease was the oldest pensioner of the War of 1812-5 on the United States pension rolls in the Boston agency. He was commis- sioned adjutant, with the rank of first lieutenant, of the First Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, April 2, 1817, and resigned April 11, 1822. Capt. Warren S. Davis (1869) is his son-in-law.
Lieut. Gragg (1821) died at Cambridge, Mass., April 30, 1885, aged ninety-three years, eight months, and ten days.
James Hamilton (1821), tavern-keeper, of Framingham, son of Jason and Lydia (Hill) Hamilton, of Brookfield, was born in that town Oct. 1, 1782. He married, Oct. 27, 1805, Hannah Haven, of Hopkinton, who died in New York City in 1842. He lived in Shirley and Concord, but removed in 1818 to Framingham Centre, where he owned and kept a tavern. He moved to Boston in 1823, and kept the celebrated Exchange Coffee-House on Congress Street. Thence he removed to New York City. He organized the Framingham Light Infantry Company in 1819, and was its first captain. His highest military rank was that of lieutenant-colonel in the State militia. He was lieutenant of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1823.
Isaac M. Hawes (1821) was a shopkeeper in Charlestown. He held the office of ensign in a Charlestown company.
Ezra Hawkes (1821) first joined the Artillery Company in 1819, and rejoined it in 1821. See page 408 of this volume.
Nathan Hobbs (1821) was a silversmith, and resided at No. 40 Ann Street, Boston. He was ensign of a company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, in 1816 and 1817, lieutenant from 1818 to 1820, and captain of the same in 1821 and 1822. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1822.
Prentiss Hobbs (1821), wood wharfinger, of Boston, was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1823. He was honorably discharged from the Company April 10, 1829, and rejoined it in 1832. He was a representative to the General Court nine years. Mr. Hobbs ( 1821) became a member of St. John's Lodge in 1819. He died in 1858.
William Hooten (1821) was a sailmaker in Boston. He was ensign of a company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, in 1820, and lieutenant in the same from 182 1 to 1823.
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Isaac Hurd, Jr. (1821), merchant, of Concord, son of Isaac and Sarah (Thompson) Hurd, of Charlestown, who settled in Concord, Mass., in 1789, was born in Billerica, July 12, 1782. He married, Jan. 27, 1808, Mary A. Heald. Of his boyhood little is known. Between 1802 and 1806 he made one or more voyages to Canton, but in 1806-7 left the sea, and commenced business in Concord, in the "Green Store." In 1810 he sold out and moved to Billerica, where he carried on the farm of his maternal grandfather, which, by inheritance, came into his possession some years afterward. He farmed extensively ; in 1812 was largely interested in the raising of sheep, which only added to his embarrassments in the crisis of 1815. He soon returned to Concord, where he spent the remaining years of his life.
Isaac Hurd, Jr. (1821), received the Masonic degrees in Corinthian Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Concord, in 1820, and became a member thereof May 22, 1820. His father, Dr. Isaac Hurd, was the first master of Corinthian Lodge, chartered in 1797, and his grandfather, Benjamin Hurd, of Charlestown, was the first grand high priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts, established March 13, 1798.
Isaac Hurd, Jr. (1821), was interested in the militia; commanded a company of horse, and afterward rose to the rank of colonel of the Third Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He never held any office in the Artillery Company. For several years he was town treasurer of Billerica. He died at Concord, Jan. 24, 1828.
William Ingalls (1821), physician, of Boston, son of William and Susanna (Pearson) Ingalls, was born in Newburyport, May 3, 1769. He married, (1) Dec. 14, 1802, Lucy Myrick Ridgeway, of Boston, who died in 1824, and (2) Dec. 20, 1828, Miss Alice, daughter of Major John Brazer (1786). He spent his boyhood in Newburyport, where he attended school, but was prepared for college at Dummer Academy. He graduated at Harvard College in 1790, and received the degree of M. D. in 1801. While a practising physician he resided in Boston. For four years, from 1813 to 1816, he was professor of anatomy and chirurgery in Brown University, and for fifty years was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He retired from practice about 1842 ; spent three or four years next ensuing at Princeton, and the remainder of his days were passed at Wrenthanı, where he died Sept. 9, 1851.
