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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCII, ORISKANY.
This society was organized August 14, 1831, with 13 members. The frame church building was completed and dedicated Dec. 30, 1835. The first pastor was Rev. Samuel Wells, who was ordained and installed March 9, 1836. Among others who have had charge are Revs. - Gamage, T. B. Jervis, E. C. Pritchett, and, as a supply, Rev. L. J. Sawyer, of Whitesboro'. The pastor in February, 1878, was Rev. Peter Lindsay, a graduate of Hamilton College. The membership at the same period was about 75. The Superintendent of the Sabbath-school is Samucl Nelson.
OLD METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ORISKANY.
For many years a flourishing organization of Methodists was continued here, and a frame church was built by them. It is now used by a Welsh society of the same denomina- tion, which has been organized but a few years. The old society no longer holds its meetings. The Welsh society has a membership of 30 or more. No regular pastor is employed.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI, NEAR COLEMAN'S MILLS.
This society was organized previous to 1850, and a small frame house of worship erected. Its membership was small, and it was under the charge of pastors from the Methodist Episcopal Church at Westmoreland, with which place it is still connected. The membership of the two charges is about 140, of which a small proportion forms the society here. Rev. A. G. Markham is the pastor in charge. There is also a small Sunday-school.
BAPTIST CHURCH, WALESVILLE.
This church was constituted in 1850, including both Walesville, in Whitestown, and Peckville, in Westmoreland. Its first pastor was Elder John M. Shotwell. The church is in Whitestown, on the east side of Oriskany Creek, at the settlement known as Walesville. A small but neat church was erected soon after the organization. The present mem- bership is respectable.
PHYSICIANS.
There are at present practicing in this town eight physi- cians, located as follows :
At Whitesboro' .- Charles E. Smith, M.D., present post- master; has been in practice here since 1858, and is the longest in practice of any now in the village. Dr. William M. James is next oldest, and Drs. Smith Baker and Charles E. Crain (eclectic) are later in the field.
At New York Mills .- Here is located Dr. H. N. Porter, the oldest in town, both in years and practice. He is a prominent member of the Oneida County Medical Associa- tion, and also of the New York State Medical Society. Dr. Bullock also resides here.
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At Oriskany .- W. A. Babeock, M.D. ; and at Walesville, Wales Buell, M.D.
Among others who have praetieed here were Drs. Whiting Smith, from 1836 to 1866, when he died; Fred- eriek B. Henderson, from about 1836 until his death, in the neighborhood of 1858; Frederick T. Henderson, from 1854 until his death, in 1870,-these all at Whitesboro'. Also William II. Gardner, who practiced here for many years, and died in Tennessee during the Rebellion, while in the United States service. At Oriskany, O. W. White, M D., who died in 1869, had practiced some fifteen years. H. E. Chapin, M.D., of New York Mills, where he lived and practiced for many years, died in Oswego County.
VILLAGE OF WHITESBORO'.
Ten years after the settlement of Judge White he was in the midst of a flourishing village, which had grown up in the then wilderness, and various business enterprises were already begun-stores, shops, ete .- for the accommodation of thesettlers and the peeuniary gain of the proprietors. Among the earliest merchants here the name of William G. Tracy stands foremost. " He soon established the reputation of an honest, fair dealer, and this character he well sustained for a long series of years, and Tracy's store was much re- sorted to on aeeount of the probity of its proprietor."* Calieo then sold for six shillings and sixpenee per yard, although on one occasion Mr. Tracy deducted the sixpence and sold a second piece of goods for six shillings per yard, on account of the first having been burned at the house of the dressmaker. A much better article ean now be purchased at from five to eight eents a yard.
In January, 1794, other necessary institutions having been established in the village, it was deemed expedient to have a newspaper, and accordingly the publication of one was begun by Oliver P. Eaton, under the title of the West- ern Centinel. The printing-office was " near the post-office in Whitestown, Herkimer Co., N. Y." This was the first paper published in the county, and was continued about six years. From the issue of September, 1795, the following Whitestown advertisements are taken :
" Kyte & Starkweather will pay the eash for any quantity of good, elean Salts of Lye. Whitestown, Aug. 31, 1795."
