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Moses Chaplin. Abel Platts.
Samuel Chaplin. Joseph Stanley.
John Emery. William Thompson.
Moses Hale. Peter Webster.
Pay-roll of part of Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment, which marehed from the State of New Hampshire June 29, 1777, under com- mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Heald, to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga,-
Salmon Stone, captain. Othniel Thomas, lieutenant. Samuel Tarbell, ensign. Thaddeus Fitch, quartermaster.
Edward Jewett, sergeant. Hezekiah Hubbard.
John Demary, sergeant. Enos Lake.
Jonathan Sawtell, serg't. Simon Davis.
Nathaniel Ingalls, serg't. Daniel Lake, Esq.
Samuel Russell, corporal. Jacob Gould, lieutenant.
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Ebenezer Newman, corp
Oliver Gould.
Lemuel Page, fifer. Paul Fitch.
Samuel Stanley.
Solomon Cutler, captain.
Henry Lake.
John Demary, Jr.
David Robbins.
Samuel Chaplin.
Samuel Walker.
David Hale.
Reuben Russell.
Silas Page.
Joseph Platts, Jr.
Ezekiel Learned.
Samuel Sherwin.
Caleb Page.
Caleb Ingalls. Abel Platts.
"KEENE, July ye 3rd, 1777.
" Sirs
"There is an express come to town, from Tieonde- roga this morning, that they are in Distress for want of men, the enemy having made their appearance there. My Company being dismissed yesterday, I have not more than about Twenty men, if you think Proper to send more men from Rindge, I should be glad if you would send them on as fast as possible and likewise bring Provision with them, there being no Provision to be had at Charlestown. I will march with what men I have.
" I remain your Humble Serv", "SALMON STONE, Captain."
" N.B .- The men that are going to march from Rindge are the following :
"Salmon Stone, captain. Caleb Ingalls.
Otliniel Thomas, lieut.
Jonathan Ingalls.
Ensign Tarbell.
Jonathan Sawtell.
Quartermaster Fiteh. John Demary, Jr.
Sergeant Jewett. Ebenezer Newman.
Lemuel Page. Samuel Walker.
Henry Lake.
Joseph Platts, Jr.
Enos Lake.
Hezekiah Hubbard.
Simon Davis. Reuben Russell.
Paul Fitch. Samuel Sherwin.
Samuel Russell. David Robbins."
Captain Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, who commanded the company that responded to the alarm in May, had been home but a few days when the second alarm was given. He im- mediately raised another company, and by forced marches reached Charlestown the last day of June or the 1st day of July, where he re- ceived orders to return. While passing through Rindge, the 3d day of July, the date of Cap- tain Stone's letter, he was overtaken by an ex- press bearing intelligence similar to that received by the other returning companies. Within ten
miles of their home, this officer and twenty-six of his men instantly turned about, and with the company from Rindge soon joined the retreating army near Rutland. They were soon discharged and returned after an absence of nearly one month. During these rapid and unexpected movements in the field, the town and the patriot cause sustained a severe loss in the capture of Colonel Nathan Hale.
" Pay Roll of Capt. Salmon Stone's Company in Col. Nichols' Regiment, Gen'l Stark's Brigade raised out of the 14 Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, Enoch Hale, Colonel, which company marched from Rindge in said state July 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Bennington and Still- water.
"Thaddeus Fitch, quartermaster of the regiment. Salmon Stone, Capt. John Stanley, second Lieut. Abel Stone, sergeant advanced to ensign.
John Dean. Daniel Adams.
William Davis. Benjamin Beals.
Eliakim Darling. Amos Ingalls.
Moses Hale, Jr.
Henry Lake.
Ebenezer Ingalls. Joseph Platts.
Elisha Perkins. Reuben Page.
David Robinson. Jonathan Sawtell, Jr.
Reuben Russell.
Peter Webster.
David Sherwin.
Joseph Wilson."
Henry Smith.
"Pay Roll of Captain Daniel Rand's Company in Colo Daniel Moore's Regiment of Volunteers in the state of New Hampshire, joined the Northern Continen- tal Army under General Gates. Discharged at Sar- atoga October 18 1777 and allowed eight days to travel home, the distance being one hundred and sixty miles.
