History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 83

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RUDOLPHI FISHBURN. P. O. Greason or Carlisle, was born in Dauphin County, Penn., April 3, 1824. His parents, John and Catherine (Carmany) Fishburn, natives of Pennsylvania settled in Dickinson Township. this county, in 1832. Their children were: Philip (deceased), Jolin, Anthony, Mrs. Barbara Myers, Mrs. Helena Myers, Rudolph, Adam. Reuben and Mrs. Maria Lec. The parents of these children acquired a fine estate of over 500 acres of land in this county. The father died in April, 1861, aged seventy- seven years, and the mother in April, 1875, aged eighty-three years. They were upright

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pioneer people, and their memory will long be cherished by those who knew them. Ru- dolph Fishburn, the subject of this sketch, married, November 17, 1857. Mary Magdalena Lehman, a native of South Middleton Township, this county, born near Mount Holly Springs. Her father, Adam Lehman, a native of Tolpenhocken, Berks Co., Penn., came to this county when a you ig man, and married here Miss Magdalena Burkholder, a native of South Middleton Township, this county, and they lived long and active lives in that township, until his death, May 25, 1845. His widow passed her last days with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Fishburn, dying March 21, 1871, in her eightieth year. She and her husband were members of the Lutheran Church at Carlisle. They acquired an estate of three farms, and were among the prosperous and influential residents of this county. Of their ten chiil- dren six are living: Daniel, David, Mrs. Fishburn, Mrs. Sarah Sener, Mrs. Margaret Wolf and Samuel. Those deceased are John, Elizabeth, Adam and William. Since their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Fishhurn have resided on their present farm in Dickinson Township, where they have 110 acres of fine land, well improved, on which is an elegant stone resi- dence. Mr. Fishburn is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a man of frank and generous nature, and has many friends. In politics he is a Republican.

SAMUEL GALBRAITH (deceased), of Scotch descent, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1767, and came to the United States while quite a young man. There were four brothers-Robert, Samuel, Joseph and John. The subject of this sketch was a contractor on public works, and as such was closely connected with the early development of the country. In 1794 he settled in Cumberland County, buying, with his brother Robert, a tract of land in Dickinson Township, to which he moved when he retired to private life. He married a daughter of Squire Moore (John Moore), who died in 1813, leaving six children-John, Eleanor, Samuel, Maria, Matthew and Thompson Moore. He died in January, 1851.

THOMPSON MOORE GALBRAITH (deceased), youngest son of Samuel Galbraith, was born November 10, 1813. He Jeft school at fifteen years of age and at once commenced work on his own account. Like his father, his first ventures, even before reaching manhood, were on public works, being engaged at various times on the Erie Canal, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Cumberland Valley Railroad (the heavy cut at Newville), the Pennsylvania Railroad. at Perrysville, Mifflin, Huntington and Greensburgh, and the North Pennsyl- vania Railroad. He returned to the Cumberland Valley, and commenced farming at the old homestead in the spring of 1854, where he remained until the time of his death. De- cember 28, 1863. A modest, gentle, generous, unassuming, able man, he made many friends, and had few, if any, enemies. The soul of honor himself, his charity and gener- osity were at all times being exercised in behalf of his fellow-men. He was married, Oc- tober 10, 1848, to Elizabeth Woods, of Salem, Ohio, a daughter of Robert H. Woods, a Scotch Irish Presbyterian, who came to America in 1818. Four children survived him- William W., Emma W., Lois C. and Annie M., the eldest child, a son, dying in infancy. Of these, Emma W. died March 25, 1871, as she was verging on womanhood; Annie M. chose the study of medicine, and graduated with great credit at the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, taking a post-graduate course, lasting two years, under some of the most eminent specialists of Vienna and Munich; whilst Lois C. more modestly sought happiness in the beaten paths.

