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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. DB. L. 5-11. WILLIAM H. HAWKINS.
B. S. L. 5-73. LIEUT. HORACE S. HUTCHINS.
G. B. I .. 5-9. CORP. JEREMIAH F. JENNESS.
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SERGT. ALDEN A. KIDDER.
This good man and soldier was the son of Thomas B. and Sally ( Perkins) Kidder, and was born in Dunbarton, April 25, 1824. The family is of English descent and has an honorable record.
The subject of this sketch was the middle one of five children (three boys), and was married on the 29th of April, 1852. llis wife's name, before marriage, was Julia II. IFin- man, of Bangor, Me. Their only child, Albert A., is living with his mother in Meredith.
lle was all the time with the regiment, and in all its battles until severely wounded in left shoulder at the battle of Drury's Bluff ; not in active service afterward.
llis occupation, before and after the war, a shoemaker. He was an honor to the regi- ment.
CAPT. JOSEPH W. LANG, JR.
This noble hearted, whole souled officer is the son of Thomas E. and Cynthia ( Blais- dell) Lang, and was born in Tuftonborough, December 2, 1832.
lle married Lucy A. Leach, of Wells, Me., January 19, 1860, and has one daughter, Elizabeth W., recently a teacher in Boston.
When permission was given to raise a regiment in Belknap county, Captain Lang, who was then a partner in trade with Isaiah Winch (see sketch) at Meredith Village, at once set about raising a company, and turning their store into a recruiting office enlisted eighty- six men, of what was afterward known as Company I, and being as popular as he was in earnest, was unanimously chosen its commander. fle himself was the first man to enlist in Company I, August 11, 1862, and enlisted twenty-five in the afternoon of the same day.
Ile was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the skirmishes in front of Petersburg. At Chancellorsville, he was wounded severely in leg and taken prisoner, being held fourteen days. The wound in his teg prevented him from marching into Rich- mond with the regiment. Ile was discharged on account of wounds August 19, 1864.
Since the war he has been engaged in farming and teaming at Meredith. A man of sterling character and honesty, and while a member of Company I survives he will not lack a friend.
SERGT. LEVI LEACHI.
Born the last but one of the ten children of Levi and Betsey (Conant) Leach, who then (October 1, 1818) resided in Bridgewater, Mass.
Married Susan Catharine, daughter of Dr. Sanborn, April 30, 1845. Children, William S. (see sketch) and Edward G. Leach, who is a lawyer in Concord.
In the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. At Chancellors- ville a musket ball went through his haversack, glancing on a tin plate therein which saved him from a dangerous, if not a fatal, wound. lle received a serions and painful wound at Gettysburg, disabling him from further military service. In this battle he acted as both orderly sergeant and lieutenant, showing a cool head and ready hand. When wounded, using his musket as a cane, he at last succeeded in reaching a house in the rear, but found it full, as was also the barn, of the wounded, dying, or dead, and he with many others was glad of partial shelter through the night in a straw stack.
For many years, before the war, he was a school and vocal music teacher, gaining an enviable reputation in both vocations. Since his discharge, he has been honored and respected as an honest and intelligent farmer.
lle and his son were the oldest and youngest, respectively, of their company, the- former lacking but six years of fifty. and the latter the same number of twenty-one.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
DB. LB. L. 5-10. SERGT. ALDEN A. KIDDER.
B. L. S. 5-102. CAPT. JOSEPH W. LANG, JR.
B. B. L. 5-6. SERGT. LEVI LEACH.
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WILLIAM S. LEACII.
" Death likes a shining mark," and found it here in one of the youngest and most promising of the many brave and brilliant youth of the regiment, whose heroic patriotism deserves the highest praise.
