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We are indebted to the work of O. G. Sonneck, entitled "Two Studies in Early American Music," published in 1905, for a minute account of the attainments of Francis Hopkinson in music. It shows that he stood in the centre of musical life in Philadelphia, and that he was pre-eminent as a psalmodist, teacher, organist, harpsicordist, essayist, composer and improver of the harpsicord; that he was selected, 1764, by the consistory of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, to versify the Psalms of David in English; that he was the first native poet-composer of the United States, and probably the first native to produce a musical composition, which latter distinction Francis Hopkinson him- self claimed in the dedication of his "Seven Songs" to George Washington, "How- ever small the Reputation may be that I shall derive from this Work, I cannot, I believe, be refused the credit of being the first Native of the United States who has produced a Musical Composition."
Francis Hopkinson married at Bordentown, New Jersey, September 11, 1768, Anne, daughter of Joseph Borden, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
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and Mary Rogers. The great-great-grandparents of Mrs. Hopkinson, Richard and Joan Borden, settled at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, prior to 1638, and their son, Benjamin, born at Portsmouth, May 16, 1649, married at Hartford, Con- uecticut, September 22, 1681, Abigail, daughter of Henry Glover, and removed to Shrewsbury, New Jersey, where their seventh child, Joseph Borden, grand- father of Mrs. Hopkinson, was born, March 12, 1687. He was the founder of Bordentown ; married Ann Conover, and died September 22, 1765, leaving one son, Joseph, father of Mrs. Hopkinson, and a daughter, Mary, wife of Chief Justice Thomas Mckean. Mrs. Hopkinson died at Bordentown, August 31. 1827. Issue of Francis and Anne (Borden) Hopkinson:
James, b. Oct. 30, 1769, d. Aug. 12, 1775 :
JOSEPH, b. Nov. 12, 1770, d. Jan. 15, 1842; m. Emily Mifflin; of whom presently: Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1772, d. 1839; m. Jonathan William Condy, A. B., of Phila. Bar; Mary, b. Nov. 28, 1773, d. Oct. 17, 1806; m. Nov. 4, 1794, Isaac Smith, M. D., of Balti- more, Md., later of Northampton co., Va .; their second son, Francis Hopkinson Smith, b. March 14. 1797, m. Sept. 5, 1820, Susanna Brown Upshur, dau. of John Teackle, of Craddock, Accomac co., Va., and was father of Francis Hopkinson Smith, the well-known author, artist and lecturer. b. 1838;
Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1775, d. Jan. 1. 1776;
Anne, b. Oct. 19. 1777, d. Sept. 19, 1868; m. Nov. 10, 1802, Ebenezer Stout;
Thomas, b. Sept. 23, 1779, d. Nov. 5, 1779; Francis, b. May 13, 1781: m. -- Hewitt, of Baltimore, Md .:
Sarah Johnson. b. May 26, 1784. d. Aug. 19, 1785.