He was a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M .; Siloam Lodge, I. O. of O. F .; "A Republican Institution " (organized in 1819) ; Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and New England Historic Genealogical Society.1 He was the author of several essays on medical subjects. He was lieutenant in a company of the Boston regiment during 1796, 1797, and 1798; surgeon of the First Regiment, First Brigade, from 1813 to 1822 inclusive, and for many years was surgeon to the Artillery Company, on the staff of the commander.
John Keyes (1821), lawyer, of Concord, son of Joseph and Sarah (Boyden) Keyes, was born in Westford, Mass., March 24, 1787. He married, Nov. 26, 1816, Ann S. Shepard, of Hopkinton. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1809; studied law with John Abbot, of Westford, and in the winters of 1811 and 1812 taught school in
John Keyes (1821). AUTHORITIES: Hurd's Hist. of Middlesex County, Vol. II., pp. xii, 603; Hist. of Corinthian Lodge, Concord, p. 72.
1 See Memorial Biographies, New Eng. Hist. Gen. Society, Vol. I., 1845-52, p. 328.
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Concord. In 1812 he entered the law office of John L. Tuttle in Concord, and was admitted to the Middlesex bar the same year. He became postmaster of Concord, Feb. 15, 1813, and held that office until 1837. He was appointed county treasurer by the county commissioner in 1813, and was chosen annually to that office until 1837. He was a delegate to the convention for amending the State constitution in 1820, a member of the State Legislature in 1821 and 1822, and 1832 and 1833, and a member of the State Senate from 1824 to 1829. He was a director of the Concord Bank, of the Milldam Corporation, trustee of the Middlesex Institution for Savings, and president of the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was deeply interested in town matters ; often presided at town meeting ; was president of the day at the bi-centennial of Concord; a member of the school committee several years, and held a place on nearly every important committee raised by the town during the years of his activity. He held the office of judge advocate of the Third Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1819 to 1828. He received the Masonic degrees in Corinthian Lodge, of Concord, and became a member June 22, 1812. He served as master of that Lodge in 1821; was junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1824 to 1826 inclusive, and senior grand warden in 1827 and 1828.
He died at Concord, Mass., Aug. 29, 1844, aged fifty-seven years.
Winslow Lewis (1821), ship-master and merchant of Boston, son of Winslow and Mary (Knowles) Lewis, and grandson of Rev. Isaiah Lewis, minister of Wellfleet, Mass., for fifty-seven years, was born in that town, May 11, 1770. He married, (1) Nov. 7, 1793, Elizabeth Greenough, who died June 11, 1842, and, (2) Nov. 22, 1843, Martha S. Hurlburt, daughter of James Phillips (1790). Dr. Winslow Lewis (1862), of Boston, who died Aug. 3, 1875, was a son of Capt. Lewis (1821) by his first wife.
Winslow Lewis (1821) was in early life a successful and skilful ship-master, and for over forty years was connected with the light-house establishment of the United States. An obituary notice in the Boston Journal said of him, at the time of his decease : "The services which he rendered the government and to our mercantile community were incalculable, and will cause his name to be long held in respect and veneration by all who have business on the great ocean His strong, practical mind, indomitable perseverance, and industrious habits, compensated for any deficiency in classical knowl- edge or scientific attainments, and few men have labored more constantly or more successfully through a long life than Capt. Winslow Lewis [1821], and his name will be remembered and associated with whatever is true and excellent in man long after the almost countless beacons which he erected to warn the approaching mariner of danger shall have crumbled into dust."
