Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 99

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751


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PASTOR, Tony:


Actor; born New York, and a' con- tinuous resident of the same. When a child became well known for his vocal ability and at the age of eight sang solos and duets at the temperance meetings in Dey Street Church. When ten years old was engaged by P. T. Barnum for child parts and from there joined the Ray- mond and Waring Menagerie, touring the States. After a varied experience as singer, clown, pantomimist and actor, in 1865 he established Tony Pastor's Opera House at 201 Bowery, the first vaude- ville theatre in America designed for the


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amusement of women and children, the pioneer of what has grown to be the most popular style of amusement. Well known for his material aid and encour- agement to the progress of young artists, having started the career of over one hun- dred who have attained distinction and fortune at home and abroad. Is vice-pres- ident of the Actors' Fund; trustee in several charitable organizations and is an active business man employing many people and catering to the amusement of many hundreds of thousands of persons annually. Address, 143 E. 14th St., New York.


PATCHIN, Gordon M .:


Assemblyman, Republican, representing the Second Assembly district of Steuben County; was born in Wayland, N. Y., in 1850, of American parents. + Educated at Dansville Seminary, Naples Academy and the Rochester Business College; is a far- mer and dealer in real estate at Wayland, Steuben County. A Republican, promi- nent in county politics, having served the Republican party in the Republican Coun- ty Committee of Steuben County, and its Executive Committee for a term of one year. Was an Assemblyman from Steu- ben County in 1892 and 1893; re-elected in 1901 and 1902. In 1903, appointed member of the following committees: Affairs of Villages, Railroads. and Labor and Indus- tries. Address, Wayland, Steuben County, N. Y.


PATTEE, Ernest N .:


Professor of chemistry, Syracuse Uni- versity. Graduated from University of Rochester, B. S. 1886, M. S., 1890; teacher Greece, N. Y .. 1886-1887; resident gradu- ate student in chemistry, University of Rochester, N. Y., 1887-1888. Teacher of science, Heyward Collegiate Institute, Fairfield, Ill., 1889-1890; instructor in chemistry, Syracuse University, 1890-1894; adjunct professor of chemistry, 1894-1895; associate professor, 1895; professor, 1897 to date. Registrar 1900-1902; secretary of the faculty 1903. Member American Chem- ical Society. Address, 402 Euclid Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.


PATTEN, Willlam S .:


Colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York, April 13, 1852. Appointed from New York, civil life; second lieutenant Eighteenth Infantry Oct. 15, 1875; captain assistant quartermaster Sept. 12, 1883; major, quar- termaster, Sept. 22, 1896; colonel, quar- termaster from July 12, 1898 to March 2, 1899; promoted lieutenant colonel, Feb. 2, 1901. Colonel, 1903. Address, quarter- master general, San Francisco, Cal.


PATTERSON, Charles Brodie


Author and lecturer; born in Nova Scotia in 1854. Educated in the Pictou Academy, Nova Scotia; engaged in mer-


cantile pursuits until he was thirty-one, then, failing in health, he studied into the subject of what was then known as Men- tal Science; subsequently established at Hartford, Conn., the society known as "The Metaphysical Alliance of Hartford"; was chosen its president and has since continued to fill that office. In 1893 re- moved to New York City and there he continued in active practice of mental and spiritual healing; has lectured on that subject through the United States, in London. Paris and the Channel Islands. Was editor of the Library of Health, is- sued during 1897, 1898 and 1899; president of International Metaphysical League since 1899. Member of English Society for Physical Research; fellow of the So- ciety of Science; Letters and Arts of London; fellow of American Geographical Society: member of American Academy of Political and Social Science. Author of "Seeking the Kingdom," 1888; "Be- yond the Clouds," 1895; "New Thought Essays." 1898: "Dominion and Power," and "The Will to be Well." 1902. Ad- dress, 63 West 65th St., New York.


