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In the third division allotment four of the original associates had left and their names had been dropped and two others taken in, so that now there are only sixteen associates. In each division there were three lots reserved-or rather drawn-for public use. The third division of lots was surveyed and allotted Sept. 12, 1787, after the Pennsylvania government had succeeded to the jurisdic- tion and the county of Luzerne had been erected. The third division seems to have been allotted in a different manner from the others:
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"Wm. Stewart No. 4 "Capt. Lazarus Stewart(d)No. 6
"Wm. Stewart
"Wm. Stewart
"Wm. Stewart 21
"School Lot
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"Wm. Stewart 24
"Capt. Lazarus Stewart(d 19
"Wm. Graimes (Graham) 26
"Elijah Inman 25
" John Young . 14
"James Lasley 20
"Public Lot 16
"Wm. Stewart 12
"Thomas Robinson 15
"Silas Gore (dead) . 18
"Capt. Lazarus Stewart (d) II
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"Capt. Lazarus Stewart(d) 29
"John Donahow 13
"Lieut. Laz. Stewart (d) 28
"John Robinson 30
"John Franklin .(d) 2
" Robert Young 3I
"Wm. Young (d) 7
"Lieut. Laz. Stewart (d) I
"James Robinson 17
"Wm. Young (d) 22
" James Stewart (d) 5
"Thomas Robinson 23
" Parsonage Lot . 3
"Capt. Lazarus Stewart (d) 9
"This division drawn by John Stewart and Jowel Burritt, in- different persons." Others besides those marked were probably dead.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of the town of Hanover legally warned and held at the house of James Lasley on Saturday, 31 January, 1789.
John Hurlbut, Moderator for the day.
" Resolved, Whereas Elisha Delano is about to build a saw-mill on or near one of the public lots, first division, No. 29, by which means it will flow a quantity of land on said lot No. 29. Resolved that the Clark be impowered to make out a lease of all the land the mill pond flows for any term of time not exceeding ninety-nine years, the said Elisha Delano paying the sum of yearly rent of one shilling for each acre that said mill pond * * * and necessary for logg way and board yard for said mill-Provided that the said Elisha Delano builds a sufficient saw-mill within one year from this date, 31 of January, 1789.
"JAMES LASLEY, Clark."
Lot No. 29 leased to Frederick Crisman for fourteen years, "Elisha Delano's lease for raising a pond on this lot reserved." This was the Red Tavern lot. The mill was afterwards made a grist- mill and became finally the Behee Mill. The leases to Delano and to Crisman were dated January 31, 1789. Crisman built the Red Tavern on the "six-rod road" adjoining lot No. 29 on the east. Of
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course there was no real road over on that "six-rod road," nor any part of it. The map will show these narrow strips of land along the lines of lots in the first division about a mile apart, running from north to south across the township, called "six-rod roads." Wherever they could be used as roads they were so used; but there were very few places along them where they could be used for a road. Therefore, where not used for roads they were leased out as any other public land was.
LOTS OF THE FIRST DIVISION.
Before we give the condensed history of these lots we may say that the back end of all of them, from about the top of the Little Mountain running southerly, was dropped off as unseated land before the survey and certification of the lands to the claimants in 1802. Those parts of the lots are sold every two years for taxes. The railroads have caused some parts of them to be bought for residences of employes of the railroads.
Nos. 1, 2, 3. Drawn by Captain Lazarus Stewart, descended to and were divided between his children after his death in the Wyo- ming Massacre, July 3, 1778. The Stewart block-house stood on No. 3, between the River road and the river, about midway. Certi- fied in 1802, part of No. I to Nathan Waller, descended to his daughter, Mrs. Miller Horton, and to' the Horton heir after them. Part of Nos. I and 2 certified to Jacob Rosecrants and John Hannis; transferred by them to others unknown. The back end of 1 and 2 at Newtown is divided among many owners. Thomas Brown owned No. I there for many years. Petty's Mill is on No. I. Part .of 2 and 3 long remained the property of Alexander Jameson who married a daughter of Capt. Stewart. It was certified to Jameson in 1802; in 1863-4 the Germania Coal Co. had a mine and breaker on the back end at the foot of the mountain. It now belongs to the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. The larger part of No. 3 fell to Josiah Stewart and was certified to him in 1802, but has long been in other hands. [The actual dates of certificates are not known; but as certification commenced in 1802 and ended in 1804, the time in general is given as 1802].
