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(II) Andrew, youngest child of Edward and Rachel Spalding, was born November 19, 1652, and died May 5, 1713. He succeeded by will to the paternal estate. and was a deacon of the church at the time of his death, in which position he was succeeded by his son and grandson. He was mar- ried, April 30. 1674, to Hannah Jefes, a daughter of Henry Jefes of Billerica. She died, January 21, 1730. Their children were : Hannah, Andrew, Henry, John, Rachel, William, Johanna, Benoni and Mary. (Mention of Henry and John and descendants forms a part of this article. )
(III) Andrew (2), eldest son and second child of Andrew (1) and Hannah (Jefes) Spalding, was born, March 25, 1678, in Chelmsford, where he passed his life and died November 7, 1753. He was a deacon of the church there. On September 2d, 1726, he deeded land in Londonderry. New Hamp- shire, to John Goffe of that town. He was married February 5, 1701, to Abigail Warren, who died May 12, 1768. Their children were: Andrew,
Jacob and Henry (twins), Josiah, Ephraim, Isaac, Abigail and Joanna (twins), James, David, Ben- jamin and Sally. (Isaac and descendants receive mention in this article).
(IV) Josiah, fourth son of Andrew (2) and Abigail (Warren) Spalding, was born in Chielms- ford, Massachusetts, January 3, 1706. He was a member of Captain Robert Richardson's snow- shoe company in Chelmsford, in the year 1724, one of the years of Lovell's war. He was admitted to the church of Westford by letter from the church in Chelmsford, March 15, 1736, and after his mar- riage resided in Westford, where all his children were born. He married, July 2, 1733, Mary Fletcher of Westford, who was admitted to the Church of Westford June I, 1735, and they had children : Josiah; Isaac; William, see forward; Elizabeth; Lucy ; and Mary.
(V) William, third son and child of Josiah and Mary (Fletcher) Spalding, was born in West- ford, Massachusetts, September II, 1737, and died June 28, 1805, in Cavendish, Vermont, to which place he had removed with his family during the winter of 1782-83. He married, November 29, 1759, Esther Dutton of Westfield, Massachusetts, where she was born September 22, 1738, died in Cavendish. Vermont, January 26, 1813. Their children were : John, see forward; William; Mary; Esther; Asa; Joseph; Zedekiah; Betty; and Zaccheus.
They also had an adopted son, Joseph.
(VI) John Spaulding. eldest child of William and Esther (Dutton) Spalding, was born in Westford, Massachusetts, December 29, 1760, and died in Cavendish, Vermont, October 27, 1859. He was a pensioner of the war of the revolution, and served in the Massachusetts Militia. He married (first) Hannah Ripley, and had children: Samuel, Wil- liam and Nathaniel. She died March 28, 1792, and he married (second) Eunice Jones, and they had children: Eunice Jones; John, see forward ; Jefferson ; Hannah Ripley : Levi; and Joseph. Mrs. Spalding died July 28, 1813, and he married (third ), April 10, 1814, Elizabeth Bage Lockwood, of Lyme, Connecticut, who died July 19, 1861, leaving one child: Esther Dutton.
(VII) Nathaniel, second son and third child of John and Eunice (Jones) Spaulding, was born in Cavendish, Vermont, October 7, 1801. He be- came a resident of Springfield, Vermont, and it is stated as a fact that agriculture was the almost universal occupation of this branch of the family. He married, January 4, 1826, Anna Swift, and they had children : Melinda Ann: Julia Ann; Charles Elliott ; Henry ; Francis Proctor, see forward; Elizabeth; Emily Jeannette ; Sarah Jane; and James Alman.
(VIII) Francis Proctor, third son and fifth child of Nathaniel and Anna (Swift) Spaulding, was born in Cavendish, Vermont, June IS, 1837, where he resides at the present (1906) time. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and is a farmer by occupation. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He married. October 13, 1862, Florence Harriet Myrick, and they have chil- dren: Frederick Madison, see forward; and Martin Myrick.