WILLIAM WATTS GALBRAITH was born September 30, 1851, in Dickinson Town- ship, this county. After receiving a common school education he went to the Pennsylvania State College, graduating in the scientific course. In 1871 he commenced farming at the old homestead, but quit in 1873 to go to West Point. Graduating there in 1877, he was was appointed second lieutenant in the Fifth Artillery, and served successively in Charles- ton, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., and Fort Schuyler, N. Y., until May, 1882, when he was ordered to the artillery school, where he graduated in April, 1884, and was ordered to Governor's Island, N. Y. In July of that year he was detailed professor of military science and tac- tics-serving also as professor of mathematics-at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, from which he was relieved, at his own request, July 1, 1885. Being again ordered to Governor's Island, he was detailed to go with his battery to Mount McGregor at the time of Gen. Grant's death. and served with the Guard of Honor from July 28 until the inter- ment, August 8. Promoted to a first lieutenancy in the same regiment, and ordered to Fort Hamilton September 23, he served with the guard at Grant's tomb from December 15, 1885. to February 15, 1886. Serving, August 26, 1886, at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., in command of Battery M, Fifth Artillery.

HARRY HANCE. miller, P. O. Huntsdale, was born in Frederick County, Md., February 26, 1849. His parents, John and Sarah (Eicholtz) Hance, were natives of York County, Penn., and removed to Maryland, where they remained until their death; he died July 10, 1867, and his widow May 9, 1872. Of their ten children our subject is the third. At the age of sixteen years Harry Hance came to this county. and began learning the mil- ling business at Bridgeport, which he has since followed at various places on the Yellow Breeches Creek. with the exception of two years (from 1879 to 1881) spent at Wilson, Ells- worth County. Kas. He located at Huntsdale, this county, in the spring of 1882, and here he is interested in the production of the Cumberland Mills (formerly known as Chambers'

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Mill). Harry Hance, who is sole manager and operator, is a skillful and scientific miller, and his products have a first-class reputation among his patrons. He married, December 27, 1874. Jennie E. Swigert. of Mount Holly, this county, and to them have been born four children, Nora Edi h. Theodore, Blanche and an infant (deceased). Our subject is a life- long Republican, and is now serving his township as school director. Hle is an upright and worthy citizen and an enterprising and successful business man.

REV. JACOB HOLLINGER. minister and retired farmer, P. O. Mooredale, was born in Monroe Township, this county, Angust 23, 1827. His great-grandfather came from Switzerland to America in a very early day, and his grandfather, Jacob Hollinger, was born in America. Daniel Hollinger (father of our subject), a native of York County, Penn., married Catherine Dillinger. also a native of York County. Immediately after mar- riage they settled in Monroe Township, this county. Of their eleven children nine grew to maturity and six are now living: Daniel, in Plympton, Kas .; Jacob; John. in Russell, Kas .; Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchison; Mrs. Catherine Eckert; and Mrs Rebecca Martin. The father of these children departed this life in 1859, and his widow survived until 1872. He was a life-long minister of the German Baptist Church, and tive of his sons, following in their father's footsteps, became ministers of the gospel. He was an upright pioneer, and his memory is cherished and honored by all who knew him. Rev. Jacob Hollinger, the subject of this sketch, was married, October 4, 1849, to Mary A. Sheaffer, a native of Mon- roc Township. this county, where her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Sheaffer resided until their death. After their marriage, Rev. Jacob llollinger and his wife settled in Dickinson Township, this county, and in 1852 they moved to South Middleton Township, where they resided until 1861, then returned to Dickinson Township, and have since resided here. By industry and good management they have acquired a fine farm of 130 acres of well improved farm land, and also own thirty-five acres of timbered land on South Mountain. To them have been born eleven children, seven of whom are now living: John Edward, George William. Mrs. Florence Hertzler, Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, Jacob S., Mrs. Anna Mary Cooper, and Alice Eva. Our subject united with the German Baptist Church in 1854, and was chosen a minister in the church in 1869, which relation he has sustained ever since. He is a man of firm principles and strict integrity, a worthy citizen, highly respected by the entire community.

