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married at Dunbarton, April 15, 1869, Helen M. Baker, daughter of Luke and Martha (Gilchrist) Baker, born March 4, 1843 (see Baker, VIII). Their children were Sherman Everett, the subject of the next paragraph; Evelyn Baker, born Feb- ruary 15, 1872, wife of Frank H. Sargent, of Dayton, Ohio; John Russell, born June 4, 1874, married Clara Harriott, of Concord; he is a civil engineer for the Boston & Maine railroad and resides at Con- cord; and Martha Grace, born January 1, 1888, now of the class of 1907, Concord high school.
(V) Sherman Everett, eldest child of John H. and Helen M. (Baker) Burroughs, was born at Dunbarton, February 6, 1870. After obtaining the education offered by the common schools of Dun- barton and Bow, he took the high school course at Concord, graduating with the class of 1890. In 1888 in competitive examination for a West Point cadet- ship he won highest rank and was appointed by Congressman J. H. Gallinger. Owing to the wishes of his parents he declined this appointment, and in the autumn of 1890 entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1894 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In his sophomore year he took what is known as the second "Thayer prize" for proficiency in mathematics, and in his senior year the "Rollins and Nettleton prize" in oratory. He also took honors at the end of the sophomore year for high standing in the prescribed Greek course, and in his senior year for standing in philosophy. After graduation he was offered the position of instructor in his Alma Mater. Declining that, he became private secretary to Congressman H. M. Baker, and spent the three years next following in Washington, D. C., where he attended the law school of the Columbian Uni- versity (now George Washington University). Here he took the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1896, and Master of Laws in 1897. He was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in July, 1896. and to the New Hampshire bar in July, 1897, and in August of that year opened an office in Manches- ter, New Hampshire, and began the practice of his profession. In July, 1901, he became associated with Hon. David A. Taggart and Hon. James P. Tuttle, forming the partnership of Taggart, Tuttle & Burroughs. In November, 1906, Mr. Tuttle and Mr. Burroughs retired from the firm (then Tag- gart, Tuttle, Burroughs & Wyman) and formed the present firm of Tuttle & Burroughs. Mr. Burroughs is a Republican, and in 1901 was elected to the state legislature from the town of Bow. He has taken an active part in both state and national political cam- paigns since 1896. Since 1901 he has been a member of the state board of charities, and is now vice pres- ident of the state conference of charities and cor- rections. He is a member of the Derryfield and Tippecanoe Clubs and of Washington Lodge, No. 61, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Manchester ; lie is also a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
April 21, 1898, Mr. Burroughs married Helen S. Philips, born in Alexandria county, Virginia, Sep- tember 18, 1870, daughter of Robert A. Philips, of Washington. D. C. They have three sons, Robert Philips, born January 13, 1900; John Hamilton, July 23, 1901; and Sherman Everett, Jr., February 22, 1903.
The ancestor of the McMillens of McMILLEN this sketch probably came to Amer- ica several years after the settle- ment of Londonderry, New Hampshire, but was
evidently one of the earlist of the name in New Eng- land, as there are only three families mentioned by Savage of whose surnames "Mac" is the first syllable, and none of them is McMillen.
(1) Deacon Archibald McMillen, who is said to have come from Scotland, settled in the south of Joe English Mountain, New Boston, as early as 1756. He was elected a deacon of the Presbyterian Church as early as 1768. He was chosen to represent New Boston and Francestown in 1777, at Exeter, in the general court; also at Concord, in 1778, and was moderator at a meeting of the town, December 4, 1780. He enlisted as a soldier in the month of May, 1775, in Captain William Scott's company, General Stark's reginient, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was struck in the right hand (or elbow) by a British musket ball. From this injury he lost the use of his arm for some years or permanently, and drew a pension from the state of New Hampshire from 1777 to 1788, and perhaps longer. In his petition to the New Hamp- shire house of representatives for relief, March 12, 1777, he states that he was a sergeant. He was sixty-one years old at the time of his enlistment. When far advanced in years he went to New York on business, and died before lie could returil.