Thomas R. Gold offers for sale 7 lots in the Military Traet, 6} lots in the "4th Town of the 20 Townships," and " 9180 acres in the 7th Township, 4th Range, Genesee."
" To be let, a Farm upon Bowen's Creek, near Esqr. Sayle's, in Germantown. Enquire of Wm. Green."
" Save your Flax-Seed ! Au Oil-Mill will, without doubt, be erected in the course of a few months, if duly encouraged by the several gentlemen iu the vicinity of Whitestown who it way benefit."t
"For Sale, the Dwelling-House and Farm, situate on the New Genesee Road, in Whitestown, lately occupied by Enoch Grannis, being an excellent stand for a Tavern and Store. Enquire of T. R. Gold, Att'y, or Thomas Jenkins & Sons."
"WANTED, A GOOD, FAITHFUL MAN to attend a SAW. MILL on Oriskany Creek. Apply to the subscriber, at Col. D. C. White's, in Whitestown. WM. GREEN."
"John Russell, Windsor-Chair Maker, has established his business a few rods west of the Meeting-House in Whitestown."
* Annals of Oneida County.
+ This mill was built three miles from Whitesboro', on Oriskany Creek, but has loug since passed out of existenee.
"Wanted Immediately, an active Boy, as an Apprentice lo the Tayloring (!) Business. JOSEPH BLAKE."
"To be Sold, a Farm in Whitestown, lying on the great road lead- ing from Old Fort Schuyler to the Genesee River, containing 100 acres, 40 acres improved, and Framed House and Barn.
" JED'H SANGER."
Messrs. Boardman & Dewey publish an invoice of their stock in trade, ineluding :
"Cloths, Cassimeres, Yorkshire Plains, Thicksets, Shalloons, Du- rants, Plain Black Calimanco, Striped Do., Black Russell, Taboretts, Bandanno IIdkfs., Black Mode, Wildbore, Rattinetts, Men's and Women's Buckles, &c., &c."
Among miseellaneous artieles, are
" Brass Nubs, Raizors, Iron Dogs, Franklin Stoves, Hard Soap, Drawn Boot-Legs, Felt Hats, W. I. Rum, Rubstones, Bibles, Spell- ing-Books," etc., etc.,
and they announee to their " customers in general that they have removed their Store from the house of Mr. Caleb Douglass to their new Store at a place formerly known as Pool's Landing," and they "will receive in payment Wheat, Rye, or Barley ; money will not be refused. Whitestown, July 27, 1795."
" Webster's Spelling-Book for sale at the Printing-Office."
"Fulling-Mill .- Notice is hereby given to the Public that the Sub- scriber is about to erect a Fulling-Mill in the town of Scipio, and county of Onondaga, where he designs to carry on the Clothier's Business in all its various branches, by a well-informe I workman in said business, &c. AMAZIAH HUTCHINSON."
On the 9th of April, 1811, was passed an act incorporat- ing the " Village of Whitehall Landing." This name, how- ever, did not seem to suit a majority of the citizens of the płaee, and, after further discussion of the subject, an act was passed March 26, 1813, entitled " An Act to vest certain powers in the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Village of Whitesborough, and for other purposes." The bounds of the village were fixed, and Section 1 read as follows :
" Be it enacted by the people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, that the district of country comprehended within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning on the south bank of the Mohawk River, at the month of the Sadaqueda Creek ; thence run- ning southerly on the west line of Cosby's Manor to a point opposite the southerly line of the lot on which stands the Oneida Cotton- Factory ; thenec northwesterly along said line, and to the southwest corner of the house-lot of Arthur Breese; from thence northerly to the intersection of the road leading from the house of Jesse Dodge to the old Genesee road; from thence northerly until the line strikes a point on the west side of the main road leading from Whitesboro' to Rome, where the west line of the Sadaqueda Patent intersects said road; thence northerly on the line of said point to the Mohawk River; thence down said river to the place of beginning, shall con- tinue to be known and distinguished as the Village of Whitesbor- ough."#
No trustees were chosen under this act, and that having been deemed just reason for the act becoming invalid, a third act was passed February 23, 1821, reviving the old charter, and re-incorporating the " village of Whitesbor- ough." The Erie Canal was then just completed through the village. A fourth aet was passed April 23, 1829, amending the previous charter, no village officers having in the meanwhile been elected. May 1, 1847, an act was passed amending the eastern boundary of the village- changing it to Sauquoit Creek.
