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(IX) Orson Alonzo, second son of Gilmore and Lois (Noble) Kinney, was born in Cort- land, New York, October 31, 1821, died at Mc- Grawville, New York, June 17. 1896. He attended the common schools, and early began working on his father's farm, first settled by his grandfather, Moses Kinney. There was a great deal of stock raised on the farm and Orson A. made trips across country to Phila- delphia, driving the cattle, which were dis- posed of on arrival at the city mentioned. In 1846 he settled about two miles south of Mc-
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Grawville, on a farm, remaining there until 1857, when he removed to Blodgett's Mills. In 1870 he returned to the village of McGraw- ville, where he lived until his death. He dealt extensively in real estate, built many residences and did much to improve McGrawville; was town trustee many years and aided greatly in every movement for the advancement of the town. He was prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; was for twenty years a member of the old lodge and became a char- ter member of the new lodge instituted in 1880; held the rank of past noble grand at the time of his death. He was a Democrat in politics. He married (first) February 25, 1846, Julia E. Greenman, of Solon, New York, born February 29, 1824, died July 24, 1876. He married (second) Nancy E. Lamont, of McGrawville. Children, all by first marriage : I. Clarissa, born January 7. 1847, died Octo- ber 28, 1861. 2. Clara Augusta, born April II, 1848, died October 20, 1861. 3. Roger, born April 10, 1850, died December 20, 1863. 4. Gilmore, born January 2, 1852, resident of Weehawken, New Jersey ; married Celia Os- born ; children : Benjamin, born May 6, 1875; Montrose, September 22, 1876; Julia, Febril- ary 8, 1880; Clarine, March 25, 1883 ; Gilmore, June 9, 1886: Charles, February 7, 1889. 5. Julia Etta, born May 29, 1854; married Colo- nel Daniel S. Lamont ; children : Elizabeth, born December 1, 1881; Julia, September 22, 1883, died August 26, 1902; Frances Cleve- land, November 18, 1888; Catherine, October II, 1896. 6. Orson A. (2), of further men- tion. 7. Jessie, born December 21, 1868, died February 19, 1871.
(X) Orson Alonzo (2), son of Orson Alonzo (I) and Julia E. (Greenman) Kinney, was born in Blodgetts Mills. Cortland county, New York, February 8, 1866. He was educated at McGrawville Free Academy, and on leaving school at the age of seventeen years associated with his brother for several years, engaged in ranching in Kansas. From 1888 until 1892 he was cashier of the First National Bank, of Dighton, Kansas. In 1892 he returned to Cortland and until 1899 was employed in the offices of the "Wickwire Brothers" manufac- turing plant. In 1899 he was elected secretary of the H. F. Benton Lumber Company ( estab- lished in 1866, incorporated in 1899), and upon the death of Mr. Benton, in 1910, was elected president of the corporation, which position he now holds (1911). He is an elder of the
Presbyterian church, of Cortland; member of the McGrawville Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Cortlandville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Politically he is a Democrat. He married (first), Octo- ber 26, 1887, Sadie G. Taylor, born December 29, 1865, died August 29, 1893, daughter of Wilson Taylor, of East Palestine, Ohio. He married (second), November 19, 1896, Mar- garet Townsend, of Moravia, New York, born February 8, 1872, daughter of James J. and Amy (Arnold ) Townsend. Children : 1. Mar- garet Reade, born September 16, 1901. 2. Orson Alonzo (3), born April 21, 1903, died March 10, 1904. 3. Daniel Lamont, born July 22, 1905.
Lieutenant William Clark, immi- CLARK grant ancestor, was born in Dor- setshire, England, in 1609. Ac- cording to family tradition, he came to New England in the ship "Mary and John," which left Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630. The name of William Clark also appears in the list of passengers who took "Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance to pass for New England in the 'Mary and John' of London, Robert Sayres, Master, 24th Mar. 1633." He settled at Dor- chester, Massachusetts, before 1635. There were three other Clarks among the first set- tlers at Dorchester, who were buried beneath one gravestone, which bears the following in- scription :
Here lie three Clarkes, their accounts are even, Entered on earth, carried up to Heaven.