(11) Hugh, a son of Deacon Archibald Mc- Millen, was born in New Boston, April 26, 1763, and died there. He first learned the carpenter's trade, at which he was an excellent artisan, but he was an eccentric character. He obtained access to some medical books of Dr. Codman, at Amherst, and from them learned to compound certain medicines which effected some marked cures, gained for him some celebrity, and secured for him the popular title of doctor. He gained some knowledge of chemistry, and acquired the art of converting the softer metals into shining silver coin. His laboratory was an ob- ject of great interest, where for some time he drove a brisk business. His wife Eunice was born Janu- ary 19, 1761. Their twelve children were: Archi- bald, Aaron, Hannah, Abraham, Mary, Eunice, Mercy, Asa, Betsey, Andrew, Elenor, and Abner.
(III) Asa, eighth child and third son of Hugh and Eunice McMillen, was born in New Boston, January 22, 1800, and died July 10, 1882. His edu- cation was obtained in the common schools of Derry. He studied medicine for a time with his father, but gave up the idea of a professional life and became a farmer in New York. He held all the town offices of New Boston, and represented the town four times in the house of representatives. He was a Denio- crat, then a Republican. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian. In 1858 he sold his farm in New Boston and moved to Merrimack, where he bought a farm of one hundred acres of Colonel Daniel Parker. He was a man of good standing and busi- ness qualifications. and often settled estates. He married, in 1832, Hannah Roby, who was born in Mount Vernon. November 30, 1809, and died Decen- ber 21, 1861. She was the daughter of John and Hannah (Haseltine) Roby, of Mt. Vernon. She was a member of the Congregational Church. Seven children were born of this union: Hannah Maria, an infant unnamed, Andrew J., Eugenia, Hortensia, an infant daughter (died young), and Ora F.
(IV) Hortensia, fifth child and fourth daughter of Asa and Hannah (Roby) McMillen, was born in New Boston, July 3, 1843. She was educated in the common schools, at Magaw Institute, and Mount Vernon Academy, from the latter of which she grad- uated. At the age of sixteen she entered upon hier
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life work, teaching, and has taught over one hun- dred terms of school in Merrimack. Bedford, Mount Vernon, New Boston, and Litchfield. and is still an active instructor. In length of years in the profes- sion, Miss MeMillen is surpassed by few. Her record as a teacher is excellent. Her reward is the esteem and affection of those she has taught. and her monument the minds she has enlightened. and the characters her influence have molded. She is a member of the Congregational Church, and a teacher in the Sunday school. She has served on the school board of Merrimack, and is a member of Rebekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for twenty years has been a member of Thornton Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. She resides with her sister, Ora F., at Merrimack,
PLATTS The Platts family is of English origin so far as it can be traced, but the name may have come from Germany, Holland or France. Several persons bearing the name lived in Rowley, Massachusetts, before 1672. From the number of his descendants, male and fe- male in Rindge. New Hampshire. it has been said that Abel Platts should appear not only as the first settler, but the father of the town.
(I) Lieutenant Abel Platts was an officer in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He married, in Rowley, May 8, 1672, Lydia Holly.
(II) Moses, son of Abel and Lydia (Holly) Platts, was born in 1673. By his wife Hannah he had four children or more. They were: Abel, of Rindge; Moses; Nathan, of Lunenburg; and Jon- athan.
(III) Captain Abel (2), eldest child of Moses and Hannah Platts, was born in Rowley, Massachu- setts, February 6. 1704, and died in Rindge, New Hampshire, July 23, 1777, aged seventy-three. In 1738 he removed to Lunenburg, and with Nathan Heywood, the surveyor, he went to Rindge in the capacity of chainman, and assisted in tracing the boundaries of the Massachusetts grant. With ex- cellent judgment he selected a farm and commenced a clearing as early as 1742. His ax was the first to begin a clearing in the forests there, and he was the first man to plant a crop in the town. Perhaps from fear of Indian incursions, during the continuance of the war which commenced in 1744, his labors were interrupted; but in 1757 or the following year he commenced a permanent residence in Rindge upon the shore of Pool Pond, having given the other lot to his eldest son. Between 1738 and 1751 his fam- ily had remained nearly all the time in Lunenburg, and he had served one campaign at least in the wars, and had participated in the capture of Louisburg. In the new township he was an active and influential citizen. and was frequently appointed on important committees. His will. dated July 3, 1771, was soon after entered for probate. To his son Joseph, prob- ably on account of a former gift of land, he be- queaths only "my blacksmith tools which I esteen to be worth five pounds." To Abel Jr. he left all his real estate, being lots 16 and 17 in the eighth range. He also mentions his wife Mary, his daugh- ter Hannah Jewett, and his granddaughter Eliza- beth Wood. He married, in Rowley, April 21, 1725, Mary Varnum, who died and was buried on her husband's farm in Rindge, but the date of her death is unknown. The children were: Joseph. Mary, Abel. Hannah, and Sarah.
