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Michaels. As early as the 20th of September of the same season, there were eight full companies in the field from the county, all for three years' service. In all, Fairfield had in the war, including two full companies of cavalry, seventeen companies, not including volunteers who were sent to regi- ments beyond the county, and drafted men.
It is proper here to remark, that the citizens of this county, from the inception to the close of the war, contributed freely and liberally, clothing, provisions, medicines and other re- quirements for the sanitary supplies. At once, it may be said, that it is probably not presuming too much to say, that perhaps no county in Ohio presents a fairer war record than Fairfield.
Following are the assignments of Fairfield companies, as far as ascertainable :
THREE MONTHS' SERVICE.
Company A-Captain, J. A. Stafford ; 1st Lieutenant, Thos. M. Hunter; 2nd Lieutenant, Ezra Rickets; 101 strong. This company was assigned to the 1st O. V. I., Colonel Alex. M. McCook. After the mustering out in August the company was reorganized for the three years' service; Stafford, Captain ; E. T. Hooker, 1st Lieutenant; J. M. Wiley, 2nd Lieutenant. In February, 1862, Stafford was promoted to the rank of Major, and First Lieutenant Hooker to the captaincy ; H. Fullerton, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Chaplain. Benj. F. Smith went out as Colonel of the regiment. .
The 17th O. V. I. was organized at Camp Anderson, on the Fairfield Fair-grounds. The county furnished two companies to this regiment. Captains, H. H. Giesy and J. W. Stin- chomb; 1st Lieutenants, A. Ogden, John Wiseman ; 2nd Lieu- tenants, Leo Noles, J. C. Watson. This regiment reorganized for the three years' service in August, 1861, with J. M. Connell for its Colonel. To this three years' regiment Fairfield fur- nished five companies; Captains, B. F. Butterfield, J. W. Stinchomb, Ezra Rickets, A. Ogden, Daniel M. Rea; 1st Lieu- tenants, Benjamin Showers, A. P. Ashbrook, Irwin Linn, Wm. Cook, O. W. Brown; 2nd Lieutenants, Henry Arney, Daniel Sullivan, Seth Collins, O. B. Brandt, Theodore Michaels ; Chap- lain, A. F. Fullerton.
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Thirtieth O. V. I .- Three years' service; Hugh Boyl Ewing, of Lancaster, was appointed Colonel of this regiment. No Fairfield company.
Forty-Sixth O. V. I .- One company from Fairfield. Cap- tain, H. H. Giesy; 1st Lieutenant, Emanuel Giesy ; 2d Lieu- tenant, Charles H. Rice.
Sixty-First O. V. I .- This regiment first formed at Lancas- ter, and used the starch factory building for a barracks. It contained one Fairfield company. Captain, Daniel Schleich ; 1st Lieutenant, George J. Wygnm; 2d Lieutenant, Edward Hay. Newton Schleich, of Lancaster, was its first Colonel. The regiment was subsequently, in April, 1862, re-organized at Camp Chase, when Colonel Schleich was, I believe, as- signed to another regiment, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
Sixty-Second O. V. I .- In this regiment, Clemens F. Steel, of Lancaster, served as Major and Lieutenant-Colonel. No Fairfield company.
Ninetieth O. V. I .- Two Fairfield companies entered the Ninetieth. Captains, Alvah Perry, R. Carpenter; 1st Lieu- tenants, J. M. Suphen, A. Keller ; 2d Lieutenants, George W. Welch, Samuel Widner.
(As a general thing, the officering of the companies at first going out is only given. Subsequent promotions are difficult to follow).
One Hundred and Twenty-Third O. V. I .- To this regiment Henry B. Hunter, of Lancaster, was assigned as Lieutenant- Colonel. No company from the county.
Fifty-Eighth O. V. I .- One company. Captain, Ezra Jack- son ; 1st Lieutenant, Wilford Stires ; 2d Lieutenant, Wm. H. Hulls.
One Hundred and Fourteenth O. V. I .- Colonel, John Cra- dlebaugh. One company. Captain, Isaac Butterfield; 1st Lieutenant, Joseph Bury.
