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In King Philip's War. 1675. Malden had twenty-nine men. Seven who were in Capt. Samuel Mosely's Company who were in the battle known as the Narraganset fight. Malden troops under Capt. William Green marched on an expedition against the Indians in 1695, in what is known as King William's War. In the Siege of Louisburg, in 1745, Malden bore a conspicuous part : nine of her young men there laid down their lives. In 1758. the enrolled militia of Malden was 134 men under command of Capt. John Dexter, at that time. In Dr. Ebenr Morrow's Company of Medford. Lieut. Samuel Purditt and Darius Green with thirty-one non-commissioned officers and privates of Malden joined the forces of General AAbercrombie at Ticonderoga ; of these five Malden men lost their lives. In 1776 the enrolled militia of Malden was 300.
It would seem from the following, copied from the Massa- chusetts Archives, vol. 68, page 112, that some of the drafted or
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impressed men, were not anxious to take part in these troub- lous Indian war-times; or, at least, were in no hurry in report- ing for duty; therefore the State had to act in the matter:
To the Constables of Maulden
These require you in his majtys name forthwith to sumon require & secure John Linde Jnº Cole & James welsh so as they may person- ally Appeare before the Council sitting in Boston on the 11th Instant at one of the clocke then & there to Answer theire neglect of Duty in not appearing at the Randevous at Dedham on the 5th Juist thereby much disappointing the service of the Country you are also in like manner to sumon & require some one or more of the Comittee of militia of the Toune then & there to Appeare that Impressed them to make it out that they were duely Impressed making your returne at or before the time hereof not to faele at your perrill - Dated in Boston the 7th of January 1675.
By order of the Council
EDWD RAWSON Secrety.
John Lynde was a North Malden man, and lived in the house which stood on Main Street, where now stands the homestead of Henry Lynde, a direct descendant.
An order concerning North Malden men during these dark days, runs as follows: it was directed to "Capt. John Sprague of Mauldon."
In Pursuance of an Order from the magr genll to me directed, Bearing date ye 18th of this Instant June: these are in theire Majies Names to Requier you to detach out of yor Companie To Able Soldiers well appointed with arms and Amunition for their Majies Service to defend the ffrunteer Townes and prosecute ye Common Enemy. You are to Cause them to Randevouse at wooburne, by the meeting house. on Tusday the Thirtyeth of this Instant, at one of the Clock in the Afternune, their to Receive farther orders. Hereof you may not fail at yor Peril. Dated In Charles Towne ye 19th of June 1691, and in the Third yeare of their Majies reigne
No. 62.
JOHN PHILLIPS, Serjt Major.
To the Committee of Militia in Mauldon.
This order has the following endorsement on its back: " John green, James whitehead went to the place of randazvoues, July 17, 1691," seventeen days after the time appointed. This was the Capt. Sprague that lived in the old homestead on the southerly side of Barrett Mount, on Maple Street; and Green was probably the grandson and lived in the old homestead of his grandfather, Thomas Green, at the Highlands, then Malden North End.
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As to the American Revolution: Malden, although includ- ing what is now Everett and Melrose, was not a large town; but it was a very patriotic town, and sent forth not only her sons, but several spirited manifestoes, before and during the war. Eloquent, forcible and full of loyalty to our country were her various papers. First, in 1773, a letter "To the Respectable Inhabitants of the Town of Boston," wherein they informed them of the appointment of a Committee of Corres- pondence to act in conference with theirs. Second, a series of instructions to their Representative in the Legislature, Captain Ebenezer Harnden, dated September 23, 1874, the last sentence of which was:
The people in the province are a free and a brave people ; and we are determined in the strength of our God, that we will, in spite of open force and private treachery, live and die as becomes the descend- ants of such ancestors as ours, who sacrificed their all, that they and their posterity might be free.
