History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 202

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162


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MR.


DR. L. WINDLE.


1879. During his extended practice of thirty-three years he purchased the farm in Highland township where his widow, Sarah Baker Windle, now resides. He was married June 8, 1859, to Sarah Baker, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Rakestraw), by whom he had five children,-Horace L., Lewis B., T. Frank, Annie M., and William Clinton. Dr. Windle was noted as a skillful and learned physician, and was highly esteemed by the medical fraternity and the community at large. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Atglen, which his family attends. He was a Whig and subsequently a Republican, and was active for his party, although he was never a candidate for office. He was respected for his many personal qualities of heart and mind, and the impress of his busy life was largely felt in great good done to humanity in his profession of the heal- ing art and of surgery.


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Lydia Swayne, and was the father of Thomas Wood, of Doe Run.


Joseph Wood, son of Thomas and Mary, died in 1797, aged sixty-seven years. He married, 1, 12, 1769, Katha- ribe Day, and settled in West Nottingham. His children were Thomas, William, Joseph, Jesse, Lydia, Elizabeth, David, John, and Day.


DR. JAMES BAYARD WOOD was born in New Castle Co., Del., Nov. 5, 1817. In 1820 his father, Joseph Wood, removed with his family to Londongrove township, Chester Co. The educational advantages of Dr. Wood were only those afforded by the common schools of the day,


, but he neglected no opportunity to cultivate his mind and fit himself for usefulness in life. He first learned the trade of a miller, which he followed about five years, and then engaged in the mercantile business in Chatham. On the


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election of William Rogers as sheriff, in the fall of 1840, he became his deputy, and held the position during his term and for a time thereafter. In October, 1844, he was elected sheriff, and held the office three years. In 1849 he en- gaged in merchandising in West Chester, and was also ap- pointed postmaster. He held this office by appointment of the Postmaster-General and of the President until May, 1853. During this latter period he studied medicine, and graduated at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Penn- sylvania in March, 1854. Since that time he has devoted his attention almost exclusively to the practice of his pro- fession, which is quite extensive, and in which he has been very successful. He has been honored with the position of president of the Chester County and State Homoeopathic


they moved about one mile east of New London. Rachel died 1786, and Archibald in 1806.


Their children were ten in number, of whom one died in infancy. The others were,-1. John, b. 1747, d. 1810, went to the wilderness, where Danville now stands; was a soldier in the Revolution, and in a skirmish with Indians was scalped and left for dead. He married Helen Montgomery, and had nine children, of whom his son Thomas is said to have been the first white child born in Northumberland Co., Pa. 2. Robert, b. 1749, d. unmarried; 3. Archi- bald, b. Oct. 10, 1751, d. Feb. 2, 1828; 4. David, b. Feb. 4, 1753; 5. James, b. May 11, 1755; 6. William, b. April 4, 1758, d. Aug. 23, 1850; 7. Margaret, b. May 23, 1760, d. Jan. 15, 1832; 8. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1762,


I. B. Woode


Medical Societies, and has been one of the censors of the national society. As a politician he has been active, and he has filled various posts of honor in the parties to which he belonged. He has served in the councils of the borough of West Chester, and since April, 1879, he has been chief burgess. Through his instrumentality and persevering ef- forts the present beautiful and enduring monument at the " Paoli massacre" grounds was erected in 1877. His wife is a daughter of William Rogers, and his only son, Dr. Henry C. Wood, is a physician in West Chester.


WOODSIDE, ARCHIBALD, born in Londonderry, Ire- land, about 1720, arrived in this country in 1728, and it is presumed that his parents came with him, but their names do not appear. The first residence here was near Lewis- ville. He married Rachel Stewart, also from the north of Ireland, and settled near Somerset, in Upper Oxford, whence


d. Nov. 25, 1833; 9. Stewart, b. Sept. 10, 1769, d. Sept. 10, 1826.