One Hundred and Seventy-Eighth O. V. I .- Colonel, J. A. Stafford. One company from Fairfield. Captain, Charles Cravinor ; 1st Lieutenant, Patrick McGrew ; 2d Lieutenant, John Sears, of Lancaster.
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CAVALRY.
There were two companies of cavalry from Fairfield in the service. The first went into the first regiment of Ohio Cav- alry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Valentine Cupp, of Walnut Township. Of this company, Lafayette Pickering was Captain ; Peter B. Cool, 1st Lieutenant; Joseph Pierce, 2nd Lieutenant.
The second company served in the 11th Regiment of Ohio Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel W. O. Collins. Its Captain was John Van Pearce, of Lancaster; 1st Lieuten- ant, Thomas P. Clark ; 2d Lieutenant, John Reeves.
The foregoing is a condensed history of Fairfield County in the Southern Rebellion, which began in April, 1861, 'and terminated with the surrender of General Lee in the spring of 1865, and is as complete, perhaps, as a mere county history demands. As remarked in the outset, omissions may have occurred that should have found mention. Such omissions, if any, have not been intentional, but rather from the inability of the compiler to trace the diffusion of all of Fairfield's men. Errors may also have crept in, but for which the author is not responsible, since he has followed carefully the records and personal statements of parties interviewed. In the main, however, the record of Fairfield in the rebellion will be found correct. It is to be borne in mind that a history of the war has not been intended, but only Fairfield County in it. There were many deaths, and promotions, and resignations, continu- ally occurring, which would be quite too voluminous for the author to collect. All this belongs rather to the history of the rebellion, and can be found in the rosters of "Ohio in the War, " by Reid, to which please refer-the war of 1861-1865.
PROMOTIONS.
Among those promoted and serving as Captains and Lieu- tenants at different times, I notice the following names, ad- ditional to those already mentioned, which were personally known to me.
Captains, Gilruth Webb, Willis G. Clark, Emanuel Rich- ards, Daniel Sheets, Thomas R. Thatcher, James F. Weakley, Geo. E Blaire, John B. Eversole.
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First Lieutenants, A. J. Davis, Caleb B. Sharp, Levi Corn- wall, Jacob M. Ruffner, George Rainey, James Outcault, Allen Tittler.
Second Lieutenants, Theodore Michaels, Wm. H. Pugh, Levi Cornwall, Lyman W. Barnes, James Strode, John Matlock, O. E. Davis.
AN INCIDENT.
I can find room but for a single incident among thousands in which Fairfield men distinguished themselves:
Colonel Connell, in command of the Seventeenth Regiment, was ordered to defend a ford on the Cumberland river, at a place known as Mill Springs. When some two or three miles from the rebel position, he took with him ten men, in addi- tion to Captain Ezra Rickets and Lieutenant Sifer, and ad- vanced on a reconnoitering expedition. He stationed his men as pickets, who, becoming alarmed, fled back to camp. The Colonel advanced alone to an eminence in front of the enemy's camp, where, at a bend in the road, he suddenly encountered a band of mounted rebels, not exceeding thirty yards off. They suddenly dashed toward him, unslung their carbines, and shouted the challenge. The Colonel put spurs to his horse, and fled under the harmless fire of his pursuers; but unfortu- nately, the animal stumbled and fell, leaving his rider stunned upon the road. In this perilous dilemma, Captain Rickets, being attracted by the firing and the challenge, dashed up, and dismounting, assisted the Colonel on his horse, and in- stantly turning, discharged his revolvers at the advancing enemy, dashed on foot into the thick woods, and both reached the camp in safety.
BANDS IN THE REBELLION.
During the progress of the war of 1861-1865, there were two full bands from Fairfield County in the field. The members of the 17th Regiment Band-the second one here mentioned- were, I believe, entirely citizens of this county. In the Brigade Band-the first in order-there are a few names from other counties. The following letter from Capt. Wolfe, has been kindly furnished me by him, and is complete :
DR. H. SCOTT-Dear Sir : At your request I herewith transmit to you the history of our regimental band, which was in the service
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of the 61st O. V. I., Colonel Schleich, at their quarters in Lancaster, during the summer and fall of 1861.