(IV) Abel (3). third child and second son of Abel (2) and Mary (Varnum) Platts, was born in 11-20
Lunenburg, March 28, 1738, and died on the old homestead in Rindge, March 6, 1819, aged eighty- one. The paternal residence was his residence throughout his life. He and his son Abel were both styled "junior." and it is not al- ways possible to determine with certainty in all cases as to which of them is referred to. It is probable that it was the father who was a member of Captain Hale's, Captain Brown's, and Captain Stone's companies. On the "Roll of the men that went to Cambridge in Captain Nathan Hale's Com- pany, at the time of the Lexington Fight, April ye 19. 1775." is the name of Abel Platts, Jr. It is found again on the "Pay Roll of men belonging to Col. Enoch Hale's Regiment of Militia who march'd to Ticonderoga under the command of Capt. Josiah Brown to reinforce the Continental Army in that place May 6th, 1777." where he is credited with time of marching, May 6; miles of travel, 280; amount of travel, at two pence per mile, £2, 6s, 8d; number of days service, 48; rate per month, £3; amount of wages. £4. 16c; pay for carrying baggage, 125; sum total, £7 14s 8d. The "Pay Roll of Col. Enoch Hale's Regiment which Regiment march'd from the State of New Hampshire June 29th, 1777 under the command of Lt Col Thomas Heald to reinforce the Garrison at Ticonderoga." with regard to Abel Platts is as follows: Rank, private : time of discharge, July 3rd; time of service, 5 days: rate per month, £4 Ios; amount of wages, I5s: travel out at 3d per mile, 50; home at 2d per mile, officers rations at 8d. fr os Iod; whole amount fi I5s Iod. The "Muster Roll" of a number of men raised by Col. Enoch Hale out of his Regiment of Militia for the Continental service at Rhode Island June, 1778, credits Abel Platts Junr. of Rindge. with about £6; advance wages, I mo., £4 Ios; miles of travel, 82: travel to Providence, fi os 6d: total, fII IOS 6d. He married, April 26, 1759, Phebe Wetherbee, who was born July 7. 1740, daughter of Hezekiah and 1Iuldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, of Lunenburg. She died at the residence of her grandson. Hosea, in Fitzwilliam, December 3, 1841, aged one hundred and one years. four months, and twenty-four days. Their children were: Mary, Abel, Phebe, Asa, Sarah. Lucy, Dolley, Ruth, Aaron, Aram, and Huldah.
(V) Asa, fourth child and second son of Abel (3) and Phebe (Wetherbee) Platts, was born in Rindge. May 28. 1766, and died March 18, 1818. aged nearly eighty-two. He was a successful farmer, and lived in the old Ninth School District near the Jaffrey line. He married, January 29, 1799, Rebecca Buswell, daughter of Captain John and Rebecca (Demory) Buswell, of Rindge. She was born June 15, 1772, and died March 20, 1848. aged nearly seventy-six. Their children were: Rebecca. Asa, Hosea, Harvey, Almon, Laura, John, and Phebe.