Daniel Rand, Captain.
Nathaniel Thomas, serg't. Henry Lake.
John Demary, serg't Jonathan Lake.
Benjamin Beals, corp'l. Samuel Chaplin.
Enos Lake, corp'l. Reuben Russell.
Dan'I Lake, Jr., drummer. Ebenezer Shaw Lemuel Page, fifer. Joshua Tyler.
Caleb Page.
Jeremiah Russell. William Robbins.
Solomon Rand. . Caleb Winn.
Jacob Gould. Amos Towne. Asa Wilkins.
Hezekiah Wetherbee."
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Joel Russell and James Philbrick were in another company in the same regiment.
On the 3d of August John Handsome was killed at the outposts of the army, and Isaac Leland died on the 3d of the following month. The former was thirty-four and the latter forty years of age. Daniel Russell, another Conti- nental soldier, was wounded severely at the bat- tle of Stillwater, from which he did not recover sufficiently to be able to return to his company.
James Crumbie was appointed lieutenant and assigned to Captain Blodgett's company, in the Second Continental (or Colonel Nathan Hale's) Regiment, in the autumn of 1776, or early in the following year. He continued with his regiment until September 1st, when he received an injury from a fall from his horse.
April 3, 1777, the town
" Voted to Chose Richard Kimball moderator to govern said meeting.
" Voted, to Raise the men, by a Rate, also to make an allowance to those that have done anything in the war and the allowance shall be as follows; viz :
" All those that have served in the army as long as may be thought to be their proportion for past service and for the present draught for three years, in the judgment of a Committee shall be excluded out of the rate.
"Voted for the present draught & all others that have done any part of a Turn shall be allowed Credit as much to each months service as it shall cost per month for the seventeen men now to be raised or such of them as we shall hire for thirty-six months, which shall be made in the same Rate and the Credit de- ducted accordingly.
"Also Voted to choose a Committee Of seven men to manage the same.
"Chose Capt Solomon Cutler, Ens. Salmon Stone, Page Norcross, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Capt. Francis Towne, Lieut. Daniel Rand & Edward Jewett, Com- mittee as aforesª."
" Staff Roll of Col. Enoch Hale's regiment of vol- unteers, which regiment marched from the State of New Hampshire, and joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island, August 1778. Two days are added to the time in service for travel home after discharge at Rhode Island.
£ s. d.
Enoch Hale, Colonel. 36 1 8
Joseph Parker, Major. 25 6 8
Isaac Howe, Adjutant .. 20 14 8
John Mellen, Quartermaster 15 15 4
Jonas Prescott, Surgeon 28 0 8
Simeon Gould, Sergeant Major 10 15 8"
Dr. Prescott had recently settled in Rindge. Subsequently he removed to Templeton, Mass., where he died, after a successful practice of many years. In this regiment were thirty-three men from Rindge, including officers.
Lieut. Samuel Tarbell, in Capt. Cunningham's com- pany.
Ensign Ezekial Rand, in Capt. Cunningham's com- pany.
Ensign John Stanley, in Capt. Twitchell's company.
Jonathan Sawtell, sergt. Solomon Rand.
Nathaniel Thomas, corp. William Russell.
Lemuel Page, fifer. Hezekiah Sawtell.
John Simonds. John Demary.
John Gray. Joseph Platts.
Ezekial Learned. Samuel Stanley.
Samuel Russell. William Carlton.
Samuel Page. Ebenezer Platts.
David Robbins.
Thaddeus Fitch.
Samuel Walker.
Joseph Stanley.
Benjamin Carlton. Henry Lake.
Reuben Page.
Amos Towne.
Timothy Wood. John Emery.
Jeremiah Norcross. Ephraim Holden.
The private received £10 10s., at the rate of £5 per month.
Another regiment in this expedition, com- manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Pea- body, which remained in the service until the following December, included three soldiers, Abel Platts, Jr., and two others from this town.
Other soldiers were,-
Abel Jewett. Ensign Daniel Adams.
Peter Webster. Barnabas Carey.
