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John Adams Harper was born in Deerfield, November 2, 1779; admitted to the bar and practiced law in Meredith ; elected as a War Democrat to the 12th congress, 1811-13; defeated for re-election. He died in Laconia, June 18, 1816.
Joseph Morrill Harper was born in Limerick, Maine, June 21, 1787; studied medicine and began practice in Canterbury, N. H., in 18II; assistant surgeon in the War of 1812; served in both branches of the state legislature and was president of the senate in 1830; ex officio governor in 1831; elected as a Demo- crat to the 22nd and 23rd congresses, 1831-35. He died in Canterbury, January 15, 1865.
Jonathan Harvey was born in Sutton, February 25, 1780; served several years in both branches of the legislature and was president of the senate; member of the executive council, 1823- 25; elected to the 19th, 20th and 2Ist congresses, 1825-31. He died in Sutton, August 23, 1859.
Nathaniel Appleton Haven was born in Portsmouth, July 19, 1762; graduated at Harvard College in 1779, elected as a Federalist to the IIth congress, 1809-II. He died in Ports- mouth, March 13, 1831.
Martin Alonzo Haynes, representative from New Hamp- shire, was born in Springfield, July 30, 1842; learned the printer's trade; enlisted as a private in 1861 in the second New Hamp- shire regiment and was wounded at Bull Run, Glendale, and the second Bull Run battles ; moved to Lake village in 1868; estab- lished the Lake Village Times; member of the state house of representatives, 1872-3; clerk of the supreme court of Belknap county, 1876-83 ; president of the New Hampshire veteran asso- ciation, 1881-2; department commander grand army of the re- public, 1881-2; elected as a Republican to the 48th and 49th
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congresses, 1883-87; appointed internal revenue agent of the treasury under President Harrison. Residence, Lakeport.
George Cochrane Hazelton, representative from Wisconsin, was born in Chester, January 3, 1833; educated at Pinkerton Academy, Dummer Academy, and Union College, where he was graduated in 1858; settled in Boscobel, Wis., in 1863, in the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Grant county ; member of the state senate, 1867-71 ; elected as a Republican to the 45th, 46th and 47th congresses, 1877-83; located in Washington in the practice of law.
Gerry Whiting Hazelton was born at Chester, February 24, 1829; admitted to the bar; removed to Wisconsin in 1856; twice president pro tempore of Wisconsin senate; district attorney for Columbia county in 1864; collector of internal revenue in 1866; United States attorney for the district of Wisconsin in 1869; elected as a Republican to the 42nd and 43rd congresses, 1871- 75; resumed the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wis.
William Henry, a representative from Vermont, was born in Charlestown, N. H., March 22, 1788; engaged in manufac- turing business in Vermont, New York and Jaffrey, N. H .; moved to Bellows Falls, Vt .; engaged in banking business ; mem- ber of Vermont legislature, 1834-6; served in the first state senate; director of the Rutland and Burlington railroad com- pany ; delegate to the first Whig national convention at Harris- burg, Pa., in 1839; elected as a Whig to the 30th and 3Ist con- gresses, 1847-51 ; presidential elector on the Lincoln and Hamlin ticket in 1860. He died in Chester, Pa., April 1 , 1861.
Harry Hibbard, born at Concord, Vermont, June, 1816, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1835 and practiced law at Bath. He was clerk of the State House of Representatives, 1840-43; Speaker of the House, 1844-45; member of the State Senate, 1846-49; representative from New Hampshire in the 3Ist, 32d and 33d Congresses, 1849-55; died at Bath, July 28, 1872.
John W. Howe, a native of New Hampshire, represented Pennsylvania as a Whig in the 3Ist and 32nd congresses, 1849-53.
Samuel Hunt was born in Charlestown, July 8, 1765; prac- ticed law in Alstead; member of the state legislature; member
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of the 7th and 8th congresses from December 6, 1802, to March 3, 1805. He died in Ohio in 1807.
