History of Monroe county, New York with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, Palatial residences, Part 99

Author: McIntosh, W. H. cn; Everts, Ensign, and Everts, Philadelphia, pub
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts
Number of Pages: 976


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Another pioneer at the falls was Brujamin De Graw, carpenter and joiner by trade, and for a few years the occupant of a Ing house. He built a neat frame house, and there resiled several years. HI, war succeeded in the verupaney of this house, which is yet in use, by Dr. Knickerbocker, an early medical practi-


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tioner in the town. He was the founder of Knickerbocker Hall at Avon, and is said to be living north of Rochester.


The first birth in the village, and probably in the town, was of William Ster- ling, in 1795. Three years later, 1799, Julia, daughter of Ezra Norton, was born, aud her death in October, 1800, was the first death in the town and the Gir-t burial in the cemetery here. The second to die was John Moon. in 1801. The marriage of Jason Cross to Mary Moon was celebrated in 1796 at her father's Jug cabin, and all the neighborhood ( five families) was present on the occasion. The restricted arra of the cabin permitted its occupation only by the relation, and more intimate friends; one or two liked in from the one -mall window, while others sat upon the rail-feuce in front of the dwelling. It was truly primitive. but fully as enjoyable as the more formal ceremonies attendant on the uniutry of to-day.


Welcome Garfield was the pioneer school-teacher in this village within the walls of the old block house. the former dwelling of Norton. Andrew Young i: a anrviving pupil, and attended the school in 1802. Mrs. Alleu is another of those olden-time scholars. Hannab Gutes was one of the carly teachers. . \ frauie school-lwuse was erected in 1810. and ultimately was moved away and used as a residence by Dr. Allen, Mr. Kidder was que of the fist teacher- in the frame: Levi Hovey and Abigail Meteulf were of the early instructors in this house. A good brick house was built in 1826 on the site of the present. It was supplied with two rooms. In one room was taught a district and in the other a select school. The select-school teacher in the upper room was Elisha Hyde, who was popular and succes-ful, and whose instructions were of great bene- fit to the village. In 1835 the present stone structure was built, requiring three teachers, and having as many rooms


The pioneer storekeeper of Honeoye Falls was James Dison, who in 1810 came from Paris, Oucida county, and displayed a small stock of wares upon the shelves of a room within what is now an old and weather-worn structure standing by the Roman Catholic church and owned by Mrs. Lee.


About 1827, Mesers. Atwell & Grout kept store in a building now occupied by Parks & Bahcock, and for several years carried on a local trade. Harry and John Case were also early merchants here.


An carly tavern was erected by Abraham Parrish. He built before the war of 1812, where the new block stands, and kept the house for several years. J .. lin Case and Daniel Gibson were subsequent tavern-keepers. Samuel Lad built the second tavern. The building was framed, stood on the east side of the erich. and is in present use as a cabinet-shop. Captain Johin Lines was one of il- early landlords. The brick tavern was erected by Daniel Gibson in 1-27. and was for several years conducted by Mr. Gibson, who was a popular landlord. The name has been changed at times, and the stand is now known as the Wilens House. Benjamin Baker, from East Bloomfield in 1821, was the pioneer and veteran blacksmith and an aged citizen. For fifty-four years his shop resouml d with the ring of his anvil, and then the hammer was laid aside and death calle"] him to rest.


John and James Dixon built a distillery in the village about 1913, and ran "! successfully for a half-dozen years, when it burned." James Dixon built an asIn ry and a atore. Atwell & Grout had an ashery here during the war, and continue .I the business several years.


Clark & Wright engaged in tanning at an early period, but not to any extent The mail was received from Lima for several years, but about 1822 a post-offu - was established here under the name of West Mendon. Squire Wheeler was th. first one appointed to attend to the office, and officiated several years. His sar- cessors have been Edward Downs, - McBride, John Yorks, and the present incumbent is R. Ostrander. In 1838 the name of the office was changed bs " [loucoye Falls."