# This name is indiscriminately writteu Whitesborough and Whites- boro'; and very often in the same paragraph in the old records.
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The first village offieers, elected June 15, 1829, were the following, viz. : Trustees, S. Newton Dexter, Benjamin S. Waleott, Alvan Bradley, Willard Camp, William Eels ; Treasurer, Jesse C. Wetmore; Collector, Samuel B. Fer- guson.
S. Newton Dexter was appointed President, John Stryker Village Clerk, and Lewis Berry Street Commissioner. At a meeting of the board, June 26, 1829, a eode of by-laws was read and adopted. The following is a list of the Presidents and Trustees of the village from 1830 to 1877, inclusive :
1830 .- President, Fortune C. White; Trustees, Uriah Stevens, Willard Camp, Samuel G. Flagg, James A. Rey- nolds.
1831 .- Theodore Sill ; Trustees, Uriah Hobby, James A. Reynolds, Amaziah Palmer, John Watkins.
1832 .- Village this year divided into four wards, June 20. President, Uriah Hobby ; Trustees, Theodore Sill, James A. Reynolds, John Watkins, Amaziah Palmer.
1833 .- President, Uriah Hobby ; Trustees, Jesse C. Wetmore, Joel Root, Wait Lowrey, Winthrop Watson.
1834 .- President, Harvey Bradley ; Trustees, Thomas Becbe, Joel Root, Ira W. Hand, Jesse C. Wetmore.
1835 .- President, William Walcott; Trustees, Harvey Bradley, Samuel B. Ferguson, Ira W. Hand, George Balis. 1836 .- President, Ichabod C. Baker; Trustees, Samuel B. Ferguson, Alvin Bradley, Geo. Balis, Isaac M. Wetmore.
1837 .- President, Julius Watkins; Trustees, Fred B. Henderson, Calvert Comstock, Ira W. Hand, Lewis T. Berry.
1838 .- President, Peletiah Rawson ; Trustees, James Emery, Marvin Griswold, John Puffer, Lewis T. Berry.
1839 .- President, Alvin Bradley ; Trustees, I. C. Baker, Julius Brainard, Dennis Divine, Lewis T. Berry.
1840 .- President, Ichabod C. Baker; Trustees, Harvey Bradley, Uriah Hobby, L. T. Berry, Ira W. Hand.
1841 .- President, Sol. K. Ellis ; Trustees, William Eels, Ephraim Parker, L. T. Berry, I. W. Hand.
1842 .- President, Alvin Bradley; Trustees, Joseph Cauldwell, Rufus Scofield, L. T. Berry, Almon Clark.
1843 .- President, Samuel B. Ferguson ; Trustees, Al- mon Clark, D. L. Wood, John Clapp, William Baxter.
1814 .- President, S. B. Ferguson ; Trustees, Elisha A. Clark, Jesse C. Wetmore, Edwin B. Hobby, John Waite.
1845 .- President, Reuben Hough; Trustees, Daniel Thomas, George Colgate, E. A. Clark, Ira W. Hand.
1846 .- President, Reuben Hough ; Trustees, I. W. Hand, D. Thomas, Elisha A. Clark, Henry S. Allyn.
1847 .- President, Harvey Bradley ; Trustees, Daniel Thomas, Julius Watkins, Ira W. Hand, Lewis T. Berry.
1848 .- President, S. B. Ferguson ; Trustees, William L. Montgomery, Henry S. Allyn, Joseph Cauldwell, Lucius A. Griswold.
1849 .- President, Reuben Hough ; Trustees, S. B. Fer- guson, William Baxter, Iliram A. Crain, William L. Montgomery.
1850 .- President, Abel C. Carter; Trustees, H. S. Al- lyn, John Waite, Thomas Ellis, James H. Wilson.
1851 .- President, Thomas Ellis; Trustees, William Kimball, James Symonds, John L. Bowers, James Wood- ward.
