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Benjamin Mendenhall settled in Concord and was an Elder of Concord Meet- ing at his death in April, 1740, and is styled in some of the records as a wheel- wright. He married, April 17, 1689, Ann, eldest daughter of Robert Pennell, who with Hannah, his wife, came from Boulderton, Nottinghamshire, England, bringing a certificate from "Friends at Fulbeck," July 3, 1684, which included
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Thomas Garrett, Hugh Rodnell, and Richard Parker, and their respective wives and children. Robert Pennell settled first in Middletown, and was constable of that township in 1687. He purchased, in 1691, 250 acres of land in Edgmont and added 264 more acres in 1705, adjoining Philip Yarnall. He died there in 1728, and his wife in 171I, at the age of seventy-one years, leaving seven children.
Benjamin Mendenhall, eldest son of Benjamin and Ann (Pennell) Mendenhall, born May 5, 1691, was recommended as a minister of the Society of Friends by Concord Meeting, August 2, 1725, and March 7, 1742-3, received a certificate to pay a religious visit to Friends in Virginia and North Carolina in company with Samuel Hopwood, a minister from England. When about to return to his home he was taken sick, and died at the house of Zachariah Nixon, in Parquimans county, North Carolina. He married, at Gwynedd Meeting, May 9, 1717, Lydia Roberts, born in Wales, in 1694, daughter of Owen and Mary Roberts, who had come from Wales with the Welsh colony of 1697, and settled at Gwynedd. Lydia (Roberts) Mendenhall married (second) William Hammans, and died July 4, 1752. Hannah (Mendenhall) Yarnall, second wife of Nathan Yarnall, was second of the six children of Benjamin and Lydia (Roberts) Mendenhall. She was born January 19, 1719-20, and died August 19, 1760, leaving four chil- dren, of whom Ellis Yarnall, of Philadelphia, was third. Nathan Yarnall married (third) January 5, 1769, at Chester Meeting, Jane, widow of John Bezer. She died May 25, 1775, and he January 10, 1780.
Issue of Nathan and Rachel (Jackson) Yarnall:
Ephraim, b. July 6, 1733; m. Dorothy, dau. of his uncle Philip Yarnall; (second) Sarah Holton ;
Nathan, b. June 2, 1736, d. Jan. 10, 1779; m. Phebe Schofield;
Benjamin, b. June 5, 1738; m. April 30, 1761, Elizabeth Folwell;
John, b. Feb. 8, 1739-40; m. Feb. 3, 1774, Elizabeth Newli.1;
Edith, b. May 13, 1743, d. Jan. 18, 1787: "A Minister distinguishly gifted, and beloved as far as she was known;" m. Dec. 15, 1768, Joshua Sharpless;
Joel, b. Aug. 15, 1745, d. May 20, 1768;
Samuel, b. May 29, 1748; m. (first) Hannah Hatton; (second) Mary Harrison.
Issue of Nathan and Hannah (Mendenhall ) Yarnall:
Eli, "The Seer," heing gifted with an extraordinary faculty of fore-telling events and being conscious of events that were transpiring far beyond his ken; b. March 29, 1753, d. Aug. 25, 1812; m. Priscilla Walker ;
Joshua, b. Jan. 16, 1755, bur. Oct. 9, 1790; unm .;
ELLIS, b. Jan. 31, 1757, d. in Phila., Dec. 7, 1847; m. (first) Rachel Mary Hornor;
---- and (second) Robert, d. young.
ELLIS YARNALL, youngest surviving son of Nathan Yarnall, by his second wife, Hannah Mendenhall, born in Concord township, Chester county, Pennsyl- vania, January 31, 1757, came to Philadelphia when a young man and became a prominent merchant there. He was a member of the Society of Friends and during his long life was ever interested in the amelioration of the condition of the downtrodden and oppressed of the human race. He was an Elder of the Twelfth Street Meeting, and loyally served on a number of philanthropic committees of the meeting, and was deeply interested in the Anti-Slavery movement, the civiliza- tion and Christianization of the Indian, and various charitable and benevolent
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enterprises, giving liberally of his means for the benefit of the poor and afflicted. He died December 7, 1847, in his ninety-first year, having "lived a life of meek devotion to the service of his Maker."