JOSEPH HOPKINSON, eldest surviving son of Francis and Anne ( Borden ) Hop- kinson, author of "Hail Columbia," was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1770, and baptized at Christ Church. January 5, 1773. He graduated at University of Pennsylvania, and studied law with Judge Wilson and William Rawle. He com- menced practice at Easton, Pennsylvania, but soon after returned to Philadelphia, and became one of the leading lights of the bar of that county and city, acting as counsel in many celebrated cases, among them the libel case of Dr. Rush vs. Cob- bett, and the impeachment proceedings against Justice Chase, in which Mr. Hop- kinson especially distinguished himself. He was a member of the National House of Representatives, 1815-19, and voted against the rechartering of the United States Bank. He held an exceedingly high position as a public speaker ; Sander- son, in his "Life of the Signers," referring to the inpeachment proceedings against Judge Samuel Chase before the United States Senate, 1805, says: "The speech of Mr. Hopkinson, then a very young man, has not been exceeded as a specimen of powerful and brilliant eloquence, in the forensic oratory of the country." At the conclusion of his term in Congress he resided three years in Bordentown. In 1828 he was appointed by President Adams, Judge of the United States District Court, an office held by his father at the time of his death, and he too filled it until his death, January 15, 1842. He was vice-president of the American Philosoph- ical Society, and president of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, the latter of which institutions owed its existence to a large extent to his exertions. He was a warm friend of education, and gave hearty support to the various educational institutions of his native city. He was a Federalist in politics. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1837, and as a member of the Committee on Judiciary, contended successfully for life tenure for Judges of the higher courts. He was author of various addresses and published articles on legal and ethical
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subjects. His authorship of the national song, "Hail Columbia," came about in rather a singular manner. In 1798, when war with France was thought to be imminent and inevitable, Congress was in session in Philadelphia, and political excitement on this subject ran very high. A friend of Mr. Hopkinson connected with a theatre in Philadelphia, was given a benefit, and realizing that the only way he could secure a full house was to introduce something of a political nature, the public mind being so much engrossed with political questions, appealed to his friend and old schoolmate, Joseph Hopkinson, for advice and assistance in secur- ing a patriotic song to be sung at his benefit. Mr. Hopkinson told him to call the next afternoon and he would furnish him with a song. It was an immense suc- cess, and was encored and repeated night after night for weeks, the audience joining in the chorus, and it was sung in the streets in large assemblies and pro- cessions and in an incredibly short space of time was being sung and applauded in all parts of the United States.
Joseph Hopkinson married February 27, 1794, Emily, daughter of Gen. Thomas Mifflin.
Issue of Joseph and Emily ( Mifflin) Hopkinson:
Thomas Mifflin, b. Dec. 18, 1794, d. s. p., May 9, 1871; m. Mary Pearson ;
Francis, of Bordentown, N. J., b. July 20, 1796, d. June 2, 1870; m. Jan. 13, 1829, Ann Biddle, dau. of Charles Biddle ;
James, b. Aug. 25, 1797, d. Oct. 10, 1800;
Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1799, d. Sept. 9, 1799;
Elizabeth Borden, b. Jan. 6, 1800, d. Sept. 20, 1891; m. (first) May 19, 1824, John J. Keating, of Phila .; (second) William Shepard Biddle;
John Penington Hopkinson, M. D., b. Dec. 26, 1801, d. s. p., March 6, 1836, while demon- strator of anatomy at Univ. of Pa .;
Joseph, b. March 20, 1803, d. young ;
Alexander Hamilton, b. Aug. 4, 1804, Lieutenant in U. S. N., d. on the "Lexington," off Malta, Aug. 11, 1827;
Emily, b. Nov. 30, 1805, d. April 9, 1806;
George, b. Oct. 4, 1807, d. young;
James, b. May 18, 1810, d. Jan. 28, 1875; m. June 12, 1844, Carolina Lafayette Seabrook, of South Carolina;
OLIVER, b. July 24, 1812, d. March 10, 1905; m. Eliza Swaim; of whom presently;
Edward Coale, b. Feb. 14, 1814, d. s. p., while in service of U. S. N. as midshipman ;
Joseph, b. March 30, 1816, graduated at Univ. of Pa., 1833, with degree of M. D .; surgeon
U. S. N .; m. (first) Joanna McCrea, (second) Sarah Wistar; d. Phila., July 11, 1865, while in charge of the Mower Hospital.
OLIVER HOPKINSON, son of Hon. Joseph and Emily ( Mifflin) Hopkinson, was born in Philadelphia, July 24, 1812, and went to a school at a very early age at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, of which Rev. Dr. Brownlie was principal. He sub- sequently attended the Academy of Dr. Wiltbank, in Philadelphia, then the Rock- hill Academy, conducted by Mr. Sams, at Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, where he remained two years. While at Rockhill Academy he spent his Saturdays and Sundays at the manor of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, with whose family the Hopkinsons had long been intimate, and of whom Oliver Hopkinson preserved a recollection as a venerable and dignified gentleman.
He entered the freshman class (class of '32), University of Pennsylvania, De- partment of Arts, 1828. At his death he was the oldest living graduate. While at the university he was a member of the Zelosophic Society and took an active
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part in its exercises. He obtained his degree of Bachelor of Arts 1832, and of Master of Arts 1835.
