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Signed on behalf of our Monthly Meeting held in Carlow in the county of Catherlagh in Ireland, the 28th of the I mo 1725.
Soon after their arrival in America and settlement at Londongrove, the family of Isaac Jackson became members of the New Garden Monthly Meeting, as shown in the records of that Meeting. The marriage certificate of Isaac Jackson and his wife, on the Carlow Monthly Meeting records, shows that "Isaac Jackson, of Old- castle, in the county of Meath and Ann Evans, daughter of Rowland Evans of Balliloing, in the county of Wicklow," and at Oldcastle, on the 29th of the second month, 1696, they were married. Ann, his wife, died about 1731-32. Children, first four born at Oldcastle, next two at Clonerany, Wexford County, last four at Ballytore, Kildare County :
I. Rebecca, born 1-25-1697; married Jeremiah Starr.
2. Thomas, born 9-9-1698; married, in 1721.
3. Isaac, born 7-1-1701, died 12-15-1701.
4. Alice, born 8-29-1703; married Joseph Gibson.
5. William, of whom further.
6. Mary, born 2-24-1705; married Francis Windle.
7. James, born 2-10-1708; married Hannah Miller.
8. Isaac, born 5-13-1710, died 8-13-1710.
9. John, born 10-16-1712; married (first) Sarah Miller; (second) Mrs. Margaret (Hayes) Starr.
IO. Isaac, born 1-13-1715, died aged 13-14.
("Proceedings of the Sesquicentennial Gathering of the Descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson," pp. 69-77.)
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(II) WILLIAM JACKSON, son of Isaac and Ann (Evans) Jackson, was born at Clonerany, Wexford County, Ireland, 2-24-1705, and died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, II-24-1785. He and his wife led exemplary lives and their useful- ness in society appears manifest from a testimony concerning them, issued by New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends. William Jackson married, 9-9-1733, Katha- rine Miller, born 1-30-1713, died 4-2-1781, daughter of James and Katharine (Lightfoot) Miller. Children :
I. Isaac, of whom further.
2. James, born 11-3-1736, died 4-11-1817; married Mary Jackson.
3. Ann, born 5-19-1739, died in 1804; married Caleb Harlan.
4. Elizabeth, born 11-19-1741, died in 1742.
5. Thomas, born 6-8-1743, died 6-12-1745.
6. William, born 5-14-1746, died 1-10-1834; married Hannah Seamna.
7. John, born 11-9-1748, died 12-20-1821; married Mary Harlan.
8. Katharine, born 4-10-1752, died 5-16-1754.
9. Katharine, born 10-2-1754, died 2-18-1826; married Thomas Bennington.
10. Hannah, born 5-15-1757, died 9-25-1813; married Isaac Thomas. (Ibid., pp. 74, 75, 117-20.)
(III) ISAAC JACKSON, son of William and Katharine (Miller) Jackson, was born, probably at New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7-2-1734, and died 6-27-1807. He was evidently a resident of New Garden, as his son, William, was born there in 1764. He had a farm which his father, William Jackson, had pur- chased for him at the time of his marriage and "set him up in business." Isaac's father also assisted his son, James, while the two younger sons, William and John, received by his father's will his "mansion place" to be divided between them. Isaac Jackson married (first ) Hannah Miller. He married (second), 5-13-1762, Hannah Jackson, daughter of Joseph and Susanna ( Miller) Jackson. Children :
I. Joseph, born 2-13-1763, died 5-21-1831; married (first) Gulielma Maria Waters; (second) Rachel Plummer.
2. William, born 8-1-1764, died 1-4-1821 ; married Phebe Townsend.
3. Mary, born 2-8-1766, died 7-15-1812.
4. Hannah, born 12-13-1767, died 12-5-1845.
5. Catharine, born 12-27-1769, died 7-1771.
6. Catharine, born 8-22-1771, died 8-28-1851 ; married Jesse Pngh.
7. Susanna, of whom further.
8. Isaac, born 10-1-1775, died 11-5-1855.
9. Phebe, born 7-9-1777, died 4-10-1854.
IO. Alice, born 6-23-1779, died 12-15-1813; married Enoch Lewis.
II. Rebecca, born 12-13-1781, died 11-19-1860; married Charles Allen.
12. Samuel, born 8-3-1788, died 12-17-1869; married Elizabeth C. Barker. (Ibid., pp. 26, 117-24.)
(IV) SUSANNA JACKSON, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Jackson) Jack- son, was born 10-23-1773, and died 7-10-1854. She married Emmor Kimber. (Kimber Vb).
(Ibid., p. 122.)
(The Worth Line).
