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"The head of the family of Castlehill so antiently proprietor of this estate, of that of Drakies or Draggie, and of that of Muccovy, though by nature of his fee of Castlehill he held immediately of the Crown was nevertheless not created Baron of the State of the Kingdom till James 6th conferred that honor on him, and his heirs male are assignees bear- ing the name and arms of Cuthbert as appears from the Charter of creation, which was dated on the 19th of August, 1592, vesting him with that quality, and with all sorts of Jurisdic- tion thereto belonging with the right, likewise of sitting in the Assembly of the States of the Kingdom, wherein as well as in the Parliament the destination of the House of Lords and House of Commons never existed as in the Parliament of England and now in that of Great Britain, and things always remained on that footing in Scotland until the union of the Parliament of England of both Kingdoms in the year 1707 under the reign of Queen Anne of which late Charters and Seizins that have escaped destruction, beginning of that granted in the year 1478 to William (Cuthbert) son of John and grandson of George who distin- guished himself at the Battle of Harlaw. Alexander Cuthbert hereafter mentioned has presented with the preceding memorial in an interrupted series authenticated copies to the Lord Lyon in order to prove as far back as evidence of this kind (on account of the above unfortunate circumstances) can be traced, the antient illustrious existence of the family of Castlehill and to obtain from his lordship a certificate thereof in the legal and due form, also a testimonial of the destruction of the more antient writings of the family from the above mentioned circumstances and likewise a certificate of the Armorial Bearing of the said family as is recorded in the Lyon Office and of the synonymous appellations of the surname thereof in the Kingdom so as to ascertain and make known beyond all doubt, the illustrious extraction and descent of the male children and grandchildren of the late John Cutlibert, Baron of Castlehill, and of the late Jane Hay, heiress of Dalkethy, his spouse, of the late George their eldest son Baron of Castlehill who espoused Mary M'Intosh of Holm and left by her besides his other son another male George four sons, viz: James settled in Georgia in North America, Senely in France, Lewis and George in Jamaica. Lachlan their second son who espoused Mary Margaret Harford of Sufton, and died lately in France where he was a Major General having by his said spouse a son named Alexander Roger, and a daugh- ter; their third son Alexander, who is naturalized in France and commonly lived there, their fourth son James married and settled in Carolina, there was presented with the preceding memorial the above mentioned Alexander third lawful son of the said Lachlan, who was a son of the said Jane Hay his wife, a copy duly authentick of the charter granted by King James the third dated 23d of July, 1478, of the Lands of auld Castlehill to William Cuthbert son of John, and grandson of George who distinguished himself at the battle of Harlaw against the King's enemies and obtained at that time as a perpetual monumental thereof a Fess Gules addition to the Quiver in Pale, the antient arms of his family, a copy likewise authentic of the charter upon resignation of the said man or of Auld Castlehill granted by Queen Mary on the 24th of July, 1548, to George Cuthbert, nephew and apparent heir of John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill, the grandson of the above William and in favour of his heirs male, a copy also duly authentic of a Charter under the Grand seal of the Kingdom writing and erecting all the lands belonging to the family of Castlehill that were held of the King into a free Barony in favor of John Cuthbert son and heir of the last mentioned George and to his heirs male or assignees they bearing the names and arms of Cuthbert.