Capt. Lewis (1821) owned the privateer brig " Abaelino," commissioned by Presi- dent Madison, Dec. 10, 1814. Two of her prizes, having been carried into Tunis, were delivered over to the British government by the Bey of Tunis, who was afterward forced, by Commodore Decatur, to pay twenty-one thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars as indemnity to Capt. Lewis (1821).
He was contractor and builder of one hundred light-houses and beacons on our coast ; invented the binnacle illuminator in 1810; introduced cotton duck into his factory at Watertown, and was the owner of a rope walk at the foot of the Common. He took charge of the light-houses about 1809-10; was in the War of 1812, and was taken prisoner while visiting a light-house in the bay, but was soon released on parole ; organ-
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ized and commanded the Boston Sea Fencibles during that war ; represented Boston in the Legislature from 1829 to 1833 ; a member of the first common council of Boston in 1822 ; alderman in 1829 and 1836; member of the Marine Society in 1797, of the Humane Society in 1812, and for several years port-warden of Boston. His residence in Boston was at the corner of Boylston Street and Park Square. He was a tall, fine-looking man, of winning address, much beloved by all who knew him, and exemplary in all the relations of life. His portrait, in uniform, by Jonathan Mason, is in the hall of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He died in Roxbury, where he resided the last years of his life, May 20, 1850, aged eighty years. His remains were re-interred at Mount Auburn in 1859.
Thomas J. Lobdell (1821), merchant, of Boston, was of the firm of Samuel Davis & Co., dealers in domestic goods, No. 3 Cornhill Square. Mr. Lobdell (1821) resided on Hancock Street. He was active in the militia for several years. He became captain of the South End Artillery, and subsequently, with the rank of major, commanded the battalion.
Solomon Loud (1821), cabinet-maker, of Boston, had a shop at No. 60 Court Street, and his residence was on Copeland Lane. He was ensign of the Washington Light Infantry Company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, in 1820 and 1821, lieutenant in the same from 1822 to 1824, and captain in 1825 and 1826. He was also second corporal of the Artillery Company in 1821, and lieutenant in 1827. He died in January, 1833, aged forty-five years.
Eliab W. Metcalf (1821), of Cambridge, was printer to Harvard University. Sept. 10, 1814; he was ensign of the Cambridge Light Infantry, which was in camp at South Boston fifty-one days, and was subsequently promoted through the various grades until he became lieutenant-colonel. He was lieutenant of the Artillery Company in 1824. He represented Cambridge in the General Court. He died in Cambridge, Nov. 27, 1835, aged fifty-four years.
Harrison Gray Otis, Jr. (1821), lawyer, of Boston, oldest son of Hon. Harrison Gray and Sarah (Foster) Otis, was born in Boston, Aug. 7, 1792. He married Eliza Henderson, daughter of W. H. Boardman, of Boston. He graduated at Harvard College in 1811 ; read law with his father and H. Binney, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in 1814. He was adjutant of the Independent Corps of Cadets in 1819, lieutenant of the same in 1820, and captain in 1822 and 1823. His death occurred suddenly while visiting friends at Springfield, Jan. 3, 1827.
