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Gov. Fairfield was again re-elected governor this year by a
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large majority. James Appleton, the Abolition candidate, had 4,080 votes in the state and 10 votes in Camden. The vote here for the other candidates was as follows : John Fairfield, Democrat, 221; Edward Robinson, Whig, 158. E. K. Smart of Camden was again elected to the Senate. It was again impossi- ble, on account of the multitude of candidates, to elect a Repre- sentative, on the regular day of the election. It took tw) adjournments and four ballots before anybody had a majority of votes cast. On the fourth trial, Jesse Page was elected, having 198 votes, while James Clark, his nearest competitor, had 95.
In August, this year, a part of the United States Navy paid a visit to our harbor, when the steam frigate, Missouri, anchored inside of the "Ledges." This vessel was then the best one in the service and was visited by many of our citizens, while many of the officers of the ship ascended the mountain, visited the Turnpike and delighted themselves in viewing our picturesque scenery. The frigate remained in our harbor three or four days and then proceeded to East Thomaston where she was also visited by a large number of people.
The ancestor of the Camden Start family was George Start, who was born at New Ipswich, N. H., Feb. 5, 1776, married Susan Wood of Pepperell, Mass., Dec. 23, 1802, and moved to Camden in 1803, settling on the farm near Megunticook Lake on the Megunticook road. He had a family of twelve children and died Dec. 11, 1842.
Mr. Start's son, George, Jr., was born in Camden, Aug. 7, 1805, and settled on the farm afterwards owned by his son, the late Franklin L. Start, now known as Mountain View Farm on Lake Megunticook. He had a family of ten children, of whom Mr. Edgar S. Start is the only survivor. Mr. Start died Aug. 9, 1885.
Mr. George Start's brother, Deacon Ebenezer Start, who died in 1846, was a respected and influential citizen. He owned what has since been known as the "Melvin Farm " now owned by Mrs.
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Wm. A. French. His children nearly all died in early life and none of his descendants now live in town. He was the father of . Franklin, William, Rev. Wilder, Mary, (who married Joel Hodg- man) Sophronia and Betsey.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
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1843. The annual meeting was this year held April 3. The officers elected were, Amos Storer, Town Clerk; Charles H. Wetherbee, Daniel Packard and James F. Thorndike, Selectmen ; Ira Brewster, Treasurer. At this meeting it was "Voted to in- struct the Selectmen not to grant licenses for the sale of Spirituous Liquors hereafter." The vote was doubtless due to the agita- tion of the temperance question, and a result of the growing temperance sentiment.
At the state election this year, Hugh J. Anderson, the Democratic candidate for governor, was elected, although some Democratic votes were cast for Edward Kavanagh who, as Presi- dent of the Senate, had been acting Governor since the resigna- tion, March 7, 1843, of Gov. Fairfield, who was at that time elected to the United States Senate. The Whig candidate was again Edward Robinson and the Abolition candidate, James Apple- ton. In Camden, Mr. Robinson was the favorite candidate, receiving 125 votes, while Mr. Anderson received 99, Mr. Kava- nagh, 88, and Mr. Appleton, 8. An even more than usually formidable array of candidates for Representative appeared at this election, 24 in all, and no choice was the result. At the ad- journed meeting, a week later, Joseph Stetson was elected, having 177 votes, while Stephen Barrows had 70, with 17 votes "scattering."
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1844. April 1, annual meeting. Amos Storer, Town Clerk ; Robert Harkness, Daniel Packard and Edward Freeman, Selectmen ; James F. Thorndike, Treasurer.
Hugh J. Anderson, Edward Robinson and James Appleton were again the candidates of the three political parties for Gover- nor, and Mr. Anderson was again elected. Camden was now again strongly Democratic, giving Mr. Anderson 280 votes and Mr. Robinson, 196. The abolition sentiment had become quite strong in town as is shown by 40 votes being cast for Mr. Apple- ton. Jesse Page was one of the unsuccessful candidates for Senator. Oliver Andrews was elected Representative on the first ballot, notwithstanding that there were twelve candidates. He had 271 votes, and Joseph Stetson, his chief opponent, had 194.
