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In 1829, Rufus W. Stevens purchased a portion of sec- tion 19, in Burton township, and a year later, of Daniel Le Roy, a tract which adjoined his, though situated on section 18 in the same township. This place afterwards became noted as the Thread Mill property. A saw-mill was commenced by Stevens in 1830, and soon after a grist- mill was erected, which for years supplied all the people living between Pontiac and Saginaw.
The Stevenses never purchased of the government any lands situated in Grand Blane. The land upon which they first settled was entered by Samuel B. Perkins, Jacob Ste- vens' son-in-law.
The elder Stevens, with the majority of his family, re- turned to New York about 1831, where was passed the remaining portion of his life. Rufus W. Stevens removed to Flint a few years later, and became identified with its interests. Sherman, the other son, was connected with the building of the first railroad between Detroit and Pontiac.
In October, 1825, Edmund and Rowland B. Perry en- tered lands situated upon sections 11 and 14. Rowland was a nephew of Ethnund Perry. During the following February, the same, accompanied by Simeon and Eliza, children of Edmund, left Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., and traveled through Canada with horse-teams to Detroit, thence by the Saginaw trail to Grand Blanc. They were
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twenty-five days upon the road. Upon their arrival here they were received under the hospitable roof of Jacob Stevens, where they remained some four weeks, or until a house of their own could be erected. The Fourth of July, 1826, was celebrated by all the white inhabitants of Gene- see County sitting down to a banquet spread under a cherry- tree which stood in JJacob Stevens' yard. Those assembled were entirely of the Stevens and Perry families.
In the fall of 1826 Edmund Perry returned to New York, and brought out with him the rest of his family, viz., his wife Mercy, and children Clarinda, Edmund, Jr., Seymour, Irene, Esther, and Manson. Edmund Perry, Sr., died Jan. 13, 1864, aged eighty-five years. He was a native of Rhode Island, and an educated Quaker. Ilis great energy and force of character, united with his love for pioncer life, induced him to battle with the wilder- ness, clear a number of farms, then leave them to plunge again into the forests when neighbors became too plenty. Ile was a respected member of society, an exeellent citizen, a kind friend, and believed in doing good without ostenta- tion. ITis surviving sons were Simeon, Edmund, Seymour, and Manson. Isabella, a daughter of Simeon, was the first white child born in the county. Mary Perry, a daughter of Edmund, now the wife of Addison Armstrong, Esq., was born soon after.
Edward H. Spencer, from Windsor, Vt., purchased lands situated upon section 9, May 25, 1827, and became the next settler, during the same spring.
In the spring of 1828 William Roberts came into the settlement, also George E. Perry, from Connecticut, Judge Jeremiah Riggs, with his sons Augustus C., Frederick T., and others of a large family. They located where Phineas Thompson now resides, and purchased from the govern- ment a large tract of land. Augustus C. Riggs was the first constable and collector in the township, and for several years township clerk. It is related that at the time of his marriage a general invitation was extended to the citizens of Grand Blane and its vicinity to attend the "infair."
At this gathering Sam Russell and his fiddle were par- ticularly conspicuous, and during the festivities of the evening, while the merry party assembled were in the midst of a dance, the sleepers gave way, and the floor caved in, funnel-fashion, precipitating to the cellar beneath with their fair partners, Phineas and Caleb Thompson, Rowland B. and Simeon Perry, Jeremiah R. Smith, Jona- than Dayton, Joseph McFarlen, John Todd, and others. No bones were broken, but the party was, and the dance was terminated. Joseph MeFarlen, who married Eveline, a daughter of Edmund Perry, Sr., in 1824, came from Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., and settled in Grand Blanc during the month of May, 1828. Ile purchased a fine tract of land from the government, which he eleared, and where he resides at the present time. Mr. M. is eighty years of age ; his wife seventy-seven. Jeremiah Ketchum came at about the same time. He boarded with Jacob Stevens, purchased land upon section 10, and died soon after, his being the first death in the township.
