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the "Sea Bird," so well known on the Shrewsbury and in New York waters; Mary H., married Henry Wood (q. v.) ; Dr. Francis T., a physician and phar- macist of Red Bank and Asbury Park, New Jersey; Alvin, deceased; Margaret, deceased; S. Matilda, now residing with her widowed sister, Mary H. Chadwick Wood.
WOOD, Henry,
Artistic Silversmith.
Mary H. Chadwick, daughter of Fran- cis and Margaret Ann (Parker) Chad- wick and a descendant of Dirck Van Langstraaten (Longstreet), of Holland, John Chadwick, George Parker and Philip Taber, of England, married Henry Wood, whose father was a member of the New York House of Representatives from Rockland county.
At the time of his death in January, 1900, Henry Wood was one of the oldest silversmiths and jewelers in New York City. He learned the silversmith's trade in that city, advanced to junior, then to senior member of the firm with which he learned his trade, and until his death, con- tinued head of Wood & Hughes, manu- facturing silversmiths and jewelers, his entire business life having been passed with that firm. He was a man entirely devoted to his business and his family, taking but little part in public affairs. This was true of his entire career, and while no mian was better known in the jewelry trade, nor more highly regarded as friend, neighbor or citizen, he was not well known to the general public. He possessed all the private virtues, was honorable to the last degree, generous in his deeds of love, friendship or duty, one of the men who form the real bulwarks of the State, unselfish in their devotion and loyal to every trust.
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Henry Wood was born in New City, Rockland county, New York, November 1, 1830, died January 13, 1900. His carly life was spent in the country, where he acquired a good education and laid the foundation upon which his later success was built. When quite a young man he went to New York City, entering the em- ploy of the manufacturing jewelry firm of Wood & Hughes as an apprentice. This firm was founded in 1833 by Wil- liam Gale, Jacob Wood, and John H. Hughes. Jacob Wood and Jasper W. Hughes succeeded to the business in 1845, and at that time the firm began trading as Wood & Hughes, a name it yet re- tains after a lapse of seventy years. At the time of Henry Wood's entering the employ of the firm, his brother, Charles Wood, was the senior partner. After completing his apprenticeship and becom- ing thoroughly familiar with the business in factory and in office, Henry Wood was given an interest. This was in 1863, the principal partners then being his brother, Charles Wood, Stephen Fraprie and Charles H. Hughes. Dixon G. Hughes was also given an interest in the business and later he, with Henry Wood, was ad- mitted to full partnership. In 1890 these two men succeeded to full ownership and management, following the death of Charles Wood and Stephen Fraprie's ownership and management continuing until Henry Wood's death in 1900. Mr. Wood at different times during his con- nection with the business was in charge of the offices, and at others in charge of the factory, but his specialty was the manu- facture of silver hollow ware, a line in which he had no superior. He was ex- ceedingly fertile in beautiful appropriate designs, the artistic talent with which he was richly endowed suggesting a variety of treatment which, when wrought out
by the skill of silversmith and jeweler, gave to each article a distinction all its own. The leading jewelry firms of New York came to Wood & Hughes for artistic designs and superior workmanship, while all parts of the United States and even Europe drew largely upon their recog- nized skill and workmanship as silver- smiths and jewelers. Mr. Wood had the happy faculty of inspiring his assistants in both factory and office with his own high ideais, and, from an artistic and a financial standpoint, the continued suc- cess of Wood & Hughes may be justly attributed to this spirit of cooperation, born of the enthusiasm of Henry Wood.
Mr. Wood married, June 9, 1880, Mary H. Chadwick. Their home was in New York City for nineteen years, but in 1899 they became residents of Red Bank, where Mrs. Wood yet resides near the scenes of her birth and earlier life.
(The Taber Line).
Taber Arms: On a fess vert, three griffins' heads erased or. Crest: A grif- fin's head erased, proper.