"This Charter bears date the 19th of August, 1592, service and retour William Cuth- bert Baron of Castlehill as Heir to his father the last mentioned John dated 13th of July, 1624, an authentick copy of the Charter of Confirmation under the great seal of Charles Ist dated the first day of August, 1625, in favor of
"John Cuthbert Baron of Castlehill (this John was the father of David Cuthbert of America, the said David Cuthbert is grandfather to the Honorable James Cuthbert, of Banty, in the Province of Canada, North America) in consequence of a Charter of resignation from his father, the last mentioned William, dated the 3d of November, 1624, service and
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retour. George Cuthbert Baron of Castlehill as heir to his father the last mentioned John ciated the Ist of April, 1677, authentick extract of the seizins of John Cuthbert Baron of Castlehill of Barony granted to him by his father the last mentioned George, dated the 20th of April, 1699, authentick extract of the seizins of the Life Rent provision of Jane Hay of Dalkethy spouse of the last mentioned John dated IIth of May, 1700, disposition and trust by John Cuthbert Baron of Castlehill to Jane Hay his spouse in favour of his younger children therein named for securing their patrimonies dated the 6th of November, 1731. Authentick extract of the seizins of George Cuthbert Baron of Castlehill son of the last mentioned John and Jane Hay his spouse of the Barony of Castlehill dated the 22nd of De- cember, 1725, upon a precept contained in his contract of marriage with Mary his spouse daughter of James M'Intosh of Holm Esq. and lastly certificates of the baptism of the chil- dren of the last mentioned John and George Barons of Castlehill with many other rights produced in process all which prove the state and existence of their children and grand- children as above set forth.
"We John Campbell Hooks of Bankeston Esq. Lord Lyon King of Arms do hereby certify and make known the facts mentioned in the above memorial presented to us relat- ing to the antient illustrious Armorial Bearing and surname of the said illustrious family of Castlehill, conformable to the general History of this Kingdom to vouchers lodged in the Lyon Office, to public notes writ that the illustrious extraction and descent of the Hon- orable John Cuthbert late Baron of Castlehill and of the Honorable Jane Hay of Dalkethy his spouse and their descendants as above, vouchers and writs to us presented that illustrious existence of the said family of Castlehill any higher than the above battle proceeding truly as is the case of many other antient and illustrious families of this Kingdom from the general destruction of antient monuments and writings at the time of invasion of this Kingdom by King Edward the first of England from the devastations afterwards in the County of In- verness by McDonald Lord of the Isles from the late destruction of the antient monuments at the time of the Reformation and from the long want of public registers for Charters and seizins in this Kingdom, that the Armorial Bearing as above described and supported on account of the erection of Castlehill into a Barony and long usage as are allowed and record- ed in the publick register of the Lyon Office that the variation of the surname of the said family according to the variations of the language and idiom as above set down is no less public by known Kingdoms than already solemnly acknowledged, and certified by an Act of the second session of the first Parliament of the late King James the IIth and that George Cuthbert of Castlehill son of John Browne of Castlehill and his spouse a daughter of John Cuthbert of Drakies, the last mentioned John's father was married to Magdalen, daughter of Sir James Frazer of Brea (third son of Simon the seventh Lord Lovat) and Barbara his spouse daughter of David Wyms Fingask a younger son of the family of the Earl of Wyms and that William Hay of Dalkethy Bishop of Murray the above Jane Hay lawfully descended in the direct male line from the family of the Earl of Errol, who are hereditary Lord Constables of Scotland and by his mother Dorothea Bruce of Pitharly from the antient Islands of Annunadel and Carrick was married to Mary daughter of Robert Wyms Baron of Castlehill a lad of the family of Wyms and of his spouse Mary Sharpe a daughter of the Baron of Houston all of them antient and illustrious families of this Kingdom.
"In Testimony Whereof these presents are subscribed by Robert Roswell our Deputy and our seal of Office is appended hereunto at Edinburgh the first day of August, 1771."
THOMAS CUTHBERT, first, possibly a son of the James Cuthbert mentioned in the above record as the second son of John Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, by his wife, Jane Hay, who "married and settled in Carolina, in North America," was born in England or Scotland about 1680, and removed to America, 1715-20, set- tling in Bladen county, North Carolina, from whence he removed to Philadelphia, prior to 1744. He married Anne ---- , who died May 21, 1753. He died Janu- ary 24, 1756, and was interred in the burial-ground of Christ Church.
They had two sons who came with their parents to Philadelphia, viz :
THOMAS CUTHBERT, second, eldest son, of whom presently ;
John Cuthbert, who settled in the Chester Valley, where he purchased a plantation, about five miles from West Chester; he was a vestryman of St. Thomas' Church in the Great Valley; and a Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Associators in 1747, at the time of the threatened Spanish Invasion, during the War of the Austrian Succession.