On the 9th day of June, 1829, Caleb S. Thompson, Jonathan Dayton, Caleb Embury, and Ezekiel R. Ewing came into the settlement. Ezekiel R. Ewing was from
Windham, Vt. He purchased land situated upon section 9, then returned to the East, and did not become a perma- nent settler until two years later.
Messrs. Embury, Thompson, and Dayton were from Livingston Co., N. Y. They also bought lands of the government, and settled the same year (1829).
Mr. Thompson, who is still a resident of the township, was married to Clarinda Perry, daughter of Edmund Perry, Sr., in 1830. Ile relates that at the time of his arrival here there were about forty-five persons in Grand Blane, all of whom, with one or two exceptions, were from Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y. Edward Il. Spencer had a rough log house, and about one acre cleared and planted to corn, potatoes, etc. The Stevenses had some forty acres under cultivation, and there were some fifty or sixty acres in cultivation in the Perry settlement. Judge Riggs and his sons had also made a good beginning. Thirteen lots lying along the Saginaw road, and seven lots on Perry Street, had already been purchased, and ten more eighty-acre lots were entered during the remaining part of the year 1829. The Saginaw road was laid out and staked so that it was easy to find it, but no work had been done npon it. The traveled highway, which followed the Indian trail, went rambling around through the woods, avoiding hills and swamps, and was quite a comfortable wagon-road. The streams and low places had been bridged some time pre- vious by the United States soldiers stationed in garrison at Saginaw.
In the fall of 1829 Mr. Thompson returned to New York, and taught school the following winter. Feb. 22, 1830, he again began a journey to Michigan. He drove ont an ox- team, and was twenty-five days on the road. Ilis father, Washington Thompson, and brother Phineas, from Monroe Co, N. Y., became settlers in Grand Blanc the same year (1830).
Judge Jeremiah R. Smith, long a prominent man in the township, Silas Smith, R. T. Winchell, Clark Dibble, Thomas Cartwright, the first hatter, George Dibble, Jona- than Davison, and Pearson Farrar all settled prior to the winter of 1830-31.
In 1832 the settlement was still further increased by the arrival of John Tupper and sons,-Alden, Charles, Benja- min, Reuben, Newell, and Harrison, from Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y .; Uriah Short and sons, from Otsego Co., N. Y .; Alvah Bishop, Montgomery Co., N. Y .; Charles, John, and Moses I'. Butler, from Genesce Co., N. Y. ; Albert Miller, after- wards prominent as Judge Miller, of Bay City, Mich. ; John P. Fritz, from Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y .; Amasa Short, a brother of Uriah, and soldier of 1812; Alfred and Alvah Brainard, from Monroe Co., N. Y. Mr. Alfred Brainard was prominent as one of the founders of the Bap- tist Church, and a respected citizen. Alvah Brainard, who died in April, 1879, claims to have erected the first frame dwelling-house in Grand Blane without whisky, in March, 1833, and the first brick dwelling-house in Genesce County, July 4, 1850. During the last years of his life he pre- pared for publication a small pamphlet, entitled " A Pioneer History of Grand Blanc," wherein several amusing incidents are told in an amusing manner.
During the year 1833, Ellis Miner, Emmaus G. Owen,
S. D. HALSEY.
MRS. S. D. HALSEY.
SILAS D. HALSEY.
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The family of Mr. Halsey dates back to an early period in the history of the settlement of the English colonies in this country. His father, Abraham Halsey, was born at Hanover, Morris Co., N. J., on the 19th day of February, 1764. Ile was married, in 1791, to Miss Nancy Beach. After his marriage he removed to Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he remained until his death, which occurred May 27, 1822, at fifty-eight years of age.
He became eminent as a physician, and was a man of great influence and consideration. His wife died in 1805, at thirty- eight years of age. She was the mother of Wm. E., Susan D., Samuel B., Abraham A., Silas D., and Electa D. The doctor's second wife was Lucretia Green ; they were married in 1806. By this marriage there were no children. She sur- vived the death of her husband but a short time, dying the same year.