Francis Chadwick, of the third Ameri- can generation, married Huldah Taber, a descendant of Philip Taber, born in 1605, died in 1672, who came from England to New England at an early date. His first wife was Lydia, daughter of John and Jane Masters. He was of Water- town, Massachusetts, Yarmouth, Ports- mouth and Providence, Rhode Island. He was made freeman in Massachusetts. May 14, 1634, and January 4, 1639, a freeman of Portsmouth. He served as deputy in 1639-40, was made freeman of Portsmouth in 1656, and in 1660-61 and 1663 was commissioner. On November 8, 1640, he had his son John baptized in Barnstable, and six years later, in Feb- ruary, 1646, his children. Joseph, Philit
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and Thomas, were baptized. In March, 1651, he was in New London, coming there from Martha's Vineyard, where he had been for some years. He owned property, and there are several references to him in the records. By one account he finally settled at Tiverton, where he died. He had children :
John, who died young; Lydia, who was married, April 16, 1664, to Pardon Till- inghast; Joseph; Philip, died in 1693, married and left issue; Thomas, of fur- ther mention; John, died June 9, 1747, married and left issue; Peter, died in 1736, married and left issue ; James, died October 7, 1690, married and left a son, Robert.
Thomas Taber, son of Philip Taber, the emigrant, and Lydia Masters, his wife, was born in 1646, died November 11, 1730, a resident of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where the Tabers were one of the promi- nent families.
In 1673 Thomas Taber served the town as surveyor of highways; 1675 as fence viewer ; 1679 as town clerk and constable ; 1685, 1692, 1694, 1696, 1699, 1700, 1701 and 1702 as selectman. In 1686 he was rate maker; in 1689 was captain of the train band ; and in 1693 was deputy to the General Court. His will, March 30, 1733, appointed his four sons-Joseph, John, Jacob and Philip-as executors, and de- vised to his widow Mary half the home- stead, with all houses, orchards and so forth, as long as she remained his widow, and to her all his personal estate.
He married (first) Esther Cooke, died in 1671, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah (Warren) Cooke. Rev. John Cooke was the last male survivor of the "Mayflower" passengers.
He married (second) Mary Thomson, who died May 3, 1734, daughter of Cap- tain John Thomson, born in 1616, and Mary Cooke, his wife. Mary Cooke, born
in 1624, was a daughter of Francis Cooke, of the "Mayflower," and his wife, Hester Mahieu. Children of Thomas Taber and his first wife, Esther Cooke: Thomas and Esther. Children of his second wife, Mary Thomson: Lydia, born August 8, 1673 ; Sarah, born in January, 1674; Mary, born March 18, 1677; Joseph, born March 7, 1679, married Elizabeth Spooner ; John, born February 22, 1681, married Phoebe Spooner, sister of Elizabeth; Jacob, born July 26, 1683; Jonathan, born September 22, 1685 ; Bethiah, born September 3, 1687 ; Philip, born February 7, 1689; Abigail, born May 2, 1693.
Philip (2) Taber. son of Thomas Taber and Mary Thomson, his wife, was born February 7, 1689. He married Susannah, daughter of Leonard Tucker, and had issue.
It is not susceptible of proof who is the head of the generation following Philip (2), but the probabilities are that it was Zephaniah. The will of Philip Taber does not clear the problem at all. That Hul- dah was a granddaughter of Philip is clearly proved, but through which son no public record shows.
Huldah Taber, granddaughter of Philip and Susannah (Tucker) Taber, married Francis Chadwick, of Red Bank, of previ- ous mention (see Chadwick).
(The Longstreet Line).
Deborah Longstreet, wife of Taber Chadwick, mother of Francis Chadwick and grandmother of Mary H. Chadwick (Mrs. Henry Wood), was a descendant of Stoffel (Theophilus) Langstraat, of Flatlands, Long Island, 1657. From early records and writings it is found that the name, originally Van Langstraaten, a place name, became Langstreet and Longstreet. "The names of Dutch arrivals here have undergone change, and that of Van Lang- straaten is now Longstreet." "The Lang-
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street or Longstreet family was of early Dutch extraction." From other records of recognized value the following extracts are taken:
The following took oath of allegiance to the British Crown in 1687 with the date of arrival in this country of the foreign born: Dirck Stoff- lese, 1657, Stoffle Dirckse (Langstraet) and others.
