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CHAPTER XX.
WEST UNION.
With the extension of the settlements into the interior and remote borders of the county, the selection of a new seat of justice nearer the center of the county, became a matter of import- ance to the inhabitants. A petition for that purpose was pre- seuted to the first Legislature that met under the State gov- erument after the adoption of the new constitution. The Legis- lature granted the petitioner's request by passing the following law :
" Aff act providing for the permanent establishment of the seat of justice in the county of Adams.
PREAMBLE.
WHEREAS, It has been represented to this General Assembly. that the present seat of justice in the county of Adams is in an improper place, and the inhabitants thereof labor under many and greut inconveniences in attending the same, therefore,
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that Isaac Davis, John Evans and James Menary, be and are hereby constituted and appointed Commissioners to view and examine the several parts of the aforesaid county, or so much thereoľ as will in their opinion, enable them to determine upon the most eligible place for the seat of justice, in doing which they shall take into view the present and probable fature population, and all other cireminstances relative to the convenience and ac- commodation of the citizens of said county. Provided that if any one of the said Commissioners be prevented from serving. the other two shall appoint the third.
SEC. 2. Snid Commissioners shall certify their opinion iu duplicate to the Court of Common Pleas and Speaker of the Sen- ate.
SEC. 3. They shall all be sworn to the proper discharge of their duties.
Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall receive each $2 per day out of the County Treasury on the order of the Associate Judges,
SEC. 5. The Court und Commissioners are prohibited from expending any more money on public buildings until the seat of justice is permanently established."
MICHAEL. BALUWIN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives. NATHANIEL. MASSIN. President of the Senate.
April 13tb, 1803, Ist O. La p. 54, C. 16.
. In pursuance of the provisions of the foregoing act these Commissioners procceded to discharge the duties imposed upon
them. They tirst bought 100 neres af land front Robert Medlin- ahan for $760. This is the gronud on which the town proper stands. They then honght five acres of George Harper, north of Mulberry street, for $1.00. This is known as Harper's addition. They next bought five acres of Priscilla Anderson for $40.
Having thus performed these duties, they reported their pro- ceedings ta the Legislature, which thereupon passed the follow- ing additional act. :
" An act establishing a perman ut seat of justice in the conu- ty af Adamı%.
" WHEREAS. It is represented to this General Assembly by report of the Commissioners, pursuant to an act entitled, An Act providing for the permanent establishment of the seat of justice in the county of Adains, that the hind of Robert McClanahan in said county, lying about half a mile south of the road leading front Chillicothe to Limestone, and a small distance west of the central line of said county, drawn north from the Ohio river, is the most eligible place for the purpose aforesaid," therefore,
SEC. 1. Provides that the Associate Judges of said county are required to purchase of said McClanahan, his land and any of the adjoining lands not exceeding in all 150 acres, at a cost not more than $8 per acre. to be paid ont of the County Treasury on . the order of said Judges.
SEC. 2 .. Provides, that tho title to said lands shall be vested in a board of trustees for the use of said county.
SEC. 3. Appaints Nathaniel Bensley, Wm. Marshall, Sala- thiel Sparks, Aaron Moore, Benjamin Wood, William Collings and Jolin Briggs, a board of trustees, whose duty it shall be to appoint a Clerk und Surveyor, who shall, under the directions of said trustees, lay off said land in town lots, with convenient streets, " to be umned West Union," make and record plats, and keep a record of their proceedings, etc., etc.
SEC. 4. Requires a notice in the Scioto "Gazette " for thirty days, and a sale of said lots under the direction of the Associate Judges.
SEC. 5. Allows lot-holders, when they reach the number of 30, to meet and elect trustees of their own and the old ones re- tire.
SEC. 6. Requires all the officers to be sworn.
SEC. 7. Requires the Commissioners to dispose of the public property in Washington, ete., etc.
SEC. 8. Requires the Court of Commun Pleas to remove all publie property to West Union, when it is ready to receive it.
ELIAS LANGHAM.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
NATHANIEL MASSIE, Speaker of the Senate. January 16th, 1804, 2d O. L., p. 77, C. 12.
SURVEY OF THE LOTS.