PATTERSON, Edward:


Justice of the Appelate division of the Supreme Court; born at New York City in 1839; educated in Philadelphia, also at Williams and Hobart Colleges, from both of which he received the degree of LL.D. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860; practiced law until 1887, when he was made a justice of the Su- preme Court. Was appointed to the Appellate division by Governor Morton, his term expiring Dec. 31, 1900; was then re-appointed. Is a member of Metropoli- tan. Manhattan, Democratic, Alpha Del- ta Phi, and Players Clubs. Aldine and Century Associations, American Museum of Natural History and Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Is also president of the Law Institute of New York. Address, 19 East 45th St., New York.


PATTERSON, John' H .:


Brigadier general, U. S. Army. Born in New York, Feb. 10, 1843. Appointed from New York, civil life; first lieuten- ant Eleventh Infantry, May 14, 1861; transferred to Twentieth Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; captain, July 28, 1866; major Third Infantry, May 19, 1891; lieutenant colonel, First Infantry, Jan. 21, 1895; transferred to Twenty-second Infantry Nov. 4, 1895. Colonel, Twentieth Infan- try Sept. 28, 1898; brigadier general, Jan. 18, 1899; served in Spanish American War. Brevet rank-brevet captain, Oct. 1, 1864, gallant services in the battle of Chapel House, Va .; A. D. C., Volunteers, Sept. 19, 1864, to Nov. 1, 1864. Service, in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65: in the field with the Army of the Potomac and en- gaged in its various campaigns to 1865; on recruiting duty from Aug., 1862, to


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March, 1863; on recruiting duty,, Feb. to Nov., 1865; transferred by the reorganiza- tion of the army to the Department of the Gulf, 1870; at various posts in several departments from 1870 to 1890. Battles, skirmishes, etc., engaged at the siege of Yorktown, battles of Gaines' Mills and Malvern Hill, Va .; battles of Chancellors- ville, Va., Gettysburg, Pa., kappahannock Station, operations at Mine Run, battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Bethesda Church, Peters- burg, Weldon Railroad, Chapel House and Hatcher's Run, Va. Retired, Feb. 6, 1899. Address, Fort Orange Club, Al- bany, N. Y.


PATTISON, Thomas Harwood:


Professor of homiletics and pastoral theology Rochester Theological Seminary; born in Cornwall, England, 1838; son of S. R. Pattison, lawyer, F. G. S., and Marina (Ching) Pattison; educated by private tutor, London University School, Regent's Park College, England. Married, 1868, Emily A., daughter of R. W. Bain- bridge, Middletown House, England. Bap- tist minister in England and America, 1862-75. Author of "Present Day Lec- tures," 1872; "History of the English Bible," 1894; "The Making of the Ser- mon," 1898; "Public Worship." 1900; "The Ministry of the Sunday School," 1902; "The History of Christian Preaching," 1903 (American Baptist Publication So- ciety). Address, 4 Portsmouth Terrace, Rochester, N. Y.


PATTON, John K .:


Republican Assemblyman, representing the Seventh Assembly District of Erie County; was born of Irish parentage in Buffalo, Erie County, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1856. Early life was spent on a farm in the town of Elma, Erie County; received his education in the district school and at the East Aurora Academy; in June, 1878, commenced the study of law in the office of Messrs. Shearer and Merritt, with whom he studied two years; then entered the law office of Charles H. Addington, with whom he studied till Oct. 6, 1882, at which time he passed his law examination at Rochester, and was admitted to the bar. In Feb., 1884, he settled in the village of Tonawanda; was twice appointed justice of the peace by a Democratic town board to fill a vacancy, and afterward was elected justice of the peace on the Repub- lican ticket. In 1890 he was elected pres- ident of the village of Tonawanda for one year, at the end of which term he formed a law partnership with the Hon. Dow Vro- man, under the firm name of Patton & Vroman, which firm was increased later, by receiving therein Norman D. Fish, changing the firm name to Patton, Vro- man & Fish, which firm was afterward dissolved by mutual consent; since that time he has continued to practice law