The following appear in the census of 1698: "Derrick Langstraet, 5 whites in family. Adrian Langstraet, I white in family. Derrick Langstraet married 24 yrs has 16 children all sound and well. Stoffel Langstreet of Monmouth Co., N. J., b. 1713, d. 1784 mar 16 Dec 1743 Abi- gail Woolley. Their grandson James was the father of General James Longstreet. the famous general of the Confederate Army."
From the "American Weekly Mercury," February 14-21, 1726-27, the following note is gleaned :
From Shrewsbury in New Jersey on Saturday the last day of Dec. 1726, Theophilus Longstreet of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth aged near sixty years, he met with some swans flying over a meadow, who shot down six of them at one shot, such a shot was never known among us.
The line in detail begins with Theophi- lus or Stoffel Van Langstraaten, of Hol- land.
His son, Dirck Stoffelse, born in Hol- land, immigrated to America in 1657. He married (first) Catharine Van Liewen. He married (second) prior to February 13, 1690, Johanna Havens, widow of Jo- hannis Holsaert. Derrick, or Dirck Stof- felse Langstraet, was a member of the Flatlands Dutch church in 1677; took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; an as- sessment roll of Flatlands, 1693, and the census of 1698 contain his name. An ante-nuptial agreement with his second wife, on Gravesend records of February
13, 1690, makes reference to his son, Stof- fel Dircksen, which reference furnishes positive proof that that son was a child of the first wife. At an early period (as per Rev. G. C. Schrenck) he bought land at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, which he de- vised to his son Richard. Issue: Stoffel Dircksen, of further mention, born about 1665; Classje Dircksen. born about 1672. married Abraham Lott, of Jamaica; Ad- nau, baptized September 16, 1677; Rich- ard, of Shrewsbury, born about 1680: Jo- hannis : and Samuel. married Barbara An- tonides. He signed his name "Dirck Stof- fels."
Stoffel Dircksen, son of Dirck Stoffelse Langstraet and his first wife, Catharine Van Liewen, was of Flatlands, Long Island, and Monmouth county, New Jer- sey. He was a deacon of the Flatlands church, moved to the "Neversinks" in Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1698, and in that county his descendants abound.
He married Mayke Laaneu, daughter of Gysbrecht Thysz Laaneu Van Pelt, of New Utrecht. In his will, dated Dccem- ber 1, 1739, proved March 1, 1741, he calls himself Theophilus, although he signed his name "Stoffel Langstratt."
The will of Mayke, his wife, is dated April 8, 1752, and was proved March 13, 1753. These wills mention children : Jonica, Catharine, Mary Sarah, Maria Ann, and Gisbert. Their issue was: Dirck, baptized April 25. 1696, in Brook- lyn ; Jonica or Jane: Catharine, married Jan Sutphen. of New Jersey; Mary or Maria, baptized May 6, 1702, married (first) William Hendricksen, of New Jer- sey, (second) Dirck Sutphen Schrenck. died in 1758; Stoffel, baptized December 25. 1713, married, in 1743. Abigail Wool- ley and resided at Upper Freehold ; Aurze, baptized in 1710, married Lydia Hall in Middlesex county, New Jersey ; Moica,
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baptized March 6, 1716, married (sup- posed) Johannes Lerk ; Anna, born about 1718; and Gisbert.
Dirck, son of Stoffel Langstratt and his wife, Mayke, was baptized in Brooklyn, New York, April 25, 1696. He is found on the records as Dirck and Derrick, but signs his will Richard Longstreet. He lived at Manasquan. but in his will dated May 27, 1761, calls himself "of the town of Shrewsbury, county of Monmouth. State of New Jersey." He mentions in his will "wife Allice," to whom he leaves "the plantation my father bought of John West.". Also mentions son Samuel, liv- ing on Shark River, sons Avrey and Richard, daughters Catharine, Moica, Mary and Anne, granddaughters Cath- arine and Allice, daughters of his eldest son. Stoffel (deceased).
Richard, son of Dirck ( Richard) Long- street and "Allice." his wife, made his will, and in it calls himself "of Howell, county of Monmouth, State of New Jer- sey."