At the Presidential election in the following November the Democratic candidates for electors received 287 votes and the Whig candidates, 184.
William Eaton, second son of Joseph, died Feb. 20, 1844, at the age of 69 years. Mr. Eaton owned the Eaton farm and erected the large family residence on High street, now owned by his grandson, William Eaton. In addition to being a large farmer, he also engaged in the saw and grist-mill business in the village and often entertained the travelling public at his house. He was a popular and well loved citizen and neighbor and was affectionately known by all as "Uncle Billy." He married Lucy White of Topsham, Maine, daughter of Maj. Gen. George White of Revolutionary memory. They had a family of six sons and two daughters, viz .: Mary, (who married Joseph Stetson) Capt. Horatio, George, Capt. William, Edward, Joseph, Franklin and Lucy, (who married Thomas G. Glover.) Of these children, Franklin died young. The other sons were of those "who go down to the sea in ships" and their history is like thatof many a seaboard town family. George and Edward died on shipboard, Captain Horatio and Captain William, both able young master mari- ners, sailed away in their fine ships, never to be heard from again.
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The only remaining son, Joseph, married Harriet, daughter of Nathaniel Hosmer, and inherited the homestead, where he died in 1893. His children were, Georgiana S., (who married Fred Lewis) Eugenia, (who married Austin Walker) William, Ann Maria, (who married David W. Arey) and Emily A., (who married Horatio G. Collins, as his second wife.)
Joseph Eaton, Jr., the elder son of the first Joseph, survived his brother two years, dying Feb. 6, 1846, at the age of 73 years. He was a sea captain and commanded many ships. He married a Miss Waterman, by whom he had one son, Nathaniel, and three daughters, Louisa, (who married Charles Pendleton ) Elizabeth, (who married Dr. Putnam Simon- ton) and Deborah, (who married a Mr. Burrell and moved to the West.) Capt. Joseph Eaton built and occupied the house on High street, now known as the Elbridge Knight place. Mr. William Eaton of Camden and a son of Nathaniel Eaton, living in Pennsylvania are the only living descendants of the first Eaton, who bear the name of Eaton.
John Eells was born in Hanover, the native place of so many of Camden's early citizens, in 1770, and came here about 1791. He married Lucy, daughter of Paul and Bathsheba Thorn- dike, in 1799, and built the family homestead on Chestnut street in 1800. He was a blacksmith and shipsmith by trade and did the principal work for many vessels. He had a family of eleven children, viz .: John Jr., Lucy, (who married Aaron Parsons) Emery, Susan (who married John Bennett) Albert S., Aroline A., Edward, Ruth C., Ann, Mary and Joseph S. He died in 1844.
1845. At the annual meeting held April 7, James C. Jordan was elected Town Clerk ; Charles H. Wetherbee, James Tolman and Patrick Simonton, Selectmen ; and John Brown, Treasurer.
Hugh J. Anderson was re-elected Governor this year by a good majority over Freeman H. Morse, the Whig candidate, and Samuel Fessenden, the Abolition candidate, the latter having
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5,867 votes in the state. In Camden the Democratic vote for Governor was 224, the Whig vote 189, and the Abolition vote 20. There were nine candidates for Representative. On the second ballot Maurice C. Blake, Esq., was elected, the vote standing as follows: Blake, 229; C. H. Wetherbee, 121; Cor- nelius Thomas, 64; Ignatius Sherman, 24; Hugh Thompson, 4 ; Paul Thorndike, 3; Harrison Hemingway, 2; William Blake and Jeremiah McIntire, 1 each.
