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NEW-YORK, January 14.
Yesterday Morning a Brig from Fyal, in coming up from the Hook, was struck by a Cake of Ice in the North-River, which knock'd in Part of her Bows and damaged her so much, that before she could come up to any Wharf, (being likely to sink) the People on board were glad to run her aground near the White-Hall-Slip: but it is hoped the Cargo and Vessel will be saved-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 894, January 24, 1760.
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Notice is hereby given that Monday, the 11th Day of February next is appointed to pay off the Company of Cap- tain Alexander Anderson, of the New-Jersey Forces, at the House of Nathaniel Parker in Trenton ; therefore all concerned, are desired to attend.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, Captain in the Jersey Regi- ment.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1623, January 31, 1760.
Burlington, January 21, 1760.
ANDREW KONKEL hereby gives Notice, That he, and his Brother, Peter Konkel, arrived in Philadelphia, from Holland Servants, between five and six Years ago: since which all he has been able to learn of him is, that he was sold to one Isaac Garrett, a few Miles over Schuylkill: These are therefore to request him, the said Isaac Garrett, or any other Person, knowing Peter Kon- kel, to be so kind as to let the Advertiser know where he may be found; or if they would leave Word at Sam- uel Shoemaker's Store, in Philadelphia, it would do as well; which would greatly oblige their humble Servant,
Andrew Konkel.
N. B. The Advertiser lives with Samuel Smith, in Burlington, West New Jersey .- The Pennsylvania Ga- sette, No. 1623, January 31, 1760.
Elizabeth-TOWN LOTTERY.
F OR the Benefit of St. John's Church, consist- ing of 3334 Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, 853 Prizes, the highest 1000 Dollars, the lowest 8, without any Deduction, which was pro- posed to be drawn near Shutter's-Island on the 5th Day
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of February Instant, but by Reason of the Inclemency of the Season, and some of the Tickets being yet undis- posed of, the 14th Day of March next is fixed upon for the Drawing, by which Time it is confidently hoped all Things will be in readiness to draw without Delay. Those who are willing to encourage the said Lottery, may be furnished with Tickets by writing, sending, or applying to the Managers, Jonathan Hampton and John Deheart, Esqrs, or the Reverend Mr. Chandler, in Eliz- abeth-Town; Bernardus Legrange, Esq; at Rariton Landing; John Allen, Esq; at Trenton; Cortland Skin- ner, Esq; at Perth Amboy; Mr. Elias Boudinot, at Prince Town; Dr. Samuel Tuthill, at Morris-Town; and Mr. John West, at Elizabeth-Town-Point .- The New York Mercury, February 4, 1760.
To be sold by publick vendue the 16th of February at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, on the Premises. A lot of ground whereon is erected a good two story house, a stable, a horse grist inill (having a shed over the same) with a pair of good mill stones, one whereof was a cul- len, and a well finished boulting mill. The above lot is situated in, or near Moyamensing township, and a quar- ter of a mile off the New-Market on Society Hill. It contains in Front 46 Feet on Second street continued, and in depth 200 feet and is subject to a yearly ground rent forever of five pounds 3|6 Pennsylvania currency. Any person inclining to purchase the above described lot and Buildings before the day of sale, are desired to apply to Baynton and Wharton merchants in Philadel- phia, who will advise them of the terms, or to Alexander Crawford in Prince Town, New-Jersey .- The Pennsylva- nia Journal, No. 896, February 7, 1760.
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T HESE are to notify all such Persons as belong to Captain William McDonald's Company, in the New-Jersey Regiment, that they are desired to meet the subscriber at the House of Mr. Thomas Johnson, at Amboy, on the 21st and 22d instant, in order to receive such Arrears of Pay as may be due to them; where proper Attendance will be given: Such as do not then attend must not expect to be paid without the Trouble of calling on the Subscriber at his usual Place of Abode.
William McDonald. Bedminster, Feb. 2, 1760.
-The New York Mercury, February 11, 1760.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Polly, Samuel Horton to Salem. Schooner Adventure, Ebenezer Jackson to Piscataway .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 897, February 14, 1760.
Union Iron Works, February 2, 1760.
Deserted from Lieutenant John Hill, of His Majesty's First or Royal Regiment, recruiting near the Union Iron Works, West New Jersey, Elijah Nelson, about 30 Years of Age, five Feet, five Inches high, light coloured Hair, fair Complexion, and crooked Nose ; said he had inlisted for, and served a Year in the Rangers, and had come down from Albany with Lieutenant Holmes of the said Corps. He went off in a wide blue Coat, Buckskin Breeches, a newe Felt Hat, and a Pair of old Shoes, with Silver or white Metal Buckles. Whoever apprehends and secures the above Deserter, by applying to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, at Brunswick, or to Lieutenant Hill shall receive Twenty Shillings Reward, over and above what is allowed by Act of Parliament.
