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50. Ingalls, Hiram B., was 23 years old when he enlisted, Dec. 16, '64, from Franklin in Co. G, 18th Regt .; served till July 29, '65 ; supposed to be identical with Hiram B. Ingalls, who served in the band of Ist Mass. Inf., enlisting May 22, '61, and discharged July 27, '62.
51. Johnson, Jonathan H., age 16; enlisted from Deer- field, Sept. 13, '62, for nine months, in Co. D, 15th Regt .; appointed captain, Oct. 11, '62 ; discharged, Aug. 13, '63, expiration of term ; died at Deerfield, Oct. 13, '63.
52. Kidder, Sergt. Daniel E., enlisted June 11, '61, in Co. A, Ist Neb. Vols .; enlisted as a veteran, Jan. 1, '64 ; died, June 17, '64, at Camp Girardeau, Mo. A son, Albert Edward, served in same company from July 15, '64, till July 10, '65, when he was discharged for disability. (See Gen.)
53. Kidder, James M., was drafted Mar. 23, '65, at Stewartstown for one year. He served in Co. K, 4th Regt., till Aug. 23, '65, when he was mustered out.
54. Kidder, Jonathan T., was a brother of Daniel E., and served in a Nebraska regiment.
55. Kendrick, John P., was the son of John Kendrick, and was born in Bristol, Sept. 8, '39. He enlisted in Co. I, 12th Regt., from Meredith, Aug. 15, '62; wounded at Chancel- lorsville, May 3, '63, and discharged for disability, Sept. 1, '63. " Register of New Hampshire Soldiers and Sailors" gives this name as McKendrick. A brother, George C., enlisted at 16 years of age, and was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness.
56. Ladd, David N., enlisted from Enfield, Oct. 7, '61, in Co. B, 6th Regt .; mustered as corporal ; wounded, Sept. 1, '62, at Chantilly, Va .; discharged on account of wounds, Dec. 30, '62, at Newark, N. J.
57. Ladd, Leroy S., enlisted from Orange, Sept. 6, '61, in Co. I, 5th Regt .; was wounded at Peach Orchard, Va., June
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29, '62; died of wounds, July 1, '62. He was a brother of David N. Ladd. (See Gen.)
58. Ladd, Luther C., was the first to fall in defence of his country in the War of the Rebellion. He was the son of John Ladd, and was born in Bristol, Dec. 22, 1843, on the John Ladd farm, south of Fowler's river, east of the highway, near the lake. He was named for Rev. Luther Crawford, a Freewill Baptist clergyman, a native of Alexandria. Luther C. Ladd continued to reside in Bristol till 1853, when his father removed to Alexandria. There he remained laboring on a farm and attending the district schools, till 1860, when he went to Lowell and obtained work in the Lowell Machine shop.
When President Lincoln issued his first call for 75,000 men in April, 1861, young Ladd enlisted for three months in Co. D, 6th Regt., Mass. Vols., which was the first to respond to the call. On the 19th of April, while passing through Baltimore, this regiment was attacked by a mob. Luther C. Ladd was the first to fall. He received a fracture of the skull, and while still moving forward, was struck by a bullet which severed an artery in the thigh. It is said that his dying words were "All hail the stars and stripes!" Addison O. Whitney, of Lowell, was also killed, and Merrill S. Wright of Lawrence died Apr. 27, of wounds then received.
The bodies of these three were returned north for inter- ment. They arrived at the Worcester depot, in Boston, Wednes- day, May 2, where an immense concourse had gathered. The Independent Cadets escorted the remains to King's Chapel, where they were placed in the tomb under the church. The governor and his staff were present, and the Boston Brigade band played a dirge.