(VI) Asa (2), oldest son and second child of Asa (I) and Rebecca (Buswell) Platts, was born in Rindge, February 27, 1802, and died November 28. 1873, aged nearly seventy-two. Until 1853 he resided upon a farm near West Rindge, and then re- moved to Rindge Center, where he operated a saw mill for many years. He married (first), August 2, 1832. Frances Jones, daughter of Asa and Mary (Martin) Jones, of Rindge. She was born February 20. 1800, and died April 20, 1836, aged thirty-six. He married (second) Fidelia Emerson Pratt. widow of Moses S. Pratt, and daughter of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Symonds) Emerson, of Reading, Massa-
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chusett The children of Asa Platts, all by the second wife were: Maria F., Asa Anson (died young ). . Almon .A., and Anson A. (twins), Martin W. and Lyman W. Mrs. Platts by her first mar- riage become the mother of one child: Sivona F., now Mrs. John Mixer, of Arlington, Massachusetts. (\'HD) Anson Alfonso, fourth child and third son of A-a (2) and Fidelia (Emerson) Platts, was born in Rindge, July 18, 1845. He was educated in the district schools, and at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich. At the age of twenty-two he left school and worked in a bobbin shop for a while and taught one term of school. In 1877 Mr. Platts removed to Keene, where he resided about a year. and then re- moved to Reeds Ferry, in Merrimack, and entered the employ of Fessenden & Lowell, in whose em- ploy he has been (1907) for thirty-one years. Mr. Platts is a very industrious and useful member of the community, and takes a part in all important movement- for its betterment. He has been a mem- ber of the school board in Rindge two years; treas- urer four years; moderator six years. In politics he is a Republican. He is a trustee of Wheeler Chapel, and was one of the committee appointed to secure the soldiers' monument for Merrimack. He is a member of the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and of Souhegan Lodge, No. 98, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is treasurer. He mar- ried. June 29, 1869 at Rindge, Cynthia Lawrence, born December 9, 1847, daughter of William and Lucinda ( Lowell) Lawrence, of Rindge. She was educated in the common and high school, graduated from the latter, afterward taught school in Ash- burnham, Massachusetts, and Brookline and Rindge, New Hampshire.
GATES The lineage of the family herein traced begins at a very early period in English history, and covers the ancestry of many prominent citizens in the American Colonies and the l'nited States. It has been conspicuously iden- tified with various wars of this country, beginning with the carly struggles with the Indians, continu- ing through the Revolutionary war. War of 1812. and the great Civil war. Its representatives in this country have been people of high spirit and temper in many cases, and their bravery upon the battle- field has been conspicuous. In the walks of peace, in manufactures, in the arts, in agriculture and in every worthy calling of life it has borne well its parı
(1) Thomas Gates, Esq .. of Higheaster and Thursteubie, county of Essex, England. born 1327, was the original ancestor of the family so far as now known.
{ 11) William Gates was the father of two chil- dren: Geoffrey and Ralph Chies.
( 11I) Sir Geoffrey Gates married Agnes, daugh- ter and heiress of Sir Thomas Baldington, of Aldersburg. Oxford. England.
(IV) William Gates married Mabel, daughter and heiress of Thomas Capdow, of Higheaster, and his wife Ann, the daughter of Thomas Fleming, of Essex. Their children were: Geoffrey and Anna.
(V) Sir Geoffrey Gates married Elizabeth. daughter of Sir William Clapton Knight, of Kant- well. Sussex. Their children were: Sir John, Geoffrey, Henry, William and Dorothy.
( VI) Geoffrey Gates married a Miss Pascall, of Essex, England. Their children were: Geoffrey, Henry and John.
(VII) Geoffrey Gates married Jean Wentworth.
(VIII) Peter Gates, of London, married Mary Josselyn.
Thomas Gates was a resident of Norwich, Vorfolk, England.
( X) Stephen Gates, second son of Thomas Gates. the first American ancestor of the family, came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massa- chusetts, in the ship "Diligent," of Ipswich, in 1638, accompanied by his wife, Ann (Hill) Gates, and two children. He was among the first residents of Lancaster, and subsequent to the year 1656 was a resident of Cambridge, where he died 1662. We are led to believe that he and his family were of stubborn and independent character, from facts that he quarreled with his neighbor and lost his con- stable's staff: his daughter Mary contradicted the minister in open meeting ; and his sons tried to break his will. In 1663 his widow became the wife of Richard Woodward, of Watertown. She died at Stow. February 5. 1683. Their descendants partici- pated in the Indian wars. Revolutionary war, and wars of 1812 and 1861 : one enlisted in the Revolu- tionary war at the age of ten years. Their children were: Elizabeth. Mary, Stephen, Thomas. Simon, Isaac and Rebecca.