THOMAS CUTHBERT, second, eldest son of Thomas and Anne Cuthbert, was born in England or Scotland in 1713, died in Philadelphia. January II, 1781, and
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was interred in the burial-ground of Christ Church. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Philadelphia, 1775, a delegate to the Provincial Convention of January, 1775 ; vestryman of Christ Church and Senior Warden in 1776. He was commissioned September 3, 1776, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Orphans' Court of the city and county of Philadelphia.
He married, May 19, 1744, Ann, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Philadelphia, born 1717, died January 15, 1759, and was buried in the graveyard at Christ Church, Fifth and Arch streets, Philadelphia. Her father, Anthony Wilkinson, was born in England.
Issue of Thomas and Ann (Wilkinson) Cuthbert:
Thomas Cuthbert, Jr., b. in Phila., March 3, 1745; d. there, March 18, 1823; buried at St. Peter's burial-ground, Third and Pine streets, although he was a vestryman of Christ Church; he m. at Christ Church, June 23, 1773, Saralı Latimer, of Del., a con- nection of the Richardson family, an account of which appears in this volume; they had thirteen children, one of whom, James Latimer Cuthbert, was a member of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, who joined in the formation of the First City Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry, of which he was Second Lieutenant, 1811-16; and was also a member of the "State in Schuylkill;"
John Cuthbert, b. in Phila., June 18, 1746; d. July 31, 1774; unm .;
Allen Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Dec. 17, 1747; d. in the fall of 1773; unm .;
Elizabeth Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Nov. 23, 1749; d. there, Dec. 26, 1828; unm .;
ANTHONY, b. March 4, 1751; of whom presently;
Ann Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Sept. 22, 1752; d. there, Oct. 1, 1786; m. Dr. Henry Latimer. of Del .;
Catharine Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Feb. 6, 1754; m. 1774, Abraham Collings;
William Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Nov. 20, 1755; d. there, Jan. 23, 1756;
Peter Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Jan. 10, 1757; d. unm;
Samuel Cuthbert, b. in Phila., Nov. I, 1758; d. there, Jan., 1839; m. at Christ Church, Jan. 27, 1810, Hannah Ogden, wife of Capt. Duer.
ANTHONY CUTHBERT, son of Thomas Cuthbert, second, by his wife, Ann Wilkinson, born in Philadelphia, March 4, 1751, was one of Philadelphia's early shipbuilders. His house on Penn street, south of Lombard, is still standing. He died there November 14, 1832, and was buried in St. Peter's burial-ground. On April 15, 1780, Anthony Cuthbert was commissioned Captain of the Sixth Company, Artillery Battalion of Philadelphia. He married (first) March 2, 1775. Sarah, born September 13, 1758, died December 16, 1792, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lockett) Dixon; (second) December 19, 1799, Mary, born May, 1770, died February 7, 1862, daughter of Joseph and Jemima (Hughes) Ogden.
Issue of Anthony and Sarah (Dixon) Cuthbert:
Sarah Cuthbert, b. Sept. 1, 1775; d. May 4, 1850; m. Feb. 21, 1799, at Phila., Joshua Perci- val;
Mary Cuthbert, b. May 23, 1778; d. July 17, 1799; unm .;
Thomas Cuthbert, b. March 21, 1780; d. June 24, 1796;
Anthony Cuthbert, Jr., b. Aug. 4, 1782; d. Aug., 1805, at sea; unm .;
Peter Cuthbert, b. June (or July) 27, 1783; d. Aug. 24, 1797;
Joseph Cuthbert, b. Aug. 21, 1784; d. Oct. 3, 1788;
Ann Cuthbert, b. June (or July) 12, 1786; d. June 3, 1792;
Robert Cuthbert, b. Jan. 16, 1788; d. Oct. 7, 1798;
Elizabeth Cuthbert, b. Aug. 13, 1791; d. Oct. 29, 1792.
