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-In 1836, 80. -- In 1837, 102. -Present city, 179. Porter, George B., 63. Porter, John, 354. Porter, Lewis, 346. Post, George, 291. Post, Jacob, 225. Postmasters, list of, 190. Postoffice, established, 64, 155.
-Locations, 190. Potter, Joseph S., 69. Powers, Mark M., 462. Powers, Wm. H., 356. Powers, Wm. T., 132. Powell, Isaac P., 419. Prairieville mission, 55. Pre-glacial valleys, 19. Prescott, Francis, 74. Pressey, Austin J., 431. Prince, Erie, 279.
Prindle, Clarence W., 356. Probate Court, 446. Proctor, William, 292. Proctor, Henry B., 364. Prosecuting Attorneys,
list of, 448.
Province of Canada, 23. Public library, 412.
Public museum, 17, 20, 414.
Public works, 183. Pyle, Benjamin, 433.
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Ransom, James W., 356. Rathbone, Alfred D., 448. Rathbun, Gouverneur B., 97.
Rathbun, Hugo B., 251. Reed, Ezra, 70, 151, 209. Reed, Lewis, 70. Reed, Porter, 70, 151, 209. Reed's Station, 566. Reed, Thomas E., 211. Reeves, Andrew J., 450. Regents of University, 342.
Rensington, W. P., 309. Retail industry, 495-504. Railroads, 220, 553, 554. Rice, Nathaniel, 366.
Richmond, William Almy, 81, 163, 345. Richter, Henry J., 372. Riggs, Jedediah, 221. Riley, Henry H., paper of, 20.
Ringuette, John, 75. Ringuette, Maxine, 75. Roads, early, 124, 91, 102, 124.
Roberts, Amos, 166.
Nathaniel P., Roberts, 151.
Roberts, Noah P., 68. Robinson, Munson, 326. Robinson Rix, 57, 220, 345.
Robinson, Rodney, 229. Rockford village, 228, 304 Rogers, Alexander, 231. Rogers, Ansel, 325. Rogers, Edwin G., 325. Rogers, Jacob, 296. Rogers, James A., 460. Rogers, Justus C., 295. Rood, Arthur R., 468. Rood, Charles C., 131, 454 Rood, Zebulon, 257. Rouge river, 91, 267, 323. Rosenberg, Moses,' 219. Ross Station, 566. Roys, John E., 326. Roys, Myron, 295.
Rumsey, James A., 97. Russell, Henry C., 320, 348. Rust, William, 124. Rutherford, Frances A., 428, 436. Ryan, Will E., 470. Ryerson, Martin, 68.
8 Saline formations, 19. Salmon, Archibald, 97. Salt industry, 556. Sand Lake village, 319. Sargeant, Edward E.,
448.
Sargeant, James, 128. Sargeant, N. O., 71, 153. Sargeant, Thomas, 83,
128.
Saunders, Henry G., 426. Sawmills, 64, 70. Schenck, Jacob S., 222. School chapter, 403-420. Schools, early, 73, 74, 92. Schouten, Roelof A., 433. Scoville, B. S., 139. Scribner, James, 85, 157, 509.
Segwum, 290. Sessions, Rodney C., 283. Settlement and Organiza- tion, 57.
Settler, early, 140, 149. Sewerage system, 189. Seymour, Henry, 346. Shepard, Charles, 74, 153, 367.
Shingle mills, 313. Shoemaker, first, 75. Shoemaker, Nicholas, 299. Shoemaker, Robert I.
160.
Shotwell, Walter S., 440. Sibley, Aaron, 146. Sibley, Willard, 146. Sibley, Solomon, 33, 61. Sinclair, Daniel S., 440. Sinclair, Robert P., 447. Sinclair, Malcolm C., 439. Sizer, George, 74. Skinner, Adolphus T, 366. Skidmore, David M, 309. Slater, Leonard, 53, 54. Slater, Sarah Emily, 54. Slavery in Michigan, 26. Slayton, Russell, 265. Slayton, Thomas J., 355. Sliter, James, 151. Smiley, Mitchell J., 464. Smith, Amos Harford, 81; 365.
