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firmation of all and every of the abovesd premisses wee ye abovesd Samll Ruscoe & Marcy Ruscoe have bound ourselves & our heres by thes presents firmly seald with our sealls & datted this 22d of Aprill in ye 12 yeare of His Majesties reigne 1700 Signed seld & dellivered SAMLL RUSCOE 0 in presence of MARCY X RUSCOE 0
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A trew coppy of the orignall pr SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume John Oke of Jamaica in Queens County on the Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know yea that I the abovesd John Oke for severall good reasons and casses mee therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume to me in hand paid by Ram Dorlant of ye abovesd Towne Island & County the receipt wherof I doe herby own and befor the enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledge my self to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed & paid and therof & ther- from doe exonoratt ackquitt & discharge him ye abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires excecutores adminesstrators & assignes of & from any further claime or demand for any partt or parcell therof have giveen granted cove- nanted allinatted releast enfeoft quitt claimd made over and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires excecutors & adminesstrators fully and absolutly giveen granted covenanted covenanted re- least quitte claimd made over & sould unto the abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes a certaine pece ore parcell of fresh meadow & upland lyeinge in ye boundes & limets of Jamaica abovesd sittuatt lyeinge and beinge att a place called the Haw Tree Neck & is bounded as followeth viz on the west by the Haw Tree Pond & from thence to rune to William Creeds marked tree beinge a thorne bush standinge in Garrett
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Luberttson land or line & on the nor the high way & on the east by the higheway & on the south by the line parttinge Johanas Williamsons meadow & that as the fence now standeth leaveing the hige ways cler as as they now are all which sd pece ore parcell of upland & meadow as it is above butted & bounded together wth all & singuler the preveledges profits and benifits of timbers trees woods under woods fences & improvementes theron made or to be made I the sd John Oke doe as aforsd own to have sould to the abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires & assignes the same & all & every part & parcell therof to have and to hould ockepy poses & injoy for ever & the same to be & remain to the only propor use benifitt & behouf of him the abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes freely dis- charged of & from any formor salles whatever & ye same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend against against any claim or claims from me ye sd John Oke my heires or assignes or any other person ore persons from ore under mee ore my order in confirmation wherof I doe bind myself by thes presents firmly sealed with my seall and datted this twenty eaight day of March in the fourtenth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye year of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundred & two Signed sealld & dellivered JOHN OKE O
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ELDERD LEUKAS
SAMLL RUSCOE
A trew coppy of the oridgonall deed pr SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Joseph Pleas sendeth greettinge Know yea that I Joseph Pleas abovesd with Mary my wife for severall good considerrations and casses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a full and absolut sattisfaction to us in hand paid by John Smith of Jamaica in Queens County on Longe Island alles Nassau
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the receipt wherof I the aforsaid Joseph Pleass with Mary my wife boath of us belongeinge to Jamaica in ye County and Island aforsd doe own and acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed and paid and therof & therfrom doe exonoratt & for ever acquitt and discharge the abovesd John Smith his heirs & assignes of & from any further claime ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinated released enfeofed quitte claimed made over & sould & by thes presents doe own to have from us our heirs excecutors & ad- minestrators fully and absolutly giveen granted cove- nanted allinated releast enfeofed quitte claimed made over and sould unto the abovesd John Smith his heirs & assignes all that my dwellinge howes standinge and beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica with fiveten acers of upland next adjoyninge & therunto belongeinge beinge bounded and buted as followeth being bounded south by the highe way ore comon roade & west by Samuell Carpenter & north part by Jonathan Dein & part by ye sd John Smith & on ye east by ye sd John Smith I say that I the sd Joseph Pleas have as abovesd sould as aforsd to ye said John Smith my aforsd dwellinge howse with ye aforsd fiveten acers of land as it is above buted & bounded with all and singuler the rights & benifits belonginge to ye same together with all and singuler the rights & benifits improvements of fencings timbers trees woods under woods & all other ye rights preveledges profits emolle- ments heredittements & profits upon or belongeing to the same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor use benifitt & behofe of him ye sd John Smith his heirs & assignes to ockepy posses and injoy free & clerly discharged of & from all formor salles givftes morgages ore any other entanglements whatsoever with a warrentee to defend ye same against all claime ore claimes from me ye abovesd Joseph Pleas & Mary my wife our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators for ever or any persons layinge any just claim therto in wittnes wherunto we have sett to our handes & affixed
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our sealls this 13 day of December in ye 9 yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Xt 1697
Signed seald & dellivered JOSEPH PLEAS 0
in presence of SAMUELL CARPENTER
MARCY RUSCOE
SAMLL RUSCOE
MARY X PLEAS 0
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This Indenture made this third day of August in ye yeare of our Lord seventeene hundred & five between Thomas Cardale of Jamaica in Queens County on Nas- saw Iland in America gent. of ye one part and Isaac Lenoir of ye aforsd Towne of Jamaica witnesseth that ye aforsd Thomas Cardall for & in consideration of ye sum of one hundred & twenty pounds of lawfull mony of ye Province of New York to him in hand paid before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents pr ye sd Isaac Lenoir ye receipt whereof ye sd Thomas Cardale doth herby acknowlidge & thereof & therefrom doth by these presents for ever acquit & discharge ye sd Isaac Lenoir his ex's & admin's he ye sd Thomas Cardale hath granted bargined sold aliend enfeofed & confirmed & pr these presents doe grant bargin sell alien enfeofe & confirm unto ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs & assignes six hundred acers of land lying in East NewJersy which he boughte in company with William Creed & others of one John Hari- son of East NewJersy as by deed bearing date ye four- teenth day of December 1702 being bounded east by John - north by John Harison west by Samuell Deane south by ye highway betwixt Onione & George ye barbers together with all their righte title interest claime & de- mand whatsoever which he ye sd Thomas Cardale or which any of his heirs excs or admis may have hereafter of to or in ye said tract of land with all profitts comoditys privelidges pastureage commanage timber trees grass swamps ponds or what priveledges to ye sd granted land is belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and
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to hold unto him ye sd Issaac Lenoir his heirs & assignes for ever and ye sd Thoms Cardale doth covenant & agre to & with ye sd Isaac Lenoir that it may be lawfull for him ye sd Isaac Lenoir to have hold ocopy posess & in- joy ye sd lot of land forever without ye lawfull let hin- drance molestation of him ye sd Thomas Cardale his heirs excrs or admis or any other person or persons what- ever claiming any righte to ye same from any former gifts grants morgages from him ye sd Thomas Cardale de- rectly or inderectly also he ye sd Thomas Cardale doth pr these presents oblige himself to warrant and defend ye sd tract of land against himself his heirs excs & admin' and it is also covenanted betweene ye sd partys that he ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs excrs & admis or any of them may & shall from time to time pay one twelvth part of ye charges which ye sd William Creed & partners shall be at for ye beter enforcing ye title to him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs excs and admis whethether it be by patent or otherwise in witness whereof
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume George Phillipes belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know yea that I George Phillipes with Sarah my wife for severall good considerations and casses us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand payd by Edward Burrowes of Jamaica in ye abovesd Towne Island and County ye receipt wherof I doe herby own and befor the ensealinge and dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledge to be therwith con- tented sattisfyed and payd and therof and therfrom doe for ever acquitt and discharge the abovesd Edward Bur- rowes his heires excecutors adminesstrators and from any further claim ore demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinated relleased quitt claimed enfeofd made over and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from us our heires