This surname probably has the same meaning as the Low German worthe, meaning a protected enclosed homestead. The old expression "What is he worth?"
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in those days meant "Has he land?" If he had secured a Worth to himself he was called a worthy, for a worth was the reward of the free.
(Lower : "Patronymica Britannica.")
(I) RICHARD WORTH, the first known member of this family, died in 1691-92. His will was dated at Piscataway, New Jersey, February I, 1691-92, and was proved March I of that year. He was a joiner (or junior according to the rec- ord) and held lands in Mettuchinge, Woodbridge Corporation. He married, at Newbury, Massachusetts, September 11, 1667, Mary Pike, who died February 24, 1694, daughter of Captain John Pike, of Newbury, Massachusetts. Children :
I. John, born May 10, 1669; married, at Woodbridge, New Jersey, August 7, 1694, Jane Giles.
2. Judith, born March 18, 1670-71.
3. Joseph, of whom further.
("New Jersey Archives," First Series, Vol. XXIII, p. 526. "Woodbridge and Piscata- way Registers," pp. 17, 78.)
(II) JOSEPH WORTH, son of Richard and Mary (Pike) Worth, was born March 22, 1672-73, and died 7-30-1726. He was a Friend and the records of the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting show that on 10-7-1710 the Friends of Stony Brook were granted liberty to hold a meeting for divine worship in First-days, either at the house of Benjamin Clarke or Joseph Worth. He was also one of those in charge of building a new meetinghouse in 1725. This testimony is found con- cerning him :
He was favored with an innocent testimony though not large, was a man of an exemplary life, and brought up his children in plainness, although most of his neighbours were of other societies. He had a meeting held at his house, until a meeting-house was built in the neigh- borhood.
His will was dated at Stony Brook, New Jersey, 5-24-1724 and was proved November 30, 1726. On November 18, 1726, the inventory of his estate was taken, showing him to be worth £897.10.214. Joseph Worth married, at Piscata- way, New Jersey, September 19, 1694, Sarah Giles, who died 2-4-1759. Children, recorded at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting :
I. Mary, born 12-22-1695.
2. Giles, born 12-10-1697; married Elizabeth Tantum.
3. Sarah, born 3-18-1700.
4. Joseph, born 1-10-1702.
5. Providence, born 4-16-1704; married Aaron Hewes.
6. Elizabeth, born 5-13-1706.
7. Anne, born 5-21-1708; married Joseph Hewes.
8. Benjamin, born 5-24-1710.
9. James, born 5-16-1712.
10. Samuel, born 5-1I-1714.
11. William, of whom further.
("Woodbridge and Piscataway Registers," pp. 70, 112. Records Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Miscellaneous Collection at Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Howard Bar- clay French : "Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French," Vol. II, pp. 313-14. "The Friend," Vol. XXIX, p. 77. "New Jersey Archives," First Series, Vol. XXIII, pp. 525-26. Eben Putnam: "Lieutenant Joshua Hewes," p. 269.)
(III) WILLIAM WORTH, son of Joseph and Sarah (Giles) Worth, was born 4-16-1716. As he was twenty-five years in 1741, when Sarah Worth was born,
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it is assumed that he was her father. She lived in the same region, later marrying a man who lived but five or ten miles distant from William Worth. As no other of the name is found in that locality, of the right age to be her father, it is logically assumed that William Worth had a daughter :
I. Sarah, of whom further.
(Ibid. Davis: "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania," Vol. III, p. 58. Wrightstown Monthly Meeting records.)
(IV) SARAH WORTH, undoubtedly daughter of William Worth, was born in 1741, and died August 20, 1833. She married (first) Richard Janney. (Janney IV.) She married (second), Stephen Twining, born February 20, 1719, died August 3, 1777. She married (third) James Burson.
("The Twining Family," pp. 55-56. "Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Friends Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1680-1870," Vol. II, p. 448.)
(The Hough Line).
Hough is a portion of the parish of Wilmslow, County Chester, and the sur- name is derived from this locality. The name itself comes from the medieval Eng- lish, meaning a dweller on a bluff or hill.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Harrison: "Surnames of the United Kingdom.")