N. B. If the above Nelson will voluntarily return to the Party from whom he deserted, or will without Loss of
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Time, join the Regiment at Brunswick, he may depend upon Intercession being made for his Pardon.
JOHN HILL. - The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1625, February 14, 1760.
London, St. James's, Nov. 27. His Majesty in Coun- cil was this Day pleased to appoint the following Per- sons Governors in America, viz
Thomas Pownall, Esq; to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of South- Carolina, in the Room of William Henry Lyttleton, Esq;
Francis Bernard, Esq; to be Captain General and Gov- ernor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of the Massa- chusetts-Bay, in the Room of Thomas Pownall, Esq;
And Thomas Boone, Esq; to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New- Jersey, in the Room of Francis Bernard, Esq ;- The New York Mercury, February 18, 1760.
Philadelphia, February 18, 1760
Broke out of the Goal of Hunterdon County in New- Jersey, at Trenton, on the 18th Instant, one Redmond Magre, about 22 Years of Age, fair Complexion, a down Look, with light Hair: Had on a blue Coat and Breech- es, the Coat trimmed with Gold Cord, and the Breeches with Gold Lace at the Knees, a Buff coloured Jacket, with Gold Button holes, black or blue Stockings, and a half worn Hat. Whoever secures the above Person in any Goal, so that he may be had again, shall have Five Pounds Reward, paid by
Moore Furman, Sheriff. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1626, February 21, 1760.
1 John Hill was commissioned Lieutenant of the First Regiment, April 9, 1756, and Adjutant, Oct. 10, 1760.
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ADAM AREY,
The NEW-JERSEY Post, hereby gives Notice, That the Year for which he agreed to ride, will expire the Fif- teenth Day of March next; and therefore request those Gentlemen who have their News-papers and Letters carried by him, that they will be so kind as to leave their respective Monies at the different Places where their Papers are left, which will greatly oblige their very hum- ble Servant,
ADAM AREY. N. B. He proposes to ride another Year, if proper Encouragement is given .-- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1626, February 21, 1760.
Manennaucong Island Lottery,
T 1 OWARDS purchasing a Lot of Land in Parsip- panning, Morris-County, for a Parsonage and Building a House thereon. The Severity of the Season not permitting to draw said Lot- tery the 25th of this Inst. as proposed: Those con- cerned may depend that on Friday the 7th of March next, the Tickets will be put in the Boxes, and the Drawing to commence on the 18th following: There are a few Tickets in the Hands of the Managers, those that incline to become Adventurers must be speedy in their Application.
A T New-Brunswick is taught, reading, writ- ing and arithmetic, vulgar and decimal; and in a separate Room, Geometry, Navigation, Surveying, and Book-keeping, after the true Italian Method; Algebra, and several other Branches of the Mathematicks; and young Gentlemen may be boarded reasonably by EDWARD COOPER. - The New York Mercury, February 25, 1760.
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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Bel- lona, Andrew Herrick from Salem .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 899, February 28, 1760.
As some Recruits are now wanted to complete His Majesty's FIRST and ROYAL REGIMENT, at present quartered in the Jerseys, this serves to inform the Pub- lic, that any Gentlemen Volunteers, who are desirous of serving in said Corps, from 17 to 35 Years of Age, well made, above five Feet, five Inches high, will be ac- cepted of by Captain Gordon's recruiting Party, on the other Side of the River Delaware, or may at any Time hear of the Captain, at the King's Arms, in Second street, Philadelphia, from whom they may expect the best Treatment, shall enter into present Pay and free Quarters, daily Pay, with Provision Money allowed, amounting to more than One Shilling and Four-pence per day, will immediately receive new Cloathing from Head to Foot, Arms, &c, for their further Encourage- ment Five Dollars will be given to each of them, to be disposed of as they may think proper, and six Dollars will be given if of Grenadier Size. If any Man brings a good Recruit to said Party, he shall receive a Dollar for his Trouble.
Patrick Gordon, Capt. in the Royal. - The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 1627, February 28, 1760.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY
E RECTED and to be drawn on or near Shuter's- Island, for raising 750 Dollars, to be applied to the Finishing the Presbyterian Church at Bound-Brook, in East-New-Jersey, and to the Paying off sundry Arrearages, in erecting the Par- sonage House thereto appending. The Lottery con-
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sists of 2500 Tickets, at 2 Dollars each, 713 of which are to be fortunate, without any Deduction, so that there will be scarcely two Blanks and a half to a Prize, as more particularly appears from the Scheme following:
Number of Prizes.