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excecutors and adminestrators given granted covenanted allinatted released enfeofed quitt claimed made over and sould unto ye abovesd Edward Burrowes his heires excecutors adminestrators and assignes a cartain home lott lyinge and being within ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd bounded north by ye street west by the parsonage east by ye home lott formorly belonginge to John Rowlefson of Jamaica deseast and southardly by ye high waye with all howesings fencings orchyards gardens clossuers together with all ye prevelidges profits and benifits ther- unto belonging or in any waies to ye same appertaininge I say that I ye sd George Phillipes with Sarah my wife have as abovesaid sold as aforsd unto ye aforsaid Edward Burrowes his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as- signes the abovesd home lott howesinges orchards closh- uers gardens fencinges with their & every of their ap- purtenances to have and to houlde ockepye posess and injoy for ever frely discharged from from all formor salles givfts morgages or any other entanglements what ever and the same shall warrent and by thes presents for ever defend against any claim or demand from any person or persons layinge any claim therto with a war- rente to defend ye same in a good undouted tytle in fee simple against any intrest property claim ore demand from me ye said George Phillipes & Sarah my wife our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators & adminestrators for ever in confirmation wherof we doe sett to our hands & sealls this fifth day of Aprill in ye ninth year of His Majts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord 1697
Signed sealld and dellivered GEORGE PHILLIPS 0
in presence of
DANLL WHITHEAD
SAM11 RUSCOE
SARAH X PHILLIPS 0
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Memorrandam that on the fifth day Aprill instant then appered befor Daniell Whitthead one of His Majsts Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye within named
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George Phillipes and Sarah his wife and did acknowledg this deed of conveiance on ye other side to be their free and vollontary act & deed DANLL WHITTHEAD
Know all men by thes presentes that wee Nehemiah Smith and Waitt Smith boath of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw have made for us our heires excecutors and adminesstrators a firme and abso- lut exchange of two peces of upland lyeinge and beinge in the boundes and limits of Jamaica aforsd that is to say the abovesd Nehemiah Smith doth give grant & by the waye of exchainge make over & confirme unto the abovesd Waitt Smith his heires and assignes a certain pece of upland lyeinge & beinge in the hills beinge in number fivety foure a ten acer & thre quars right of devition to have and to hould for ever and in considera- tion wherof the aforsd Waitt Smith doat likwise give grant and by the waye of exchainge make over and confirme unto the abovesd Nehemiah Smith his herres and assignes a certain pece of upland lyeinge & being in ye hills bounded north by Flusinge land & south by John Eaveritt east by the abovesd Nehemiah Smith & west by Able Galle beinge five acers more ore les as it was laid out to have and to hold for ever that this is our mutull agreement wee bind our selves & our heires by thes presents firmly as wittnes our hands & sealls this elleventh day of March Ano 1700 & 701
Signed and seald NEHEMIAH X SMITH (Seal)
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SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
WAIT SMITH
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Samuell Milles belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County in the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that I ye sd Samuell Milles with Sewzannah my wife for severall good reasons and casses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume to me in hand payd by Samuell Milles
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Junore of ye same Towne Island and County ye receipt wherof I doe herby owne and before the ensealling and dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledg my self to be therwith fully contented satisfyed and payd and therof & therfrom doe for ever exonoratt acquit and discharge ye abovesd Samuell Miles his heires exceketors ad- minesstrators & assignes from any claim ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have given granted cove- nanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed made over & sould and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires excecutors & adminesstrators giveen granted cove- nanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed made over & sould unto the aforesd Samuell Milles his heires excecutors adminesstrators and assignes a cartain part of a home lotte containinge foure or five acers more ore less bounded north by the streett west by George Wollsey east by Nathaniell Denton south by John Smith desseast with all howesings gardens orchards freut trees fencinge and prevelidges and appurtenances therunto belonginge or appertaining as allsoe the one half of a ten acer lott of meadow lyinge at ye further East Necke bounded west by William Ludlam and east by Joseph Ludlam north by ye highway & south to ye bay with ye prevelidges & rights belonginge to ye Neck arrissing therby or be- longinge therto and prevelidge of comonage belonginge therto as allsoe ten acers of upland lyinge in the midle devition bounded north by Samuell Denton south by Samuell Smith redhead east by Joseph Oldfeld & west by Freemans path with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge or lyinge with all improvements fenc- ing and preveledges belonging therunto I say that I ye sd Samuell Milles have as aforsd sould ye abovesd pece of land howesinge meadow and outland as they are bounded and exsprest with their and every of their ap- purtenances to ye forsaid Samuell Milles his heires exceketors & adminestrators and assignes to have and Page 402
