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The number of deaths in each month of twenty-five years, beginning with 1820, was as follows: In the month of January, 38; February, 38; March, 38; April, 33; May, 37; June, 33; July, 28; August, 36; September, 30; October, 43; November, 38; December, 43.
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It will be perceived that a large number of persons in Dub- lin have survived the age of seventy years, the whole num- ber being one hundred and nineteen ; that is, one death of every four and one-third. According to tables kept in Prussia, the persons dying over seventy years of age were one to eight and one-half. In Concord, N.H., a record of deaths from 1805 to 1820 showed that one out of six attained the age of seventy and upwards.
The following persons survived the age of ninety years : Daniel Albert, 96 ; Ebenezer Hill, 91; Widow Carlton, 92; Widow Rollins, 98; Widow Kezia (Ivory) Perry, 94; Widow Lydia (Samuel) Fisher, 96; Widow Olive (Richard) Phillips, 95 ; Deacon Francis Appleton, 90.
Joshua Stanford was born in Sudbury, Mass., March 27, 1753 ; and he is still living (August, 1854), in the one hun- dred and second year of his åge. He is still able to do some work. He can read without glasses ; but his hearing is very im perfect.
THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION.
It was not easy for the first settlers of Dublin to obtain intoxicating drink : even cider must have been scarce, for then orchards were not grown. But, as in those days the moderate use of rum was not considered injurious, the article was occasionally introduced. It appears from the book in which Eli Morse kept his accounts, that he sold not only corn and rye from his grist-mill and boards from his saw-mill, but some other articles, such as paper, leather, scythes ; and, in 1770, there is the following heading extending across two pages : " An account of what Rum each man hath drawd." The drawing of this rum was continued from the last of April to the first of September, and the whole quantity drawn was twenty-eight gallons and one quart. It would seem, therefore, that a barrel of rum had held out four months. The quantity of rum used in town increased with the facilities for obtaining it. The selling of it was deemed a creditable occupation. From receipts left by Thomas Morse, it appears that he paid excise on spirituous liquor which he sold in 1773-75. One of these receipts, for the sum of fifteen shillings and fourpence, is signed by Richard Jenness. Another, dated Keene, Jan. 11, 1774, is signed by Robert Gillmore.
No licenses to keep tavern and sell spirituous liquor are
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recorded till 1793, when James Adams, widow Betty Strong- man, and John Morse, were licensed to keep tavern; and Phillip Mills, and Joseph Haywood, to retail spirituous liquor. In 1794, Eli Greenwood was licensed to keep a tavern. In the same year, Eli Adams was licensed as a re- tailer of liquors and an innholder. These licenses were renewed from year to year. Among those who engaged in this business are found Aaron Appleton, Nathan Whitte- more, Samuel Hamilton, Moses Marshall, Joseph Rollins, John Strong, Whitcomb French, Robert White, Jonathan Flood Southwick, Cyrus Chamberlain, Moses Wark, Joseph Appleton, Cyrus Piper, Asa Heald, Joseph Morse, Gordon Gould, and some others.
The customs of Dublin with regard to the use of intoxi- cating drinks were the same as in other places of the vicinity. On funeral occasions, liquor was handed round to the mour- ners ; and, though many did not approve of it, yet none had the independence to discontinue the practice, till some of the principal inhabitants agreed to do so in case of a funeral in their families. In this way, the practice was generally abol-" ished, before a society was formed for the promotion of temperance. In April, 1833, Jonathan Kittridge, Esq., of Canaan, N.H., agent of a temperance society, gave a lec- ture in the First Church ; after which, fifty persons agreed to organize as a society, and take the pledge of abstinence from all distilled liquors. On May 5th, the society was organized by the choice of the following officers : Samuel Adams, President ; Jesse Morse, Vice-President ; Jonathan K. Smith, Secretary ; and Thomas Fisk, Luke Richardson, Ebenezer Perry, and Daniel Fiske, Executive Committee. In suc- ceeding years, the efforts of this society were attended with various success. On the fourth of July, 1839, there was, in the forenoon, a celebration of the Declaration of Independ- ence in the usual form. The Dublin Grenadier Company paraded ; a procession was formed, and marched to Centre Meeting-house ; where a prayer was offered by Rev. James Tisdale, the Declaration of Independence read by Dr. Albert Smith, of Peterborough, and an address delivered by Rev. L. W. Leonard ; after which, the procession was again formed, and proceeded to the American Hotel, in front of which, under an arbor, a dinner was provided by Mr. Joseph Morse.