The funeral of Ladd and Whitney was held at Lowell ; that of Wright, at Lawrence. A special train conveyed the bodies to Lowell, where they were met at the station by a large escort, under the command of Capt. Proctor, and the municipal authori- ties, all under the command of Chief Marshal Sawtelle. Busi- ness was generally suspended. Exercises were held at Hunting- ton hall, and this vast hall was densely packed and thousands were unable to gain admission. The relatives entered the hall first ; the mayor and other distinguished men occupied seats on the platform. The caskets containing the deceased were enveloped in flags and rested under a magnificent canopy supported by four columns, surmounted by a gilt eagle. The exercises consisted of a dirge by the Lowell Brigade band, reading the Scriptures, prayer by Rev. Dr. Cleveland, anthem by St. Ann's choir, discourse by Rev. W. R. Clark, from Psalm I37: 5,6.
The bodies were then placed in the receiving tomb. The next day the remains of Ladd were taken to Alexandria,
LUTHER C. LADD (The first man who fell in the Union Army )
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escorted by W. L. North, president of the common council, and Alderman J. P. Folsom. The funeral the next day at Alexan- dria was attended by a vast concourse of people. "The Bristol Home Guards, under the command of Col. S. H. Rollins, and the Alexandria Phalanx, under the command of Capt. Sleeper, did escort duty. Darwin Forbes was marshal." Three salutes were fired over the grave. The remains were interred in the village cemetery, but afterward returned to Lowell, and they now rest under the Ladd and Whitney monument in that city. From the fact that young Ladd was a resident of Alexandria when he went to Lowell, Alexandria, instead of Bristol, has been named as his birthplace in the printed accounts of his death.
59. Merrill, John, enlisted July 22, '62, in New York city, for two years as seaman; served on U. S. Steamship "North Carolina"; no further records in the Navy Dept. (See Gen.)
60. Mitchell, John C., enlisted from Penacook Aug. 15, '61, in the band of the 3rd Regt .; mustered out at Hilton Head, S. C., Aug. 31, '62.
61. Nelson, Hiram, enlisted from Laconia Aug. 12, '62, in Co. G, 12th Regt., and was mustered out June 21, '65.
62. Page, Levi, enlisted from Bridgewater, Dec. 3, '61, in Co. C, 7th Regt., when 22 years old ; died of disease, Mar. 21, '62, at Fort Jefferson, Fla .; was one of four brothers in the service. (See Gen.)
63. Prescott, Sergt. Frederick W., enlisted from New Hampton in Co. I, Ist Regt., Apr. 23, '61, for three months, and served till Aug. 9, following, when the regiment was mus- tered out. Sept. 26, '61, enlisted in Co. C, 7th Regt. He was wounded at Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, '63; appointed sergeant ; captured, Feb. 20, '64, at Olustee, Fla , and confined six months at Andersonville, Ga., and three months at Florence, S. C .; paroled at Charlestown, S. C., Dec. 6. '64 ; discharged at Concord, Mar. 28, '65. (See Gen.)
64. Prescott, Sergt. Horace M., served same term in the Ist Regt. as his brother Fred, above, and enlisted in Co. C, 7th Regt., Sept. 26, '61 ; was appointed sergeant, Nov. 15, '61; reduced to the ranks, July 4, '62, at his own request ; convicted of forgery by general court martial ; escaped from guard house and deserted Dec. 13, '62, at St. Augustine, Fla .; apprehended at New York city, June 3, '63, and delivered next day at Governor's Island; no further records in adjutant general's office. Relatives claim last letters received from him were dated Camp Parole, Richmond, where he was awaiting ex- change. (See Gen.)
65. Robie, Corp. David P., age 21, enlisted from Thornton, Aug. 30, '62, in Co, C, 13th Regt .; appointed corporal, May I, '65 ; mustered out, June 21, '65.
66. Rollins, Lyman, enlisted from Concord, Oct. 31, '61,
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in Co. I, 6th Regt .; discharged, Jan. 3, '65, expiration of term of service. (See Gen.)
67. Sanborn, Joseph E., age 24, enlisted from Bridgewater, Aug. 18, '62, in Co. E, 12th Regt .; wounded at Chancellors- ville, May 3, '63, and discharged for disability at Washington, D. C., Apr. 10, '64.
68. Sanborn, Carroll, enlisted from Concord July 24, '62, in Co. K, 9th Regt. He was wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62, and again at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62, and was discharged for disability Apr. 27, '63, at Concord. (See Gen.)