David Robinson. John Buswell.
J. Sawtells, Jr. Jas. Phillbrick.
Abel Kimball. Amos Ingalls.
Simeon Bruce. Joshua Hale.
J. Lake. Samuel Walker.
B. Dwinnel. Benj. Beals.
Thos. Demary. Caleb Page.
Ebenezer Platts.
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WAR OF THE REBELLION .- The town of Rindge responded promptly to the call for men during this struggle, and the following is a list of those who were in the service :
George W. Çragin. John I. Reynolds.
Henry E. Burritt.
James E. Richardson.
Henry E. Ballou.
Justin S. Richardson.
Oliver S. White.
Henry H. Sherwin.
Albert S. Murphy.
Nathan Smith.
Hercules W. Raymond.
Walter W. Smith. Willard Simonds.
Charles Brown.
Edward P. Stratton.
Horace C. Bennett.
David Stowe. J. Shaffee. Thomas R. Todd.
George W. Cragin.
George A. Whitney.
Ambrose Butler.
William L. Whitney.
Henry E. Burritt. Morton E. Converse.
Leonard P. Wellington.
Cyrus J. Clapp.
Almon F. Nutting.
George M. Cram.
James W. Russell.
Augustus A. Chamber- lain.
George Allen. Charles B. Brooks.
Henry H. Davis. John A. Durant.
Samuel W. Fletcher.
Christopher C. Demary. James Fitz.
George Stearns.
Charles F. Gibson.
Julius Stratton.
Paul Greenleaf.
Charles W. Symonds.
John Hecker.
Marshall P. Wood.
Erastus D. Hall.
James B. Perry.
John W. Hastings.
Marion W. Converse.
Joshua T. Hunt.
Darwin A. Smith.
Jairus W. Hodge.
John L. Webster.
George S. Kimball.
Sargent A. Webster.
Howard Rand.
George W. Lawrence.
William H. Rugg.
Wm. H. Parsons.
E. F. Rice.
Reuben A. Buzzell.
The following furnished substitutes :
Clovis M. Converse. Willard G. Jones.
Conrad R. Converse.
Prucius W. Manley.
Eben B. Cutter. Augustus F. Symonds.
Henry S. Drury. Albert H. Thomas.
William A. Hale. J. Warren Wilder. John A. White.
Lyman Hall.
David L. Hubbard. Henry C. Whitcomb.
James B. Robbins paid commutation. A few months later Lyman Hale was drafted and furnished a substitute.
Four surgeons from this town were in the service,-Dr. J. Homer Darling, Dr. George B. Jewett, Dr. Josiah Abbott and Dr. George J. Norcross.
The town paid over thirty thousand dollars for bounties, besides increased incidental ex- penses of the period, and upwards of one thou- sand dollars, disbursed by the war committee, which was not assumed by the State. The se- lectmen during this period were :
Martin L. Goddard, 1861.
Benjamin Hale, 1861, 1862.
Zachariah F. Whitney, 1861, 1862, 1863. Rodney A. Hubbard, 1862.
Jason B. Perry, 1863, 1864, 1865.
Joseph S. Wetherbee, 1863, 1864. Ezekiel Cudworth, 1864, 1865.
Josiah Stratton, 1865.
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Was organized in 1765. Rev. Seth Payson, D.D., was first pastor. The pastors from that time to the present have been Revs. Seth Payson, D.D., Amos W. Burnham, D.D., F. G. Clark, E. J. Riggs and R. T. Wilton.
The first church edifice was erected in 1764.
THE METHODIST CHURCH, West Rindge, was organized in 1827. The present pastor is Rev. Arthur W. L. Nelson.
Otave Demone.
Oscar I. Converse.
Andrew S. Ballou.
Thomas S. Whitney.
William A. Kemp.
George F. Gilmore.
HISTORY OF WINCHESTER.
BY GEORGE W. PIERCE, M.D.
CHAPTER I.