Born in Meredith, February 1, 1847, he was but six months and ten days past his fifteenth birthday when he enlisted, not as waiter, clerk, or musician, but as a musket bearer in the ranks, where he marched and fought side by side with robust and full-bearded manhood. His father, Levi Leach, who enlisted in the same company, and his mother, Catharine (Sanborn) Leach, are still living and relate, with tearful eyes, the sad story of the bright hope and cherished paternal pride forever crushed by the untimely death of their first born.
From early youth he evinced marked intellectual development far beyond his years ; and when but seven or eight years of age cared more for study than for play, and was more interested in politics and the columns of the New York Tribune, than in Arabian Nights or Gulliver's Travels.
"Father, this Rebellion must be put down, and we must go and help do it." They went ; but in a few months the father returns with the lifeless form of his son, taken from the altar of his country to bury beneath the snow covered sod of his native state. Typho- malarial fever, brought on by exposure at Fredericksburg, and upon the " mud march," ended the brief, but brave and manly career of this young patriot. " In the very May- morn of his youth " freedom claimed him as her own ; and without a single tear of sorrow or murmur of complaint, he smilingly answered to her call, and joined the long line of her martyred hosts that are now marching onward to the " music of the spheres."
JOIIN P. McKENDRICK.
This soldier, ohlest of the family of six children, three boys and three girls, was born in Bristol, on the Sth of September, 1839, and his parents were John F. G. and Susan (Cram) MeKendrick. His brother, George C., was in the Twentieth Massachusetts, and was killed in the battle of Wilderness.
In the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and wounded in latter battle by minie ball in head, on which account he was discharged.
Married December 29, 1859, to Maria P. Ellsworth, of Meredith, and had the follow- ing children, Elmer E., John 11., and Alice E.
Millman hy occupation.
CORP. ALBERT MERRILL.
Son of Winthrop and Martha ( Noyes) Merrill. of Campton Village, in which he was born. June 5, 1838.
lle was with the regiment at the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Siege of Peters- burg, Cold Harbor, Raid on the Petersburg road, and Bermuda Hundred, where he was captured by Stewart's brigade, Pickett's division. Concerning his capture he says : " I was taken to General Pickett's headquarters and questioned as follows :
General Pickett. ' What regiment do you belong to ?'
' Twelfth New Hampshire Volunteers.'
General Pickett. 'Is Lincoln elected ? '
Yes, sir.'
General Pickett. ' By G-d, we'll keep you four years.'
General Pickett's aid. . Do you ever expect to get home ?'
. I don't know.'
General Pickett. . Have your folks got much force over there ? '
. Yes, sir, a tremendous force.'
General Pickett. . Have they any mortars ?'
'I suppose so, got lots of artillery of all kinds.'
Thus ended the conversation, and I was taken to Richmond to okl Libby prison."
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
D. D. D. 5-6. WILLIAM S. LEACII.
B. D. L. 5-93.
JOHN P. MCKENDRICK.
B. B. L. 5-53. CORP. ALBERT MERRILL.
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Ile was also confined in Pemberton, Goldsborough, and Salisbury prisons until March 2, 1865.
Ile married Carrie A. Crowell, of Chelsea, Mass .. June 2. 1867, by whom he has two children, Frank A. and Etta F.
Since the war he has been connected with the railroad as clerk and conductor.
His brother, Charles E., was in the First and Twelfth Massachusetts Light Artillery. and afterwards commissioned in a colored regiment. The subject of this sketch. if living, is one of the bravest and most faithful soldiers in his company, but his health was ruined in rebel prisons and he has been a constant sufferer from the effects of scurvy and other diseases ever since.
CAPT. SAMUEL B. NOYES.
Here is the face of one who entered the service beardless and fragile in looks, but who stood the hardships of active service by being slightly favored at first, being mail carrier for a while, and was discharged at the end of the war as captain of company (see roster). lle was in two or three engagements and wounded in shoukler at Gettysburg. Ile was promoted to captain after being transferred to the United States service (see roster). and was stationed at Fort Wrights, Dak., near which he had two or three skirmishes with the Indians.