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Issue of Anthony and Mary (Ogden) Cuthbert:
JOSEPH OGDEN CUTHBERT, b. Sept. 23, 1800; of whom presently;
Elizabeth Cuthbert, b. Feb. 22, 1802; d. Dec. 9, 1891; m. April 10, 1823, in Phila., Alger- non Sydney Roberts, son of Algernon and Tacie (Warner) Roberts;
Allen Cuthbert, b. Feb. 25, 1804; d. in Phila., June 29, 1884; m. (first) May 17, 1833, Anna Morrison, who d. May 14, 1835, (second) Feb., 1852, Rebecca T. Waterman, a descendant of Toby Leech, of Cheltenham;
Mary Cuthbert, b. Sept. 20, 1806; d. in Phila., Jan. 23, 1876; unm .;
Samuel Cuthbert, b. in Phila., April 18, 1808; d. at Doylestown, Bucks co., Pa., April, 1875; m. (first) in Phila., May 13, 1830, Anna Mayland, who d. Oct. 5, 1839, (scond) in St. Louis, Mo., March 25, 1848, Eugenia B. Jones;
Lydia Cuthbert, b. in Phila., March 13, 1811; d. there, Nov. 27, 1896; m. at 41 Penn street., Phila., by the Rt. Rev. William White, Bishop of Pa., Feb. 20, 1834, Joseph M. Thomas, a member of the Gray Reserves (now First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P.) during the Civil War, and a member of "State in Schuylkill."
JOSEPH OGDEN CUTHBERT, eldest son of Capt. Anthony Cuthbert, by his second marriage with Mary Ogden, and ramed for his maternal grandsire, was born in Philadelphia, September 23, 1800, died near Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1887; buried in Colestown Cemetery, New Jersey. He was Senior Warden of Grace Church, Haddonfield, from 1851 until his death, a period of thirty-six years. He was a subscriber to the Philadelphia Library from 1814 to 1887, and at his death devised his share in that institution to his grandson, Joseph Ogden Cuthbert III., the latter being the fourth generation of the family to hold it, it having been subscribed by Joseph Ogden, before referred to, in 1769. Joseph Ogden Cuth- bert married, April 5, 1823, Elizabeth Sharp Coles, of Colestown, New Jersey, born April, 1800, died May 3, 1873, and is buried beside her husband in the Coles- town Cemetery.
Issue of Joseph Ogden and Elizabeth S. (Coles) Cuthbert:
MARY CUTHBERT, b. Jan. 16, 1824, on the "Ogden Farm," West Phila .; m. in Phila., Sept. 28, 1852, Thomas Leonard Gillespie, a well-known merchant of Phila., b. Feb. 28, 1824, d. Sept. 6, 1906; they had issue :
George Cuthbert Gillespie, b. in Phila., Sept. 14, 1858; educated in private schools and the Univ. of Pa., graduating from the latter institution in the class of '78; member of Delta Psi fraternity; member of St. Elmo and Markham clubs, Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, and of Welcome Society of Penn- sylvania ; also member of the Philobiblin Club; he is a descendant of Richard Stockton, of Flushing, L. I., later of Princeton, N. J., through the marriage of Elizabeth Stockton with William Budd, II., of Burlington, N. J .; and of Sam- uel Cole, member of New Jersey Assembly from Gloucester co., 1683-85; m. April 26, 1899, at Christ Church, Phila., Mary, dau. of Albert Buzby, of New York City; they have issue :
Katharine Gillespie, b. March 7, 1900;
Eleanor Cuthbert Gillespie, b. July 23, 1904; Alberta Elizabeth Gillespie, b. Nov. 13, 1905.
Anna Gillespie, m. Dr. George Mellick Boyd;
Elizabeth Cuthbert Gillespie, member of Society of Colonial Dames.
Lydia Cuthbert; Anthony Cuthbert;
Sarah Cuthbert; Joseph Ogden Cuthbert, Jr .; Allen Cuthbert; Henry Clay Cuthbert ; Thomas Cuthbert.
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CARPENTER ARMS.
CARPENTER AND PRESTON FAMILIES.