Francis Peabody (1821), merchant, of Salem, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Smith) Peabody, was born in Salem, Dec. 7, 1801. He married, July 7, 1823, Martha, daughter of Samuel Endicott. At the age of ten years he entered Dummer Academy, Byfield, Mass., and at the age of twelve, attended a select school in Brighton, Jacob N. Knapp, master, where he remained four years. At the age of eighteen years he took passage in the ship " Augustus " on a voyage to Russia for the benefit of his health. After his return, he attended scientific lectures in Boston and Philadelphia. In 1826 he was inter- ested in the establishing of the Forest River Lead Company in South Fields, and
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established lead-works at Forest River in 1832. He disposed of his interests in them in 1843. In 1833 he built the paper mills in Middleton, and soon after introduced at Middleton the refining of oils and manufacture of candles. He was of an inventive turn of mind, and, April 20, 1832, was granted a patent by the United States government for " preventing counterfeit notes." He was interested in the military, and was promoted to the command of a battalion of artillery, and soon after to the lieutenant-colonelcy of a regiment. In 1825 he was transferred to the infantry, becoming colonel of the First Regiment, First Brigade, Second Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and held this position until 1829. He was a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1865 became president of the Essex Institute, Salem, and continued in this office until his decease, which occurred Oct. 31, 1867.1
Silas Peirce (1821), grocer, of Boston, was born at the family homestead in Scituate in 1793. He came to Boston in 1808, and worked for about two weeks in a ship carpen- ter's shop. One day he dropped an adze on his foot, and concluded to abandon the business. He next entered an importing house, and, in 1814, went as supercargo in a sailing vessel to Oporto. He returned in 1815, and in April of that year established the firm of Silas Peirce & Co., at No. 6 Fanenil Hall Square. April 1, 1890, the firm of Silas Peirce & Co. celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. His store, No. 6 Faneuil Hall Square, was on the site occupied for so many years by Read's gun store, but where now stands a tobacco and cigar store. In 1824 he removed to No. 2 Sears Building, Elm Street ; in 1842 to No. 22 Elm Street, opposite Wilde's Hotel, and in 1856 the firm removed to their present location, Nos. 59 to 61 Commercial Street.
Mr. Peirce (1821) was a member of the board of aldermen of Boston from 1857 to 1863 inclusive, except 1862. He was often called upon to fill positions of trust, and was a most respected citizen and true friend. He was ensign of a company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, Fourth Division, in 1816 and 1817, lieutenant of the same from 1818 to 1820, and captain in 1821 and 1822. He never held any office in the Artillery Company. He died in 1879, having attained the age of eighty-six years.
Brewster Reynolds (1821) was in the grocery trade in Boston. He was ensign in a company of the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia, from 1820 to 1822 inclusive, lieutenant in 1823 and 1824, and captain in 1825. He was also third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1822, and first sergeant in 1824.
Jonathan Avery Richards (1821), of Roxbury, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Avery) Richards, of Dedham, was born in that town April 6, 1797. He married, Nov. 23, 1820, Nancy D. Gore, of Roxbury. He served many years in the State militia, and rose to the grade of lieutenant-colonel. He represented Roxbury in the State Legislature.
Robert Robinson (1821), cordwainer, of Lynn, was fourth corporal of the Artillery Company in 1822, and became colonel of an Essex County regiment.
Michael Roulstone (1821) first united with the Artillery Company, July 16, 1810. He was discharged, at his own request, April 2, 1821. On the 23d of April, the same
' His portrait is in Hist. of Essex Co., Lewis & Co., publishers, Vol. I., p. 231.
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year, Capt. Wells (1811) proposed Lieut .- Col. Michael Roulstone for re-admission to the Company, and at the meeting April 24, Col. Roulstone was re-elected to membership. He was honorably discharged March 27, 1826. See page 349 of this volume.
Micah M. Rutter (1821), yeoman, of East Sudbury, now Wayland, son of Joseph and Eunice (Maynard) Rutter, was born in East Sudbury, March 4, 1779, and died in Wayland, May 8, 1837. He married, in May, 1805, Nancy Plympton, of Sudbury. For many years he was a deputy-sheriff of Middlesex County. He served in the militia of the Commonwealth for many years; was colonel of the First Regiment, Second Brigade, Third Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1816 to 1826 inclusive, brigadier-general of the Second Brigade, Third Division, in 1827 and 1828, and major- general of the Third Division from 1829 to 1834 inclusive. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ten years, and also served as a State senator. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity (receiving the degrees in Middlesex Lodge and demitting to Monitor Lodge), and was exalted in St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, April 22, 1828. He was a patriotic, public-spirited man, and interested in all matters that concerned the welfare of the town and Commonwealth. He died at Wayland, May 8, 1837, aged fifty-eight years.