The manufactures of the village of early growth have known a steady jaugres- to the present. Smith Wicks had a carding-machine on the erock just back of the school-hon-e, and with him worked a man named Pixley. It was changed in use, and a trip-hammer was operated for some time here by Samuel Hanna, fu 1815, Wicks built a long frame, intending it for a woolen factory, but ran it as a


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PLATE CXXIII.


Isaac Colvin was born at Danby, Vermont, in the year 1789. He re- moved with his parents, when six years of age, to the town of Lima, in this State. At the age of seven he and his mother removed to Macedon (his father being dead ), where they resided antil the year 1815, when he married Clarissa Delano. She was born at Mace- don in the year 1796, her father being one of the first settlers in that town, and she being the oldest child. After their ISAAC COLVIN. marriage Mr. and Mrs. C. went to live at Rochester, where he established the hatters' trade, which he followed, in partnership with his brother, Aldrich Colvin, natil the year 1824, when he removed with his family to Henrietta, Monroe County.


MRS. CLARISSA COLVIN


He then commenced a farmer's life, which he followed thereafter. In the year 1864 they re- moved to the town of Mendon, where he re- sided until his death, at the age of eighty-two years. His surviving widow is now eighty- one years of age, and, with her grandson, Isaac C. Sheldon, are still resi- deats of Mendon.


REGISTER.


Ashley Colvin, their first child, was born in Rochester in the year 1816; he is said to be


the third white child born in that place. Sarah A. Colvin, born 1817; Martha D. Colvin, born 1819; Clarissa Colvin, born 1821; Isaac H. Colvio, born 1823; Sarah Ann Colvin, born 1825; Martha Delano Colvin, born 1831.


RES. OF MRS. C. COLVIN, MENDON, N. Y.


PLATE CXXIV.


RES. OF D. G. SHUART, ESQ., LATE RES. OF CAPTAIN BARRETT, HONEOTE FALLS, MONROE CO. N Y.


RES. OF DAVID HARRIS , MENDON, MONROE CO., N. Y.


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eloth-dressing establishment. Subsequent owners were John and Amos Dixon, who sold to Andrew Young in 1821. Young ran it about four years as a card- ing- and fulling-mill, and then beran woolen manufacture, taking for a partner Augustus O. Garrett. Young continued the business till 1837. Garrett sold his interest to Elijah S. Post, and he to Hiram Finch. Young sold to Alexander Anderson, and he to Finch, who then had entire control and management, and after some years cloved the business. The old mill is now used as a shop for dressing lumber.


Eldrick Swith built a custom- and carding-machine in 1825, where the furnace is, and later sold to O. J. Gilbert, who carried on woulen manufacture for several years. The building burned, and he then ererted the stune structure now used as a furnace. Horace and Zenas Smith took hull of it. and used it as an iron- foundry, and it is now run as such by E. L. & W. R. Yorks.


A man named Seth Gilsby erected a building and started an axe-factory. Samnel Rand eventually became its owner, and carried on the business for some years. Jasper Parrish was engage.l here for a time. It was later chinged to a woolen-mill by Messrs. Rand & Gilbert, and continued as such by A. C. Allen & Patrick Buggy, and yet later by the Hunt Brothers.


NORTON'S MILLS IN 1821.


Dr. H. Allen came to Honevye Falls in 1821. and the place, then known as' Norton's Mills, presented the following to bis sight. He saw a grist-mill owned by Lyman Norton, a saw-mill owned by the same man. a gun-shop the property of Hanna & Baxter, and a carding-machine operated by Andrew Young. At- well & Grout were keeping store in the house of James Dixon, and running an ashery. Two blacksmith-shops were in existence ; in one was Baker, and in the other William K. Blaisdel. Daniel Barnes, yet living, was engaged in the manu- facture of wagons, Harry Donn was carrying on a cooper-shop, and John H. Fox was in the shoe business.


A frame school-house was also used as a place of service by the Methodist chureb. Elders Prindly and Williams were living here, and the former was en- gaged in preaching. The Methodists were building a uew church, and Mr. Clark had charge of the village school. Parrish kept tavern in the old frame, and Ezra Forsyth was the carpenter of the place. John Wilcox, the constable, was kept busy at his duties. An Englishman had located here as a tailor ; Mrs. Bailey took jobs of weaving; and Direk Knickerbocker was the physician. now living north of Parma, aod far along in years. The mail was obtained at East Mendon and Lima; and, as we have said, this place was entitled Norton's Mills.


