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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Samuel J. Atlee, Esquire, for seven pounds five shillings, ballance of his account for attendance in Council 'till the fourth instant, in- clusively.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Executors of John Evans, Esquire, deceased, for twenty-six pounds five pounds
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specie, in full for his wages as a member of the Council of Censors, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly of the twenty-fourth of November, 1783.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March the 4th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, r John M'Dowell, John Boyd, Esquires. John Byers, George Wall,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Captain Thomas Stokely, for thirty pounds specie, being two months' pay advanced to him on account, to be paid out of the fund appropriated to the frontier defence.
Agreeably to the order of Council of the second instant, Owen Jones, jun'r, Leonard Jacobi, and Stephen Austin, reported upon the state of certain goods, wares, and merchandize, lately imported in the ship King of Prussia, Inse Douwes, Master, from Amsterdam; upon which it was
Ordered, That the Auctioneer of the city of Philadelphia be instructed to make sale of the said goods, wares, & merchandize, for the benefit of the under writers.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 5th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, Stephen Balliot,
John Byers, George Wall, jun'r,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Boyd, for twenty-five pounds seven shillings and six pence, for attendance in Council 'till the twenty-ninth of February, 1784, inclusive.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 6th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott, &
John Byers, George Wall, jun'r.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Major Thomas Church, for fifteen pounds specie, in full for bounty paid to John Close and John Spalding, to be paid out of the class tax.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 8th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Boyd,
John M'Dowell, Stephen Balliott,
John Byers, George Wall, Jun'r.
A petition from Andrew Carson was read.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Leonard Broom, Jonathan Trickell, William Nichols, and Daniel Cross, for twelve pounds, to be paid out of the six hundred pounds appro- priated by resolution of Assembly of the second day of December, 1783, for erecting a triumphal arch.
The petition of Joseph Dorvil, now confined in the new gaol, was read and rejected.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 9th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Hon'ble James Irvine, John McDowell, - John Boyd, George Wall, Jun'r, Stephen Balliott,
John Byers, Esquires. VOL. XIV .- 4.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 10th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, Stephen Balliott, )
George Wall, Junior, John Byers, and & Esquires.
John McDowell, John Boyd,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, Comptroller General, for five hundred pounds, State money, for paying one-third of depreciation, agreeably to the act of Assembly passed the thirteenth of April, 1782.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Lieutenant Clarke, for his pay while a prisoner, was read and approved.
Upon the petition of William Trickett, convicted of counterfeit- ing money of base metal in likeness of genuine British half pence, in the county of Philadelphia, it was
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State be remitted.
Upon the petition of George Davis and William Connor, con- victed of horse stealing in the county of Philadelphia, it was
Ordered, That the cropping, which is a part of the sentence of the court, be remitted.
Upon the petition of Mary Stein, in favor of Hans Stein, con- victed of larceny in the county of Lancaster, it was
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid by the said Hans Stein to the use of the State be remitted.
Passes were granted to Peter Musselman and Benjamin Heer, of the county of Lancaster, to go to Europe and to return again.
Agreeably to the order of this Board of the third instant, Henry Schitz, Christian Steer, and Baltzer Heydric, Inspectors, and Joseph McClean and Andrew Redheffer, assistant Judges of an election for Justices, held for Springfield and Whitemarsh townships, in Phila- delphia county, attended, and were examined touching the said election, and the said Henry Schitz was directed to return the com- mission received from this Board, which he promised to do.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 11th, 1784.
PRESENT :
As yesterday.
sero
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 12th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliott,
George Wall, Junior, John Boyd,
John McDowell, John Byers.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, for the purpose of encouraging agriculture and commerce, by enabling that learned body to obtain such discoveries as have been made in Eu- rope and other countries, according to resolution of the General Assembly of the sixteenth of February, 1784.
In favor of Frederick Doerch, for seven pounds ten shillings specie, for carrying dispatches from Council to the, counties of Lan- caster, Cumberland, and York, from the beginning of the year 1782 'till the present time.
A letter from his Excellency the President of Congress, of the sixth of March, 1784, inclosing a copy of the petition to Congress from the settlers at Wyoming under Connecticut, and resolution of Congress appointing the place of meeting of the Indian Commis- sioners, was read and transmitted to the General Assembly.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 13th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Hon'ble James Irvine, Stephen Balliott, 1
George Wall, Jun'r, John Boyd, and Esquires. John McDowell, John Byers,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Adam Fleck, for thirty-eight pounds three shillings, State money, in full for principal and intest due upon his certificate for a sorrel mare fur- nished to the public use, to be paid according to resolution of As- sembly, dated the 8th of April, 1782.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 15th, 1784. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
George Wall, Junior, John Byers, Esquires.