After graduation he began the study of law in the office of Hon. John Sergeant, but discontinued, entering the corps of civil engineers of Moncure Robinson, and under him was engaged for two years in surveys in Pennsylvania and Virginia, one of them being the experimental survey for the Philadelphia & Reading Rail- way, between Philadelphia and Reading. Having resumed the study of law in the office of William M. Meredith, Mr. Hopkinson was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar 1837, and as assistant to Mr. Meredith, then United States District Attorney, conducted, before Justice Baldwin, the memorable trial of Alexander W. Holmes, who was one of the crew of the ship, "William Brown," and was on trial for man- slaughter on the high seas; Holmes had hurled a passenger overboard from an overloaded life-boat, containing the survivors of the wreck of the ship.
Mr. Hopkinson was a member of the Volunteer Corps, National Grays, Captain Fritz, and subsequently a Lieutenant in the Cadwalader Grays, Captain Scott, with which company he took part in the suppression of the riot in Queen street, 1844, when an attempt to burn a Catholic Church was apprehended. The next night he had command of the detachment detailed for the protection of St. John's Church, and of the arsenal opposite the church. He served in the War of the Rebellion, as Lieutenant Colonel of First Regiment, Delaware Volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Antietam. "To him," as stated in a history of the regiment, "more than to anyone, the regiment owed its acknowledged skill and efficiency as skirmishers, he having drilled them with special pains and remarkable success." While the regiment was encamped at Old Point Comfort he witnessed the famous combat between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac." He resigned his commission on surgeon's certificate of physical disability, but in 1863, when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, he was tendered command of the Fifty-first Pennsylvania . (Second Coal Regiment), which he accepted and held during that regiment's term of service.
Mr. Hopkinson inherited his grandfather's fondness for music and was well known in Philadelphia as an amateur violinist. His home at 1424 Spruce street was for many years the place for reunion of artists and lovers of music. Among his earliest recollections was that of Joseph Bonaparte, who resided at Borden- town, New Jersey, and who was a frequent visitor at his father's house. He remembered going with his parents on many occasions to dine with the "Count" at "Point Breeze," titles which Bonaparte had adopted for himself and his resi- dence.
Oliver Hopkinson married. 1845, Eliza, daughter of William Swaim, a Captain in the War of 1812, of Huguenot descent, whose ancestors settled in Connecticut early in the seventeenth century. One of Mrs. Hopkinson's ancestors was a mem- ber of the first General Court ( the name for the Legislature in the New England Colonies) of that Colony, held at Hartford, April 26, 1636.
Mr. Hopkinson preserved his faculties in a remarkable degree, even after he was ninety years old, and for only a very few of his last years did failing sight prevent his active participation in rendering classical music at the gatherings at his home. He died March 10, 1905, at his residence, 1424 Spruce street, Phila- delphia.
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Of Mr. Hopkinson's six sons, four were graduates of University of Pennsyl- vania : Joseph, '69, Coll .; Edward, '72, Coll. ; Oliver, Jr., '80, Coll., and '83 Medi- cal Department ; and James Swaim, '82, Coll.
Issue of Oliver and Elisa (Swaim ) Hopkinson:
William Francis, b. May 8, 1846, graduated from Polytechnic College, Phila .; assistant civil engineer Pa. Railroad; m. Oct. 14, 1880, Jeannette Hileman, of Altoona, Pa .; they reside (1907) at Williamsport, Pa., and have issne :
Walter Waring, b. June 29, 1881, at Altoona, Pa .;
Gabriella Biddle, b. Sept. 8, 1883, at Elmira, N. Y.
Joseph, b. Feb. 25, 1848, graduated from Univ. of Pa., A. B., 1869; A. M., 1872; received freshman and sophomore declamation prizes; member Delta Psi fraternity; admitted to Phila. Bar; m. in Phila., April 7, 1879, Catharine Frances, dau. of William M. Baird, of Phila .; residence, 1302 Spruce street, Phila .; they have issue :
Frances, b. March 22, 1880;
Marguerite Baird, b. Oct. 26, 1883.