Third, another to his successor, Ezra Sargent, Esq., which is so full of patriotic fire it is given here in full; these instruc- tions were written by Rev. Peter Thacher, who was settled in Malden in 1770,1 delivered the Fifth of March Oration in 1776, was a delegate from Malden to the Massachusetts Constitu- tional Convention in 1780, and became pastor of Brattle Square Church, Boston, in 1785:2
Instructions of the town of Malden to their Representative, Passed May 27th, 1776:
Sir-A resolution of the late Honorable House of Representatives, calling upon the several towns in this Colony to express their minds,
1 This paper was prepared in re- sponse to a resolution of the Mas- sachusetts House of Representa- tives; and by it the little town committed itself fearlessly in favor of independence first of all the towns of the province, preceding the action of Boston by three days. Deloraine P. Corey, New England Magazine, May, 1899, P. 373.
2 The following anecdote con- nected with his ministry in Malden was told by Rev. Alexander W. McClure at the Bi-Centennial Cele-
bration of Malden, in 1849 : "On one occasion he called in the after- noon upon a lady, poor but proud. The good lady met him at the door, her countenance all wreathed in smiles. She was very sorry that her pastor had not come to dine, she had so nice a turkey, and she knew he loved turkey so much. 'No doubt of it, no doubt of it, madam;' was the reply of the reverend man. 'I perceive you have had turkey for dinner, and here is a feather of it on your ker- chief.' Awful to relate, that feath-
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with respect to the important question of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, is the occasion of our now instructing you.
The time was, Sir, when we loved the King and the People of Great Britain, with an affection truly filial; we felt ourselves interested in their glory, we shared in their joys and sorrows, we cheerfully poured the fruit of all our labors into the lap of our Mother Country, and without reluctance, expended our blood and our treasure in her cause. These were our sentiments towards Great Britain : while she continued to act the part of a parent State, we felt ourselves happy in our con- nection with her, nor wished it to be dissolved. But our sentiments are altered. It is now the ardent wish of ourselves, that America may become FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES. A sense of unprovoked injuries will arouse the resentment of the most peaceful; such injuries these Colonies have received from Britain. Unjustifiable claims have been made by the King and his minions, to tax us without our con- sent. These colonies have been prosecuted in a manner cruel and un- just to the highest degree, the frantic policy of Administration hath induced them to send Fleets and Armies to America, that by depriv- ing us of our trade, and cutting the throats of our brethren, they might awe us into submission, and erect a system of despotism which should so far enlarge the influence of the Crown, as to enable it to rivet their shackles upon the people of Great Britain. This was brought to a crisis upon the ever memorable nineteenth of April ; we remember the fatal day; the expiring groans of our murdered countrymen yet vibrate on our ears !! We now behold the flames of their peaceful dwellings ascending to heaven; we hear their blood crying to us from the ground, VENGEANCE! and charging us, as we value the peace of their mnanes, to have no further connection with a King, who can un- feelingly hear of the slaughter of his subjects and composedly sleep with their blood upon his soul. The manner in which the War has been prosecuted has confirmed us in these sentiments; Piracy and Murder, robbery and breach of faith, have been conspicuous in the conduct of the King's Troops; defenceless Towns have been attacked and destroyed,-the ruins of Charlestown, which are daily in our view, daily remind us of this. The cries of the Widow and the Orphan de- mand our attention ; they demand that the hand of pity should wipe the tears from their eyes; and that the sword of their Country should
er was a respectable dab of mush and molasses! Often after his re- moval to the Brattle Square Church, did that eloquent and popular di- vine ' keep the table in a roar' at the numerous dining parties of his day, where he was ever a welcome guest, by rehearsing this incident ;
and that primit ve dish known as 'hasty pudding' and so scientific- ally described by the famous Count Rumford, long known in fashionable parlance as 'Malden turkey.'" Bi-Centennial book of Malden, p. 90.
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avenge their own and our rights, and bring to condign punishment the elevated villains who have trampled upon the sacred rights of men, and affronted the majesty of the people.
