History of Ontario Co., New York, Part 78

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Names of Proprietors .- Elijah Ingersoll, David Lusk, Asahel Boughton, Jirah Rowley, James Upton, George Low, Joseph Rowley, Dinah Brooks, Lora Davis, Thomas Ingersoll, Elisha Coan, Joseph Thrall, Isaac Marsh, De Forest Boughton, Silas Pardee, Solomon Turner, Nicholas Smith, Timothy Williams, Samuel Gillis, Jeremiah Hull, Jabez Felt, Thomas Hawley, Harvey Hart, Eleazer Boughton, Jacob Lobdell, Jared Boughton, Lucy Boughton, Urana Williard, Erie Hawley, John M. Hughes, Isaac Root, Nathaniel Turner, Elisha Brace, Peter Perry, Eli- sha Williams, Jesse Scudder, Israel Simmons, Joseph Brace, Nathaniel Boughton, Solomon Griswold, Joanna Marsh, Claudius V. Boughton, Reuben Parmele, Isaac Hathaway, Jonathan Smith, M. O. Dickinson, Alice Boughton, Abraham Bough- ton, Ira Seymour, Jr., Ezekiel Scudder, Ebenezer Bement, Ezra Wilmarth, Thos. Beach, Reuben W. Brace, Asahel Moore, Abraham Brunson, Abner Hawley, Wm. Jackson, Seymour Boughton, Andrew Colton, Henry Bement, Simeon Parks, Silas Thayer, Harry Boughton, Sr., John Brace, Gersham Wilmarth, Joseph Perkins, Erastus Ingersoll, Peter Turner, Enos Gillis, Asa Root, Samuel R. Per- kins, Abijah Williams, Jabez Hart, Rufus Dryer, Seymour Boughton, Jr., Asahel Lusk, Edwin Bement, Samuel Rawson, Manley Hawley, Silas Barnes.


THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH .- This denomination, from a scattered few, has become one of the strongest in the town. Its organization dates from 1834. The compact is thus expressed: " We, whose names are hereto signed, believing in the universal love of God to man as manifested through the mediation of Jesus Christ, our Lord, and believing that Christ hath tasted death for all, and hath thereby made sufficient atonement for the sin of all mortal fallen beings, and that He will finally reconcile the whole Adamic family to God, deliver them from sin and moral defilement, and bring them into a state of perfect holiness and consequent happiness; and feeling desirous of coming into society and rela- tionship for the edification and growth of each other in love, and for the more convenient support of the preaching of the gospel, do therefore unite and form ourselves into a religious society by the name of the ' First United Universalist Society' of Victor, and hold ourselves under obligations to observe the rules of said society. Stephen Miles, Ezra Wilmarth, Azel Berray, Samuel Richardson, Seth Washburn, John Kronkhite, Jr., Elisha Peck, Henry Brown, Sellick Rich- ardson, Mary Wilmarth, Betsey Lewis, Caroline M. Dryer, Orin Miller, Darius


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J. Lewis, Sylvester Lewis, M. C. Dryer, John Powell, Samuel Gillis, Dinah E. Berray, Naomi Gillis, Sophronia Caldwell, Jonathan West, Eli K. Frost, John Brace, Truman Dryer, Calvin Brookins, William Seavery, Jr., Lydia Rawson, Polly Miles, John Ladd, Holon Miles, George McLean, Thomas Wright, Knee- land Townsend, Huldah Guyant, Cornelia Rowe, and Maria R. Rawson."


Their first meeting was held June 1, 1834. Organization took place December 21, 1844, with forty-five members. The preacher for the society was Rev. Ste- phen Miles. William J. Reese was the first pastor previous to organization. He came to them in 1825, when members were few and far apart. Services were held in the Methodist meeting-house. When the society met as a church, Rev. James Cook was the pastor, and served them some time. Other pastors have been Revs. S. W. Fuller, L. L. Saddler, Olive Ackley, George W. Montgomery, Stephen Miles, Daniel R. Biddlecome, Kneeland Townsend, James Cook, J. R. Johnson, Charles S. Skinner, Thomas Bartholomew, Thomas Whitcomb, W. W. Dean, Charles Fleurer, Rev. Goodenough, and Thomas Borden (the present pastor). As spoken of in regard to the " Proprietors' church," this church alternated with the Presbyterians in the use of the house; and finally obtaining a deed from the own- ers living, they sold the lot for five hundred dollars, and, afterwards desiring it for a parsonage site, paid two thousand two hundred dollars for two-thirds of it. The present edifice was projected after abandonment of the old building. Pre- paratory to building, the trustees bought a lot early in the spring of 1856 from Melancton Lewis, paying for it one thousand dollars. On this they erected a fine brick edifice costing about seven thousand dollars. It was dedicated in June, 1857, by J. M. Austin. The society has continued to flourish to the present date.


EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The Episcopal society of Victor is of recent origin. Victor was first visited with the view of establishing a mission at that point on June 2, 1871. Evening prayer and preaching were followed by a conference with a few persons respecting the mission. The result was favorable, and mission services were held every alternate Subbath afternoon by the Rev. Henry Baum, rector of Zion's church, East Bloomfield, until January 1, 1872. Rev. James H. Dennis was then placed in charge, and served as missionary until May 1, 1873, services being held in the school-house, and at times in the public hall. From May 1, 1873, until Easter of the same year, Rev. Dennis was in charge of the mission. From that date until July 26, 1874, there was no rector. At the last date Rev. Dennis again took charge. A church building was commenced in August, 1872, and services were first held therein during January, 1873. The church was formally opened for service by Bishop Coxe, on February 6, 1873. The consecration took place September 12, 1874, by the same bishop.


THE METHODIST CHURCH first found an expounder of its doctrines in Victor in the year 1805, in the person of Rev. Joseph Jewel. Associated with him dur- ing the year following were Revs. Amos Jenks and James Kelsey. Joseph Jewel was the presiding elder, and this was known as the Ontario circuit, and embraced an indefinite territory. October, 1806, Nathan Loughborough came from New Jersey into Bloomfield. He at once looked about him for brethren, and found four or five who had been in a class organized by missionary Jewel. Calling upon the circuit preachers, he did not rest till he had procured a regular appointment for preaching. The first permanent organization was effected in 1807, by Revs. Samuel Talbot and Joseph Scull, who were the regular appointments for that year. Seven persons composed the class formed, and Nathan Loughborough was appointed leader. They were Nathan and Sarah Loughborough, John and Jennette Rose, Theodosia Stout, David Gould, and Hannah Berry. At the second conference Parker Buell was granted permission to exhort in this church. Religious services were held for several years in a frame school-house at the forks of the road, east of Victor village, and quarterly meetings in the barns of Silas Pardee and Mr. Wilson ; also in school-houses. The "Ladd school-house" was built on land deeded to the school trustees on condition that the building was to be used unrestrictedly by the Methodists, and when not needed by them to be free to other denominations. The donor of this site was John Rose. The lack of regular preaching was sup- plied by Nathan Loughborough and John Rose, and their homes were the "min- isters' homes." A determination was expressed by Mr. Loughborough at the quar- terly meeting held January 22d, 1820, in the Presbyterian meeting-house in Victor, to build a house for worship. He was ably seconded, and a question of location was decided, by the amount of subscription, to be at the village of Victor. Early in 1820, a lot was purchased of William Bushnell by Israel M. Blood, James Upton, and Nathan Loughborough, the first board of trustees. Work was begun in June, and Jeremiah Hawkins and N. Loughborough were builders. The building was thirty-two by forty-five feet in dimensions, and was inclosed before winter. Next season it was so far along as to be dedicated on August 19, 1821, by E. House. Years passed and the church was yet unfinished. Finally, N. B. Loughborough, during the winter of 1828-29, determined to complete the work himself. He therefore brought on hands, and all parties slept in the build-


ing during their labor upon it. The class formed in 1807 numbered forty in 1810. A revival in the winter of 1820-21, conducted by Revs. Philo Wood- worth, Daniel Anderson, and Thomas Carlton, resulted in the conversion of one hundred persons at Victor. N. Loughborough was still in charge of the class, assisted by Isaac Marsh. In 1832, the church building was enlarged, a steeple added, and new pulpit built. Preachers at this time were Gideon Lanning, Ben- jamin Sabin, and Daniel Anderson. The church at Victor is first recorded in the minutes in 1833. In March, 1835, a committee was appointed "to rent, pur- chase, or build a parsonage." It consisted of John Lusk, Elisha Ingersol, and J. G. Calkins, and a house was rented for two years. A parsonage was purchased of Nathan Jenks in 1837.