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott,
On consideration,
Ordered, That warrants be drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Bradford, Jun'r, Jonathan Dickinson Serjeant, and John Coxe, Esquires, for the sum of fifty pounds each, being allowed them for ther services as attorneys for the Commonwealth in the cause between Baron Hurst and company & the State.
Sharp Delany, Esquire, appointed by the General Assembly to be Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, attending in Council, the oath of office was administered to him in due form, and he offered Anthony Wayne and Thomas Robinson, Esquires, as sureties for the faithful performance of the office aforesaid, which the Council approved, and a bond was executed accordingly.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Edward Hand, Esquire, for seventy-nine pounds seventeen shillings, in full for his attendance in Congress 'till the ninth day of Feb- ruary last, and his mileage.
On consideration,
Ordered, That the State Treasurer be requested to furnish Council with a list of names of purchasers of city lots who have not compleated their payments, specifying the principal sums, the sums paid, and the deficiencies.
The letter from his Excellency Thomas Mifflin, Esquire, Presi- dent of Congress, of the six instant, inclosing the resolution of Congress of the fifth, was transmitted to the General Assembly.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 16th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Byers,
George Wall, junior, John Boyd,
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott, Requires.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 17th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President ..
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Byers,
George Wall, Junior, John Boyd, John McDowell, Mr. Balliott,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for the sum of ninety-one pounds twelve shillings specie, ballance of his account for his salary as Judge in the Court of Admiralty, and in the Admiralty Sessions, and for his pay as one of the Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 'till the thirteenth instant, inclusively, agreeably to the Comptroller's report of the fifteenth instant.
Mr. McClay, Mr. Carothers, and Mr. Woods, a committee from the General Assembly, attending in Council, a conference was had on the subject of withdrawing the garrison from Wyoming.
The petition of Andrew Carson was read, and referred to the Assembly.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 18th, 1784. ยท PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Boyd,
George Wall, Jun'r, John Byers, Esquires. John M'Dowell, Stephen Balliott,
The Comptroller's report upon a re-settlement of the account of John Hannum and Thomas Levis, Esquires, agents of Confiscated Estates in the county of Chester, agreeably to resolution of Assem- bly of the day of was read & approved.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 19th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esq'r, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, Sebastian Levan,
John M'Dowell, John Boyd,
George Wall, Jun'r, John Byers, S Esquires.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Esquire, was commissioned a Justice of the Peace, in & for the county of Philadelphia, upon a return made agreeably to law, for the district composed of the townships of Skippack, Perkioman, New Providence, and Lime- rick.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Josiah Wood, for forty pounds specie, out of the monies arising from the one per cent. impost, he to be accountable, agreeably to resolution of the General Assembly of the eighteenth day of March, 1784, in part of his account for shovels.
Ordered, That the Secretary of the Land Office be directed to deliver to Samuel J. Atlee, William Maclay, and Francis Johnston, Esquires, Commissioners for holding a treaty with the Indians, or either of them, such Indian deeds and other papers of his office, as the said Commissioners may think necessary, the better to enable them to proceed in said business, and that he take a receipt for the same.
A letter from the merchants of Philadelphia, of this day, was received and read.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Thomas Bradford, for eighty-one pounds fourteen shillings specie, in full of his account for public printing.
In favor of James Mercer, for thirty-three pounds eighteen shil- lings and five pence, and forty-eight pounds eight shillings and eight pence, State money, in full of two certificates for horses fur- nished for public use, to be paid according to resolution of the eighth day of April, 1782.
Alexander McClean, John Gaddis, and James Findley, Esqr's, were commissioned Justices of the Peace for the county of Fayette, upon a return made agreeably to law, for the town of Union, and a dedimus potestatem was issued to Alexander McClean and Ephraim Douglass, Esquires, of the said county.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 20th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President!
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Byers, -
George Wall, Junior, John Boyd, Esquires.
