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New York Marriage Licenses 1704.
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Page 30, 1780, May 3. Billington, Jane to Phillp Ruckel.
Page 472, 1761 Aug. 4 Wright,
Freelove to Nathan Horton. Page 472, 1759, Oct. 88. Wright, Freelove. to Samuel Wood.
"No" Whelan, 11 Hortons, 5 Goffs, all females."
History of Rochester and Monroe Co., N. Y. by Wm. F. Peck, 1908. Vol. 1, page 647 . "Frank M. Goff, lawyer, descended from Wm. Goff who came to America in 1662. The Goff family was established in Mon- roe county, N. Y. about 1812. Henry H. Goff, father of Frank M. Goff, born in Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., married Sarah E. Wright. The Wright family was established in
Monroe county, N. Y. in the early part of the nineteenth century. In the maternal line Mr. Goff Is. descended from the Allen family to which be- longed Col. Ethan Allen."-(Note- so are the. Allens of Franklin township, Leawee Co., Mich.)
There were. . many Whelans and Pratts in Oneida Co., N. Y. at a very early date and, several Beebes and Raymonds, also several Billingtons all living near each other. Many of those same families' are found in Monroe Co., N. Y. also.
I find In Utica, Oneida county, N. in grantors index of deeds:
1817 John and Mercy Bellington, to Davld Pratt, Jr.
1822 John Billington to Stephen Benedict.
1851 John Billington et al to Josh- ua Reed.
1865 Jane, Billington to Moses Redmond. 1877 James Billington to Susan Bellows.
1797.
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pany was probably the first in Am- erlda to carry through, under one roof, the whole manufacturing pro- cess from a raw cotton to finished textiles.
Another valuable collection de- scribing early factory conditions is contained In the Slater Papers. These consist of daybooks, ledgers, letter books, production books, payrolls, journals, and various other records, of Samuel Slater, who has been cre-
shlp Ice to southern ports, New Or- leans and Mobile among others. Af- ter the war and the depression had passed, he returned to his old West Indian markets, kept this new south- ern outlets, and opened up still oth- ers. By 1835 he was shipping ice to India and at one time Tudor shipped ice to Havana, Jamaica, New Or- leans, Mobile, Charleston Calcutta, Madras, Singapore and Bombay. (To be continued)
How to Prove Your Pennsylvania Ancestry
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The definite problem in proving Revolutionary ancestors
Pensylvania during Indian attacks This makes . frontier records some- what uncertain, complicating the
involves proof of service, proof that the sol- search. To determine the age of the" sol- (dier and his approximate date of marriage, church and census . (1800 dier is an actual ancestor, proof of place of residence and of age. The chief "source in the Pennsylvania records for proving service is the and after) records may be used. The
Fifth Serles of the Pennsylvania best sources are the tax records. In Pennsylvania an unmarried . man
Archives. Militia rolls are fairly com- plete. Probably more individuals served in the , militla than in the
above 21 was taxed as a "freeman.". Upon marriage he appears on the Pennsylvania Line. Another excel- regular tax lists. A search of tax lent source Is the pension applica- records year by year enables one to determine when the man became 21 and when 'he was married. 'Another Indication of his age is the age of his children, which may be deter- mined through . family or tax re -. tinos at Washington. Often an ab- stract is inadequate. It is better to have a complete phitostatic copy of all, the papers. Other sources are. cemetery inscriptions, newspaper ac- counts, and local history. Court re- cords. cords 'often 1 give . information con- cerning Revolutionary soldiers who were killed or wounded. This infor- ¡mation may be given in petitlons to the Orphans Court, noncuperative wills, or even in prothonotary re- Mills church.
No matter how difficult the prob- lem is, there is generally some so- lution. The fact that records are so widely scattered makes it exceed- ingly difficult. Even the published records are not all listed in any one index or bibliography. Many days would be saved the genealogist if in-1 dices of the pension records at Washington, the land records' at Harrisburg and the early court and tax records of Pennsylvania were published.