to houlde for ever and the same to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifit & behouf him the sd Samuell
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Milles free and clerly discharged of and from all formore salles givftes morgages or any other entangellments what ever & the same shall & by thes presents will for ever defend against any claim ore claim from any per- son or persons ore persons what ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claime ore demand from me ye sd Samuell Milles & Sewzanah my wife our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators for ever in confirmation wherof we sett to our hands and seales this sixh day of Aprill in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundreed ninty and seven
Signed sealld and dellivered SAMUELL X MILLES . O his marke
in presenc of
JOHN MILLES
SAMLL RUSCOE
SEWZANAH X MILLES O hur mark
A trew coppy of ye origonall pr
SAMUELL RUSCOE Clark
as allsoe to warrent and defend the same against all persons layeinge any just claime to the same from by or under him ye the sd Samuell Milles his heires excecu- tors or adminesstrators or either of them or any other intanglements what ever and like wisse to seall and deliver any other ore firm deed or conveianc for the premisses as the sd Samuell Carpenter shall be advised & procure to be drawne by his councell learned in law within ye . space of seven years next after the datte herof in testi- money whrof the aforsd Samuell Milles hath unchaingably sett to his hand and fixed his seall ye day & datte above mentioned
Signed sealled and dellivered SAMUELL X MILLES 0
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HOPE MILLES
ZACARIAH MILLES
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A trew coppy pr
SAMLL RUSCOE Clarke
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I have herto set my hand and seale the day and year above written
Signed sealed and delivered
THOMAS CARDALE 0
in presents of WILL URQUHART SAMLL MILLS HENRY LINDLEY
March 28th 1706 the above named Thomas Cardale came before me Jonathan Whithead Esqr one of Her Majs Justices of ye Peace and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free and volingtary act and deed JONATHAN WHITEHEAD
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd & compard pr me
ZACH MILLS
Cler
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This Indenture made this first day of May in the thirtenth yeare of His Majesties reigne William ye Third by ye grace of God Kinge of England Scottland Ffrance & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundreed and one & between Samuell Milles Jamaica in Queens . County & on Nassaw Island & in ye Provinc of New- Yorke yeowman of ye one party & Samuell Carpenter of ye same place yeoman of the other party wittnesseth that ye abovesd Samuell Milles for & in considderration of a a vallewable sume of currant moneys of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter before ye enseallinge and dellivery of thes presents ye receipt wherof he doath herby owne & acknowledge himself therwith sattisfyed and content and paid & therof & therfrom doath acquitt exonorratt & discharge the abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors & ad-
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minesstratores & every of them from any part ore par- cell therof have giveen granted bargined sold enfeofed releasd & confirmd & by thes presentes fully clerly & absolutly have given granted bargined sold enfeoft releast & confirmed unto ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires & assignes for ever a cartain pece ore parcell of upland beinge ye one half partt of a twenty acer lott ' lyeinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica abovesd butted & bounded as followeth (that is to say) easterly on ye land of Joseph Oldfeld & west by the highway comonly called Ffreemans path and Southwardly by the land of Samuell Smith & northwardly by the land that did formorly belonge to Samuell Denton latt of Jamaica deseast together with all & singular ye trees timbers woodes under woods standinge or lyeinge beinge or any waies appertaininge to ye same with all the easstatt right title intrest posestion claim proporties prevelidges or appurtenances therunto belongeinge in & in any partt & parcell therof the sd Samuell Milles in the premisses to have & to hold the above recitted land as above bounded and exsprest to him the sd Samuell Carpenter his heirs & assignes for ever & the sd Samuell Milles for himself his heirs excecutors & adminesstratores doe herby covenant & agree with the sd Samuell Carpenter his heires &c shall & may now & att all times for ever herafter have hold ockepy poses & injoye the above re- citted land freely & clerly discharged acquitted of & from all formor givfts salles morgages dowers intaillinges judgmentes or excecutions revertions remainder or re- mainders or other title or incumbrance had made or committed att any time ore times befor the enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Ellias Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County send- eth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Ellias Bayles with Sarah my wife for severall good resons &