Silas D. Halsey was born at Fishkill, Dutchess County, on the 22d day of November, 1801. Ilis boyhood days werc passed in the schools and on his father's farm until he came to manhood, when he left home and became a clerk for his brother-in-law, at the Rockaway Iron- Works, in New Jersey. where heremained until 1831. During this time he had become acquainted with Miss Stella A. Ross, of Rockaway. They were united in marriage on the 12th day of September, 1826. In 1832 he became a manager in the iron-works of William Scott, of Powerville, N. J., where he remained one year. Ile then removed to Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., where he purchased a farm, upon which he settled, and from that time to the present farming has been his principal occupation.
At Avon Mr. Halsey was bereaved in the death of his loved wife and compamon. She died on the 10th day of September, 1831, at the age of twenty-nine years. She was the mother of four children, named David R, Wm. J., Mary A., and Samuel P. Mary and Samuel are still living, and reside in Brooklyn, N. Y., the latter being the pastor of a Presbyterian church in that city. The death of his wife was a sore loss and affliction to Mr. Halsey, as he was left desolate and alone, with the care of three young children. Both inclination and necessity combined to provide a second mother for his little ones, and a companion to fill the vacancy in his heart and home. He sought and obtained the hand of Miss R. C. Pierson, the daughter of David and Iluldah Pierson, old citizens of Avon.
They were united on the 11th day of February, 1835. In 1837, Mr. Halsey, having made an exchange of his farm in Avon for two hundred acres of wild land in the town of Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Mich., removed his family to their new home. On his arrival he erected a log house, dug a well, and moved on to his land. The first season he cleared off three
acres, and from that time on he was busily engaged in clear- ing up and improving his new farm.
At the first town-meeting after his arrival he was elected assessor, which office he filled successively for the next seven years ; he was then elected supervisor, and afterwards treas- urer, and then again supervisor ; and nearly all his life Mr. Halsey has served the public in some position of responsibility, with honor to himself and satisfaction to the public.
By his second marriage there are three children, named Amanda M., David P., and Sarah J. Amanda died at five years of age. David is married to Artemisia Watrous (daughter of John H. Watrous, an old settler of Grand Blanc). They reside at Flint, and he is the present county clerk ; they have one child. Sarah is the wife of Charles J. Case, and they reside on their farm, adjoining that of Mr. Halsey, and they have two children.
In politics Mr. Halsey is a staunch Republican. In relig- ious faith a Presbyterian, of which church he has been an honored member for over fifty years.
Mr. Halsey has always enjoyed the unlimited confidence and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. A man of modest and unassuming manners, courteous and polite in social intercourse, charitable and tolerant to those with whom he differs in opinion, a kind and indulgent father, a tender and affectionate husband. Ile is honored by his friends, loved and reverenced by his relatives.
Mrs. Halsey has nobly redeemed her promise made at the marriage-altar, forty-four years ago. She has been to her husband a helpmate indeed, and has horne her full share of the labors and privations of a pioneer life, and to-day she enjoys that best reward of the fond and affectionate mother, -her children settled in comfortable homes and occupying honorable positions in society and in the esteem of their fellow-citizens. She was born at Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., on the 11th day of November, 1811. She is still an active housewife and incessant worker, a member of the same church with her husband, and they together are walking hand in hand up the highway that leads to the Eternal City.
Mr. Halsey and his estimable wife, by industry and good management, have accumulated a comfortable competence for their declining years, and are to-day living in the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits of a well-employed life. Mr. Halsey, who is at this time seventy-eight years of age, still acts us notary-public, and transacts business for his neighbors with all the ability of his younger days.
This page, containing their portraits, and this brief notice of their life-work, is by them dedicated to the patrons of this work, and to their children and descendants, with their bene- diction.
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and Josiah Owen, from Genesee Co., N. Y .; Gilbert Phelps, John and Elihu Remington, Peter Van Tiffin, Xury Williams, a soldier of 1812; Philander Williams, Daniel R. Williams, Othniel Williams, James H. Williams, all from Monroe Co., N. Y .; Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, the first resident physician, who was from Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; and Charles D. W. Gibson, a prominent and most worthy pioneer merchant, from Livingston Co., N. Y., set- tled in the township.