Dollars.
Dollars.
I
250 )
250
2
100
200
4
50
200
8
25
200
10
of
20
are
200
14
I 5
210
40
8
320
104
5
520
530 )
4 )
2120
First drawn,
I 5
Prizes,
713
Last drawn,
15
Blanks, 1787
4250
2500
Profits of the Lottery,
750
Total amount of 2500 Tickets at two Dol-
lars each
5000
The Drawing to commence the first Day of May next at farthest, or sooner if sooner full: The whole to be conducted under the Inspection and Management of Col. Philip Van Horne, Benjamin Thompson, Tobias Van Norden, James Hude, jun. William Thompson, Esqrs, and Capt. John Harris, who are to be under Oath for the faithful Discharge and Execution for their Trust. - The New York Mercury, March 3, 1760.
Charles-Town, February 16. We hear, that Thomas Boone, Esq; lately appointed governor of New-Jersey, who is now in this province, where he has a very large estate, will speedily depart hence for his government .- -The New York Mercury, March 3, 1760.
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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Eliz- abeth, Joseph Sewall from Piscataway.
Cleared. Sloop Bellona, Andrew Harrick to Salem. - The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 900, March 6, 1760.
Run-away on the 5th Inst. from Joseph Burr, living in Burlington county. A Mollatto servant man, named Jack, about twenty-two years of Age, near 5 feet nine inches high, has a seam on his under lip, and is round shouldered. Had on when he went away, a felt hat, light coloured coat and jacket, dark coloured camblet ditto, white shirt, leather breeches, blue worsted stock- ing, calfskin shoes with round toes, and square carved mettal buckles, he has an old great coat and other cloaths not well known. Whoever takes up the said servant and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall have three POUNDS reward, and rea- sonable charges paid by me.
JOSEPH BURR.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 901, March 13, I 760.
New-York, March IO.
By Captain Hall, who arrived at Boston last Sunday Week in 25 Days from St. Kitts, we have the following List of Prizes taken and carried into Martinico, between the 4th and 30th of Jan last, viz. Ship Quebec from Salem for St. Kitts. - The Pennsylvania Jour- nal, No. 901, March 13, 1760.
To be sold by the subscriber, living near Bordentown, Two hundred acres of very good land, exceedingly well timbered, a great deal of good ship timber on it; there
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may be made 20 acres of good meadow, and lies about a mile from the town, where there is a good landing to take wood for Philadelphia, and joining the stage road from that to Amboy. Any gentleman inclining to pur- chase, by applying soon, shall have an indisputable title (upon terms) given by
John Edwards. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1629, March 13, I760.
To be sold, a likely Negro Wench, about 18 Years old; enquire of William P. Smith, Esq; at Elizabeth Town. She has had the Small-pox and Meazels.
T O be sold by Jonathan Hampton, of Elizabeth Town, in New-Jersey, Agent and Attorney for the Honourable Thomas Penn, and Rich- ard Penn, Esqrs, about five Thousand Acres of choice Timber Land, and the best graising Land in Jersey; being chiefly a Timber Swamp, some good plow Land upon it, plenty of Oak fit for Staves, Ship-planks, Building and Fencing; also great plenty of fine Chest- nut, Black-Ash, and Hickery; the improved Part has raised good Indian Corn, and is capable of raising Hemp, or any kind of Grass sowed thereon. There is plenty of Mills around the Swamp, and several Iron Works near it; four Meeting-houses near it, on the four different Quarters: It lays on the Head Branches of Passaick- River, and has good Streams of Water running thro' it. Upon Part of the Money's being paid and the Rest se- cured on Interest, a good Warrantee will be given, by the said Thomas and Richard Penn, to the Purchaser. For further Particulars enquire of said Jonathan Hamp- ton .- The New York Mercury, March 17, 1760.
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Philadelphia, March 4, 1760
Run away from Richard James, of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and province of East New Jersey, on the first of this instant, a Negroe man, named Dick, about 23 years of age, of a middling stature, thin faced, and can talk Dutch. Had on when he went away two jackets, the outside one black, the other white, leather breeches, a pair of ribbed stockings, a pair of shoes, and a felt hat. Whoever takes up the said Ne- groe, and brings him to his master, or secures him so that he may have him again, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges. All persons are for- bid to conceal or carry off said Negroe, upon the pen- alty of the law.
Richard James. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1630, March 20, 1760.
