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(VII) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) Clark and his wife, Martha (Small) Clark, was born in Limington, Maine, June 10, 1821, and died October 30, 1902, in Oak- land, Maine, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. R. Small. He was married in Hal- lowell, Maine, August 21, 1848, to Maria Ann G. T. Holbrook, born in Topsham, Maine, Jan-
uary II, 1825, daughter of Captain John and Ruth (Thompson) Holbrook, of Brunswick, Maine. She died in Lynn, Massachusetts, De- cember 9, 1901. Mr. Clark was in the boot and shoe business in Gardiner, Maine, for over twenty years, being a member of the firm of Cox & Clark for several years. He was then in business alone, and was honored for his strict integrity and his blameless life. He was one of the most faithful members of the Bap- tist church. He went to Wakefield, Massa- chusetts, in 1871, where he was in the same business several years. After he retired from business he lived in Boston, Malden, Clifton- dale, and Lynn, Massachusetts. After the death of his wife he spent the one remaining year of his life with his oldest daughter, Mrs. A. R. Small. Mr. Clark's children were all born in Gardiner, Maine: Medora Frances, married Major A. R. Small, of Oakland; Maine (see Small VIII) ; Howard Ripley, who has been connected with some of the leading publishing houses of Boston, Philadelphia and New York; and Harriet Ethel, an accountant in New York City. Howard R. Clark married Lulu C. Magee, in Germantown, Pennsylva- nia, September. 24, 1889, and has one child, Marie Hildegarde, born August, 15. 1891.
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(For carly generations see preceding sketch.)
(III) Francis (2), son of Fran-
SMALL cis (1) Small, was born about 1654, died at Truro, Massachu- setts, about 1710. He married Elizabeth -; children : Francis, Samuel, &c.
(IV) Samuel Small, born about 1690, died 1729; resided at Truro, Massachusetts, and was a man of sturdy and noble qualities. He married, in 1713, Isabel Dyer, who was born at Truro, Massachusetts, in 1695. She was one of the sturdiest of Old Cape Cod ( Massa- chusetts) families, and was a noble helpmeet for Samuel Small. Their children, all born at Truro, were: Samuel, 1714; Taylor, 1716; Francis, 1719; Mary, 1721 ; Isabel, 1724; Ly- dia, 1727, and Hix, 1729.
(V) Taylor Small, born September 15, 1716, at Truro, Massachusetts, died at Great Island (Great Sebascedegan), Harpswell, Maine. He was a man who inherited all the sturdy and noble characteristics of his Small and Dyer ancestors, and his life was a constant round of helpfulness for his family, neighbors and friends. He removed from Truro, Massachu- setts, to Harpswell, Maine, about 1750. He there purchased a fine old farm on a part of which some of his descendants still reside. He cleared away the sturdy forest trees with great energy, raised fine crops on every foot of land that he wrested from the wilderness, and be- came the owner of the finest lot of cattle on that part of the Maine coast. Not satisfied with all the hard work which was involved, he explored the eastern part of Casco Bay, and discovered some of the best "fishing grounds" off Harpswell and Cape Small Point. He was of great service in all things pertaining to the welfare of Harpswell, and was one of the most earnest patriots of this town famed far and wide for its patriotism. Two of his sons served in the revolutionary war. Taylor Small dwelt in the midst of one of the finest colonies of people that Massachusetts ever sent to the Maine coast. It comprised such family names as Otis, Raymond, Ridley, Snow, Purrington and Coombs. Among these Taylor Small stood as a man of the truest type of manhood and Christian zeal. While he had a great af- fection for his children, he ever helped them when the adventurous spirit of Francis, Small was manifest in their words and deeds. All but one of these children moved from Harps- well, Maine, hewing out for themselves fine farms from the forest lands at Bowdoinham, Bowdoin, and other Maine towns. Taylor Small married, in 1742, at Truro, Massachu- setts, Thankful Ridley, who was born at Truro,
Massachusetts, November 25, 1726, and who died at Harpswell, Maine, June 12, 1796. She was the daughter of Thomas Ridley, and a direct descendant of the famous Bishop Rid- ley, of England. She was a woman of un- tiring energy, and a most faithful Christian. The children of Taylor Small and Thankful Ridley, his wife, were: Deborah, Thankful, Taylor, Joseph, David, Thomas, Samuel, Ephraim, Lydia, Mark and Hix.