On Monday morning, March 19th, 1804, the trustees for the town of West Union, met to plat off, survey and stake out the lots for the town. After being duly sworn to discharge their duties according to law, they appointed William Collings, clerk. und Nathaniel Beasley, surveyor ; they then proceeded to plat #ff the town and adjourned.
Tuesday, March 20th ; the trustees met this morning at nine o'clock, and proceeded to survey and stake out in-lots until six o'clock. p. m., then a.ljourned.
Wednesday, March 21st ; the trustees met at half past nine o'eluck, a. in. tu-day, continued the survey of in-lots nutil half past twelve o'clock, then adjourned.
Friday, March 30th. appeared the trustees, who met at half past teu o'clock, a. m. To-day they chose' Robert MeClanahan to assist, then continued on the survey of the in-lots, until half past five o'clock, p. in., and adjourned.
Saturday, March 314 ; the trustees met at nine o'clock this morning and staked off iu-lots till five o'clock, p. m., then nd- journed.
During the day, Henry Rape came to them and made applica- tion for the use of the house that stool on the town plat. The trustees obligated themselves to keep him in peaceable possession of the premises until the first day of the sale-for which Mr. Rape gave them his note for $8, for the reut of the house until May 1st.
Monday, April 30th, appeared A. Maure. B. Wood, N. Beasly. S. Sparks, J. Briggs und Win. Collings, who met at one o'clock. p. m., and proceeded with the survey of in-lots until six d'elock. p. m., then delivered a pat of the town to Jos. Darlinton. Record- er of the canuty ; adjourned.
Tuesday, May Ist, B. Wool, J. Briggs, N. Beasley, S. Spark- and Win. Collings met at half past eight o'clock. a. m., and pro- ceeded to survey and stake off' the out-lots, until six o'clock. p. nt .. then adjourned.
There were Ill in-lots and 20 out-lots laid off. The lots were all nine rods leum north to south, and six rods from east to west -except lot 14, which is four rods at the south end and tive rod- at the north eud, and nine rods loug : lot No. 15 is six ro.Is at the north and dve at the south en 1 ; No. Si is Bix H4 roils.
All the streets running through the in and out-lot- are f con- wide. The street between the in and out-lots is 3 roll- wide.
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39.
John Rodgors.
45 00
FIRST COURT HOUSE.
The contract for building the first Court-house In West I'n- low was awarded to Wm. Foster, February 25th, 1805, for $700. It was to be built on the public square, on lot 63, to maud 5 rody from Main street, on the east end of the square adjoining Market street, to be of hewed logs, 30x40, of oak, popiar, wainut or blue ash timber. It was two stories high, the lower story 12, the up- per one 8 feet ceiling, with the corners neatly cut down, to be fully completed by the fourth Tuesday in October, 1801, but in consequence of an opinion by the Commissioners, that it was not finished according to contract, the matter was referred to David Bradford and Joseph Darlinton, to decide the difference. Their declsion is not given in the records, nor any allusion miade to the subject thereafter. It is probable the house was not ready for use betore February. 1806. After serving Its day and a new houst: bullt, this old Court-house was sold to Joseph Curry, who re- moved it to , his farm near town, now owned by Casper Youup who built a barn of the logs. Mr. Curry finally sqld it to Jolu. Meek, who removed it back to town again and made a stable o
it on his premises on iot 55. Samuel Bradford bought out Meel. and sold the old Court-house to John Kuox, who removed it to his premises on lot No. 2, where he built from the old log> x dwelling in which he now-1880-resides. Thus ends the his- tory of the first Court-house in West Union.
SECOND COURT HOUSE.
The contract for building a new Court-house was awarded to Thomas Metcalf, a stone mason of Kentucky, who afterwards beeame Governor of that State.
The Commissioners' journal, or records, have but little in- formation in regard to the building of this house. We can only glean from them that it was to be built of stone, 48x40, that Thon- as Metcalf was given the contract for the mason work, and Jesse Eastburn and Hamilton Dunbar were the contractors for the car- penter work. The contracts were awarded April 25th, 1811. The records are silent as to the amount paid or when the building was completed. This Conrt-bonse was used until 1876, when the present brick building took its place.