James H. Johnson, born in New Hampshire, was a resident of Bath. He was a member of the State Senate in 1839, of the State Council in 1842 and 1845; elected to the 29th and 30th Congresses, 1845-49.
Frank Jones was born in Barrington, September 15, 1832; merchant and brewer of Portsmouth; mayor of Portsmouth, 1868-9; elected as a Democrat to the 44th and 45th congresses ; defeated as the Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire in 1880; joined the Republican party ; died in Ports- mouth, October 2, 1902.
George Washington Kittredge was born in Epping, Jan- uary 31, 1805; attended the Harvard Medical College and prac- ticed in Newmarket; member of the state house of representa- tives three years and speaker in 1852; elected to the 33rd con- gress, as an anti-Nebraska Democrat ; defeated as the Democratic candidate for re-election. He died March 6, 1881.
Ebenezer Knowlton, representative from Maine, was born in Pittsfield, N. H., December 6, 1815; moved to South Mont- ville, Maine; studied theology; member of the Maine house of representatives, 1844-50, and speaker the last year; elected as a Republican to the 34th congress, 1855-57. He died in South Montville, Maine, September 10, 1874.
Luther Mckinney, a representative from New Hampshire, was born near Newark, Ohio, April 25, 1841 ; served as a soldier in the Union army in the Civil War; removed to Iowa in 1865 and engaged in farming; graduated from the St. Lawrence Uni- versity in 1870; moved to Maine and entered the ministry ; moved to New Hampshire in 1873; elected as a Democrat to the 50th congress and re-elected to the 52d congress; minister to Colombia, South America, in 1893-97; member of the Maine state legislature, 1907-08; merchant and clergyman in Bridgton, Me.
Daniel Marcy was born in Portsmouth, November 7, 1809; seaman and shipbuilder; member of both branches of the state legislature; elected as a Democrat to the 38th congress, 1863-65; again state representative and state senator ; died in Portsmouth, November 3, 1893.
Henry Lee Maynard, representative from Virginia, was
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born in Portsmouth, N. H., June 8, 1861; graduated from the Virginia agricultural and mechanical college in 1880; member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1890; member of the senate in 1894 and 1898; elected as a Democrat to the 57th congress, and to the four succeeding congresses, 1901-II. Residence, Portsmouth, Va.
Richard Shepard Molony, representative from Illinois, was born in Northfield, N. H., June 28, 1811; studied medicine and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1838; commenced practice in Belvidere, Ill .; elected as a Democrat to the 32d con- gress, 1851-53; died in Humboldt, Nebr., December 14, 1891.
Orren Cheney Moore was born in New Hampton, August 10, 1839; printer and journalist; established the Nashua Daily Telegraph in 1869; served six terms in the lower branch of the legislature and one term in the upper; member of the state tax commission ; chairman of the state railroad commission for three years; elected as a Republican to the 5Ist congress, 1889-91 ; died in Nashua, May 12, 1893.
George Washington Morrison, representative from New Hampshire, was born in Fairlee, Vermont, October 16, 1809; moved to Manchester, N. H., where he commenced the practice of law in 1836; elected as a Democrat to the 3Ist congress to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of James Wilson and served 1851-53; elected to the 33rd congress, 1853-55; died in Manchester, December 21, 1888.
Mace Moulton was born in Concord, May 2, 1796; sheriff of Hillsboro county in 1845; state councilor, 1848-9; elected to the 29th congress, 1845-7 ; died in Manchester, May 5, 1867.
Amasa Norcross, representative from Massachusetts, was born in Rindge, N. H., January 26, 1824; attended the common schools and Appleton Academy; admitted to the bar in 1847; member of both branches of the Massachusetts legislature; as- sessor of internal revenue, 1862-73; mayor of Fitchburg, Mass., 1873-4; elected as a Republican to the 45th, 46th and 47th con- gresses, 1877-83; died in Paris, France, April 2, 1898.