All Persons indebted to the estate of Josiah Davison, late of the county of Middlesex, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment to the subscribers, without further notice: And those that have any demands against said estate, are desired to produce their ac- counts, so that they may be adjusted by Jacob Scudder, and Joseph Skelton, Executors.
To be sold by said executors, A house and lot, in Prince-Town, fronting the New Jersey College, now in the tenure of the Widow Gregory .- The Pennsyl- vania Gazette, No. 1630, March 20, 1760.
NEW-YORK, March 17.
The Detachment from the Royal Scots, consisting of 600 Men also, are to embark at Amboy, on board the Ship Thornton, Gilchrist; Snow Albany, Belton; and Ship Carolina, Boyd.
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They are to be conveyed by His Majesty's Sloop of War, the Albany, Captain Jervis, and we hear will be clear to sail from Sandy Hook To morrow, or Wednes- day at farthest.
The Snow Argo, Captain Parker, has on board Pro- visions &c, and sails with the Fleet .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1630, March 20, 1760.
By Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias, issuing on a Judg- ment obtained in the Supreme Court of the Province of New Jersey, there will be exposed to Sale, at a publick vendue, on Tuesday, the first Day of April next, at 2 o' Clock in the Afternoon on the same Day, on the Prem- ises, several Lots of Land, situate, lying and being in Prince- Town, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of New Jersey aforesaid, adjoining the Lot on which the College stands, being a Part of the real Estate of Samuel Hazard, late of the City of Philadelphia, Merchant, deceased, and taken in Execution by Evan Morgan, jun.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Sheriff. - The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1630, March 20, 1760.
JOHN DEVAN,
Skinner and Leather· Breeches-Maker, from New- York,
H AS set up his Business in Elizabeth-Town, about 2 Miles from the Court-House, on the Post Road to Woodbridge, opposite Captain Ephraim Terril's. Any Gentlemen, or oth- ers, that will favour him with their Custom, may depend on being served in the best Manner, and in the newest. Fashion. All Persons that have any Demands on the said Devan, are desired to send him their Accounts, that they may be paid .- The New York Mercury, March 24, 1760.
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New- York, March 31. The Elizabeth-Town Lottery will be drawn the 10th Day of April. The Managers have yet a few Tickets to sell.
We learn from Perth-Amboy, that Tuesday the 18th Instant, being the first of the March Term for holding the Supreme Court at that City, for the Province of New-Jersey, the Hon. Nathaniel Jones, Esq; appeared in the Court-House there, with his Majesty's Commis- sion appointing him Chief Justice of that Province, and demanded the necessary Requisites for the Exercise of that Office, before the Hon. Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; Chief Justice of the Province, and the Hon. Sam- tel Nevil, Esq; Second Judge of the said Supreme Court : Whereupon the Commission appointing Mr. Morris to that Office, was read, and also Mr. Jones's; and that of Mr. Morris being found to be during good Behaviour, and no Instances of his Misbehaviour appearing against him; after some learned Debates in the Law, it was the Opinion of the Court, that as Mr. Morris was never le- gally superceded, Mr. Jones could not be admitted to the Execution of that Office.1
1 The circumstances attending the appointment of Nathaniel Jones to the office of Chief Justice of New Jersey, and his futile effort to assume the position, make one of the most interesting episodes in the history of our Supreme Court.
Soon after Gov. Lewis Morris entered upon the duties of his office of Governor of New Jersey, he issued a commission, dated March 12, 1738, appointing his son, Robert Hunter Morris, to the office of Chief Justice of the Province, "for during good behaviour in the same," although his predecessor, Robert Lettice Hooper, had been commissioned by royal warrant dated February 29, 1727-8, only "during the royal pleas- ure."-N. J. Archives, IX., 206-7, 230, 235. In a letter dated Amboy. August 10, 1760, to Gov. Thomas Boone, Morris gives these interesting details:
"In 1738 I was appointed Chief Justice of this Province, during good be- haviour; and Continued in the Exercise of that Office till 1749, when at the request of His Majesty's Council, I went to England, to lay before the Ministry the state of the Colony, then disturbed by frequent Riots, and thrown into the utmost disorder and Confusion.
"In March 1754, Just before I was named to the Government of Pen- silvania, I wrote to the Board of Trade, desiring their Lordships 'would give me Leave to Resign the Office of Chief Justice.' I had no answer to that Letter; And therefore as I passed through New Jersey to Pen- silvania, I made the same request of the Governor and Council; But they declined Accepting my Resignation, Saying the Offices were not incompatible, and the Provinces only separated by a River.