(VI) Joseph, son of Taylor and Thank- ful (Ridley) Small, was born, as the old records quaintly state, "in the latter end of August, 1748," at Truro, Massachusetts, and died at Bowdoin, Maine, February 13, 1831, aged eighty-three years. He moved to Bow- doin at an early date, and entered most heart- ily into the pioneer work which was thus in- volved in his going to a place where wild beasts were many and the settlers were few. Before his death he had become the posses- sor of a farm that was the pride of people for miles around. He was a man of very honest, upright character, and his descendants are famed for their skillful energy and trust- worthiness. Joseph Small married, March 29, 1773, at Great Island, Harpswell, Maine, Jem- ima, daughter of Joshua Purington. Their children were: Joshua, born 1774; Anna, 1776; Taylor, 1778; Joshua, 1780, a noble pioneer settler in Ohio; Mary, 1783; Lois, 1785; John, June 12, 1788, and Hannah, 1789. (VII) John, better known as "Honest John," son of Joseph and Jemima (Puring- ton) Small, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, June 12, 1788, and married Nancy Gillespie, December 18, 1814. Their children: Joseph Small, born November 29, 1815, died 1815; James Small, born August 9, 1817, died June 6, 1818; Nathaniel Small, born July 2, 1819, died May 3, 1892; Ruth Small, born March 7, 1822, died July 21, 1847; Martha J. Small, born April 5, 1824; Mary Small, born February 6, 1827; Nancy Ann Small, born July 6, 1829, died March 12, 1901 ; John Small, born March 9, 1832, died in Novem- ber, 1833; John Small (2d), born August 12, 1835, died March, 1843; James W. Small, born October 12, 1837; Joseph G. Small, born August II, 1840, died in 1906.
(VIII) Nathaniel, second son and third child of John and Nancy (Gillespie) Small, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, July 2, 1819, and died May 3, 1892, esteemed and respected. He received a common school education in his native town, and learned the trade of ship carpenter. He was a public-spirited citizen, especially interested in education, and served
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for several years as supervisor of schools. He was active in promoting progress, and was one of the most powerful men in the vicinity of Bowdoin, performing several wonderful feats and exhibiting a wonderful degree of strength. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Caroline (Goodwon) Small. She was born October 9, 1827, and died February 14, 1890. Children : 1. Emily, born October 4, 1849, died March 18, 1850. 2. Margery A., born De- cember 27, 1850, married George Preston, died April 15, 1899. 3. Albert P., born February 26, 1854; married Mary E. Snell; children : i. Ella M. Small, born July 13, 1877 ; ii. Hat- tie T. Small, born August 4, 1879; iii. Flora B. Small, born October 27, 1880. A. P. Small became a mill man and dealer in lum- ber at a young age, and has always been a successful business man. 4. Clarence O., a shoemaker by trade, was born August 20, 1855; married (first) Contentment Card, by whom he had six children: Willie F. Small, born January II, 1879, died November 5, 1900, Clara E. Small, born January 22, 1881, died September 19, 1882, Fannie E. Small, born July 3, 1884, Eugene C. Small, born No- vember 15, 1886, Charles H. Small, born Octo- ber 4, 1888, Nellie Small, born May 10, died May 19, 1890. 5. Clara E., born September 25, 1859; married Clarence A. Carver; chil- dren : Henry E. Carver, born October 9, 1882, John S. Carver, born February 17, 1887. 6. John, born December 8, 1862; married Laura Snell ; children: Harry C., born February 14, 1893, Ethel W., born September 21, 1894, John Raymond, born June 20, 1896, Milton H., born October 30, 1899. John Small is the owner of the old homestead where he lives, and is the proud possessor of one of
the largest farms in the town of Bowdoin, Maine. 7. Nathaniel C., born January 1, 1866; see forward. 8. Robert M., born August 26, 1868; married Caroline Mildram; children : Ruth M., born April 25, 1899, Robert Clement, born April 29, 1904. R. M. Small is one of the leading physicians in Auburn, Maine. 9. Alfred E., born August 6, 1872, died February 16, 1890.
