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(III) Alexander, son of Captain Dougall and (Drummond) Campbell, married Caro- lina Frederica Hoffman. Children: Thomas Dougall, married Margaret McCloud; Alex-
ander Neil, of whom further; Patrick Wir- tle; Carolina Frederica, married George Arm- strong ; Mary, married W. J. Shaw; Ludlow ; Richard, married Susan Morley; Jacobina, married James Moore; Edwin Jacob, married Eliza Shaw; Frederick, died young.
(IV) Alexander Neil, son of Alexander and Carolina Frederica Hoffman, was born at Tay- mouth, New Brunswick, November 29, 1820, died at Bradford, Ontario, January 22, 1877. He was a lumberman in Canada and Maine. He was a member of the Church of England. He married (first) Mary Ann Casey ; she also was a member of the Church of England, ( sec- ond) Mary Jane Arnold. Children, all by first marriage: 1. Collin Drummond, born at Tay- mouth, May 8, 1844, died at Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, in 1894; hotelkeeper; married Francis Nogar; she now resides at Mount Jewett, and keeps the Hotel Campbell; chil- dren : Linna ; Frederica; Alexander, deceased ; John; William; Frances, deceased; Huston. 2. Randolph McGibbon, of whom further. 3. Allen Douglas, born at Taymouth, January 21, 1848, died at Elmira, New York; machinist ; married Elsie J. Ames ; she resides in Elmira ; children : Daisy, Elsie, Anna, Arthur. 4. Fred- erick Alexander, born at Stanley, New Bruns- wick, June 8, 1850; grocer ; lives at Winnipeg, Manitoba; married Janet MacDonald; chil- dren: Mary P., MacDonald, Lillias, Duncan, Randolph, Kathleen, Kenneth. 5. Arthur Ed- win, born in Aroostook county, Maine, Febru- ary 1, 1853, died in Chicago; band saw filer ; unmarried.
(V) Randolph McGibbon, son of Alexander Neil and Mary Ann (Casey) Campbell, was born at Taymouth, February II, 1846, died at Kane, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 22, 1892. At that place he had at the time of his death been assistant railroad yardmaster for twenty-three years. In the civil war he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry ; for about one and one-half years he was in the Army of the Potomac, about Richmond, but he was stationed at Raleigh, North Caro- lina, at the time of Lee's surrender. In polit- ical and civic affairs he was prominent ; he was a Republican, and held the offices of school director and tax collector. He married Laura Clementia, born at Springfield, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1845, now resides at Kane, daughter of John D. and Emily (Stacey) Leonard. Springfield, Bradford county, Penn-
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sylvania, was named after Springfield, Massa- chusetts, because a majority of its inhabitants came from that city. In June, 1803, Austin and Ezekiel Leonard came from West Spring- field, Massachusetts, under the auspices of the Susquehanna Company, to make a home in Northern Pennsylvania. John D. Leonard was born at Springfield, Pennsylvania, February 3. 1816, and was one of the first settlers of Kane. At the time of his death, July 14, 1888, he was with one exception the oldest citizen of the borough. Here he was a merchant, although he had retired from business life be- fore his death, and for twenty-one years he was postmaster, holding this position until February 22, 1886. He married (first) Emily Stacey, who died January 3, 1856, (second) Betsey E. Fuller, born at Springfield, Novem- ber 3, 1837, died November 2, 1859, (third) Susan M., daughter of Nicholas B. Smith, who was born at Alba, Bradford county, Penn- sylvania ; she now lives in California. Chil- dren of John D. Leonard, three by first, one by second wife: I. Evaline, born at Spring- field, February 4, 1839; resides at Kane ; mar- ried, at Springfield, March 10, 1859, Philip F. Whiting ; he was killed in the civil war; no children living. 2. Maria, born at Springfield, October 26, 1842; married, at Erie, Pennsyl- vania, July 12, 1869, J. C. Malone; he is a retired jeweler ; child, Maud. 3. Laura Clementia, aforementioned, married Randolph McGibbon Campbell. 4. Edith May, born at Springfield, September 28, 1859, deceased. Children of Randolph. McGibbon and Laura Clementia (Leonard) Campbell, all born at Kane: 1. Claude, born December 16, 1868, died at Kane, April 19, 1883. 2. Norma, born April 5, 1874; married, at Chautauqua, New York, July 2, 1896, Willard P. Merrell ; he is a jew- eler at Kane; child, Willard Randolph. 3. Frederick Randolph, of whom further. 4. Eva, born April 7, 1880; resides with her mother at Kane; graduate of Kane high school, in the class of 1898.