Only son, two sisters still survive him, of Enoch W. and Mary L. (Bean) Noyes, and was born in Meredith, December 10. 1842. Ile was a good scholar, and was attending high school at Tilton when he enlisted from a sense of duty.
Married Annette C. Curry. of Tilton, and of his two children. Mary J. died when about one year old, and Harry Lincoln now lives in Boon, la., where his mother, now Mrs. Mason, resides.
lle engaged in grocery business in Chicago after the war, but his health, always deli- cate, failing. he returned to Tilton where he died of consumption, January 15, 1870. Thus in early manhood his earthly career ended ; but not until he had proved himself worthy of a long cherished memory and fitted as a leader in the higher life. He was liked and his death lamented by all who knew him.
OSCAR J. PIPER.
This soldier, the only son of John and Sarah II. (Moses) Piper. was born in Meredith, November 27, 1845.
Married April 27, 1867, to Mary A. Batchelder. of llooksett. Children, Emma L .. Fred S., and Fred ()., the last two deceased. Second marriage, January 1, 1876, to Ina A. Nelson, of Plymouth. Children, Fred II., Oscar G., Ralph N., and Earl R.
In the battle of Fredericksburg, after which he was taken sick and discharged, but re-enlisted into the New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and served in that regiment to the end of the war.
Ile was the tent-mate of Gilman Smith, and the picture of him here seen was taken the day he enlisted.
CORP. NATHAN G. PLUMMER.
Son of Moses G. and Betsey (Smith) Plummer : born in Meredith, February 6, 184], and married November 11, 1869, to Sarah E. Glidden, of Meredith, by whom he has had two children, Evelyn M. and Ida G.
His brothers, Edward C. and Martin B., were in the army; Edward, in the Fourth Massachusetts lleavy Artillery, and died of yellow fever at Newberne, N. C .; and Martin in the First New Hampshire Cavalry, and served through the war.
In Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Swift Creek, Bermuda Hundred, Port Walthall, and also Cold Ilarbor, where he was wounded by bullet in left shoulder, in left leg by piece of shell, and his clothes and equipments pierced with bullets.
To the above we need only add the words of his captain. that he " was one of the very best of men and soldiers."
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. L. L. 5-7. CAPT. SAMUEL B. NOYES,
B. 1 .. 1 .. 5-6. OSCAR J. PIPER.
B. D. L. 5-73.
CORP. NATIIAN G. PLUMMER.
B. D. L. 5-7. BVT. LIEUT. JOSIAH II. PRESCOTT.
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BVT. LIEUT. JOSIAH H. PRESCOTT.
Son of James M. and Patience K. Prescott, and born in Meredith, September 6, 1840. Married January 2, 1864, to Mary L., daughter of William G. Hoyt, formerly of Gilford. Children, Clara L. and Ruth A.
Ile was appointed quartermaster-sergeant at the organization of the regiment, and acted as such until commissioned second lieutenant of Company D, May 18, 1863 (see roster). According to his own record he was commissioned first lieutenant, September 2, 1863, but was never mustered and acted a while as adjutant. He was taken sick on the march to Gettysburg, rejoining the regiment at Point Lookout, from which he was soon after discharged. He was prompt and efficient as assistant to Quartermaster Winch with whom, soon after the war, he went into the mercantile business at Fernandina, Fla., where he still resides.
SERGT. EDWIN PRONK.
Son of John and Abigail (French) Pronk, and grandson of John Pronk, who was a noted physician in Germany. Born in Boston. Mass., January 17, 1825, and married Sarah P. Church, of Newbury, Vt., in 1852, by whom he had two children, Emma W. (deceased) and John E.
The father of this soldier died on board the United States ship " Ohio " in 1854, hav- ing served in the navy twenty-five years, and being carpenter's mate at the time of his decease.
Sergeant Prouk had been a captain in the old state militia and would probably have soon been promoted to a commissioned officer had his health allowed him to remain longer with the regiment, which he left at Warrenton, Va., a few weeks after leaving Washing- ton, remaining in hospital until discharged.