alone. In July, 1891, he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Separate Company, N. G. N. Y., of Tonawanda, and served five years; in March, 1895, he was elected supervisor of the town of Tonawanda, and in March, 1897, was re-elected to the same office; in Nov., 1897, elected to Assembly; re-elected in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902. In 1903 was appointed a member of the following As- sembly committees: Chairman of the committee on Canals; member of Ways and Means, and of Charitable and Re- ligious Societies. Address, Tonawanda, Erie County, N. Y.


PAULDING, William:


Major, U. S. Army; born in New York, April 6, 1852; appointed from New York- civil life; second lieutenant, Tenth In- fantry, Oct. 1, 1873; first lieutenant, April 11, 1882; captain, Sept. 16, 1892; major, Third Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.


PAYNE, Fred. Rounsville:


Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in and appointed from New York; naval cadet, May 21, 1888; ensign, July 1, 1894; lieu- tenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; lieutenant, July 23, 1900; Charleston, 1892- 94; Newark, 1894-98; Monadnock, 1898- 1901; Petrel, 1901; Navy Yard, New York, Oct., 1901; U. S. S. Detroit, Sept., 1902, to 1903. Address, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.


PAYNE, Oliver H .:


Capitalist; born in Cleveland, O .; grad- uated from Yale, 1863; is director of Standard Oil Company, American Tobac- co Company, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail- road Company, Helena Mining Company, and numerous other corporations. Is a member of Metropolitan, Manhattan, Uni- versity, and other clubs; is also honor- ary member of Cornell University As- sociation, and has given $500,000 to that university for the establishment of its medical department in New York City. Residence, 852 Fifth Ave .; office, 32 Nas- sau St., New York.


PAYNE, Sereno ElIsha:


Member of Congress; was born at Ham- ilton, N. Y., June 26, 1843; son of the late William Wallace Payne, a farmer, who was elected to the New York Legislature from the First District of Cayuga Coun- ty in 1858 and again in 1859. He removed with his parents to the suburbs of Au- burn in the spring of 1844, and has since resided in or near Auburn. Graduated from the University of Rochester in 1864; was admitted to the bar in 1866, and has since practiced law in Auburn, is now a member of the firm of Payne, Van Sickle & Payne; was city clerk of Auburn, 1868- 71; supervisor, 1871-72; was district at-


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torney of Cayuga County, 1873-79; was member of the Board of Education 1879- 82, and a portion of the time was presi- dent of the board; was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress, and with the ex- ception of one term has since been re- elected, the last election being the tenth time.". He was appointed a member of the" American and British Joint High Commission in Jan., 1899, 'by President McKinley; has been chairman of the com- mittee on Ways and Means and leader of the House of Representatives since Jan., 1899; he has been reappointed to that position for the fourth time; has received the degree of LL.D. both from the Col- gate University and from the University of Rochester. During his service in Con- gress he served as chairman of the com- mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and formulated the law revising the laws in reference to the merchant marine in- troducing many improved reforms in the service, which law is still in force. He was a member of the committee on Ways and Means, and. as one of the majority helped frame the Mckinley bill, so-called, and also the so-called Dingley bill; was author of the Porto Rican Tariff Act, which he carried through the House under the most intense opposition; was also the author of the act relating to reciprocal trade relations with Cuba, which passed the House in the Fifty-seventh Congress, but failed in the Senate; also framed the present law regulating the administra- tion of the customs service, which has resulted in immense benefit to the gov- ernment in connection with the revenues. Mr. Payne was unanimously elected speaker pro tem of the House of Repre- sentatives during the temporary absence of Mr. Reed, in April, 1898, and as such speaker signed numerous bills and the act annexing Hawaii. Before he was twen- ty-one years of age, Mr. Payne com- menced stumping the County of Cayuga when Abraham Lincoln was a candidate for the second term, and has been on the stump in every Presidential and guberna- torial campaign since, speaking not only in New York State, but in nearly every northern State and in several southern States under the auspices of the Repub- lican State and national committees; was a member of the National Republican. Convention in 1896 and again in 1900; in the latter he served as chairman of the committee on Credentials. Married Ger- trude Knapp, of Auburn, in 1873, and has one son, William K. Payne, who is the junior member of his law firm. Address, Auburn, N. Y.