Edward, b. Nov. 11, 1850, graduated at Univ. of Pa., A. B., 1872; A. M., 1875; member Philomathean Society, Univ. of Pa .; admitted to Phila. Bar, Dec. 1876; m. in Phila., Nov. 11, 1884, Abbie Woodruffe, dau. of Richard Colegate Dale, of Phila .; they have issue :
Edward, b. Phila., Sept. 29, 1885; student at Univ. of Pa .;
Richard Dale, b. in Phila., July 11, 1887; student at Univ. of Pa.
Elizabeth Borden, b. Paris, France, March 7, 1852; member of Pa. Society of Colonial Dames of America, and Daughters of American Revolution; m. in Phila., June 4, 1878, Richard Loper Baird. Mr. Baird graduated from Polytechnic College, Phila., 1870, and from Law Dept. of Univ. of Pa., (LL. B.) 1874, and was admitted to Phila. Bar, 1875. He was State Clerk under Phila. City Treasurer, W. Redwood Wright: Chief of Law Division of Phila. Custom House under Collector John Cadwalader; and United States Appraiser of Port of Phila. during President Cleveland's second administration. He is a member of the Law Association of Phila., Univ. Barge Club, Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and Young America Cricket Club.
Issue of R. Loper and Elizabeth Borden (Hopkinson) Baird :
Oliver Hopkinson Baird, b. March 22, 1879; member of Pa. Society, Sons of Revolution, and Germantown Cricket Club;
Elizabeth Biddle Baird, b. Feb. 4, 1881; m. June 1, 1905, Charles Edwin Shull, and has issue :
Elizabeth Borden Hopkinson Shull, b. March 20, 1906.
Richard Loper Baird, Jr., b. Sept. 13, 1882.
Isabella Mease, b. March 8, 1854, d. Sept. 26, 1855;
Emily Olivia, b. July 15, 1855; member of Pa. Society, Colonial Dames of America; m. Oct. 31, 1882, Hood Gilpin, b. Phila., Oct. 19, 1853, son of Charles and Sarah Hamilton (Hood) Gilpin. Mr. Gilpin entered Univ. of Pa., 1868, was president of Zelosophic Society there, and graduated with degree of A. B., 1872, and A. M., 1875; was admitted to Phila. Bar, Dec. 1, 1874; Assistant United States District Attorney, Eastern District of Pa., Nov., 1875, to Jan., 1885; School Director, Eighth Ward, Phila., from Dec. 31, 1889, to the present time; president of Board from April 6, 1896, to Feb. 7, 1906.
Issue of Hood and Emily Olivia (Hopkinson) Gilpin :
Francis Hopkinson Gilpin, b. Aug. 3, 1883; graduated from Univ. of Pa., class of 1904, in Mechanical Engineering Dept .; member Sigma Chi fraternity and Engi- neer's Club of Phila .;
Gabriella Gilpin, b. March 14, 1885;
Hood Gilpin, Jr., b. Aug. 3, 1891; student at William Penn Charter School, Phila. Oliver, Jr., b. Phila., Dec. 7, 1857; graduated from Univ. of Pa., A. B., 1880, and M. D., 1883; distinguished merit for graduation thesis in medicine; resident physician, Epis- copal Hospital, Phila., 1884-85; District Physician, Twenty-sixth Ward, Phila .; mem- ber Medical Association, Phila. County Medical Society, Obstetrical Society, Phila .; Historical Society of Pa., and Pa. Society, Sons of Revolution; m. Nov. 2, 1887, Julia Frances, dau. of Alfred Thompson, of Bordentown, N. J .; resided 1606 S. Broad street until death of father, when he removed to 1424 Spruce; issue :
Emily Gilpin Hopkinson, b. March 28, 1890.
Julius, b. July 2, 1859, d. June 1, 1906; m. Sept. 1, 1885, Lillie Bartels, and has issue : Oliver William Hopkinson, b. May 31, 1886.