We hoped in vain. They have lost their love to Freedom, they have lost their spirit of just resentment. We therefore renounce with dis- dain our connection with the kingdom of Slaves; we bid a final adieu to Britain. Could an accommodation be now effected, we have reason to think that it would be fatal to the liberties of America, - we should soon catch the contagion of venality and dissipation, which has sub- jected Britain to lawless domination : Were we placed in the situation we were in, in the year 1773; were the powers of appointing to office, and commanding the Militia, in the hands of Governors, our arts, trade, and manufactures would be cramped; nay, more than this, the life of every man who has been active in the cause of his Country would be endangered. For these reasons, as well as many others which might be produced, we are confirmed in the opinion, that the present age will be deficient in their duty to God, their posterity, and themselves, if they do not establish an AMERICAN REPUBLIC. This is the only form of government which we wish to see established ; for we can never willingly be subject to any other King, than He, who being possessed of infinite wisdom, goodness, and rectitude, is alone fit to possess unlimited power.
We have freely spoken our sentiments upon this important subject ; but we mean not to dictate. We have unbounded confidence in the wisdom and uprightness of the Continental Congress; with pleasure we recollect that this affair is under their direction :- and we now instruct you, Sir, to give them the strongest assurance, that if they should declare America to be a Free and Independent Republic, your constituents will support and defend the measure to the LAST DROP OF THEIR BLOOD AND THE LAST FARTHING OF THEIR TREASURE.
So strong, forcible, and eloquent was this address, that Chief Justice Marshall quoted it in his Life of Washington; and it has also been commended by other historians.
When the Lexington alarm was sounded, Malden was pre- pared for the emergency. A messenger arriving at Hill's Tavern, then standing where now stands City Hall, gave the cry " The Regulars are out!" which alarm spread from farm to farm, and the minute-men belonging to Captain Benjamin Blaney's company
gathered on the little green before the tavern and awaited orders from their colonel at Watertown. Women and children followed by their side as they marched away towards Menotomy, now Arlington, where they arrived in time to capture a bewildered supply train of the enemy.3
3 Corey, in New England Magazine, May, 1899, P. 373.
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The roll of the company in which these "Minute Men of Malden" served, is taken from the Massachusetts Archives: Revolutionary Rolls, xi. 209: and is as follows:
A Role of the Company of the Militea that went to Watertown By order of the Late Col. Gardner upon the alarm on the 19 Day of april 1775 and from there to Resist the Ministeral troops under the Com- mand of Capt Benja Blaney.
Benja Blaney Capt
Nathan Lyndes Lieut Amos Shute Serjant
Williaim Wait Second Liut Nehemiah Oaks Serjant
Micah Wait Cor! Jacob Parker Cor!
Jabez Lyndes Serjant Bernard Green Cor! Nathan Eaton Cor !.
Winslow Sargeant Drumer
John Ramsdel
Ezra Sargeant
Daniel Breeding
Joseph Lyndes Jn
Ezra Hawkes
Elnathan Breeding
Ezra Howard
James Wade
Benja Brown
John Vinton
Robert Burdit
Peter Brown
Jacob Sargeant
Gidion Williams
Charles Hill
William Sprague
Jacob Pratt
Phinheas Sprague, J!
Benja Lyndes
Daniel Chadwick
Edward Newhall
John Pratt
Thomas Wait ye 3
James Green
Ebenr Payne
William Upham
Silas Sargeant
John Grover ye 3
Ezra Upham
Ezekiel Jenkins
John Wat Jn
Ezekiel Jenkins Jn
John Grover, Jn
David Wait
Joseph Floyd
John Gould
William Dexter
William Low
Naler Hatch
Jonathan Gardner
Joseph Hollowell
Daniel Waters
Stephen Tufts
John Jenkins
Joseph Jenkins
Samuel Wait
Francis Phillips Bernard Newhall
David Bucknam
Benja Grover
Nathan Parker
William Gill
Ebenr Wait
Richard Dexter
John Grover ye 4
Joseph Barrett Jn
Timothy Tufts
Stephen Pain Jn
David Howard
Samuel Hollowell
Benja Sprague Jn Joseph Lyndes
Benja Blaney cptn.4
home," and the others for thirty- four miles. The total amount was £15 4s., for which the Council or- dered a warrant to be drawn, Feb. 7, 1777. Captain Blaney's company was the fourth in the first regiment of Middlesex militia.