ABRAM L. LINE, farmer, P. O. Mooredale, was born in Dickinson Township, this county, March 2, 1841. George Line, great-grandfather of our subject, emigrated from Switzerland to America with his parents, about 1710, when a young boy; they settled in Pennsylvania, where he grew to inanhood, and married, in Lancaster County, Salome Zimmerman; and in 1778 they came to Dickinson Township, this county, and purchased land. Of their children, David remained in Lancaster County; John, William, Abraham, Elizabeth, Susanna and Salome settled in this county. John married Anna B. Le Fevre, and they remained on the family homestead until their death; their children were John, George L., Mrs. Catherine Tritt, Mrs. Mary Conlter and Salome. George L. married Maria Line, and succeeded his parents on the family homestead, and to him and his wife were born four children: Mrs. Elizabeth Hemminger, John A., Emanuel C., aud Abram L. George L. Line was a very prominent man in public affairs, and was colonel of a regi- ment in the old State militia; he died in 1885; his wife departed this life in 1869. Their son Abram L. Line, the subject of this sketch, married, October 21, 1863, Sarah H. McMath, a native of Carlisle, and daughter of the well-known merchant, James McMath, of Scotch- Irish descent. Since their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Line have resided on their present farm, which descended to him from his mother's branch of the Line family, and has been in the possession of the family for the last fifty years; it is a fine property of 120 acres of fertile and well improved land, and includes one of the finest picnic grounds in the county. To our subject and wife have been born two children: George L. and Laura Augusta. Mr- Line enlisted, in July, 1863, in Company A, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and served in the historie campaigns in Virginia and Maryland; he took part in the hard-fought battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; he received a slight wound at Antietam, and was honorably discharged in May, 1863, after having risen, by promotion, to the rank of fourth sergeant. Mr. Line was for many years a Republican in politics, hut is now un earnest Nationalist. He takes great interest in public affairs, es- pecially in the cause of education, and has been called upon to serve his township as school director. Ile is a man of genial, social disposition, an upright and worthy citizen, highly respected by the community in which he lives.

DAVID LINE, farmer. P. O. Carlisle, was born in Dickinson Township, this county, May 4, 1830, son of David, who was a son of William, who was a son of George Line, the founder of the Line family in this county. Our subject attended the schools of the home district, and completed his eduration by a course in Burns Academy at Good Hope, Penn. Seven years of his carly manhood were spent principally in Washington County, lowa, during which time he returned home to attend school for one winter. He married, November 30, 1864. Mary E. Ralston, a native of this county, a daughter of David and Lacey (McAllister) Ralston, and soon after marriage they located where he now

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resides, in Dickinson Township, where he has a fine farm of 173 acres, being part of the homesteads of both families. On this farm David Line has erected a handsome brick res- idence and very complete and substantial farm buildings. To our subject and wife were born five children: James Edwin, William D., Samuel A., Marion Myers, and Sarah Ella. Mrs. Line died November 12, 1876. She was a sincere Christian, a devoted wife and mother, and her death was mourned by a large circle of friends. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Line and all his sons are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, Penn. Our subject devotes a great deal of attention to the education of his children, and takes a deep interest in all enterprises for the mental and moral im- provement of the community. In politics he is a Republican.

