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John and Harmon were killed, but ils sisters escaped. Col. Frederick Fisher was a member of the Com- mittee of Safety for the Mohawk dis- trict prior to the outbreak of the war. He was afterwards first Judge of Montgomery Court of Common Pleas. He died June 9, 1809. (To be continued )
Morgan's Riflemen at the Middle Fort
(Continued from last week.)
And in a letter written August 16, 1777 by Washington he says: "These men are all chosen men selected from the army at large." How well they merited his confidence !!
The great record of Morgan's Ri- flemen ,officially the 11th Virginia Regiment, was no accident. The men were a tough seasoned crew, bred on . the frontier and accustomed to hard- ship and danger from infancy. Many of them had earned their livelihood before the war with their fifles and traps. The Blue Ridge Mountains were full of game and sometimes these hunters and trappers were in the forests for months before com- ing out.
The Rifle Corps was not a Baron. Von Steuben trained outfit. The Corps was trained to load and fire on the run, to fire on their own ini- tiative when their Individual tar- gets came Into the sights and to make every shot count. Powder and lead was scarce in those days. There was no group or platoon firing of weapons at the command of an offf- cer as was the battle practice in the European armies at that time.
The Riflemen from Dan Morgan down to the last man in the rear rank were all "crack shots." There wasn't hardly an eyelash of differ- ence in their marksmanship. When it came to stationary marksmanship Riflemen had to be able to hit a tar- get the size of a man's head at two hundred yards and to be able to re-load In a minute. Most Continental soldiers and militiamen took tavo minutes to re-load. All weapons. of the Revolutionary War period and on down to nearly the Mexican War were muzzle loaded.
Morgan used a whistle, made from ; the bone of a wild turkey, to assem- ble his mæen when they became scat- tered in battie. In appearance the Riflemen were a picturesque group clothed In buckskin trousers, long linen shirts worn outside thelr trou- sers, with beits in which hung a long knife and a tomahawk. Both of these articles were very useful in camp and on forest patrols. Such were the men who became the eyes, ears and messengers of Washington, Schuyler, Gates, Stark, Hand, Ciin- ton, Sullivan, Wayne and Green.
. Even their weapons differed from the military muskets carried by most troops. Their long barreled filntlock rifies were a strange flre- arm to the New York troops. These guns were a product of the Penn- sylvania gun shops and their ap- prentices along the Blue Ridge Mountains where they were driven by the British law against manu- facturing in the colonies. The barrel was not only longer, the caliber iess but these rifles had greater range and accuracy than the military mus- kets. They did not carry a steel fers, replacements
perfect, though at times his words are oddly chosen and the dellvery Is alternately gutteral and sibllant. Had you chanced to meet the rep- tiiian expression conveyed by those eyes, haunted forever more are your dreams. Now he leans like a sinister statue half hidden behind a swing- ing cabin door, and malignant glanc- es dart from his glowing orbs as he watches Great Britain's allles sub- due her own.
Then with long strides to the front came the renegade, Sir John John- son, and other infamous Tories who were in the rear laughing in de- moniac fashion at the terrible melo- drama enacted each second in that Isolated settlement above the Mo- hawk. An Indian suddenly discover- ed the head man and family are missing. With tomahawk in hand, showing many ghastly marks, and a dripping scaiping knife between his teeth ,the savage leaps upon a fallen tree whose great unearthed roots shield a rough dirt hollow which holds more than three. Standing in his moccasined feet on the old tree the savage thought to discern thru the thicket the fleeing occupants of the deserted cabin. From where Paul Grimm lay crouched amid the head of brush he. could plainly see the color-smeared face of the redman. The savage placed one hand over his brow and wickediy blinked for polsed the Infant by its tiny feet for a moment In the air, and then a lit- tie crushed figure was flung among (To be continued) some stalks of immortelles. only a glimpse of the runaway Grimms. Grimm, scarcely concealed by brush and branch hastily plled, noted the belligerent air and gieam- ing eyes of the savage. The whole
ramrod and mallet to force the tight Posey, James Parr; Captains Ga- briel Long, Michael Simpson; Lieu- tenants Elijah Evans, Benjamine
fitting bullet down the barrel, only a light wooden hickory ramrod and the bullet was enclosed in a greased patch. It was easily tapped down to Its seat in the barrei. Detractors have claimed that the Riflemen of- ten included a couple of buckshot in the load. Each R' leman owned his own weapon. It was the world's best firearm at that time and became known erroneously iater as the "Kentucky" rifle. This superior wea- pon, no doubt, contributed to the marvelous record of Morgan's Rifle Corps In the Revolutionary War.