4 They were paid for one day's service at the following rates : cap- tain, 4s. 4d .; lieutenant, 3s .; second lieutenant, 2s. 8d .; sergeants, IS. Sd .; corporals, Is. 6d .; drummer, Is. 6d., and privates, Is. 4d. The last fourteen names were allowed for twenty miles travel, "out and
Phinehas Sprague
Unite Cox
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Some years ago, Artemas Barrett made a search of the Town and State records, and, by the aid of those and his own per- sonal knowledge, completed a list of those of our own citizens, who were in this company, and who went to Lexington on that famous 19th of April. They are as follows:
Sergeant Jabez Lynde, Corporal Nathan Eaton, Phineas Sprague,
Joseph Lynde, John Grover, Jr., Phineas Sprague, Jr.,
Joseph Lynde, Jr., John Grover, 3d, Ezra Upham,
Joseph Barrett, Jr., Unite Cox, John Vinton,
John Gould,
Benjamin Lynde, William Upham,
Ezra Howard, John Pratt,
Benoni Vinton.
Here are found all of the oldest names of the settlers in North Malden. There was hardly a man living here at the time, who was able to bear arms, who did not become a "minute-man," when the alarm was sounded. The two Spragues were father and son; the father living on West Foster Street, the son on Porter Street. There were three others that went from our present territory; the three brothers, Thomas, Tim- othy and Ezra Vinton, who lived at the Highlands, then a part of Stoneham; they went in Captain Samuel Sprague's. company.5
The following additional items concerning the military
5 Thomas, Timothy and Ezra Vinton of the Vinton neighbor- hood, now Melrose Highlands, but then a part of Stoneham, marched with the minute men of the latter town. Some of the North End men marched with the minute-men from Kettell's Tavern, while others took a shorter route across the country to the Lexington Road. After they had left, the women filled saddle- bags with food and despatched Israel Cook, with a horse belonging to Phineas Sprague, after them. Meeting the British on their retreat, his horse was killed ; but he should- ered the bags and wandered about until he met his friends, who were in need of the refreshments which he carried.
Among those who went out upon the early alarm was John Edmunds,
who lived in the southeast part of the town, near the Chelsea line, and a boy named Breeden, who was- probably from Chelsea, near Black Ann's Corner. The latter was about eigliteen years old, and was unarmed, but he said he would get a gun if they would let him go. While they were following the troops in the afternoon, he became so daring that Phineas Sprague, one of the minute-men, called at- tention to him several times and remarked that he would be killed. Observing one of the soldiers lag- ging, he borrowed a gun and fol- lowed him. When the others came up he had killed the soldier and was eating the ration which his dead enemy had provided. Artemas Barrett, in the Melrose Journal, April 17, 1875.
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history of the North Malden men are taken from Corey's list of "Soldiers and Sailors," in his History of Malden :
Barrett, Joseph, Jr .; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Captain Benjamin Blaney, Col. Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge, Feb. - April, 1778.
Cox, Unite; Lexington alarm, 1775; sergeant in eight months' service with Captain Naler Hatch, Lieut .- Col. Bond, 1775.
Eaton, Nathan ; corporal at Lexington alarm, 1775 ; in eight months' service with Captain Naler Hatch, Lieut .- Col. Bond, 1775. .
Gould, John; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benjamin Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776.