No. 4. Drawn by Lieut. Lazarus Stewart ( Jr.) He was slain in that disastrous battle and massacre in 1778 by the side of his
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cousin the Captain. He left one descendant, a daughter, Fanny, a year old at the time of his death. She succeeded to his estate in this lot. It was certified to her in 1802. Her only living descend- ant, Mary F. Sively, daughter of George Sively, and widow of B. F. Pfouts, still resides on this lot on the River Road. The part near the Back Road has long belonged to others.
No. 5. Drawn by Lieut. Lazarus Stewart (Jr.), was sold before 1 his death to Matthias Hollenback, was certified to him in 1802, transferred to George Lazarus about 1818. His children and grand- children reside on it yet on the part near the river; the back part near the Back Road has long belonged to coal companies, at least since 1850. Much of Ashley is on this lot, and all on 4, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9.
No. 6. Drawn by John Donahow; came into possession of Dr. Samuel Cook, and was transferred May 25, 1777, to John Staples, sold in 1788 to John and Richard Inman and Nathan Wade, certi- fied 1802 to M. Hollenback, Vandermark, C. Carey, Ashbel Waller, J. Carey, Richard Inman, C. Carey, N. Wade, and was constantly being transferred in parts. The ownership cannot be followed.
No. 7. Drawn by David Young; transferred by him to Thos. Robinson, 22 December, 1772; afterwards owned by Caleb Spencer, and March 19, 1777, part transferred to Peleg Burritt, then by Bur- ritt to Gideon Burritt, his son, Sept. 12, 1777, and in 1788 the part from river to Solomon's Creek sold to Richard Inman; in 1802 it was certified to R. Inman, A. Waller, W. Shoemaker, C. Wickiser and G. Baldwin. This lot is in many pieces from the river to Ashley.
No. 8. Drawn by Capt. Lazarus Stewart; descended to his children, certified in 1802 to Ed. and Richard Inman, J. Shoonover, J. Vandermark, and Comfort Carey on the Back Road; the Comfort Carey part long belonged after his death to John Davis; belongs to the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre, Coal Co., or Charles Parrish.
No. 9. Drawn by William Graham, was certified in 1802 to William Caldwell and William Ross; Ross had the end at the Back Road and in 1829 had a mill on it on Solomon's Creek at the foot of the mountain. In 1846 coal was taken out of the Ross vein and shipped across the mountain on the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
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R. R., otherwise the Lehigh and Susquehanna R. R., by horse power. This is believed to be the first coal ever taken over the mountains to White Haven.
No. 10. Drawn by John Robinson, came early into possession of Ebenezer Hibbard who sold it on Oct. 13, 1774, to Edward Spen- cer, (400 acres); it was certified in 1802 to Edward Spencer and Christian Saum with part of lot No. 9. The northern part-Spen- cer's-was afterwards owned by Edward Inman.
No. II. Drawn by James Robinson-and
No. 12. Drawn by Thomas Robinson-both early came into possession of Matthias Hollenback, who on June 24, 1777, sold them to John Hollenback, and he, on Nov. 12, 1777, sold them to (Deacon) John Hurlbut. They descended to his children in 1782, and in 1788 Christopher Hurlbut transferred the part of No. 12 to Elisha Blackman, his brother-in-law, from the top of Hog-Back at the Middle Road back to the township line. In 1802 the two lots were certified to Naphtali Hurlbut, Elisha Blackman, Rufus Ben- nett and Willis Hyde, They were afterwards owned by Arndt, Garringer, Bennett, Blackman, Collins, Metcalf, Plumb, Rummage and Courtright. On No. II, at the Middle Road, Wm. Hyde built a stone house about 1796. That house is still standing and in use. On the Hyde part is the Askam Post Office.