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James Swaim, b. Phila., Oct. 2, 1861; received early education in classical institute of Dr. John W. Faires, Phila., and entered freshman class, scientific course, Univ. of Pa., 1878, receiving degree of Bachelor of Science, 1882; he then entered the service of Pa. Railroad Company, and became supervisor of Susquehannah Division, stationed at Lock Haven, Pa .; m. Oct. 11, 1894, Irene, dau. of Simon S. Bowman, of Millersburg, Pa .; was member of Pa. Society, Sons of Revolution; d. Phila., Jan. 5, 1906;
Gabriella Butler, b. Oct. 29, 1863, d. Sept. 9, 1882, unm., bur. at Laurel Hill Cemetery : Laura, b. Sept. 17, 1865, d. Aug. 6, 1866.
UPDEGRAVE FAMILY.
The earliest ancestor of the Updegrave family of Pennsylvania, of whom we have any record, was Herman Op de Graeff, born in village of Aldekerk, or Alde- kerry, on Lower Rhine, November 26, 1585. On August 16, 1605, he married Grietje Pletjes, and removed to Crefeld, borders of Holland. He was a delegate from the Crefeld district to the Council of Dordrecht in 1632, when was formu- lated the first Mennonite confession of faith. He died at Crefeld, December 27, 1642.
ISAAC OP DE GRAEFF, only son of Herman and Grietje ( Pletjes) Op de Graeff, of whom we have any record, was born at Crefeld, Germany, February 28, 1616. The name of his wife, nor the date of his marriage, have not been ascertained, but he is said to have been the father of eighteen children, of whom four, Her- man, Dirck, Abraham and Margaret, were among the first colony of Germans and Palatines to found a home in Pennsylvania. With ten other families they left Crefeld in 1683, and sailing for Philadelphia, arrived there October 6, 1683, and October 14 took up their residence at Germantown, on land previously purchased by them collectively, under the title of "The Frankfort Company." Little time intervened between their arrival and the beginning of the winter season, and many of the families, including the Op de Graeffs, made their homes, until the following spring, in caves on the banks of the Delaware.
The original of the following curious paper is still in existence :
"We whose names are to these presents subscribed, do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern, That soon after our arrival in the Province of Pennsylvania, in October, 1683. to our certain knowledge, Herman op de Graeff, Dirk op de Graeff, and Abraham op de Graeff, as well as ourselves, in the cave of Francis Daniel Pastorious, att Philadelphia, did cast lots for the respective lots which they and we then began to settle in Germantown; and the said Graeffs (three brothers) have sold their several lots, each by himself, no less than if a division in writing had been made by them.
"Witness our hands, this 29th. Novr., A. D., 1709.
LENERT ARETS JAN LENSEN THONES KUNDER WILLIAM STREYPERS ABRAHAM TUNES REINER TYSEN JAN LUCKEN."
The three Op de Graeff brothers were linen weavers, Abraham, youngest of the trio, being especially expert in the art of weaving.
Though followers of Menno Simon, the Op de Graeffs for a time affiliated with the Friends, to which faith a number of the Germans in the Colony had been converted prior to their removal from their native country, and Dirck Isaacs Op de Graeff (as he was usually known, though the only one of the brothers to retain his father's given name as a surname, according to the Dutch custom), re- mained a member of the Society until his death in 1697. He was a representative of Germantown Meeting in the Monthly Meeting at Abington, and was sent by that Monthly Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting at Philadelphia, 6mo. 27, 1697.