Dr. Raymond M. Bell,
Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
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In order to prove a residence in Pennsylvania from 1775 to 1783, fair- ly complete tax records are availa- ble. These have been | published in the Third Series of the Pennsylvania office, St. Johnsville, N. Y. as second Entered at the St. Johnsville Post- class matter. Published every Thurs. Archives. Other methods useful are church records showing annual pay- SUBSCRIPTION RATES ment of money or deeds reciting the residence of the individual. The men
Montgomery, Fulton and Herkuner Counties-One Year $2.50. All others $3 except Canada. $4. Six Months $2.00
and western Pennsylvania often had to flee to more settled parts of
cords. The writer knows of one case in which 25 years after the soldier. lost his life in the Revolution, his children petition the court because the deed to his farm' has been lost. In other cases court records or Acts of the Assembly In granting pen- sions tell of wounded soldiers or soldiers' widows or orphaned child- ren.
After the record of service Is.ob- tained, It is necessary to prove that this man is an, ancestor. This may be done through family or Bible re- cords or through court records in connection with his estate. In one case the writer knows of a deed in which a farm belonging in the fam- ily for four generations lists the family line from the great grand- father, a Revolutionary soldier, to his great grandson, the grantor. Sometimes, in order to correctly identify an individual, it is neces- sary to plot the . farms in a town- ship or county! If more than one sol- dier of the same name is listed, it ,may be necessary by circumstantial evidence to build a complete case, proving the service and the relation- ship.
I find in the Addenda to the Hor- ton Gencalogy, "Descendants of Bar- babes Horton of Southold, L. I." pub. 1879. "John Horton, son of Thomas Horton and Hepsabeth Taylor born Fishkill, N. Y., in 1795, married in Poultney in 1820, to Hannah Stew- art, dau. of Joseph Stewart, born at Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y. in who lived on the frontler in central
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946
Whelan, Billington Family Tree . '
By Mrs. Hoyt E. Whelan 601 W. Chicago Bivd. Tecumseh, Mich.
(Continued from last week) This same book shows Hortons in Orange Co., Cayuga Co., Westches- ter Co., Dutchess Co. as weil as Oneida Co., ali in N. Y. and some in Paimyra, N. Y. Jonathan Horton married +, about 1778 in Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y. and moved to Kingston, N. Y.
The same book says some Hor- tons went to Ohio, Indiana, Michi- gan and Illinois.
: The Horton Genealogy by Geo. F. Horton, pub. 1876. Page 24. Wright Horton, son of Stephen Horton and Elizabeth Frost, 2nd wife, born at Yorktown, N. Y., May 22, 1776 mar- ried Nov. 28, 1798 Anna Quereau, daughter of Dr. Quereau, born March 10, 1780, died Jan. 4, 1852. Children probably all born Yorktown, West- chester Co., N. Y.
*: The Hitchcock Gen. by Mrs. Ed- ward Hitchcock, Sr., of Amherst, Mass., pub. 1894.
""Pages 280-181, Philo Hitchcock, son of Nathan and Rebecca (Beebe) Hitchcock born in New Milford, Conn. Jan. 8, 1797 moved to North Springfield, Vt., and afterwards to Whitestown, N. Y. and iater to Mon- ticeilo, Wisconsin; had son Neison Alvirus Hitchcock (Neison Billington named his oidest daughter Aivira), born July 9, 1812, married Matilda Avery.
Page 459 Julius (Julia?) V. Hitch-,that work righteousness, we ask for
cock, born July 8, 1845 married
Frank Horton of Whitestown, N. Y. monies of a memorable occasion.
Page 44 Thomas P.'Hitchcok born Jan. 10, 1842 married May 5, 1864, Jane Quelah. He is a teacher in To- iedo, Ohio.
.In the collection's of N. Y. Hist. Soc. pub. 1892 I find record of James Billington military service.
Page 176. Muster rolis of N. Y. iong to all exalted manhood.