Smith, Canton, 95. Smith Henry C, 85, 158, 353.
Smith, Henry S., 174. Smith, Israel C., 95. Smith, Jesse, 235. Smith, John L., 93. Smith, Obadiah, 326.
Smith, Reuben H., 361.
Smith, Riley, 317. Smith, Sidney, 362. Smith, Tory, 221. Snyder, Leonard, 456. Societies, fraternal, etc., 202.
Soil of Michigan, 19. Soldiers' Home, 197. Soldiers, memorial, 551. Soldiers, reunion, 561. Solon township, 324. Sons of American Revo- lution, 562. Spanish-American War, 548.
Sparta township, 267. Sparta village, 269. Speculations, 155. Spencer, Ralph H., 436. Spencer township, 328. Spencer village, 331. Spring, Jared S., 258. Squire, Milan L., 324. Stage routes, 136. Stark, George P., 280,
348.
St. Cecelia Society, 561. Steamboats, early, 124. Steamboat, Governor Ma- son, 100.
Stebbins, Andrew J., 363. Steele, Samuel H., 265. Steel's Corners, 258. C., Stegman, Frederick 244.
Stevens, Ransom H., 432. Stewart, John R., 365. Stewart, S. S., 85, 210. Stinson, Horatio N., 305. Stocking, Bilius, 70. Stone, Henry, 96. Stone, John W., 343. Stoneburner, Leonard,
296.
Store, first general, 75. Storey, Elmer G., 331. Stout, A. D., 67. Stout, David B., 317. Strike, furniture, 182.
Strike, street car, 181. Strong, Edwin B., 436.
Stroup, Henry, 329. Stuart, William J., 452. Sunday school, first, 81. Supervisors, lists of, see township chapters. Sweet, Edwin F., 177. Sweet, Martin L., 131,
478.
Swensberg, C. G., 419. Symes, John, 268. T Taber, Eleazer C., 237. Taggart, Moses, 461. Tailors, early, 101. Tanner, first, 82.
Tatem, John H., 470.
Tax, first school, 73.
Taylor, Charles H., 83, 341, 506.
Tecumseh, Indian chief, 35.
Teeple, George, 277.
Teeple, Peter, 277.
Telephone, 557. Temperance work, 124. Thames, battle of, 35. Thayer, George W., 173.
Thomas Mission, chapter 39.
-- Removal, 54. Thomas, James, 257. Thomas, Jonathan, 90. Thompson, Calvin, 243. Thompson, Henry E.,
454.
Thompson, Jonathan P., 507. Howard A.,
Thornton, 471.
Tiffin, Edward, report of, 36. Tindall, John N., 317. Topography, 17. Tarvner, Cassius B., 359. Tarvner, Samuel S., 218. Tracy, Philander, 83, 287. Traditions, Indian, 55. Train, Jarvis C., 357.
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TREATIES -of Chicago, 39. -of 1821, 149. -of 1836, 79, 150. of Fort Finney, 29. -of Fort McIntosh, 29. -of Fort Stanwix, 29. -of Greenville, 26. -of Paris, 23. -of Saginaw, 59, 61. -of 1783, 24.
-Jay's, 1794, 24.
Turner, Aaron B., 508. Turner, Demetrius, 154. Turner, Eliphalet, 67, 144. 208. Turner, Isaac, 157, 452, 510.
Tustin, Josiah P., 380. Tuttle, S. Porter, 41. Tyrone township, 321. U Uhl, Edwin F., 466. Ulrich, Madison J, 357. V Van Lew, Peter, 283.
Van Zandt, Jacob, 330. VanZoeren, Jacob, J., 359 Verkerke, John A., 364, 455. Verdier, John A. S., 362. Vergennes township, 229. Virginia, cession of ter- ritory, 26. Claims of, 23. Viszocky, Andreas, 61. Voorheis, Peter O., 463. W Wabasis lake, 312. Wabasis township 311. Wadsworth, Abraham S., 71. Wagon works, first, 84. Walker, Chas. I., 99, 159, 352.