(VI) Frederick Randolph, son of Randolph McGibbon and Laura Clementia (Leonard) Campbell, was born at Kane, June 4, 1877. After graduating from the Kane high school. in the class of 1896, he took a year's work at Bucknell University. In 1897 he accepted a position with the National Food Company at Niagara Falls, New York, but he returned the next year to Kane. Here he worked until 1905 in a jewelry store. Then he started out
for himself with a news store, books, and phonographs. He has practically a monopoly of the newspaper business at Kane, and is also manager of the jewelry store. In college he became a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is a member of Kane Lodge, No. 566, Free and Accepted Masons; Kane Chapter, No. 279, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is past high priest ; and the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, at Kane. Formerly he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Kane. He is a Re- publican, and attends the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, December 5, 1901, Jessie Clarina, born at Bradford, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1880, daughter of John C. and Rosetta (Mapes) Breneman. Her father was born near York, Pennsylvania, in 1850; he now keeps the county home at Smethport, which office he has held for many years. His wife was born in .1852. Children of John C. an.1 Rosetta (Mapes) Breneman : Jessie Clarina, married Frederick Randolph Campbell; Wal- ter Asper, born at Bradford, April 10, 1889.
This family is of north of Ire-
ECKELS land stock, and its first Amer- ican home was at Baltimore, Maryland. Like many other families found in the north of Ireland, Scotland was the country of its origin, and the family had gone to Ire- land at the time of the political and religious troubles.
(I) James Eckels, the first member of this family about whom we have definite informa- tion, was born probably in the Cumberland Valley, died at Clarksville, Greene county, Pennsylvania, about 1858, having attained an advanced age. A large part of his life was passed at Sawmill Run, Pennsylvania, ncar Pittsburgh. He was a farmer. He married , who died at Clarksville. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. Chil- dren: I. James, died at Clarksburg; cabinet maker; married -; children : Edwin, Fannie, John, Frank, Mabel. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Robert, died at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania ; a farmer ; married ยท and
had children. 4. Esther, deceased. 5. Ann, died near Conneautville, Pennsylvania ; mar- ried Donaldson, deceased ; he was a farmer.
(II) John, son of James Eckels, was born at Sawmill Run, in 1821, died at Reno, Penn- sylvania, September, 1888. being killed by the cars. In early boyhood he attended the dis-
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trict school near the place of his birth, but he was still young when he went to Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and there learn- ed the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked until 1866. He then became a Methodist min- ister ; he preached in Venango, Mercer, Craw- ford, Erie and Lawrence counties. In politics he was a Republican, and he served as a bur- gess at Greenville. Mr. Eckels married (first) Martha Walker, (second) Caroline, born in New York state, in 1835, died at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, in 1907, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Alexander) Leech. She also was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and prominent in Women's Christian Temperance Union work. Her father was a preacher in New York state; he settled on a farm at Leech's Corners, near Greenville, where he died about 1869. Children of Samuel and Jane ( Alexander ) Leech : 1. Alexander, died at Greenville ; stonemason and quarryman ; mar- ried Phoebe Freeman, deceased ; children : Ad- die, married Henry Homer, children : Ralph, Harriet, Nelson ; Harry ; Frederick ; Jennie. 2. Caroline, married John Eckels. 3. Mary, died near Bethel Church, Mercer county, Pennsyl- vania ; married David Baxter, from Fairview, Pennsylvania, deceased; had children. 