69.' Sleeper, George W., was a painter in Lowell, Mass., and 28 years of age when he enlisted in Co. G, 16th Mass. Regt., July 12, '61. He died June 25, '62, of wounds received at Fair Oaks (Adj. Gen. records). The remains were brought to Bristol, and, after an impressive service held at his boyhood home, were laid to rest in the burying-ground in Dist. No. 9. (See Gen.)
70. Sleeper, Sergt. Levi H., enlisted from Manchester Apr. 22, '61, in Co. I, 2nd Regt., for three months; not mus- tered ; reenlisted, May 22, '61, for three years ; mustered out, June 21, '64 ; enlisted, Aug. 20, '64, Ist Regt. Heavy Artillery, for one year; mustered in as corporal; appointed sergeant, May 1, '65 ; mustered out, June 15, '65. (See Gen.)
71. Sleeper, Solomon C., was an operative at Lowell, Mass., when he enlisted, Sept. 2, '61, in the Ist Mass. Sharp Shooters (15th Inf.) Independent Co., and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Gettys- burg, Bristoe, and front of Richmond; discharged for disabil- ity, Jan. 20, '64. (See Gen.)
72. Smith, Curtis, enlisted from Manchester for three months, Apr. 19, '61, in Co. K, Ist Regt., and was mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 9, '61. Oct. 2, '61, he enlisted in Co. D, 8th Regt., and was appointed corporal ; wounded, May 27, '63, at Port Hudson, La., promoted sergeant, reenlisted and mustered in, Jan. 4, '64; transferred to Co. A, Veteran Bat- talion, 8th N. H. Vols., Jan. I, '65; reduced to ranks, Aug. 21, '65 ; mustered out, Oct. 28, '65.
73. Swain, Elbridge L., age 33, enlisted from Chichester, Aug. 29, '62, in Co. E, 11th Regt .; died of disease, Mar. 17, '63, at Newport News, Va.
74. Tirrell, Moses D., age 34, enlisted from Holderness, Dec. 2, '61, in Co. A, 6th Regt .; after the battle of Bull Run, was reported missing ; then gained from missing. He died on board hospital boat, "Tycoon" at Cannelton, Ind., Aug. 9, '63.
75. Truell, Zenas B., was a spinner in Lowell, Mass., when he enlisted, Aug. 21, '61, in the 20th Regt. Mass. Vol.
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Sharp Shooters ; killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 8, '64. (See Gen.)
76. Wallace, Lieut. Charles B., age 31, enlisted from Penacook in Co. B, 7th Regt., Oct. 28, '61 ; appointed corporal, Oct. 9, '62 ; sergeant, Nov. 28, '63 ; reenlisted, Feb. 29, '64 ; wounded, Oct. 1, '64, near Richmond ; appointed first lieuten- ant, Dec. 22, '64 ; mustered out, July 20, '65.
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77. Worthing, James H., enlisted at Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 20, '61, in Co. E, 5th Regt. Cal. Vol. Inf .; discharged at Mesila, New Mexico, Nov. 30, '64, expiration of service. After the war he went to Pinos Altos, New Mexico, where he was shot and killed by Apache Indians, May 18, '66. (See Gen.)
MILITIA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
At the close of the Civil war, new militia laws were enacted in New Hampshire. Every able-bodied man, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, was enrolled, and an active volunteer militia force was organized. This force was limited to three regiments of thirteen companies each, aggregating two thousand men who were enlisted for a period of five years. The companies consisted of a captain, two lieutenants, four ser- geants, four corporals, and forty privates.
In the spring of 1867, Capt. W. A. Beckford organized a company of the state militia in Bristol. It was designated the Head Rifles, Co. M, and was made a part of the First Regiment. In August, following, it was transferred to the Second Regi- ment. It had thirty-three rifles. Its armory was in the hall over the town hall. No order disbanding this company is on file in the office of the adjutant-general, but it evidently ceased to exist about Jan. 1, 1871.