The name is by many families spelled with a final "e."
William Clark was a prominent citizen of Dorchester, and was a selectman, 1646-50. In 1653 he was one of the petitioners to the gen- eral court of Massachusetts for permission to settle in the "New Country," now Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, and removed to that town in 1659. A history of Northampton says "Lieu- tenant William Clarke moved his family to Northampton in 1659. His wife rode on horse- back, with two baskets called 'panniers' slung across the horse, carrying one boy in each basket and one on her lap, her husband, fifty years old, preceding on foot." From the town records of Northampton, it appears that William Clark received twelve acres of land on the west side of what is now Elm street,
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bordering on Mill river. Here he erected a log house, which he occupied from 1659 to 1681, when it was burned. An historian says of this occurrence : "Here behold a sad picture of the times! Jack, a negro servant of Sam- nel Wolcott, of Wethersfield, set fire to the house of Lieutenant William Clarke by taking a brand of fire from the hearth and swinging it up and down, for to find victuals, and was sentenced to be taken from the bar to the place whence he came, and then to be hanged by the neck till he was dead, and then to be taken down and burnt to ashes in the fire. He con- fessed that he did it and did it in carelessness and the law had its course." The new house, erected in 1681, remained standing in North- ampton until 1826. Lieutenant William Clark organized, in 1661, in Northampton, a train band of sixty men, for defence against the In- dians, and he commanded the company in King Philip's war and other Indian wars. He was one of the seven incorporators of the first church in Northampton ; he was also a judge of the county court. He married (first) Sarah who died September 6, 1675. He married ( second) Sarah Cooper, November 15. 1676, who died May 6. 1688. He died at Northampton, July 19, 1690. A monument has been erected to his memory in the Northamp- ton cemetery. Children: Sarah, born 1638; Jonathan, 1639; Nathaniel, 1642; Experience, 1643; Increase, 1646; Rebecca, 1648: John, 1651 : Samuel, 1653; William, 1656, mentioned below ; Sarah, 1659.
(II) Captain William (2) Clark, son of Lieutenant William ( 1) Clark, was born at Dorchester. His birth is recorded as follows: "Wm. Clarke ye sonne of Wm. Clarke borne 3:5:56." When he was three years old, his father removed to Northampton, and he was carried there in a "pannier" on horseback. He was an early settler, large landowner, and prominent citizen of Lebanon, Connecticut. He was one of the purchasers of the tract of land in the north part of the town, known as "The Clarke and Dewey Purchase," from Owanecho, sachem of the Mohegan Indians, who claimed rights under Uncas, and was also one of the "fifty-one original land proprietors." Ile was the first representative of Lebanon in 1705, in the general assembly, and continued in that office for thirteen years. He was also a selectman sixteen years and town clerk, 1700- 25. He was captain of militia, and served in several wars with the Indians. He married
(first ) Hannah Strong, at Northampton, July 15, 1680. She died January 31, 1693, and he married ( second ), 1694, Mary Smith, who died April 23, 1748. He died at Lebanon, May 9, 1725. Children of first wife: Hannah, born 1682: Abigail, 1683; William, 1685; Jonathan, 1688, mentioned below : Thomas, 1690; Joseph, 1691 : Benoni, 1693. Children of second wife: Timothy, 1695; Gershom, 1697.
(III) Jonathan, son of Captain William ( 2) Clark, was born at Northampton, May 13, 1688. He was a farmer by occupation, and died at Lebanon, January 12. 1743. He mar- ried Hannah Smalley, January 6, 1713. Child. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan ( I ) Clark, was born at Lebanon, November 1. 1715. He was a farmer by occupation and in- herited large landed property. This property he sold, and lost his fortune by the continental money of the revolution. In 1757 he was selectman of Lebanon. He married, January 16, 1734, Mercy Dewey. Children: Hannah, born 1735: Jonathan, 1737; Dan. 1741 ; Mercy. 1745; David, 1748; Zerviah, 1751 ; Lemuel. 1753: Gershom, 1755.