(IX) Frederick Madison, eldest child of Francis Proctor and Florence Harriet (Myrick ) Spaulding, was born in Springfield. Vermont, August 15. 1863. His education was acquired in the public and high schools of his native town. He was variously en- gaged in business at Brattleboro for four years,
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subsequently at Boston and in 1892 he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire, to engage in the house furnishing goods business and also as an under- taker. In addition to these enterprises he is largely interested in the Puerto Rico Planters' Company, with shipping offices at San Juan, Puerto Rico. This company was organized for the purpose of growing tropical fruits and other products in the island of Puerto Rico, and it has been very success- ful and is doing a constantly increasing business. Mr. Spaulding's political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he is a Mason, an Odd Fel- low, and connected with various other fraternal organizations. He married, September 27, 1894, Nellie M. Ellison, daughter of Frederick G. and Helen W. ( Heseltine) Ellison, and they have two children : Francis Ellison Spaulding, born October 9, 1899; Morton Myrick Ellison Spaulding, March 7, 1904.
(IV) Deacon Isaac, the sixth son and child of Andrew (2) and Abigail (Warren) Spalding, was born October 28, 1710, in Chelmsford, and died March 4, 1776, in Townsend, Massachusetts, whither he removed soon after his marriage and where he was deacon of the church. His farm is still in the possession of the Spalding family. He married Sally Barrett, who was born in 1714, and died February II, 1806, aged ninety-two years, Their children were: Jonathan, Lydia, Sally, Benjamin, Abigail, Lucy and Esther.
(V) Lieutenant Benjamin, fourth child and sec- ond son of Deacon Isaac and Sally (Barrett) Spalding, was born October 14. 1743, in Townsend, where he died, May 27, 1832, at the age of eighty- nine years. He was a successful teacher, and three of his daughters followed that occupation. He was married, December 5, 1765, in Townsend, to Mary Heald, who was born July 27, 1745. and died Jan- uary 24, 1826, aged eighty-one years. Their chil- dren were: Benjamin. Peter, Mary. David, Joel, Abel, Isaac, Sally, Ephraim and Nancy.
(VI) Benjamin (2), eldest child of Benjamin (1) and Mary (Heald) Spalding, was born April 17, 1767, in Townsend and died, May 21, 1842. He was married (first) March 19, 1789. to Sibyl Wallace of Townsend, who was born September 19, 1765, and died, April 9, 1796. He was married (second) August I. 1797, to Sibyl Sanders, of the same town, who died October 13, 1818, aged forty- six years. He married (third) Betsy Searle, of Townsend, who was born June 22, 1783, and died September 26, 1858. aged seventy-five. Three of his children were the offspring of the first wife and the remainder of the second. Their names follow : Sibyl, Benjamin (died at four). John, Benjamin, Polly, Levi, Peter, Jonas, Abigail, Susan, Samuel and Amos.
(VII) Amos, the youngest child of Benjamin (2) and Sibyl ( Sanders) Spalding, was born March 7, 1813, and died January 1. 1856, in Town- send. He was married October 22, 1840, to Lurena Evans, of Townsend, who was born August 9. 18II. Their children were: Amos Fletcher, Benjamin, Asaph Evans (died at one year ). John Bertram, Warren Everett. Lurena Elizabeth. Asaph Evans. Henry Albert Garry, Leona Arethusa and Clara Frances.
(VIII) Warren Everett, son of Amos and Lu- rena (Evans) Spalding, was born April 12, 1848, in Townsend and resided in Chester and Fremont, and is now a resident of Blackwater. New Hamp- shire. He was married, April 22, 1869, in London-
derry, New Hampshire, to Hattie Storer, who was born December 6, 1842. There were six children of this marriage, namely: Ida, married Asa W. Gage, and now resides in Lowell, Massachusetts; Mabel, a resident of Lawrence; and Gertrude and Cora, of Lowell, Massachusetts; Alice O., wife of Arthur W. Rowell, of Manchester (see Rowell) ; and Daisy, wife of Walter H. Moore, of Lawrence.