4. Plimpton, died at Greenville ; stonemason ; mar- ried Charlotte Bond, of Greenville, deceased ; children : May, married Charles Granel ; Jes- sie ; one son. By his first marriage John Eckels had no child that lived. Children of John and Caroline (Leech) Eckels, all born at Green- ville: 1. Ellen, died young. 2-3. Daughters, died in infancy. 4. Emma Jane, died at Green- ville, young. 5. William Plimpton, of whom further. 6. Sadie, born in 1857 ; married A. R. Bullock; they live at Cambridge Springs, and he is a retired meat merchant ; children : Ruth, married Victor R. Shanberger ; Arza ; Esther ; Hazel; Perry. 7. Clark, born in 1859; resides at Cambridge Springs, where he is postmaster ; by trade he is a printer ; married Mary Perry, of Warren, Pennsylvania; child, Perry. 8. Charles, born in 1861 ; resides at Erie, Penn- sylvania ; formerly a printer, now promoter of a land company in Texas ; married Eva Mor- ris ; children : Mildred and Morris. 9. Arthur, born in 1863; resides at Wellsville, Ohio; road foreman of engineers on the Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad; married Ella Kincaid, from New Castle, Pennsylvania ; child, Bessie.
(III) William Plimpton, son of John and Caroline (Leech) Eckels, was born at Green-
ville, May 22, 1853. There he began his pub- lic school education, but this was completed in Venango and Crawford counties. In 1876 he graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. For the next two years he taught at North East, Pennsylvania, and for two years after this at Spartansburg, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. In the win- ter of 1881 he taught at Guy's Mills, also in Crawford county. Then he came to Kane, and for six years was principal of the graded school, which he brought up to the rank of a high school. In 1887 he was elected county superintendent of schools, and he held this office for nine years, but in 1896 he returned to teaching, and for four years was principal of the school at Smethport, Mckean county, Pennsylvania. From 1900 to 1909 he was treasurer of the Kane Window Glass Com- pany. He then entered mercantile business as a member of the firm of Leonardson Company, of which he is now secretary and treasurer. He is a stockholder in the Kane Bank and Trust Company, the Kane Window Glass Com- pany, the Kane Supply Company, and the A. WV. Leonardson Company, of Clearfield, Penn- sylvania. He is a member of Kane Lodge, No. 566, Free and Accepted Masons; Kane Chapter, No. 279, Royal Arch Masons; Brad- ford Council, Royal and Select Masters ; Trin- ity Commandery, No. 58, Knights Templar, at Bradford. In these lodges he has been through all the chairs, and he is a member of Williams- port Consistory, Thirty-second Degree Masons. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum also, at Warren. While he is a Republican, he is inde- pendent in political action. In the Congrega- tional church at Kane, of which his wife also is a member, he has for some time been trustee. and for the past three years one of the deacons.
Mr. Eckels married, at Kane, December 30, 1885, Mary, born at Ebensburg, Cambria coun- ty, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1859, daughter of Thomas M. and Ann (Williams) Jones. She received a public school education at Ebensburg. Children : 1. Martha, born at Kane, May 19, 1887 ; graduate of Kane high school; for two years she studied music at the con- servatory, Oberlin, Ohio, and then went to the Warren Conservatory of Music, from which she graduated; she is now teacher of vocal music at Broaddus Institute, Philippi, Barbour county, West Virginia ; unmarried. 2. Claude Alan, born at Smethport, Pennsylvania, Sep-
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tember 10, 1891 ; member of the class of 1913 at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
This is a name of distinction
NELSON both as an English and as a Scandinavian name. The most noted person who has borne this name was an English sailor, Admiral Lord Nelson, but in our country the best known Nelson is prob- ably the honored senator from Minnesota, Knut Nelson, a Scandinavian. The present family is supposed to have been settled in Varmland, Sweden, for generations.