WINCHESTER is situated in the south westerly part of Cheshire County, in latitude N. 42º 45', and longitude west from Greenwich 72° 25', and is bounded : Southwardly by the Massa- chusetts State line, opposite the towns of War- wick and Northfield ; eastwardly by the towns of Richmond and Swanzey ; northwardly by the towns of Swanzey and Chesterfield, and westwardly by the town of Hinsdale.
It lies southwest from Keene thirteen miles, southwest from Concord, N. H., sixty-five miles, west from Boston, Mass., eighty miles, and east from Brattleborough, Vt., twelve miles. Its population in 1880 was two thousand four hundred and forty-four.
As originally granted by the province of Massachusetts, June 21, 1733, the grant was nearly in the form of a reversed block letter L ('I), and lay to the northward and eastward of Northfield, and was bounded :
"Commencing at a corner on the Connecticut River, where the little brook, the first south of, and very near the, Liscomb Brook, so called, empties into the river. (This point is at the north end of the inter- vale now belonging to the farm of the late Obed Adams, in Hinsdale. This corner was also the south- westerly corner of a farm of five hundred acres in ex- tent, owned by Governor Jonathan Belcher, of Massa- chusetts.) Thence running up on the east bank of the Connecticut River, 4 miles 180 rods, to the point that is the present northwest corner of Hinsdale, and the southwest corner of Chesterfield, on this bank of the river, and is just opposite the north end of the island at
the Brattleboro' Toll-Bridge (so called), and includes the same ; thence running eastwardly 8 miles 180 rods ; thence southwardly 6 miles 132 rods; thence west- wardly 2 miles 160 rods; thence northwardly 5 miles 20 rods ; thence westwardly 3 miles 240 rods to the place of beginning."
The exact description is:
" Begining at ye River, at a maple-tree, the south- westerly corner of His Excellency's, Governour Bel- cher's, Farm (said to be the northern bounds of Northfield) ; from thence running up ye said Connec- ticut River Four miles and one-half and twenty rods, taking in two small Islands at the upper end ; from thence east twelve degrees, to ye south eight miles and a half and twenty (rods) perches, to an heap of stones ; then south six miles one-quarter and fifty-two rods, to an heap of stones ; then west two miles and an half, to a white pine-tree, marked; from thence north eighteen and an half degrees, west three miles one-quarter and sixty perches, to a black-oak tree, marked ; then north one mile and an half and forty perches, to a heap of stones ; then west three miles and three-quarters, to the maple-tree, the first men- tioned bound. There is allowed about one rod in twenty for uneven land and swag of chain; also, there's al- lowed 739 acres for farms already Layed out, with two hundred acres allowance for ponds and rivers."
This survey was made and completed by Joseph Blanchard, May 10, 1733, and was con- firmed by the House of Representatives of the province of Massachusetts June 21, 1733.
This township, thus granted, was first called Earlington, but shortly the E dropped, and it became known as Arlington.
This grant was made in response to a petition
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of Josiah Willard, Esq., and sixty-three others of Lunenburg, Mass., " To the Great and Gen- eral Court or Assembly for the Province of Massachusetts Bay held at Boston April 4, 1733." The petition reads :
" A petition of Josiah Willard, Esq., and sixty- three others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land six mile square, Lying on the east side of Connecti- cut River between Northfield and the Truck House, to be by them settled into a Township, under such regulations and upon such conditions as this Court in their wisdom shall judge most fit."