(V) Lemuel, son of Jonathan (2) Clark. was born at Lebanon, August 8, 1753, died at Candor, New York, 1831. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived successively at Leb- anon, Connecticut ; Columbia county, New York ; West Stockbridge, Lenox, and Loudon, now Otis, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and Canaan, Bridgewater and Candor, New York. He served in the revolution for a short time, and his name is on the roll of Captain David Tilden's company, raised in Lebanon, April. 1775, and also in the official "List of the Men who marched from the Connecticut Towns for the Relief of Boston in the Lexing- ton Alarm, April, 1775." He married
Children: Sarah, born 1773; Lem- nel, 1775: William, 1777, mentioned below ; Erastus, 1779; Ruth, 1781 : Daniel, 1783; Gershom, 1785: Benjamin, 1787; Ira, 1789: Gustavus, 1791; John Flavin, 1793; Amos. 1794; Alvin, 1797.
(VI) William (3), son of Lemuel Clark, was born in Lebanon, September 22, 1777. He became a well educated and successful Pres- byterian clergyman, licensed by the Berkshire, Presbyterian Association, 1803. From 1803 to 1808 he was a missionary in western New York. He preached successively at Romulus, Ovid, Wolcott, Huron, Hannibal, Danby and
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Ira, New York. He was a fluent and im- pressive speaker, an ardent friend of law and order, education, all social and moral reforms, and was a pioneer in the crusades against in- temperance and slavery. He was distinguished for his fine physique and commanding pres- ence, strong and logical mind, ready wit and remarkable memory. He married, July 16, 1807, at Genoa, New York, Sophronia Tillot- son. Children : Elizabeth, born 1808; William, 1810, mentioned below ; Samuel. 1811 ; Darius, 1814; Sophronia, 1816; Corintha, 1818; Em- mons, 1827; Tillotson, 1828.
(VII) William (4), son of William (3) Clark, was born at Ovid, Seneca county, New York, February 9, 1810. His ancestors on his mother's as well as his father's side served with credit in the revolution. Two of his younger brothers were John T. Clark, late judge of the state of Wisconsin, and General Emmons Clark, of New York City, for twenty-five years colonel of the Seventh Regiment, and since 1866 secretary of the New York health de- partment. He came with his father at the age of six years to Huron, Wayne county, and re- mained there, except for about two years, until he was twenty, when he went to Lyons to study law. Here he entered the office of Graham H. Chapin and afterwards that of John M. Holley. He was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in the supreme court, January, 1838, and practiced at Lyons for two years. He then entered into partnership with Hon. John M. Holley, which continued until the latter's death. While a member of congress, January, 1841, he was admitted under the system then in force in New York, as a counselor of law in the su- preme court, as a solicitor in chancery, January, 1838, and as a counselor in chancery, January. 1843. In March, 1842, he was also admitted to practice in the district and circuit courts of the United States, in and for the northern dis- trict of New York. From the time of Mr. Holley's death, Mr. Clark practiced alone to the time of his leaving Lyons for Denver, Colo- rado, except for a few years when Colonel An- son S. Wood, late of Wolcott, New York, was associated with him under the firm name of Clark & Wood, and from 1870 to 1876, when his son, William H. Clark, was associated with him under the firm name of W. & W. H. Clark. Mr. Clark was a strong and convincing advo- cate, and was particularly well known as a thoroughly informed and safe legal advisor, a reputation which gained for him the term of
"Counselor" Clark. He took a deep interest in politics, first as a Whig and afterwards as a Republican, and was state senator in 1854-55, and chairman of the judiciary committee. In December, 1878, Mr. Clark removed to Denver for the benefit of his health, which had been much impaired from asthma. While on his return to that city from a visit to Lyons he fell from a train near Clyde, Ohio, July 9, 1890, and was instantly killed. He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church, of Denver. He married, October 13, 1847, Amelia R. Heer- . mans, formerly of Nassau, New York, who died October 16, 1880. They had six children, of whom two died when very young. Surviv- ing children: William H., mentioned below ; John H., for many years principal of the Lyons Union School, afterwards superintendent of schools at Flushing, New York, now principal of the Flushing high school, a part of the Greater New York system; Mrs. James W. Putnam, of Lyons, New York, and Mrs. James H. Brown, of Denver, Colorado.