(I) Nels Nelson, the first member of this family about whom we have definite informa- tion, was born in Varmland, Sweden, and died in Varmland. He was a farmer, and a mem- ber of the Lutheran church of Sweden. Whom he married is not known. Child, Nels, of whom further.
(II) Nels (2), son of Nels (1) Nelson, was born in Varmland, in 1835, died at Mount Jewett, McKean county, Pennsylvania, Febru- ary, 1909. In Sweden he received a common school education. Coming to America he set- tled in 1879 at Mount Jewett, where he pur- chased a farm. His sons helped in the man- agement of the farm, while their father fol- lowed his trade, that of carpenter and builder. He was a Republican. In the work of his church, the Swedish Lutheran, he was very active; for many years he was a deacon, and he used to teach in Sunday school. Also, though not an ordained minister, he used to preach in the church at Kanesholm, Wetmore township, McKean county, Pennsylvania. He helped to build the Swedish church at Mount Jewett, and contributed liberally toward its cost and maintenance. He married (first) in Sweden, -, (second) in Sweden, Betty , born in Varmland, in 1834, died at Mount Jewett, in 1904. Children, three by first, four by second wife, all born in Varm- land, but all coming to America : I. Anna, born in 1852; married Nels Hanson ; they reside on a farm near Mount Jewett; children : Henry, John, Hulda, Esther, Mildred, Selma, Olga. 2. Mary, born in 1855, died at Mount Jewett, Mc- Kean county, Pennsylvania, in 1889; unmar- ried. 3. Olaf, born in 1859; a farmer near Mount Jewett ; unmarried. 4. Kate, born in 1863; married Andrew Anderson, from Smo- land, Sweden; he is a carpenter, and they re- side at Mount Jewett ; children : Carl, Gertrude.
5. John, born in 1866; he has bought a farm near Erie, Pennsylvania, and contemplates re- moving with his family to that place; married Hannah Lantz, from Lafayette Corners, Mc- Kean county, Pennsylvania. 6. Nels Angust, of whom further. 7. Ellen, born in 1873; mar- ried Magnus Sylvander, born in Varmland; he is a railroad clerk, and resides at Mckeesport, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
(III) Nels August, son of Nels (2) and Betty Nelson, was born in Varmland, October 1, 1869. He came over with his mother in 1880, his father having come in the preceding year, and they settled at Mount Jewett; there he received a public school education. He helped his father on the farm, and from the time when he was twelve years old until he was fourteen worked in a basket factory. After this he worked at different occupations, mainly carpentering and working on a farm at Mount Jewett until 1889. At Bradford, Penn- sylvania, he learned photography, which he followed with success, first at Mount Jewett for four years, then at Kersey, Elk county, Pennsylvania, until 1907. At Kersey, in 1900, he entered into the hotel business without, however, giving up his photographic studio. At this he has been very successful and in it he has prospered. Since 1907 he has been landlord of the Lamont Hotel, one of the lead- ing houses at Kane. He is a member of Olym- pia Lodge, No. 967, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Kersey, of which he is past grand ; of Kane Lodge, Scandinavian Brother- hood of America, of which he is past president ; of Lodge No. 130, Loyal Order of Moose, at Kane, of which he has held the treasurership since the lodge was established in 1909; the Fraternal Order of Eagles, at Kane; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Kane. In politics he is independent. While living at Kersey he was for ten years auditor of Fox township, and for one term he was township treasurer. Although he left for Kane before his term in this office had expired, his constituents insisted on his finishing his term, being thoroughly satisfied with his con- duct of the office. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. .
Mr. Nelson married, December 23, 1893, Hulda, born in Smoland, Sweden, February 22, 1875, daughter of Sven August and Chris- tine Swanson. She is also a Lutheran. Chil- dren : I. Clyde, born at Mount Jewett, Febru-
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ary 22, 1896; a sophomore in the Kane high school. 2. Mildred, born at Kersey, July 8, 1901. 3. Gwendolyn, born at Kane, August 15, 1909.