(XI) Stephen (2). eldest son and third child of Stephen (1) and Ann (Hill) Gates, was born about 1640, and died in 1706, in Acton, Massachu- setts. He resided throughout most of his active life in Stow, Massachusetts, and was an carly pro- prietor of Preston, Connecticut, where most of his descendants still reside. His will was made at Stow. September 5. 1701. and was proved in 1707. He married Sarah. daughter of George and Eliza- beth ( Hammond) Woodward, of Watertown, Mas- sachusetts. Their children were: Stephen, Simon, Thomas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Sarah, Rebecca and Daniel.
( XII) Simon, second son and child of Stephen (2) and Sarah (Woodward) Gates, was born June 5. 1666 in Stow, and probably lived and died in that town. He was married May 4. 1688, to Hannah Benjamin, of Stow, and their children were: Simon, Joseph, Benjamin, Elisha, Israel, Amos, Hannah, Mary. Susanna and Elizabeth.
(XHD) Elisha, fourth son of Simon and Han- nah ( Benjamin) Gates, was born about 1715. in Stow, and died December 9, 1803. in Bow, New Hampshire. He resided most of his life in Stow, with: his wife Lucy, and their children were: Elisha, Persis. Abraham, Sally, Lydia, Lucy and Ezekiel.
(XIV) Abraham. second son and third child of Elisha and Lucy Gates, was born May 4, 1760. in : Stow, and died September 21. 1852. He resided in Stow. Bolton and Holden, Massachusetts, and after a short time in Claremont, settled in Bow, where he became pastor of the .Calvin Baptist Church. The society was poor and was unable to sustain him properly, and he engaged in farming as a means of livelihood. He died at the home of his son in Chazy, New York, and was buried in the Valley cemetery at Manchester. He married Judith Ten- ney, who was born April 6, 1768, in Byfield, Massa- chusetts. and died while on a visit in Deerfield. Ver- mont. Her body was also deposited in the Valley cemetery. Their children were: Jeremiah. Abraham. Judith, Eliphalet, Sarah Mead and Mary Tenney. The first two were born in Stow, two in Bolton, one in Holden and one in Bow.
(XV) Sarah Mead, second daughter and fifth child of Rev. Abraham and Judith (Tenney) Gates, was born March 9. 1808, in Holden, Massachusetts.
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and died February 2. 1862, in Concord. New Hamp- shire. She became the wife of Philip Jones ( see Jones Il).
The members of this family, whose
SAVORY name is spelled in divers ways, of which Savery. Severy, Savory and Savary are the most common, appeared in New England as early as the fourteenth year after the landing of the Pilgrims.
(I) Among the names of passengers of the ship "Mary and John," which sailed from England and arrived at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in May, 1634, appear those of Thomas and William Savory, who took the oath of allegience and supremacy March 24, 1633, before leaving England. There is no record of children born to William.
(II) Robert (1) Savory, who is thought to have been the son of William, was born probably in England. If so it is probable that his birthplace was in the parish of Hannington, in the vicinity of which was the English home of Rev. Thomas Parker, who became the first minister of Newbury. Robert Savory moved from Newbury to Bradford about 1670, and was one of the original members of the church there. He died in 1690. while return- ing from Canada. He was probably serving in the expedition against Quebec, commanded by Sir Wil- liam Phipps. An examination of all company re- turns and lists that are preserved in the Massachu- setts state archives does not show any reference to the name of Robert Savory. It does appear, how- ever. among a list of proprietors of a township west of the Merrimac river, and adjoining Con- toocook. granted in 1739 to officers and soldiers who served in the Phipps expedition of 1690 under the command of Captains March, Greenleaf, and Nelson. His widow administered on his estate. He married. December S. 1656, Mary, widow of Wil- liam Mitchell. William Mitchell died July 16, 1654. Robert and Mary had the following named chil- dren : Sarah, William, Samuel, Rebecca and Rob- ert.