Robert, Archibald, Mary, and Stewart remained at the homestead unmarried, Archibald being a spinning-wheel maker. David and James, also unmarried, removed to Clearfield County when young. Margaret married Isaac Larue, near New London, and left a daughter Rachel, who married James Roney. William learned the blacksmith trade with his brother John at New London; bought a farm between the present Penn Station and McDowell's mill ; married, in 1793, Eleanor, daughter of John McKis- sick, of Lower Oxford, and had four children,-1. John, b. Dec. 7, 1794, d. Oct. 2, 1871; 2. Rachel, b. Nov. 17, 1796, d. Sept. 6, 1862; 3. William Stewart, b. Jan. 27, 1801, d. Feb. 28, 1876; 4. Archibald, b. July 18, 1803. John_married, Dec. 22, 1836, Margaret Creswell, was a


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farmer, and lived at the homestead. Rachel lived with him, unmarried. William Stewart was a wheelwright near Penn Station several years ; married, Feb. 24, 1836, Caroline, daughter of William H. Crossby, of Hayesville, and had children,-John Whitfield, Robert Graham, James Crosby, Jane Dickey, David Byron, William Penn, George M., and Thomas Franklin.


WORKIZER, CHRISTIAN, an accomplished German gentleman, entered the English army as lieutenant at Aschaffenburg, in 1743, when George II. was fighting in Germany. He subsequently rose to the rank of colonel, and came to Canada as aide-de-camp to Gen. Wolfe, in 1758. He was one of the three who bore his brave commander to the rear when mortally wounded on the Heights of Abra- ham. After the capture of Quebec, Col. Workizer retired from the British army, and marrying soon after Mademoi- selle Girardin, of Quebec, a lady of French extraction, he and his wife came to Chester County and settled, pur- chasing the lands on which are now located the village of Howellville and the adjacent homestead farm. Having sworn fealty to the British crown as an officer, and having been truly attached to his late commander, Col. Workizer remained strictly neutral during the war of the Revolution. Col. Workizer was accompanied by his wife's brother, Mr. A. Girardin ( Anglice Sheridan). This gentleman bought lands in and around Philadelphia, in Pittsburgh, and in Erie. He owned the Swan property, Race Street near Second, and the floating ferry at Fairmount, Philadelphia. April 27, 1779, he was married by Rev. Henry Mulilenberg to Miss Barbara Snyder, at Pikeland.


Col. Workizer became the father of four daughters- Mary, Margaretta, Elizabeth, and Priscilla-and two sons,- John and Jacob Sheridan,-all born at or near Howellville, the hotel of that village having been the second homestead of the Workizer family.


Jacob Sheridan Workizer, a fine Latin scholar, wrote for one of the Philadelphia papers. He was early engaged to an accomplished lady, Miss Evans, but died of consump- tion before the marriage was consummated. Hon. Jona- than Roberts, United States senator from Pennsylvania, his personal friend, said of him, "Sheridan Workizer was a youth of rare promise, and our society* felt his loss." He spoke admiringly of his bright intellect, and of his power of attracting his associates to him.


Mr. John Workizer was very proud of his mother. He loved to tell of her walking all the way from Howellville to her brother's home in Philadelphia and returning with med- icine, salt, etc., in pockets underneath her dress, having successfully eluded the British sentinels at their outposts.


Gen. Washington, with his customary affability, had noticed the Workizer boys occasionally when he encoun- tered them, and Mr. John Workizer loved to recall the general as he remembered him, descanting with almost boy- ish enthusiasm on the imposing figure and the grand face of the world's hero, with its serene and benignant expres- sion.


One of Col. Workizer's daughters (reputed to be belles in their day) married Mr. George Norman, who, accompa-


nied by his wife, her two sisters, and some members of Governor Snyder's family (their relatives), removed about 1820 to the vicinity of Cincinnati. Mr. Norman bought 400 acres of the Little Miami bottom lands, and built thereon his family homestead, where some of Col. Work- izer's descendants still reside. The others live in Cincin- nati, and Mrs. David Mills, of that city, a grandchild, retains as an heirloom in the family part of an old black velvet suit, presented to Col. Workizer by the mother of Gen. Wolfe, to be worn as mourning for her son.