The year 1834 witnessed the settlement of Elbridge N. Johnson, from Massachusetts; Lewis and Alvah Kennedy, from Onondaga Co., N. Y .; John II. Waterous, Abial L. Shaw, and - Nobles, from Livingston Co., N. Y .; Charles Bates, Yates Co., N. Y. ; Dr. John W. King, well known as one of the pioneer physicians of the county ; Judge Samuel Rich, - Burrage, and Joel Rice, from Steuben County, N. Y.
Judge Rice was an early supervisor, and served his towns- men in that and various other official capacities for many years. Ile was also the first judge of probate in Genesee County. Mr. Nobles was the first wagon maker, and Mr. Shaw the first blacksmith. Together they made the first wagon ever manufactured in the county. The iron was procured from Detroit, and every screw was made by hand. This wagon was constructed in 1834.
In 1835, Messrs. Stage and Wright established the first store, Mr. Orrin Safford clerk. Their stoek consisted of a general assortment, including drugs and medicines, and was valued at $20,000. They continued here from October, 1835, to June, 1836, when the goods were removed to a building prepared for them in Flint River village.
Edward Parsons came from Mareellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in May, 1835, purchased land from the government, and immediately began an improvement. He built a small log house, which was situated near his present dwelling, and for several months kept bachelor's hall. His lonely condi- tion in life. afforded much amusement to his Indian neigh- bors as they repeated the words, " white man got wigwam, no squaw." Their remarks must have had a marked effect upon him, however, for we find that in 1836 he chose as a life-partner Miss Baldwin, a daughter of Dr. Cyrus Bald- win, and together they still continue life's journey, the centre of a wide circle of friends and relatives.
The exodus from the northwestern counties of the State of New York to the wilds of Michigan, during the years from 1836 to 1840, was unprecedented. Districts and towns in the old State were almost depopulated by the emigration of a class of hardy yeomanry who desired cheap lands and homes of their own. Grand Blanc and adjacent towns received a due share of these settlers, among whom were Sylvester and Samuel Day, from Genesee County ; James Adams, Warren Annable, William Allen, Traey W. Burbank, William Blades, Thomas Beals, Asa Bishop, Thomas Barger, Russell Bates, David W. Butts, Chauncey Chapin, John J. Carr, William Collins, John M. Coe, Alpheus Chapman, Gurdon G. Cook, Ira Daylon, Peter De Graff, Anson Dayton, A. L. Ellsworth, William Eames, Alonzo Ferris, Russell Forsyth, "Zenas Goulding, Amos . Hallock, Adamu C., John A., and James A. Kline, brothers ; David Lyon, Nathaniel Ladd, Gershom Lewis, 31
David M. Lawrence, Robert Pollock, Levi Parsons, Jacob Parsons, Marston W. Richards, John Richards, Thomas Sheldon, Nathan Watkins, Grant Watkins, James M. Wil- cox, Nicholas West, Joseph P. Worden, Nathaniel Wood, Gurdon Walerous, Walter Walker, from Monroe County ; Henry Hoffman, Genesee County ; John Burringtou, Eng- land ; Silas D. Halsey, Livingston County; George Rine- hart, Ontario; David McNiel, Vermont; and Col. Ed- ward Sawyer, from Canandaigua, N. Y. Mr. Sawyer, now about ninety-two years of age, resides upon the farm opened by Jacob Stevens in 1823.
Asa W. Darling, from Ontario Co., N. Y., settled in the township in 1845; also at about the same time Addison Armstrong, Esq., the present postmaster, and senior mem- ber of the mercantile firm of Armstrong & Son, Grand Blane; James Greattrack, from Livingston Co., N. Y., located in the southwestern part of the town in 1847.
The following alphabetical list embraces the names of all the resident tax-payers in the township in 1844 :
Adams, James.
Goff, Charles W.
Allen, William E.
Goff, James M.
Allen, David B. Gillman, Dudley.
Allen, Adin 1 ..
Golden, Zenas.
Annable, John R.
Gamball, Joseph.
Abbott, Joshua K.
Gibson, Charles D. W.
Abbott, C. H.
Hempstead, Richard B.
Brainard, Eli.
Hamilton, Thomas J.
Boss, John S.
Hewett, Cyrus.