During 1827-28 a discussion arose respecting the title, and a few withdrew, but a portion soon returned. During the Millerite excitement of 1842-43, Rev. Zina J. Buck, the pastor of this church, thinking to help along a revival in progress, invited one Adams, a lecturer, to deliver a course at this place on Adventism. The result was an unhappy one and ended in a schism. Later, the minister acknow- ledged his error and labored hard to retrieve it, while the misled members in cases returned again to the church.


The number of ministers who have served this church from its inception to the present is eighty-six: twenty for two years in succession, eight for two years at different times, two for three years at different times, one for four years, two for three years in succession, and the rest for a year's time or less. The present pastor is W. R. Benham, an efficient and highly esteemed man. The church has a present membership of one hundred and thirty. The Sabbath-school has proved a powerful auxiliary of the church. The first superintendent of Sabbath-schools entered upon the books was Nathan B. Loughborough, in the year 1832. Among his successors have been Levi Boughton, Isaac Marsh, Jr., J. G. Calkins, J. Row- ley, J. M. Beaver, Caleb Boughton, John Wilson, S. H. Blood, T. W. Crank, C. Wheeler, O. Nelson, E. M. Holmes, W. H. Cline. The present school has twelve teachers and one hundred and fifty scholars. Library, four hundred volumes. Church building and parsonage have been of recent construction. The corner- stone of the former was laid with appropriate ceremonies, and within it were placed county papers, historical sketch, and other reading matter. Work was be- gun in May, 1870, and the building was dedicated June 15, 1871. The sermon was preached by Bishop Peck, of Syracuse. Rev. William Wohlzemuth was preacher in charge at the time; a number of the former pastors were present. The church is a handsome structure ; its dimensions are forty-two by seventy-six feet, and height twenty-five feet. The session-room is twenty-five feet by fifty, and fourteen feet high, with a capacity to seat one hundred and fifty persons. The assembly-room has seats for three hundred and seventy-four. The doors, of ample size, are conveniently arranged, and the work is handsomely executed. The wood work is of walnut and chestnut, and the ceiling and walls frescoed. A tower built of brick rises one hundred and thirty-eight feet, and contains a fine bell, costing eight hundred and forty dollars, and weighing two thousand and sixty pounds. A pipe-organ, costing one thousand nine hundred dollars, was procured of S. S. Hamill, of Boston. The cost of the church was seventeen thousand dollars ; furnishing, four thousand dollars additional; total, twenty-one thousand dollars. John B. Thomas, of Rochester, was architect, and Hiram Kingsbury, builder. A fine parsonage was built of brick, at a cost of four thousand dollars, during 1875. It is a two-story building with mansard roof, and presents a tasty appearance.


THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH had its origin as a Congregational church. For a time after settlement no public worship was held. The first stated public wor- ship was set up by Jabez Moorehouse. It continued for a time and then ceased. It was revived, and Mr. Steele preached part of the time until his death. Some became members of the East Bloomfield church.


In the autumn of 1798, Rev. Reuben Parmele visited with the people, and was invited to locate with them. During the winter he removed his family and became a resident of the town. He organized a Congregational church on Feb- ruary 10, 1799. It was composed of twenty members, named as follows: Elisha Perkins, M. Perkins, Abijah Williams and wife, Peter Turner, Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Hart, Thomas Hawley, Deborah Perkins, Ira Seymour, Johnson Seymour, Isaac Root and wife, Mrs. Marsh, Jabez Morehouse and wife, Joseph and Jeremiah Brace, Samuel Boughton and Dr. Reuben Hart.