Mr. John Workizer, who inherited the village of Howell- ville, married Miss Mary Turner, whose roomy old home is still standing, near Spring City, Pa. The young couple removed to Valley Forge, and purchased considerable prop- erty in and around the village. In their old homestead at Valley Forge (now the Mansion House hotel) six children -five girls and one boy-were born to them, and some grandchildren, among the latter Gen. Galusha Pennypacker, United States army, the intrepid young officer who espe- cially distinguished himself at Fort Fisher during the civil war.


Mr. John Workizer's eldest daughter, Eloisa, married Mr. Morey, his second, Matilda, Mr. William Lewis, and his third Mr. Joseph E. Anderson. His fourth daughter, Anna Virginia, was a young lady of remarkable beauty and intelligence. Having as yet no son, Mr. Workizer educated this daughter to be his amanuensis in business, and there are many deeds, contracts, and other documents still extant written, not only for her father, but gratuitously for the neighboring farmers, in the clear, beautiful penmanship of this superior woman.


John Sheridan, the only son, inherited and sold out of the family Howellville village. He subsequently removed to Indianapolis.


WORRELL, or WORRALL, RICHARD, emigrated from Oare, Berkshire, England, in 1682, and arrived at Philadelphia a short time before the proprietary. He served as a juror in the last court held for Upland County, but it does not appear that he settled within the bounds of Chester County. He was a Friend, and had suffered some persecution on account of his religion as early as 1670.


JOHN WORRALL was a Friend, and came from the same place as the next above. They both presented their certificates at the same time, and to the same meeting in Philadelphia, and were doubtless relatives. John removed to Chester, or the neighborhood of that place, where, in the early part of 1684, he was married to Frances, the widow of Thomas Taylor, after which he settled in Middletown. In 1695 he was a resident of Edgmont, where he continued to reside till the time of his decease, in 1742, when he had attained the age of eighty-four years. His wife, Frances, died in 1712, and in 1714 he married Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Goodwin, of Edgmont. It is not known that John Worrall had any children by his first wife except a SOD named John, b. 7, 26, 1685, who died young. By his second wife he had seven children, viz .: Elizabeth, b. 1, 29, 1715; Mary, b. 4, 27, 1717 ; John, b. 8, 26, 1719 ; Peter, b. 8, 26, 1719 ; Sarah, b. 7, 19, 1722; Thomas, b. 9, 21, 1724; Thomas, b. 5, 29, 1728.


Sarah (Goodwin) Worrall was recommended as a min-


* Alluding to a debating society.


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ister by Chester Monthly Meeting, 12, 24, 1723-4, and afterwards paid a religious visit to Great Britain in com- pany with Elizabeth Aslıbridge.


It is supposed that the name Worrall, or Worrell, was originally Warel, and that those bearing it are descended from Sir Hubert de Warel, who lost three sons at the bat- tle of Hastings, the town at which William the Conqueror first landed.


JOHN WORRELL, with his wife, Mary, and family, settled very early in Marple township. It has been supposed that he was a son of Richard Worrell, who settled in Philadel- phia, but this is uncertain. His wife was a sister of Harry Lewis, of Radnor. He died in 1716, leaving six children, viz. : John, Peter, Joshua, Henry, Mary, and Hannah. His widow married John Bromfield, of Whiteland.


William Penn, by deeds of lease and release, March 21 and 22, 1681, conveyed 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania to Peter Worrall, of Crude-lanes, in the county of Chester, England, and Joshua Worrall, of Newton, in the same county, tanners. The release is in possession of Thomas J. Worrall, Esq., late city solicitor of Philadelphia, but he is unable to trace his descent from the grantees.


PETER WORRALL, of Marple, tanner, conveyed, 10, 11, 1699, to his son Peter, of the same place, 150 acres in Marple, part of the above 500 acres. This second Peter died about 1749, " being aged," leaving children,-John, m. 4, 20, 1723, to Hannah Taylor; Jonathan, m. 7, 21, 1727, to Mary Taylor; James, m. 5, 24, 1735, to Hannah Calvert ; Joseph, Peter, Mary (Moore), and Patience (Powell).