"I went on then in the Discharge of the Duties of the Place, as well as the Perplexed Affairs of Pensilvania would permit, till 1756, when having Resigned that Government, I Returned to New Jersey and Remaind in the full Exercise of the Office till October 1757.
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We have certain Advice from Perth-Amboy, that the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, have agreed to raise the same Number of Men for the ensuing Campaign, that they did last Year; and to give the
"I beg leave to observe that in All this time; a space of near four years, I had not the least Intimation, that the Board of Trade con- sidered my Request of March 1754 as a Resignation.
"In October 1757, I obtained Leave from the President of the Council to go to England; During my stay there, I Received Information from America, that Mr. Ainsley was, Pursuant to his Majesty's Mandamus, Appointed Chief Justice of this Province: I Expressed my surprise thereon to your Predecessor, then in London; And Endeavoured to see the Earl of Halifax, but was so unfortunate as not to have an oppor- tunity of speaking to his Lordship upon the subject."-N. J. Archives, IX., 235-6. See also ibid., 206-7.
He had used substantially the same arguments in an interview with Governor Bernard, who in a letter to the Lords of Trade, Feb. 25, 1760, makes these shrewd comments on his position:
"The whole amount of it is that, as he proposed a resignation on ac- count of his taking the government of Pennsylvania & he quitted that government & returned to New Jersey before your Lordships had ac- cepted his resignation, the reasons of it ceasing, the resignation itself was revoked. But I observed to him that in his letter to your Lord- ships, He did not attribute his desire to resign the office to his taking the Government of Pennsylvania, but to his private affairs not per- mitting him to attend the duties of it: And therefore your Lordships could not take notice of his quitting that government as a ceasing of his reasons for his resignation; if it were so he should have signified it to your Lordships & prayed leave to withdraw his resignation. As he did not, all this misunderstanding has arose from his own omission."- Ibid., IX., 210-211.
As for Morris's assertion that he "went on in the Discharge of the Duties of the Place, as well as the Perplexed Affairs of Pensilvania would permit, till 1756," this is contradicted by Governor Bernard, who says that after Morris "took upon him the government of Pennsyl- vania," "he never sat as Chief Justice, till after he had relinquisht that government. After that He sat once in Novr Term 1756, and divers times in each of the Terms in March May & August 1757. Soon after the last he went to England."-Ibid., 212.
The records of the Court fail to show that Chief Justice Morris sat in the Court during 1754, 1755 or 1756. Whatever duty he performed in re- spect to the office must have been attended to off the bench, possibly in consultations with his associates, or in advising the Governor and Council, or in signing papers.
The Lords of Trade, in an address to the King, June 17, 1760, state that Morris, after residing in England a considerable time, "by his Letters to us dated the 31st of March, 1754, desired Leave to resign his said Office, as his private Affairs would not permit him to attend to the Duties of it."-Ibid., 230. Quietly ignoring the evident fact that Morris's resignation was not accepted, they excuse that omission on the plea that "It was not till the beginning of the year 1757, that we were en- abled to recommend to Your Majesty a proper person to supply the Vacancy Occasioned by this Resignation." Referring to the appoint- ment of William Aynsley as Chief Justice, on February 16, 1757, and his subsequent performance of the duties of that office during the March and May terms, 1758, and until his death, they make the very good point: "it is remarkable, that, during this Course of time Mr. Morris neither contested the Appointment of Mr. Aynsley here, nor set up any Claim of prior Right in the province."-Ibid., 231.
Chief Justice Aynsley having died in May, 1758, the Lords of Trade proposed to the King the appointment of Nathaniel Jones for the succession, May 22, 1759, saying he had been "recommended to us as a Person well qualified to serve Your Majesty in that Station."-Ibid., 173. He was appointed May 24, and the appointment was approved in Council, May 31, 1759 .- Ibid. This selection for so important an office immediately aroused the strongest opposition in the Province, and was viewed with manifest apprehension and alarm, if we may judge from
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same Bounty of Twelve Pounds Proclamation to all who shall voluntarily inlist.
Since our last we have received the following disa-
the few guarded criticisms of the King's action that have come down to us, and which suggest much more than is expressed. In a letter dated Perth Amboy, December 16, 1761, published in the Pennsylvania Journal of January 7, 1762, Jones is contemptuously described as having been a "Newgate Solicitor" at the time of his appointment. This letter was probably written by Morris. The statement is accepted as true by William Smith, the New York historian .- Hist. of N. Y., 1830, II., 347. According to his own account, Jones was of the Middle Temple, a bar- rister at law .- N. J. Archives, IX., 342. We have no other particulars regarding his standing at the bar.
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