'A mile to the north stoud a small church. belonging to the Christians,-a build- ing used by them till 1840, when they erected the stone church in the village. Their preacher was Joseph Badger. Among the villagers were William Moon, Mrs. Sines, John Seramlin, Samuel Ladd, Samuel Cone, Jobn Dixon, Ira Phil- lips, - Richards, and a miller named Deutcher.


THE PRESS OF HONEOYE.


Gary A. Hough chanced to come to the village as an actor in a traveling thea- tre during 1837, and, liking the place, soon returned thither and started the Honeoye Standard in a stone block opposite the hotel. He published the paper about a year, and then sold to Mes-rs. Vedder & Norris, by whom it was con- ducted a brief period and then discontinued. The sheet was spicy and well edited, but the lack of trade. uf means of communication. and of business for the printer, made the project a source of loss rather than profit. S. Francis Jory, who had been a publi-lwer first at Naples. then at Lima,-there issning the Weekly Union,-came here and began publishing the Mendon Free Press in January, 1863. It has been continued to the present, and is a four-column monthly paper. twenty-four by eighteen inches, devoted to literature, etc., and independent politie- ally. On January 1, 1869, the name was changed to Honenye Falls Free Press. In connection a circulating library has been established by Mr. Jory since 1872. This library numbers over one thousand volumes. A reading-room has been opened in the same building, and these measures are regarded as conducive.to the intellectual welfare of the community. The Limet Recorder has a considerable circulation in the town. The Houroye Falls Gazette made its first appearance on Saturday, August 12, 1876, with A. Tiffany Norton proprietor, and C. A. Gohren editor and business manager. It is published at Lima, weekly, and is a live local journal, five columns, neatly printel, and well supported. The publisher also conduets the Lima Recorder. Whatever else may exist in a village, the press is one of its most efficient means of advancement, and a means of judging its bosi- ness facilities.


BANKS.


The wants of the merchant and the convenience of the farming class render the presence of a banking institution essential to the community, and on April


1, 1968, F. H. Holden. A. H. and B. T. Martin opened a banking ofice on the corner of Main and Monroe streets, and carried on business about eighteen months, when Martin closed the business and remove.l. On May 1, tx78, an office was openmal by A. M. Holden in the store of F. II Holden & Sons. Frota there the office was removed to a house adjoining, where it is continued under the title of " Bank of Honeoye Falls." Diacounting and exchange and a general banking business done.


MASONIC.


Union Lodge, No. 43, was organized at Lima, where sessions were held some years, and then removal made to this village and meetings held in Lines' tivern. Levi Hovey was one of the early Masters. Among meruhers were Andrew Young, A. O. Garrett, Judge Smith, Elias and James Smith, James and John Dixon, Benj. Baker, and Juo. B. and William Dixon. During the excited period of 1826 and later, the lodge, in common with others, suffered loss of numbers. alsl. according to the procedure of the times, gave up its charter, and when the lodge was again originated it was at Litna, Union Star Lodye, No. 320, was instituted in 1852 by old members of the Uuion Lodge. Among the charter members of this lodge were Rufus Richardson, Matthew Ogden, Adam W. Willis, Silas Pierce, John B. Croshy, B. H. Benham, Warren Cuminings, George B. MeBride, Daniel T. Hannas, and John F. Fox. McBride and Benham are yet " living. A fire destroyed the early records, and has made it impossible to give a complete history. The lodge numbers seventy-four Master Masons. They have fitted up and occupy a ball in Pierce & Brigg's lot, and hold semi-monthly mert- ings. The present officers are George St. John, W. M .; A. H. Hant, S. W .; Milo Case, J. W .; W. G. Starr, Treas. ; L. N. Allen, Sec. ; John Hornes. S. D .; E. L. Yorks. J. D.


INCORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE.