And it met with the following response :
"Ordered, that the prayer of the Petition be so far Granted as that ye Petitioners be allowed by a sur- veyor and chain-men, under oath, to lay out a tract of Land of the contents of six miles square, on the east side of Connecticut River, on the Northern Bounds of Northfield, under the limitations follow- ing, viz .: That the tract be Layed out and a plan thereof Presented to this Court for Confirmation within Eighteen months Next after the date of this Grant; and that within six months next after the confirmation of the Grant, there be sixty-seven home lots to draw equal future divisions, and that there be within two years from the confirmation aforesaid, forty Families, settled on forty of the aforesaid Lots, each family having an house of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at ye least, and four acres of Land fitted for plowing and mowing ; and that within three years from the Confirmation aforesaid, They build a Convenient House for the Publick Worship of God and settle a learned orthodox min- ister ; and that twenty-four Lots more be set- tled with a suitable family on each lot within Ten years ; and within two years from the Grant the Pe- titioners clear and make a convenient Traivailing Road of twelve feet wide, from Lunenburg to North- field, and build an House for receving and entertain- ing of Travilers on the said road, midway between Northfield and Lunenburg aforesaid ; and for encour- agement of a suitable family to settle in said House, it is resolved there be granted to him that will dwell in said House for the space of seven years from said Grant, one hundred and fifty acres of Land about midway on the road aforesaid, and that ye aforesaid petitioners be allowed, within six months
from ye date of this Grant, by a surveyor and chain- men, under oath, to lay out the aforesaid one hundred and fifty acres, a plan thereof to be presented to this Court for confirmation within two months after the survey. And it is further ordered that three of the aforesaid sixty-seven Lots be for Publick use with all future divisions belonging to each ; one Lot for ye first settled minister ; another to ye ministry, and the other to the use of schools, or therewith to ye first three settled ministers successively, each Lot to be disposed of either the one way or the other as ye pro- prietors or inhabitants shall think most for the pub- lick good of the Town. And it is further ordered that the petitioners be empowered to make such or- ders and rules as may be needful and conducive to bring forward the settlement according to the true interests and meaning of this order. And it is fur- ther resolved, that in case the petitioners do not well and truly comply with the terms and conditions aforementioned, The Lands hereby granted shall re- vert to ye Province and be and belong to it as if this Grant had never been.
" In Council Read and Concurred, Consented to " J. BELCHER."
Northfield immediately claimed that there was an encroachment upon her territory to the extent of three thousand acres. On the same day the error was corrected, viz. June 21, 1783, and an act passed by the General Court of the province of Massachusetts confirming and establishing the survey of Timothy Dwight Esq., as made by him for the Northfield grant in 1685. This encroachment must have been upon the Northern end of Northfield and have included the Governor Belcher grant, as before mentioned, and have been a strip of the same width as this grant, viz., three hundred and ninety-seven perches on the Connecticut River, and have extended three and three- fourths miles eastwardly, which was just the width of the township of Northfield. So much of the original grant of Earlington having been rendered null and void, and the equiva- lent of land thus granted through error was regranted elsewhere on the petition of the Earl- ington grantees Thus the west boundary of
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Earlington grant, upon the Connecticut River, was reduced from four miles, and one hundred and eighty rods to three miles and twenty-three rods ; and the west boundary, as it was bound- ed upon Northfield, was lengthened from five miles and twenty rods to six miles and seventy- seven rods. This change in the boundary of the grant continued during the entire period of its existence as a plantation, and beyond, viz., till July 2, 1753.
The grant was confirmed under date of June 21, 1733, as follows :
" In the House of Representatives, June 21st 1733. Read and accepted and voted that the Lands within deliniated and described, be and hereby are con- firmed unto ye said Josiah Willard, Esq., and the other Petitioners, their heirs and assigns respectively forever, Provided it exceeds not the quantity of six miles square and does not interfere with any former Grant and that ye Petitioners comply with ye con- ditions of ye Grant. Sent up for concurrence.
" J. QUINCY, Speaker.
" In council June 21st 1733. Read and concurred and consented to
"J. BELCHER."
Having thus established the outlines of the plantation or township of Earlington the ac- tion of the House of Representatives of " the Province of Massachusetts Bay," of the date of April 25, 1733, became of force, it hav- ing then been
" Voted, that Col. Josiah Willard be and hereby is fully authorized and impowered to assemble and con- vene the Proprietors or Grantees of the Plantation lately made by this Court, of a tract of Land on the easterly side of the Connecticut River above North- field, at such time and place as he shall appoint, to choose a Moderator and Clerk and to make such orders and rules as may be proper and needful to bring for- ward the settlement of the plantation according to the condition of ye Grant.
"Sent up for Concurrence.
" J. QUINCY, Speaker. "In Council Apr. 25th 1733. Read and Concurred and consented to
" J. BELCHER."