PEABODY, Charles A .:


Lawyer; director Astor National Bank, Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Illi- nois Central Railroad Company, and Gal- latin National Bank; trustee Real Estate Trust Company, Bank for Savings, and


Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Residence, 13 Park Ave .; office, 2 Wall St., New York.


PEABODY, George L., M.D .:


Physician; received M. D. 1873; path- ologist, New York Hospital, 1877-88; vis- iting physician to Bellevue Hospital, 1882. Member of Academy of Medicine; dean of College of Physicians and Surgeons. Ad- dress, 57 West 38th St., New York.


PEARSALL, Edgar A .:


Republican Assemblyman, representing Chenango County; born in Oxford, in that County, Aug. 10, 1843; was educated at the district schools of Coventry and Ox- ford and at the Oxford Academy; began his life work as a teacher and followed this profession for six years; then became a farmer, also engaged 'in cattle raising; for the past twenty-five years has been engaged in manufacturing and selling lumber. He was elected supervisor of the town of Coventry in 1884, and served the people continuously in that position for five years; in 1887 was elected chair- man of the board. In 1888 and 1899 he was elected Assemblyman from Chenan- go County, and was re-elected in 1902. Has been a member of the Board of Edu- cation of the Oxford Union Free School since 1898. In 1903 appointed a member of the following Assembly committees: Taxation and Retrenchment, Banks, and Soldiers' Home. Address, Oxford, Che- : nango County, N. Y.


PEARSON, James John:


Consulting and advisory engineer since 1895; born in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Sept. 22, 1858; son of Rev. James and Frances Pearson, of Newcastle-on- Tyne; preparatory education at Elmfield College, St. Peters, York, England. Engi- neer apprentice under Lord (then Sir W. G.) Armstrong, and graduate of Elswick School of Technology, Newcastle, medalist in all physics, 1879; unmarried. Technical and traveling correspondent for Textile Manufacturer, Mechanical World, Sani- tary Engineering, Chemical News, 1879- 81; chief engineer for Palmers Ship & Iron, Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1881-84; assistant manager afloat and guarantee engineer for Hawthorne, Leslie & Co., St. Peters-on-Tyne, 1884-86; charge of machinery construction on Austrian tor- pedo chasers, Leopard and Panther; the fighting equipment of the Chilian cruisers Blanco Encalada and Almirante Cochrane; the steam trials of the Italian cruiser Gi- ovanni Bausan; the machinery construc- tion, and at the Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan, of the Japanese cruisers Naniwa- Kan and Takachiho-Kan, 1886-88; con- sulting and contracting engineer, Yoko- hama, Japan, constructing and installing textile mills, ice plants, bridges, steam vessels, arsenal equipment, etc .; 1888-91;


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manager of Nassau Electrical Company, New York, 1892-95; arbitrator on industri- al' values and trade organization issues; contributor on special subjects to various technical publications. Member of the Engineers Club, New York; the National Arts Club, New York; Midwood Club, Brooklyn, etc., etc. Residence, 144 Rem- sen St., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office,- 40 Wall St .; New York.