On February 14, Rev. Parmele was installed pastor of the church by an ecclesi- astical council, at which Zadoc Hunn, John Ralph, Seth Williston, and Jedediah Bushnell officiated. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was first administered April 7, 1799, and Joseph Brace, Asa Hickox, Jr., and Polly Hickox united with the church. Early meetings were held in the houses of Ira Seymour, Elisha Perkins, and Abijah Williams. The church was connected with the Ontario association during the continuance of that body. It was received under the care of the presbytery of Ontario January 16, 1828, having adopted the Presbyterian


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form of government. Mr. Parmele was dismissed from his pastoral charge De- cember 9, 1806, but continued as supply till 1812. On April 6, 1812, Philander Parmele was ordained and installed. He was dismissed December 28, 1814. On November 10, 1819, Ebenezer Raymond was installed, and served till April 6, 1825. Isaac Root and Abijah Williams were deacons in the church July 10, 1812. Rev. Jabez Spicer, and later, John Taylor, preached for the church during 1826. The adoption, at a meeting held at the house of William Bushnell, on February 8, 1827, of the Presbyterian form caused a division which lasted but a short time.


On September 20, 1832, the two churches reunited, drafted and signed a con- stitution, and held a meeting October 4, 1832, for organization as an independent Congregational church. Eighty-six persons signed and became members. Bel- den Seymour, William Parmele, and Nathan Jenks were elected deacons. In 1834 the membership was one hundred and six, and in 1845 over two hundred. Seasons of revival in 1837, 1843, and other times, gave fresh strength to the society. Daniel Johnson served the Congregational branch in 1832. In 1833, January 24, Richard Kay was installed pastor, and served till November 12, 1835. Jairus Wilcox was the stated supply for one year. Rev. Charles E. Furman became pastor June 20, 1838, and remained till May, 1846, when Charles Mer- win took charge and remained till August 7, 1849. January 6, 1850, the charge was taken by A. V. H. Powell, who was succeeded in September, 1851, by C. Waterbury. Other pastors were C. C. Carr, May 4, 1855, Job Pierson, Jr., February 8, 1857.


On March 8, 1858, it was resolved " That we as a church adopt the Presby- terian form of government, and that hereafter we be known as the ' First Presby- terian Church of Victor."" Successive pastors have been William H. Webb, De- cember 6, 1863, to October 22, 1865 ; G. P. Nichols, January, 1867, till August, 1869; Henry T. Miller, June 1, 1871, till September, 1873; W. B. Marsh, De- cember, 1873, to November, 1875 ; Rev. Robert Ennis is the present pastor. A house of worship was dedicated in 1833. It was forty by fifty feet, with gallery and spire, and cost about three thousand five hundred dollars. In 1844, it was altered and repaired. In 1860, an addition was made to the rear, a new spire was built, a bell weighing one thousand seven hundred pounds, and costing five hundred dollars, was put up. In 1870, a pipe-organ, costing two thousand dollars, was purchased and introduced. A town clock had been purchased by subscrip- tion of the villagers, about 1840, and placed in the Universalist church on the hill. When their new church was built no provision was made for the clock, which, in 1860, was placed in the Presbyterian church. In 1868, the society built a parsonage at a cost of about five thousand dollars, and two years later made improvements to the value of several thousands. The society while growing in years has developed experience and strength, and stands to-day strong and pros- perous, and upon a permanent foundation.


Meagre particulars have been gleaned respecting the Catholic society of this place. The ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH building was erected about 1852. Father Lee was the first pastor, and Rev. William Hughes is the present priest in charge. The ground occupied by the church, which is a frame structure, built in part by subscription, was sold to the society by Dr. William Ball.