(III) Henry, second son and third child of Andrew and Hannah (Jefes) Spalding, was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 2, 1680, died April 4, 1720. He married Elizabeth Lund, of Dunstable, now Nashua, New Hampshire, prob-
ably in 1703. The marriage is recorded in the Chelmsford records, but the date is not given. She was a daughter of Thomas Lund, one of the first settlers, and a proprietor of Dunstable. The name is spelled Lunn, Lun, and Lund. Thomas Lund was a soldier, and his son Thomas was killed hy the Indians, September 5, 1724. Elizabeth was born September 29, 1684. She survived her hus- band. and with Richard Stratton settled the estate. The children of Henry and Elizabeth, all born at Chelmsford, were: Henry, Thomas, William, Leonard, and Ebenezer.
(IV) Henry (2), oldest child of Henry (1) and Elizabeth (Lund) Spalding, was born No- vember 22, 1704, and died April 29, 1792, aged eighty-eight years. He was a member of Captain Robert Richardson's snow-shoe company in 1824. and was known in his native town as Colonel Henry Spalding. His wife. Marah, survived him. He married (first) February 1. 1725, Lucy Proctor. a descendant of Robert Proctor. one of the first proprietors of the town. She died June 1, 1742, and he married (second) April 27, 1743, Marah Adams. She was a descendant of Henry Adams, the ancestor of the presidents of that name. The five children by the first wife were: Samuel, Lucy, Sarah, Henry, and Abel: those by the second wife were: Zebulon, Daniel, Mary, Thomas and Thank- ful.
(V) Samuel, oldest child of Henry and Lucy (Proctor) Spalding, born in Chelmsford, January 31, 1727, died in Merrimack, New Hampshire, September II. 1797, aged seventy-one. He was one of the first settlers of Merrimack. New Hampshire, where he owned a large tract of land from which he gave farms to several of his sons. lle went from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and cleared a piece of land and built a house before he married. His original farm was north and west of Netacook pond. He was a man of rather more than medium size, both in height and breadth, and had a very strong voice, which it is said, could be distinctly heard a distance of two miles. He married. May 3. 1753. Sarah Woods, born in Chelmsford, March 8. 1730. died of spotted fever in Merrimack. April IO. 1815, aged eighty-five. She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Parker) Woods, of Chelms- ford. Iler mother, Mary Parker, was a daughter of John and Mary Parker, of Chelmsford. The eight children of Samuel and Sarah ( Woods) Spalding, all born in Merrimack, New Hampshire. were : Samuel, Abijah, Sarah, Henry, Oliver. Isaac, Silas and Asa.
(VI) Captain Isaac, fifth son and sixth child of Samuel and Sarah ( Woods) Spalding, was born in Merrimack. August 20. 1765. and died in Wilton. New Hampshire, June 2. 1830. Isaac's father in- tended that he should have a liberal education. and so put him under the care of Rev. Mr. Fiske, of
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Wilton, to be prepared for college; but the father's circumstances changing, it was decided that Isaac should learn a trade, and so he was apprenticed to Mr. Farley, a tanner of Hollis, with whom he served his time faithfully. He commenced business with Jeremiah Pritchard, in New Ipswich. About 1800 he removed to Wilton, where he continued to re- side until his death of apoplexy. He fell dead suddenly from a chair at a table, where he had a moment before been writing. He was a man of marked ability, who loved his home, and had no aspirations for riches. His house was the house of his friends, and they were frequently with him on their way to and from the county seat. He had dealings with almost every man in the town, but never had a disputed account. His education and good judgment made his a congenial companion, and a reliable and valuable friend. He married (first) April 9, 1795, Mary Ritter, who died April 27, ISO8; and (second) in Mason, November 2, ISog, Mrs. Mary (Flynn) Colburn of Milford. The children of the first wife were: Isaac, Moses, Charles, Harvey, Mary, Emma, and Lyman; there was one child, Orpah, by the second wife.
(VII) Moses, second son and child of Captain Isaac and Mary (Ritter) Spalding, born in New Ipswich, March 10, 1797, died in Wilton. He mar- ried, May 29, 1823, Anna Hunt Kimball, daughter of John Kimball of Wilton (see Kimball VIII). Their children, all born in Wilton, were: Edward Henry, Isaac Kimball, William Ritter, and Jolin Augustine.