Since the above was written, we find a memorandum of the bills paid on the second Court-honse, as follows:
Stone work
$1,526.25
Carpenter work
1,156.70
Plank. 120.00
Balls, &c.
5.121%
Painting
20.00
Cleaning up ready for use.
2.50
Total cost.
$2,830.5712
THE THIRD COURT HOUSE.
In 1870 and '71, the question of a removal of the county seat from West Union to Mnuchester, strongly agitated the minds of the people of the county. A newspaper called the " Adans County Democrat," was started at the latter place to advocate the removal nud petitions were sent up to the Legislature of 1871. asking it to authorize a vote to be taken on the question. The Legislature granted the prayer of the petitioners by passing au act ou the 4th day of April, 1871, authorizing the voter- of t. county to vote for or against such removal, at the regular Oct ber election of that year. The vote against removal carried the decisive majority of 1064.
The Commissioners, either to set ut rest any further ag: tion tor a removal, or because it was needed-which is proba true-took mensures to build a new Court-house, and on the 2 of May, 1873, contracted with J. W. Shinn, of West !'alon, build it for the sum of $17,300. An injunet' a was filed ag ti building the house. Upon the hearing of the case, the injunel. was made perpetual on the ground that the law did not authori the Commissioners to make contracts for an amount exceedil $10,000, withont submitting it to a vote of the people for approv or rejection.
Mr. Shinn had ulready expended about $2,200 in building the foundation before the injunction was made perpetual and to eu- able the Commissioners to build the house for $10,000, with a du- nation by the corporation of West Union of $3,000, raised by cor- poration tax, and the further donation by the citizens of $1,400. raised by private subserlption, Mr. Shinn, in writing, and in dne form of law, donated the foundation, which had so far been con- structed by him, to the county of Adams. Avd, ou the 15th day of October, 1874, he made another contract with the Commission- ers to huild the house for $10,000, with these nmounts, in all $17,- 400. Mr. Shinn went on and constructed the present, building, at a cost to himself, including the expense of the foundation and excluding pay for his own time and sacrifices to obtain money. and expenses of litigation, of $20,000. It is a respectable brick edifice, 56x80, and wns completed by the 4th ot July, 1876. .
JAIL.
The dret jail was built on the east side of lot No. 67, now owned by Mise Surth Boyles. It stool three rods back from
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2.
Claiburn Cox
18 00
3.
..
75.
David Bradford
50 00
1.
Peter Shults
43 00
76.
Leonard Cole
50 00
5.
36 00
77.
S Reserved for
6.
Leonard Cole
34 00
78.
Court-house.
7.
Jesse Eastburn
29 00
79.
Elijah Rinker.
78 00
8.
Wm. Robertson
80
John Brown
43 00
9.
Benjamin Wood
81.
Jolin Rodgers ..
40 00
10.
David Bradford .. ..
32 00
83.
Aquilla Smith
12.
John Litter
28 00
84.
Joseph Darlinton .
17 00
13.
John Armstrong
27 00
85.
Job Denning.
4 00
14.
John Briggs
28 00
85.
Lydia Roberts
10 00 14 00
15. 16. 17.
:
30 00
88.
Arthur MeFarland
20 00 20 00
18.
David Bradford
33 00
90.
John Brown
19.
:
20 00
91.
Claiburn Fox .
20.
John Brown.
25 00
92.
Elijah Walden.
No In-lots 1.
Isaac Foster.
$ 6 00
94.
Benjamin Wood
30 00
. Joseph Lovejoy
6 00
95.
Isaac Earl
5 00
3.
James Anderson
6 00
96.
Enoch Ogle.
5 00
4.
Win. Morrison.
8 00
97.
Jacob Traber
6 00
5.
Dauiel Robbins.
6 00
98.
6.
Elijah Rinker.
7 00
99.
6 00
8
Daniel Marlat
12 00
101.
Joseph Lovejoy
102.
Thomas Kirker.
13 00
10 11. 12.
David Edie.
4 00
105.
Aaron Moore.
13.
Joseph Beam.
4 00
106.
James Williams.