(IX) Nathaniel C., fourth son and seventh child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Small) Small, was born January 1, 1866, in Bowdoin, Maine, where he grew up and received such education as the public schools of his native town afforded, supplemented by a course in the Bowdoin high school, from which he grad- uated. He also graduated from the Portland Business College. He was an apt scholar, was well qualified for a bookkeeper, and entered
into business life in that capacity in the em- ploy of Gay Woodman & Company. He was subsequently employed by Dingley Foss Com- pany, manufacturers of shoes in Auburn, Maine. This engagement continued until 1894, when he entered into partnership with Ashe & Noyes in the manufacturing of shoes. The concern was incorporated in 1899 as Ashe Noyes & Small Company, Mr. Small having been treasurer since 1900. He is recognized as an able and industrious business man, and is contributing his share to the prosperity of his home town. He is also interested in sev- eral other prosperous corporations. He was elected to the board of water commissioners of the city of Auburn, Maine, March, 1903, and is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 45, Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Small married, July 11, 1900, Kather- ine, daughter of Samuel P. and Ellen Haskell Merrill. They are the parents of a daughter and a son : Ellen E., born April 4, 1903, and Theodore M., born September 16, 1905.
HYDE Several families of this name set- tled in Massachusetts in the first half of the seventeenth century. The one which claims as emigrant ancestors, Deacon Samuel Hyde and his brother, Jona- than Hyde, of Cambridge, has combined in an unusual manner family affection and pub- lic spirit. In a single group of eight children, four daughters married their cousins of the same surname. Until comparatively recent times, the inhabitants of Newton were using for school grounds and playgrounds land given for that purpose by members of this family.
(I) Jonathan Hyde was born in London, England, in 1626, and joined his elder brother Samuel at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1647. They bought of Judge Thomas Danforth, later president of the district of Maine, forty acres of land in what is now Newton and subse- quently secured two hundred additional acres. This land was held in common until 1661. Five years before, Jonathan obtained eighty acres of the tract recovered by Cambridge from Dedham and increased his holdings in this locality to some three hundred and fifty acres. He bought and sold many lots in what was then known as Cambridge Village, and in some deeds he is entitled Sergeant Hyde. He was admitted to the Cambridge Church in 1661, became a freeman of the colony in 1663, served as selectman of Newton in 1691 and possibly in other years. Previous to his death, which occurred October 5, 1711, he settled
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his own estate by deeds of gift to eleven of his children, thus conveying four hundred acres and several dwelling houses. His deed to his son Samuel makes the condition that the property should never be sold, or, if neces- sity forced a sale, it should be transferred to some one of his descendants. An interesting document, still extant, is the prenuptial agree- ment made with his second wife, and witnessed by the sister of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, which provides for the disposal of property in case of the death of either. By his two marriages he had twenty-one children, of whom five died in infancy. His first wife was Mary, daughter of William French, of Billerica, who died May 27, 1672, aged thirty- nine years. Her children were : Samuel, Joshua, Jonathan, John, Abraham, Elizabeth, William, Eleazer, Daniel, Ichabod and Joseph. His second wife was Mary, daughter of John Rediat, of Marlboro, who died September 5, 1708. Children : Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Lydia and Ann.
(II) Daniel, son of Jonathan and Mary (French) Hyde, was baptized in 1665, lived in Newton, where he married in 1696 his cousin, Sarah, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde. She was born August 2, 1675, and survived him, dying in 1754. He died in 1736. Children: Sarah, who died in - infancy ; Daniel, Sarah, Amos, Job, Enos, Na- than, Abraham, Ezra.