MALTBY This is an old English family early transplanted to America. William Maltby, Esq., the emi- grant ancestor, was born in England, 1645. He came to America with his elder brother John from Yorkshire, England, both with the rank of "gentlemen." They settled in New Haven colony about 1670. They are the founders of the various Maltby families of the United States, found as Maltby, Maultbey, Maltbie, etc. William Maltby was deputy to the general court at Hartford several sessions, and died at Branford, Connecticut, September I, 1710, aged sixty-five years. His first wife Hannah joined the church with him at Bran- ford, 1688. His second wife was Abigail Bishop. Children: John; William (2), born January 9, 1673; Elizabeth, married Abraham Hoadley ; Daniel, of whom further; Captain Samuel, one of the two graduates of Yale Col- lege, 1712; Jonathan, born July 26, 1698; a daughter, married Daniel Parker.
(II) Daniel, fourth child of William and Abigail (Bishop) Maltby, was born May 19, 1679, died December 26, 1731 ; married, Octo- ber 27, 1702, Esther Moss, who survived him and married (second) June 20, 1739, Samuel Todd; children: May, born 1703; William, February 17, 1705; Daniel (2), June 16, 1708; Joseph, May 11, 1712, a sea captain ; Abigail, March 16, 1713; Daniel, October 29, 1715; Benjamin, of whom further; Martha, Septem- ber 10, 1720; John, April 25, 1722.
(III) Deacon Benjamin Maltby, seventh child of Daniel and Esther (Moss) Maltby, was born June 20, 1717, died July 9, 1796. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Deacon Samuel Harrington, (second) 1753, Elizabeth, born October, 1728, died December 31, 1820, daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Baldwin) Fowler, of Durham, and sister of Captain Josiah and Jonathan Fowler, of White Hollow. Children of second wife: Elihu, died in in- fancy ; Benjamin (2), born January 10, 1755; Corporal Thaddeus, December, 1757, revolu- tionary soldier ; Rev. Jonathan, May 2, 1759, graduate of Yale; Elizabeth, April, 1761 ; Sarah, May, 1763; General Isaac Maltby, of whom further; Colonel Stephen Maltby, born
July, 1769, an eminent teacher, died January 22, 1812.
(IV) General Isaac Maltby, fourth son of Deacon Benjamin Maltby, was born Novem- ber, 1767, died September 9, 1819. He was an officer of the war of 1812-14. In the summer of 1814 many portions of the militia of Massa- chusetts were called into actual service for the defence of the seaboard, especially in and near Boston. Another brigade of the volunteer militia was organized and placed under the command of Brigadier-General Isaac Maltby, of Hatfield. The regiment went into camp at Cambridgeport for a few days, but was soon removed to Commercial Point, Dorchester, where there were better accommodations. General Maltby was a representative to the legislature prior to his removal to Waterloo, New York, where he died in 1819. He pub- lished "Elements of War" (1812), and "A Treatise on Courts Martial and Military Law" (1813). He was a graduate of Yale College, 1786, and an eminent teacher and scholar. He married Lucinda, only child of Brigadier-Gen- eral Seth Murray, of the revolution, and his wife, Elizabeth White. Sons : Zaccheus, Jon- athan and Samuel.
(V) Zaccheus, son of General Isaac Maltby, was born in Connecticut, about 1801. Early in life he removed to Evans, Erie county, New York, following his trade of shoemaker at Evans and Eden until his death in 1871. He was a Whig and later a Republican, and both he and his wife were members of the Congre- gational church, which he served for several years as deacon. He married Elizabeth Gif- ford, born about 1804, died 1864, at Evans, where both are buried. She was a native of Lee, Massachusetts, where her family had lived for several generations. She had a brother Lewis who came to Erie county, a farmer, and is buried at Eden, New York. Zaccheus Maltby had two brothers, Jonathan and Samuel, the latter settling at Evans, New York, where he and several of his children are buried. Children of Zaccheus and Eliza- beth Maltby, all born in Evans, New York: I. Frederick Lewis, of whom further. 2. Jo- hanna, 1823, died in Angola, New York, 1883; married Nelson Wood, deceased; their only child, Nelson Bradley Wood, resides in Buf- falo, New York. 3. Nathaniel Bradley, born about 1834, died 1899. He was a deputy sheriff of Erie county, serving under Sheriff
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Grover Cleveland. He married Frances Slater, who survives him, resides in Buffalo with her only daughter, Johanna, born 1855; a son William, born 1869, also resides in Buffalo.