14.
Jolin Shirley.
107.
Bartholomew Anderson.
21 00
15.
John Briggs
108.
. S. Sparks. 11 00
109.
Thomas Kincaid.
7 00
110.
Josiah Wade.
6 00
111.
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Saturday, May 19th, the trustees met for the purpose of giving to purchaser certificates of their purchrses and taking their obli- gations for the buck payments, Certificates were given to John Brown for the lots bought by Claiburn Fox, and his obligations token tor the deferred payments. fleury Rape paid eight dollars, minonut of rent due on house, which sutu was handed over to David Bradford, treasurer.
FIRST COURT IN WEST UNION.
29.
Josiah Wade.
:10 .. . 31.
John Killin
Euoch Ogle ...
33. 34.
Peter Shults
36.
Benjamin Wood
27 00
45 00
40 00
=
18 00
=
18 00
59.
James Chambers.
20 00
60.
Alexander Meek
30 00
61.
Jesse Eastburn
46 00
62.
Jacob Sample
54 00
63.
Reserved lot
64
OUT-LOTS.
Thursday, May 17th, 1804; this day the trustees met for the purpose of selling, at public sale, the lots of the new town ot West Union. They chose John Lodwick, for auctioneer.
The following is au exhibit of the names of the purchasers, the lot they bought, and the prices they paid :
No. Out-lois. Purchasers' Names.
72.
Ed. McLoughlin
12 00
1.
Thos. Nicholson
73
Win. Robertson
35 00
74.
Jas. Chambers
41 00
Thomas James.
87 00
67.
Reserved for jail.
68
John Kincaid
56 00
69.
Thomas Kirker
27 00
70.
Job Deuning
9 00
71.
Robert Anderson
8 00
53.
Thomas Nicholson
37 00
54
Peter Grant.
37 00
55.
Jacob Traber.
17 00 ;
56.
Joseph Darlinton
16 00
57.
=
58.
Given nuder our hands this 16th dny of May, 1804."
HOSEA MOORE, DAVID EDIE,
Associate
NEEDHAM PERRY.
Adams Co.
65
David Bradford
75 00
66.
Leonard Cole
56 00
51.
Jolinston Armstrong. .
63 00
52.
Jolın S. Little.
67 00
The following lots were reserved as wili be seen by the ex- tract below :
-
46
Reserved lot.
47.
Wm. Collings
65 00
48.
John Armstrong
59 00
49.
Benjamin Wood
61 00
50.
RESERVED LOTS.
40.
Thomas Mason
25 00
41.
W. Hannah
9 00
42.
11 00
43.
Paul Larsh.
11 00
44.
Leonard Cole
27 00
45.
Henry Rape.
70 00
The om - lots are 21st: roda while, except No. 1, which IN 15% rol- nt the south nad 14t, at cha north end, and 20 rods long ; No 11. i- 142, rods at the north and 16's rods at the south end, and 23 tod> long; No. 15, 18 16 !; at the north and 1735 rods at the south end and 26 rode long; No. 25, is 20 rods at the south and 22 roils nt the north end, nud ls 26 rods long ; No. 8, 18 976 rods at the north and gla rods at the south end, and 23 rods long ; No's. 16, 17, 18 and 19 ure 25 rods long.
The street on the north side of,town Is 3 rods wide. On the east and west of the ia-lots the streets are 1's rods wide, and on the east, west und south of the out-lots, the streets are two rods wide.
2.5. 26. 27.
=
John Killin.
6 00
28 ..
Jacob Traber
103.
Thomas Parmer
8 00
5 00
104.
George Harper
8 00 7 00 22 00
16. 17. 18.
.
John Davidson
Paul Larsh.
19. 20.
Andrew Ellison
21. 22.
Peter Shults
23
24.
John Shirley
14 00 10 00 21 00 51 00 31 00 31 00 9 00 11 00
Wmt. Amstrong .:
5 00 6 00 7 00 25 00 22 00 23 00 27 00 31 00
The first term of court in West Union, commenced its session on the 27th day of March, 1804. It was held in a log cabin, built by Robert McClanahan, before he sold the land on which West Union stands, and wna the only house standing on the site of the town, when the lots were surveyed out. It stood ou the corner of lot 46, now ocenpied by Crawford's store. This was the place the conrts were held until the new Court-house was built on the public square.