Captains
Date of Com. Discharged
William A. Beckford
May 9, 1867
Frank A. Gordon
May 6, 1868 Dec. 31, 1870
First Lieutenants
Horace L. Ingalls May 9, 1867
Wayland Ballou May 6, 1868
Natt. B. Moulton
Apr. 26, 1869
Second Lieutenants
Webster Heath
May 9, 1867
Natt. B. Moulton
May 6, 1868
Geo. F. Prescott Apr. 26, 1869 Dec. 31, 1870
Apr. 13, 1888, a company of militia was organized in Bris- tol under the name of Train Rifles, through the efforts of Dr. C. W. Coolidge, David M. Calley, Orrin B. Ray, and others.
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This company was assigned to the Third Regiment National Guard of the state. It had forty-eight men, rank and file. It had a fairly prosperous existence for a few years, when interest lagged and it was disbanded Feb. 9, 1897. In the summer of 1889, Capt. C. W. Coolidge and five of his non-commissioned officers and privates qualified themselves as sharp shooters and received all the badges, including a gold badge, offered by the state for the best records.
The following is a list of commissioned officers :
Captains
Date of Com.
Discharged
David M. Calley
Apr. 14, 1888
Feb. 12, 1889, Res.
Charles W. Coolidge
Apr. 12, 1889
Oct. 9, 1891, Res.
Orrin B. Ray
Oct. 21, 1891
May 29, 1897, Dis.
First Lieutenants
Charles W. Coolidge
Apr. 14, 1888
Apr. 12, 1889, Pro.
Orrin B. Ray
Apr. 12, 1889
Oct. 21, 1891, Pro.
Leonard S. Grey
Oct. 21, 1891
May 23, 1894, Res.
Arthur H. Morrill
May 31, 1895
July 6, 1896, Res.
Second Lieutenants
Orrin B. Ray
Apr. 14, 1888
Apr. 12, 1889, Pro.
Wesley H. Dicey
Apr. 12, 1889
Apr. 5, 1890, Res.
Leonard S. Grey
May 21, 1890
Oct. 21, 1891, Pro.
Alonzo D. Emery
Oct. 21, 1891
Mar. 20, 1893, Res.
Arthur H. Morrill
Apr. 24, 1893
May 31, 1895, Pro.
Elwood S. Lougee
May 31, 1895
July 6, 1896, Res.
CHAPTER XX
POLITICAL HISTORY
In politics if thou wouldst mix, And mean thy fortunes be; Bear this in mind -" Be deaf and blind ; Let great folks hear and see."
-Burns.
At the close of the Revolutionary war, the attention of the people of the state became engrossed in the plan of government that should be adopted. In New Chester, a meeting was held at the house of Col. Peter Sleeper, Jan. 3, 1782, to "Lay the Plan of Government Before the town in order that the town may give their opinion upon it." This meeting was adjourned to meet at the same place one week later. That the people had opinions on the questions submitted and were not slow to express them, the records of the adjourned meeting fully show, as follows :
Met according to adjournment at the time and place and Proceeded as follows Firstly objected against the Qualifications of Electors wee think it reasonable that every Male Inhabitant of the age of twenty one years paying taxes ought to be Voters in all town meetings.
Secondly wee think that County Conventions in the choice of Rep- resentatives will be Productive of evil Consequences therefore think that a certain number of voters or inhabitants ought to have the Liberty of Electing a Representative
Thirdly wee think that the Soldiers of the Militia ought to have the Choice of their own officers.
The above was unanimously agreed to.
May 2, of the same year, another meeting was held to continue the consideration of the subject ; but instead of express- ing any opinion, Col. Thomas Crawford was appointed a com- mittee to draw up objections to "the plan of Government and Give the Reasons and Make Return to the Convention and to Send the number For and against." Col. Crawford was a leader in thought and politics in the community, and it may have been largely through his influence that the voters were a unit on nearly every question submitted.
On the 17th of December, the voters of the town again came together in special meeting. We are not told what the report of Col. Crawford was, but it was
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Voted not to Except the twenty third article in the Bill of Rights.