1852 .- President, Julius Watkins; Trustees, James Woodward, H. S. Allyn, Onias P. Ellis, David Dor- ington.
1853 .- President, Harvey Bradley ; Trustees, James Woodward, L. A. Griswold, Russell I. Dickinson, Ebenezer Humphrey.
1854 .- President, Rev. Benj. W. Whiteher ; Trustees, William Roberts, Henry Brown, Daniel Estes, Charles F. Russell.
1855 .- President, Rev. B. W. Whiteher ; Trustees, C. F. Russell, J. W. Bowers, J H. Merchant, J. C. Kelley.
1856 .- President, Israel J. Gray; Trustees, J. L. Bowers, Edwin Watson, S. K. Bingham, William East- man.
1857 .- President, William Baxter; Trustees, J. H. Merchant, Fletcher G. Jelleff, H. S. Allyn, Lyman L. Wight.
1858 .- Same as 1857.
1859 .- (New charter granted this year .* ) President, Whiting Smith ; Trustees, James S. Gardner, Israel J. Gray, James Symonds, James H. Wilson, Lyman L. Wight.
1860 .- President, Whiting Smith ; Trustees, J. S. Gardner, I. J. Gray, James Symonds, James H. Wilson, Lyman L. Wight.
1861 .- President, Whiting Smith; Trustees, J. S. Gardner, Israel J. Gray, James Symonds, L. L. Wight, J. H. Wilson.
1862 .- President, Whiting Smith ; Trustees, Ellis Ellis, William H. Hale, J. H. Wilson, William Benediet, I. J. Gray.
1863 .- President, L. L. Wight ; Trustees, E. Ellis, William H. Hale, John Clark, Silas Purdy, Israel J. Gray.
1864 .- President, L. L. Wight ; Trustees, E. Ellis, S. Purdy, J. Clark, Charles H. Williamson, Daniel Estes.
1865 .- President, Silas Purdy ; Trustees, E. Ellis, L. W. Crandell, D. Estes, S. K. Bingham, Z. C. Darling.
1866 .- President, Ellis Ellis; Trustees, I. J. Gray, Lowell W. Crandell, Simeon K. Bingham, J. H. Wilson, L. L. Wight.
1867 .- President, E. Ellis ; Trustees, I. J. Gray, James Buel, Hiram A. Crain, Samuel Johnson, Henry S. Allyn.
1868 .- President, James H. Wilson ; Trustees, Norton W. Boomer, William H. Chandler, John D. Haynes, S. K. Bingham, William Shirley.
1869 .- President, Hiram A. Crain ; Trustees, William Benediet, William Shirley, William H. Chandler, George H. Haynes, William B. Williams.
1870 .- President, H. A. Crain ; Trustees, W. B. Wil- liams, George C. Law, J. Gibson, C. L. Johnson, W. H. Chandler.
1871 .- President, John F. Batehelor; Trustees, J. H. Wilson, William Shirley, George Williams, Chester L. Johnson, Charles H. Williamson.
1872 .- President, J. F. Batchelor ; Trustees, G. Wil- liams, C. L. Johnson, William Shirley, Robert A. Jones, Jason S. Crandall.
# This charter was amended in 1869, and under the last the village government is now administered.
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1873 .- President, J. F. Batchelor; Trustees, C. L. Johnson, William B. Chandler, William Shirley, R. A. Jones, J. S. Crandall.
1874 .- President, C. L. Johnson ; Trustees, Robert A. Jones, Edward C. Sweet, William Shirley, J. S. Crandall, L. L. Wight.
1875 .- President, C. L. Johnson ; Trustees, R. A. Jones, William Shirley, E. C. Sweet, J. S. Crandall, John L. Babbitt.
1876 .- President, C. L. Johnson ; Trustees, R. A. Jones, John C. Eberley, William C. Ellis, Daniel C. Whit- ten, George B. Haynes.
1877 .- President, Henry S. Allyn ; Trustees, R. A. Jones, William C. Ellis, George H. Haynes, William M. Gates, William Shirley ; Village Clerk, Charles Aldridge ; Collector, George Stephenson; Treasurer, Charles A. Sweet; Police Justice, James Brierley.