Alonzo Nute was born in Milton, February 12, 1826; shoe manufacturer in Farmington; soldier in the Union army ; served in both branches of the state legislature ; delegate to the national Republican convention in Cincinnati in 1876; elected as a Re-
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publican to the 5Ist congress, 1889-91; died in Farmington, December 24, 1892.
Benjamin Orr, representative from Maine when it was a part of Massachusetts, was born at Bedford, December 1, 1772; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1798; practiced law in Topsham, Maine; moved to Brunswick, Maine; elected to the 15th congress, 1817-19; died in Brunswick, September 5, 1828.
Hosea Washington Parker was born in Lempster, May 30, 1833; began the practice of law in 1859; member of state legis- lature, 1859-60; moved to Claremont in 1860; delegate to the democratic national convention in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the 42nd and 43rd congresses, 1871-75.
George W. Patterson was born in Londonderry, November II, 1799; settled in Leicester, N. Y., in 1825, as a farmer and manufacturer of farming implements; eight years a member of the state legislature, two years speaker of the house; moved to Chatauqua, N. Y., in 1841 ; delegate to the national Republican conventions of 1856 and 1860; elected lieutenant-governor of New York in 1848; elected as a Republican to the 45th con- gress, 1877-79.
William Patterson, representative from New York, was born in Londonderry, June 4, 1789; in 1815 removed to Rens- selaerville, N. Y., and the following year to Lyons; engaged in the manufacture and sale of fanning mills; moved to a farm near Warsaw in 1822; elected as a Whig to the 25th congress and served from March 4, 1837, till his death, in Warsaw, N. Y., August 14, 1838.
Charles Hazen Peaslee was born in Gilmanton, February 6, 1804; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1824; began prac- tice of law at Concord in 1828; member of state legislature, 1833-7; adjutant general of the militia; elected as a Democrat to the 30th, 3Ist and 32nd congresses; collector of the port of Boston, 1853-7. He died at St. Paul, Minn., September 20, 1866.
Bishop Perkins, a native of New Hampshire, moved to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and was elected as a Democrat to the 33rd congress, 1853-5.
Jared Perkins was born in Unity, July 1, 1819; studied theology and was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a presiding elder; state councilor, 1846-9; member of the state house of representatives; elected as a Whig to the 32nd
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congress, 1851-3; defeated for re-election to the 33rd congress ; died in Nashua, October 14, 1854.
John J. Perry, representative from Maine, was born in Portsmouth, August 2, 1811; began practice of law in Oxford, Maine; member of both branches of the Maine legislature; elected as a Republican to the 34th congress, 1855-7, and re- elected to the 36th congress, 1859-61 ; delegate to the peace con- gress in 1861 ; edited the Oxford Democrat ; moved to Portland and died there, May 2, 1897.
Joseph Pierce attended school at Amherst and served in the Revolution. He represented New Hampshire in the 7th con- gress from March 4, 1801, till 1802, when he resigned. He died in Strafford county in 1828.
James Pike, representative from New Hampshire, was born in Salisbury, Mass., November 10, 1819; graduated from Wes- leyan University, Middletown, Conn .; minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1841-54; moved to New Hampshire; elected as an American to the 34th and 35th congresses, 1855-59; colonel of the 16th N. H. Infantry, 1862-3; resumed preaching and became presiding elder of the Dover district; died in Newfields, July 26, 1895.
Harris Merrill Plaisted, representative from Maine, was born in Jefferson, N. H., November 2, 1828; graduated from Waterville College in 1853; began practice of law in Bangor, Maine, in 1856; served in the Union army ; colonel, brigadier- general and major-general, "for gallant and meritorious service during the war"; member of Maine legislature, 1867-8; attorney- general of Maine, 1873-5; elected as a Republican to the 44th congress to fill a vacancy ; governor of maine, 1881-2; died in Bangor, Maine, January 31, 1898.