Voted not to Except of a Governor. Number of votes 17 on these points, none against it. John Smith was Chosen to go to the Convention in Behalf of the Town.
No further action was taken till the annual meeting in March, following, when, after the election of officers, the proposed plan of government again came up for action. The following is the record :
Eighthly. Voted to receive the Plan of Government with the follow- ing Exceptions
Against a Governor and Privy Council, 31.
Against the mode of paying Representatives, 3I.
Against County Registers, but Town Clerks for that purpose, 31.
and that the People shall have the Choice of Electing their own Military and Civil officers, 31.
and that any Elector may be Elected as to Representative, 31, and that the Representatives Be Paid from the Common Stock, 31.
article 9th. Voted to Receive the Resolve of the Council and House of Representatives for this State that the Present Government Be con- tinued in full Force till the tenth day of June, 1784, except the new Plan of Government take place.
The first vote for president 1 of New Hampshire was cast in March, 1784, when Meshech Weare was elected. In New Chester, Weare received twenty-seven votes, and Josiah Bart- lett, Federalist, thirteen. In 1785, John Langdon, Republican, who was elected, received only one vote in New Chester, while Josiah Bartlett, Federalist, received thirty-six, and John Sulli- van, Federalist, received nineteen. The next year, John Sulli- van was elected president of the state but did not receive a vote in New 'Chester, while John Langdon was favored with every vote cast-forty. In 1787, thirty-two votes were cast for John Langdon, while Sullivan, who was reelected, received but two votes, and Josiah Bartlett was given ten.
In 1788, only twenty-two votes were cast in New Chester for president of the state. Of these, John Langdon, who was again elected, received twenty-one, and Josiah Bartlett, one. The new town of Bridgewater, which cast its first vote at this election, was equally unanimous, giving Langdon twenty-eight, and Samuel Livermore, one. This election was of special im- portance, from the fact that the constitutional convention, which had met at Exeter in February to act on the ratification of the constitution of the United States, had adjourned for four months after a session of ten days without action. Langdon was in favor of ratification, and his election indicated the sentiment of
I Under the constitution of 1784 the chief executive of New Hamp- shire was called president. The constitution of 1792 changed the title to governor.
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the state on this subject. Six states had ratified the constitu- tion before the convention assembled ; two more took similar action during its intermission, and the state had spoken in unmistakable terms in its election. The result was, when the convention reconvened it needed but three days for favorable action. Thus New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States and made that instrument of binding force. In this convention Col. Thomas Crawford represented New Chester, Bridgewater, Cockermouth, and Alex- andria. His vote was in favor of ratification.
In 1789, during a hot political campaign for those days, when there were four candidates for president of the state in the field, the successful candidate, John Sullivan, Federalist, did not receive a vote in either New Chester or Bridgewater; John Pickering, also a Federalist, received seventy votes-every one cast in both towns. However hot the campaign, indifference was indicated here from the fact that not half the voters exer- cised the right of suffrage.
In 1790, Josiah Bartlett, Federalist, was the successful candidate for president, but he, like his predecessor, did not receive a vote in New Chester or Bridgewater. The combined vote of the two towns for John Pickering, also a Federalist, was thirty-nine, while the Republican vote was divided between Woodbury Langdon, who received six votes in New Chester, and Joshua Wentworth, who received five in Bridgewater.
On the 7th of May, 1792, a meeting was held in New Chester to take the sense of the voters of the town on the revision of the state constitution as proposed by the convention of 1791. Seventy-two amendments had been made, and these were acted on separately, two days being consumed in the work. The town gave a majority in favor of thirteen only, and was almost unanimous against all the others. In only eleven was there a division of sentiment ; in all the others, the voters were unanimous one way or the other.