Walker, Eliab, 231.
Walker, Jacob W., 233. Walker township, 233. Wallace, Henry M., 472. Wanty, Emma Nicholas, 435. Wanty, George P., 471. Ward, Leonard A., 467. Waring, Hart E., 380. War meetings, 529. War of 1812, 35.
Water power, 558.
Water-works system, 183 Watkins, Ervin C., 356. Watkins, Jared, 263. Watkins, Milton C., 346. Watkins, Oliver I., 266. Watson, Andrew, 100. Watson, Edward, 433. Wayne, county of, 31, 32. Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 27 Weaver, Prentiss, 216. Wedding, first, 70. Weeks, John P., 264. Wells, William J., 477. Wells, Revilo, 478. Westlake, Samuel, 238. Weston, Isaac M., 175. Wheeler, Josiah L., 98. White, George H., 354, 454, 459.
White, Mrs. Marion, 76. White, Samuel, 234. White, Solomon, 100. White, William H., 434. Whitfield, Isaiah J., 439. Whitney, Mindrus 420.
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Wilder, Horace, 297. Williams, Henry R., 165. Willson, James B., 454. Wilson, Charles M., 469. Wilson, Chester, 225.
Wilson, Stephen A., 74, 153, 360. Wilson, William A., 434. Winchester, E. W., 488. Winchester, S. A., 488. Winslow, Jason, 74. Winsor, Darius, 66, 152. Winsor, Eugene, 70. Winsor, Jacob W., 67, 154. Winsor, Zenas G., 66, 226. Withey, Orson A., 68. Withey, Solomon, 84, 93, 456. Withey, Solomon L., 84, 346, 446.
Wolcott, Alfred W., 453. Wolcott, Laurens W.,
454.
Wood, George D., 266. Wood, Prof. L. H., 19. Wood, William, 427. Woodward, Kendall, 83, 211. Woodward, William, 62. Woodworth, Wm. F., 244, 364.
Woolway, Christopher J., 430. Wooster, David, 488. Wooster, Samuel R., 426. World War, 548. -Roll of honor, 549. Wright, Frederick W., 434. Wright, Solomon, 100, 237. Wylie, Henry H., 324. Wylie, James R., 471. Wyoming township, 293.
Whitneyville, 279. Widdicomb, George, 489. Wildberger, George H., 430. Y Yeiter, John, 291. Y. M. C. A., 401. Young, George, 97, 210. Young, Willis, 261. Y. W. C. A., 402.
Illustrations-Volume I:
Fisher, Ernest B .- Frontispiece. Original Sketch of Grand Rapids-1831, facing page 144. View in 1872 of What Is Now Campau Square-facing page 163. Scene at the Fire in July, 1873-facing page 198. Old Stone Schoolhouse-facing page 402.
Index -Volume II
All Biographical Sketches in Volume II are arranged in alpha- betical order.
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Fred M. Aldrich .- In the fertile agricultural county of Kent there are found many men who have passed their entire lives within the county's borders and have attained prosperity and standing. In this class, one worthy of mention for what he has accomplished, is Fred M. Aldrich, who is now carrying on farming operations on section 16, Bowne township, which has been his home for many years. In this township he has received his education, as well as his agricultural training, and here he has passed his entire career, winning straightforward success with honor and a strong place in the confi- dence of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Aldrich was born on his father's farm in Bowne township, May 10, 1865, a son of James and Alvira (Godfrey) Aldrich. His father, a native of Canada, came to Michi- gan as a lad of fourteen years, with his parents, the family settling in Kent county at a time when the greater part of the land was still virtually in its virgin state, and when he reached manhood secured property of his own and continued to be engaged in general farming throughout the balance of his career. Two years prior to his death he retired from active pursuits and moved to Grand Rapids, and in that city his death occurred. An industrious, progressive and intelli- gent farmer, he was for years a member of the local Grange and one of the first men of his locality to adopt new movements when found practicable. He was a factor in the movements which assisted his community in its civic growth and development and a stanch and un- compromising republican. By his first marriage, to Marie Godfrey, he had two children : Atha, deceased ; and a son who died in infancy. Mr. Aldrich and his second wife, Alvira (Godfrey) Aldrich, had six children : Arabella May, of Grand Rapids; Lillie, who died in infancy; Frederick M .; Grace, of Grand Rapids; Augusta, wife of Charles Wright, of Greenville; and Milton, deceased. After attending the district schools of Bowne township, Fred M. Aldrich assisted his father on the home farm until attaining his majority, and for several years thereafter continued to work on the home place. Eventually he bought eighty acres from his father, later sold this and purchased forty acres, and to this has since added until he now has a quarter- section of some of the