(I) JOHN HOUGH, "of Hough," was born probably in Cheshire, England, about 1660, and was living in 1710. The earliest known record of him and his family and servants is found in "A Registry of all the people in the county of Bucks within the Province of Pennsylvania that have come to settle the said county." He arrived in the ship "Friendship," of Liverpool, Mr. Robert Crosman, master, in the ninth month, 1683, with his wife Hannah, son John, and five serv- ants. He settled in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was a Friend and at first was attached to Middletown Monthly Meeting, but later trans- ferred to Falls Monthly Meeting. In 1710, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from Bucks County. The jury which met at Neshaminy Meetinghouse in September, 1692, reported thus: "The middle township, called Middletown, to begin at the upper end of Robert Hall's land, and so up Neshaminah to Newtown, and from thence to take in the lands of John Hough, Jonathan Graife, the Paxsons, and Jonathan Smith's lands, and so to take in the back part of White's land, and by these lands to the place of beginning." John Hough married, in England, about 1680, Hannah. Children, all except first, born in Pennsylvania :
- I, John, died in 1744; married Elinor Sands.
2. Mary, of whom further.
3. Stephen, born I-30-1687.
4. Hannah, born 1-7-1690.
-5. Daniel, born 4-14-1693.
6. Isaac, born 12-20-1694-95.
7. Sarah, born 4-31-1701.
8. Joseph, born 1-4-1703.
(Thomas Maxwell Potts: "Our Family Ancestors," pp. 229-34. J. H. Battle: "History of Bucks County," pp. 450, 672, 674, 677, 701.)
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(II) MARY HOUGH, daughter of John and Hannah Hough, was born probably in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 7-6-1684, and died 11-21-1711-12. She married (first) Jacob Janney. (Janney II.) She married (second), 3-2-1710, John Fisher.
(Thomas Maxwell Potts: . "Our Family Ancestors," p. 234.)
Morris
Morris, the popular surname, may be traced to two sources. It is sometimes classed as a nickname denoting foreign origin, the "Moreys," or Moors; and sometimes as a baptismal form, "the son of Maurice,". commonly spelled Morris. Throughout England are found records of this name; Thomas Moriz, County Bedford, and Robert Moreys, in the Hundred Rolls of County Cambridge. How- ever, the family in which our interest lies, is of Welsh origin, although at the time of the birth of the American progenitor they were living in London.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Lower: "Patronymica Britannica.")
(I) ANTHONY MORRIS, probably the son of Anthony Morris, of Reading, Berkshire County, born about 1600, was born about 1630 and died on the return trip from the Barbados in 1655-56. He was a mariner. He married Elizabeth Senior, who died in the Barbados in 1660, where she had gone to settle her hus- band's estate. Their only child was:
I. Anthony, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan: "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Vol. I, p. 49.)
(II) ANTHONY MORRIS, 2D, the American progenitor and son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Senior) Morris, was born in Old Gravel Lane, Stepney, London, August 23, 1654, and baptized at St. Dunstan's Church, August 25, 1654. He died in Philadelphia, October 23, 1721.
When he was six years old, he accompanied his mother to the Barbados, but after her death he returned to spend his boyhood in London. Prior to arriving at his majority, he united himself with the Society of Friends, and became a member of Savoy Meeting, in the Strand, London.
On October 4, 1682, he laid before the Meeting the intentions of his wife and himself to remove to America and asked for a certificate to Friends' Meeting at Burlington, "New West Jersie." The certificate was granted November 1, 1682, and the Morrises departed for the Delaware River. Arriving there the latter part of February, 1682-83, they took up their home in Burlington. Anthony Morris purchased two hundred and fifty acres in Burlington County, fronting on the Dela- ware, two miles below the town, and also owned several town lots.
In 1685, he removed to Philadelphia, and in 1687 established a brewery there. He early became identified with the affairs of the embryo city and on its incorpo- ration was named in the charter as one of the first aldermen. On September 6, 1692, he was commissioned justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Orphans' Court. From 1693 to 1698, he was Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and in 1696, he was provincial counsellor. On February 10, 1697-98, he was one of the applicants for the charter of the public school, and afterwards was named in the charter as one of the first Board of Overseers. From 1698 to 1704, he was a representative in the Assembly of Prov- inces, and from 1703 to 1704, he was mayor of Philadelphia.
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Anthony Morris, 2d, married (first), in England, March 30, 1676, Mary Jones, who died in Philadelphia, October 3, 1688. He married (second), in Philadelphia, October 28, 1689, as her fourth husband, Mrs. Agnes Barr, or Bom, who died July 26, 1692, she having married (third) Charles Barr, or Bom. Mr. Morris married (third), in Newport, Rhode Island, January 18, 1693, Mary (Howard) Coddington, who died in 1697, daughter of John Howard, formerly of Yorkshire, England, and widow of Thomas Coddington. He married (fourth), in 1700, Eliza- beth Watson, daughter of Luke Watson.
Among the children of Anthony Morris' first marriage was :
I. Anthony, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan: "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," pp. 49-50. Virkus: "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy," p. 985.)