William Worrall, born 11, 29, 1730, died 12, 23, 1826, son of Jonathan and Mary, married, 5, 3, 1759, Phebe Grubb, born 1, 18, 1732-3, died 3, 15, 1800, daughter of Nathaniel and Ann Grubb, of Willistown, and settled in Ridley towoship. Their children were Seth, b. 12, 28, 1761, d. 9, 4, 1765 ; Mary, b. 10, 17, 1766, d. 7, 17, 1790, m. Nathaniel Newlin; Nathaniel, b. 8, 14, 1769, d. January, 1836, m. Mary Paul ; Ann, b. 11, 17, 1771, d. 11, 7, 1836, m. Joseph R. Downing, of Downingtown.


WORTH .- Among the earliest settlers under William Penn came Thomas Worth, bringing with him his trusty Bible, printed in 1636, and still preserved by one of his descendants in the seventh generation. From the record therein it appears that he was born in 1649, left England the 21st of the 2d month (April, O.S.), 1682, and landed in Pennsylvania about the beginning of the 6th month fol- lowing,-before William Penn had sailed for his young colony. He is thus mentioned in "Smith's History of Delaware County":


" Thomas Worth was from Oxton, in the county of Nottingham, England. He settled in Darby town immediately upon his arrival in 1682, and subsequently higher up in the township. He was a con- sistent and exemplary member of the Society of Friends; and having acquired a better education than was usual in that day, his services were constantly in demand in the performance of such duties as re- quired an expert and ready penman. He was married in 1685 to Isabell Dauioson (Davidson), who emigrated from the county of Darhy, and probably came in the same ship with her husband, bring- ing with her a certificate of good character, which she fully sustained in after-life. She died in 1709, at the age of fifty-four years. Thomas lived till 1731. In 1697 he represented Chester County in the Provin- cial Assembly. The descendants of this couple are numerous and


respectable; those hearing the name being mostly settled in Chester County, where he had purchased a large tract of land. He was one of the original purchasers of land in England (from William Penn). His son Thomas removed to Bradford, 1739."


The following documents, copied from the records of Darby Monthly Meeting, are given in the quaint style of the original, and will doubtless be of interest to many of the descendants of this worthy couple. It will appear that Thomas Worth's wife did not come over in the same ship with her future husband :


" To ye monthly or Quarterly meetinges In Pensilvania or new Jer- sey or to Any of our tfriends In ye Service of Truth where our ffriends Thomas Worth & Samuell Bradshaw may Come.


" Deare friends these few lines may Signifie unto yon somethinge of our sence and Judgment Conserninge ye aforesaid Thomas Worth & Samuell Bradshaw whose outward beeinge was att Oxton In ye County of Nottingham Amongst us theire Conversation & Manner of Life : ye walked Soberly Harmlesly And uprightly as becomes ye truth : Wee had unity with them And ye weare Concerned with us In Truth's Service And we know nothinge hut yt ye are free & Cleare from any Ingagmen huth Concerninge ye woman or Any other outward thinges : Soe In ye feelinge of ye pure and pretious truth & pure Life which floweth And stremeth from one Nation to Another; In the feelinge of which our hearts are Greatly refreshed & our Souls Mutually Com- forted though wee bee outwardly farr Seperated une from an other : In ye Fresh Inoyment of this pure Love of our Gud his mercys & his Goodness which hee from one day to Another makes us pertakers of; And In ye #sent feelinge of his Continued presence which at this time is reveled And made knowne In this our Asembly we re- maine your deare friends In ye service of truth.


" From our Monthly meet- - ing att ffarnsfeild this 20th of ye first month 1682 In ye County of Nottingham.


" Will Malson,


Georg Cockrom,


Will Watson, Robert Grace,


Nathaniel Clay, John Lankford,


Richard Bateman, Edward Asling,


Mathias Brackney, George Hopkinson, John Oldham, Will. Blanc-"


"This is to Certifie to them whom it may Concerne that Isabell Davison of Anmenlayes Mill; hath it In hir mind to Transport hir selfe Into Pensilvania in America : that ye said Isabell Dauinson hath walked orderly & sve far forth as wee know is Cleare from all Men : Subscribed att our monthly meetinge att Breach House ye 13th day of ye 5th mon : 1682, by us whose names are heare under written.