The organization of a Rifle Corps was suggested by Washington and approved by the Continental Con- gress in July 1777. Daniel Morgan of Virginia was made Colonel, Rich- ard Butler of Pennsylvanla, Lieuten- ant Colonel and Joseph Morris of New Jersey Major. All were exper- ienced in warfare. There has been much speculation and argument ov- er the racial group that furnished the largest contingent In the Rifle Corps. The Germans. Irish and
Scotch-Irish were numerous but
there were many English, Scotch, Welsh and perhaps a few Huguenots within its ranks. Likewise there has been a difference of opinion over which state furnished the largest contingent. The original organization records give the following figures: Maryland 63
Pennsylvania .193
Virginia ·
.163
Other States
87
Total 508
Both New York and New Jersey were represented on the orlginai muster roils. There were many trans- and casualties
tures. Suddenly the savage with the war club gave a screech and half raised the weapon at several who showed a disposition to convey the book away. The effect of the inter- ruption caused a savage to jolt heavily against the individual wear- Ing the red shirt, who lost his
glasses, Angered at the disappear- ance of his cherished spectacles he pushed several violently out of his way. He rescued his glasses and re- placed the big brass spectacles. Then the owner of the war club com- menced to gesture wildly and artic- ulate loudly. Among the band were two or three praying Indians, as con- verted savages were called, and they told the other aboriglnies to leave the book alone as it was filled with talk of strange Gods and if the In- dians maddened . these unknown delties they would cause some ser- lous calamity to fali upon the sav- ages. The others obeyed and left the Bible on the rock. Then the savage in the red shirt found a babe lying in a crude cradle near a burning cabin and held it aloft, thinking that the mother would return when she heard Its feeble cries and he could secure janother scaip for the British govern- ment. But the mother was deep in the depts of the great swamps and heard not its sobs, and the Indian. carried the babe to a huge boulder,
during the war. In heated and pro- longed battle struggles, like the bat- tles of Saratoga and Cowpens, other veteran troops were attached to the Rifle Corps raising their numerical strength to fifteen hundred men. Of the original officers Majors Thomas Ashby, Thomas Boyd and William Stephens saw service in the Scho- harie Valley.
Lt. Col. William Butier of Penn- sylvania was finally seiected to lead an expedition from the Middle Fort against the Tories and Indians in the Susquehanna Vailey in the fall of 1778. Lt. Stephens led the advance guard. The main body consisted of Riflemen, Musketmen of the 4th Regiment and guides and pack horse train of Schoharie militiamen under Lt. William Deitz.
(To be continued)
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MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY
AND HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947
Questions and Answers
A department devoted to the pursult of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
GETMAN
Information wanted on ancestry of Anna Marla Getman (called Ma- ria), she was the daughter of Fred- erick Getman and wife Mary Bier- man. Maria Getman was born 1721 and, died October 16, 1811 Herkl- mer, N. Y. age 90. She married Jo- hann (Henrich) Majer, Meyers or Myers who was probably the 2nd generation of 'Palatine' Hendrick (Henrich) Majer. Meyer, Myers who was in Burnettsfield Patent of 1723. Johan (Johann) Myers was born Oc- tober 30, 1716 and died after 1700. Of the Getman .Myers marriage there were 11 known children: Margretha, Maria, Gertrude, Johannes, Freder- ick H., Anna Eva, Johannes, Peter H., Anna Eva, Johannes, Peter H., Nicholas H., Henrich H., and Cath- arina.