The village was incorporated on March 13, 1838, as Honeoye Falls. At a meeting held June 5 following. offerts were elected, and Henry P. Culver, Somurl Rand, Harry Allen, Hiram Finch, and Matthew Ogden were chosen trustees ; Foun B. Dixon, Samuel P. Sterling, and Adatu W. Willis, assessors; Horace Wheeler. clerk and treasurer ; and Jotham Bickford. collector. The report is signed by F. G. Stuart, J. P. Meetings were held in the brick school-house till 1844; sub- sequent to which there is no record of meeting till March 31, 1865. On April 24 an act was passed by the legislature to consolidate and amend the several dets relating to the village of Honeoye Falls. and to enlarge the powers of the entp-o- ration. A further amendment occurred in April, 1849). Meetings are at pa -ent beld in moms of a block owned by J. P. Kaufeld; but the old Methodist Episcopal church has been purchased, and is being fitted upas a town hall. Ax evidence that business enterprise is progressive and now well advanced. the place is suminatizeil as follows : It has eight dry-goods and grocery stores and drug stores. hardware- store, four merchant and custom tailors, nearly a dozen millinery and dress-making shops, five boot- and shoemakers, two harness-shops, wagon-shops, stave and head- ing factory and cooper-shops, coal and lumber yards, and planing mill and sa-h. duor, and blind factory, blacksmiths. two cabinet-shops, two flouring- and cu-tuin mills, two meat markets, foundry and machine shop. woolen factory, jeweler's shop, two barber-shops, painters. masovs, and produce buyers. bank, printing-office, law- yers, insurance agents, and doctors. Its new town hall, its stores and private dwellings which the people are now erecting, and its citizens of' substantial wewith, attest the importance of Honcoye Falls.


It remains in this connection to transmit an account of the origiu and growth of the religious interests of the community.


FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HONEOYE FALLS.


In 1797, Methodist itinerante were traversing this region as missionaries. Revs. Smith and Wicks were among the first, and formed a class. Talbot :'ud Schull, from Philadelphia, were here about the same time. They were men of marked ability, and aroused a strong interest upon the subject of religion. 1. Norton and Jacob Young were among the first members of the class. Meetings were held in the block house previously mentioned, and revival interest rewarded by many conversions. In time a church building was creeted on the v. (. Davidson lot, and served also for educational purposes. Circuit preachers hold services every fortnight. and this house was occupied ahont sixteen years. Ou February 21, 1820, organization was made, according to statute, of the First Methodist Episcopal chapel in Meudon. The meeting was held at the dwelling of John Serandin. The trustees were Francis Smith, John Lines, and Elirich Yorks. In October, 1821 a reorganization ware effected under the style of . Fir-t Methodlist Episcopal Chapel Society of the town of Mendon." A church ellifire was desiresl, and a subscription circulatel. A variety of articles were piedgal in lieu of money. Among these were grain, lumber, live-stock, and checen men