He names in the will his sons, Wil- liam, Richard, Samuel, John, son of David (deceased), daughters Elizabeth and Alice, the children of his daughter, Mary Morton (deceased), the children of David, and Richard's daughter, Deborah, by his first wife, Lydia Morton. He further states that he had already given Richard a farm of one hundred and fifty acres "which he may dispose of as he pleases," but the property he devises to him is to go to his said daughter, Deborah. He enumerates the boundaries of the various pieces of land he disposes of to his chil- dren by will, and mentions Rankin's line and Goodman's as being at the south and east, Painter's road, the head of the bay, Allen's tavern, the Quaker meeting house, Clayton's tavern, Square bridge, Zebulon Clayton's, and various meadows and woodlands. He makes his "son Richard" and his "friend Taber Chadwick" execu-
tors, and signed his naine Richard Long- street. Witnesses, Thomas Clayton, Thomas I. (or J.) Hankinson, and Joel Willton. The will is in the handwriting of Taber Chadwick and bears the date of 1827, as does a codicil.
Richard, of the sixth generation, son of Richard Longstreet, "of Howell," was born February 18, 1767, died April 1, 1858. He is the Richard Longstreet who was "married 24 yrs and had 16 children all sound and well" by his first wife, Lydia Morton, who was born July 1, 1766, died January 4, 1810. Their gravestones are the only ones now standing (1914) in the old Longstreet burying ground at Brielle. New Jersey. The inscription on his grave- stone reads :
Richard Longstreet died Apr. 1 1858 aged of years I month & II days. "Aged sire thy work is finished'
"Here on earth thy toils are o'er"
"Brighter happier scenes surround thee'
"Where thou'lt dwell forevermore".
Children : Prudence, born in 1786; De- borah, born July 2, 1787; Aaron, born in 1788; Hannah, born in 1790; Mahalah, born in 1791; Elizabeth, born in 1793; -- , born in 1794; William Morton. -- born in 1795: Mary, born in 1796; Lydia. born in 1797; Catharine, born in 1799; Abigail, twin of Catharine: Anna. born in 1802; Richard, born in 1803; John M., born in 1804: James M., born in 1808. Beside his stone in the graveyard at Brielle stands that of his wife Lydia, and mother of the above children. It bears this inscription :
In Memory of Lydia Wife of Richard Longstreet who departed this life January Ist A. D. ISIO
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aged 43 years and 6 months.
Broken in half, with a sapling growing between the two parts lies the gravestone of his second wife :
Zilpah wife of Richard Longstreet who died Dec. 31 1863.
By this second wife Richard Longstreet had issue: Zilpah, born in 1813; Inabe, 1814; Esther, 1820; David, 1822; Pru- dence, 1824; Mahlon, 1825; Thomas, 1826.
Deborah Longstreet, of the seventh generation, daughter of Richard Long- street by his first wife, Lydia Morton, was born July 25, 1787 (according to the Bible of Taber Chadwick, July 25), died September 14, 1833. She married ( his sec- ond wife) November 13, 1804, Taber Chadwick, of previous mention, a de- scendant of John Chadwick, who died in New Jersey, June 20, 1739. Issue of Taber and Deborah (Longstreet) Chadwick : Francis, born in 1805, died young; Rich- ard, born in 1807, died young; Jeremiah, born in 1808, died young; Lydia, born in 1810; Catherine, born in 1812, died young ; Francis, born March 18, 1813 (q. v.),; Richard L., born in 1816; Sarah Ann, born in 1818; Catherine, born in 1819; Jeremiah, born in 1822; Deborah, born in 1824; Lucinda, born in 1826; Angeline, born in 1829. Both Taber Chadwick and Deborah, his wife, are buried in the old Chadwick plot in East Red Bank, "Tower Hill."
Francis, of previous mention, son of Taber and Deborah (Longstreet) Chad- wick, married September 9, 1835, Mar- garet Ann, daughter of Captain Joseph Parker, of Red Bank (see Parker line). She was born February 12, 1818, died Jan- uary 22, 1904. Both Francis and Margaret
A. Chadwick are buried in Fairview Ceme- tery, near Red Bank, in Middletown town- ship.
(The Parker Line).