At this time the odium under which secret societies in this country had for several years been laboring on account of the Morgan excitement, had nearly disappeared, and these societies had begun to flourish once more. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which had its birth in America in 1819, was now spreading rapidly in the United States, and in August, 1845, the State Grand Lodge of that order voted to grant a charter to "La- fayette Lodge, No. 31," to be located at Camden. This lodge was instituted some time during the year at Goose River, but neither the records of the Grand Lodge nor any other records at our command, state the number of charter members or the names of the first officers elected. This lodge had a short career. In 1848 the report to the Grand Lodge showed a membership of 46 and invested funds amounting to $196.71. The membership and funds decreased from that date until 1851, when the charter was surrendered.
Capt. John Pendleton died Oct. 13, 1845, at the age of 93 years. He was a descendant in the fifth generation of Brian Pen- dleton, who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1634, and who was one of the commissioners appointed by Massachusetts to receive the submission of Maine when the Bay Colony usurped the juris- diction, and after the purchase of Maine by Massachusetts, was appointed Deputy President. Brian's son, James, removed to West- erly, R. I., and from him descended the New England Pendle- tons, a large number of whom have, for generations, resided in this section. The subject of this sketch was born in Stonington,
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Conn., about the year, 1752, and in early life removed with his father and several brothers to Islesboro, Maine, where he lived until 1802, when he came to Camden. He lived for a time in the old McGlathry house, but about the year 1810, built the house that formerly stood on Main street, and which was afterwards enlarged and became the "Ocean House." Capt. Pendleton was quite an extensive real estate owner here and also carried on a mercan- tile business. He was interested with the Eatons in the grist and saw-mill that was located near the present Camden Grist Mill Co's mill, about where Geo. H. Cleveland's store now stands, as well as in other local enterprises. Capt. Pendleton was on board of one of the vessels which attacked Castine during the Revolu- tion, and in the war of 1812 he was chosen captain of the Camden veteran company, or "Alarm List," whence his title. Capt. Pen- dleton was four times married. His first wife was Margaret Young, by whom he had four children : John, Arthur, Mary, (who married Capt. Kelleran of Cushing) and Margaret, (who married a cousin by the name of Pendleton.) Of these children, Arthur lived in Camden. The children of his second wife, Elizabeth Rogers, were, Adam, Henry, Eliza, (who married Frye Hall) Elisha, Jane, (who married Archibald Buchanan) and George. Capt. Pendle- ton's third wife was a sister to his first wife, and a widow, Mrs. Jane Henderson. His fourth wife was also a widow, Mrs. Sarah Decker Clough, of Warren. She survived him for many years. Capt. Pendleton was a hale old man, retaining his faculties until stricken by paralysis a few days before his death. His son, George, succeeded to the ownership of the homestead on the "Harbor Hill" and owned and carried on a dry goods business in the store that stood on the site of the northern half of the Masonic Temple. He removed to Detroit, Mich., in 1849, where he died Aug. 27, 1875, at the age of 76 years.
At about this time died Capt. William Gregory, Jr., at an advanced age, but we do not have the exact year of his death. Capt. Gregory was born in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 1, 1762, and
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came to Camden with his father, William Gregory, when a lad in 1769. He took great interest in town affairs and held the office of Town Clerk, Selectman, etc., many times in the early days of the town's history. He was also a captain in the militia. Capt. Gregory married Melia, daughter of Isaiah Tolman, and was the father of Calvin Gregory, who was born in 1801.
Daniel Mansfield died this year at the age of about 77 years. He was a farmer and a member of one of the largest families of the early years of the town's history. 1
1. The following genealogy of the numerous Camden branch of the Mansfield family has been furnished by Mr. Frank A. Mansfield :
1. Robert, from England, who settled in Lynn, Mass., and died in 1666. (The family residence on Boston street, is still in the family. It was built in 1666 and is good for another 240 years.) 2. Andrew, who died in Lynn about 1683. 3. Dea. Daniel, who died in Lynn in 1728. 4. Andrew, who died in Lynnfield, 1730. 5. Dea. Daniel, who died in Lynnfield, 1797. 6. Daniel, who married Lydia Breed, and died in New Ipswich, N. H., 1816. They had 12 children, of whom Jacob, the eldest, was one of the first settlers of Hope, Me , where he married Charity, daughter of Captain Samuel Payson, and had a family of 14 children. He died in 1836. Six of his brothers and sisters settled in Camden. These were, Daniel, Joel, Mary, Thomas, Betsey and Newell.