Names of Members .- E. W. Wolfe, leader ; E. R. Pierson, O. B. Shoe- maker, R. B. Alexander, T. M. Summers, C. C. Norton, J. S. Norton, J. J. Anderson, Geo. Marsh, John Gardner, John Bussart, Isaac Newhor- ter, Samuel Ney, John A. Mayes, T. Shaw, T. E. Williams, Otis Criger, S. Rockey, John White, H. Huff, L. Huff, I. N. Wolfe, E. Himrod, E. Hulbert, George Cromley, George Lutz, John Clinger.
The band was mustered out in May, 1862, by order of the War De- partment, immediately after which it was'mustered into Gen. Hugh Ewing's Brigade, as Brigade Band. During the operations about Vicks- burg, Miss., the band became disabled by death and sickness, and was again discharged by special order from the War Department, in May, 1863. After this the band was reorganized as Post Band at Camp Chase, where it remained till the close of the war, and was finally mustered out on the 4th of February, 1865.
Very truly, E. W. WOLFE.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT BAND. .
The members of this band were entirely, or nearly so, from about Lancaster. They were attached to the 17th O. V. I., and served in the Army of the Tennessee. For information con- cerning this band, I am indebted to Robert Gates, of Lancas- ter. The following are the names of the members:
George Blaire, leader ; David Stalter, second leader; James Horne, Robert Gates, Anthony Steck, Michael Steck, Jacob Lehman, William Lehman, Louis Geiss, William Getz, Wm. Stalter, Mr. Taylor, George Gage, Thomas Pugh, Mr. Beall, Noble Gates, Newton Pierce (fifer), Mr. Card (drummer).
The band was mustered out at Nashville, on the 9th of Sep- tember, 1862, after a service of nearly one year.
Robert Gates re-enlisted in the Second Heavy Artillery, on the 8th of August, 1862, and served till August 7th, 1865, and was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, August 27th, 1865.
George Blaire was, subsequent to the mustering out of the band, commissioned as Lieutenant, and was taken prisoner and held in Libby prison at Richmond, Va., during most of a year.
There were three deaths of members of this band during their term of service, viz. : Jacob Lehman died on the 19th of December, 1861; Thomas Pugh died on the 8th of January, 1862, and Mr. Beall died on the 3d of February, 1862.
There were likewise two deaths in Mr. Wolfe's band, during their term of service, viz. : H. Huff and J. Huff, both dying in the month of April, 1863.
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HOCKING VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
This society was organized in Lancaster on the 18th of Feb- ruary. 1865. Its object, as set forth in its preamble, was the general promotion of the floral and horticultural interests, or an improved system of gardening. The call for the initial meeting, which took place on the 26th day of January, 1865, was signed by the following names :
John A. Fetters, F. J. Boving, Charles Dunbar, John C. Boving, J. C. Kinkead, Ambrose Bender, John D. Martin, John Gravit, H. V. Weakley, John S. Snyder, S. A. Griswold and V John Clark.
Of these, three have since deceased, viz. : Charles Dunbar, John C. Boving and H. V. Weakley.
Officers of the Society .- The officers of the first permanent organization of the society were, Joseph C. Kinkead, Presi- dent; R. J. Black and F. J. Boving, Vice-Presidents; J. D. Martin, Treasurer ; J. C. Weaver, Librarian ; J. C. McCracken, Recording Secretary ; J. A. Fetters, Corresponding Secretary.
The above officers were all living in March, 1877, except J. C. Weaver, Librarian, who died in February, ultimo; and John C. McCracken, Recording Secretary, who died a few months since in the West.