He married Mary Hornor, daughter of Benjamin Hornor, a prominent mer- chant of Philadelphia, a native of Burlington county, New Jersey, who had come to Philadelphia when a boy, and spent the remainder of his life there, first as a hatter and later as a hardware merchant. He was many years one of the man- agers of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for the Improvement of the con- dition of the African Race. He was a man of deep religious convictions, and a teacher in the first Sabbath schools established in Pennsylvania in 1793. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah ( Beakes) Potts, of the promi- nent New Jersey family of the name, and a great-granddaughter of Mahlon Stacy, founder of Trenton. She died in 1795, aged fifty-five years, and he in 1810; his later years being spent with the Coates family, into which two of his daughters married. Mary (Hornor) Yarnall died February 27, 1836, aged seven- ty-four years.
Issue of Ellis and Mary (Hornor) Yarnall:
Benjamin Hornor Yarnall, of Phila., m. Eliza Coffin, of Nantucket, sister to Lucretia Mott, the eminent preacher, and Anti-Slavery advocate of the Society of Friends; had six children : Thomas C., Ellis, Mary, Sarah, William and Rebecca;
Sarah Yarnall, b. 1792, d. 1829, unm .;
Ellis H. Yarnall, b. 1794, d. unm. in 1829;
Amy Yarnall, an Elder of Society of Friends; m. (first) Dr. Benjamin Ellis, of Phila .; (second) John Tatum, of Wilmington, Del., a much esteemed minister of Society of Friends;
Edward Yarnall, m. Caroline, dau. of Thomas P. Cope, who in 1821 established the first regular line of packet ships between Phila. and Liverpool, a business continued and augmented by his sons and grandsons, under title of Cope Bros .;
CHARLES YARNALL, prominent merchant of Phila .; m. Emma Cope; of whom presently.
CHARLES YARNALL, youngest son of Ellis and Mary (Hornor) Yarnall, was born in the city of Philadelphia, November 22, 1800. He received a good classical and general business education, and continuing scholarly pursuits all his life, be- came a fine classical scholar. He was a very public spirited citizen and a man of rare gifts as a scholar and business man. He was one of the founders of Haverford College, and largely instrumental in the remodelling and reorganiza- tion of the William Penn Charter School of Philadelphia, and says Thomas Chase, president of Haverford College, in a memorial of Charles Yarnall, pub- lished in the North American and United States Gazette, October 24, 1877, "of both these institutions he may be called the father and much of what is best in their organization and methods can be traced to his suggestion." He was a prom- inent and successful merchant and took a lively interest in all that pertained to the best interests of his native city. He died September 28, 1877. He married Emma, daughter of Jasper Cope, of the prominent dry-goods firm of Israel and Jasper Cope, Market street, above Fourth.
Issue of Charles and Emma (Cope) Yarnall:
ELLIS HORNOR, b. Dec. 23, 1839, Phila .; of whom presently;
Anna, b. March 5, 1844, unm .; residing in Phila.
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ELLIS HORNOR YARNALL, son of Charles and Emma (Cope) Yarnall, born December 23, 1839, was prepared for college at Gregory's Classical Academy, and entering Haverford College was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1858. Several succeeding years he spent in mercantile pursuits, being with Whitall, Tatum & Company, manufacturers and merchants of Philadelphia, but gave up a business career to pursue the study of law. He took a course in the Law Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1866. He was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar the same year, and at once engaged in the practice of the law in the courts of Philadelphia. For some time he was editor of the geographical department of the American Naturalist. He spent several years in travel in European countries returning to his native city in 1894, since which time he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession until his death, which occurred December 18, 1907. An obituary notice in St. Clement's Magasine says of him: "On December 18, Ellis Hornor Yarnall entered into rest. He had been for many years connected with St. Clement's, and was for some time a member of the vestry. Uncompromising in his churchmanship, Mr. Yarnall was a staunch Catholic, and was a true defender of the Faith in the early history of the parish. Devout in his Christian life, and sincere and straightfor- ward in his dealings with others, he was respected by all who knew him. His illness was of brief duration, and his death came as a surprise to many. May he rest in peace." He was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, of the Philadelphia Geographical Society and of other organizations. Mr. Yarnall was married (first) in 1880, to Caroline Ridgeway Rowland, (second) in 1897, to his cousin, Emily Yarnall, who survives him.