(III) ANTHONY MORRIS, 3D, son of Anthony and Mary (Jones) Morris, was born in London, England, March 15, 1681-82, and died in Philadelphia in 1763. He came to Delaware with his father and mother when he was less than a year old, and in 1685 removed with them to Philadelphia.
At the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to Henry and Mary Badcock to learn the brewing business. Under the terms of the indenture, he was to serve seven years from February 29, 1695-96. When he reached his majority, he became associated with his father in the latter's breweries and continued to carry on the business probably throughout his entire life, although he soon had other interests, notably that of owner and proprietor of iron furnaces and forges in various parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He was one of the owners of the mills and forges at Wells Ferry, now New Hope, Bucks County, and was one of the found- ers of the Durham Iron Works.
He early was interested in the affairs of the Colony and October 4, 1715, was elected a member of the Common Council of Philadelphia, although he did not take his seat until July 30, 1716. In 1721, he represented Philadelphia in the Colonial Assembly, and on March 23, 1723, he was named by the Assembly as one of the signers of "Bills of Credit," as this early issue of paper money was termed. Anthony Morris was elected overseer of public schools, March 18, 1725, and retained that position until his death. On September 29, 1726, he was elected to the Alderman's Council, but declined the office, preferring to retain his seat in the Common Council. Nevertheless, when he was again elected to the former body, October 3, 1733, he accepted and served until he was chosen mayor. At the same time that he entered the Alderman's Council, he was also commissioned associate justice of the City Courts. October 3, 1738, he was named mayor, filling that posi- tion for one year, and upon retirement became justice of the Orphans' Court. He was again elected mayor, October 6, 1747, but not wishing to serve, Mr. Morris absented himself from home. As he could not be found, William Atwood was selected in his stead.
Anthony Morris, 3d, married, in Philadelphia, May 10, 1704, Phoebe Guest, who was born September 28, 1685, and died March 18, 1768, the daughter of George and Alice (Bailyes) Guest, of Philadelphia. Among their children was :
I. Anthony, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan : "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," pp. 50-52. Virkus: "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy," p. 268.)
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(IV) ANTHONY MORRIS, 4TH, son of Anthony and Phœbe (Guest) Morris, was born in Philadelphia, February 14, 1705-06, and died at "Peckham" in South- wark, October 2, 1780. On reaching manhood, he became associated with his father in the brewing business. February 28, 1728-29, he took a certificate from the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to the Monthly Meeting at Barbados, where he had business interests. When he returned to Philadelphia, he again participated in his father's concerns and, December 10, 1841, became a partner.
Mr. Morris was a large landowner and like his father was associated with the business and official life of the city as well as holding a high place in the social life of the town. He owned a city house and two country places. May I, 1748, he was admitted to the Schuylkill Colony, of which his son, Captain Samuel Morris, was later governor. Anthony Morris was elected overseer of public schools, August 8, 1742, resigning February 23, 1758, to be succeeded by his brother, Joseph Mor- ris. He continually championed the colonies against the oppressive measure of the mother country, and on November 7, 1765, was one of the signers of the non- importation agreement.
Anthony Morris, 4th, married (first), in Philadelphia, in 1730, Sarah Powell, who was born in Philadelphia, June 29, 1712, and died April 10, 1751, the daugh- ter of Samuel and Abigail (Wilcox) Powell. He married (second), in Philadel- phia, April 30, 1752, Elizabeth Hudson, born February 20, 1721-22, and died May 23, 1783, daughter of William and Jane (Evans) Hudson, and granddaughter of William and Mary (Richardson) Hudson. William Hudson, the grandfather, was a member of the Colonial Assembly and in 1725-26, he was mayor of Philadelphia.
Among the children of Anthony Morris by his first marriage was:
I. Samuel, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan : "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," pp. 54-55. Virkus: "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy," p. 268. Family data.)
(V) CAPTAIN SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Anthony and Sarah (Powell) Mor- ris, was born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1734, and died there July 7, 1812. He was usually referred to in the early records as Samuel Morris, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle, Samuel Morris, Sr.
Samuel Morris, Jr., in 1748, was an original member of the Schuylkill Colony. He was very fond of outdoor sports and was an excellent horseman. In 1750, he was apprenticed to Isaac Greenleafe, a merchant, to serve until his majority, which was in four years' time.
In 1766, he was elected governor of the colony at Schuylkill and served as such until his death, a period of forty-six years. He was also a member of the "Society of Fort Davids," of which the membership was mainly Welsh, of the "Order of Ancient Britons." The "Society was principally a fishing club. Samuel Morris was one of the most ardent members of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, of which he was president from 1766 till his death forty-six years later. It was from this club that the Philadelphia Light Horse Troop was organized, of which Samuel Morris was captain.