best land in the township. He has devoted his energies to general farming, in which he has met with well-merited success, and the new residence and modern, substantial buildings on his property both add to its attractiveness and make it more valuable. Mr. Aldrich is a popular member of the Grange and takes much interest in its work, while many of his ideas have been of material benefit to his fellow-members. He is a republican, having voted for that party's candidates and principles since the time he attained his majority, and has wielded some influence in his community, where he has served in various township offices, including those of treas- urer, clerk and member of the board of school directors. In public, as in private life, he has discharged his duties in an entirely capable II-2
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manner and in a way that has held his fellow-citizens' respect. Mr. Aldrich was married, Dec. 29, 1891, to Ida May, daughter of Robert Hunter, a well known citizen of Ionia, Mich. Of this union there have been born four children: Warren J., assisting his father on the home farm, who is married and has one son, Earl Warren; and Howard H., F. Arlington and Marian E., all at home with their parents.
Leroy D. Allen .- In the fertile and productive agricultural dis- trict included within the borders of Gaines township is found the farm of LeRoy D. Allen, a property that has been held under the family name for nearly sixty-five years. This is one of the tracts that is representative of the kind of farms that have given the township prestige as an agricultural center, and under Mr: Allen's good man- agement is proving a most valuable investment. LeRoy D. Allen has been a resident of Gaines township all his life, having been born on his present farm, Jan. 14, 1856, a son of William T. and Margaret (Brown) Allen. The family is traced back to England, was founded in this country long before the Revolutionary war, and is the same as that from which sprang Ethan Allen, the great American patriot. William T. Allen was born in New York City, where he was proprietor of a grocery, and when still a young man went to Ohio, where he was married, his wife also being a native of the Empire state, and engaged in farming. After several years, in 1853, he came to Kent county, Michigan, and purchased 200 acres of wild land in Gaines township, on which he first cleared a small plot and built a log house, and then settled down to the clearing and development of the remainder of his property. He became one of the prominent and influential men of his locality, the owner of a fine farm, with modern improvements, and a leading republican and devout member of the United Brethren church. He died at the age of seventy-five years, in 1893, having lived in retirement for some time previous to his demise. He and Mrs. Allen were the parents of the following chil- dren : Stephen, who is deceased ; Cecelia, who is the widow of T. G. Houk; Julia, wife of James Benewa ; LeRoy D .; William, a practicing physician of Grand Rapids; Marietta, wife of Frank Van Lew, of Raymond, Wash .; and Rose, wife of W. Woodham. LeRoy D. Allen attended the district schools of Gaines township and grew up on the home farm, on which he still makes his home. For several years he managed the property for his father, and after the elder man's death became its owner by purchasing the interests of the other heirs. He has confined his efforts to general farming, and in this industry has won merited success. Mr. Allen is a republican, and has served his township as clerk five years and as supervisor two years. He be- longs to the United Brethren church, of which his family are also members. While working out his individual success, Mr. Allen has found the time and desire to further community interests, and worthy movements have never lacked his support. Mr. Allen was married first, Oct. 1, 1879, to Mary, daughter of Jacob Benewa, of Kent county, of French descent. Of this union there were born three chil- dren: Chester, a graduate of Oberlin college, and a well known educator of Kent county, residing on the home farm; Don, also a graduate of Oberlin college and of the Harvey (Ill.) School of Chemistry, and the father of three children-Thelma, Don, Jr., and
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Mary-and Albert, who graduated from Oberlin college and is now engaged in teaching physical culture in Minnesota. Mr. Allen was again married, Jan. 10, 1900, when united with Mrs. Rachel (Benewa) Pincomb, sister of his first wife. They have one daughter, Luella, who resides with her parents.