John McDowell, 7
An order was drawn on Treasurer in favor of Griffith Evans, for fifteen pounds twelve shillings and six pence specie, in full for one months' salary, ending the fourteenth instant, assisting the Comp- troller General in the duties of his office.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of John Ha- zlewood, Esquire, Commissioner of Purchases in the city of Phila- delphia, was read, approved, and an order directed to issue in favor of the said John Hazlewood, for the sum of eight hundred and twenty-three pounds fifteen shillings and three farthings, State money, upon his paying into the Treasury one hundred and thirty- two pounds specie, being the ballance found to be due to the State.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 22nd, 1784. .
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
George Wall, Junior, Stephen Balliott, and
John McDowell, Sebastian Levan.
John Byers,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Griffith Owen, for twenty-seven pounds seventeen shillings and six pence specie, in full for his services in taking care of the State House clock for one year, ending the fourth day of March, 1784, and casb paid for a new pair of lines.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform Griffith Owen that he is now discharged from any further care of said clock, and that he deliver up the key of the same to the Door-keeper of this Board.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of James Gamble, late Lieutenant of the Artillery regiment, for one hundred pounds, in part of the pay due to him, for which he is to account, agreeably to resolution of Assembly of this day.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 23rd, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Mr. Balliott,
George Wall, Jun'r, John Byers,
John McDowell, John Boyd.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Hon'ble John Montgomery, Esquire, for sixty-five pounds five shillings specie, in full for his wages as a delegate from this State to Con- gress, 'till the twenty-second instant.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the attendance of the Com- missioners for running the boundary line between this State and that of Virginia, on Saturday next, at eleven o'clock, to confer with Council on that business.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 24th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Byers, r George Wall, Junior, John Boyd, John McDowell,
Requires.
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A deed was examined and signed by the President to John Bar- clay for a tract of land containing one hundred and fifty one acres and eighty perches, situate in Penn township, in the county of Northampton : Seized according to law, as the forfeited estate of Wm. Thomas, an attainted traitor, and sold for fifty-seven pounds. Deed dated the twenty-second instant.
A letter was written to the Delegates of Pennsylvania in Con- gress, on the subject of running the boundary line between this State and Virginia.
The account of Francis Spencer, amounting to seventeen pounds ten shillings, for thirty-five days writing-entering letters from Council, certificates from the Receiver General's office, transcribing letters and other papers, was presented and read ; and
Ordered, That the same be paid out of the fees received by the Secretary.
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A draft of a proclamation being laid before the Board, was read and adopted, as follows, vizt :
A PROCLAMATION.
By the President and the Supreme Executive Council of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania :
WHEREAS, By an inquest held before Samuel Dean, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Phila- delphia, it appears that Richard Marple, yeoman, late of Moore- land township, in the said county, was, while in the prosecution of his lawful business, between the hours of two in the afternoon of the fifteenth and two in the afternoon of the sixteenth of this present month, killed and murdered at his dwelling house, by some un- known person or persons :
And whereas, It is of the utmost importance to the lives of the good people of this State, and a due execution of the laws, that the perpetrators of a crime so horrid should be brought to condign and exemplary punishment ; we have, therefore, thought proper to issue this proclamation, hereby engaging that the public reward of fifty pounds in specie, shall be paid to any person or persons who shall apprehend and secure the perpetrator or perpetrators of the said murder, to be paid on conviction for the same : and we do hereby charge and require all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs, and Con- stables, to make diligent search and inquiry after, and to use their utmost endeavours to apprehend and secure the perpetrator or per- petrators of the said murder, their aiders, abettors, and comforters, and every of them, so that they may be dealt with according to law.
Given under the hand of his Excellency the President and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
JOHN DICKINSON.
Attest :- JOHN ARMSTRONG, jun'r, Secretary. 1 GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 25th, 1784, PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President. James Irvine,
John McDowell,
George Wall, jun'r,
Stephen Balliott,
John Byers, and John Boyd,
Esq'rs.
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The Council met.
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PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 26th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John McDowell,
George Wall,
Stephen Balliot, John Boyd, John Byers.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of James Muir, for four pounds one shilling and three pence, in full of his account for a blank book, and binding laws and Minutes of Assembly.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Caleb Way, for sixty pounds nineteen shillings and two pence, State money, in full for principal and interest due upon his certificate for a horse fur- nished for public use, to be paid according to resolution of Assem- bly dated the eighth of May, 1782.
The Comptroller's report upon the account of Samuel Beeler, for provisions furnished to the Washington county militia, was read and approved
Ordered, That the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia be re- quested to meet Council on Monday next at eleven o'clock, to con- fer with Council on business respecting the removal of Chevaux de frize, and the improvement of the navigation in the river and bay of Delaware.