On the first day of November, 1865, the membership of the society was fifty-four in number, and the following are the names :
M. A. Daugherty, H. V. Weakley, John C. McCracken, Jas. Scott, John Gravit, Thos. H. White, P. B. Ewing, John A. Fetters, Robert J. Black, S. A. Griswold, J. D. Martin, Robert Work, R. J. Peters, C. Pairan, C. Spielman, Thos M. Young, Emanuel Fetters, B. F. Reindmond, Martin Landis, D. Tal- madge, J. W. Lewis, T. O. Edwards, Robert Black, C. M. L. Wiseman, Daniel Ward, T. Brumfield, M. Effinger, J. C. Kinkead, Henry Borchers, C. F. Garaghtz, F. J. Boving, John C. Rainey, John S. Snyder, J. D. Clark, David Stalter, John Rhodes, J. C. Weaver, A. Dennis, E. E. Meason, J. R. Mu- maugh, Kinnis Fritter, Samuel Barr, Salem Wolfe, John Artz, L. H. Olds, J. T. Busby, R. H. Hooker, George Hoffman, C. F. Shaeffer, Daniel Ream, JacobMayer, G. A. Mithoff, John B. McNeal and William Van Hide.
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Ten of this number have deceased previous to the first of March, 1877, as follows : H. V. Weakley, John C. McCracken, Emanuel Fetters, T. O. Edwards, Henry Borchers, John C. Rainey, J. C. Weaver, E. E. Meason, Salem Wolfe and Daniel Ream.
The society holds bi-monthly meetings in Lancaster, viz. : on the second and fourth Saturday's of each month. It pays premiums on best samples of products, which premiums are awarded by special committees. Fruit-growing is a special feature of attention by the society. The meetings of the society are characterized, after business, by a free interchange of opinions, theories and experiences, and thus individual dis- coveries and improvements become the common property of the society, and of the community by publication, March, 1877.
POLITICAL.
Previous to the year I832, the elective franchise was exer- cised in Fairfield County, as in all other parts of the country, by the prerogative of each elector in casting his ballot for the best men to carry out the best measures for the common weal, according to the voter's best judgment. In other words, poli- tical party lines had not yet been established. There were, however, differences of opinion as to the safest and best forms of government, and these differences of opinion were mainly between the National Republicans, strictly, on the one hand, and on the other, those who favored the doctrines promulgated by Alexander Hamilton and others, which contemplated a stronger central power in the Constitution and Laws. This was denominated the Federal Party. It is not necessary here to enter into a history of the Hartford Convention, or the principles proposed there. They met with little favor, and amounted to nothing as against American Republicanism. The Federal Party nevertheless had sufficient potency to create more or less agitation in the political affairs of the country for a great many years.
As early as 1828, grave national questions began to agitate the country, among which were the policy, or otherwise, of an American National Bank; a high tariff for the protection of American industries; the improvement, at the National ex- pense, of the rivers and harbors within the United States, etc., etc. The great question of State Sovereignty had ceased to be
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an absorbing theme since the adoption by the States of the Federal Constitution. The abolition of African slavery in the States was at that time no more than beginning to incu- bate, and had scarcely made even a riffle on the surface of the affairs of the country. The agitation of the question was about equally contemned by all, but especially the churches, if the Quakers and Scotch Presbyterians be excepted. Among the other churches only individual exceptions existed. But in 1832 these questions of policy took form, and rove the mas- ses in two distinct political parties of very nearly equal bal- ance. One division of the people supported Andrew Jackson for the Presidency in that year, and assumed the name of the Democratic Party. The other division adhered to Adams and Clay, and denominated themselves the Whig Party. The Jackson, or Democratic Party, was dominant in Fairfield County, and has ever since, with two exceptions, maintained a majority of the popular vote, ranging from eight or ten to sixteen or eighteen hundred. The two exceptions referred to, were in the years 1843 and 1854. In 1843 the question of " hards" and "softs " came up on the currency question, the latter carrying the county by a decisive majority, and electing to the Legislature one Democrat and one Whig, irrespective of old party lines. This was for some reason denominated the "Cork-Leg Party." In 1854, what was equally oddly named the " Know-Nothing Party," for the time submerged all other parties and elected their entire ticket in the county by respect- able majorities. But in the following year the Democratic Party re-established its lines, which are still maintained.