Provincial Troops. Westchester Co., for Capt. James, April 30, 1759. 'James Billington, enlisted March 16, age 17, born in Jersey." Silvanus Horton: one of the lieutenants.
Page 326. Muster Roiis of Provin- Gial Troops 1760." "James Bilinton, enlisted March 31, 1760, age 17, born in .Jersey, trade Cordwinder. Stature 5 ft. 7 in. Capt. Lyon's Co., Seivenus Horton, Lieut.
Page: 526. James Biliington, pri- vate in Capt. Gilbert Willett's Co., Westchester Co., Campaign of 1760. Gilbert Willett was one of the lieutenants of the company with James Billington a private mention- ed on page 176.
The following data on Billington famiy received from C. McNeil of Chicago, Illinois. I copy it here to hatte al mir Rilinotan date.
Wagner Memorial
(Copy loaned by N. Berton Alter, Neliiston)
1722 WAGNER MEMORIAL 1881 The Wagner Re-Interment at Plain, October 20, 1881 Fort
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The chairman introduced his friend Rev. G. L. Roof, whose father gave Canajoharie its former name of Roofville. Mr. Roof spoke . of his pride in being a native 'of Montgom- ery county and in having one reia- tive who took part in the battle of
Oriskany and another who was with Generai Herkimer when he died. Mr. Roof made a pleasant speech and ex- pressed his conviction that the fu- ture of the country was to fulfili those words of Daniel Webster, be- ginning: "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable," words which did the' speaker more cerdit even than ali his great ora- tions on the interpretation of the constitution. ' The exercises at the church closed with the doxoiogy.
Forming again the procession mov- ed to the cemetery in one of the most beautiful and sightly spots of which the bodies were laid in their final resting piaces. From that point, which is high above the town and the 'valley, the observer can see the spot tree miles or more away, from which the bodies were taken, and turning around his eye fails on many of the places of most interest to the father and the son, when they were alive. No better place could have been found. Rev. Charles H. Gardner, rec- tor of Trinity Church, Utica, the chaplain, offered a fervent prayer at
the grave and the coffins were low- |industry in the forties you can trace ered 'side by side, the military es- [the volume of business, the costs of cort firing last volleys.
production, the number of employees and the prices of the finished pro- duct.
Peddlers have not always enjoyed From other shipping records a new; picture of the California gold rush: emerges. Hitherto it had been known. that ships' crews had often joined the rush and it had been thought. that their desertion was caused by: the gold fever. The record books and .! letters of a ship captain sailing to. California in the fifties reveal, how- ever, that some times crews may have deserted because no funds were available to pay their wages on the. return journey. After the discovery the highest reputation, and Yankee peddiers, in particular, . have often been accused of using shrewd tricks to separate the guileiess farmer from his money. Yet the account book of one of these peddlers, for the years 1849-18860, does not show that the total profits, were extraordinary. For example a typical day's sales in 18588 in' Rochester, New York, in- ciuded the following items: a color- ed picture „a pocket knife, a child's rattle, two song books, a pair of of gold, many ships were engaged in .. taking a wire variety of goods to , California. With a whole world com- peting for the new market,, Sanı Francisco ibecame overstocked: with .. goods. For example, in 1850% there : was enough chewing tobacco in the : city to iast the inhabitants for sis -- ty-five years, and there were nmxyz; pairs of. boots or shoes for every person. Owing to this glut of goods;' many articles sold far below cost. and some were dumped on the beach and some were not even unloaded: As a result a number of ships: did not have enough money to pay the. wages of the sailors and were forced to tie up in the bay.
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It was now two o'clock or after, and the guests were giad to accept a cordial invitation to refreshments GAZETTEER, BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY AND FULTON COUNTIES at Fitcher Opera House. The bounti- fui lunch, kindly provided by some of the residents of the town, was sery .. . (Copied by Leslie A. Frye. Glovers-
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The Utica part . reached about half past six.