DANIEL, born 1768, married Mary Gibbs. and had 11 children. 1. Lydia, (who married Charles Hosmer;) 2. Elisha, (who married Mary Keyes and had 6 children, viz .: Harriet E., Augustus H., who removed to N. Y. City ; Orphelia Ann, (who married Green Haskell) Frederick, who served in the Rebellion, and removed to Iowa; and Fannie A., (who married Jonathan Annis, as his second wife) 3. Silence. 4. Mana, (who married Wm. K. Paul of Solon) 5. Daniel 6. Eben, who removed to Iowa. 7. Caroline. 8. Aura, (who married Samuel Russell) 9. Nancy, (who married Watson Goss) 10. Sarah, (who married Charles Perkins) 11. Julia, (who married Ephraim Turner.)
THOMAS, born 1775, married Hannah Gibbs and had 12 children. 1. Thomas N., who removed to Foxcroft. 2. Hannah, (who married Brown) 3. Joel. He married, first, Lydia Hodgman, second, Mary Heal, by whom he had 5 children, viz .: Emma, (who married James W. Robins) Nathan, now of N. Y. City. Ashmond, now of Worcester, Mass. Albert, who married Jennie Perry, and lives in Pittsburg, Pa., and Joel, who died in Worcester, Mass. 4. Sally, (who married Wm. Russ) 5. Norris, who married Lucinda Fish and had 6 children, viz .: Hannah R, (who married Sam'l E. Brown) Thomas, Elisha G., Norris, Jr., Ebenezer B., 2d., Adelia Ann, (who married George F. Clapp) 6. Rovene, (who married Silas Paul) 7. Ebenezer B. He married, first, Charity Mansfield, by whom he had 2 children, viz : Buckley H. and Priscilla A., (who married Philander Richards) and second, Angelica H. Boggs, by whom he had 4 children, one of whom died young. The others are, Angelica G., (who married Joseph Lamb) Beatrice E., (who married M. L. Inman) and Aldo A. 8. Arena, (who married Humphrey Lancaster as second wife) 9. Elijah.
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1846. April 6 was this year the date of the annual meet- ing, when William Carleton (Jr. ) was elected Town Clerk ; James Tolman, Patrick Simonton and Abraham Ogier, Selectmen ; and John Brown, Treasurer. This year forty citizens were elected Highway Surveyors, which shows the extent of the roads in town at this period. This is further shown by the fact that $600 were raised for the repair of roads and bridges, and $5,000 for labor on roads.
There was no popular election of Governor this year, no one having a majority. The Abolition party increased its vote to 9,398. The Democratic candidate, John W. Dana, was elected Governor by the Legislature. The Whig candidate was David Bronson. The vote in Camden resulted as follows: John W. Dana, 258, David Bronson, 207. Samuel Fessenden, 23. At this election Ephraim K. Smart of Camden was elected Repre- sentative to Congress. It took two ballots to elect a Representa- tive to the Legislature. Maurice C. Blake was a candidate for re-election, but on the second ballot, Peter Heal was elected, having 268 votes to 251 for Blake.
This year witnessed the renascence of old Amity Lodge, F. & A. M. During the days of anti-Masonic excitement its light had waned until in 1838 it went out, and many thought it would