Grover, John; Lexington alarm, 1775; eight months' service with Capt. N. Hatch, Lieut .- Col. Bond, 1775; drafted and marched for Horse Neck, [Conn.] Sept. 26, 1776, with Capt. John Walton, Col. Brooks; with Capt. Joseph Fuller, Col. Bullard, in service " North- ward," Aug .- Nov., 1777; with Capt. Caleb Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge, Dec., 1777-April, 1778; with Capt. Benj. Edgell, Col. Jacobs, July 1778-Jan. 1779, perhaps in Rhode Island service. John Grover also appears with Capt. B. Blaney in Col. Brooks's regi- ment of guards at Cambridge, Feb .- April, 1778; as matross with Capt. Donnell, Col. Crane, July, 1778-Dec., 1780, and perhaps later, having enlisted for the war. I cannot distinguish between the two who performed the above service. John Grover and John Grover, Jr., have become confounded; and perhaps the two following names should have a part of this record.
Grover, John 3rd ; Lexington alarm, 1775.
Grover, John, 4th ; Lexington alarm, 1775.
Howard, Ezra; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; with Capt. Blaney in Col. Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge, Feb .- April, 1778.
Lynde, Benjamin ; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; with Capt. Blaney in Col. Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge; Feb .- April, 1778.
Lynde, Jabez; sergeant at Lexington alarm, 1775; sergeant with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; received six pounds bounty, Dec. 9, 1776, " Voted by the Town of Malden for Providing a Reinforcement for the american Army."
Lynde, Joseph ; Lexington alarm, 1775.
Lynde, Joseph Jr .; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776.
Pratt, John; corporal with Capt. Cadwallader Ford, in Col. Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge, February-April, 1778.
Sprague, Phineas, and Sprague, Phineas, Jr .; both father and son were at the Lexington alarm, 1775; one was with Capt. Blaney in
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Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; one was in Rhode Island ser- vice with Captain Stephen Dana, Col. Whitney. I cannot separate their service.
Upham, Ezra; Lexington alarm, 1775; joined company of Capt. Caleb Brooks, in Col. Brooks's regiment of guards at Cambridge, No- vember 3, 1777.
Upham, William; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; drafted and marched for Horse Neck, with Capt. John Walton, Col. Brooks, September, 26, 1776; in hospital, October 31, 1776.
Vinton, Benoni; with Capt. Benj. Blaney in Point Shirley expedi- tion, June. 1776; drafted and marched for Horse Neck with Capt. John Walton, Col. Brooks, September, 26, 1776.
Vinton, John; Lexington alarm, 1775; with Capt. Benj. Blaney, in Point Shirley expedition, June, 1776; 2nd Lieut. in Col. Samuel Thacher's Middlesex regiment (militia), July 29, 1778.
In May another company was raised in accordance with a vote passed "In Committee of Safety May 3d, 1775 Cam- bridge," for two companies to be formed in Chelsea and Mal- den "for the defence of the Sea Coast of said Towns." The Malden company under the command of Capt. Naler Hatch, was posted at Beacham's Point, watching the landing places there and at Penny Ferry. This company was composed mostly of Malden men, some of whom were from the North End. The roll from the Revolutionary Archives at the State House is as follows:
A return of Capt. Nailor Hatch's Company. in the Third Regiment of Foot, in the Continental Army, commanded by Lieut. Col. Wm Bond :
Capt Nailer Hatch Maulden Serg: Barnabas Newhall Maulden.
Leut Nathan Eaton do Sergt Unite Cox do
Ensign John Vezee Boston Corp !. Edward Thompson Lynn
Sergt Elijah Caswell Maulden Corp1. Charles Hill Maulden
Sergt Benja Grover do Fifer Naler Hatch do
Drum Oliver Donnell Lynn.