No. 13. Drawn by Josias Aspia. Nothing further is known of him or any ancient transfers. In 1790 it was sold at sheriff's sale, with half of No. 14, from Jonathan Corey to Abraham Bradley. In 1802 it was certified, with half of lot 14, to Bradley. It afterwards belonged to Henry Minnich-and at the Back Road to Henry Mock. The Mock part afterwards belonged to Col. H. B. Wright, now to the Warrior Run Mines; the Middle Road and River Road parts to the D. L. & W. Co.
No. 14. Drawn by Hugh Coffrin, came into possession of James Lasley, who on May 27, 1777, transferred it to Jenks Corey, Corey was slain in the Wyoming Massacre. In 1790 the sheriff sold the half of it to Abraham Bradley with No. 13. In 1802, the half of it with No. 13 was certified to Bradley, and the other half to Lord Butler with No. 15. The back end belongs to the Warrior 1 Run Mines.
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No. 15. Drawn by John Franklin. March, 15, 1777, he sold part to Nathaniel Howard. In 1776 Franklin sold a part con- taining a mill seat in part to Samuel Gordon, and Gordon to Nathan Carey, and in 1793 Carey to Christopher Hurlbut. Franklin was slain in the Wyoming Massacre. In 1802 it was certified to Lord Butler, including half of No. 14. He sold part of them to Harvey Holcomb on the Middle Road, and at the Back Road to Jacob Rum- mage, and at the River Road to the Robins. The Rummage portion belongs to the Warrior Run Mines.
No. 16. Drawn by Robert Young. James Stewart claimed and held sixty acres of it. In 1776 Young sold part containing part of a mill seat to Samuel Gordon, and Gordon to Nathan Carey, and in 1793 Carey to Christopher Hurlbut. The transfer included a mill seat on lots Nos. 15 and 16. In 1802 it was certified-48 acres at the river to Frederick Crisman, 57 acres to James Stewart, and the part from near the Middle Road southwardly to Abraham Sorber. John Bobb afterwards owned the Sorber part, then Hol- land, now the D. L. & W. Co. The Crisman and Stewart parts belonged to George Kocher and the Robins, now to the D. L. & W. Co.
No. 17. Drawn by John Young, came into possession of Matthew Hollenback, who on June 24, 1777, sold it to James Lasley. The western half of it, 21 rods wide, was transferred to Rosewell Franklin and here Rosewell Franklin's house stood near the River Road. Franklin was in the Wyoming Massacre and escaped. Franklin removed to New York State and in 1794 his half came into possession of Aaron Hunt. In 1802 the whole lot was certi- fied to Jonas Brush. It afterwards belonged to Barnet Miller at the river end and George Kocher at the back end. On this lot, or on No. 18, near the house of Rosewell Franklin stood a block- house that was several times attacked by Indians and defended by (Lieut.) Franklin. Here is where his family was captured by them. It may be doubted whether he commanded in the defense of the Stewart block-house at Buttonwood.
No. 18. Drawn by William Young, came into possession of William Hibbard, who on May 2, 1777, transferred it to Cyprian Hibbard. Wm. McKarrachan afterwards owned it and on Sept. 9, 1777, he transferred it or part of it to John Ewins. There was a
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block-house on this lot on the River Road or else on No. 17. In 1802 it was certified to Joseph Horsefield, and a part near the river to Josiah Pell. The property afterwards belonged to Charles Streater, then - Cox, then Collings, now D., L. & W. Co.
No. 19. Drawn by William Stewart. No record of ancient transfers. In 1802 it was certified to Josiah Pell, who in fact owned it before the Wyoming Massacre. Here his son, Josiah, Jr., who" was in the battle and escaped, lived with him. It descended to his son Samuel and daughter Polly. Samuel owned it till his death, 1872.