" Edmund Cartlidg, Michall Blunston,


John Roades, Thomas Whitthe,


John Blunston, Joseph Potter,


Joshua Fearne, William Day,


Richard Sarson, Adam Roades,


Samuell ffox,


Richard Lees,


Elizabeth Roades,


Mary Whittbe,


Mary Holland,


Sarah Day."


" Att a monthly meetinge at Darby ye 7th day of ye 8th mo : 1685, Thomas Worth & Isabel Dauinson declared theiro Intentions of Mar- raige.


"Georg Wood, John Smith, Elizabeth Bartrum, & Ann Wood to make enquiries Concerninge ye Clearnes of Tho : Worth & Isabel Dauinson."


" Att A monthly meetinge Att darby ye 4th day of ye 9th mo : 1685, Thomas Worth & Isabel Dauinson declared theire Intentions of Marriage ye second time; things beinge found Cleare."


" This is to Certific all whom it may Concerne that Thomas Worth of ye towne of Darhy in ye County of Chester, And Isabel Dauinson of ye same Towne haveing Laid there Intentions of marraige before two monthly mectings Accordinge to ye order of truth ; And things being found Cleare on both ptys; now for ye full determination of ye Marraige Above said, ye s'd Tho: Worth and Isabel Davinson upon ye 18th day of ye 9th mon : 1685 In A Publique meetinge of ye people of God declared as followeth : Thomas Worth standing up


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& takeinge Isabel Dauinson by yo hand said es followeth : I doe in ye presence of The Lord & before you his people heare take Isabel Dauinson to be my wife, promising unto bir to be A Loveinge hus- band soe Long as as it shall please ye Lord to Lengthen out our dayes to gather, And the said Isabel Davinson standing up & Takeinge Thomas Worth by ye hand said as followeth : I doe in ye Presence of ye Lord & before you his people take Thomas Worth to be my bus- band promising unto him to be a Loveinge and diligent wife. Wee whose names are under written beinge then & there present are wit- nesses to this marriage above written. Thomas Worth Isabel Worth.


" Edmund Cartlidg, Mioball Blunston,


Georg Maries, Jobn Smith,


Georg Wood, John Blunston,


John Bartram, Sam : Levis,


Jobn Wood, Tho : Hood,


John Marshall,


Sam : Sellers,


John Roads, Ellin Garratt,


Anna Sellers, Sarah Blunston,


Ann Wood,


Hannah Wood,


Eliner Smith,


Elin Gibins,


Eliz. ffearne,


Sarah Sharp."


John Wood,


The children of Thomas and Isabel Worth were John, b. 6, 9, 1686, d. 9, 23, 1716 ; Thomas, b. 1, 4, 1688, d. 12, 19, 1778 ; Sarah, b. 7, 28, 1691, d. 10, 8, 1696.


Isabel Worth, wife of Thomas, died 3, 3, 1709, aged about fifty-four years, and her husband on the 10th of 2d mo. (April), 1731. At the time of his death he owned 222 acres in Darby, which he bequeathed to his son Thomas, and 500 acres in East Bradford, which he devised to the daughters of his son John. They sold 150 acres of the south end thereof to James Jefferis, and in 1738 conveyed the re- mainder to their uncle Thomas.


9 mo. 6th, 1695 .- "Ordered at this meetinge According to ye ad- vice of the yearly meeting that George Wood And Thomas Worth, be appoynted to take Care that things there in expressed be put in practise."


6 mo. 2nd, 1699 .- " Agreed at this meeting that A meeting house sixty foot one way and twenty foot aded to the sid 21 foot wid in the cleare be built. John Bethel, John Hood, Michall Blunston, John Wood and Thomas Worth ordred to maniage the Concerne about the said honse till furder order."


2 mo. 2nd, 1701 .- " John Bethel, John Wood and Thomas Worth appoynted by this meeting to Continue ye carrying on of the worke which is to be done at the new meeting house in order to finish the same And to take money upon Intrist for which money John Blun- ston and Richard Parker (in the place of the fore mentioned Edmund Cartlidge) is to stand bound In behalfe of the meeting."


(John Blunston and Edmund Cartlidge were appointed 12, 5, 1700, to stand bound for the money.)