Edward L. Scott (1821), master-mariner, of Boston, was ensign of the Sea Fencibles in 1820 and 1821, lieutenant in 1822 and 1823, and captain in 1824.
Daniel Shattuck (1821), trader, of Concord, son of John and Betsey (Miles) Shattuck, was born in Ashby, July 10, 1790 It was the desire of his parents that he should be educated and pursue a profession, and he completed his studies in the new Ipswich Academy preparatory for college. In 1806, however, he left home, and found employment with J. & J. H. Davis, of Concord, with whom he remained six years. In 1812, with no capital except perseverance and a good name, he went into company with Bela Hemenway, and purchased the stock and stand of Deacon John White. Mr. Hemenway died Jan. 17, 1816, and Mr. Shattuck (1821) carried on the business under the firm name of Daniel Shattuck & Co. until 1844, when he retired. He was a member of the General Court from Concord in 1831, and senator in 1834 and 1836. He was prominently connected with all the public interests of Concord ; was president of the bank there from its first incorporation until 1832; treasurer of the Middlesex Agri- cultural Society from 1821 to 1833, and was its president in 1835 and 1836. He was chairman of the committee for the erection of the Concord monument to commemorate the events of April 19, 1775, and was the author of the inscription on the tablet.1 He married, April 23, 1816, Sarah Edwards, and he died in August, 1867.
He was active in the militia, and became colonel of the Third Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1823, holding that office for several years.
Nathaniel Snow (1821), master-mariner, of Boston, was lieutenant of the Sea Fen- cibles, of Boston, from 1814 to 1819, and captain of the same in 1820 and 1821.
Silas Stuart (1821) was in the grocery trade at No. 34 Ann Street, and he resided at No. 18 Fleet Street. After several years of military service, he became captain of a
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company in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1823, and served as colonel of the same in 1826 and 1827, succeeding Col. Domett (1821). He was also second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1823, and lieutenant in 1826.
Amos Sumner (1821), tailor, of Boston, did business at No. 5 Newbury, now Washington, Street, and resided at No. 7 North Russell Street. He was ensign of a company in the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, from 1815 to 1817, and lieutenant of the same from 1818 to 1821. An Amos Sumner, of Dedham, married Mrs. Ann J. Boardman, of Boston, Jan. 26, 1840.
George W. Thayer (1821) first joined the Artillery Company, April 5, 1819. He was discharged April 17, 1820, and rejoined the Company, May 4, 1821.
Salem Towne, Jr. (1821), yeoman, of Charlton, was lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Regiment, First Brigade, Seventh Division, from 1811 to 1813 ; brigadier-general of the First Brigade, Seventh Division, from 1814 to 182 1 inclusive, and was subsequently major-general of the Seventh, called the Worcester County Division.
William Tucker (1821), merchant, of Boston, was of the firm of French & Tucker, No. 37 Central Wharf. Mr. Tucker (1821) resided on Purchase Street. He was a son of William and Julia (Twichell) Tucker, and was born in Framingham, Feb. 17, 1789. Before he was of age he married Miss Mary Ann Kirby, a native of England. At the age of six years, on the death of his parents, he went to live with his paternal grandfather at Sherborn. After attending school for a few years he left Sherborn, and when a mere lad found employment in the store of Mr. Paul D. Richards, of Boston. Mr. Tucker (1821) very soon began business on his own account, and prospered. He was among the first to remove to Centrel Wharf, where, with his partner, he was an occupant of a store (belonging to Samuel Appleton) for about forty years. His firm did an extensive business with the British provinces, and at the time of the breaking out of the War of 1812 they supplied the British army at Halifax. Mr. Tucker (1821) was much interested in the military. He was ensign of the Boston Light Infantry, in the Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1816 and 1817, lieutenant of the same in 1818 and 1819, and captain in 1820. He never held office in the Artillery Company. "He was a man of great kindness of heart and of courteous manners ; a merchant distinguished for industry and fidelity to every trust, and a citizen widely known and respected."
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