PECK, Charles Horton:


State botanist of New York; was born in Sand Lake, N. Y .. March 30, 1833; son of Joel B. and Pamelia Horton Peck; pre- pared for teaching at the Albany State Normal School, from which he graduated in 1852, and at Union College, graduating in 1859; then taught for three and a half years in a private boarding school for' boys, and afterward four years in a pri- vate school in Albany. At the close of this period he took charge of the botany department of the New York State Muse- um. of Natural History, with which he has been,' connected up to the present time; has made yearly additions to the State Herbarium, described and pub- lished in his annual reports many new species of fungi found growing spontane- ously in the State, and has sought to have every species of plant, native or natural- ized, in the State represented by suitable specimens in the herbarium. Was mar- ried, in 1861, to Mary C. Sliter, of Sand Lake, and has two sons, both married and engaged in mercantile work. Address, Geological Hall, Albany, N. Y.


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'Author and educator; born at Stamford Conn., Nov. 24, 1856, and educated at Col- umbia University in New York City, at the University of Berlin, and in Rome; was appointed professor of Latin language and literature in Columbia University (1888) a position which he still holds; in classical philology he has published an edition of Suetonius, a book on Latin pronunciation. a. volume dealing with the everyday life of the Romans, and "A Dic- tionary of Classical Literature and An- tiquities." With professor E. M. Pease he has edited a series of Latin texts in : some thirty volumes; upon the establish- ment of . The Bookman in 1895, he be- came its editor-in-chief, and has contribu- ted largely to it since that time, as well as to other magazines; in conjunction with Mr. Charles Dudley Warner he plan- ned the "Library of the World's Best Lit- erature" (1895), and at a subsequent pe- riod edited separately a series entitled "Masterpieces of the World's Literature" (20 vols.). .. He was the editor-in-chief of the "International Cyclopedia" (15 vols.). and one of the editors of the "New Inter- national Encyclopædia," consulting editor of the "International Year Book," and


literary editor of the New York Commer- cial. Advertiser (1897-1901). He is the author of "The Personal Equation" (1897), "The Adventures of Mabel," a story for children (1896),, "What Is Good English and Other Essays' (1899), and a volume of poetry entitled" "Greystone and Por- phyry" (1900). As a translator, he brought out in 1898 an English version of a part of the Latin novel of Petronius under the title "Trimalchio's Dinner," with an essay on Greek and Roman prose fiction. In 1893 he edited and wrote a critical preface to Mrs. Trollope's "Do- mestic Manners of the Americans," and in 1897 a preface to Stanley's "Africa." He is a member of the American Academy of Political Science, of the American Philological Society, of the Archaeolog- ical Institute, of the American Dialect Society, of the Royal Society of Canada, etc. Address, The Century Club, New York City.


PECK, John Hudson:


Lawyer; a descendant of William Peck, an original settler of New Haven, Conn .; was born at Hudson, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1838; son of Hon. Darius Peck, for many years judge of Columbia County, N. Y .; he was graduated with the class of 1859 from Hamilton College, which has since con- ferred upon him' the degrees of A. M. (1862), LL.D. (1889). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was admitted to the bar at Albany, N. Y., in Dec., 1861, and has since practiced his profession at Troy, N. Y. He became a trustee of the Troy Female Seminary in 1883 and was presi- dent of the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute from 1888 to 1900. He was a mem- ber of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1894, and chair- man of the New Court House Commission in Rensselaer County 1894 to 1897. He was one of the trustees for the erection of the Hart Memorial Library, and is a. member (and original incorporator) of the Scenic and Historic Preservation Society of the State; has been treasurer of the trustees of Diocese of Albany for number of years. Has been counsel for numerous corporate interests and trustee in many private trusts. He married (1883) Mercy P. Mann, of Milton, Saratoga County, N. Y., a descendant of one of the orig- inal land proprietors of Scituate, Mass. He is a practicing lawyer in the firm of Peck & Behan. Post on.ce address, Troy, N. Y. -


PECK, William Emerson:


Export merchant; born New Britain, Conn., June 30, 1858; son of Charles Peck and Mary Folger Davis; was graduated from Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1877, and from Yale College 1881. During 1881-1888 traveled extensively in South America, crossing the Andes five times; has contributed many articles on


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to export trade various publications; president Fulton Club, commodore Sach- em's Head Yacht Club and member Yale, University, Barnard, New York Yacht, and other social clubs; president William E. Peck & Co., and Peck's Buyer's Index Co. Address, 12 East 58th St .; office 116 Broad St., New York.