SEARS
A correction Is necessary on in- quiry (see Enterprise July 10, 1947) regarding Waterman Sears; lines to read as follows: "and Sarah Cornella Sears born July 4, 1889 died April 23, 1923, was married to Charles William Stewart; and Edgar Davls Sears born Sept. 9, 1898 marrled to Bertha Louise Breed; and Florence Reed Sears born April 4, 1905 mar- ried to James Edward Barden."
Further data at hand on Water- man Sears Is indicated by Saniuel P. May who wrote in 1890 on Sears Genealogy (1638-1888) says of Waterman Sears, "seemingly not of the Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth." Who can the ancestors of this Waterman Sears born June 21, 1809, died Sept. 24, 1856 be ? Herman J. Lehrbach,
79 Navajo avenue,
San Francisco 12, Calif.
MATTESON
Want data or correspondence with persons who have data of the follow- ing:
Benjamin Matteson born 1781, died 1841, marrled 1805 Lavina Stone, born 1785, died 1857. Lived in Madi- son and Cayuga counties, N. Y. Had son
John C. Matteson born 1829 dled 1903, marrled 1853 Annle Miller, born Bremen Germany. Lived at Eaton, Mich. Had son Charles who married Carrle Mapes.
MAPES -
Thomas Mapes married 1650 Jur- rier. Lived at Southhold, Long Is- land, N. Y. Had son
Jonathan Mapes who married 1733 3rd Mary Terry. Had son
Samuel Mapes 1735-1820 married Howell's Station, N. Y. Had son
1755 Mary Smith 1739-1827, died at 1702-3 and Neeltje Quackenbush.
Samuel Mapes born 1757 married 1779 Rachel Mapes born 1764 served Christoffel Abeel on Sept. 23, 1720 ?
in Rev. as did his father Samuel, Sr. Had son:
Ira Mapes 1790-1863 md. Phoebe
Cronkhites came from Dutchess and Westchester countles and settled in Herkimer county. Some In the town of Minden. It is believed that Paul Nelson came to Herkimer county with or following these relatives of his mother, Anna Krank Nelson.
Wish to correspond with descend- ants of Cornellus, James, Jonas, Grant, Ralph, Henry or other Cronk- hites. Also, any descendants of Paul Nelson who have data on Enoch, Nelson 'who must have died in
Dutchess county some years previous to 1767 when his widow is about to marry again.
Mrs. Fred S. Dunham,
520 Oswego street,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
LOCKWOOD
Who were the parents of Benjamin Lockwood born August 11, 1770, where? who marrled Keziah Spring- er born 1777 In Schenectady? Shé was the daughter of David Springer who married in 1754 Margaret Oli- ver of Albany.
One family tradition says Benja- min Lockwood was born in Spring- field, Mass .; another says in New York state. There is no such record at Springfield. Could he have been son of Peter Lockwood who in 1757 bought land west of Stockbridge, Mass., belonging to Peter Pauquana- pete and other Indians ?. I believe some outlying lands of Stockbridge Indians were in what is now the
eastern part of New York state. , Laura K. Pettingell,
1654 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge 38, Mass.
QUACKENBUSH, BOGART
Want parents and further ancestry of Wouter Pieterse Quackenbush died 1736, probably In Albany, N. Y., want proof, married (when ?) Cornelia Laurensz Bogaert (Bogert) and Cornelia Everts. Also want children with dates and marriages, of the above Wouter Pieterse Quack- enbush and Cornelia Bogaert. BRIES, RYCKMAN, ABEEL
Want as much information as pos- sible on Anthony Bries died 1704, where ? and his wife Catharine Ryck- man (her dates and marriage date wanted.) A record printed in the "New York Geneal. and Biog. Rec.", voi. 67, page 8 gives the baptism of their daughter Margarita as Sept. 28, 1701, In Albany, N. Y., and fur- ther states that the mother Cathar- ine was a daughter of Capt. Albert Janse Ryckman, mayor of Albany
Was the above Margarita Bries the same as the one who married
Christoffel was the son of Johannes Abeel, 28nd mayor of Albany, and Catalina Schuyler.