Colonel Willard, who, acting under the au- thority conferred upon him by the act of April 25th, issued the following warrant :
"Persuant to an order of the Great and General Court, These are to warn and give notice to ye Grantees or proprietors of the plantation or Township Lately Granted by the Said Court on the East side of Connecticut River above Northfield, etc. That they assemble and meet at the House of Mr. Isaac Farns- worth, in Lunenburg on the fourth monday of may, Currant at one of the clock in the afternoon. To the end that being met and Duly formed. They may then and there chuse a Moderator and Clerk, and make such orders and Rules as may be thought need- ful, to bring forward the settlement of ye plantation, according to ye condition of ye Grant. Also to hear and accept the report of those persons Employed in Surveying and Laying out of the Township and Road, &c., and Impower some person or persons to present the plan thereof to ye General Court for Confirma- tion. Also to order payment of all the Charges that has arisen, in getting the Grant, Surveying the plan- tation, &c., and grant and Raise money for that pur- pose, or make such Grants of Land as shall be thought proper for that end, to any persons to whom the proprietors are Indebted. Also To Give such encouragement to any person or persons as shall be disposed to build a mill or mills in said plantation to accommodate the settlers, in money or Land as may be thought proper. Also to agree upon some way and method of clearing and making of a Traivailing Road from Northfield to Lunenburg, and raise money for that purpose, &c. Also to shew their minds con - cerning the purchasing the Farms lying within the Bounds of the Plantation and if they see cause to Grant money for that end and chuse and Impower proper persons to manage and transact any of the affairs aforesd and also agree upon some proper method for calling of proprietors' meetings for ye future, and the place where they shall be held.
" Dated May 9th 1833. "JOSIAH WILLARD.
" At a meeting of ye Proprietors or Grantees of the Plantation or Township.1 Lately made by ye Great and General Court of ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay of a Tract of Landon ye East- erly side of Connecticut River, above Northfield,
1 The words " or Township" are crossed out in the original.
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held at Lunenburg May 28th 1733. Voted and chose Colonel Josiah Willard, Esq., Moderator, also voted and chose Benjamin Prescott, Esq., Pro- prietors Clerk. Voted and chose Col. Josiah Willard, Deacon Ebenezer Alexander, Capt. Johnathan Hub- bard, Joseph Kellog, Esq., and Capt. Edward Hart- well, be a committee, Directed and fully impowered to lay out in that part of the Township near the place called 'The Bow' and 'Mirey Brook,' At least forty-two House Lots, two of which be for Publick use, and that one Publick Lot be Layed out on or near the Great River, and Twenty six more be Layed out near the one place or the other, as The Commit- tee shall judge best upon further viewing of the Land. That the Lots be Layed out in as defensible a man- ner as may be, and the least Lot to contain Thirty acres, and where the Land shall not be so good as the best, the Committee are to Lay out a greater quantity or number of acres so that all the lots be equal in value in the Judgment of ye Comity, A due regard being had to their situation and other circumstances. That the Comitee employ in said service an able sur- veyor and take a plan of the Lots and after the work is accomplished a meeting of the proprietors be called, Lots made and each proprietor Draw his al- lotment ; and that the charges of the whole be paid upon a drawing of the Lots. Voted that this meet- ing be adjourned to Tomorrow morning at seven of the oclock. May 27th, The Proprietors met accord- ingly and passed the following votes, viz .: Voted that the Committee Chosen for Laying out the Lots, &c., be fully Impowered, In behalf of the Proprie- tors, to take sufficient Security and obligation of Mr. John Goss for his clearing and making a convenient Travailing Road of Twelve feet wide in best and most direct way from Northfield to Lunenburg that may be, according to ye order of Court &c., and to give the said Goss sufficient for the payment to him of a sum not exceeding One Hundred Pounds in Bills of credit, upon accomplishing of ye same as aforesaid, or upon the said Goss refusing to let out or cause the same to be done by some other person or in some other way at the charge of ye proprietors, and that the committee be Impowered to order payment of some part of the Cost, and charges thereof before ye whole work be finished. A Plan of the Township taken by Mr. Joseph Blanchard, Surveyor, with chain men under oath, being laid before the Proprie- tors and considered by them was accepted and voted
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