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"LOCAL HISTORY"
BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings, South Dakota
"LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER' IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH IT
(Continued from last week)
Account books seem to be the type of business record which most easily survives. Their variety is ai- most endiess, and, when skillfully used, they convey considerabie infor- mation. The account books of far- mers and general stores, taken to- gether, show changing agricultural conditions. From them you can trace the effects of depressions on the farmer's standard of living, shifts in crops, the status of agricultural lab- orers, agricultural prices, and the effects of new kinds of transporta- tion or of the opening up of new areas. Further, the general store ac- counts will show its annual "turnov- er, and profits, the difference be- tween urban and rural prices, and the special problems of credit faced by country stores.
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tion. One such, appearing in Boston in the middle of the nineteenth cen- tury, shows some of the difficulties faced by the early telegraph com- panies. The handbill offers a $5 re -- ward for information eading to the arrest and conviction of persons breaking wires or glass insulators belonging to the company. A hint as to the source of the breakage is con- tained in the admonition : "Parents. would do weii to caution their Boys; in relation to this matter."
Inventories often contain useful information. The first successful irom works ing New England was estab- lished in 1645 at Lynn, Mass. Fifty- five documents of this concern, com> ering the period , 1650-1685, have: survived. An inventory of goods for 1653 iists hammers, anvils, tongs, gudgeons, beliows, and various saws; among the assets, and also gives the: names of the indentured servants: who made up the labor force, to~ gether with the cost of their passage: over, their food, and their keep.
For those interested in the history- ofshipping, a number of collections: of wide voluminous material. Some: records contain the cargo lists of co- lonial ships; others give the story -! of the East Indiaman and of, the: clipper ship in great detail. An fi- luminated logbook from the sixties: comes from the hand of a mate: who» drew pictures of the life and work
The account book of Jacob Adams of Newbury, Mass., during 1673-1693, for example, reveals this farmer- shoemaker as a custom worker in his own home, buying his leather and seiling shoes made on order directiy to customers. An interesting feature of this record book is that along towards the end apparently he was no longer seiling shoes directly to aboard a ship sailing from Bostons to Calcutta and Bombay. The oc' count book of James Emerton of Sa- iem from 1816-835 show Americansz trading with the pirate colony of _. Madagascar. American merchants3. sent out hams, fish, textiles, mus- kets, swords, gunpowder, rum, laces,, and looking glasses, and the super- cargo bought in return horn, hides,, raffia, tortoise shell, Ivory, ebony; and gum arabic.
ville, carpenter and joiner, 22 School: Van Vranken, W. H., Gloversville,, manuf. of gloves and mittens, and farmer. 40, 43 Bleecker .. Van Wait, ~Purdy, Gloversville,, manuf. of gioves and mittens,. 190 Elm.
" ville, N. Y.) :
Explanations to Directory. 1. Name of individual or firm.
Veeder, Eliphalet,
Gloversville;,
" Page: 358. "Men raised in Giichrists Co., May, 15, 1761, Wm. Giichrist, Capt. James Billington enlisted April 9, 1761, born Jersey, Cordwind- er trade, Capt. Giichrist stature 5 |the love of God, and the fellowship of ft., 8 in., rage 19."
the holy spirit, be with us now, and forever more. AMEN."
As we commit these remains to the bosom of mother earth with honor- abie tokens of esteem, wilt thou raise up our hearts and the hearts of our children to a thousand genera- tions,a strong regard for those qual- ities and characteristics which be- We thank thee, our heavenly father, for men's rubber suspenders, two bas- kets, a paper of pins, saive and some peppermint essence. The total cost to the peddler was 86c, his retail sales amounting to $1.67, and his profit of 81c. Usually the peddler's the good examples of these men. They fought a good fight, they fin- ished their course, they now rest from their labors, awaiting the time when this corruptible shall put on incorruption and this mortal shall volume of sales was so small that he put on immortality. Be with ail of us who are in the midst of a wicked rarely made over 50c a day. The en- tire earnings of this particular ped- dier over a period of ten years, not entirely spent on peddling, however, amounted to less than $540. worid fighting against sin. Clothe us with the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left; may we do valiantly under the captain of our saivation Jesus Christ, and may business itself. Some types of adver- Advertising is probably as old as the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
tising such as handbills, tend to dis- appear quickly and are not easy to find. When found, however, they sometimes contain curious informa-
customers, but was making shoes either for a store or for some mid- dleman. Such an account shows how early the middieman began to in- trude between producer and consum- er. From account books of the shoe
The words of Mr. Gardner offered were something like the following: "Almighty and eternai God, in whom we trust, who art the God of nations and who hast regard for ali
thy blessings on these closing cere-
Avery.