HAY, HAGGART, KEEPEN, STEWART
Desire parentage of John Haye born Jan., 1755, Perthshire, Scot- land. Served In Rev. Have pension record. He married Feb. 26, 1788 Elizabeth Haggart. (First Presby- terian church record, Albany.) Where are they buried? Want gravestone dates, also. Elizabeth Haggart was daughter of John Haggart and Catherine Keepen. Their ancestry wanted with place and date of bur- ial. (Perhaps Fonda).
Can furnish list of children of John Hay and Elizabeth Stewart, with dates.
Thelr first child Peter born 1788, married Ann Stewart born 1790. They are buried Ogdensburg, N. Y. Anna Stewart was daughter of Don- ald and Mary ( ?) whose parentage and place of burial are desired.
Would like to correspond with anyone interested In this Hay, Stew- art, Haggart lineage. Mrs. George E. Francher,
RD 4,
Troy, N. Y.
STAATS, WINNE, BOYD
Barent J. Staats, son of Jochem and Elizabeth (Schuyler) Staats was born in Albany, N. Y. Nov. 8, 1741. He was baptized in the Dutch church there Nov. 29, 1741. When and where did he die? He married Antje (Anna) Winne, daughter of Adam and Gerritje (Schermerhorn) Winne ,in the Dutch church Aug. 24, 1767. She was baptized Oct. 30, 1748 and died April 11, 1829, aged 81 years In the town of Bethlehem, Al- bany county, N. Y. Where Is she buried? Was Barent J. Staats a soldler in the Revolution ? If he was has anyone a record of his service? Cathalyna (Catherine) Staats, daughter of Barent J. and Antje (Winne) Staats was born Jan. 11, 1774. When did she die? She mar- ried Jan. 14, 1796 Hugh Boyd, son of John and Ann (Logan) Boyd. Hugh Boyd was born in Lansing- burgh Jan. 25, 1767 and he died in Albany Dec. 29, 1816.
Donald A. Keefer,
RD 2 Sacandaga 'Road, Schenectady, N. Y.
Reunion to be Held August 24
Date of the annual gathering of the Snell, Zimmerman, Timmerman Reunion, Inc., has been fixed for Sunday, August 24 at the Snells Bush church.
As usual there will be a service of worship, set for 11 o'clock In the morning, to which the public Is in- vited. The business meeting will be conducted later by Dr. R. V. Ehie of Herkimer.
Plans for the reunion were made Sunday at a meeting of officers and trustees of the association In the Snells Bush church. It Is hoped that suggestions and
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P. May who wrote in 1890 on a Sears Genealogy (1638-1888) says of Waterman Sears, "seemingly not of the Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth." Who can the ancestors of this Waterman Sears born June 21, 1809, died Sept. 24, 1856 be ? Herman J. Lehrbach,
79 Navajo avenue,
San Francisco 12, Calif.
MATTESON
Want data or correspondence with persons who have data of the follow- ing:
Benjamin Matteson born 1781, died 1841, married 1805 Lavina Stone, born 1785, died 1857. Lived in Madi- son and Cayuga counties, N. Y. Had son
Want as much information as pos- John C. Matteson born 1829 died 1903, married 1853 Annie Miller, born Bremen Germany. Lived at Eaton, Mich. Had son Charles who married Carrie Mapes. the MAPES sible on Anthony Bries died 1704, where ? and his wife Catharine Ryck- man (her dates and marriage date wanted.) A record printed in "New York Geneal. and. Biog. Rec.", , Thomas Mapes married 1650 Jur- rier. Lived at Southhold, Long Is- land, N. Y. Had son vol. 67, page 8 gives the baptism of their daughter Margarita as Sept. 28, 1701, in Albany, N. Y., and fur- Jonathan Mapes who married 1733 3rd Mary Terry. Had son ther states that the mother Cathar- ine was a daughter of Capt. Albert Samuel Mapes 1735-1820 married Janse Ryckman, mayor of Albany 1755 Mary Smith 1739-1827, died at 1702-3 and Neeltje Quackenbush. Howell's Station, N. Y. Had son
Samuel Mapes born 1757 married 1779 Rachel Mapes born 1764 served in Rev. as did his father Samuel, Sr. Had son:
Ira Mapes 1790-1863 md. Phoebe Hilton, daughter of Wm. Hilton. Had son :
\ Selah Mapes 1836-1920 married 1857 Sarah Brooks 1839-1918.