No. 20. Drawn by Thomas Robinson. There are no records of its transfer, except that in 1788 Caleb Spencer sells to Walter Spencer a lot called on the record No. 24, but giving the bound- aries of this lot, No. 20, for £300=$800.00. The mistake was afterwards discovered and corrected when they were about to sell to Andrew Lee. The Spencers never owned No. 24, which descended to and was held by the heirs of Capt. Lazarus Stewart, Mrs. James Campbell. This lot No. 20 was assessed as early as 1799 to Capt. Andrew Lee as owner, and was certified to him in 1802. After him his son James S. Lee owned it and resided there till his death, in 1850, when it descended to.his heirs, and is now owned by the D., L. & W. Co.
No. 21. Drawn by James Stewart, brother of Capt. Lazarus Stewart. He returned to Lancaster county before the Wyoming Massacre and died there in i783, leaving a son, Lazarus Stewart, to · whom this lot was certified in 1802. He transferred it to his step- father Capt. Andrew Lee. This was part with No. 20 of the James S. Lee estate, It now belongs to the D., L. & W. Co.
No. 22. Drawn by William Young. There is no record of its ancient transfer, but it was owned by John Jameson as early as 1774. It was here his father settled when he came from Connecti- cut in 1776. On the occasion of the murder of John Jameson by the Indians in 1782, at the Hanover Green, it descended to his son Samuel Jameson and daughter Hannah, afterwards the wife of James Stewart, son of the Captain. It was certified to Samuel Jameson in 1802, and he resided on it, and died there in 1843. This was afterwards the residence of Dr. H. Hakes. It adjoins the upper line of Nanticoke Borough.
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No. 23. Drawn by Captain Lazarus Stewart. After his death (in the massacre), it descended to his heirs, and in the partition was chosen by James Stewart, his son. In 1802 it was certified to James Stewart who resided there till his death about 1812. His dwelling was on the Middle Road east of the cross-road at the Keithline Place. His widow (Hannah Jameson) afterwards married Rev. Marmaduke Pierce, and they sold the place to Robert Robins about 1837. Robins resided on it at the River Road till his death. It in- cluded a part of lot 24; a cross-road runs from the upper end of Nanticoke to the Middle Road between this land and the part of No. 24.
No. 24. Drawn by Captain Lazarus Stewart. At the partition of his estate part of 24 was assigned to his daughter Margaret, who married James Campbell, and they resided on it. In 1802 it was certified to James Campbell, who afterwards sold it to the Mills. It descended to Peter Mill, who about 1830 transferred the back end from near the Middle Road to John Keithline, and about 1864 Keithline sold to the D., L. & W. Co. and left. The whole of it now belongs to the D., L. & W. Co. Peter Mill resided near or in Nanticoke on this lot and died there. It belongs to the D., L. & W. Co.
No. 25. Drawn by William Stewart. It came into the pos- session of John Jameson, who July 13, 1776, sold it to Wm. and Cyprian Hibbard, and on May 2, 1777, Wm. Hibbard sold it, together with No. 18, to Cyprian Hibbard. In 1792 William Stewart again owned No. 25 and on that date sold twenty rods in width of it on the side adjoining No. 26-the west side-from the river running four hundred perches towards the south, containing fifty acres, to Conrad Lines, and the easterly side twenty rods wide and running back from the river about four hundred rods, making another fifty acres, to Nathaniel Davenport. Consideration £125 each=$340 each-total, $680. In 1802 it was certified to Conrad Line and Esther Treadaway from the river four hundred rods back, and the back end of it to George Espy. Treadaway and Line sold to John Mill; Espy's part descended to his children, and his son John owned it and resided there and died there in 1843, leaving it, to his heirs. It belongs now to the L. & W .- B. Co.
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No. 26. Drawn by Charles Stewart. We have no early transfers of this lot. In 1802 it was certified to George Stewart near the river, or about four hundred rods in length from the river towards the south, and to George Espy from near the Middle Road and back; the Espy part descended to his son John and after him to his heirs; belongs now to the L. & W .- B. Co. John Mill bought the river end, four hundred rods, .soon afterwards, and it descended to his heirs. The Mills sold it out to various parties forty years or more ago and left, except Peter Mill, who died on No. 24. It be- longs now to the Susquehanna Coal Company.