EMANUEL C. LINE, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born on the farm where he now re- sides, in Dickinson Township, this county, May 8, 1837. His father, Geo. L. Line, was a son of John Line, and a grandson of George Line, the original founder of the family in this county. John Line married Barbara Ann Le Fevre, and to them were horn five children, viz .: George L., John (deceased), Salome (deceased), Mrs. Catherine Tritt (de- ceased), and Mrs. Mary Ann Coulter. George L. Line married his second cousin, Miss Maria Line (daughter of Emanuel Line, and granddaughter of William Line), and they set- tled on the family homestead, which was purchased, in 1778, by George Line (grandfather of George L.) from Gen. John Armstrong, and has been in the possession of the family for four generations. The old manslon residence, built of stone, was erected by Gen. Arm- strong, in 1768, and is still occupied. Here Mr. and Mrs. George L. Line resided until their death. Their children are as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hemminger, John A., Emanuel C. and Abram L. Mrs. George L. Line died November 27, 1869, and Mr. Line died November 5, 1885, aged eighty years, ten months and ten days. He was a useful and highly respected citizen, and the memory of this couple is cherished by a large circle of relatives and friends. Emanuel C. Line remained on the mansion farm, and took care of his parents in their old age. He now owns here a fine property of 101 acres of well- improved land.

JACOB ZITZER LINE, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born in Dickinson Township, this county, September 22, 1854. His father, George Line, a son of Abraham and grand- son of George, was born March 5, 1801, and married Miss Rebecca Myers, daughter of Ja- cob and Susan Myers, and to them were born, Abram (deceased), George (deceased), Mrs. Rebecca Long (Rebecca's twin sister died in infancy), Jacob Zitzer, Mrs. Anne Lindsey, William, Mrs. Agnes Allen, and Mollie (deceased). The father of these children died Sep- tember 9, 1877, and the mother now resides in Carlisle, Penn. Jacob Zitzer Line married, December 28, 1876, Jane Margaret Lindsey, a native of West Pennsborough Township, this county, and a daughter of John F. and Rachel (Woodburn) Lindsey, and after their marriage they settled on their present farm, where they have 108 acres of fertile and well improved land. To them have been born the following children: Mervin Lindsey, George Valentine and Leroy Zitzer. Mr. Line is a member of the Evangelical Association, his wife being a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle. He is earnestly de- voted to the cause of literature and education, and is a member of the "Pansy " class of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. In politics he is a Republican, with strong temperance principles.

JAMES V. LINE, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born on the farm where he now re- sides, in Dickinsou Township, this county, February 14. 1851. His grandfather, Abra- ham, son of the well-known pioneer George Line, married Christina Eby, and their chil- dren were as follows: Abram, William, Gabriel, George, Henry, Mrs. Ann Carothers, Mrs. Sarah Kurtz, Mrs. Susan Tritt and Mrs. Betsy Le Fevre. William became the founder of Linesville, Crawford Co., Penn., Henry married Francis Donor, and reared a family of four children: Mrs. Frances Peffer, Mrs. Jane Myers, James V. and Laura; his wife died April 19, 1875, and he followed her May 19, 1879. Henry Line was an influential citizen; he acquired an estate of 522 acres of land, in four farms. James V. Line, the subject of this sketch, married, January 20, 1874, Catherine Spotts, a native of Dickinson Township, this county; her parents, Abram and Mary Spotts, now reside at Battle Creek, Ida Co., Iowa. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Line have resided on the old homestead of his father, and here he has a fine farm of 150 acres of fertile and well improved land. To our subject and wife have been boru two children: James Harvey and Millicent May. Mrs. Line is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Line is a life-long Republican. He is an enterprising and successful farmer, and enjoys the respect of the entire community.

SAMUEL C. LINE, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born in Dickinson Township, this county, October 2, 1840. llis great-grandfather, George Line, a native of Switzerland. came to this county from Lancaster County, Penn., in 1778, and purchased 540 acres of land from Gen. John Armstrong, and resided here nutil his death. His sons and daugh- ters were: William, David, Abraham, John, Mrs. Elizabeth MeFeely, Mrs. Sarah Houk and Mrs. Susanna Smith. William, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, married a Miss. Bear, and they ended their lives in Dickinson Township, this county; their children were: George, Nancy Musselman. Catherine Eby, Mary Spangler, Emanuel, Sally Tritt, Rachel Snyder, Susanna Myers, David, Rebecca Givler, and Lydia Myers. David was born