Parker Arms: Gules, a chevron argent, charged with three fleurs-de-lis gules, be- tween three keys argent. Crest: An elephant's head couped argent, collared gules, charged with three fleurs-de-lis or. Motto: Secundis dubiisque rectus.
Margaret Ann Parker, wife of Francis Chadwick and mother of Mary H. (Chad- wick) Wood, was a lineal descendant of George Parker, of England, son of George and Mary Parker, and a descend- ant of noted forbears, including Matthew, an Archbishop of Canterbury. George Parker came to New England in the spring of 1635 on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," Robert Cooper, master. He brought a certificate from the minister and justices of the peace of "Conformitee to ye orders and discipline of ye church of England," asserting "and ye he is no subsidy man." He was at the time of his coming aged twenty years, and was a skilled worker in wood.
Soon after his coming to New Eng- land he married, and with his wife Frances, settled at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638. In 1638 he was admitted an "inhabitant," and March 16, 1641, was made a "freeman." In 1641 he was ser- geant of the court, an office he held until his death in October, 1656, the first gen- eral officer of the colony to die in office.
His widow, Frances, married (second) Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, the same Nicholas who later donated the ground at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, upon which Christ Episcopal Church was built. The children of George and Frances Parker were: Joseph, John, Miribah, and Peter.
Joseph, eldest son of George and Fran- ces Parker, was born not later than 1636. and was taken to Rhode Island with his parents.
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He was made a freeman of Ports- mouth in 1668, but in 1669 was in Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, where he exchanged lands in Portsmouth for land in Monmouth county, New Jersey, then settled in Shrewsbury township, where he became a very large landowner, his holdings, reaching from river to river, in- cluding the site of the present village of Little Silver. It is said that this name comes from the fact that in its original transfer from the Indians they received therefor "little silver." Joseph Parker's first house was near the bridge crossing Parker's creek. He was made a justice of the peace in 1675, and in 1676 was ap- pointed a justice of the court, holding un- til 1682, and was also a member of the Assembly. In 1682 he was appointed a commissioner to lay out roads and to levy taxes.
He died at Shrewsbury, August 18, 1684, aged about forty-eight years, leav- ing most of his property to his son, Joseph. He married Margaret Slocum, and had sons, Joseph, Nathaniel and Peter.
Peter, youngest son of Joseph and Mar- garet (Slocum) Parker, was born in 1681, died June 27, 1708. He was a landowner at Long Branch and Rumson Neck, and for many years a constable of Shrews- bury, his home town being near Parker- ville.
He married Elizabeth C. -- , and had issue: Silas, Hannah, Josiah, John, Peter, Margaret and Elizabeth.
Josiah, son of Peter and Elizabeth C. Parker, was born in Shrewsbury town- ship, married, and there lived and died.
William, son of Josiah Parker, was known as "Boatman Billy," to distinguish him from a relative, "Rich Billy" Parker. He married Anna Brookman, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Bills) Brookman. Lydia Bills was a daughter of William and Mary (Borden) Bills, a granddaugh-
ter of Thomas Bills, who was a son of William and a grandson of Robert Bills. Mary (Borden) Bills was a daughter of Francis and Mary (Lippincott) Borden, and a granddaughter of Francis and Jane ( Villars) Borden. William and Ann Parker had issue: Josiah Hyde, Michael, William, and Joseph ("Captain").
Captain Joseph Parker, son of "Boat- man" William Parker and Anna Brook- man, his wife, was born in 1784, died in 1858, a lifelong resident of Red Bank and vicinity.
He married Hannah Casler, born Sep- tember 15, 1794, died in 1876, daugh- ter of John P. Casler, born October 8, 1774, died March 2, 1862, and his wife, Margaret Clayton, born October 31, 1774, died July 1, 1824. She was a granddaugh- ter of John and Margaret Casler, of French-Huguenot ancestry. Children of Captain Joseph Parker : John, died young ; "Captain" Henry Brookman; Margaret Ann; William Bills; Ashur; Mary ; Jo- seph ; Jacob; and Robert, who married Julia Hance.