(VI) Frederick Lewis, son of Zaccheus Maltby, was born in Evans, Erie county, New York, March 31, 1822. He was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools. He was a farmer all his life, and a salesman of agricultural implements. He was a Republican, and a member of the Congregational church. He died at Eden, New York, September 6, 1898. He married Harriet Lathrop, born in Canandaigua, New York, March 9, 1823. When seven years of age her parents, Rufus and Betsey (Lovejoy) Lathrop, removed to Eden, New York, where Rufus died at the age of sixty years, and is buried in the cemetery there. Betsey Lovejoy was born in New Hampshire, a descendant of the ancient Lovejoy family of Massachusetts, whose heirs claim ownership of the land in Cambridge upon which the build- ings of Harvard University are standing. Chil- dren of Frederick Lewis Maltby : 1. Frederick Rufus, born in Evans, Erie county, New York, March 29, 1849; now a resident of Buffalo in the employment of the Lake Shore railroad. He married (first ) Mary Fairbanks, of Evans, who died without issue about 1900; he mar- ried (second) a widow, Grace ( Wilson) Mor- ton, of Niagara county, New York. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born in Evans, 1852; married Thomas Piper, born in England, died in Buf- falo, 1906; children: Jennings, died at age four ; Harriet, proprietor of a millinery store in Buffalo, New York, married Charles Kru- ger ; Adalaide, a graduate of Syracuse Univer- sity, afterward taught school, now a partner with her sister Emma in the millinery business in Buffalo; William S., graduate of Harvard College, now a civil engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, married a Miss Vandewater and has William T .; Arthur L., a practicing phy- sician of New York City; Archie, with his brother, William S., in Pittsburgh. 3. Harriet Sophia, born 1856; married Frank M. Phelps, a farmer, who died in 1909; she survives him, a resident of Eden, New York. 4. Lewis Lathrop, of whom further. 5. Mary, died 1902; married Willis G. Clark, who survives her, a resident of Springville, New York : their children : Fred, resides in Buffalo, New York; Beulah, manages a millinery store in Catta- raugus, New York ; Walter, a student of Syra- cuse, New York; Erma, resides in Buffalo;
Norma, twin of Erma, resides in Buffalo; Wil- ma and Willis.
(VII) Lewis Lathrop, son of Frederick Lewis Maltby, was born in Evans, Erie county, New York, November 9, 1859. He was edu- cated in the public schools, finishing his studies in the academy at Angola, New York. He re- sided in Evans until his eighteenth year, when he came to the Bradford oil field, where he was employed until 1881. In the latter year he purchased a stock of merchandise and open- ed a general store at Wyandale, New York, where he continued in successful business until 1889. In 1890 he came to Bradford and open- ed a grocery store; since then he spent five years as traveling salesman for William El- wood & Company, of Buffalo, New York, wholesalers of men's furnishing goods. Then for about eight years he was with Brewster, Gordon & Company, wholesale grocers, of Rochester, New York. He then returned to the grocery business in Bradford, and is now so engaged with William H. Freemeyer as partner, located at 1-3 Summer street. He is an Independent in politics, dividing his alle- giance between the Republican and Prohibition parties. In 1910 he was the nominee of the Prohibitionists for councilman from the fourth ward of Bradford. He was beaten by the Re- publican candidate by only ten and by the Democratic candidate by only eight votes. In 1911 he was the Prohibition candidate for city treasurer. He is the member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Bradford; Tent No. 4, Knights of the Maccabees; and Tuna Lodge, No. 411, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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