Both Dirck and Abraham Op de Graeff were signers of the famous protest against human slavery, presented to the Monthly Meeting at Lower Dublin, 2mo. 30,
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1688; which remarkable document coming from and written by Germans less than five years in this country, we deem of sufficient interest to be reproduced here in full. It is as follows :
"This to the Monthly Meeting, held at Richard Worrel's :-
"These are the reasons why we Are against the traffic of men's body, as followeth :- Is there any that will be done or handled at this manner? Viz, to be sold or made a slave for all the time of his life? How fearful and faint hearted are many at sea, when they see a strange vessel, being afraid it should be a Turk, and that they should be taken and sold for Slaves in Turkey. Now what is this better done, than Turks do? Yea, rather it is worse for them, which say they are Christians; for we hear that the most part such Negers are brought hither against their will and consent and that many of them are stolen, now though they are black we cannot conceive there is more liberty to have them slaves as it is to have other white ones. There is a saying that we shall do to all men like as we will be done our- selves, making no difference of what generation, descent or color they are. And thise who steal or rob men, and those who purchase them, are they all not alike? Here is liberty of conscience, which is right and reasonable; here likewise ought liberty of the body except of evil doers, which is another case. But to bring men hither, or to rob, steal and sell them, against their will, we will stand against.
"In Europe there are many oppressed for Conscience sake; and here there are those oppressed which are of black color. And we who know that men must not commit adultery, -some do commit adultery in others, separating wives from their husbands, and giving them to others; and some sell the children of these poor creatures to other men. Ah! do consider well this thing, you who do it, if you would be done in this manner, and if it is done according to Christianity. You surpass Holland and Germany in this thing. This makes ill report in all those countries of Europe where they hear of it, that the Quakers do here handel men as they handel there the Cattel, and for that reason some have no mind or inclination to come hither. And whom shall maintain this your cause or plead it? Truly we cannot do so, except you shall better inform us thereof, viz, that Christians have liberty to practice these things.
"Pray, what thing in the world can be done worse towards us, than if men should rob us away, and sell us for slaves to strange countries; separating husbands from wives and children? Being now this is not done in the manner we would be done at; therefore we contradict, and are against this traffick of men's Bodys, and we who profess that it is not lawfull to steal must likewise avoid to purchase such things as are stolen, but rather help to stop this robbing, and stealing if possible.
"And such men ought to be delivered out of the hands of the robbers, and set free in Europe, then in Pennsylvania to have a good report, instead it hath now a bad one, for this sake in other countries. Especially whereas the Europeans are desirous to know in what manner the Quakers do rule in their Province, and most of them do look upon us with an envious eye. But if this is done well, what is done evil? If once these slaves, (which they say are so wicked and stubborn men) should join themselves fight to for their freedom and handel their masters and mistresses take the sword at hand and war against these poor slaves like, as we are able to believe some will not refuse to do? Or have these poor negroes not as much right to fight for their freedom as you have to keep them slaves?
"Now consider well this thing, if it is good or bad. And in case you find it to be good, to handel these blacks in that way, we desire and request you, hereby lovingly, that you may inform us herein which at this time never was done, viz, that Christians have such liberty to do so. To this end we shall be satisfyed on this point, and satisfy likewise our good friends and acquaintances in their native countries, to whom it is a terror or fearfull thing that men should bee handled so in Pennsylvania.
"This is from our Meeting at German Town, held ye 18th of ye 2d. Month, 1688; to be delivered to the Monthly Meeting at Richard Worrell's.
"[Signed] GERRET HENDRICKS, DERICK OP DE GRAEFF, FRANCIS DANIEL PASTORIUS, ABRAHAM OP DE GRAEFF."
It bears the following endorsements :
"At our Monthly Meeting at Dublin, ye 30th. of ye 2d. Month, 1688 :- We having in- spected ye matter above mentioned and considered of it, we find it so weighty that we think it not expedient for us to meddle with it here, but do rather commit it to ye consideration of ye Quarterly Meeting ; ye tenor of it being related to ye Truth.
"Signed on behalfe of ye Monthly Meeting, "JO. HART."
"This above mentioned was read in our Quarterly Meeting, att Philadelphia, the 4th of the 4th Month, '88, and was from thence recommended to ye Yearly Meeting, and the above
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said Derick, and the other two mentioned therein, to present the same to ye above said Meeting, it being of too great a weight for this meeting to determine.
"Signed by Order of ye Meeting, "ANTHONY MORRIS."
When George Keith issued his famous schism against the Friends in 1692, Herman and Abraham Op de Graeff signed his "Protest," while Dirck opposed him and signed the "Testimony" against him in 1693.
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