(III) Job, son of Daniel and Sarah (Hyde) Hyde, was born May 6, 1707, at Newton, where he lived and married, in 1736, Prudence, daughter of Lieutenant William and Deliver- ance Hyde. His wife's father was a promi- nent man in the community and served in the expedition against Port Royal. She survived her husband, dying in 1795, aged eighty years. He died in 1768. They had twelve children, two of whom died in infancy; those that sur- vived were : Prudence, Hulda, Esther, Martha, Daniel, Ezra, Job, Ichabod, Ebenezer and Ly- dia.
(IV) Job (2), son of Job (I) and Pru- dence (Hyde) Hyde, was born February 20, 1752, at Newton, Massachusetts. He served for a short time in 1778 as a private in Cap- tain Edward Fuller's company, Colonel Thatcher's regiment. In 1798 he removed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he died April 5, 1824. He married, in December, 1779, Elizabeth, daughter of George and Abigail (Myrick) Ward, who was born August 24, 1759, and died August 23, 1804. Their chil- dren were: Abigail, Elizabeth, Job, George Ward, Reuben, Lucretia and Joel.
(V) Job (3), son of Job (2) and Eliza- beth ( Ward) Hyde, was born November 21, 1786, at Newton, Massachusetts. The most of his long life, however, was spent at Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he died November 29, 1869. His wife, Elizabeth (Tolman) Hyde, whom he married Novem- ber 12, 1817, was the granddaughter of Aquilla and Waitstill (Leadbetter) Tolman, of Dor- chester, Massachusetts, and the daughter of Deacon Desire and Sarah (Howe) Tolman, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. She died Jan- uary 3, 1866. Their children were: Sarah Tolman, Joel and Eliza Ann.
(VI) Joel, son of Job (3) and Elizabeth (Tolman) Hyde, was born October 10, 1819, at Winchendon, Massachusetts. Here he was engaged in the manufacture of wooden imple- ments as a sub-contractor. He married (first) October 9, 1849, Eliza, daughter of John and Lucretia (Towne) DeWitt, of South Hadley, Massachusetts, who was born December 2, 1828, died November 15, 1858. Married (sec- ond) December 28, 1861, Catherine W. Dole, who survived him. He died March 3, 1866. His only children were Edward Francis, who died in infancy, and William DeWitt Hyde.
(VII) William DeWitt, son of Joel and Eliza (DeWitt) Hyde, was born September 23, 1858, at Winchendon, Massachusetts. He was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, graduated at Harvard in 1879, studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and completed the course at An- dover Theological Seminary in 1882. After a year of postgraduate study of philosophy at Andover and Harvard, he was for two years pastor of the Congregational church at Pater- son, New Jersey. In June, 1885, he was chosen president of Bowdoin College, a posi- tion he has since occupied despite repeated invitations to larger institutions. Under his administration the students, the faculty and the endowment of the college have increased twofold, while his papers and addresses on educational subjects have won him a foremost place among the college presidents of the coun- try. A series of successful books in the de- partment of ethics and religion has not only established his reputation as a clear thinker and forceful writer, but extended his influence across the water. His "Practical Ethics" ap- peared in 1892, "Outlines of Social Theology" in 1895; "Practical Idealism" in 1897; "God's Education of Man" in 1899; "Jesus' Way" in 1902; "From Epicurus to Christ" in 1904; "The College Man and the College Woman" in 1906; and "Abba, Father" and "Self-Meas-
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urement" in Igo8. Of these, "Jesus' Way" has been translated into French, and several others have passed through repeated editions. As a preacher and public speaker he is widely sought and has given generously of his time and strength to the furtherance of many good causes. He was the organizer and for many years the president of the Maine inter-denomi- national commission, and a leader of religious thought in his denomination. He received the degree of D. D. from Bowdoin and from Har- vard in 1886, and of LL. D. from Syracuse University in 1897. President Hyde married, in 1883, at Washingtonville, New York, Pru- dence M., daughter of Alpha and Prudence Morris (Hibbard) Phillips. Beside two chil- dren that died in infancy, they have one son, George Palmer Hyde, born April 9, 1887, who graduated at Bowdoin in 1908, and is a student at Harvard Law School.