No. 27. Drawn by William Stewart. Part transferred in 1778 to Cyprian Hibbard. Hibbard was slain in the Wyoming Massacre. This lot was certified in 1802, between the river and Nanticoke Creek, to Capt. Andrew Lee, and from the Nanticoke Creek, run- ning southerly, to William Stewart for about three hundred rods in length, and to Conrad Line as far as the Middle Road, and to Hugh Forsman to the foot of the Little Mountain. In the "Town of Nanticoke"* will be given a special notice of the Wm. Stewart part of this lot at Nanticoke. In 1793-4 it was cut up into house lots by Stewart and sold to many persons, but for some reason, in 1802 it was certified to the same Wm. Stewart.
No. 28. Drawn by Silas Gore. July 1, 1775, he sold part of it to Samuel Ensign, and Feb. 5, 1777, to William McKarrachan. Both Gore and McKarrachan were killed in the Wyoming Mas- sacre, July 3, 1778. In 1789 Elisha Delano had some of it-a mill seat afterwards known as Behee's Mill-and rented ground on No. 29 for a mill pond. He built a saw-mill and afterwards the grist-mill there. In 1792 Naphtali Hurlbut owned No. 28 there and sold about four acres where the house and mill stood to Delano, and the next year, 1793, John McCoy sold to Delano seven acres, twenty rods wide and running south from the four acres above mentioned so as to include the mill pond adjoining lot No. 29. This seven acres and the four acres was the Behee Mill lot in after times. From this to the Middle Road belonged to Willis Hyde, and from the Middle Road or Hog Back south, to Cornelius Gale and Jonathan Frisby, who in 1789 and 1790 sold to
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Rufus Bennett. Frisby's part was thirteen rods wide along the Middle Road joining No. 29 and running back towards the moun- tain southeast one hundred and sixty rods (thirteen acres). Con- sideration for both £52=$154.66. In 1802 No. 28 was certified to Joseph Steele at the ferry, Frederick Crisman to the River Road, Naphtali Hurlbut (and Jonathan Dilley-mill lot), to the creek that fed the mill pond, Willis Hyde to the Middle Road, Rufus Bennett beyond to the south-east line. It afterwards belonged to Joseph Steele, "Beckey" Thomas, George Behee, Richard Metcalf, Rufus Bennett and O. Collins, now to D., L. & W. Co.
No. 29. Town Committee lot. It ran five miles from the river to the township line at the southeast. On Feb. 1I, 1790, the Town Committee leased it in perpetuity to Rufus Bennett from the Middle Road back south-east, from the Middle Road north-west to Behee's Mill Pond to Lorenzo Ruggles (supposed to have been bought of Bennett) from across the mill pond north-west to the river leased to Frederick Crisman-the Red Tavern property. The Red Tavern was owned by various parties, but now is owned by the D., L. & W. Co. The Ruggles part belongs to the L. & W .- B. Co., the Bennett and Collins parts to the D., L. & W. Co.
Nos. 30 and 31. Drawn by the Town Committee. These com- menced at Solomon's Creek, the western line, eight or ten rods above the mouth of the creek, and ran south-east to the town line passing over Penobscot Knob-the high peak on the mountain at Solomon's Gap. In later times Ed. Inman had some of it, Jacob Fisher had some of it, Williston Preston had some of it, and others not remembered. From the river to Solomon's Creek was certified in 1802 to Calvin Hibbard, afterwards belonged to Edward Inman and descended to his heirs on his death in 1848.
The six rod roads across the township from the river to the back line were also public lands. Where they were in places that could be used as roads they were so used, but when they could not be so used they were leased out the same as any other of the public lands.
The Red Tavern was built on one of these roads about 1789 (it may have been rebuilt or partly rebuilt in 1805), the year he leased the public lot No. 29 for fourteen years. After his house was built the town-meetings were generally held there. After his death in
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1815 his son Abraham kept the house. It was, and is still, the place for holding the elections, town, county, state and national, of the voting district within which it is situated, for there are now within the boundaries of the ancient township about twelve separ- ate voting districts, including wards in boroughs. The Red Tavern was a famous old hostelry in its time. It has been some- what changed in repairing and additions, but the building, now almost a hundred years old, stands yet.