5, 4, 1722 .- " Thomas Worth and Samuel Bradshaw are appointed for overseers for the ensuing year."


John Worth was married in 1711 to Katharine Ormes, daughter of Richard and Mary Ormes, of Radnor, and left three daughters,-Sarah, b. 2, 6, 1712 ; Hannah, b. 7, 20, 1713; Mary, b. 8, 18, 1715.


These children removed with their mother to Abington after her second marriage in 1720, and the first became the wife of Joseph Shallcross, of Lower Dublin township, Philadelphia Co. Hannah was married to Jonathan Car- malt, of the Northern Liberties, and Mary to James Paul, of Warrington, Bucks Co.


5, 6, 1720 .- " Robert Turnar of Abington In the County of Phila- delphia and Katherine Worth, belonging to this meeting declared their Intention of marriage with Each other the first time. Michaell Blunston and Samuell Garrat appointed to see that Care be taken about Katherine Worth's Children and make Report to the meeting."


6, 3, 1720, they report that care is taken.


7, 7, 1720, the overseers (M. Blunston and John Wood) report things were well at the marriage.


Thomas Worth, Jr., married Mary, daughter of Walter and Rebecca (Fearne) Fawcett, of Ridley, who was born 9th mo. 25, 1697.


This marriage was not accomplished according to the dis- cipline of Friends, and occasioned the following minutes of Darby Meeting :


4, 4, 1718 .- " Josiah Hibard and David Thomas appointed to speak to Thomas Worth Jur.


5, 2, 1718 .- " The persons appoynted to speak to Thomas Worth jur., made their return and the said Thomas Worth jur., gave no sat- isfaction to this meeting. Thomas Bradshaw, Samuel Garrat and Richard Parker appoynted to draw up a Testimony egainst Thomas Worth jur., and his actions and bring it to the next monthly meeting for approbation."


(He and Mary disowned 6, 6, 1718.)


The mother of Mary Worth was married about the close of 1706 to John Wood, of Darby. James Steel, writing to John Taylor, surveyor, Dec. 2, 1727, says, "Thomas Worth and John Wood have been with me for a piece of land in a fork of Brandywine which they tell me from thy information is vacant. If thou canst secure about five hundred acres for Thomas I shall take care to do for him the present needfull in the office." Whether this refers to the father or son is uncertain, but the latter obtained a patent for 318 acres in West Bradford in 1737. In 1738 he purchased from his nieces 350 acres in East Bradford, which had belonged to his father, and soon after removed from Darby to this land. A stone in the graveyard at Bradford Meeting bears the initials M. W. and date 1740, and perhaps indicates the spot where Mary Worth was buried. Respecting the removal of the family to Bradford the following minutes of Darby Meeting are given :


10, 5, 1739 .- ' Thomas Worth appeared at this meeting and Re- quested a Certificate for himself and family in order to recomend them to Bradford Monthly Meeting.


"Therefore Samuel Bunting and John Davis are appointed to In- quire of the Clearness and Conversation of the above said and if Clear to draw a Certificate thereof and produce it at nur next meeting for approbation."


11, 2, 1739 .- "The Frds appointed, to Draw a Certificate for Thoms. Worth Report that they do not find things Clear therefore this meeting appoints Joseph Bonsall and John Davis to acquaint the said Thomas Worth with the reason and Desire him to be at our next Monthly Meeting."


12, 6, 1739 .- "The Friends appointed to acquaint Thomas Worth with the reason why this meeting cannot comply with his Request have writ to him about it and a Copy of their said Letter was pro- duced to this Meeting."


10, 3, 1740 .- " Thomas Worth sent a paper to this Meeting ac- knowledging his misconduct which is taken for satisfaction and is as followeth :


"'Dear ffrds; I acknowledge that for want of Dne Care my Con- duct in time past was in some Respect Inconsistant with the Rules of the society to which I Did belong which hath made a Separation between me & you and in Consideration that I have acted Disagree- able to the good order Established by the said society I am sorry and take the Blame to myself, Desiring you to pass by my former offence and Receive me again under your Christian care and Notice.




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