SAMUEL CARPENTER, said to have been the first merchant of Philadelphia, and who was at least the first to engage in foreign trade at that port, and at his death in 1714, the wealthiest man in the Province of Pennsylvania, came of "an ancient and noble family of great antiquity" in England. He came to Philadelphia from Barbadoes, bringing a certificate from the Friends Meeting at Bridgetown, dated 6mo. 23, 1683. That he was of English parentage and nativity seems to be proven by the will of his brother Abraham, who died in Trenton, New Jersey, which mentions a sister Mary, a widow, in Lambeth, England; a sister Demaris, wife of David Hunt, of Southwark, England; children of a brother, John Carpenter, "late of Horsham, Essex;" and a sister Dorothy Jupp, also of England. Nothing has, however, been discovered in reference to his parents, or whether they accom- panied him to Barbadoes or not. According to Besse, Samuel Carpenter, was among those who suffered persecution for their religious faith in Barbadoes in 1673, but as he was born in the year 1650, he may have gone to Barbadoes to engage in trade about the time of attaining his majority, as he was possessed of ample wealth on his arrival in Pennsylvania. According to Burke's "General Armory" the arms of the Carpenter family of Barbadoes, granted in Ireland, June II, 1647, were as follows: "Paly of six ar. and gu. on a chevron Sa. three plates each charged with a cross pattee gu." Crest,-A Demi-lion rampant, gu. Ducally crowned or. collared Sa. with the motto, Audaces Fortuna Juvat. The crest above described was invariably used by Samuel Carpenter, of Philadelphia, on his seal. His two brothers, Joshua and Abraham Carpenter, were also merchants in Phila- delphia for a time, and owned several tracts of land jointly in West Jersey. Joshua was a member of Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1702-07, and was one of Penn's Commissioners of Property, 1708. Abraham, the other brother. removed to Trenton, New Jersey, and died there unmarried as before recited.
Samuel Carpenter engaged early in foreign trade and had a warehouse and resi- dence on the river front, with a bakery and the Globe Tavern, one of the earliest hostelries of Philadelphia. He lived for many years in the "Slate-roof House" on Second street, site of the Commercial Exchange, where Gov. Penn resided in 1700, and afterwards; John Penn, eldest son of the "Founder," being born there and where the Provincial Assembly met in 1696.
He also owned lots on the north side of Market street from the Delaware, extending back half way to Arch; and on Walnut street extending from the river to Second street and back to Norris alley. He had a half interest with Penn, in a mill on the site of Chester, the third mill to be erected in the Province. In 1692 he acquired by articles of agreement with Francis Rossel, a half interest in a mill erected by Rossel in Bristol, Bucks county, 1683, and a large amount of valuable property there, to which he added by purchase after the death of Rossel, and under the will of the latter became sole owner of the mill property. He also owned over 5,000 acres of land in Warrington and Warminster, Bucks county; an island in the Delaware, opposite Bristol; a half-interest in a mill at Darby ; several thousand acres in Elsenborough, Salem county, New Jersey ; and six hundred acres on the
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Delaware river "over against Philadelphia." He was from his arrival in Penn- sylvania a close friend and adviser of Penn, later becoming one of the trustees under his will, and was almost constantly employed on Provincial affairs. He was one of Penn's Commissioners in 1683, and probably for many years thereafter, and was a member of Governor's Council, 1687-89; 1694-5; and 1697 to 1713; and with John Goodson, another Philadelphia merchant, was Deputy Governor of the Province from November 24, 1694, to September 3, 1698. He was a member of Provincial Assembly, 1693-95, and was Provincial Treasurer from 1685 to his death. As the pioneer merchant of Philadelphia, he was largely instrumental in establishing its early commercial prestige, and was also one of the pioneers in the improvement and development of the city, as well as in the establishment of manu- facturing industries there and in the surrounding country. Watson says of him, "he was the Stephen Girard of his day in Wealth, and the William Sansom, in the improvements he suggested and the edifices which he built." He was one of the first trustees of the public school, and founded the business of ship building at Philadelphia. He lost heavily in the war of 1703, and closing out his shipping business gave almost his entire attention to Provincial affairs and the development of his properties. He died in his mansion house on King, now Water street, April 10, 1714. A memorial of the Society of Friends, of which he was a consistent and earnest member says of him: "He was a pattern of humility, patience and self denial ; a man fearing God and hating covetousness ; much given to hospitality and good works. He was a loving, affectionate husband, tender father, and faithful friend and brother. * ever ready to help the poor and such as were in distress His name shall be revered among the faithful for generations to come."