Noah P. Allen .- Profitable farming in these modern days depends upon a number of essential things. The first consideration must be good soil; incidentally, the climate effects matters considerably ; but, finally, the greatest factor of all is the farmer himself. Today the farmer must be a man not only of great industry but also of a compre- hensive knowledge, and the more experience he can call to his aid the better chance has he of being able to make every inch of his domain return him a profit. Judging by the success that has attended his agricultural efforts, Noah P. Allen, one of Kent county's most respected citizens, is also one of this section's best farmers. Mr. Allen was born in Livingston county, New York, Oct. 22, 1852, a son of Samuel and Sabra (Blanding) Allen. His parents were natives of the Empire state, where Samuel Allen was a farmer, and came to Kent county in 1865, purchasing forty acres of uncleared land. Here they worked industriously to make a home for their family and continued to follow agricultural pursuits during the remainder of their long and useful lives. Both parents had energetic natures and were active in their labors until within a short time of their deaths, and their sterling qualities of character won them the universal respect of their fellow-townspeople. Their children were: Josephine, de- ceased; Noah P., of this notice; Mary, Francis, Hector and Meady. Noah P. Allen commenced his education in the public schools of New York and finished it in the rural district of Lowell township, Kent county, where he was brought as a lad of thirteen years. He was brought up to farming pursuits, working first with his father and later as a renter, and finally became a property owner when he pur- chased forty acres of land. This he cleared, improved and cultivated for some years, then added forty acres to his original purchase, and finally added the home place of forty acres, all of which he owns at this time. Mr. Allen has been industrious as a farmer, and has also added to his income by engaging in season in the threshing business, which he has followed with success for twenty-two years. He raises a good quality of stock, and his farm, fertile and well handled, pro- duces all the grains and other farm produce natural to this section. His buildings are substantial and commodious and his improvements, appliances and machinery modern in character and kept in the best of shape. In regard to political affairs, Mr. Allen supports the repub- lican party and its candidates. He has discharged his civic duties in an efficient and willing manner, and has been director of the school board and held other official township positions. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masons, belonging to the Blue lodge at Lowell. Mr. Allen was married, July 3, 1875, to Eva, daughter of Nathan and Rebecca (Crum) Blair, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have two children : Anna, who is the wife of William Murphy, of Traverse City, Mich., and has a daughter, Olive E., wife of M. J. Mackintosh of that city ; and Edith Maude, wife of Claude Streeter, of Lowell township. Mrs. Allen was born, Feb. 17, 1853, at Ada, Mich., whither her parents, natives of New York, had come ten years previous to that time. Mr.
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Blair was a farmer, who started with eighty acres of land, later accumulated several desirable and valuable farms, and at the time of his death was living retired at Lowell.
Gottlieb Althaus .- An impressive illustration of what may be accomplished within a score of years by industry, sobriety and persis- tent endeavor, is furnished in the career of Gottlieb Althaus since he established his home in Kent county, in 1889. Without aid from adventitious sources, and relying solely upon his own inherent energy, perseverence and sound judgment, he has built up a success that is highly creditable to himself and the community of which he is a worthy member. Mr. Althaus is a native of Switzerland, born June 28, 1870, a son of Christ and Mary Ann (Mosser) Althaus. His parents, who were also born in that country, came to the United States in 1890, and Christ Althaus is now living in comfortable retirement in Lowell township, where the mother died in 1900, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. There were ten children in the family, as follows: Christ, who is engaged in farming in Lowell township; Mary, who died as the wife of Carl Roth ; Rosetta, Gottlieb, Anna, wife of Christ Wittenberg, of Lowell township; Eliza, wife of Adam Clunens, of Belding, Mich .; Carl, of Louisville, Ky .; Ernest, of Vergennes township; Andrew, a resident of Calgary, Canada; and Frederick, who makes his home in the state of Florida. Gottlieb Althaus received his education in the public schools of his native land, where he was reared as a farmer, and was nineteen years of age when he came to the United States. After working out among the farmers of Lowell township for three years, he purchased ninety acres of land for the family home, and subsequently acquired eighty acres for himself, which he sold and afterward purchased his present valuable property in section 5. He has installed modern machinery, good equipment and substantial buildings, and his general farming operations are meeting with the kind of success that stamps him as one of the progressive men of his community, able and energetic, and capable of making the most of his opportunities. He is a republican, although he has not sought political position or favors, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which Mrs. Althaus also belongs. Mr. Althaus was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza Berry, natives of Switzerland, who came to this country in 1883, and both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Berry was a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Althaus have no children of their own, but are rearing an adopted son, Joseph.