William Plumer Jr. was born in Epping, October 9, 1789; graduated from Harvard in 1809; admitted to the bar but never practiced ; United States commissioner of loans, 1816-17; served several years in both branches of the state legislature; elected as a Democrat to the 16th, 17th and 18th congresses, 1821-7; member of the constitutional convention of 1850; died in Epping, September 18, 1854. He wrote the biography of his father, Gov. William Plumer.
Henry Kirke Porter, representative from Pennsylvania, was born in Concord, November 24, 1840; educated at New London
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Academy and Brown University; studied theology in Newton Theological Seminary and Rochester Theological Seminary ; served in the Civil War in a Massachusetts regiment; began business in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1866; vice-president of the Pitts- burg chamber of commerce; elected to the 58th congress, 1903-5.
Samuel Leland Powers, representative from Massachusetts, was born in Cornish, N. H., October 26, 1848; educated at Kim- ball Union Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Dartmouth College ; studied law in the University of the city of New York and in Worcester, Mass .; admitted to the bar in 1876 and practiced law in Boston ; located at Newton, Mass .; elected as a Republican to the 57th, 58th and 59th congresses, 1901-7.
Ossian Ray, representative from New Hampshire, was born in Hinesberg, Vermont, December 13, 1835; studied law and moved to Lancaster, N. H., in 1854; member of the state legis- lature in 1858-9; solicitor for Coos county, 1862-72; United States attorney for the district of New Hampshire, 1879-80; elected to 46th, 47th and 48th congresses as a Republican, serv- ing 1881-5 ; died in Lancaster, January 28, 1892.
John Randall Reding was born in Portsmouth, October 18, 1805; practiced law in Haverhill, N. H .; elected as a Democrat to the 27th and 28th congresses, 1841-45; naval storekeeper at Portsmouth, 1853-58; mayor of Portsmouth; served in the state house of representatives; died in Portsmouth, October 8, 1892.
Edward C. Reed, representative from New York, was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., March 8, 1793 ; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1812; practiced law in Homer, N. Y .; elected as a Democrat to the 22nd congress, 1831-33.
William Merchant Richardson, representative from Massa- chusetts, was born in Pelham, N. H., January 4, 1774; graduated from Harvard College in 1797; practiced law in Groton, Mass .; elected as a Federalist to the 12th and 13th congresses, serving 18II-14; resigned and moved to Portsmouth, N. H .; United States attorney in 1814; appointed chief justice of New Hamp- shire in 1816; died in Chester, March 23, 1838.
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley was born in Hanover, April 15, 1782; graduated from Dartmouth in 1800; practiced law at Waterville, Maine; member of the Massachusetts house of repre- sentatives in 1807 and 18II; moved to Portland, Me .; state senator ; served as colonel, brigadier-general and brevet major-
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general in the War of 1812; congress presented him with a gold medal in 1814 for meritorious conduct; resigned position in the army and located in Jackson, La .; member of the Louisiana state senate; elected as a Democrat to the 24th and 25th congresses, 1835-39; died in West Feliciana, La., March 29, 1839.
Jonathan Harvey Rowell was born in Haverhill, February 10, 1833; graduated from Eureka College, Ill., and the law department of the University of Chicago; practiced law at Bloomington, Ill .; state attorney of the eighth judicial district of Illinois, 1868-72; presidential elector on the Garfield ticket in 1880; served three years as a company officer in the 17th Illinois infantry ; elected as a Republican to the 48th, 49th, 50th and 5Ist congresses, 1885-91 ; resumed the practice of law ; died in Bloomington, Ill., May 15, 1908.
Lorenzo Sabine, representative from Massachusetts, was born in Lisbon, N. H., February 28, 1803; banker and merchant in Eastport, Maine; member of the state house of representa- tives three terms ; deputy collector of customs; moved to Massa- chusetts in 1849; elected as a Whig to the 32nd congress, to fill a vacancy and served a few months in 1853; located in Boston, where he died, April 14, 1877.