PEPPER FAMILY.
The Pepper family, destined to play an important part in the business and pro- fessional life of Philadelphia, was founded in American by Johan Heinrich Pfeffer, born near Strasburg, Germany, January 5, 1739, who embarked from Rotterdam in the ship "Minerva," Capt. Thomas Arnott, with ninety-one other Germans and Palatines, for Philadelphia, and was qualified as a subject of the English crown at that city on October 13, 1769. Soon after his arrival he located at Schaffertown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, but in 1774 returned to Phila- delphia, and thereafter made his home in that city, where he acquired much valuable real estate and became one of the prominent business men of the city. The German name of Pfeffer became Anglicized into Pepper and he was known in Philadelphia as Henry Pepper. He died in that city, March 11, 1808. His will, dated December 17, 1807, and proven May 18, 1808, devised to his children and grandchildren houses and lots in different parts of the city, a brewery in Lyecoming county, and valuable real estate elsewhere. His wife Catharine sur- vived him and was devised the house where he dwelt. The children of Henry and Catharine Pepper, as named in his will, were as follows:
Catharine Pepper, named in her father's will as "eldest daughter" and "wife of Jona- than Miller;"
Philip Pepper, deceased at date of his father's will, leaving son Philip H. Pepper, who d. unm .;
Elizabeth Pepper, named in father's will as his second daughter and wife of George Thomson;
Sarah Pepper, named in father's will as deceased wife of "late Adam Seybert;"
GEORGE PEPPER, b. March 15, 1779, d. Jan. 6, 1846; m. Mary Catharine Seckel; of whom presently ;
Margaret Pepper, named in father's will as his youngest daughter.
GEORGE PEPPER, second son of Henry and Catharine Pepper, born in the city of Philadelphia, March 15, 1779, was placed by his father as an apprentice in the counting house of the prominent firm of Willing & Francis, when a youth, to learn the mercantile business. He developed into a man of almost unequalled business capacity and, engaging in the mercantile business on his own account, became, before reaching middle life, one of the wealthiest men of the city.
George Pepper was for many years interested in the brewing business, and resided during the later years of his life at 225 Chestnut street, having a summer residence on an ample estate which he called "Fairy Hill," a part of which is now Laurel Hill Cemetery. He owned at the time of his death a vast amount of real estate in the city, breweries on Cherry and Minor streets, and a large number of houses on Eighth and Market streets, and in other parts of the city. By his will, dated January 5, 1846, and proven January 12 of the same month, the greater part of his real estate holdings were to be held in trust by his executors, who were his wife, Mary, sons, George S. and William Pepper, his son-in-law, Isaac Norris, and Michael Baker, for the benefit of his children and grandchildren, ample pro- vision being made for their improvement. The rapid growth of the city in the years succeeding his death greatly enhanced their value. No estate, with the
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possible exception of that of Stephen Girard, has contributed so largely to the development of the material wealth of the city of Philadelphia. The accumulated millions derived from it have since largely been devoted to the public use in the establishment of hospitals, free public libraries, etc., and to the general advance- inent of public utilities and benefactions.
George Pepper died at his residence, 225 Chestnut street, January 6, 1846. He married, May 13, 1802, Mary Catharine, born in Philadelphia, June 7, 1780, daughter of John David Seckel, and granddaughter of George David Seckel, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, who died in 1797, by his wife, Mary Catharine. Mrs. Pepper survived her husband fifteen years, and died June 21, 1861.