Subsequent to May, 1802, and as late as 1850, Whites- town was a half-shire town of Oneida County. Previous to 1802 the county courts were held at Rome. During that year they were held at Whitestown (Whitesboro'), and subsequently the terms (three in each year,-in May, Sep- tember, and December) were held alternately at the two places, beginning at Whitestown in May, 1803. Although as early as 1789 steps were taken in the matter of providing for a court-house and jail to be erected at Whitestown,* yet the work was not finally consummated until April 2, 1806, when an act was passed authorizing the Board of Super- visors " to raise $4000 to build two court-houses, one at Rome and one at Whitesborough, and they were soon after- wards erected."+ The jail had been built in 1801, and in the minutes of the Court of Common Pleas for the Decem- ber term of that year is found the following entry :
" Charles C. Brodhead, sheriff of this county, having informed the court that in pursuance of a law passed the last session he had accepted of and actually removed his prisonersį to the gaol lately built for the county in the village of Whitesboro', it is therefore ordered that from and after the second day of January, one thousand eight hun- dred and two, instead of the present liberties of the gaol in and for the county of Oneida, as established by the rules of this court, the following shall be and are hereby established for the liberties of the gaol of said county, to wit : (here follow the boundaries) containing three acres of land, agreeable to a map thereof on file, and made by Robert Bordwell."
It is thus seen that the "Liberties of the Gaol" had been contracted somewhat from the space allowed under the old New England laws, and this was a step towards the present custom of confining prisoners entirely within the walls of the jail. After passing this resolution, the court adjourned " till the third Tuesday of May next ; then to be held at the school-house near the gaol of the county, in the village of Whitesborough."
The lot in the village upon which the court-house and
# March 3, 1789, a bill was passed by the Assembly to raise money in Montgomery County to liquidate claims arising therein for the erection of a court-house and jail at Whitestown. Montgomery County then had seven Assemblymen, including Henry Staring (Stauring, as then printed), who presided at the first court of reeord within the present limits of Oneida County, held at New Hartford in January, 1794.
t Jones' Annals.
Į Removed from old Herkimer County jail.
jail were erected was donated for the purpose by Hugh White, the original proprietary settler, on the condition that the realty should revert to him or his heirs in the event of a removal of the county-seat from the village. This contingency finally occurred, and in the absence of Philo White, now residing in the village, the buildings were sold under a decree in chancery, for partition among the heirs. On the return of Mr. White in 1859, at which time he took up his permanent residence here, the case was laid before hin. As it was evident that his grandfather's in- tention had been that the donation of the ground to the publie should be irrevocable, Mr. White took the necessary steps to secure the property, and afterwards§ donated it to the town and village for their use as a town hall and council- chamber. The conditions of this conveyance included that the portion of the " Public Green" in front of the edifice should be improved and taken care of, and afterwards Mr. White donated the balance of this " Green," on condition that the municipal authorities should improve it by laying out walks, ete., and make it a park for the free admission of promenaders, " and the exclusion of all cattle, and the like." He afterwards erected a neat fence around the open portion of the lot, and reserved the right to keep the plat free from weeds and rubbish. The corporate authorities inclosed the " Green" with a neat and substantial fence, || and the present park, with its shade-trees and grass-plats, adds much to the natural beauty of the village. The early settlers planted shade-trees along both sides of the main street of the village, and these, grown tall and large, their branches almost interlocking, are stately sentinels along the broad way, which is lined with elegant dwellings and beauti- ful lawns. The " Old Court-House" has been repaired to a considerable extent, and, aside from its uses as a town and village hall, it is the place of many publie meetings and social gatherings. Every brick in its walls is dear to the hearts of the citizens of the village, as reminding them of its noble founder and the days of past glory. Whitesboro' was a place of much business when the settlement at Old Fort Schuyler (now Utica) was scarcely worthy of notice; but by subsequent enterprises being established at the latter place, and from various causes which helped to build it up, Whitestown became finally a beautiful suburb of the flour- ishing city of Utica.