Page 459 Julius (Julia ?) V. Hitch- cock, born July 8, 1845 married Frank Horton of Whitestown, N. Y. Page 44 Thomas P.'Hitchcok born Jan. 10, 1842 married May 5, 1864, Jane Quelah. He Is a teacher in To- ledo, Ohio.
In the collections of N. Y. Hist. Soc. pub. 1892 I find record of James Billington military service.
Page 176. Muster roils of N. Y. Provincial Troops. Westchester Co., for Capt. James, April 30, 1759. James Billington, enlisted March 16, age 17, born in Jersey." Silvanus Horton one of the lieutenants.
Page 326. Muster Rolls of Provin- GIBT Troops 1760. James . Dilinton, enlisted March 31, 1760, age 17, born in Jersey, trade Cordwinder. Stature 5 ft. 7 in. Capt. Lyon's Co., Selvenus Horton, Lieut.
Page 358. "Men raised in Gilchrists Co.) May, 15, 1761, Wm. Gilchrist, Capt. James Billington enlisted April 9, 1761, born Jersey, Cordwind- er trade, Capt. Gilchrist stature 5 ft., 8 in., age 19." '
.Page. 526. James Billington, prl- vate in Capt. Gilbert Willett's Co., Westchester Co., Campaign of 1760. Gilbert Willett was one of the lieutenants of the company with James Billington a private mention- ed'on page 176 .-
The following, data on Billington famiy received from C. McNeil of Chicago, Illinois. I copy it here to have al my Bilington data together. Lutheran Trinity Church, Stone Arabia, N. Y .:
John Billington and Eva Miller Children:
Catharine born June 19, 1791.
George born Jan. 24, 1795, bapt. Jan. 25, 1795.
Maria born July 29, 1798. Elizabeth bapt. Dec. . , 1799. Christian Billington and Susan-
nah. Children:
John bapt. Jan. 24, 1800. Wilhelm born Sept. 12, 1802. Christian Billington and Sarah. Chidren.
Maria bapt: Nov. 24, 1804.
Johann' Billington and Hannah. Children:
Henrich born Feb. 23, 1822, bapt. Jan. 12, 1823.
George BillIngton and Judith. Children:
Lorenz born June 19, 1829, bapt. April 1, 1830.
James Billington and Maria. Child- ren:
Anna bapt. March 5, 1791. John bapt .. Dec. 1, 1792.
Maria bapt. Jan. 10, 1799 .. Wit- nesses Peter Billington and Maria. Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, N. Y .:
James Billington and Mary Enge- fine. Children:
Elizabeth born Dec. 2, 1794, bapt. Dec. 7, 1794.
Sarah born' Nov. 19, 1796, bapt. Nov .. 20, 1796. 1 James Billington and Maria Ange- vine. Children:
James' born March 13, 1801, bapt. April 19, 1801.
James Billington and Mary Ange- vine. Children:
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ed by its youth and beauty.
The Utica part reached home about half past six.
Notes on the Foregoing
1. This place (now in 1945) be- longs to the Conboy Brothers who purchased it from Charles Smith, the son of J. Harvey Smith.
2. Palatine was the name of the area between the present village of Nelliston and Mother's Creek. There was once a post office by that name near Fox's tavern on Garoga creek ..
3. Jeptha R. Simms was not a na- tive of the Mohawk Valley but was born in Connecticut. He became, however, its pioneer historian.