6 00
1
Arthur McFarland
55 00 40 00 37 00 36 00
Furchasers' Names.
Prices Pald.
93.
lenne Foster
9 00
Andrew Ellison
100.
10 00 4 00
David Deexinp
6 00
1
23 00
89.
Joseph Curry ..
27 00 17 00
11.
38 00
82.
John Brown.
James M.Comas.
John Brown
20 00
87.
23 00 30 00
Prices Paid. $15 00
31 00
"In compliance to the net entiticd, An Act to establish the permanent seat of justice In the county of Adams, we, the under- signeil, do reserve the following in dots in the town of West Un- ion for the following purposes, to-Wit: Lots Nos. 63, 64, 77 and 78. for Court-house, etc. No. 67, for a public jail and No. 46, tor n jauiblis spring and school house.
Judges oť
37. Leonard Cole.
Win. Siceu
6 00 7 00 13 00 15 00 18 00
Charles Larsh
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ADAMS COUNTY. OHIO
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO.
Main street with the side faelng sald street. It was mado of how- ed logs, with two walls, one within the other and a space between them, which was to be filled in with hewn thanber set in between walls in un upright postlon. These perpendicular logs to' All the space between the walls, were to be hewn each one foot square, the whole structure to be very substantially bullt, as may be wuen by reference to t. , very mlunte blll of partlenlars, as spread out on the Commissioner's journal for July 4th, 1804. It wns 24x18.
The contract was awarded Angust 24th, 1804, to James Brownfield, for $590, and was to be fully completed by the fourth Tuesday in June, 1805, next. In 18- it was removed to near the north-east part of the publle square. where it stood until 1858, when the present jail was built on the west side of the Court- house. It was removed by Morris Met adden for $378.
This bullding is 37x40. The prison part Is constructed of stone, the portion occupled as a residence of the jallor is brick. The contractors were W. R. Rape and George Moore, who re- ceived $2.400, for their work.
JAILOR'S HOUSE.
A house for the jailor was ordered by the Commissioners on the 17th day of November, 1807. It was made of hewed logs and 18 feet square. The same day the Commissioners ordered the contract for building it to he sold to the lowest bidder on " Satur- day next," and that it he completed by the 20th of January next, 1805. The Commissioners' journal shows uothing further in re- gard to it.
POST OFFICE.
The Post Office was established at West Union, July 1, 1805 The following have been the Postmasters :
1804.
July 1, Joseph Darlinton, appointed.
1811,
Oct. 1,
William Russell,
1812.
Jan. 1, William Armstrong,
1815,
Mar. 24, Wesley Lee,
1820,
Mar. 27,
Willis Lee,
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WILLIAM ARMSTRONG S STORE.
In the house of Henry Rape, just above mentioned, a small room about 10x10 was fitted np, in which William Armstrong fill- ed iu a few goods and commencel his mercantile career. Mr. Armstrong grew into a large and extensive business in West Union, when becoming wealthy, he finally removed to Cincinna- ti to have a wider arena on which to exercise his talents. He had not heen there long before he was killed by a frightened horse running with a portion of the hitching post to which it had been tasteneu. This, striking Mr. Armstrong, killed him almost in- stantly.
This little store was probably the first one in the place. Mr. Armstrong in 1806, huilt the house known as the Mullen corner. which has been continuously used as a store since.
WILLIAM RUSSELL'S STORE.
This was the second store in West Union. Mr. Russell had a two story hewed tog house that stood on the site now occupied by James D. Young's grocery store.
In this building he carried on for many years a large and successful business. He beenme prominent as a public man, was a member of Congress from 1827 to 1833, serving three terins in the lower house. His fortunes finally waned. He went to Scioto county and engaged in the iron business, lost heavily, and finally died on a farm.
JOHN HOOD'S STORE.
It is not known certainly whether Mr. Hood's or Mr. Russell's store was first. They both started about 1806.