Issue of George and Mary Catharine (Seckel) Pepper:
Henry Pepper, b. April 1803; many years prominent business man of Phila .; m. Feb. II, 1841, Sallie Norris, b. Jan. 16, 1814, d. May 19, 1899, dau. of Joseph Parker and Eliza- beth Hill (Fox) Norris; they had issue:
Elizabeth Norris Pepper, b. Dec. 19, 1841; m. Feb. 7, 1872, Col. William Brooke Rawle;
Henry Pepper, b. Aug. 8, 1843, d. Feb. 28, 1844;
Mary Pepper, b. Jan. II, 1845, d. Jan. 12, 1845;
Henry Pepper, b. Nov. 4, 1846, d. March 3, 1880; m. Jan. 16, 1873, Agnes Camp- bell Norris;
Mary Pepper, b. Nov. 18, 1848; m. June 21, 1880, John Gwynn;
Catharine Pepper, b. May 1, 1851, d. May 2, 1851;
George Norris Pepper, b. Oct. 18, 1852;
Emily Norris Pepper, b. June 28, 1855; m. Feb. 1, 1877, J. Waln Vaux, and had issue :
Richard Vaux, b. Dec. 13, 1877;
Henry Vaux, b. June 12, 1879, banker of Phila .;
Norris Wister Vaux, b. Sept. 1, 1881, M. D. Univ. of Pa .;
Emily Norris Vaux, b. June 1, 1885; m. April 17, 1907, Edward Ingersoll; David Pepper, b. Aug. 6, 1805, d. 1840; m. Emily Platt, and had issue :
WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER, b. Sept. 20, 1837, d. April 27, 1907; m. Alice Lyman; of whom presently ;
David Pepper, b. Aug. 21, 1840, d. Oct. 12, 1906; grad. Univ. of Pa., 1860; m. Jan. 9, 1864, Sallie Taylor Newbold, and had issue :
David Pepper, b. Sept. 4, 1867; m. Nov. 28, 1894, Celeste Page Bowie;
Mary Pepper, b. Dec. 3, 1806, m. May 18, 1830, Isaac Norris, Esq., of "Hawthorne," son of Joseph Parker and Elizabeth Hill (Fox) Norris, and had issue;
George Seckel Pepper, b. June 11, 1808, d. May 2, 1890; was interested in many philan- thropic enterprises; trustee with nephew, Dr. William Pepper, and William Platt Pepper, of Henry Seybert Fund for care of indigent children; left large estate, greater part of which was dedicated to public benefactions, principal one being establishment of Free Public Library of Phila .;
WILLIAM PEPPER, M. D., b. Jan. 21, 1810, d. Oct. 15, 1864; m. Sarah Platt; of whom pres- ently;
Charles Pepper, b. Jan. 29, 1812, d. Feb. 22, 1812;
Catharine Pepper, b. Feb. 20, 1813, d. April 5, 1883; m. (first) Charles Rockland Thomp- son; (second) E. B. Gardette;
FREDERICK SECKEL PEPPER, b. Dec. 20, 1814, d. Jan. 14, 1891 ; m. Adeline Worrell; of whom later;
Charles Pepper, b. March 11, 1817, d. May 3, 1887; m. Margaret Lamb;
Edward Pepper, b. March 1I, 1817, d. March 1, 1892; m. Sarah H. Cave;
Lawrence Seckel Pepper, b. Phila., Oct. 28, 1819, d. there Sept. 10, 1886; entered Univ. of Pa. 1834 (class of 1838), grad. from Medical Department of same institution, class of 1843, degree of M. D.
WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER, eldest son of David and Emily ( Platt) Pepper, and grandson of George and Mary (Seckel) Pepper, born in Philadelphia, September
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20, 1837, entered the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1857, in 1854, was a member of the Philomathean Society and the Zeta Psi fraternity there; he re- ceived his degree of A. B. in 1857, and that of A. M. in 1860. He then studied law under the eminent lawyer, Peter McCall, was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar and entered upon active practice of his profession in that city. During the next few years after his admission to the bar, however, he spent some time in foreign travel, giving much attention to the study of art in which he was deeply interested. In 1871 he joined in the formation of the Social Art Club, which resulted a few years later in the formation of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, of which he was through life one of the leading bene- factors, serving for sixteen years as its president. He ever held firmly to the view that the educational features of the work should be maintained and devel- oped, while taking the keenest interest in the museum. He continued to serve as a director of this institution to the close of his life.
Another public work in which William Platt Pepper bore an important part was the establishment and management of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He was a corporate member of the body organized to administer the fund bequeathed by his uncle, George S. Pepper, for the formation of the Library, and on the formation of the present corporation of the Free Library of Philadelphia as a result of that bequest, he became an active member of its Board of Managers and continued to fill that position until his death.
In 1870 he assisted in the organization of the St. Mark's Workingmen's Club and Institute for the improvement of the condition of the working men by pro- viding them means for instruction and recreation, the pioneer undertaking of this kind, since followed by a number of others of like purpose throughout the coun- try. The work originated in a night school in which Mr. Pepper was teacher. He was for thirty years an active manager of the Episcopal Hospital, resigning shortly before his death, when failing health prevented him from giving it the attention he believed due to the position. He was one of the founders and from the beginning one of the Board of Managers of the Free Church Association, whose object was to abolish the practice of renting and selling seats in churches, and was for many years a member of the Vestry of the Church of the Ascension.
He was a founder of the Church Club and took an active part in its work; and was for some years a member of the Board of Council of St. Barnabas Mission. He was widely known for his earnest work and benefactions in behalf of philan- thropy and charity.
Mr. Pepper died on the morning of April 27, 1907, at his residence, 1730 Chest- nut street, after a long illness. He married Alice Lyman, daughter of George Theodore Lyman, of Boston, Massachusetts, who with one son, William Platt Pepper, Jr., of Philadelphia, and three daughters, Mrs. Arthur H. Hacker, of Staten Island; Mrs. Robert C. Watson, Jr., of New York, and Miss Martha Otis Pepper, of Philadelphia, survive him.
WILLIAM PEPPER, M. D., son of George and Mary (Seckel) Pepper, generally known or designated as Dr. William Pepper, the elder, was born in Philadelphia, January 21, 1810. He graduated at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, with first honors in 1829, and studied medicine under Thomas T. Hewson, M. D., and at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, receiving his degree at the latter institution in 1832.
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Immediately following his graduation in medicine he prepared to start for Paris, where he spent two years in perfecting himself for the practice of his profession, but an epidemic of cholera breaking out in his native city, he delayed his departure to share in the medical care of the patients in the pest hospital until the plague was entirely stamped out.
Returning to Philadelphia near the close of the year 1834 he took up the prac- tice of medicine there and rose rapidly in reputation, and was for many years recognized as the leading consultant in the community in cases of a serious nature. He was for twenty-six years a physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital; was phy- sician to the Will's Eye Hospital; and, in 1860, was elected Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and served until 1864, when his failing health compelled him to resign. He was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, of the various Medical organizations, and of the American Philosophical Society. He died, October 15, 1864, in the prime of his brilliant career. A contemporary has written of him as follows:
"At the early age of fifty-five years, he died, just in the maturity of his mental ability, and of his capacity for usefulness; at the period when the arduous labors of a lifetime would have shown their best results; when the richest fruits of large study and ripe experience were about to be gathered, giving still higher honor to him and greater benefits to the community."
Dr. William Pepper married, June 9, 1840, Sarah Platt, and two of their sons achieved high distinction as physicians.
Issue of Dr. William and Sarah Platt Pepper:
GEORGE PEPPER, M. D., of whom presently;
WILLIAM PEPPER, LL. D., of whom later.