MASONIC .*


Masonry came to Victor with the first settlers, and was no ordinary bond of early friendly relations. Upon the scroll may be found the names of Jacob Lob- dell, Eleazer Boughton, Ezra Wilmarth, Solomon Griswald, Rufus Dryer, and many another, respected and honored. A lodge was found desirable, and Mr. Lobdell was the originator of the project. Meetings were held at various houses until September, 1817, when, at a meeting at the house of Ezra Wilmarth, a charter was resolved upon. A petition to the Grand Lodge of the State was drawn, signed, sent, and afterwards received the approval of Lodge No. 173, at East Bloomfield, and Ontario Master's Lodge No. 23, at Canandaigua. The pe- tition, with thirty-five dollars, was sent to New York city, and lost on the way. Again the lodges gave consent, the money was raised and intrusted to C. V. Boughton, who was going to the city for merchandise. Delivery was made, and, at a meeting of the Grand Lodge, held March 5, 1818, a warrant was granted to hold a lodge at Victor, by the name " Milnor Lodge, No. 303." The charter was brought by Peter Perry from Vienna, where he received it. On the evening of March 15 a preliminary meeting was held at the house of James Gillis. The ceremony of instituting the lodge and installing its officers took place April 15, at the " Proprietor's church." Claudius V. Boughton officiated as " Grand In- stalling Officer, and Brother Rev. A. C. Collins as Grand Chaplain." Lodge delegations and many people were present. The officers installed were Jacob Lobdell, W. M .; Joseph W. Seymour, S. W .; Asahel Moore, J. W .; John


. This history was kindly furnished us by Albert Jacobs.


Grinnell, Treasurer; Peter Perry, Secretary ; Samuel Gillis, S. D .; Loton Lawson,. J. D .; Solomon Griswald and William Guyant, S. ; Isaac Simmons, T. The lodge embraced the names of thirteen members, with as many associates. The lodge held its first meeting April 18, 1818, at James Gillis' hotel, which stood upon the present site of W. C. Dryer's residence. A fifth meeting was held, June 15, at the hotel of Jabez Felt, now the residence of Thomas B. Brace. Numbers increased, and twenty-three prominent citizens became members; among them Heber Kimball, later known as a Mormon leader. The Morgan excitement struck a heavy blow, and Masonry quivered at the shock. From eighty members the number was reduced to a dozen or less. The warrant was retained by a mem- ber till 1848, when it was given up to the Grand Lodge. On January 28, 1848, the following-named members of " Milnor Lodge, No. 303," met at W. C. Dryer's hotel and organized the present lodge, viz. : Asahel Moore, W. M .; Asahel Boughton, S. W .; Jabez Felt, J. W .; Zacheus P. Gillett, Treasurer; Samuel H. Lee, Secretary ; Arnold Perkins, S. D .; Hiram Brooks, J. D .; and Samuel H. Lee, Tyler, embracing all present. The old warrant was used. On June 18, 1848, the Grand Lodge granted a warrant to the three first named to hold a lodge, to be known as " Milnor Lodge, No. 139." On September 7, the lodge was in- stituted, and officers installed. On December 7, 1848, the place of assembly was changed to the upper room of the old building now owned by James Walling. A committee for room reported, November 30, 1850, that they had secured quar- ters with the Odd Fellows, in Seavey's Hall, and January, 1851, the lodge met at that place. In the latter part of 1869, the lodge vacated, and took a small room at Victor Hotel until December 8, 1870, when they returned to Seavey's Hall. During the years 1872-73, the question of rooms in the third floor of the Moore block was mooted, and February 27, 1873, an executive committee was named, and a fine room elegantly furnished at an expense of nearly one thousand five hundred dollars. On the evening of June 12 the lodge convened in their new quarters. Of the charter-members of No. 303, James Lyle Gillis alone sur- vives; of No. 139, Samuel H. Lee is living. The lodge numbers nearly one hun- dred members, officered as follows : Boliver Ellis, W. M .; Milton Stafford, S. W. ; Edward J. Sizer, J. W .; George P. Mayo, Treasurer; and Stephen B. Crocker, Secretary.


VICTOR IN THE REBELLION.


Thirteenth Infantry, Co. F .- Augustus Griffin. Enlisted as private for three years.


Andrew Simpson. Enlisted at Rochester; credited to Victor.


Isaac Colvin. Enlisted for three years.


William Brusie. Enlisted April, 1861 ; drowned in the Potomac river soon after the first battle of Bull Run.


George Nelson. Enlisted for two years.


George Rowe.


James Carroll, sergeant, April 10, 1861; died Nov. 14, 1864, at Salisbury, N. C., having re-enlisted in the 8th Cavalry.


Twenty-eighth Infantry, Co. E .- George M. Walling. Enlisted May 22, 1861, at Canandaigua ; served three months in the field ; was taken sick with camp fever ; discharged.