For three years commencing with 1791, Josiah Bartlett, Federalist, received all the votes cast in both New Chester and Bridgewater, as did John T. Gilman, Federalist, in 1794 and 1795. In 1796, a change came over the voters of both towns. In New Chester, though there were eight more votes cast than in 1795, John T. Gilman received only twenty-four, while Timothy Walker had thirteen, and Oliver Peabody twenty-four. In Bridgewater, Gilman received only one vote, while Timothy Walker had forty-two. What caused this stampede from the Federal to the Republican ranks does not appear; but the next year the tide set in favor of Gilman, and he received every vote except one in both towns. This unanimity continued for five years, the aggregate vote against him being only seven-all cast in Bridgewater. From 1802 till 1820, the vote of both New
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Chester and Bridgewater was more evenly divided between the two great parties- the Republican, or Republican-Democratic party, as it was called, and the Federalists, though the Demo- crats were in the majority in New Chester, and the Federalists in Bridgewater. The Republican-Democratic party finally dropped the first part of its name and became known as the Democratic party.
In 1809, the protection of the American marine became a leading question in politics. The Federalists were opposed to any assertion of the rights of the United States that might lead to war with England. After the war came, sympathy with Eng- land was openly expressed in New England by the Federalists. Some even advocated withdrawal from the Union and an alli- ance with England, while British victories were celebrated in some places by bonfires. The vote this year was evenly divided in New Chester between Jeremiah Smith, the Federal candidate for governor, and John Langdon, the Democratic candidate, each receiving sixty-six. In Bridgewater, Jeremiah Smith re- ceived eighty-seven votes, a majority of four. Smith was elected governor. He served but one year, and in 1810, John Langdon, the Democratic candidate, was elected; and the state wheeled into line in the support of the administration in its war measures. This latter year, New Chester cast a majority of fourteen votes for Langdon ; while Bridgewater gave a majority of twenty-one for Smith. In 1811, the same candidates were in the field for governor, and New Chester gave eighty-three votes for Langdon and sixty-eight for Smith; and Bridgewater changed its majority for Smith to a majority of thirty for Langdon.
In 1811, the annual town meeting in New Chester was held March 12, but adjourned till the next day when a representative was elected. This action was contrary to law, and the legisla- ture declined to allow Jonathan Dickerson, who was elected, to take his seat. A bill was passed, however, allowing the town to call a special meeting by giving personal notice of the time and place of meeting, or leaving a notice in writing at the home of each voter "at any time previous to holding said meeting." This act passed June 11 ; the meeting was held June 13, and the next day Mr. Dickerson took his seat as a member of the house.
In 1812, the Democratic candidate, William Plumer, was elected governor. He received a majority of twenty-one votes in New Chester; but Bridgewater gave a majority of four for John T. Gilman, the candidate of the Federal party. This party was unable to survive its record during the war, and slowly died. From its ruins arose the Whig party.
The first vote in Bristol (1820) showed the town to be very strongly Democratic. Capt. James Minot was elected
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representative. Samuel Bell received ninety-one of the ninety- nine votes cast for governor. The next year, Gov. Bell received eighty-six out of the ninety-one votes, and in 1822 the vote was about the same. In 1823, the opposition cast thirty-seven of the one hundred and twenty-three votes. Two years later, however, there were only four scattering votes, compared with one hundred and twelve for David L. Morrill, the Democratic candidate for governor, while, in 1827, Benjamin Pierce, Demno- crat, received all but one of the one hundred and eight votes cast. This was called the era of good feeling, when personal popular- ity had more weight than party ties. During the following twenty-five years, the Whigs were an active party in town. In 1828, Benjamin Pierce, the Democratic candidate for governor, received sixty-six votes, while the candidate of the Whigs, John Bell, received sixty. Nathaniel S. Berry, Democrat, made his entrance into politics this year, being elected representative. Party lines were not then drawn with such rigid exactness as now and the vote fluctuated from one party to another to a sur- prising degree. In 1832, Samuel Dinsmoor, Democrat, received seventy-four votes for governor in town, while his opponent, Ichabod Bartlett, Federalist, received eighty-five; at the next election, Mr. Dinsmoor received one hundred and eleven, while his opponent was favored with but eighteen. At the same time, there was hardly that courtesy among the leaders that exists to- day. The Patriot was accustomed to speak of James Wilson as the "Federal Nigger Whig candidate," while in other cases it used such endearing terms as "the Pig and Puppy " candidate.
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