COTTON Associated with Gorges and Mason in the Laconia Com- pany, under whose auspices the first permanent settlements at Strawberry Bank and vicinity were made, were two Lon- don merchants, William and John Cotton, sons of Sir Allen Cotton, lord mayor of London in 1625 and 1626. These men did not join the company who emigrated to New England, and William died before 1634 when the part- nership interests of the two brothers were sold to Mason. The similarity of name would sug- gest that William Cotton, the immigrant, who appeared on Strawberry Bank, and on the last day of March, 1650, bought of Anthony Brockett his dwelling house and farm, was of this family. Another reasonable supposition is that William, the immigrant, was connected with the family of Sampson Cotton, of Lon- don, whose daughter Elizabeth was the wife of Edmund Sheafe, whose descendants are nu- merous in Portsmouth. Leaving the English ancestors to be hereafter determined, we take up William, the immigrant, as we find him a property holder in Strawberry Bank, which was the early name of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(I) William Cotton, the immigrant, after purchasing a dwelling house and farm situ- ated at Strawberry Bank next to the house of Walter Abbott, by the water side, March 31, 1650, married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Honor Ham. The Hams came probably from Devonshire, England, to the coast of Maine and thence in 1636 to the Isle of Shoals and soon after to Strawberry Bank. William Cotton died in 1678, leaving six children to
share his property, his third son, Solomon, having died before his property was divided by probate order December 29, 1678. His widow survived him, but the date of her death is unknown. Children, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as follows: 1. John (q. v.). 2. William, a tanner in Portsmouth, a mem- ber of the provincial assembly and a man of wealth and influence. By his wife, Abigail, he had eight children: William, John, Eliza- beth, Joseph, Abigail, Thomas, Mary and Sarah. 3. Solomon, a grantee with his brother William in a deed by William Ham, May 16, 1671. He probably died before his father. 4. Sarah, married Edward Beale, mariner of New Castle, and had four children: John, Sarah, Elizabeth and Martha Beale. 5. Thom- as. 6. Joseph, a minor in 1678. 7. Benja- min, a minor in 1678, a house carpenter in Portsmouth, who by his wife Elizabeth had four children: Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Deborah. He died in 1724 and his estate was administered by his four sons-in-law.
(II) John, eldest child of William and Elizabeth (Ham) Cotton, was born probably in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 1650. He was a farmer and his wife was Sarah, only child of William Hearle, or Earle, of Ports- mouth. William Hearle, or Earle, in his will, dated May 17, 1689, left his property to his son-in-law, John Cotton, and "his wiff my daughter Sarah," to go after their death to their oldest son, William Cotton. John Cot- ton, as the eldest son, received a double share in the distribution by probate order of his father's estate. He died in 1712, and his will, dated September 14, was proved Decem- ber 9 of that year. His widow's death is not recorded. The children of John and Sarah (Hearle or Earle) Cotton were twelve in
number and all born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as follows: I. William, a gun- smith, married, in Boston, November 6, 1699, Anne, daughter of Ralph and Susanna Car- ter and had one child, Sarah. 2. Solomon, a shipwright, lived in Kittery, Maine, and then in Portsmouth; married (first) Margaret Fernald, of Kittery, and (second) Judith Cutt, of Portsmouth; had seven children: Jane, Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Joseph, Benjamin and Solomon. 3. John, a butcher in Portsmouth, married, May 6, 1714, Elizabeth Davis and had five children : John, about 1715; William, Elizabeth, Timothy and Mary ; he died in 1723, and his widow, Elizabeth, probably married, August 16, 1725, John Gilder, of Kittery. 4. Thomas (q. v.). 5. Elizabeth, married George Thompson before August 8, 1707. 6. Mary,
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married Moses Paul. 7. Joanna, married Jolin Jones and removed to Scarborough, Maine. 8. Sarah, may have married Henry Nicholson, of Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1716; if not, he married her widowed mother. 9. Hannah, married, December 21, 1708, John Mead, of Stratham. 10. Abigail, died unmarried in Stratham in 1722. 11. Margaret, married, January 30, 1714-15, Moses Caverly, of Ports- mouth and had five children. 12. Susanna, married, May 27, 1722, William Young.