The Whig Party, respectable in members, and in the ability and intelligence of its leaders, nevertheless remained in the minority during its existence, unless the two years spoken of might be ·claimed as Whig victories. The Whigs, in 1843, were the acknowledged Soft Money Party, and probably unani- mously voted the Cork-Leg ticket. And so in 1854, they nearly all went into the Know-Nothing organization, which, with a portion of the Democratic party, secured the triumph of that ticket, and electing men from both the old parties. In 1856, the Philadelphia Convention to form a Presidential ticket for that year-a Convention composed of old line Whigs and Know-Nothings-organized the Republican Party, and upon its platform a majority of the Whigs of the county took posi-
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tion, together with more or less Democrats, constituting the Republican Party of Fairfield County. This party maintains about the same numerical comparison with the Democratic Party that the Whigs previous to 1854 did-the number of Democrats coming into it being about equal to the number of Whigs going over to the Democrats. The Whig Party, therefore, is to be regarded as having been disbanded in the early part of 1854.
RELIGIOUS.
The histories of all the religious societies and church or- ganizations within Fairfield County, will be found in the fol- lowing pages, as complete as it has been possible to make them. Some of the church records I found very defective ; in other instances none could be found. It has been my aim to go back to the very first nuclei of the societies, at the begin- ning of the settlements at the ending of the last and com- mencement of the present century. If I have failed, in some cases, it has been because no information at all could be ob- tained. Much of what I have collected has been from the per- sonal statements of oldest citizens, and slight errors may, there- fore, have crept in, since I find all do not remember things alike. As a whole, however, the history may be accepted as entirely correct in the main. To ministers and laymen of the various churches, I acknowledge my obligations for the cour- tesy they have shown in affording me important aid.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first Methodist Society in Fairfield County was formed in the year 1799. The little band seems to have been formed into a class under the management and advice of one Edward Teel, who had previously been a class-leader in Baltimore County, Maryland. Its place of meeting was at the cabin of Mr. Teel, three miles east of Lancaster, and, I believe, on Zane's trace. The names of the members when the society was first formed, and at the time when first visited by Rev. James Quinn, then a young Methodist preacher, were Ed-
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ward Teel and wife, Jesse Spurgeon and wife, Ishmael Dew and wife, Nimrod Bright and wife, and Elijah Spurgeon and wife -in all, ten. The first quarterly-meeting ever held in the county was at the house of John Murphy, at which were pres- ent Bishop Asbury and Daniel Hitt, the latter a Presiding Elder in Baltimore Conference.
It is believed that the first class formed in Lancaster was in 1812. Its membership at first was: Jacob D. Betrick and wife, Peter Reeber, Sarah Reeber, Christian Weaver, Eliza- beth Weaver, George Canode, Mary Canode, and Thomas Orr and wife-ten in all. The first place provided for public wor- ship in Lancaster was erected in 1816. It was a small frame edi- fice, and stood on the site where the present brick church build- ing now stands, on the hill. Rev. Jas. Quinn preached the first sermon in it from a carpenter's bench. Lancaster then belonged . to the Hockhocking circuit. In 1801, Joseph Chenowith was the preacher in charge on the circuit, and returned at the close of the year 366 members. This seems wonderful, when it is remembered that emigration to the Hocking Valley first began in 1798, only three years previous. In 1802, Nathaniel B. Mills supplied the circuit, and in 1803 and 1804 James Quinn, assisted the latter year by Joseph Willians.
From this time up to 1811, both Lancaster and Fairfield County were included in Hockhocking circuit.
Between 1811 and 1830, the church had so extended that several circuits had been formed, Fairfield circuit being one of them. At the close of this period of nineteen years, the mem- bership of Fairfield circuit was 1,276. During the nine suc- ceeding years, Lancaster was made a half station, with a few appointments in the country, and the following preachers filled the station : Zachariah Connell, William Young, John Ferree, Edward D. Roe, William H. Lowder, Levi White, W. T. Snow, John G. Bruce, Charles Swain, William T. Hand, Charles R. Baldwin, John Reed and Charles R. Lowell. The present brick church was built in 1838 and 1839.