While Mr. Hood was building his store room on the corner now occupied by Charles W. Satterfield he commenced selling goods in a large hewed log house belonging to Peter Shults, that stood on the northwest corner of the mill lot. This building has long since disappeared.
When Mr. Hood had completed his new store room he re- mnoved his goods into it where he carried on the mercantile busi- ness uutil his decease in 1814.
BRADFORD'S TAVERN.
This is the same huilding now owned and occupied by John Crawford and so well known as the "Crawford House." Tradi- tion says it was huilt in 1804 and was the second building put up iu the village aud that it was the first hotel started in the place.
David Bradford huilt the house and kept tavern in at an early day, hut we are inclined to the opinion that there was a lit- 'e delay in the completion of it and that Mr. Bradford did not get his tavern started before 1806. The first license we find on record for keeping this tavern, is dated March 2, 1807. Mr. Bradford continued the business uutil his death. It remained in the hands of his descendants. many years, his son and grandson having each lu turn, carried it on.
Beforo the introduction of rail roads, this was on tho main tboroughfare from the south-west to the east. This was the route over which the congressmen and statesmen of those sections puss. ed on their way to Washington city, and this old house lins be-
come historic as the stopping place of President Jackson. Houry Clay, Thomas H. Benton, and other notable men of those days.
Sunta Anun, after hls dofent by Gen Sam. Houston, at San Jacinto. April 21, 1836, made a trip through the United States and on that tour stayed all night at this old houso as he passed through here.
BENJAMIN WOOD'S TAVERN.
This was one of the first taverns of the place, probably the second in time, though tho first license granted hIm bears date the same day of Mr. L'radford's, March 2, 1807. It was kept In the house now belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Bible Johnson, on the corner immediately.east of the Bank Hotel.
This house was bullt by John Lodwick and used as a private residence for a few years, whou Benjainin Wood bought It and started a taveru. It was subsequently used for that purpose by John Huysllp, Jumes Allen aud Andrew Craw- ford until It was flually bought by Robert Johnson, who used It as a private residence until his decease.
It is etill occupled by his widow.
About 1810, Mr. Murry bought 66 feet off the south end of the lot ou which he put up a carding machine, which was run several years-in fact this cardlug inill has been carrled ou to the prosent day. It is now the property of J. W. Lafferty. It was first run by horse power, but finally by steam. It has been re- moved from "lace to place, till It now stunds south of the "De- fender" newspaper office.
THE FIRST SADDLER.
Joseph Curry was the first saddle and harness maker. He lived outside the village. Hle owned the farm that is now the property of Casper Young, where he kept his shop and carried on his trade.
CABINET MAKER.
John Wood was the first cabinet maker to start business in the village. ITis shop stood opposite the brick residence of Mrs. Baldridge. Ile commenced husiness as early as 1812. Alexander Woodrow learned the trade with Mr. Wood, whom he subre- quently bought out. Mr. Woodrow moved his shop to the 'Tre- ber premises and finally occupied the property now owned by D. W. Thomas, Esq.
TANNERIES .- PETER SHULTS.
Peter Shults was the first to engage in the tanning business, He owned the square on which Plummer's mill now stands and as early as 1805, had a tanyard started near the N. E. corner of the lot. MIe afterwards sold to Wesley Lee who, after continuing the business some years discontinued it.
DARLINTON'S TANNERY.
G. D. Darlinton carried on the tanning business for many years in a yard sitnated where the woolen factory now stands,
TINSHOP.
Daniel Boyle settled in West Union in 1819. he first located on the property now owned hy Jacob Plinmer, where he work- ed a short time, then occupied the premises of Judge Smith, next ovenpied a building that stood where Grimes' bank is located He finally bought out Mr. Raseman and built a dwelling hou- and shop where he lived and worked until his decease. This w the first tin shop in West Union.
LODGES.
WEST UNION LODGE NO. 3, OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS,
A dispensation was granted this lodge to work January . 1817, and on the 15th day of January, 1820. a charter was granted it hy the Grand Lodge, then in session at Columbus,
The charter members were Abraham Hollingsworth, Sminnel Treat, John Kincaid, James Roff, John Fisher, George Bryan and Aaron Wilson.
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