(III) Thomas, fourth son and child of John and Sarah ( Hearle or Earle) Cotton, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was a joiner and carpenter and carried on the same business after he removed to Gloucester, Massachusetts, upon his marriage, July 28, 1718, to Comfort, daughter 'of John and Ruth (Wheeler) Riggs, of Gloucester. His wife was born May 3, 1698. After 1722 he made his home in Greenland, New Hamp- shire, and he made his will there January 2, 1768, and it was proved September 17, 1770, but the date of his death has not been pre- served. Of their thirteen children the first three were born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the next eight at Greenland, New Hampshire, and the last two at Rye, New Hampshire. These children named in the order of their births were: I. Comfort, 1719, married, Au- gust 25, 1738, William, son of Samuel Wal- lis, of Rye, and had three children : Samuel, William and Spencer Wallis; she died before 1768. 2. Sarah, 1721, married, June 25, 1741, Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Seavy, of Portsmouth. 3. Ruth, 1722, married a Mr. Ayres. 4. Elizabeth, 1724, married John Sherburne. 5. Thomas (q. v.). 6. Mary, 1728, married Richard Terleton. 7. Abigail, 1730, died before 1768. 8. John, 1732, died in infancy. 9. John, 1733, died before 1768. IO. Martha, 1735, died before 1768. II. Will- iam, 1736, was a farmer in Brunswick, Maine; married (first) November 5, 1761, Lucy Pen- nell, (second) June 6, 1786, Joanna Ferrin, (third) Mary Sweetser; by first wife he had ten children, by second six and by third three. 12. Adam, 1738, was a mariner in early life; married Judith Haskill, of Gloucester, Mas- sachusetts ; settled in New Gloucester, Maine, about 1763; he died in Hebron, Maine, about 1830; he had nine children born in New Gloucester, Maine, the first, Jacob, being the only son. 13. Nathaniel, 1740, was a farmer in Portsmouth; married (first) September I, 1762, Elizabeth Berry, and (second) October 27, 1770, Hannah (Elkins) Beck, who sur- vived him and married as her third husband
Daniel Moulton, of Scarborough, Maine; he had seven children, all by first wife.
(IV) Thomas (2), first son and fifth child of Thomas (1) and Comfort ( Riggs) Cotton, was born in Greenland, New Hampshire, and died in North Hampton, New Hampshire, September 24, 1803. He was known as "Thomas 3rd," was a farmer in Rye, then in Portsmouth, and after 1767 at North Hamp- ton, where he purchased the farm subsequently owned by George D. Cotton. He married, October 27, 1747, Sarah, daughter of Noah and Abigail (Partridge) Broughton, of Ports- mouth, who was baptized November 18, 1722, died at North Hampton and was buried Sep- tember 2, 1810. The eight children of Thom- as and Sarah ( Broughton) Cotton were all born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, except Abigail, born in Rye. Their names and the order of their births were as follows: I. Abi- gail, August 26, 1748, married, December 6, 1770, Josiah Batchelder, of North Hampton, and had nine children. 2. John (q. v.). 3. Comfort, October 15, 1752. 4. Thomas, May 6, 1754, was a farmer in North Hampton, was a revolutionary soldier in Captain Par- son's company, Colonel Gilman's regiment ; married Abigail Lamprey and had four chil- dren ; he died in North Hampton, New Hamp- shire, December 31, 1801. 5. Noah (or Mark), December 15, 1755, died young. 6. Nathaniel, January 10, 1757. 7. Sarah, May I, 1759, married Stephen Batchelder, of Deer- field, had five children, and died in Welling- ton, Maine. 8. Mary, known as "Molly," April 16, 1762, married John Batchelder, No- vember 30, 1780, and had twelve children. She died April 3, 1807.
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