(VIII) William Heermans, son of Hon. William (4) Clark, was born at Lyons, New York, August 12, 1848. He was educated at Hamilton College, which he attended in 1865- 66, and at Union College, 1866-68, from which he obtained the degree of A. B. He took the degree of A. M., in 1871, and delivered the Master's oration at commencement that year. While in college, he took the Ingham and War- ner prizes and other prizes in speaking and writing. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar and practiced law until April 1, 1876, in which year he bought the Cortland Stand- ard, a weekly newspaper, now a daily and semi- weekly. Since 1903 he has also been presi- dent of the Norwich (New York) Publish- ing Company, publishing the Norwich Daily Sun and Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph. He is also president of the Cortland Standard Printing Company. In 1875 he was a member of assembly from Wayne county, and was a member of the Republican state committee, under the chairmanship of Chester A. Arthur. He is now president of the local board of managers of the State Normal and Train- ing School at Cortland, postmaster of the city of Cortland, and was one of the first Union Free School commissioners of Cort- land. He married, December 31, 1879, Helen, daughter of Rev. Thomas Street, D. D. Chil- dren: Antoinette, born 1880: Thomas Street,
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May 4. 1884. died May 12, 1909. graduated from Cortland High and Normal schools, and from Princeton University, 1908, and was a student at Harvard Law School at the time of his death; Edward Heermans, 1886: Helen, 1890.
SAUNDERS The Saunders family is one of the oldest in Rhode Isl- and. Tobias Saunders hav- ing made settlement in Taunton as early as · 1643. He was the associate of Robert Burdick when they were arrested and brought before Governor John Endicott for "forcible entry into the Pequot lands." He was later deputy and an important man. The Cortland, New York, branch, however, claim descent from Jonathan Saunders, believed to have been an emigrant from England. He was a resident of Stonington, Rhode Island, a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church and a preacher. He married a Miss Sisson. Children : Benja- min, Cyrus, Jonathan (2). Henry Ziba, Bina. and Elisha.
(II) Cyrus, son of Jonathan and
(Sisson ) Saunders, was born near Stonington, Rhode Island. May 19. 1772. He married in his native state and with his young wife came to Central New York, settling in the town of Freetown, Cortland county, in 1795, where he passed fifteen years of toil, privation and lone- liness, being the first settler in the town. He labored hard to clear, cultivate and pay for his farm. When the last payment was made and he deemed himself in a home secure from debt he found to his dismay that his title was imper- fect and worthless. He lost his farm, then re- moved with his family to Factory Hill, in llomer Village, where he remained until the factory burned in 1815. From Homer the family removed to the town of Solon, settling on fifty acres of land for which he paid three hundred dollars. This tract was covered with forest and here Mr. Saunders had practically to begin life over again. The first step was to build a log cabin, then clear enough land to raise a crop. For nineteen years he labored on his farm, then with his son, Perry H., went to McGrawville, New York, and bought the card- ing and cloth dressing mill. which had been conducted by Eber Wilcox and John Peat. This business Saunders & Son conducted for ten years, then removed to Cuyler, in what was known as the Kinney settlement. Later he removed to Chautauqua county, New York,
where he died in 1856. He married, in Rhode Island. 1794. Nancy (Nabbie) Hiscock, born near Stonington, Rhode Island, January 15, 1772, died in Cortland county, New York, July 18. 1852. In 1796 she took her infant dangh- ter Nabbie ( later a resident of Westfield, Chant- tauqua county), and made the journey from Freetown to her former home in Rhode Island. making the journey on horseback in company with a neighbor woman. A year's sojourn in the wilderness where she seldom saw a white woman had caused such a longing for home and kindred that she was willing to brave the dangers of such a trip to see again her loved ones. The journey was made in safety as was the return, both ways on horseback. Children : I. Nabbie, born October 23, 1796, married Gabriel House, and at age of eighty-nine years was in good health. 2. Catherine, born May 14, 1799 ; married Alvin Hodges. 3. Richard. 4. George. 5. Lavinia, born February 8. 1802. 6. Almeda, born December 23. 1803: married Henry G. Randall. 7. Maria, born October 22. 1805: married Billings Browning. S. Cyrus (M. D.), born June 4. 1807, died February 29. 1858, his death was caused by drowning in his attempt to ford a river while on his way to minister to a sick patient ; married ( first ) Sally Ann Dunning. ( second) Cynthia Gallup. 9. Nancy B., born August 20, 1809 : married Pres- ervoid Bromley. 10. Perry Howlett, of fur- ther mention. 11. Elisha, born November 22, 1813: married Cordelia C. Cheney. 12. Cyn- thịa.