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August 30, 1792: he married Miss Sarah Myers, and they located on the family homestead, where they erected the present commodious mansion, and reared a family of eight chil- dren: Mrs. Mary Ann Greason (deceased), Dr. William Line, George, Mrs. Matilda Huston (deceased). David, Mrs. Sarah Jane Huston, Frances R. (deceased), and Samuel C. The subject of this sketch, after attending the district school. completed his education at Burns Academy, Good Hope, this county. lle married, February 23, 1871, Miss Emma Myers, who was born in Carlisle. Penn., while her father, John Myers, was bolding the office of sheriff of this county. John Myers came from Lancaster County, Penn., to Dick- inson Township, this county, with his parents, when he was four years of age; married Miss Elizabeth Fishburn, and to them were born thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to maturity, Emma (wife of our subject) being the youngest. Mr. Myers located, with his family, in MeCutchenville, Wyandot County, Ohio, in 1845; there purchased the hotel- stand, and remained during the remainder of hislife; many of his descendants now reside in that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Line are now residing on the mansion farm, which has been in the possession of the family for four generations. Ile bas here a fine place of 140 aeres of fertile and well improved land. He is a life-long Republican in polities. His wife is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle.

JOHN MORRISON, retired farmer, P. O. Barnitz, was born in Dickinson Township, this connty, July 1, 1818. His father, William Morrison (a native of Ireland) immigrated to America, when a boy, with his parents, and came to this county when a youth, where he was engaged for many years as door-keeper at the jail in Carlisle. Ahont 1805 Will- iam located in Dickinson Township, he being then twenty-one years of age, and here he married Sarah Wolf, a native of this county; her father. William Wolf immigrated to this country from Germany, when seven years of age, and resided in this county until his death; both he and wife are buried at Boiling Springs. William Morrison died in 1834; his widow survived him many years, and resided with her son John until her death; she died February 20, 1872, aged eighty years; her children were Margaret, Mrs. Ann Knopp (deceased), John, William (deceased), Samuel, and James (deceased). John Morrison, the subject of this sketch, passed his early life on the farm in this county. He married, February 24, 1842, Jane Lockhart, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Lockhart, natives of this county, latter of whom died in 1876 at the advanced age of ninety years. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have resided in Dickinson Township, this county, ever since their marriage, and located on their present farm in 1853; they own here a fine place of 130 acres of well improved land, besides a traet of fifty acres of timbered land on South Mountain. They have reared nine children: Mrs. Grizelle Ilollinger (deceased), Winfield Scott, Mrs. Caro- line Stouffer, William H., Mrs. Sarah Catherine Martin, Mrs. Anna Mary Martin, Frank G., John S. and Martin L.

WINFIELD SCOTT MORRISON was born May 12, 1844. He enlisted. August 11, 1862, in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and after taking part in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, received his discharge May 23, 1863, and afterward enlisted in the one-hundred days' service. He mar- ried in December, 1865, Della Frebn, and to them were born Harry Grant, Charles Monroe, Stella Blanche, and Arthur Ray. Winfield Scott now holds the position of school director. On the premises now occupied by him stands a willow tree, said to measure nine feet in circumference, which sprang from a switch that was stuck in the ground by his sister Sarah in 1863. John Morrison. the subject of this sketch, is a life-long Republican. He and his wife and five of their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Personally, John Morrison is a man of robust physique, and has a very social disposition. He is an upright and worthy citizen, enjoying the respect and esteem of the entire community.