In the afternoon of the same day, there was a temperance celebration, with an address by John Preston, Esq., of New
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Ipswich. According to a resolution of the Dublin Tempe- rance Society, lectures were delivered in the several school districts ; and, in the course of the season, sixty new members were added ; making, in the whole, three hundred and thirty.
In 1841, the temperance reformation received a new impulse from those who had themselves been intemperate. The societies formed under this impulse were generally called Washingtonian Societies. Their pledge was total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. Many old societies were re-organized with this pledge in their constitutions. In March, 1842, the Young People's Total Abstinence Society was formed in Dublin ; and, before the close of the year, the number of names subscribed to its pledge was three hundred and thirty-one. About one hundred of these were on the pledge of the former society. The whole number of persons, therefore, that had subscribed to temperance pledges up to January, 1843, was five hundred and thirty. The officers of the Total Abstinence Society in 1842 were - Presi- dent, Thaddeus P. Mason; Vice-Presidents, Augustine Wood, Corydon Jones, Charles B. Marshall; Recording Secretary, James Hayward ; Corresponding Secretary, Charles B. Marshall; Treasurer, Henry Hathorne. Sept. 7, a lecture was delivered in the Centre Meeting-house, by J. H. W. Hawkins.
There was a second temperance celebration in Dublin on the 4th of July, 1843. Rev. Zebulon Jones, of Peter- borough, delivered an address, and a collation was provided by the ladies in the Grove, on the side of Beech Hill, back of the Brick Church. In 1844, July 4th, the pupils of all the summer schools, with their teachers, assembled first in the Centre Meeting-house, where Mr. Nelson Scott, of Han- cock, delivered an appropriate address; after which, the pupils, parents, and others repaired to the Grove above men- tioned, where, after partaking of refreshments, sentiments were announced and speeches made. This celebration was conducted on the principles of temperance, and had the good effect of increasing an interest in the welfare of common schools.
The Legislature passed a law in 1843, by which it was left optional with the selectmen of a town to license or not the sale of intoxicating drinks as a beverage. At the an- nual meeting in March, 1844, the license-question was the main point in the choice of selectmen. The party opposed
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to granting license prevailed, casting one hundred and thirty votes against fifty-eight. Since that time, no license for the sale of intoxicating drinks as a beverage has been granted in Dublin. An address, delivered by Charles Mason, of Fitch- burg, Mass., Nov. 18, 1844, on taking legal measures to restrict the sale of intoxicating drinks, was published at the request of the hearers.
ALTEMONT LODGE.
The charter of Altemont Lodge, No. 26, which was estab- lished in Dublin, was granted June 14, Anno Lucis 5815, to Amos Heald, Stephen Harrington, Richard Strong, Adam Johnson, Levi Fisk, Joseph Hayward, jun., Asa Fisk, Benja- min Hills, and Alexander Millikin. A dispensation from the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire "empowered the said Amos Heald and others to assemble at Dublin as a Lodge of Masons, to perfect themselves in the several duties of Masonry ; to make choice of officers; to make regulations and by-laws, and to admit candidates in the first degree of Masonry, all according to ancient customs of Masonry, and to be called Altemont Lodge." This warrant of dispensaton was to continue in full force and authority till the second Wednesday of June, Anno Lucis 5816, unless the lodge was sooner installed. The first meeting, by virtue of this dispensation, was held at Freemasons' (Cyrus Chamberlain's) Hall in Dublin (in the house now owned by Daniel Fiske), July 3, A.L. 5815.