Among the early settlers in the neighborhood of Whites- boro' was Reuben Wilcox, a veteran of the Revolution, who came here with his family from Middletown, Conn., about 1790-91. He purchased a farm, a mile west of the village, of Jephtha Brainard, for which he paid two shil- lings per acre, and cut a road through to his place from the main street of the village. He was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, and drove through from Mid- dletown with an ox-team, bringing what household goods they could conveniently carry. Mr. Wilcox was by trade a builder (master mason), and was also a farmer. He and his wife, Hannah (Johnson) Wilcox, were both natives of Connecticut. They were the parents of six children,-three sons and three daughters,-all but the two elder daugh- ters being born in Whitestown. The only members of the
¿ In 1860.
I Since removed.
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family now living are Reuben and Morris Wileox, both residents of Whitesboro'. The former was born in 1794, and the latter in 1796. Morris Wileox has been married sixty years, and his partner through so long a period is still living.
A post-office, named Whitestown, was established here as early as 1796. Dr. Elizur Moseley was appointed first postmaster. He held the office so long that when he left it he was probably the oldest postmaster in the United States. He was among the earliest physicians wlio loeated here, and possibly the first. In 1798 he was appointed sheriff of Oneida County, which offiee he held until No- vember 5, 1800. He was an assistant justiee of the county court in 1798 .* The following is believed to be a nearly correet list of the postmasters here sinee Dr. Moseley, viz. : W. A. Hobby, Whiting Smith, M.D., Wil- liam C. Champlin, Alvin Bradley, William O. Merrill, Whiting Smith, M.D., John G. Crain, Charles E. Smith, M.D., Ellis Ellis, L. A. Sawyer, and the present ineum- bent, Charles E. Smith, M.D.
A fire company was organized November 26, 1831, with Uriah Hobby, Captain ; John Watkins, First Lieutenant ; Alvin Bradley, Second Lieutenant,; Secretary and Treas- urer. The members were William Hobby, C. W. Wright, Uriah Hobby, Thomas R. Gold, H. Blodget, Thaddeus Smith, Harvey Bradley, N. P. Barnard, Alfred Loomis, Chester Buck, Edwin Watson, Robert Roberts, H. Warner, I. P. Frost, J. Wheeler, Jesse C. Wetmore, Samuel Pieree, Alvin Bradley, Daniel Estes, Samuel G. Flagg, John Wat- kins, Amaziah Palmer, Nathaniel F. Edgerton, Theophilus Smith, N. Ten Broeck, Samuel Hubbell, Smith B. Hatch, Abner Loomis, Zarah Cole, William Williams, John Wicks, Truman E. Lewis, Nelson Church, William Beebe, Henry Thurston.
From the village records it seems that an engine was purchased in 1833, at a eost of $150. (This may possibly have been a single payment, instead of the full priee.) The village of Yorkville also possessed an engine, which was kept in repair by the authorities of Whitesboro', and used by them in ease of necessity. It was finally purchased by them in 1844, for $300. The village was visited by sev- eral fires in 1861, and 507 feet of new hose were purchased in 1862 of the citizens, who had secured it on private account. At various times new hose, ladders, buekets, and other necessary implements were purchased, and in 1876 a Silsbee rotary steam fire-engine was proeured, at an expense of about $1200. It had been in use for a short time at Ilion, Herkimer Co., but was as good as new. The present fire organization is ealled the " Niagara Fire and Monitor Hose Company, No. 2, of the village of Whitesboro'," and has 38 members. Its officers are : Foreman, P. C. Rider ; Secretary, J. F. Reid ; Treasurer, Robert A. Jones; Chief Engineer, John C. Eberly ; En- gineer of Steamer, William G. Stone.
The village has three poliee eonstables, viz. : Benjamin A. IIartman, Robert P. Casler, James Stevenson, and eon- tains a "loekup," or "ealaboose," for prisoners. The prineipal hotel is the " Park House," located at the north- east corner of the village park.
WYANDOTTE LODGE, F. AND A. M.,
organized at Whitesboro' about 1815-20, was long a flourishing institution, but it has been disbanded, and the numerous members of the Masonie fraternity residing in the village attend Lodges in the eity of Utiea. Among the prominent Masters of " Wyandotte Lodge" was Hon. For- tune C. White. Many of the influential citizens of the place were members. The only seeret order now in the village is a small Lodge of Good Templars.
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