PECKHAM, Rufus W .:


Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; was born in the city of Albany, Nov. 8, 1838; his father was a native of Albany County. and had been district attorney of the county, jus- tice of the Supreme Court of the State, and, at the time of his death in the ship- wreck of the Ville de Havre, Nov. 22, 1873, was one of the judges of the Court of Appeals of New York State. The son was educated at the Albany Academy and at one of the schools in Philadelphia; studied law in the office of his father, who was then in partnership with Lyman Tremain, attorney-general of the State, practicing law under the firm name of Peckham & Tremain, in the city of Al- bany. He was admitted to the bar of the State in Dce., 1859; his father was in that year elected to the bench of the Supreme Court, and the son formed a partnership with the former partner of his father. under the firm name of Tre- main & Peckham, which continued until the death of Mr. Tremain in Dec .. 1878. In 1866 Mr. Peckham was married to a daughter of D. H. Arnold, an old New York merchant and at that time president of the Mercantile Bank in New York City. In 1868 he was elected district attorney of Albany County; was subsequently cor- poration counsel of Albany City, and in 1883 was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of the State. While serving as such he was elected, in 1886, an associate judge of the Court of Appeals of New York State, and while occupying a seat on that bench he was, in Dec., 1895, ap- pointed by President Cleveland an as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Address, 1217 Corn Ave., Washington, D. C.


PECKHAM, Stephen-Farnum:


Chemist and author; born at Fruit Hill, near Providence, R. I., March 26, 1839; son of Charles and Hannah (Farnum) Peckham; married first, Mary Chace Peck, of Providence, second, Hattie C. W. Van Buren, A. B., M. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y .; was educated at Brown University; was hospital steward Seventh Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry during civil war. in charge chemical department U. S. Army Laboratory at Philadelphia in 1865; chemist, California Petroleum Co .; on California Geological Survey; tu- tor in chemistry in Brown University; professor chemistry. Washington and Jef- ferson College, Maine State College, Buch- tel College. University of Minnesota. Chemist Union Oil Co., California. Chem-


ist to commissioners of accounts, City of New York. Author of "Elementary Chem- istry," "Petroleum and Its Products," "Flour Mill Explosives," "The Persistency of Family Traits," "The Descendants of John Peckham," and a large number of articles in both American and European scientific periodicals on bitumen, asphalt, petroleum, cement, etc., together with nu- merous articles in the daily press. Ad- dress, 280 Broadway, New York.


PECKHAM, William Clark:


Professor of physics, Adelphi College; born in South Royalston, Mass .; son of Rev. Samuel Howland and Sarah Clark Peckham. Prepared for college at Groton Academy, Mass., and graduated at Am- herst College, 1867. Taught as principal of Leicester Academy, Mass .; Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass .; Charlier Institute, New York City, and in Adelphi Academy and Adelphi College, Brooklyn, New York. Has been an associate mem- ber of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, Brooklyn Engineers' Club, Fellow of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Served in Twenty-third Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers in 1861-62; is a member of U. S. Grant Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Studied theology at Union Seminary, New York, partial course. Actively en- gaged in Sunday-school work for many years in Brooklyn. Traveled around the world in 1870-71, and in Europe in 1882 and 1891. Lectured through the country on "Liquid Air," 1899-1901; is a science lecturer in the Free Lectures for the People, Board of Education, New York City. Member of editorial staff of Sci- entific American since 1897. Professor of physics in Adelphi College, Brooklyn, since 1896. Residence, 406 Classon Ave., Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.




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