The first officers of the lodge were - Wpfl. Amos Heald, Master ; Stephen Harrington, Senior Warden ; Richard Strong, Junior Warden; Asa Fisk, Treasurer ; Peter Tuttle, Secre- tary; Levi Fisk, Senior Deacon ; William Warren, Junior Deacon ; Aaron Lawrence, Joseph Gowing, Stewards ; David Ames, jun., Tyler.
At this meeting, Asa Fisk, Richard Strong, and Levi Fisk, were chosen a committee to report by-laws for the govern- ment of the lodge; and, at the next meeting, the by-laws were enacted as reported by the committee.
The by-laws contained thirty-two articles, and were signed by the officers and members of the lodge.
On the 18th day of September, A.L. 5816, the lodge was consecrated in form by Rt. Wpfl. Broughton White, Deputy Grand Master, and the officers duly installed. A
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sermon was delivered on the occasion by Rev. Thomas Beede, of Wilton, who at that time held the office of Grand Secretary in New Hampshire.
At a meeting of the lodge, May 7, A.L. 5816, the fol- lowing vote was passed: "Voted to exclude the use of ardent spirit in this lodge, and substitute therefor crackers, cheese, and cider."
The subject of removing the lodge from Dublin to Peter- borough began to be agitated at a communication of the lodge, held at their hall in Dublin, May, 15, A.L. 5825; when Whpfls. Amos Heald, Peter Tuttle, and Levi Fisk, and Brs. Henry Whitcomb and Oliver Heald, were chosen a committee to report whether, in their opinion, the interest of masonry would be promoted by a removal of this lodge from Dublin to Peterborough. This committee reported, "that, if the lodge can be removed from Dublin to Peterborough without disturbing the harmony of the lodge, it will be for the good of masonry to have it removed." The report was accepted, and measures were taken, which resulted in the re- moval of the lodge to Bernard Whittemore's Hall in Peter- borough. Few, if any, of the masons in Dublin followed it. One after another, as appears by the records, withdrew his membership ; and some never met with the lodge again. The members in Dublin were - Richard Strong, Adam Johnson, Joseph Appleton, Henry Whitcomb, Eli Green- wood, jun., Jonas Clark, Robert Muzzy, Asa Fisk, Joseph Hayward, jun., Samuel Davison, Asa Heald, Charles Mason, Moses Marshall, Joseph Gowing, Cyrus Chamberlain, Elijah B. Kimball, Benjamin Perry, Simeon Stanley, Gilbert Tuel.
June 24, 1822, St. John's day was celebrated by the Alte- mont Lodge, on which occasion a discourse was delivered by Rev. Seth E. Winslow, then a minister of Troy in this State.
MERCHANTS OR TRADERS.
Joseph Abbot, Nathan Adams, James Adams, Eli Adams, Aaron Appleton, Joseph Appleton, at the Appleton Stand.
Joseph Hayward, at his house.
Samuel Hamilton, William Pulsifer; Henry Whitcomb, Cyrus Piper, at the old store on "the Flat."
Jonathan F. Southwick, Levi Willard,* May and Davis, James Lewis, Robert Worsley, Moses Wark, in Pottersville.
L. Willard carried on the watch and clock repairing business.
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Davison and Moore, James Cochran, Samuel L. Taggard, John M. and Samuel W. Hale, Oliver Whitcomb, Cyrus Piper, Cyrus Piper, jun., at the new store built by Samuel Davison. Gershom Twitchell, on lot thirteen, range nine.
C. P. Perkins, Upham and Clement, in Harrisville.
Ebenezer Greenwood, Union Store, 292, near the new church of the First Congregational Society.
MECHANICS.
1. Carpenters. - Moses Mason, Benjamin Mason, Joshua Green- wood, Samuel Jones, sen., Amos Babcock, John Crombie, Daniel Boutell, Ebenezer Richardson, Abel Wilder, Nehe- miah Upton, Rufus Piper, Reuben Twitchell, John Wilder, Cyrus Frost, Ebenezer Burpee, Charles Perry, Augustine Snow, George Worsley, Reuben W. Twitchell, Drury Mar- shall, Leonard Snow, Henry Morse, Benjamin F. Morse, James G. Piper, Clark C. Cochran, Henry C. Piper.