In 1840, Lancaster made was a station, since which time the following preachers have filled it : In 1840, Henry Baker, one year ; in 1841, Wm. R. Anderson, one year ; in 1842, Wm. P. Strickland, two years ; in 1844, R. S. Foster, two years; in 1846, M. Dustin, one year ; in 1847, Granville Moody, two years; in 1849, William Sutherland, one year ; in 1850, Moses Smith,
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one year ; in 1851, Ancel Brooks, two years ; in 1853, N. Wes- terman, one year ; in 1854, James M. Jamison, two years ; in 1856, E. M. Boring, one year; in 1857, Joseph H. Creighton, two years ; in 1859, Wm. Porter, one year; in 1860, C. E. Fel- ton, two years ; in 1862, C. A. Vananda, two years ; in 1864, T. H. Phillips, two years ; in 1866, L. Taft, two years ; in 1868, B. N. Spahr, two years; in 1870, T. R. Taylor, three years; in 1873, Joseph H. Creighton, one year ; in 1874, T. W. Stanley. Mr. Stanley is, in 1877, in his third year. The dates refer to the year of appointment.
The total membership of Lancaster station in 1876, as fur- nished by the pastor, is about 600.
The following paper, prepared and kindly furnished me by the Rev. Mr. Stanley, pastor of Lancaster Church in 1876, shows the operations of the Methodist itinerancy within Fairfield County and adjacent territory, for seventy-six years, beginning with 1800 :
"1800-The first Methodist society|1814-Chas. Waddle. was formed in Fairfield 1815-Chas. Waddle, M. Ellis. County in 1800. The circuit 1816-Jas. Quinn, John McMahon. was called Muskingum and 1817-Michael Ellis.
Hocking. Preachers : Jesse 1818-Sadosa Bacon, Peter Stephens. Stoneman and James Quinn. 1819-Abner Gough, Henry Ma- It was in Baltimore Confer- thew. ence. 1820-Abner Gough, Chas. Thorn.
1801-Jos. Chinowith.
1802-Little Kanawha and Muskin- gum, N. B. Bird.
1803-Hockhocking, Asa Shin.
1804-(six months) James Quinn, John Meek.
The work was now in the Western Conference.
1804-(six months) James Quinn, J. P. Williams.
1805-John Meek Jas. Oxley.
1806-Jos. Hays, Jas. King.
1807-Fairfield Circuit, W. Patter- 1831-(Fairfield Circuit was divided son.
1808-Ralph Lotspeich, John Bow- man.
1809-Ralph Lotspeich.
1810-Francis Travis.
1811-Isaac Quinn, James B. Fin- ley.
1812-(This year the Ohio Confer- ence was formed). Fairfield, Wm. Lambden.
1813-Archibald McElroy.
1821-Wm. Stephens, Zarah Coston.
1822-Wm. Stephens.
1823-Jas. Gilruth, J C. Hunter.
1824-Chas. Waddle, Homer Clark.
1825-Leroy Swormstedt, James Quinn.
1826-Jas. Quinn, Jas. Laws.
1827-Jas. Laws, Gilbert Blue.
1828-Jacob Young, C. Springer.
1829-Z. Connell, H. S. Fernandez.
1830-Samuel Hamilton, H. S. Fer- nandez.
this year into two parts, Lan- caster and Rushville). Lan- caster District was formed in 1819. The following have been the Presiding Elders :
1819-Chas. Waddle.
1820-Jacob Young.
1821-Chas. Waddle.
1822-25-Jacob Young.
1826-29-David Young.
1830-31-Leroy Swormstedt. The
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District was now included in| 1864-U. L. Jones, B. Ellis. Zanesville and Columbus Dis- 1865-U. L. Jones, B. Ellis. trict, till 1851. 1851-54-Zachariah Connell.
1856-J. L. Grover.
1856-59-D. D. Mather.
1860-63-J. W White.
1864-67-B. N. Spahr.
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