(VIII) John Augustine, fourth and youngest child of Moses and Anna Hunt ( Kimball) Spald- ing, born in Wilton, May 29, 1837, was edit- cated in the district school of Wilton, and in Crosby's Academy, Nashua. At thirteen years of age he became a clerk in a clothing store, and at nineteen began business in Nashua on his own account. When the First National Bank of Nashua was established in 1863 he was elected cashier, and held that position continuously for thirty-two years. In 1895 he was made vice-presi- dent, and his son, William E. Spalding, succeeded him as cashier. Mr. Spalding has dealt extensively in real estate and has many other interests. He is a director in the Wilton & Worcester and Nashua & Rochester railroads, and was the first president of the Nashua street railway. He is a trustee of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, and was chairman of the first board of police commis- sioners of Nashua. In 1865 and 1866 lie was a representative in the legislature, and in 1870 senator. He was a member of the governor's council in 1883 and 1884, and mayor of Nashua in 1885. He was a presidential elector in 1880, when the electoral vote of 'New Hampshire was cast for General Gar- field, a delegate to the St. Louis national convention in 1896, when William McKinley was nominated for the presidency, and chairman of the Republican state committee in 1896 and 1897. He is a thirty- second degree Mason and an Odd Fellow, being a past grand and a past chief patriarch in the latter organization, and is also a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He married (first), October 13, 1859, Josephine Estelle Eastman, born July 7, 1841, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Eastman, of Rumney. She died and he married (second) No- vember 24, 1870, Anna M. Learned, daughter of Dr. E. J. Learned, of Fall River. Two sons were born of the first marriage, William Edward, and Harry Eastman.
(III) John, third son and fourth child of An- drew and Hannah (Jefes) Spalding, was born in Chelmsford, August 20, 1682. At the age of twenty-two he married Mary Barrett. He suc- ceeded to the old homestead, and engaged in farm- ing and stockraising. He died in Chelmsford, March 7, 1760, aged seventy-eight. His children, all born in Chelmsford, were as follows: Jonathan, Mary, Hannah, Samson, Job, Mary, John and Lot.
(IV) Rev. Samson, second son and fourth child of John and Mary (Barrett) Spalding, was born in Chelmsford, June 7, 1711. When but a young man he manifested an unusual interest in literary pursuits, and graduated from Harvard College in 1732, at the age of twenty-one. He chose the ministry as his profession, and assiduously gave himself to the study of theology. He received a unanimous call from the town of Tewksbury, Mas- sachusetts, to settle there as their pastor, and was ordained November 23. 1737. He remained as their pastor for sixty years, and died at Tewksbury, December 15, 1796, aged eighty-six. His wife died March 3, 1807, aged eighty-six. He married He- hitabel Hunt, February 12, 1740. Their children were : Mary, Mehitabel, Hannah, Samson, Jona- than, Mehitabel, John, Hannah, Anna, John and Saralı.
(V) Jonathan, second son and fifth child of Rev. Samson and Mehitabel (Hunt) Spalding, was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, September 15, 1747, and married Mary Marshall of Tewksbury, February II, 1771. He enlisted at the age of twenty-eight in Captain Brown's company of min- ute men, participated in the Concord fight, and helped drive the British back to Boston, April 19, 1775. He moved to Hollis, New Hampshire, in May, 1775, and settled at the north part of the town, at a place long known as the Spalding farm, hav- ing purchased it of Lemuel Leeman. He was a miller by trade, and owned and operated a saw- mill in connection with his farm. In the spring of 1794 he removed to Wilton, New Hampshire. Here le resided until his death, which occurred September 30, 1832. He left a large family of children of whom Asaph, his fourth son, succeeded to the old homestead in Hollis. His children were : Abiel, Abel, Mary, Ann, Jonathan, Asaph, Hannah, Loammi, Achsah, Samson, Mehitabel, John and Lucinda.