2. Blacksmiths. - Moses Johnson, Nathan Bixby, John French, jun., William Maxwell, Jason Harris, Joshua Greenwood, 2d., Elisha Knowlton, Ebenezer B. Wallingsford, Deering Farrar, Benjamin Wallingsford, Benjamin Marshall, Richard Phillips, David Richardson, Samuel Gillson, William Stan- ley, Simeon Stanley, Moses Perry, Samuel Moor, Benjamin Darling, Benjamin Wallingsford, Abraham Shattuck, John Sanders, Joseph Thurston, Daniel H. Mason, Luther Hem- ingway, T. Osgood Wilson, Abijah Wilson, Maynard Wilson, Elias Joslin, Aaron Richardson, Washington Proctor.
3. Shoemakers. - Marstin Holt, Gershom Twitchell, Samuel Tag- gard, Solomon Davis, Samuel Ames, Oliver Stone, Solomon Morse, Cyrus Piper, Joseph F. Hayes, John Piper, Jackson Greenwood, Thomas Perry, Ebenezer Greenwood, Horatio Greenwood, James Bullard, James Grimes, Josiah Bemis, Levi Conant, Samuel Stone, Joseph Morse, Cyrus E. Hardy.
4. Tanners and Curriers. - Micah Morse, Joseph Hayward, jun., Minot Hayward, Curtis Smith, James Hayward.
5. Wheelwrights. - Richard Rowel, William Greenwood, Jeremiah Greenwood, Alline Newell, Luke Belknap.
6. Millwrights. - Moses Marshall, Gilbert Tuel.
7. Chair-makers and House-painters. - Paul Nelson, Orlando Twitchell, Jason Phelps.
8. Masons. - Jeremiah Barrett, Edward Wilson, Asa Fisk, Jona- than Dodge.
9. Stone Cutters. - Bela Morse, Joshua Stanley, Thomas Perry, 2d., Silas P. Frost.
10. Gravestone Cutters. - Francis Phelps, Joseph Phelps, Levi Knowlton.
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MANUFACTURES, ETC.
Harrisville. - What is called Harrisville is partly in Nel- son and partly in Dublin, on lot thirteen, range ten. This lot was first settled about 1774 by Abel Twitchell, who built a grist-mill and a saw-mill, immediately after settling, both under the same roof. The building was burned down ; but how long after its erection, we do not know. It was soon rebuilt. At an early date, Jason Harris built a black- smith and a trip-hammer shop on the site of the present Wilson Stand. On the same stream of water, Jonas Clark, in 1799, built and put in operation a clothing-mill, or a mill for fulling and dressing cloth. In this mill, Mrs. Clark spun linen thread by water-power, a single thread at a time. Mr. Clark sold his mill to James Horsley in 1804, and removed with his family to Shipton, Lower Canada, now called Ca- nada East, where he resided till 1819, when he returned to Dublin.
A machine for carding wool was set up in the grist-mill by Bethuel Harris and Abel Twitchell, before Mr. Clark sold out. This machine has been supposed to be the second one that was run in the United States. Messrs. Harris and Twitchell purchased the clothing-stand of Mr. Horsley, and united the business of carding wool and dressing cloth, in one building, situated on the spot where the mill of Messrs. C. P. Harris and A. S. Hutchinson now stands.
The mill now owned by Harris and Hutchinson was built in 1822 by Bethuel and Cyrus Harris. As soon as it was finished, Milan Harris put in machinery for manufacturing woollen cloths, which were dressed by B. and C. Harris. Subsequently a company was formed consisting of the three Messrs. Harrises. This company was dissolved in 1832; Milan Harris leaving the same.