( III) Perry Howlett, son of Cyrus and Nancy ( Nabbie ) (Hiscock ) Saunders, was born in the town of Cincinnatus, Cortland county. New York. May 11. 1811. died Janu- ary 12, 1890. He was educated in the public schools : was his father's assistant on the farm and for ten years engaged in business with him at the cloth dressing mill in McGrawville. For many years thereafter he was engaged in farming. He was a man of great energy and high character, commanding the respect of all. For over half a century he was a devoted member and active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, April 23. 1835. Sarah Emerson, born in Groton, Massachu- setts, January 2. 1816, died July 30, 1889. daughter of Dearborn and Sally ( Brooks) Em- erson. Children : 1. Edwin, born May 10. 1837. married Mary Woodruff. 2. Samuel, born De- cember 17, 1838, died July 6, 1905 ; enlisted in 1861 in Company G. Seventy-sixth Regiment.
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New York Volunteers ; was severely wounded at Gettysburg, which later caused his honor- able discharge from the army; he rose to the rank of lieutenant of Company G; married Mary Wheelock. 3. George E., born May 15, 1840, died November 22, 1876; married Ber- tha E. Kibbe, died April 4, 1911. 4. Sarah, born January 29, 1842, died November 23. 1866; married Walter Thompson. 5. Juliette, born September 3. 1843, died January 23, 1866: married Homer D. Call. 6. Mary E., born September 17, 1845, married Almond M. Kibbe. 7. Charles W., born August 24, 1847, married Mary Brown. 8. Franklin P., of fur- ther mention. 9. William F .. born July 20, 1853, married Ellen Skinner, of Syracuse. 10. Lucia B., born May 28, 1855, married Samuel H. Mccullough and lives in Idaho. II .. Fred- erick J., born September 18, 1860, married Alice Bunnell.
(IV) Franklin P., son of Perry Howlett and Sarah ( Emerson ) Saunders, was born in the town of Fabius, Onondaga county, New York, February 27, 1849. He was educated in the public schools of the town of Truxton (where his parents had removed), and at the Seventh Day Baptist Seminary at De Ruyter, finishing his education at Cazenovia Seminary. After completing his studies he engaged in the nursery business for several years, represent- ing well known firms of Rochester and Syra- cuse. He later engaged in the same business on his own account, employing many agents and doing a successful business in New Eng- land and in New York state. In 1879 he mar- ried and settled on a farm in Truxton, which he operated until March, 1883, when he re- moved to Truxton Village, and, in 1892, re- moved to Cortland, New York. During his years of residence in Truxton Mr. Saunders gave special attention to live stock, buying, breeding and selling, shipping mostly to the New York
and Philadelphia markets. He was a most successful farmer and stock dealer and is well known all over the county. He is a director of the Second National Bank, of Cortland, and interested in other business enterprises in Cortland. He has devoted much of his time to the public service and although a Republican in politics, he obtained strong endorsement from his Democratic friends of Democratic Truxton. In 1887 he was elected supervisor by a large majority, reëlected in 1888-89, re- fusing another nomination, being the only Re- publican so honored during a period of twenty-
four years. In 1895 he was the candidate of his party for the state assembly, and was elect- ed, receiving two thousand more votes than his nearest opponent. During the session of 1896 he served on legislative committees, taxation and retrenchment, villages and internal affairs. During the session he introduced bills : "Pro- viding for the issuing of railway mileage- books; to punish the pollution of streams ; to punish violations of the Agricultural Law ; re- garding the collection of taxes ; providing that notices of political primaries shall be given : relative to affidavits under foreclosure ; re- garding the foreclosure of mortgages." In 1896 he was reelected to the assembly by a large majority, serving in the session of 1897 on committees : judiciary ; banks and public education, and was chairman of committee on printed and engrossed bills. Mr. Saunders' life has been a successful one from whatever point viewed. He has an abundance of world- ly goods, the confidence and respect of his community, has been honored publicly and has a nature that enjoys and appreciates. He is a member and trustee of the Methodist Epis- copal church, of Cortland, and interested in church and benevolent work.