Homer Hubbard, May 22, 1861 ; served three months; discharged on ac- count of sickness.


George Randall, May 24, 1861 ; re-enlisted Sept. 6, 1864, at Canandaigua ; credited to the town of Farmington ; discharged June 6, 1865.


James W. Moore, May 21, 1861 ; re-enlisted Sept. 6, 1864, for town of Farmington.


Leonard D. Sales, May 22, 1861; promoted Aug. 1, 1862, to regimental commissary-sergeant; discharged June 28, 1863.


Thirty-third Infantry .- John Bliss, Co. B, May 2, 1861 ; re enlisted Dec. 18, 1863 ; promoted to sergeant Co. H.


Harvey H. Gillet, Aug. 31, 1862, Co. H; served nearly two years ; was killed in battle, and buried at Fort Stephens, Va.


Clark V. Gillet, Co. H, Aug. 31, 1862.


Albert Vosburgh, Co. D, April 31, 1861 ; discharged June 22, 1863 ; re- enlisted Aug. 22, 1863.


Eighteenth Infantry, Co. G .- Calvin B. Finn. Enlisted Nov. 14, 1861 ; pro- moted corporal.


Forty-eighth Infantry .- Charles Putnam, June 14, 1861; died May 14, 1865, at Andersonville, Georgia.


Seventy-sixth Infantry, Co. A .- Amos Eldridge, Aug. 14, 1863; served six months ; wounded in battle ; discharged on that account.


Ninety-eighth Infantry, Co. K .- John Callon, Jan. 8, 1862 ; served eleven months ; wounded at battle of Fair Oaks, Va. ; discharged.


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One Hundred and Second Infantry, Co. D .- Charles Snyder, Dec. 24, 1861; died July 28, 1862, at Washington.


One Hundred and Eighth Infantry .- Jno. Graff, July 25, 1862; died Sept. 2, 1863, at Warrenton, Va.


One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry .- John Knapp, Co. C, July 3, 1862 ; served three months.


Thomas Barnet, Co. D, Aug. 29, 1862; discharged June 11, 1865. William Knapp, Co. F, July 3, 1862; re-enlisted Aug. 8, 1863; discharged' May 3, 1864; re-enlisted Sept. 3, 1864; discharged Jan. 5, 1865. Henry Roct, Co. K, July 31, 1862 ; discharged Nov. 1, 1862. Irving Rose, Co. D, Ang. 9, 1862; discharged June 26, 1865. Edwin Barnett, Co. K, Ang. 24, 1862; re-enlisted July 11, 1864.


One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Infantry, Co. B .- William May, March 1, 1865; Martin Snyder, March 1, 1865; discharged July 15, 1865. Richard Wood, March 1, 1865; discharged July 15, 1865. William Kniffen, March 1, 1865; discharged July 15, 1865. Peter B. Piatt, Co. A, March 1, 1865; discharged May 16, 1865. .


First Mounted Rifles, .Co. K .- Robert Allen, Aug. 27, 1862; discharged July 20, 1865.


Henry Simonds, Aug. 27, 1862; detailed Aug. 14, 1863, to Assistant Adju- tant-General's Office, at Norfolk, Va., which position he occupied till his term of enlistment expired.


George Farnham, Ang. 27, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865.


Russell Hulburt, Sept. 1, 1862; died Oct. 11, 1862, of camp fever, at Suf- folk, Va.


Samuel C. Thomas, Aug. 27, 1862; veterinary surgeon ; served his term. -Van Cott, Ang. 28, 1862; discharged June 19, 1865. Jesse Miller, Aug. 28, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865. Michael Knowlton, Ang. 29, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865. John Lovet, Sept. 1, 1862.


Harvey Simmons, Aug. 29, 1862.


John Welch, Aug. 27, 1862; died at Suffolk, Va., Ang. 17, 1863. David Shetters, Aug. 27, 1862.


Charles Rowley, Sept. 1, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865. Daniel Marsh, Sept. 1, 1862; discharged Jan. 21, 1864. Edgar Smith, Sept. 1, 1862; died July 12, 1864, at Williamsburg. Owen Carr, Ang. 29, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865.




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