Burrington, John.
Hallock, Amos.
Bates, Charles.
Hallock, Harmon C.
Brainard, Alvah.
Hallock, Alfred.
Brainard, Gurdon S.
Hempstead, Jame&
Brainard, Alfred.
Halsey, Silas D.
Brown, Chauncey.
Hall, James.
Bardwell, Joel.
Harger, Stephen.
Bigelow, Iliram.
Hempstead, Peter.
Blades, William.
Jennings, Elisba O.
Bishop, Julian.
Johusou, Elbridge N.
Bishop, Asa.
Kennedy, Horace.
Butts, David W.
Kennedy, Lewis.
Butler, Moses P'.
Kennedy, Alvah.
Butler, Charles.
Kempfield, Nebemiab.
Burbank, Tracy W.
King, James.
Chapel, Samuel B. Chapel, William.
King, William.
Chapman, Alpheus.
Collins, William.
Kane, Francis
Cartwright, Nathan.
Ladd, Nathaniel.
Curtis, Samuel.
Lowden, Thomas.
Cartwright, Thomns.
Lyon, David.
Chapin, Barton B.
Long, Peter.
Lyon, William II. C.
Dayton, Jonathan.
Miner, Philo.
Dayton, Ira.
Dayton, Anson.
Main, Henry.
Mnin, Heury V.
McNeil, David.
Day, Samuel. Day, Sylvester.
Owen, Emmaus.
Embury, Caleb.
Parsons, Edward.
Eckley, William.
Pollock, Major R. Pettis, Charles.
Ferris, Alonzo.
Fritz, John P.
Perry, George E. Perry, Rowland B.
Farrar, Penrsons.
Forsyth, Russell.
Perry, Edmund.
Perry, Edmund, Jr.
Forsyth, Orlando. Fritz, Alfred T.
Perry, Simeon M.
Ferguson, Charles. Goff, Sylvester D.
Perry, Seymour.
Pierson, Charles C.
King, Jobn W.
Lewis, Gershom.
Chapin, Chauncey.
Cook, Gurdon G.
MeFarlen, Joseph.
Dickinson, Luther.
O'Donahue, James.
Eames, William.
Kline, Adam C.
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Phelps. Gilbert. Richards, Maston W. Remington, Elibu. Remington, Levi. Roberts, William. Rice, Samnel. Remington, John. Russell, Nicholas. Reed, John. Shaw, Abial L. Southworth, Edward.
Alexander W. Davis was born in Westerlo, Albany Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1824. Ilis father, Ebenezer Davis, re- moved to Lewiston, Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1826, and was one of the jurors during the trial before Judge Marey of the Morgan abductors. In May, 1836, the family began a journey to Michigan via Canada to Detroit, thence by the Saginaw road to the region now known as Tuseola County, then Sanilac County. The place of their settlement was in the present township of Tuseola. They brought with them from New York a team of horses and two cows, which were the first owned in Tuscola County, and they were the second family to settle there, Mr. R. L. Hurd's being the first.
In 1844, Alexander W. Davis, the fifth chill and fourth son of a family of fourteen children, came to Grand Blanc and commenced work for Jeremiah R. Smith, remaining with him for several years.
In April, 1847, he enlisted in Company A, 15th Regi- ment United States Infantry, and accompanied the regiment to Mexico, serving for a period of eighteen months, or until the close of the war. This regiment was commanded by Col. George W. Morgan, and assigned to Gen. Pillow's division. In the battle of Churubusco Davis was severely wounded. After the close of the war Mr. Davis returned to Grand Blane, married the daughter of Joseph McFarlen, bought a farm, and, with the exception of two journeys to the Pacific coast in 1853 and 1873, has continued his resi- dence here to the present time. Ile represented the First District of Genesee County in the State Legislature during the session of 1861-62, and has served as a justice of the peace for a long term of years.
CIVIL HISTORY.
By an act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, approved March 9, 1833, the township of Grand Blane was formed as follows: "All that distriet of country comprised in townships 5, 6, 7, and 8 north, in range 6 east, and townships 6, 7, and 8 north, in range 7 east, and townships 6 and 7 north, in range 8 east, shall form a township by the name of Grand Blane; and the first township-meeting shall be held at the house of Rufus W. Stevens.