10. Lydia. 11. Daniel R., who removed to Illinois. 12. Betsey, (who married Capt. Ashman Pierce.)
NEWELL, born 1784, died 1872, married, first, Relief Cowan, second, Han- nah Savage. He was a blacksmith at the Main street bridge in Camden, and a Whig in politics. He had 11 children. We mention the following: 1. Elsie, B., (who married Wm K. Paul as second wife) 2. Maria, (who married, first, Capt. Shubael Mayo, and second, Dea. Nahum Walker) 3. Newell, who re- moved to Belfast. 4. Emily, (who married Dexter B. Wingate) 5. Relief C., (who married Abner Howe) 6. Charlotte T., (who married Lucius Smitli) 7. Dea. Elnathan D. He married Myra A. Mansfield, was blacksmith at the bridge in Camden, with his brother, Alfred, as A. D. & E. D. Mansfield for nearly 50 years, from 1839. He had 4 children, viz .: Henry H., who removed to New Jersey. Frank A., Edwin B. and Geo L. 8. Alfred D. He married Sophia J. Macrae, afterwards removed to East Boston He had 7 children, viz. : Emma A., Ella M., Walter H., Edward C., Harriet A., Ermina A., (who married Horace W. Chamberlain) and George H.
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never be rekindled. So great was the prejudice against the order in Camden that the members of the Lodge were threatened with being mobbed if they undertook to publicly celebrate St. John's Day, as usual, and the meetings of the Lodge were for a time held surreptitiously, the members entering the lodge room from the rear, taking care that their action was not noted by the village people. At last the membership of the Order in town became reduced to nine, who faithfully preserved the charter and property of the Lodge through those "dark days," hoping, when the clouds of calumny should lift, to re-instate the Lodge. These nine faithful Masons are held in great honor and reverence by the Camden Masons of the present day, and are known as "The Immortal Nine." They were Lewis Ogier and his son, Abraham Ogier, Jonathan Thayer, James Clark, Jeremiah C. Cushing and Frederick Conway of Camden, and Micah Hobbs and his two sons, Henry Hobbs and Josiah Hobbs, of Hope. The Lodge did not hold any meetings for some eight years, but in 1846 all of the nine, but Micah Hobbs, being still living, they re-organ- ized the Lodge, January 19, by the election of the following offi- cers : Henry Hobbs, W. M .; Abraham Ogier, S. W .; Frederick Conway, J. W .; Jonathan Thayer, Treas .; Josiah Hobbs, Sec'y ; James Clark, S. D .; and Jeremiah C. Cushing, J. D. These offi- cers were installed March 6 by "Father" John Miller of Warren, G. L. The Masonic brethren had been fearful lest the Odd Fel- lows should wholly supersede them in town, but the resuscitated Lodge soon outstripped its competitors and entered upon a career of prosperity which has continued until the present day. 1
At this same time the Sons of Temperance had become very popular in the state and a Division numbered 24, was organized in Camden, on the day of the Masonic installation, March 6.
"The cause of Temperance received a new impetus through the manifest zeal of the Sons, as many were induced by the influ- ence of the vows required, to abstain from the use of intoxicating
1. See Robinson's History of Amity Lodge, No. 6, Chapters XI and XII.
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beverages and to live according to the elevating sentiments pro- mulgated by the Order." 1
After being for sixty years a resident of the town, Nathaniel Hosmer died June 17, 1846, at the age of 81 years. Mr. Hos- mer was a conspicuous figure in the early history of the town, and is the ancestor of a numerous progeny. His children were as follows : By his first wife, Mary Wheeler : Charles, Betsey, Josiah W., Anthony, Daniel, and Mary, (who married Jacob Ulmer ; ) by his second wife, Nancy Fay: Nathaniel, Nancy, (who married Ezra Cobb) Harriet, (who married Joseph Eaton) Frank, Joseph, Jesse F., Sophia, (who married Ephraim M. Wood) George, Frederick and Emily.
Mr. Hosmer's brother, Asa, died Sept. 9, 1854, at the age of 85 years. To him and his wife, Nancy Eaton, were born the following children : Ephraim, Amasa S., Austin, William, Jane, (who married B. Knight) Maria, (who married Charles Stin- son) and Eunice, (who married Joel Thomas.)