JACOB MYERS, farmer, P. O. Greason, was born in Dickinson Township, this county, May 13, 1823. His grandparents, George and Maria Myers, located in this county, coming from one of the lower counties, in very early times, and resided bere until their death: their son Jacob was reared here and married Susanna Line, daughter of William Line, the fruits of which marriage were as follows: Mrs. Maria Line, David (deceased), Mrs. Rebecca Line and Jacob. The father of these children was accidently killed by a wagon running over him, while making a trip to Baltimore, Md., in 1824. His widow survived him until February 9, 1873, when she died in her eighty-fourth year. The sub- ject of this sketch, Jacob Myers, resided with his widowed mother until he reached man- hood. He married June 4, 1846, Eliza E. Worley, a native of Adams County, Penn., born in March, 1825; her father, George Worley, died in Adams County, Penn., and her mother afterward married John Paxton, and located in this county, where she resided un- til her death. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Myers located on the present family homestead in 1847, and here, by industry and good management. have acquired a fine farm of ninety-one acres of fertile and well improved land, ou which they have erected a fine residence and made other valuable improvements. They own another farm of eighty-six acres, also in Dickinson Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Myers have been horn nine children: John T., Benjamin F., George M., Jacob F. (accidently killed by the caving in of an ore bank, November 11, 1871), Washington Emory, David H. (deceased August 7, 1878), William L., Ida B. and Jennie E. Mrs. Myers died February 7, 1881. She was a devoted wife

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and mother, an earnest Christian, and her death was mourned by a large circle of friends. Mr. Myers now resides on the homestead with his daughters. He is a member of the Ger- man Baptist Church. He has devoted a great deal of attention to the education of his children; his son David was for many years before his death a very successful and much loved teacher in this county. Jacob Myers is a useful and worthy citizen, universally re- spected wherever he is known. He filled the office of school director for many years. In politics he is a Democrat.

GEORGE W. PAXTON, postmaster of Hunters Run, was born in Carroll County, Md., in 1849. Being abandoned by his mother when he was au infant, he was brought to Huuters Run, in this county, when he was nine months old, and was reared in the family of Godfrey Fenner, one of the first residents of this part of the county. Our subject spent his boyhood on a farm, cutting wood and doing the general work of a farmer's boy in this mountain community. He attended the primitive schools of those times, and has since acquired a good education by private reading and study. From his twelfth to his twen- tieth year he worked with Mr. Philip G. Howe. In 1873 he engaged in merchandising at Gardiner's store, South Mountain, locating in 1876 in Myerstown in his own building, which he had erected for that purpose iu the spring of that year. In addition to this en- terprise he opened another store, in 1880, at Hunters Run Station, and also dealt in coal and grain, and acted as freight agent for the South Mountain Railroad Company, and also for the Adams Express Company. From 1873 till 1882 he was extensively engaged in the manufacture of charcoal, selling to the South Mountain Mining and Iron Company, at Pine Grove Furnace, Cumberland Co., Penn., and to C. W. Ahl & Son, of Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, the contract for coal ruuning as high as 150,000 bushels per year, giving employment at certain times to 100 men in cutting cordwood, coaling, hauling, etc. The amount paid for labor, for four years, rauged from $5,000 to $7,000 annually, the most extensive work done and the greatest number of laborers employed having been during the four years mentioned, the year 1882 representing the maximum. In 1881 he sold his store at Myerstown, but still retained ownership of the huilding, and continued business at Hunters Run until March, 1885. He began the manufacture of lumber, near Hunters Ruu, in 1872 and continued it until 1885, when he sold the mill, which has since been removed. In addition to all these business enterprises Mr. Paxton has done a very extensive business in real estate, handling more real estate than any other ten men in his vicinity. Mr. Paxton married, July 1, 1875, Anna M. Myers, a native of this county and daughter of David and Julia Myers, and to them have been born four children: Ellis M., Morris T., Jessie Armeda and Irvine (latter deceased). Mr. Paxton is a Democrat in poli- tics. He was appointed postmaster at Ilunters Run January 23, 1883, which office he still holds. He took a very active and energetic part iu the encouragement and construction of the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad, from Hunters Run to Gettysburg, which was built and formally opened for travel in the early part of 1884. Our subject has led a very active and successful business life, and has acquired a handsome estate. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

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