The first power-looms that were started in Harrisville were put in operation by Milan Harris in 1823 or '4. In 1832 and '3, Milan Harris and A. S. Hutchinson built the Upper Mill, as it is called, on the site of the old grist-mill and saw-mill. It is now owned by Milan Harris, who has kept it in constant operation ever since its erection. It has two sets of machinery, doing, however, more than the usual work on account of its capacity. In this mill, from twenty-five to thirty hands are employed; and the cloth manufactured is called doeskin. The quantity of wool used
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is about fifty thousand pounds per year, making from forty to forty-five thousand yards of very fine superior black doe- skin cloth ; outselling in price per yard nearly every other mill in the United States, and even the majority of the Ger- man doeskins. Said cloth is selling at this time at one dollar per yard.
No account has been furnished of the amount of stock used, and of cloth manufactured, in the mill of Messrs. Harris and Hutchinson. We have heard it estimated at one half of that in the mill of Milan Harris.
In the years 1846 and "7, Cyrus Harris formed a com- pany, and under his superintendence a large building was erected. This structure is of granite, brought from the quarry in Marlborough. It is four stories high, one hun- dred and eleven feet long, and forty feet wide. The roof is covered with slate. The health of Mr. Harris failed, and he died in 1848. The building was subsequently sold to Messrs. J. Colony and Sons, who in 1851 put in four sets of machinery and twenty-four looms. A large boarding-house and other buildings were erected by the Messrs. Colony ; and the whole is now called the Cheshire Mills. The kind of cloth manufactured is flannel, at the rate of one thousand yards per day. It sells by the bale at thirty-two cents per yard. The amount of sales per year is ninety-six thousand dollars.
Pottersville. - This village is situated in the north-west corner of Dublin, and it takes its name from the manufac- ture of pottery, which, in this place, consists of brown earthen-ware. Clay of an excellent quality is found in in- exhaustible quantities a few rods south of the school-house. The business was commenced by David Thurston about the year 1795. Jona. Flood Southwick, from Danvers, Mass., purchased Mr. Thurston's shop, and continued the business till his death, when it passed into the hands of Jedediah K. Southwick. The non-intercourse and embargo acts and the war with England gave such an impulse to the manufacture of this kind of ware, that some eight or ten shops were built in the vicinity. From the close of the war with England, in 1815, to the present time, the business has been declin- ing ; and there is now within the limits of this town only one shop in operation. This declension was caused partly by the low duties and large importations of cheap English white-ware, and partly by the low price of tin-ware. The business is now mostly confined to the making of large ware
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and flower-pots. The white-ware has entirely driven the fancy-brown ware from the market. Thirty years ago, brown earthen-ware was a kind of currency. Farmers in the vicinity of the Potteries were glad to exchange their surplus produce for it. They carried the ware to Vermont and to Western Massachusetts, and exchanged it for cash or grain, or such articles as were needed in their families.
The business is now carried on by Ebenezer Russell and Son. Their shop stands on lot nineteen, range nine. They manufacture one thousand five hundred dollars worth per year.
The name of the first workman in Pottersville was Felton, who came from Danvers, Mass. There was a pottery, in the east part of lot sixteen, range nine, carried on by Na- thaniel Furber ; and it has been said that he began the busi- ness in Dublin.
WOODEN-WARE AND LUMBER.
The manufacture of articles of wooden-ware was begun at the mills in the north-east part of Dublin, by George Handy and Nathaniel Greely, in 1838. Mr. Greely, after a few years, sold out to Mr. Handy, who continued the busi- ness. The annual amount of sales of washboards, clothes- pins, and mop-sticks, is stated to be eight thousand eight hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars worth of lumber. This mill is now owned (1853) by Asa Fairbanks.
The first saw-mill in the north-west part of the town was built by Moses Adams, sen., on lot eighteen, range ten. The second was built by Eli Greenwood, and stood where Woodward's Mills now stand. It has been rebuilt several times. In 1826, it was carried off by a freshet on the same night of the slide at the White Mountains. The first grist- mill in this part of the town was built by Moses Whitaker, 1796, on lot nineteen, range eight. It was in operation but a few years. The running portion was bought by Abner Smith, and added to the old Greenwood Mill. In 1834, a saw-mill was built by Robert Worsley and Lyman Russell on land owned by Mr. Worsley. It afterwards passed into the hands of Messrs. Needham and Heath, who added a clothes-pin shop. This mill is now run down, and not used.