Dr. Jacob Patch, an able, but eccentric citizen, died this year. Dr. Patch was a native of Groton, Mass., and a graduate of Dart- mouth College. He came to Camden about the year 1800 and established himself here in his profession, thus being one of our earliest physicians. Nov. 12, 1806, he married Miss Rebekah Woods of Dunstable, Mass. "As a medical practitioner," says Locke, "he never stood in the front rank, which he might have done, had his practical understanding and skill corresponded with his deep reading and extensive theoretical knowledge. In case the utility of any of his prescriptions, or modes of treat- ment were called in question, he was ever ready, from his abun- dant information, to quote any number of medical authorities in support of his procedure." In addition to his practice, he also taught school, and his forte was training the youth. Many of our citizens who afterwards attained eminence among their fellow- citizens, attributed their success to the early training they re- .
1. See Locke's Sketches, Page 180.
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ceived under the tuition of Dr. Patch. The doctor delighted in numismatics and made an extensive collection of rare ยท coins of every description, among them being 150 different kinds of gold coins. Dr. Patch lived in the house destroyed in the great fire of 1892, located on Mechanic street, just northerly of Carleton, Pascal & Co's store, on land now owned by the estate of the late James Perry. Back of his house he had many fine plum trees, whose fruit when ripe proved a great temptation to the vil- lage boys who sometimes stripped them without license, which greatly enraged the doctor. Finding his trees bare of fruit one morning, he took an axe and cut them all down. Another inci- dent characteristic of the doctor is the following : He had arranged on one occasion to visit Boston in a vessel, but missing his pas- sage by her sailing before the hour set, he at once started for the city on foot, and arrived there before the vessel did. In like manner he returned. The doctor was a faithful and enthusiastic Mason and was for a time secretary of the Lodge. He died with- out issue June 23, 1846, aged 73 years. His widow survived him until April 18, 1854, when she died also at the age of 73. They both lie in the lot of Amity Lodge in Mountain cemetery.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
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1847. Annual meeting, April 5; William Carleton was again elected Town Clerk, and John Brown, Treasurer. The Selectmen elected were, James Tolman, Thomas B. Grose and Wm. A. Norwood. At a meeting held May 31, the several school districts in town were authorized to choose their own agents.
The same gubernatorial candidates as the year before were again in the field this year and John W. Dana, Democrat, was elected by a small majority over both of his competitors. In Camden the vote stood, John W. Dana, 260; David Bronson, 189; Sam'l Fessenden, 20. For Member of Congress, Ephraim K. Smart of Camden received 200 votes, and Ralph C. Johnson, his nearest competitor, 174. Mr. Smart was elected. Samuel G. Adams was one of the unsuccessful Whig candidates for Senator, receiving in Camden 188 votes to 259 for his opponent. There were 15 candidates for Representative, William Merriam and Maurice Blake leading. On the second ballot Merriam was elected, receiving 187 votes to 166 for Blake. At this election the ques- tion of electing the Governor and other officers by a plurality vote was voted upon. Camden was in favor of the change, 117 voting for it and 48 against it. This change was not made, however, until 1881.
This year the line between Camden and Thomaston was "preambulated " by the selectmen of the two towns and stone
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monuments erected thereon at intervals from the shore on Jame- son's Point to the Warren line.
The interest in temperance reform continued this year, and on March 4, Beauchamp Division, No. 71, Sons of Temperance, was organized at Goose River. Later in the same year, Mt. Pleasant Division, No. 85, was organized at West Camden. These two divisions continued to exist until the one at Camden dissolved when they also dissolved.
In May, on petition of Joseph Perry and others, Vesper Lodge, No. 47, I. O. O. F., was instituted at the Harbor. Like Lafayette Lodge at Goose River, this lodge had an ephemeral existence. There are no records showing who were the officers of this Lodge. In 1850 the Grand Master reported that "Vesper Lodge, No. 47, did not have sufficient interest to retain its charter and had no funds in the treasury," and that year the charter was surrendered. The Grand Lodge journals of that time speak of Thomas B. Grose, Joshua G. Norwood and William Carleton, Past Grands of Lafayette Lodge, as visiting the Grand Lodge. There is very little other information at hand relative to these two abortive attempts in the forties to establish Odd Fellow- ship in Camden.
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