(VI) Asaph, fourth son and sixth child of Jona- than and Mary (Marshall) Spalding, was born in Hollis, August 2, 1782. He married Abialı Bowers, of Dracut, then a part of Lowell, Marchi 8, 1807. Mr. Spalding learned the cooper's trade while young, making barrels and hogsheads. He worked at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts ; Portland, Maine, and at various places in the British possessions. Returning to the old homestead at North Hollis, March 31, 1808, he engaged in farming and cooper- ing, and raised large crops of rye upon his farm. He built the first artificial trout pond in southern New Hampshire. Mr. Spalding remained here un- til the spring of 1848, then sold the place to William Butterfield, a lumber dealer. Mr. Spalding then removed to a place at Ponemah station, in Am- herst. The first railroad through this section of the state was then being built. The railroad had previously extended from Boston to Nashua, but was being extended to Amherst at that time. After an ownership of many years the old farm passed out of the possession of the Spalding family. Mr. Spalding removed to Peterboro, New Hampshire,
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in 1850, residing here until December, 1872, when he returned to Hollis and spent the remainder of his days with his grandson, Andrew Spalding, where he died September 12, 1873, aged ninety-one years. His children were: Asaph Sumner, Sarah Ann, Almira, Achsah, John, Herbert, Mary and Charles.
(VII) Captain Asaph Sumner, eldest child of Asaph and Abiah ( Bowers) Spalding, was born in Chelmsford (where Lowell now stands), Septem- ber 13, 1807. He came to Hollis March 31, 1808, with his parents, and always resided in Hollis. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Spald- ing was quite prominent in local military affairs, and was lieutenant of the old Fifth Company of Infantry in Hollis under command of Captain Var- num Wheeler. at the Hardscrable muster of Sep- tember 5, 1838. He succeeded Mr. Wheeler the next spring as captain of that company, which office he held until March 4, 1841. He married Hannah Colburn, of Milford, New Hampshire, April 14, 1830. Mr. Spalding died at his home in Hollis, August 13, 1885, aged seventy-eight. His wife, Hannah, died April 7, 1899, at the advanced age of ninety-one. They had the following children : Charles Sumner, Hannah Maria, Achsah Sophia, Sarah Lucinda, Andrew Herbert and Rachel Mari- etta.
(VIII) Charles S., eldest child of Asaph Sum- ner and Hannah (Colburn) Spalding, was born in Hollis, December 23. 1830. His youth was spent -as was that of many New England boys-attend- ing district school in the winter and working on the farm in the summer. After leaving school he devoted much time to the study of literature and genealogical history, contributing many able and valued articles upon these subjects to magazines, and assisting in the work of town histories of Milford and Hollis. Mr. Spalding learned the cooper's trade when young and worked at this for over fifty years. His official life began in 1874, when he was appointed by the governor and council a jus- tice of the peace, which office he held twenty years. He served the town of Hollis as second selectman in 1870 and as first selectman in 1880. He served six years as a member of the school board from 1886 to 1802. Mr. Spalding married Mercian Bar- ton, of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, June 30, 1862. Their two children are: Frank Bowers, born in Hollis, April 29. 1870: he married Ada F. Ban- croft, January 23, 1805: Frederick Randolph, born October 22 1871, married Florence Smith, Decem- ber 23, 1896.
(VIII) Achsah Sophia, second daughter and third child of Asaph S. and Hannah ( Colburn) Spalding, was horn December 30, 1831. in Hollis, and was married January 3, 1856, to Albert Powers (see Powers).
The belief that this family came from PERLEY Albans, in Herefordshire, is probably erroneous, as an examination of the records relative to its carly history on this side of the ocean makes it quite clear that its emigrant an- cestor was a resident of Wales prior to sailing for New England, although the family may not have originated in that country.
(I) One record at hand states that Allen Per- ley. the first of this name in America, came from Wales and landed at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1630. but Savage, who is an excellent authority on early cmigrants, while agreeing with other
genealogists as to the locality of his abode in the mother country, says that he arrived at Boston in the "Planter" from London in 1635, and that he was twenty-seven years old. Allen Perley settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was made a free- man May 18, 1642, and he died there December 28, 1675 He was married at Ipswich in 1643 to Sus- anna Bokenson, who may have been his second wife, as there are reasons for believing that at least two of his sons were born previous to that year. His children were: John, Thomas, Nathaniel ( who died April 20, 1668, aged twenty-four years), Samuel, Sarah, Martha and Timothy. His wife, Susanna, survived him and died February 11, 1692. ( Tim- othy and descendants receive mention in this ar- ticle).