(III) William. second child and eldest son of Robert and Mary Savory, was born September 15. 1659, and died about 1730. He was one of the original members of the church at Groveland, once East Bradford, in 1727. His wife's name was Han- nah. She was admitted to the church February 18, 1728. Their children were : Hannah, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, Mary and Dorcas.
(IV) Robert (2), second child and eldest son of William and Hannah Savory, was born June IO, 1694. He married (first), January 10, 1718, Elizabeth Anderton, of Newbury. By her he had one child, Elizabeth. His wife died September 14. 1720. and he married (second) Rebecca Chase, daughter of Aquila Chase, and had the following children : Chase, Hannah, Ann, and Abigail.
(V) Chase, eldest child and only son of Rob- ert (2) and Rebecca (Chase) Savory, was born October 5, 1723, and baptized the next day. He married (first), April 13, 1747, Priscilla Hardy, by whom he had ten children : Abigail, Samuel, Daniel, Hannah, Robert, Jonathan, Benjamin, Eliphalet, Rebecca and Susanna. He married (second), June 2. 1779, Hannah Burbank, by whom he had one child. Mary.
(VI) Samuel, second son and child of Chase and Priscilla (Hardy) Savory, was born March 15. 1750. He removed from Amesbury. Massachu- setts. to Derry, New Hampshire, where he lived for a time. He then settled in Salisbury and finally
moved into what was known as Kearsarge Gore, in Warner, New Hampshire, where he was killed, September 9, 1821, by the great tornado which swept through Warner and destroyed his home. He mar- ried at Amesbury, Massachusetts, Mrs. Elizabeth Sargeant. The intentions of marriage were pub- lished February 10, 1776. She was born April 18, 1757, and died March 20, 1847. They had three sons and one daughter: Robert, John, Daniel and Rebecca.
(VII) John (1), second son and child of Samuel and Elizabeth Savory, was born in Ames- bury, Massachusetts, August 30, 1785, and died in Warner, New Hampshire, January II, 1856. He married Sarah Straw, March 12, 1807, The record . of their marriage found on the books of Kearsarge Gore, is as follows: "12 March, 1807, than Alder Watson marid John Savory and Salley Straw." She was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 18, 1782, and died in Hopkinton, New Hamp- shire, August 23, 1854. Their children were: Hi- ram Welch, Moses Long, Sarah, Betsey and John, the subject of the next sketch.
(VIII) John (2), youngest child of Jolin (1) and Sarah (Straw) Savory, was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, October 16, 1824, and died in Somerville, Massachusetts, November 26, 1893. He was educated in the common schools, grew up on a farm, and spent his earlier years employed in agricultural pursuits. He left farming to take em- ployment on a railroad, and became one of the first conductors on the Concord and Claremont line. He was station agent for the old Concord and Claremont railroad at Warner thirty-three years. He then resumed his former employment in the train service, and was a conductor on the Boston and Lowell railroad between Boston and Lowell for many years. In 1890 he gave up that line of employment and was placed in charge of Mystic wharf, Boston, Massachusetts. His competency and his fidelity to his employer's interests is clearly manifested by his long service in the positions he filled. His affiliations were with the Republican party. In matters of religion he preferred the Congregational faith, and attended the church of that denomination. He married, June 19, 1853, at Bradford, New Hampshire, Nancy Jane Manning, of Bedford, born on Chestnut Hill, near Bedford. They were the parents of the following named children: Luella Jane, Warren F., Fred H., Eu- gene B., and Harlie J. Luella J., born at Warner, June 28, 1854, married November 3, 1875, Luther J. Clement, of Warner, and has three children : Murray L., Willard T. and George M. Warren Fremont, born in Warner, April 13, 1858, married (first) Nellie Page of Warner, and (second) Annie Crusen. Fred H. is mentioned below. Eu- gene Buswell, born in Warner, February 24, 1868, married Louise Bridges, of Somerville.
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