A miller before enlistment, and a watchman and railroad employee since discharge. He has been chairman of the " town fathers." of Hooksett. and held other town offices.
GILMAN SMITH.
Next to the youngest of nine children of Daniel P. and Abigail ( Dolloff) Smith. He was born in Meredith, April, 1846.
At the battle of Chancellorsville, he was wounded by ball that went into his chest entering through the neck. lle lived until the next day or two in great agony, and died as he was carried through the camp at Falmouth for Potomac Creek hospital, and was buried at Falmouth.
Ile deserves honorable mention as a good man and a plucky soldier.
CORP. WILLIAM H. STICKNEY.
Look here at another beardless youth with his cap on and his coat closely buttoned up as becomes a soldier. You would hardly recognize him now by his picture, which was taken soon after he enlisted, but the same brave and manly heart is still beating, though thirty- five years have passed since then.
The fifth of nine children of Benjamin and Phebe (Pulsifer) Stickney, and was born February 16, 1843. One of his six brothers was in the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts.
Fought on every battle-field that the regiment did. except Gettysburg, when he was suffering from wound in right hand by minie ball at Chancellorsville. Also wounded in left leg in Siege of Petersburg, and again by minie ball in left shoulder while running the gauntlet of rebel lines at Bermuda Hundred, to escape being taken prisoner, preferring quick death to slow starvation.
Married Sarah O., daughter of Joseph Hodgdon, of Campton, Angust 30, 1870. Willie, their only child, died in infancy.
For ten years after the war he worked in a factory ; since which, a farmer. Captain Lang says of him: "One of the best; a good and truthful man." But no words can improve his record as a soldier for it is nearly perfect.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
D. D. L. 5-9. SERGT. EDWIN PRONK.
B. L. L. 5-10. GILMAN SMITH.
B. L .. L. 5-9.
CORP. WILLIAM H. STICKNEY.
B. DP. I .. 5-11 . SERGT. THOMAS WELCH.
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SERGT. THOMAS WELCH.
The above soldier was born in Ossipee, May 12, 1824, and son of James and Mary (White) Welch.
Hle was in the pioneer corps most of the time during his enlistment. Ile was in the battle of Chancellorsville, where he was taken prisoner. E. W. Shannon, of Company G, and Dow B. Griffin, of Company D, both excellent soldiers and brave fighters, were for a long time his comrades in the pioneer corps. They all deserve honorable mention.
Married Julia Eldridge, of Ossipee, several years before his enlistment, and his chil- dren are, Mellissa, Ella, Mary, Charles M., John S., George L., and JJohn C., three or four of whom are still living.
lle was a stone cutter before the war.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
COMPANY K.
Company K was enlisted mostly from the towns of Wolfeborough. Tuftonborough, and Wentworth, by Silas May, Milo E. Haines, and John Peavey. One of the men who enlisted died before the company went into camp at Concord.
Colonel Peavey called a meeting at Melvin Village, at the chapel on the middle road (so called), speeches being made by him and several townsmen.
The meeting for the election of officers was holden in the Piper school house. and Silas May was elected captain over Ham of Tufton- borough, by one majority. William F. Dame was elected first lieuten- ant at the same meeting : for second lientenant, George L. Batchelder ; sergeants, Samuel A. Seavey, Daniel P. Haines, Marquis D. L. McDuffee, Freeman O. Willey, and Joseph Morgan, Jr. ; corporals, Jacob B. Tuttle, Charles Sullivan, Enoch C. Piper, Daniel W. Horner, Charles A. Warren, William B. Rendal, Wilbra W. Swett, and John L. Canney ; James H. Stanyan and Jacob Hanson, drummer and fifer.
Mustered into the service of the United States, September 10, 1862.