" This aet shall be in force on and after the first Mon- day of April next."
The above-described territory included the present town- ships of Fenton, Mundy, Flint, Mount Morris, Grand Blane, Burton, Genesee, Atlas, and Davison.
Its name is French, signifying Great White, and was pronounced by the early French as though spelled Gron Blony, and by many of the carlier settlers and Indians as Granblaw or Grumlaw.
Its derivation is unknown to present residents, as the locality now known as Grand Blane village obtained the name of Grand Blane long prior to the settlement of Jacob Stevens in March, 1823, or of any other English- speaking people.
FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS .*
The first township-meeting for the election of offieers was held at the house of Rufus W. Stevens, April 1, 1833. Jeremiah Riggs, Lyman Stow, and Jeremiah R. Smith were chosen as Inspectors of Election, Mr. Riggs served as Chairman, and Mr. Stow as Clerk of the Board.
The officers elected were as follows :
" Norman Davison, Supervisor ; Jeremiah R. Smith, Township Clerk ; Rufus W. Stevens, Lyman Stow, Charles Butler, Assessors; Norman Davison, Lyman Stow, Jeremiah R. Smith, Justices of the Peace ; Augustus C. Riggs, Constable and Collector ; John Todd, Ed- mond Perry, Jonathan Dayton, Highway Commissioners ; Elijah N. Davenport, Constable; Loren P. Riggs, Clark Dibhle, James W. Cronk, Trustees of Schoul Lands; Jeremiah Riggs, Jeremiah R. Smith, Norman Davison, Commissioners of Schools; David Mather, Paul G. Davison, Caleb S. Thompson, School Inspectors ; Edmund Perry, Director of the Poor.
" Overseers of Highways .- District 1, George Oliver; Distriet 2, Jonathan Davison; District 3, Norman Davison ; District 4, Ira Dayton.
" l'oted, not to allow stud-horses to run at large. Voted, to adopt the school act of the Territory. Voted, that this meeting be adjourned to the barn of Rufus W. Stevens, until the first Monday of April next.
(Signed) " LYMAN STOW, Town Clerk. " Dated at Grand Blanc, April 1, 1833."
At a meeting of the township board, composed of Messrs. Rufus W. Stevens, Supervisor, Norman Davison and Ly- man Stow, Justiees of the Peace, and Caleb S. Thompson, Town Clerk, held Sept. 30, 1834, the following accounts were presented, examined, and allowed, viz. :
Lyman Stow. $7.50
A. Park
28.25
Jeremiah Riggs
6.50
Altred Brainard
5.00
C. S. Thompson.
9.75
E. N. Davenport.
14.50
James W. Cronk
8.25
Norman Davison
2.00
Rufus W. Stevens.
1.00
Tupper, Newell.
Tupper, Benajah. Van Valkenburgh, James.
Van Tifflin, Peter. Woodworth, Amos.
Williams, Xury.
Wakefield, Daniel B.
Wood, Joho.
Sheldon, Thomas.
Williams, Othniel.
Walker, Walter.
Sellrain, Isaac.
Waterous, John II.
Stephens, John.
West, Nicholas.
Swift, Seth. Smith, Silas. Smith, Jeremiah R.
Worden, Joseph P.
Williams, Philander.
Sawyer, Edward.
Watkins, Grant.
Smith, Zar.
Williams, Daniel.
Seaver, Aaron.
Watkins, Nathan.
Townsend, Abial.
Watkins, Henry.
Thompson, Phineas.
Thompson, Caleb S. Tyler, Lewis S. Turner, William.
Total, $82.75
* The proceedings of township-meetings, lists of officers elected, and various other records, from 1833 to 1848 inclusive, and from 1870 to 1878 inclusive, have been lost through the carelessness of those who in previous years have bad the records in charge. It seems as though inefficient township elerks had conspired to leave a grand blank to the searcher for historical data. The compiler has endea- vored, as far as possible, by referring to county records and various other sources, to fill up the missing links in the civil list.
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