Samuel Locke Sawyer, representative from Missouri, was born in Mont Vernon, N. H., November 27, 1813; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1833; admitted to the bar in Amherst in 1836; settled in Lexington, Mo., in 1838; circuit attorney of the sixth judicial district of Missouri in 1848 and again in 1852; elected judge of the 24th judicial circuit in 1871 and 1874; elected as a Democrat to the 46th congress, 1879-81 ; died in Independence, Mo., April 1, 1890.
Tristram Shaw was born in Exeter May 23, 1776; elected to the 26th and 27th congresses, 1839-43; died at Exeter, March 14, 1843.
George Abel Simmons, representative from New York, was born in Lyme, September 8, 1791; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1816; practiced law in Keeseville, N. Y .; elected as Whig to the 33rd and 34th congresses, 1853-57; died in Keese- ville, N. Y., October 28, 1857.
William Bradbury Small was born in Limington, Maine, May 17, 1817; educated in common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy ; practiced law in Newmarket, N. H .; solicitor of
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Rockingham county; member of both branches of state legis- lature; elected as a Republican to the 43rd congress, 1873-75; died in Newmarket, April 7, 1878.
Francis Orman Jefferson Smith, representative from Maine, was born in Brentwood, November 23, 1806; practiced law in Portland, Me .; served in both branches of the Maine legislature and as president of the senate; elected as a Democrat to the 23rd, 24th and 25th congresses, 1833-39; assisted Prof. Morse in perfecting and introducing the electric telegraph; died in Deering, Maine, October 14, 1876.
George L. Smith, representative from Louisiana, was born in Hillsboro county, N. H., December II, 1840; served in the Union army ; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Louisiana, and in newspaper work; elected as a Democrat to the 43rd con- gress, to fill a vacancy and served from December 3, 1873, till March 3, 1875.
Jedediah Kilburn Smith was born in Amherst, November 7, 1770; lawyer; member of the state senate, 1804-6 and 1809; elected to the Ioth congress, 1807-9; councilor, 1810-15; asso- ciate justice of the court of common pleas, 1816-21; and of the court of sessions, 1821-23; chief justice of the court of sessions, 1823-25. He died in Amherst, December 17, 1828.
Robert Smith, representative from Illinois, was born in Peterboro, N. H., June 12, 1802; farmer ; moved to Illinois and located in Alton ; member of the state house of representatives, 1836-40; elected as a Democrat to the 28th, 29th and 30th con- gresses, 1843-49; re-elected to the 35th congress, 1857-59; died in Alton, Ill., December 21, 1867.
Samuel Smith was born in Peterboro, November II, 1765; wall paper manufacturer; elected to the 13th congress, 1813-15; died in Peterboro, April 25, 1842.
Daniel E. Somes, representative from Maine, was born in New Hampshire; moved to Biddeford, Me., and engaged in manufacturing; mayor of Biddeford, 1855-7; president of the City Bank; elected as a Republican to the 36th congress, 1859-61.
Oliver Lyman Spaulding, representative from Michigan, was born in Jaffrey, August 2, 1833; graduated from Oberlin College in 1855; moved to Michigan and taught school; prac- ticed law in St. Johns, Michigan; regent of the University of Michigan; served in the Union army as captain, colonel, and
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brevet brigadier-general of volunteers; secretary of state of Michigan, 1866-70; special agent of United States Treasury De- partment, 1875-81 ; elected as a Republican to the 47th congress, 1881-83; chairman of commission sent to the Sandwich Islands ; assistant secretary of the treasury, 1890-93; president of the first congress of American Republics, held in New York city, January, 1903; special agent of United States Treasury, with residence in Washington, D. C.
Edwin Obed Stanard, representative from Missouri, was born in Newport, N. H., January 5, 1832 ; moved with his parents to the territory of Iowa; taught school in Illinois; graduated from a commercial college in St. Louis; engaged in milling busi- ness in St. Louis; lieutenant-governor of Missouri two years; elected as a Republican to the 43rd congress, 1873-75 ; engaged in the manufacture of flour in St. Louis, Mo.