(II) Thomas, third son and child of Allen and Susanna ( Bokenson) Perley. was born at Ipswich in 1641. Prior to 1667 he went to Rowley. where he was admitted a freeman in 1677, and in 1684 he set- tled in Boxford, becoming a prominent resident of that town. He served as constable in 1688, as sc- lectman for the years 1600-94-99, 1701-4-9, was rep- resentative to the general court in 1689-90-93, 1700 and 1702; served as grand and petit juryman, and was frequently chosen moderator at town meetings. He also served on numerous town committees, notably the one formulated in 1701 to receive the deed of the town of Boxford from the grandsons of the old Sagamore, Masconnomet. also those ap- pointed to organize the first religious society, crect the first meeting-house. and he assisted in establishing the boundary line between Boxford and Topsfield. In addition to his extensive agricultural interests he aided in promoting the iron-moulding industry, which was begun in Boxford as carly as 1669. He was also a member of the local militia, and attained the rank of lieutenant. Thomas Perley died in Boxford, Sep- tember 24, 1709. July 8, 1667, he married Lydia Peabody, who was born in 1644, daughter of Lieu- tenant Francis and Mary (Foster) Peabody, of Topsfield, the former of whom was of Great St. Al- hans, England, and emigrated in 1635, being a fel- low-passenger with Allen Perley on the latter's re- turn from his visit to the old country Mary Fos-
ter (or Forster), wife of Lieutenant Francis Pea- body, was a daughter of Reginald Foster, a repre- sentative of a distinguished Scotch family mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in both "Marmion" and "The Lay of the Last Minstrel." The children of Thomas and Lydia ( Peabody) Perley were: Thomas, Jacob, Lydia, Mary. HIephzibah and Sarah. The mother of these children died April 30, 1715. She was ad- mitted to the church in Boxford by letter from the church in Rowley, February I, 1702.
(III) Jacob, second son and child of Thomas and Lydia ( Peabody) Perley, was born in Rowley, about the year 1670. Ilc accompanied his parents from Rowley to Boxford, and acquired possession of the estate located on the north side of Baldpate Pond, which, in after years was owned and oc- cupied by Augustus M. Perley. The original dwell- ing which he erected stood a few rods north of the present barn, and he resided there until 1736, when he removed to Bradford. Massachusetts. In his will he is mentioned as a house wright. In 1710 hc with others was granted liberty to erect and operate a sawmill in Roxford, and while residing there he participated actively in local public affairs, serving as constable in 1705; as selectman for the years 1708- 12-20-32: Surveyor of highways 1706; as moderator 1729 and '31 ; also on various town committees, and
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was town treasurer from 1713 to 1721. In 1705 he joined the local militia company as a sergeant, was promoted to the rank of cornet in 1717; was com- missioned a lieutenant in 1724, and served with credit in Captain Lovewell's expedition against the Indians. His death occurred at Bradford in 1751. Lientenant Jacob Perley was three times married, and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that two of his wives were named Lydia Peabody, which was also the maiden name of his mother. On December 6, 1696, he married Lydia, daughter of Captain John and Hannah (Andrew ) Peabody, of Boxford, where her birth took place, March 9, 1673, and she died there in 1707-1708, having been admitted to the church with her husband some four years previous. Jacob was again married May 9, 1709, to his first wife's cousin, Lydia Peabody, born in Boxford, Feb- ruary 4, 1683, daughter of Joseph and Bethia (Bridges) Peabody. She died April 30, 1732. His third wife, whom he married in 1733, was Mrs. Mehitable Brown, nee Stafford, a widow, who had previously been married twice, first to John Hovey and second to Ebenezer Brown, of Rowley. She died intestate at Bradford, probably in 1754, as on March 22 of that year her son Samuel Hovey was appointed her administrator. Jacob Perley was the father of seven children, namely: Lydia, Jacob, Nathan. Francis, Moses, Isaac and Hannah.
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