Julius Houseman Amberg .- Representing the young and enthus- iastic professional element of Grand Rapids, Julius Houseman Amberg brought to the practice of his calling, in 1915, fine gifts of scholarship and an inherent ability that bids fair to carry him into the front rank of lawyers of this city ere many years have passed. He was born at Grand Rapids, Feb. 27, 1890, a son of David M. and Hattie (House- man) Amberg, the former a native of Middleville, Ohio, and the latter of Grand Rapids. David M. Amberg came to this city as a young man of twenty years, in 1868, and here followed various busi- ness callings until becoming connected with the wholesale liquor industry. He continued to be engaged therein until his retirement, in 1916. There were four children in the family: Melvin, who died at the age of ten years ; Sophie, who married Meyer S. May, of Grand
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Rapids, and died Dec. 10, 1917; Hazel, wife of Henry M. Stern, of Rochester, N. Y .; and Julius H. Julius H. Amberg attended the Wealthy Street grammar school, and after his graduation from high school, in 1908, went to Colgate University, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1912. While attending that institution he established a brilliant record among his fellow-students, being edi- tor-in-chief of the college weekly as well as of the college annual, leader of the debate team, and winner of the prizes for essays in Latin and English, and the prize for debating, in addition to which he was admitted to the exclusive senior year society of Skull and Scroll, an honorary fraternity, and graduated first in his class. He next entered Harvard Law School and there continued to take honors, being note editor of the Harvard Law Review, winning the Sears prize in both 1913 and 1914 and taking the Fay diploma in 1915 as a mark of his position as highest in the class. Graduated with his degree of Bachelor of Laws cum laude in that year, he returned to Grand Rapids and, Sept. 1, became a clerk in the office of Butterfield & Keeney, and on Oct. 15 was admitted to the bar. On Sept. 1, 1916, he was admitted to partnership in the firm, with which he has since practiced with ever-increasing success. He is one of Grand Rapids' most promising young attorneys, and has already made a name for himself as a successful practitioner. Mr. Amberg maintains an inde- pendent stand where politics are concerned, and his religious con- nection is with the Temple Emanuel. Fraternally, he belongs to Doric Lodge of Masons, the Acacia Masonic Harvard Chapter, the I. O. B. B. and the Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho fra- ternities. He is popular in club life in the city, belonging to the Kent Country, Peninsular, Barristers', and Triangle clubs. He has inter- ested himself actively, extensively and in a number of ways in movements which have made for the general welfare, and his labors have been productive of excellent results. As president of the Grand Rapids Anti-Tuberculosis Society, he has led in a determined attack upon the dreaded White Plague; in the Grand Rapids Red Cross chapter he has been an active and helpful factor, being a director, member of the executive board, secretary of the Civilian Relief com- mittee, and chairman of the Speakers' committee during campaigns. He is also a member of the Social Welfare Association and a director in the Big Brother movement, is on the legislation committee of the Grand Rapids Bar association; and as chairman of the advisory council of the Federation of Social Agencies, has been intimately connected with that movement. For a period, in 1917, he was called to the Secretary of War's office for legal work in connection with labor disputes. Mr. Amberg was married, Oct. 10, 1916, to Miss Callie S., daughter of Eugene and Ella (Sutherland) Smith, of De Pere, Wis., and has a daughter, Mary Sutherland, born Oct. 10, 1917.
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