A report from the Treasurer of the names of purchasers of city lots who have not completed their payments, with the sums unpaid, was received and read; upon which it was
Ordered, That the Attorney General be requested to attend Council to confer with them thereon.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 27th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Byers,
George Wall, jun'r, John Boyd, and Esquires. John McDowell, Stephen Balliott,
The report from the Treasurer of the State of the purchasers of city lots who have not compleated their payments, with the princi-
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pal sums, and the sums unpaid, was again read, and the Council having conferred with the Attorney General thereon; it was
Ordered, That the Treasurer publish, in two of the newspapers of this city, a list of the said persons, calling upon each of them to pay to them the sums respectively due by them, on or before the tenth day of April next; and that he inform them that after the said day the money already paid will be forfeited, and a new sale directed for such lots as shall not then be fully paid for, agreeably to the terms of sale under which the persons aforesaid became pur- chasers.
The Commissioners for running the boundary line between this State and that of Virginia attended, and the Council agreed that each of the Commissioners aforesaid be allowed the sum of forty- five shillings per day for every day they shall actually be employed in said business, and that they be furnished with the necessary pro- visions at the places of operation.
A petition from Henry Schitz was read and dismissed.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 29th, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President. The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
George Wall, junior, John Byers, and Esq'rs. John McDowell, Stephen Balliot,
Upon the petition of Samuel Clindal, convicted of counterfeit- ing of money of base and mixed metals, in likeness of genuine British half pence,
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Samuel Clindell, be remitted.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Adam Orth, Esquire, for fifty-two pounds four shillings and nine pence, State money, in full for principal and interest due on Frederick Herges' certificate for a black mare furnished for public use, to be paid ac- cording to resolution of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1782.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 30th, 1784. + PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Boyd, r John McDowell,
John Byers, and Esq'rs.
George Wall, junior,
Stephen Balliott,
The Comptroller's reports upon the accounts of Daniel Levan, junior, Prothonotary of the county of Berks, for the tax arising from writs, and of Matthew Ritchie, Esquire, late Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Washington, were read and approved.
The Council took into consideration the allowance to be made to the Commissary to attend the Commissioners for running the line be- tween this State and the State of Virginia, for his services in pur- chasing the articles contained in the list of necessaries, procuring provisions at the places of operation, hiring necessary labourers, &ca; upon which it was
Ordered, That he be allowed ten shillings per day for every day he shall be actually employed in said business ; also, the necessary provisions for himself, and forage for his horse.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 31st, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Boyd, George Wall, Jun'r, John Byers,
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott.
Henry Schitz attended in Council and surrendered and resigned his commission as a Justice of the Peace and of the Common Pleas for the county of Philadelphia, the same having been irregularly obtained.
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. A draft of a message to the General Assembly was read, adopted as follows, and presented by the Secretary :
A message from the President and Council to the General As- sembly.
GENTLEMEN :- The late inundation having reduced many of the inhabitants at Wyoming to great distress, we should be glad if your Honorable House would be pleased to make some immediate pro- vision for their relief.
JOHN DICKINSON.
Council Chamber, Philadelphia, March 31st, 1784.
On application of Messieurs Coxe and Frazier,
Ordered, That George Henry, John Donnaldson, and John McKim, be requested to inspect a quantity of merchandize imported in the schooner Coxe, and that they make report to this Board, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the second day of March, 1780.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of nineteen pounds eighteen shillings and seven pence specie, in full for his wages as . Door-keeper 'till this, inclusively, and cash paid for fire wood, &ca., for the use of Council.
The Comptroller General's reports in favor of the follow- ing officers and soldiers, were read and approved, and an order drawn for the interest due to each on the tenth day of April, 1782, as computed by him, to be paid out of the monies arising from the excise appropriated for the discharge of interest due upon depre- ciation certificates, vizt :
Principal.
Interest.
Martin Duhl, private of 2nd regiment,
59 1
7
3 10 9
John Albright, do. of Hazen's do.,
71 16
7
4 6 1
Dennis Carrol, Serjeant of 6th do., William Milligan, private do.,
86 18
1
5 20
9
4 2 0
Thomas Butler, Captain of 3rd do., Thomas Mitchell, private of 6th do.,
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4
9
3 4 11
John Davis, Captain 1st do.,
200 0
0
12
0 0
Henry Carberry, Captain of 11th do., by Capt'n Davis, his ass'nee,
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