He married, October 22, 1879. Harriet L. Peck, born in Solon, New York, August 20. 1855, daughter of Platt and Mary Ann ( Kin- ney) Peck, of Solon, granddaughter of Cap- tain Stephen N. Peck, and the ninth in line from William. Peck, the progenitor, who was one of the founders of the New Haven colony. Children : 1. Carrie, born August 8, 1880, died January 17, 1881. 2. Arthur Franklin, born August 1. 1882, engaged with his father in the cattle and live stock business; married Ger- trude Huber, of Van Etten, New York ; child, Franklin Arthur, born October 7. 1910. 3. Anna Harriet, born November 18, 1883. died February 24, 1910; married Harry A. Jenni- son ; child, Harriet, died in infancy. 4. Fannie Sarah. born September 4. 1891. 5. Helen Peck, born April 8, 1897.
This name is not as numerous- TISDALE ly represented in America as many others, but it is among the earliest, and has contributed many useful citizens. Its connection with the settlement and development of Central New York has been an honorable one, and it is still associated with the annals of the region. It appears in the early New England records with various
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spellings, such as Tisdall, Tisdel, Tisdell and numerous other forms. The English arms of the family represent an arm passing through a crown holding a javelin. Among the earlier generations were Elkanah Tisdale, a noted lawyer, and Nathan Tisdale, an eminent class- ical scholar and teacher of Lebanon, Connecti- cut. The family has its part in the various wars, incident to the building and preservation of the Union, and in civil affairs has taken no mean part.
(I) John Tisdale, ancestor of nearly all now bearing the name in this country, was born in England, 1615-20, and settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1636. He was styled "yeo- man," and his name appears on the list of planters and proprietors. He brought suit in court, June 7, 1636, against Stephen Hopkins for an assault and battery by which Tisdale was dangerously wounded, and Hopkins was fined five pounds and costs. He was admitted an inhabitant of Duxbury. 1638; was among those able to bear arms according to the list of 1643 ; constable. 1645 : removed to Taunton, where he was living December 26, 1651, when he bought lands of William Brett, at Dux- bury. In Taunton, he was constable in 1659; was among purchasers of Taunton North Purchase, 1668; selectman, 1674; deputy to Plymouth general court, same year. He was murdered by Indians in King Philip's war, June 27. 1675. His wife, Sarah, died Decem- ber, 1676, His will, proved November 2, 1676. bequeathed to sons, John, James, Joshua and Joseph ; to daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary and Abigail. The court made note in its record that the two younger sons had endangered their lives in protecting the property. The estate was divided by agreement between these sons and the three sons-in-law, John Smith, James Dean and Nathaniel French. His in- ventory amounted to one hundred and fifty pounds. He owned land at Taunton and near Assonet. He married Sarah Walker, born 1618, died December, 1678, daughter of Widow Walker, of Rehoboth. Children : 1. John, born in Duxbury, died about the last of December, 1677: married, November 23, 1664, Ann, daughter of John Ruggles, of Duxbury, 2. James, born 1644, died January 15, 1715 ; mar- ried, November 5. 1666, Mary Avery, who died September 9. 1713, aged sixty-six; resided at Berkeley, admitted a freeman, May, 1670. 3. Joshua, born at Duxbury, 1646, died aged seventy-two, in Freetown; married. July 5,
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