4. It will be noted that in all of Simms' writings he makes use of the word 'transpired" for which he was frequently taken to task by another historian of that day the elder W. L. Stone. In a copy of Simms' Trappers one owned by Stone we find many more or less sarcastic comments up- on Simms' use of,the' word. However. if we consult dictionaries of that per- iod we find that one of the defini- tions of the word is "to happen to come to pass." or
5. A'tump-line is a line piaced across the forehead in order to assist in carrying a burden on the back. Probably in this case the lines were used to bind the hands of the prison- ers behind their backs with one line used as the lead iine.
6. This reference is to the forth- comnig- Frontiersmen of New York
which was copyrighted in 1882 and its date of publication is 1882, but one volume was not ready until the following year. Simms died in 1883.
See eighth edition of Simms' Trap- pers published by the Enterprise and News.
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peddlers, in particular, , have often been accused of using shrewd tricks to separate the guileless farmer from his money. Yet the account book of one of these peddlers, for the years 1849-18860, does not show that the total profits, were extraordinary. For example a typical day's saies in 18588 in' Rochester, New York, in- cluded the following items: a color- ed picture ,a pocket knife, a child's rattie, two song books, a pair of men's rubber suspenders, two bas- the good examples kets, a paper of pins, salve and some They fought a good fight, they fin- peppermint essence. The total cost ished their course, they now rest to the peddler was 86c, his retail sales amounting to $1.67, and his profit of 81c. Usually the )peddler's volume of sales was so small that he rarely made over 50c a day. The en- tire earnings of this particular ped- dler over a period of ten years, not entirely spent on peddling, however, amounted to less than $540.
GAZETTEER, BUSINESS
DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY AND FULTON, COUNTIES
(Copied by Leslie A Erve Glovers-
Explanations to Directory.
1. Name of individual or firm. 2. Post office address. 3. Business or occupation.
Figures placed after the occupa- tion of farmers, indicate the number of acres of land owned or leased by the person named.
Fulton County
!* * (Continued from last week.)
Weaver, Adam, Johnstown, retired farmer, owns 2250. Weber, George W., Johnstown, foreman of saw frame and saw han- dle dept., Livingston Manuf. Co. Weber, John, Johnstown .cooper,
Glebe.
Van Nostrand, A. O., Gloversville. master builder and jobber, 69 School. Van Nostrand, Duncan, Glovers- ville, farmer 130.
Van Nostrand, George, Johnstown. blacksmith, saw mill and farmer 87. Van Nostrand, Hazen, Johnstown, mill and 87 of George Van Nostrand. Van Sickler, David, Gloversville, skin dresser.
Van Sickler, Gilbert, Gloversville. grocer.
Van Sicker, Wm., Johnstown, ma- son.
Van Sickles, M. R., Johnstown, res- taurant and billiard room, south side Main.
Van Skiver, John S., Rockwood. farmer 75.
Van Vechten, Dow, Johnstown, giove manuf. and farmer 90.
Van Veghten, John, Gloversville, (Howe, Simmons and Co.)
Van Voast, A. S. and Son, Johns- town, manuf. gloves and mittens, north side Main.
Van Vranken, Nelson, Gloversville, house, sign and carriage painter, 17 Middle.
Van Vranken, Stephen, Glovvers. ville, livery stables, Washington. Van Vranken, John M., Glovers-
emerges. Hitherto It had been known: that ships' crews had often joined the rush and It had been thought that their desertion was caused by the gold fever. The record books and .. letters of a ship captain sailing to. California in the fifties reveal, how- ever, that some times crews may have deserted because no funds were. available to pay their wages on the : return journey. After the discovery [of gold, many ships were engagedfin taking a wire variety of goods to, California. With a whole world com --- peting for the new market,, Sanı Francisco became overstocked: with .. goods. For example, In 1850% there : was enough chewing tobacco in the : city to last the inhabitants for sis -- ty-five years, and there were nixy !! pairs of. boots or shoes for every ..! person. Owing to this glut of goods; many articles sold far below cost: and some were dumped on the beach
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