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GEORGE 11. BLAKE
Was born at Wolfeborough, May 22, 1842, and is the son of Daniel and Sarah Ann (Bick- ford) Blake. Son of a farmer. as can be said of most of the regiment.
After the battle of Fredericksburg, in which he participated, he was detailed as team. ster and served as such until June. 1863, when he was detached from regiment and served as wagon master of the supply train in the third division, of the Third Army Corps, until the end of the war.
Ilis grandfather, on his father's side, was a veteran of the Revolution.
Ile was married, December 27, 1871, to Gertrude M., daughter of Benjamin R. Dow, of Boscawen. Children, Hostem F., Frank (deceased), Ralph P., and Gertrude A.
ORLANDO BOYD.
The square cut mouth, firmly closed lips, and straight forward look of this young and beardless soldier all indicate to the careful observer something more than a mere glance at his boyish face seems to reveal. Tall, slim, slightly bent forward, and apparently of weak constitution, he was perhaps the last man in his company that one would have picked to have made such a noble war record for himself as he did. So much for his looks, now let us consider his acts, for " by their works ye may judge them."
He was in and through every fight and hardship of the regiment, and, excepting a slight contusion on right leg at Gettysburg, and a minie sting at Cold Harbor, he went through all untouched in person, though his equipments received bullet marks at Chancel- lorsville. Never in hospital, except for twenty-six days at Bermuda Hundred, with chills and fever.
Though Cupid's arrows have, as yet, had no more impression upon him than rebel bullets, it is hoped he may still be struck by a chance shot of the mischievous little archer and his honored name be given to the oldest sons for many generations.
Son of David and Laura ( Ellsworth) Boyd, and born in Wentworth, January 30, 1842.
ANDREW R. BRACKETT.
Ilere is another of the " boys " in age as well as name, being under fourteen years of age when he enlisted. and the youngest but one of the regiment. Son of Alexander and Almira D. (Look) Brackett, and born in Addison, Me., January 13, 1848.
lle joined the regiment as a recruit at Point Lookout, Md .. and was constantly with it, except for a few days, and in all its marches and battles from there until first of September, 1864, when he was taken sick and sent to hospital ; and this, considering his size and age, and the fact that he carried a gun instead of a drum, as he enlisted to, is a most remark- able record indicative of the same remarkable courage and energy manifested by his per- sistent efforts to be allowed the privilege of serving his country. After trying many times in vain to get into some Maine regiment, he left home and came into this state determined to try until snecessful.
His only brother, Alesto, served in the navy and died of fever, October 14, 1864 ; and his grandfather, John, was in the War of 1812.
Married Etta M., daughter of Isaac M. Bishop, who served in the Twenty-fifth Maine, November 20, 1870, and is now the happy father of Carrie L., Bert A., Georgie F., Samuel W., and Minnie L., and long may he live to enjoy the peace and happiness of his home.
AMOS E. BRADLEY.
Born in Wakefield in 1838, and enlisted from Wolfeborough.
In most of the battles of the regiment, and wounded at Cold Harbor in hand. Ile was killed on a railroad crossing at Rochester some years after the war.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. B. I .. 6-2.
GEORGE H. BLAKE.
F . m.
II. B. L. 6-1. ORLANDO BOYD.
G. L. L. 5-32.
ANDREW R. BRACKETT.
D. B. D. 5-9. AMOS E. BRADLEY.
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CORP. ALBERT BURNHAM.
Take a good long look at this soldier's face, for you will never look, even upon the picture, of a better one, and few can be found in this history who were as good.
We regret that after special pains taken to locate this soldier for the last few years we have been unable to do so.
LIEUT. THOMAS C. DAME.
Here he is as he looked eight years after the war, sober and sedate as a minister ; and yet there is quite a streak of fun in his social composition. Ile joined the infant ranks of life just twenty-two years before he enlisted in the ranks of war (see roster), and is the fourth in a family of five sons and one daughter. Ilis brothers, William F. (see roster) and Charles W., were in the war, the latter serving on board the " Ethan Allen "and in the New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Parents, Isaac and Polly (Coffin).
After Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, where he did good service in the ranks. he exchanged the musket for the pen, being a natural master of the latter, and did excellent service with it, at regimental and corps headquarters, to the end of the war. At Gettysburg, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and Capture of Richmond, and was on duty in same capacity at every battle of the regiment.
Married Georgianna. daughter of Samuel P. Frothingham, of Dedham, Mass., Janu- ary 18, 1867. Their daughter, Pearl F., must be to them a precions pearl indeed ; for although she was not born until seventeen years, nine months, and twelve days after marriage. she is the first and only child.
Farmer before enlistment ; box manufacturer in Boston, Mass., since discharge. Sol- dier or citizen, he was and is in every respect " O. K."
EDWARD E. FALL.
Parents, John and Nancy ( Evans) Fall. Born in Alton, July 10, 1833, being second in a family of ten children ; Marshall T., one of his four brothers, was in a Minnesota cav- alry regiment ; grandfather, Stephen Fall, in the War of 1812.
Married May 12, 1860, to Martha C. Welch. of Tuftonborough, who died November 29, 1886. Florence II., wife of Fred F. Brown, and Ella A., the only children.
In Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; and severely wounded in last battle by ball through right shoulder, disabling him for life, and for which he was discharged a few months later.
As a soldier, man, and citizen, he belongs to the first order.
TIMOTHY A. HALEY.
The fourth of the six children of John S. and Mary N. (Piper *) Ilaley, and was born in the town of Tuftonborough, July 24, 1840.
Married December 19. 1869, to Corinna C. Pierce, of Dighton, Mass. No children.
Was sick and sent to hospital from Falmouth, Va., and afterward transferred to Inva- lidt Corps where he served until after the close of the war. A student of medicine at the time of his enlistment, he completed his studies after returning home, received his diploma from Dartmouth, and is now a practicing physician in his native town.
lle has a very large and valuable collection of minerals, fossils, antique relics, and stuffed birds, there being nearly two thousand of the latter from all parts of the world, with eggs of almost every kind of the feathered species, from the ostrich to the humming bird.
* Annt to Enoch C. Piper ; see sketch.
New Hampshire Volunteers.
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HI. B. I. 5-93. CORP. ALBERT BURNHAM.
Bk. DB. D. 5-6. LIEUT. THOMAS C. DAME.
B. DB. L. 5-S. EDWARD E. FALL.
B. B. D. 5-IO. TIMOTHY A. HALEY.
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JACOB HANSON.
This true hearted man and soldier was born April 5, 1820, at Ossipee, and son of Rev. Moses and Joanna (Hanson) Hanson.
llis first marriage to Tabitha Hall, Bowdoin, Me .; his second wife, Willhelmina D. Nutter ; and Emma F. Brown, his third wife. resides at Water Village. Two children, Winnie V. and Eda E., by his second wife.
This soldier enlisted as a fifer and was present in that capacity at the battles of Fred- ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. Wapping Heights, Bermuda Hundred. Swift Creek, Relay House, Drury's Bluff, Port Walthall, Cold Harbor, Cemetery lill, Siege of Petersburg, and Capture of Richmond, in all of which he proved his worth and heroism.
While at Danville, Va., he was detailed to help organize colored schools, in which he proved himself signally efficient.
Ile was by occupation a marble dealer, both before and after the war.
As a citizen he was peaceable and law abiding, and in his religious belief a faithful and true Free Baptist. Ile was a great lover of music, sacrificing almost any work to listen to any strain of music that perchance floated to his ear. Ile was always a strict temper- ance man in the fullest sense of the word, and regarded intemperance as detrimental to the welfare of the country as slavery. His motto was, God, home, and native land.
His death occurred August 17, 1886, at Wolfeborough, and he was interred in the Water Village cemetery, where his grave is kept green by the Ambrose Post.
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