Both Captain Samuel Morris and his brother, Major Anthony Morris, were the most ardent of patriots, and the latter eventually lost his life in the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. Captain Samuel was selected a member of the first
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Committee of Safety of the State, appointed by the Assembly, June 20, 1775, and when this body was merged with the Council of Safety, he was elected to that organization, but declined it for more active service. He was appointed by a resolve of the Committee of Safety, January 22, 1776, chairman of a committee to survey the Jersey shore of the Delaware from Billingsport to Newtown Creek, to determine what posts it would be necessary to fortify against any invasion. He interested himself in the equipment of and organization of the army and was energetic in completing the naval defenses of the city and blocking the channel of the Delaware. His City Troop served as a bodyguard for General Washington through the campaign of 1776-77. In November, 1776, several of the troop were at the headquarters at Morristown, New Jersey; when the report of General Howe's advance was received, the entire troop, under Captain Morris, was notified and joined Washington at Trenton, December 3, 1776, marching with him to Princeton. Five days later, they covered his retreat and were the last to cross the Delaware into Pennsylvania. On Christmas night, 1776, they recrossed the Dela- ware and participated in the historic battle of Trenton. On December 30, 1776, the troop again crossed the Delaware and marched with Washington to Trenton, where they participated in the battle of Assunpink Creek; both these battles were fought on land that had belonged to the Morris family for half a century. When Washington decided to move through the night to Princeton, it was the City Troop that kept the camp fires burning to divert suspicion, and then caught up with the general, participating in the battle of Princeton, at which time Major Anthony Morris was killed.
The troop received its discharge, January 23, 1777, but continued to serve for some time, participating under the lead of Captain Morris in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, were encamped at Valley Forge, and served in the operations around Philadelphia until the evacuation of the British in June, 1778. Captain Morris continued with Washington until the end of the Revolution, and was constantly employed as the bearer of confidential messages.
Captain Morris was elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1776, and served in that body until February 21, 1777; he was again elected to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth in 1781-82-83.
Captain Samuel Morris married, in Philadelphia, December 11, 1755, Rebecca Wistar, daughter of Caspar and Catherine (Jansen) Wistar, and sister of Catha- rine (Wistar) Greenleafe, of Heidelberg, Germany. Among their children was:
I. Israel Wistar, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan: "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Vol. I, pp. 55-57. Virkus: "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy," p. 268. Family data.) .
(VI) ISRAEL WISTAR MORRIS, the son of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wis- tar) Morris, was born in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1778, and died in Lower Merion Township, August 17, 1870. As a young man he was a member of the Philadelphia City Troop which had been organized by his father. For a time he was a very prosperous broker and commission merchant, but in 1815 he removed to his farm, called "Green Hill," in Lower Merion Township, afterwards living at his mansion house there.
Israel Wistar Morris married, June 12, 1799, Mary Hollingsworth, who was
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born April 19, 1776, and died June 23, 1820, the daughter of Levi Hollingsworth, and a descendant of Valentine Hollingsworth, one of the earliest English settlers in New Castle County. Among their children was :
I. Israel, of whom further.
(J. W. Jordan: "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Vol. I, p. 62. Virkus: "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy," p. 268. Family data.)
(VII) ISRAEL MORRIS, son of Israel Wistar and Mary (Hollingsworth) Mor- ris, was born in Philadelphia, October 22, 1811, and died there December 12, 1905.
After an education obtained in a private school in Philadelphia, chartered originally by William Penn, Mr. Morris entered in 1829 upon his business career, later to prove so successful, that of iron merchant. At that time, while a few American firms struggled with the manufacture of iron, the great bulk of the pro- duction came from abroad. With the keenness of perception that later augmented his achievements, Israel Morris started in competition with these foreign com- panies. Guided by his foresight and business acumen, he opened a plant at Market and Sixteenth streets, specializing and introducing American bar and sheet iron into the country. Under his careful direction, his plant was soon competing with foreign manufacturers more than any other firm in the city.
In 1836, he took Jacob P. Jones into partnership; the firm was then known as Morris Jones and Company ; and in 1847, he added Richard N. Dowing. Another change was made in the firm's name in 1860, when it became known as Morris, Wheeler and Company.
Mr. Morris retired from active participation in the organization in 1860, but so well had he started this great enterprise that it still leads as one of the largest iron manufacturing plants of its kind. The firm remained in its old location for ninety years, moving in 1916-17 to Thirtieth and Locust streets, and now located at Fox Street and Roberts Avenue.
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