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signed! whisky. Under these circum-tances, a frame stincture was erected and completed in the year following. The opening exercises were conducted by Juhn H. Fox. On orra-ion of repairs and funprovement, opening -ervices were held in 1846 by John Denuis. Temporary repairs were made in 1564, and commemora- tive exercises beld on June 12. by Rev. John Denuis, agent of the Genesee cul- lege. The Gemsce annual conference met here in 1>32. Bishop Wedding pre- aiding. August 19, 1:52, the East Genesee conference here met, amul. Bishop Morris presiding, nine young men were ordained, and all but two yet remain in the church. One left the church; the other. Ralph C'. Brouks, a man of great usefulness, died at Burlington. Pennsylvania, January 9, 1839. A camp-meeting was held in 1818 near the village, and conversions were many. In November, 1842, under Rev. D. Parsons, a gracious revival was enjoyed. In May. 1837, the building was moved a short distance, and a bell purchased ; it became worthless after a few months' use, and was replaced by a new one. In 1846 the galleries were removed, a basement put in, and an addition of fourteen feet built on. The new building was erected at a cost of sixteen thousand dollars. Its audience-room is forty-four hy seventy-five feet. and lecture-root twenty-five by fifty feet. The tower has a height of one hundred and twenty-five feet. Among ministers from the society were Parker Buell, Lorenzo Williamus, Nathan Ilanna, Enoch G. Buell, and two brothers nawed Gates. The rofl of pastors is in part as follows : James Mitchell and William B. Lacy, in Isus; M. Montieth and John Kituberlin. 1809; Father Williams, 1818; then followed Revs. Puffer. Prindle, Roberts, Pearsall, James Hull, William Suow, George Densmore, George Thomas, and Noah Bigelow. In 1827, John Parker was preacher here; in 1528, West Mendon had Ira Fairbanks; in 1820, Victor and Meudon had John Parker, B. Dowa, and B. Sabin, the last supernumerary ; and in 1830 the same localities had Philo Wood- worth, Daniel Anderson, and Thomas Carlton. Up to 1864 there had been twenty- nine ministers upon the charge, some of whom had remained two or three years. More recent pastors bave been L. D. Chase, Asa Baker. T. O. Wooden, aud ju 1875, E. E. Chambers, D.D., the present pastor, came in charge. Autoog the original workers in this church were John Serantutu. John HI. Fox, Mrs. Parrish, Mrs. E. Davis, Ilaunah Young, Susanna Lines, Betsey Shuart, Elizabeth Hanna, Elizabeth Dann. Mrs. Rogers, and Hannah II. Young, wife of Andrew. The church has lived in concord and unity : no cliques have wrought dissension ; its career has been prosperous; its membership is one hundred and seventy, its at- tendance three hundred. and seats for full five hundred are provided in the audience-room of their edifice. A Sunday-school in operation for many years bas one hundred pupils and twenty-two officers and teachers. E. L. Yorks is the present superintendent.


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CHRISTIAN CHURCH.


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Elder Joseph Badger, of New Hampshire, began labor in Heorietta during 1816. In November, John Collins and Ezra Sheldon, Esq., sent an invitation for him to preach in the Sheldon school-house. He came, and pleased the people. In January, 1817, Rev. Badger, by invitation of Elder Wicks, preached at Norton's Mills. On a day in the following summer he again held forth in the school-house near the old church, north of Honroye Falls. Elders Hathaway und Blodgett were present. Appointments were continued semi-monthly till October. when Elder Badger made this his field of labor. On November 24. church organization took place, and on the day following fifteen were baptized. The first to conform to this rite was Benjamin Lumbard, and the best John llolland. On December 2, Abaer Bund was chosen dearon. December 27, the first fellow hip meeting was held, and next day the first communion. Great prosperity atte .ded the church during the winter of 1818. Visits were made by Elders Millard, Hathaway, Sharp, Blodgett, and Sanford. The revival extended to Lima and to Livonia. and a branch church sprang up and became distinct. In 1819 a meeting-house was ruised and inclosed, but not finished till 1826. when the work was accomplished through the efforts of Marvin Smith, William Lawrence, and A. O. Garrett. By June 12, 1819, five persons-Jame's MeGregor. Benjamin Alton, S. D. Bargitt, Samuel Sileby, and James Westevat-had received letters and been ordained to the work of ti ministry from this church. In 1821 the church had received eighty- seven members besides the branch society. In 1825, A. O. Garrett became the preacher, and in the fall Elder Reuben Farley assumed the ministry of the church for two years In the fall of 1826, Ephraim Shackley, of Massachusetts. moved in and aided the church. and became a minister. Up to 1831 the church had received one hundred and seventeen peroms; fifty-eight had removed. seven had died, eight withdrawn and dismissed, and forty were on the rolls. Among carly members were Abner Bond. In-tin Gates, Daniel tithsun, Benjamin Smith. Il. Clark, Lydia Ellosonds, Stephen Burton, Sophia Gates, Esther Park, Patty Smith, and many others. By 1835, one hundred and fifty-four had been received, and sixty seven remained. July 10, 1838, it was voted . that we consider ourselves, As we ever have been, a body of believers in Christ, a Christian church, independent, and that we will not submit ourselves to the unchristian ilietation of any conference,


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council, presbytery, synod, or general assembly." In January, 1840, Eller Bad- ger again resumel the pastorate of this church. A stone edifice was completed, at a erst of four thousand dollars. On January 29, 1843. Elder Badger resigned, and Elder Barr took his place. J. D. Chills and W. T. Caton were succesive pastors. The latter resigned in I-48; Eli Fay, 1851 ; J. C. Burghdurf, October 1, 1853; J. R. Hoag, 1850; D. Millard, 1857; und Revs. Fuller. Hannootal, J. G. Noble, Hicks, and W. J. Ilobbs, present pastor. The present member-hip is seventy-five. A Sabbath-school has been existent coeval with the church. L. A. Palmer is its superintendent.


THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.


Stated services were first held in the village in 1828, by Rev. George G. Sill, originally sent out by the board of missions established by the general assetubly. The church was organized March 1. 1831. and the following is the roll of original membership: Charles Foot, Simeon Johnson, Moses Rowell, Mrs. Louisa W. Sill, A. Dixon, und Mareia M. Blaisdell. There were forty-seven persons re- ceived into fellowship during the year 1531, and of these but seven are living, namely. Charles F. Cutler, Dr. llarry Allen, Mrs. Lydia Allen, Mrs. Polly Dixoo, Mrs. Charlotte Brown, Jotham Birkford, and Mrs Catharine Bickford.


On July 17, 1831, there was completed for religious service a building in size twenty-four by forty feet. It is now joined to the rear of the present edifice, and is used for a session- and lecture-room. The church in use was raised in 1841. and dedicated January 27, 1842. Its dimensions are forty by seventy feet, and its estimated cost was four thousand five hundred dollars.


The following is the roll of ministerial service: George G. Sill. 1828-32, Richard Dunning, 1833-34 ; Jacob Hart, 1835-39 ; S. J. Mccullough, 1839-40 ; Ephraim Strong. 1840-43; Thomas Riggs. 1843-47; O. C. Beardsley. January, 1847, to December. 1857 ; Ira De Long, 1858, 1863-67; J. N. Wood, 1838-60; L. B. Rogers, 1860-61; H. M. Hurd, 1861-62; S. W. Pratt, 1862-63; E. B Van Auken, 1863-65, J. E. Baker, 1SUS-09, and S. A. Freeman from 1869 down to the present time. The Sabbath-school was organized January, 1831. The number of pupils is one hundred and ten; the superintendent is S. A. Freeman.


EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ST. JOHN'S.


Such as were members of the Protestant Episcopal church met at the brick school-house on June 29, 1840, to organize, and to incorporate according to law. Nathaniel F. Bruce, rector, was called to the chair. Elijah S. Rust and Horace Wheeler were elected church-wardens. Henry P. Culver. Samuel Rand, Edward D. Lacy, George Dorr. Robert W. Rand. Benjamin Adsic, Charles Paulk, and Herkimer B. Miner were chosen vestrymen. Approval was given by Bishop W. H. De Laneey on September 28, 1840. Notice of meeting April 13, 1841, at the school-house. to transact business, shows that to have been their place of a -- sembly. A church edifice was built soon after. Since meeting was held in their edifice, March 20, 1942, April IS, 1843, Rev. Heory Lockwood is named ax rector, and as such continued until early in 1848, when he resigned, and with many regrets the church parted with a faithful minister. April 10, 1849, Rer. J. T. Eatou began to serve the church as its rector. Rev. J. M. Hedge-' terni extended from: 1854 to 1856. I 1873 Charles MI. Barber, in 1874, Fleury A. Duhoc, in 1875, J. II. Dennis. who ceased his labors here in March, IST6, and Rev. Catterson, present rector, are of the more recent ministers in charge. (. Paulk was clerk. 1840-45. lle was succeeded by Charles Wheeler, and he by George MeBride in 1847. The last-natued has served principally to the present. John Davis was wanlen many years. The number of communicants is fifty. The church building is one of the finest finished structures in the interior of the State. Mrs. Sarah Rand donated over three thousand dollars to the church, and at an expense of two thousand dollars bought a rectory. The building has three memorial windows. recalling Mrs. Hiram Sibley, Mrs. S. Wilcox, and Mrs. Rand. At the re-opening Bishop Coxe was present, as was a large number of ministers.




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