In 1849, Messrs. Bemis, Symonds, and Co. erected a large wooden-ware shop on the stream just below the "Great
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Meadow." The next year, they built a saw-mill on the oppo- site side of the stream. They manufacture two hundred and fifty gross of mop-sticks at five dollars per gross, one thousand five hundred dozen of washboards at one dollar per dozen, and they sell one hundred and fifty thousand feet of boards at seven dollars per thousand.
In 1850, George Handy built a large saw-mill and wooden- ware manufactory on the site of that erected by Moses Adams, sen. We have no account of the amount of sales from this mill. Mr. Handy is not the present owner.
The old Greenwood Mill was rebuilt in 1842 by Cyrus W. Woodward; and it now consists of a saw-mill, grist-mill, and wheelwright and carpenter's shop. When this mill was owned by Luther Carlton, he used part of the water-power for manufacturing starch, and worked up from ten to fifteen thousand bushels of potatoes in a season. Mr. Carlton came to Dublin from Lunenburg, Mass., and died in 1838.
Charles W. Pierce has a grist-mill and saw-mill on the site of that first built by Samuel Twitchell, lot seven, range one. He manufactures seven thousand two hundred gross of clothes-pins per year, at eight cents per gross.
Messrs. Amos E. and Moses K. Perry have a saw-mill in Harrisville, which was first built and owned by Thaddeus P. Mason. The amount of their manufactures of boxes for cloth, shoes and boots, and various kinds of lumber, is two thousand five hundred dollars per year.
A saw-mill was built by Samuel Allison on lot seventeen, range six, about 1830. It has been owned by Jeremiah K. Needham, Charles W. Cleaveland, and Henry Holt. The present owner is Micah Howe. Of the amount of manu- factures in this mill we have no account.
SHOES AND SHOE-PEGS.
Besides the general manufacture of shoes for home con- sumption, John Piper and Joseph F. Hayes manufacture in each of their shops two thousand pairs of sale-shoes per year, worth fifty cents per pair. Joseph Morse manufac- tures two thousand five hundred pairs of shoes per year, which are valued at one thousand five hundred dollars. Many females are employed in binding shoes for the above- named manufacturers.
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The manufacture of shoe-pegs was begun by Ezra Rider, on lot three, range five, where he owned a grist-mill and saw- mill. Mr. Rider sold out to Joseph P. Frost and George Bullard. The mills were afterwards purchased by Samuel W. Hale, who manufactures five thousand bushels of shoe- pegs per year, at seventy-five cents per bushel. Large quan- tities of shoe-pegs have been sent to Europe, and sold in Liverpool and Hamburg.
The total amount of sales in the above-named manufac- tories is one hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars. What the invested capital is, and the annual cost of materials or stock, we have not been able to ascertain. The business of these several manufactories must vary from year to year ; and our statements are to be taken for the year 1852. Since that date, the amount may be more or less.
Col. Jonathan Locke has a clothing-mill in the south-east part of the town, on lot five, range one, in which he cards wool, and dresses cloth. Of the amount of his business we have had no information. Benjamin Frost built a grist-mill on this spot ; but, for want of suitable head and fall of water, it was not profitable. He sold his mill and a small piece of land to Nathan Hunt of Jaffrey, who built a house, barn, and clothier's shop, and after a few years sold the whole to Elijah B. Kimball, who set up a carding machine, and for a number of years carded wool and dressed cloth. He sold to Mr. Locke, the present owner, and removed to Peterborough.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The first person who received a military commission in Dublin was Thomas Morse. He was commissioned as cap- tain of the eighth company of the sixteenth regiment. His commission was dated at Portsmouth, the second day of June, in the fourteenth year of the reign of George the Third, An- noque Domini 1774, and signed by J. Wentworth. The next captains were Moses Adams, Samuel Twitchell, and James Chamberlain. Captain Chamberlain's commission was dated at Portsmouth, Feb. 16, 1786. He served till 1793; when the men, liable for military duty, were, by mutual agreement, divided into two companies. The west half formed the first
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