SECOND DIVISION OF LOTS, JUNE 8, 1776.
No. I. Drawn by William Graham (Grimes, Greames) is the lot adjoining Newport township at Nanticoke at the mouth of Nanți- coke Creek, lying on both sides of the creek. James Coffrin had built a grist-mill there at a very early date, probably as early as 1773. It was before the survey of the second division, and it was supposed the lot would contain fifty acres of land and was sold in 1775 as containing fifty acres. But at a town-meeting during the survey, May 28, 1776, it was voted that No. I was deemed more valuable than any of the other lots in that division and that it should there- fore be fifteen acres less in extent. It was drawn by William Graham. James Coffrin had therefore to buy the lot of Graham. On June 16, 1776, James Coffrin sold it to John Comar (Commar, Comar, Camer). Coffrin was slain in the Wyoming Massacre. On December 25, 1789, it was sold by John Comer and wife of the Manor of Livingston, New York, to Washington Lee, of Dauphin County, Pa. In 1802 it was certified to Capt. Andrew Lee. This was the Lee homestead, and here Capt. Andrew Lee came in 1804 to reside and died here in 1821. On the bank of the Susquehanna below the mouth of Nanticoke Creek, Col. Washington Lee, son of Capt. Andrew Lee, resided till 1868. It belongs now to the Sus- quehanna Coal Co. Coal mining had been carried on here from about 1812 by Col. Washington Lee.
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 lie along the line of Newport. They con- tain about fifty acres each, No. I at the river has thirty-one acres, and No. 7 at the Little Mountain has sixty-six. The second division here goes no further south than the Little Mountain.
The other part of the second division is a "gore." The narrow end at the river reaches from the high grounds or hills about eighty
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rods above the mouth of Solomon's Creek, down to below the rocks, but some forty or fifty rods above the old Steele ferry. The narrow end is about three-quarters of a mile wide altogether. The other end of the gore, at the foot of the Little Mountain is about two miles wide.
No. 8. Drawn by Lazarus Stewart, Jr. He was slain in the Wyoming Massacre. This is the lot surrounding the "Hanover Green," or grave-yard and church lot, and extending from the River Road to the river. Its western line is a couple of rods above the Red Tavern. Lazarus Stewart, Jr., transferred it to Wm. McKarrachan, August 30, 1776, and it is called "ye meeting-house lot." January 15, 1777, Wm. McKarrachan transferred it to Gideon Booth, Jr., and to Gideon Burritt. Booth owned and resided on the north- eastern half of it and Burritt on the south-western. In 1802 it was certified to Stephen Burritt and Joel Burritt. It descended to Stephen Burritt, Jr., who died there childless about 1850. It was afterwards owned by Jacob Fritz, then by Reuben Downing, now by the D., L. & W. Co.
No. 13. Drawn by Silas Gore. There is no ancient record, of its transfer. . Certified in 1802 to Cornelius Garrison. It is in the hollow near the foot of the mountain and belongs to the L. & W .- B. Co., and has on the eastern end of it the Sugar Notch Mines -a slope-No. 10, and near the western end part of No. 9-shaft- Sugar Notch. The most of No. 9 Shaft, Sugar Notch Mines, is on lot No. 13-third division. The Lehigh Valley R. R. depot at Sugar Notch stands on the lower or western end of this lot.
No. 15. Drawn by John Donahough. It is the next above -north-east- and adjoining No. 8, the church lot, and is bounded on the north-east by lot No. 31-first division. There is no record of ancient transfers, but in 1790 Nathan Wade, Richard Inman and Abraham Adams sold it to Richard Dilley for £37 IOs , equal to $100. In 1802 it was certified to the heirs of Richard Dilley and has had two descents since to heirs of Dilley down to 1879. It now belongs to the D., L. & W. Co.
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