Charles Stetson, representative from Maine, was born in New Ipswich, N. H., November 2, 1801 ; moved to Hampden, Maine; educated at Hampden Academy and Yale College, 1823; practiced law in Hampden ; moved to Bangor and was judge of the municipal court, 1834-9; member of the state executive coun- cil, 1845-48 ; elected as a Democrat to the 31st congress, 1849-51 ; died in Bangor, Maine, March 27, 1883.
Aaron Fletcher Stevens was born in Derry, August 9, 1819; lawyer; served four terms in the state legislature; served in the Union army as major and brevet brigadier-general ; elected as a Republican to the 40th and 4Ist congresses, 1867-71; again served several terms in the state legislature; died in Nashua, May 10, 1887.
Bradford Newcomb Stevens, representative from Illinois, was born in Boscawen, January 3, 1813; graduated from Dart- mouth College in 1835; taught school six years; moved to Bureau county, Ill., in 1846; merchant and farmer ; elected as an independent Democrat to the 42nd congress, 1871-73; died in Tiskilwa, Ill., November 10, 1885.
George Sullivan, son of General John Sullivan, was born in Durham, August 29, 1771 ; graduated from Harvard College in 1790; practiced law in Exeter; member of the state house of representatives in 1805; attorney-general of New Hampshire, 1805-6; elected to the 12th congress, 1811-13; again a member of the state house of representatives in 1813; member of the
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state senate, 1814-15; again attorney-general of the state, 1816- 35; died at Exeter, April 14, 1838.
James Sullivan was born in what is now the town of Rollins- ford, N. H., not in Berwick as has been often misstated, April 22, 1744; practiced law in Biddeford, Maine; member of the provincial congress of Massachusetts, in 1775; judge of the superior court in 1776; elected to the continental congress in 1782; judge of probate for Suffolk county; attorney-general of Massachusetts, 1790-1807; governor of Massachusetts, 1807-8; died in Boston, Mass., December 10, 1808.
Cyrus Adams Sulloway was born in Grafton, June 8, 1839; educated in the common schools and Kimball Union Academy ; studied law in Franklin and was admitted to the bar; practiced law at Manchester ; member of the state house of representatives, 1872-3, and again in 1887-93; elected as a Republican to the 54th congress, and to the eight succeeding congresses.
Mason Weare Tappan was born in Newport, October 20, 1817; attended Kimball Union Academy; practiced law in Bradford, N. H., from 1841 ; served in the state house of repre- sentatives, 1853-5; elected as a Republican to the 34th, 35th and 36th congresses, 1855-61; served as colonel in the Union army ; again a member of the state legislature, 1860-61; attorney- general of the state in 1876 till his death, in Bradford, October 26, 1886.
Amos Tuck was born at Parsonsfield, Maine, August 2, 1810; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1835; practiced law in Exeter ; elected as an Independent to the 30th, 3Ist and 32nd congresses, 1847-53; delegate to the Republican national con- vention in 1856 and 1860; delegate to the peace congress in 1861 ; defeated for the 33rd congress; appointed naval officer for the port of Boston by President Lincoln; trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy thirty years and of Dartmouth College ten years, and president of the trustees of Robinson Female Seminary, in which he was deeply interested; one of the leaders in the anti-slavery agitation in New Hampshire. He died in Exeter, December II, 1879. His name and good deeds are repeatedly mentioned in this history. In politics and private and professional life he was always on the side of honesty, liberty and human brotherhood.
Charles Henry Turner, representative from New York, was born in Wentworth, N. H., May 26, 1861 ; moved to New York
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city in 1879; two years a student in Columbia College; en- gaged in the ice business ; elected as a Democrat to the 5Ist con- gress, to fill a vacancy, and served 1889-91; resumed the prac- tice of law in Washington, D. C.
George Baxter Upham, representative from New Hamp- shire, was born in Brookfield, Mass., December 9, 1769; grad- uated from Harvard College in 1789; member of the state house of representatives and served two years as speaker; elected to the 7th congress, 1801-3; died in Claremont, February 10, 1848.
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