GEORGE PEPPER, M. D., the eldest son, born April 1, 1841, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, College Department in 1862, and Medical Depart- ment in 1865. On September 15, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Regi- ment Pennsylvania Cavalry ; was promoted to Lieutenant, but was disabled May 22, 1863, and honorably discharged. Taking up the study of medicine under his distinguished father, he achieved considerable distinction prior to his early death, on September 14, 1872. He was chiefly instrumental in founding the Philadel- phia Obstetrical Society, and was its secretary until his fatal illness prevented his attendance. He was a member of many medical and learned associations and societies, and shortly before his death was elected accoucheur to the Philadelphia Hospital. He died September 14, 1872.
Dr. George Pepper married Hitty Markoe Wharton, daughter of Hon. George Mifflin Wharton, by his wife, Emily Markoe. She married (second) Ernest Zantzinger.
Issue of Dr. George and Hitty M. (Wharton) Pepper:
George Wharton Pepper, A. M., LL. B., LL. D., b. Phila., March 16, 1867; entered Univ. of Pa. 1883; received degree A. B. 1887; entered Law Department of same Univ., and, receiving degree of LL. B. in 1889, was admitted to the Phila. Bar; has achieved distinction as lawyer, being universally considered leader of the junior bar; has been Algernon Sydney Biddle Prof. of Law at Univ. of Pa. since 1893; was awarded degree LL. D. by that Univ. June 18. 1007; member of American Philo- sophical Society; author of "The Borderland of Federal and State Decisions" (1889) ; "Pleading at Common Law and Under the Codes," 1891; "Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania," 1700-1901, and "Digest of Decisions and Encylopædia of Pennsylvania
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Law," 1754-1898 (with William Draper Lewis) ; receiver of Bay State Gas Co .; mem- ber of Board of Missions of Prot. Epis. Church and Deputy to its General Conven- tion ; m. Nov. 25, 1890, Charlotte R., dau. of Prof. George P. Fisher, of Yale Univ .; they have issue :
Adeline Louise Forbes Pepper, b. March 11, 1892;
George Wharton Pepper, Jr., b. Jan. 14, 1895;
Charlotte Eleanor Pepper, b. May 30, 1897.
Frances Pepper, b. Nov. 19, 1869; m. Nov. 4, 1896, J. Alison Scott, and had issue : Frances Wharton Scott, b. Sept. 3, 1897;
Joseph Alison Scott, b. Jan. 21, 1900;
Ernest N. Scott, b. Dec. 25, 1903.
To DR. WILLIAM PEPPER, the second son of Dr. William and Sarah ( Platt) Pepper, the distinguished physician, scientist and scholar, for twenty years pro- vost of the University of Pennsylvania, it is impossible to do justice in the limits of this brief family sketch. A history of his life and distinguished services, by Francis Newton Thorpe, has been recently published, to which we would refer our readers. He was born in Philadelphia, August 21, 1843, and entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1858; was Valedictorian of his class in 1862, and entering the Medical Department of the University, received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1864; Lafayette College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in 1881, Princeton in 1888. He was an extensive contributor to the medical literature of his day. He died July 28, 1898.
Dr. William Pepper married, June 25, 1873, Frances Sargeant, daughter of Christopher Grant and Frances (Sargeant) Perry, the former a son of Commo- dore Oliver Hazard Perry, by his wife, Elizabeth Champlin Mason, and the latter of Hon. Thomas Sergeant of Philadelphia, by his wife, Sarah Bache, a grand- daughter of Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
Issue of Dr. William and Frances Sargeant (Perry) Pepper:
Dr. William Pepper, b. May 14, 1874; grad. of Univ. of Pa., class of 1894, with degree A. B., and from the Med. Dept. of same institution, with degree M. D. 1897; Fellow of College of Physicians, Phila .; Instructor in Medicine at Univ. of Pa .; assistant physician to Phila. and Univ. Hospitals; member of various medical societies and associations; m. Dec. 31, 1904, Mary, dau. of Lincoln and Mary (Simpson) Godfrey, and had issue :
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