Margaret Ann, daughter of Captain Joseph and Hannah (Casler) Parker, was born in 1818, died in 1904. She was a woman of fine quality, noted for her pro- ficiency in fine needle work and embroid- ery and for her many womanly virtues. A specimen of her skill with the em- broidery needle when a child of eleven years is preserved in the home of her daughter, Mary H. (Chadwick) Wood, and is a wonderful piece of picture em- broidery. She married, in 1835, Francis Chadwick, of Red Bank (see Chadwick sketch).
EDITOR'S NOTE-On following pages appear a number of important historical narratives from the pen of the Rev. Joseph F. Folsom, secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, litterateur and antiquarian, and an author of ability. For many years he has contributed to the press valu- able papers bearing upon early New Jersey his- tory.
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BRAY, Daniel,
Patriot of the Revolution.
Many patriots who in the long struggle did less for their country's freedom than Daniel Bray are to-day more honored and sung, although he, through many perils, gathered by night the fleet of boats by which Washington crossed the icy Dela- ware. Even had the battle of Trenton proved a disaster for the Americans, in- stead of the glorious victory it actually became, the dangerous descent of the swiftly flowing river, from the mouth of the Lehigh to Malta Island, a journey of fifty miles through long wintry nights, accomplished by Captain Bray and his compatriots, should at least give his name a place beside those of Paul Revere, Ser- geant Jasper and Molly Pitcher.
It has remained for history to set in proper light his service, and history has given him but a paragraph. If this brief sketch shall do no more than lead to an examination of the facts and traditions concerning this New Jersey Revolution- ary soldier, it will have accomplished its immediate purpose. Afterward a just verdict will follow.
Meanwhile, in the old-fashioned but well-cared-for cemetery at Rosemont are resting the remains of General Bray, marked by a well-preserved marble head- stone, bearing only this too modest in- scription. "Sacred to the memory of Dan- iel Bray, born October the 12th, A. D. 1751, and departed this life December the 5th, A. D. 1819, in the 69th year of his age." No military title is prefixed to the name of one who was a captain in the Revolution and a general of State militia afterward. No appropriate inscription to the memory of a patriot who performed heroic deeds in one war, and in the sec- ond war with Great Britain in 1812 stood in readiness with trained men to go when called.
Next to him lies his wife, who died in 1840. The headstones are such as well-to- do people of the early part of the nine- teenth century had placed above their graves, and were it not for the prominent part this soldier played in his country's history, no just complaint could be made about his last resting-place, but in view of what he did, it would seem that his services should be better memorialized.
Before presenting some facts regard- ing his life, let us first see what has al- ready been written about Daniel Bray. In the late Dr. George S. Mott's "First Century of Hunterdon County" the fol- lowing passage is found :
General Stirling was stationed with his troops opposite Lambertville, at Beaumonts, about three miles below New Hope. Redoubts were east up, one on the top of the hill back of the schoolhouse at New Hope. General Washington rode up to inspect these, probably returning the same day. He ordered a stockade intrenchment to be made, and batteries to be posted. As it was important that he should have command of all the boats on the river, General Green was charged with the duty. He ordered General Ewing to send sixteen Durham boats and four flats down to MeKon- keys' (Washington's crossing). These Durham boats were large and flat, pointed at each end, being used for eonveying iron from Durham to Philadelphia. General Maxwell was directed to collect the boats high up the river, as there was danger of the enemy seizing them, and to place them under strong guard. This service was as- signed to Captain Daniel Bray, afterward General Bray, of the New Jersey Militia, Captain Jacob Gearheart and Captain Thomas Jones, who eol- lected all the boats on the upper waters of the Delaware and Lehigh, and brought them down to Coryell's ferry. The boats were hid behind Malta Island, just below what is known as "The Mills" on the Pennsylvania side. The island was dense- ly wooded. so that the boats could not be seen by a reconnoitering party of the enemy, as it looked down the New Jersey heights. These boats were thus secured for the famous erossing of Christ- mas night.
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