Silas Brooks born 1776 died 1855, married 1811 Ruth Grandy 1796- 1850. Had son:
Rufus Brooks who married Lo- vina Johnson and had daughter. Sarah Ann Brooks who married Selah Mapes.
Places of residence were Rensse- laer, Cayuga and Madison counties, N. Y., Long Island, N. Y. and Eaton, Mich.
Addie Loucks Lehman,
Quarters H-H USN Base Charleston, S. C.
NELSON, KRANK (Cronk, Cronk- hite, etc.)
The Hopewell Dutch Reformed church records (Dutchess .county) show the following:>
"Johannes Wilson, young man of Pennsylvania, betrothed .to Anna Krank, widow of Enoch Nelson of Pekenkill (Peekskill) Feb. 15, 1767."
Data of Seymour Hunt and wife Phebe, both aged about 45 years, in 1820 when living in Mecca, Trumbull Co., Ohio with their family consist- Notation of Dominie: "Betrothed | ing of 4 femaies under 10 years and but not married."
There is no record to be found in Dutchess county of the death of Enoch Nelson nor of his marriage to Anna Krank, nor of the birth to them of Paul Nelson who according to his wife Hannah in her applica- tion for pension, was born April 1, 1755.
Paul Neison names his first son Enoch. Some years after the close of Butler Co., Ohio.' Their daughter, the Revolutionary war, Paul and his Nancy Stone (1817-1902) married wife Hannah and family, moved to 1839 David Urmston, Jr. (1810- the town of Fairfield, Herkimer Co. |1892) ..
Krank or Cronk is' an abbreviated Josephine B. Brown, form of Kronkhite or Cronkheyt. 333 Harmon Ave., N. Y., Herkimer county histories show that Warren, Ohio
YCalS It tING CUWI UL ANCLALACAICIL, FLA" | bany county, N. Y. Where is she buried? Was Barent J. Staats a soldier in the Revolution? If he was has anyone a record of his service ? Cathalyna (Catherine) Staats, daughter of Barent J. and Antje (Winne) Staats was born Jan. 11, 1774. When did she die? She mar- ried Jan. 14, 1796 Hugh Boyd, son of John and Ann (Logan) Boyd. Hugh Boyd was born in Lansing- burgh Jan. 25, 1767 and he died in Aibany Dec. 29, 1816.
Donald A. Keefer,
RD 2 Sacandaga · Road, Schenectady, N. Y.
Reunion to be Held August 24
Date of the annual gathering of the Sneli, Zimmerman, Timmerman Reunion, Inc., has been fixed for Sunday, August 24 at the Snells Bush church.
As usuai there will be a service of worship, set for 11 o'clock in the morning, to which the public is in- vited. The business meeting will be conducted later by Dr. R. V. Ehle of Herkimer.
Plans for the reunion were made Sunday at a meeting of officers and trustees of the association in the Snells Bush church.
It is hoped that suggestions and estimates for the work will be ready for submission to those attending the reunion on August 24.
Genealogy and Research Mrs. Vera Hamilton Albany, N. Y. 148 Clinton Avenue
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pete and other Indians ?. I believe some outlying lands of Stockbridge Indians were in what is now the eastern part of New York state. Laura K. Pettingeli, 1654 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge 38, Mass.
QUACKENBUSH, BOGART
Want parents and further ancestry of Wouter Pieterse Quackenbush died 1736, probably in Albany, N. Y., want proof, married (when ?) Cornelia Laurensz Bogaert (Bogert) and Cornelia Everts. Also want children with dates and marriages, of the above Wouter Pieterse Quack- enbush and Cornelia Bogaert. BRIES, RYCKMAN, ABEEL
Was the above Margarita Bries the same as the one who married Christoffel Abeel on Sept. 23, 1720 ? Christoffel was the son of Johannes Abeel, 28nd mayor of Albany, and Catalina Schuyler.
Any help on any of the above will be greatly appreciated.
Marie Lyle,
Lyle Heights, Paso Robies, Cal.