Samuel Carpenter married at Friends Meeting in Philadelphia, October 12, 1684, Hannah Hardiman, native of Haverford West, South Wales, who brought a certificate from the Friends Meeting there, dated August 2, 1683, which was received at Philadelphia, November 4, 1684. It was signed among others by Abraham and Jane Hardiman, the latter her mother. She was an eminent min- ister among Friends and travelled cxtensively "in the service of Truth." She died May 24, 1728, aged eighty-two years.
Issue of Samuel and Hannah (Hardiman) Carpenter:
Hannah Carpenter, b. March 3, 1685-6; m. Dec. 6, 1701, William Fishbourne, b. in Tal- bot co., Md .; settled in Phila., 1700; Provincial Councillor, 1723-31; City Treasurer, 1725-6. His granddaughter, Elizabeth Fishbourne, became the second wife of 'Thomas Wharton, President of Supreme Executive Council, 1776-8; first chief executive of the state under the constitution of 1776; and other descendants of Hannah Carpenter were intermarried with prominent Colonial families of Philadelphia;
SAMUEL CARPENTER, b. Feb. 9, 1687-8; d. 1748; m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Preston, Provincial Councillor; of whom presently ;
Joshua Carpenter, b. March 28, 1689; d. April 16, 1689;
John Carpenter, b. May 5, 1690; d. 1724; m. 1710, Ann, dau. of Richard and Esther Hoskins, the former an eminent minister among Friends and a physician, brought a certificate dated 7mo. 24, 1696, from a Quarterly Meeting "att the house of Thomas Pilgrim" Barbadoes, including his wife and family. "Has travelled much for the propagation of Truth, in Several Countries;" issue :
Martha Carpenter, m. March 23, 1738, Reese Meredith, son of Reese of Radnor, Wales, b. 1708, who produced, 21no. 1730, a certificate from Leominster Meeting in Hereford, and became a prominent shipping merchant in Phila .; d. there, Nov. 17, 1778, and his wife, Aug. 26, 1769. Their daughter, Elizabeth, m. George Clymer, signer of the Declaration of Independence ;
Hannah Carpenter, b. Nov. 23, 1711; d. July 14, 1751; m. Joseph Wharton, of "Walnut Grove."
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Rebecca Carpenter, b. April 26, 1692; d. 1713;
Abraham Carpenter, d. in 1702.
SAMUEL CARPENTER Jr., eldest son of Samuel and Hannah ( Hardiman) Car- penter, was also a merchant of Philadelphia, and took a more or less prominent part in Provincial affairs. He was elected to the Common Council of Philadel- phia, October 2, 1716, and served until his death, and was also one of the trustees of the Loan Office, and filled other positions of honor and trust. He married, May 25, 1711, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Preston, Provincial Councillor, etc., an account of whose life and services follows. She was born in 1693, died in 1773.
Issue of Samuel and Hannah (Preston) Carpenter:
Samuel Carpenter, b. 1712; d. in Jamaica, 1747; was a merchant at Kingston, Jamaica; m. at Kingston and had three children :
Samuel, d. at Kingston, in 1785; Hannah, d. y .;
Thomas, succeeded his father as merchant at Kingston; m. and reared a large family there;
Rachel Carpenter, b. 1716; d. at Salem, N. J., unm., Nov. 16, 1794;
PRESTON CARPENTER, b. Oct. 28, 1721; d. Oct. 20, 1785; of whom presently ;
Hannah Carpenter, m. April 28, 1746, Samuel Shoemaker, Mayor of Phila. for two terms, Provincial Justice, City Treasurer, etc .; she was buried May 1, 1766; of her eleven children but four lived to mature years, and but one, Benjamin, of Germantown, m. and left issue;
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