Amos Sargent Maulden Elisha Frothingham Reading
Benj Sweetser Charlestown
Floyd Pratt Maulden
Bela Sweetser do David Knower Maulden
George Barrington do
John Grover do
Dudley Jones do
Joshua Caswell do
Ebenezer Eaton do Ebenezer Bearne do
Isaiah Pain do
Joseph Baldwin do
Joshua Gill Maulden
John Graham Maulden
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Joel Whitman Maulden
John Sprague Maulden
Pomp Magus (negro) Reading 6
James Nichols do
Joseph Holloway Maulden
Robert Burditt Maulden
Moses Woodman Newbury
Robert Campbell Boston
John Hatch Maulden
Stephen Pain Maulden
Nath! Buckman do
Solomon Sargent do
Nathan Burditt do
Samuel Holloway do
Nathaniel Peck Boston
Samuel Bishop do
George Smith
Samuel Burditt dlo
Obadiah Jenkins Maulden
Prince Hill do
Solomon How do
Phineas Sargent do
Thomas Wheeler Maulden
Thomas Hadley Stoneham
William Underwood Towns End William Sprague Maulden.
Some of these Malden men were from the north end of the town; just which ones cannot now be stated. Both of these companies, commanded by Captains Blaney and Hatch, were stationed at Beacham's Point, on the Mystic, during the Battle of Bunker Hill; and from this point Rev. Mr. Thacher, who wrote the foregoing patriotic instructions, witnessed the battle, a spirited account of which he prepared for transmission to England. From the top of Wayte's Mount, many watched the progress of the battle; and the next day wounded men were brought to Dr. Jonathan Porter's tavern on the Salem road.
During the remaining years of the war, there were various other enlistments, and drafts required for the several quotas called for from Malden. The record of those that went from North Malden has been given as fully as possible; it being somewhat difficult to separate them from those from Malden proper.
The following enlistment paper, and the receipt were given by one of the Greens:
I the subscriber do enlist myself into the service of the U. S. of America, to continue in sd service until the end of the present War with Britain unless sooner Regularly discharged. I engage to be under the command of the General Officers of the U. S. of A. which
6 Concerning this colored soldier, Pomp Magus, Echoes from Mystic Side, P. 37, has the following: " Very old people still remember Pomp Magus, a colored man, who, on the nineteenth [of April] was working near by, and ran to the
aid of the old men. His rifle was not loaded at the time, and was in the form of a pitch fork handle, which he levelled over the wall, and answered all purposes to point at the flying men. His share of the stores consisted of a sum of
Samuel Grover do
Silas Sargent do
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are or may be appointed & faithfully to observe & obey all such orders as from time to time shall Receive from my Officers & to be under such Regulations in every respect as are or may be provided for the Army of the U. S. DANIEL GREEN the third.
Dated April 13th. 1781.
Rec'd of Lieut Nathan Lynde Capt John Dexter Mr Samuel Sprague Mr John Harnden Dea John Ramsdel Mr Nathan Sprague Mr Jonathan Howard Mr Ebenr Harnden Mr John Kilter Mr Saml Burdett and others Belonging to the same class in Money and Notes of hand to the value of two hundred and seventy-five Spanish Milled Dollars. Sd notes of hand are given to my Grandfather Jonathan Green as my agent. Sd Notes when paid together with the Money I have Received of the above named persons is in full for all the time or Bounty that sd persons agreed and promised to give me for Enlist- ing into the Continental Army as a Soldier for sd Class as witness my hand. DANIEL GREEN ye 3d.
Malden May ye 11, 1781
In the war of 1812, and in the war with Mexico, Malden had her soldiers, and some of the enlistments were from North Malden.
As to the Civil War, the Great Rebellion of 1861: In 1868, a volume containing 321 pages was published, giving a history of the part taken in this war, with the following title page: The Melrose Memorial: The Annals of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, in the Great Rebellion of 1861-'65. By Elbridge H. Goss. Privately Printed by Subscription, 1868. This work is now out of print; and as it gave the details of the action of Melrose at that time, and the names of those who enlisted on her different quotas, with all the details of their service, it seems fitting to embody the most essential facts from that volume in this; some portions verbatim et literatim, and some portions condensed. A list of the names only of those who were citizens, and served on our quotas, will here be given; non- resident substitutes will be omitted. For much information concerning the individual history of our "Boys in Blue," bio- graphical sketches, rebel prison experiences, and other inci- dents, see that work.
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