ROGERS, HARVEY
Data of Capt. Ichabod Rogers, died April 18, 1777, aged 42 years and wife Anne Harvey died Sept. 25, 1771, aged 31 years. Both bur- ied Sharon, Conn. Want marriages of their children who were born Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Betsie born July 4, 1761; Patience born Jan. 25, 1763; Joel born Sept. 20, 1764; Sarah born Sept. 19, 1766. Anne (Harvey) Rogers was dau. of Joel and Sarah Harvey.
BARNES, JUDD
Data of both John Barnes and wife Rachel Judd married March 18, 1751, Woodbury; Ct. Also 'names of their children with data. HUNT
6 males aged 10-26 years . (Ref. 1820 census.) Want names of children, al- so Phebe's maiden name. Seymour Hunt was probably originally from western pant of Conn. and may have lived for a few years in Luzerne Ço., Pa., on way to Ohio.
MARTIN, STONE, URMSTON
. Data of Elizabeth Martin who married Thomas Stone, Hamilton,
The Petries in America
INTRODUCTION
These notes of and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and descendants in America have been compiled by Mrs. Frederick Staenla, Munnsville, N. Y. with the assistance of Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y., Mrs. Edwin Freer, Port Ewen, N. Y. and many others whose names will appear later. Our re- cords are far from being com- plete. If any reader of this pa- per is connected with the Petrles in any way, we request that he, . or she, write to Mrs. Staehla.
(Continued from last week)
Campbell's "Annais of Tryon Co." states that the first meeting of the united committee was held June 2, 1775 with 41 members. This commit- tee resolved to carry into execution everything recommended by the Continental Congress and to be free or die.
Committee members from tricts:
dis-
Palatine district 11.
Canajoharie 8.
Kingsland and German Flatts 12. Mohawk 10.
Beers "History of Herkimer Co.," page 48, names William Petrie, John Petrie and Marcus Petrie as mem- bers of this Tryon county commit- tee June 2, 1775.
Both Beers and Benton in lists of field officers in 4th Battalion, or- ganized in 1775, name among others, . 2nd company :
John Petry, captain. Hanyoost Mx. Petry, 1st Lt. Hanyoost H. Petry, 2nd Lt. 3rd company:
Daniel Petry, captain.
It is further stated that John Pe- trie, a son of the patentee, was a member of the Tryon County Com- mittee from the German Flats and
consider the state of affairs between the mother country and the colonies. On August 16, 1779 he was a dele- gate from the county to a state convention.
John, a son of the patentee, would | Indians settled near Ouaquaga. some
be (6x) Johannes, called Hannes in his father's will.
Oriskany Roster
Dr. Wilhelm Petry, surgeon. It is not known that he was any relation to the Johann Jost Petrie family. Lt. Dieterick M. Petrie, killed. Lt. Hans Yost Petrie, killed. Lt. Wilhelm Petrie.
Sergt. Nicholas Petrie, killed. Johann Petrie, private, killed. (Not listed above.) In the 2nd Regt., Klock's:
Joseph Peatrie
Joseph Petrie
Will Petry
In the 4th Regt., Bellinger's: Ens. Jacob Petry, prisoner war June 1780 to Dec. 1782. Sergt. Hanyost Petrie, wounded at Oriskany and died August 30, 1777.
of
Marx Pedery
. Diterich Petry
John Marx Petrey, engaged at
Oriskany
' Daniel Petri killed at mili in Little Falls
Jacob Petri
the
MORGAN'S RIFLEMEN AT THE MIDDLE FORT
Continued from last week)
The route of march followed a crude wagon road (Capt. Gray's map) up the east side of the river through Breakabeen to present day Blenheim. Here the column forded the river and camped the first night about a mile from the river at the site of Hendrick Mattice's grist mill on the West Kill Creek. After leaving this camp the following morning there was only a narrow Indian trail through a dense forest through present day Stamford, Ho- bart, Bioomville, down the West Branch of the Delaware river to be- low Delhi where the trail left the river and followed Piatner Brook over the ridge and down the Ouleout creek to the Susquehanna river and on down to Old Unadilla at the junction of the Unadilla and Susque- hanna rivers.
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