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casses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand paid by Abraham Lott of Flatbush in Kinges County in moneys to our sattisfaction ye receipt wherof we doe herby own and before ye enseallinge & delivery of thes presents doe acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed & payd have giveen granted covenanted re- least quitt claimed made over & sould & doe by thes presents acknowledg to have from us our heirs exceketors & adminestrators giveen granted covenanted releast quitte claimd made over & sould unto ye abovesd Abra- ham Lott his heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes a certain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge & beinge in ye bounds of Jamaica & bounded as followeth viz east by ye hige way or path leadinge to ye mill & to ye mead- owes & north by ye land of John Wood latte of Jamaica deseast & on ye other sid being ye west by a lott of land belonginge to John Foster sone to Henry Foster late of Jamaca aforsd deseast & south by Benjamin Thirston wth fife acers of prevelidge for cutting of timber & fed- inge upon ye comons together with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge & lyinge with all & singuler ye prevelidges & profits & benifits therunto belonginge I say that I ye abovesd Ellias Bayles with Sarah my wife have as abovesd sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd Abra- ham Lott all ye abovesd land & prevelidges as above exsprest according as it was butted & bounded & as it is marked by ye layers out ye same to have and to hold for ever & ye same to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifit & behouf of him ye said Abraham Lott his heirs & asignes to ockepy poses and injoy free & freely discharged of & from all formor salles gifts morgages or any other entanglements what ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claim ore demand from me ye abovesd Ellias Bayles & Sarah my wife our heirs exceketors & adminestrators for ever & from all claim ore claimes from any person ore persons layinge claim therto in confirmation wherof we sett to our hands & sealls this fourth day of June in ye eight
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year of His Majs reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & sixe
Signed seald & dellivered ELLIAS BAYLES 0
in presence of SARAH X BAYLES 0
THOMAS OKLEY
her mark
SAMLL RUSCOE
A trew coppy of ye oridgonall deed entered pr SAMLL RUSCOE
Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Daniell Smith sone to Waitt Smith belonging to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Daniell Smith for severall good reasons considerations & casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallew- able consideration to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I doe herby acknow and own to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid by Timothy Milles of ye Towne Island & County yea that I ye have covenanted bargined allinated released quitt claimed bartered exchainged & for ever made over unto the abovesd Timothy Milles his heirs exceketors adminestrators & assignes from me my heirs exceketors & adminestrators a certain pece ore parcell of land lyinge & beinge in the bounds of Jamaica beinge in ye east devition lying on ye west side of ye Plaine Run containing a ten acer right bounded by John Fredrickson on ye south & Peter Whit on ye north & west by Fremans path soe comonly calld & east by ye high- way all which pece of land as it is butted & bounded as it was laid out together with all prevelidges profitts benifits timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore lying beinge upon ye same I the abovesd Daniell Smith have as abovesd sould to ye aforsd Timothy Miles his heirs and assignes to have and to hould for ever and ye same shall & will warrent & by thes presents for ever de- fend against any claime ore demand from any person ore persons what ever & from all formor salls givfts mor-
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gages or any other entanglements what ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claim or demand from me ye sd Daniell Smith my heirs exceketors & adminestrators for ever in confirmation wherof I sett to my hand & seall this eleventh day of Janry in ye year of our Lord 1696
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