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7. Emma E., married William S. Arnold.
8. Charles D., a school teacher and justice of the peace, was born in 1853 and died in 1899.
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He married Ellen Dersheimer and had two chil- dren : Agnes and Arthur.
9. William J., farmer, of Saylorsburg, married Jane Altmose and had three children: Lizzie, Jacob, and Clara. Jacob, a merchant at Stock- ertown, married Mary Serfass.
IO. Amanda, died young.
II. Samuel D. Newhart, of Saylorsburg, mer- chant and justice of the peace, married Celia Kibler and had nine children: Mary; Emma; Jennie, deceased ; Anna ; Clarence; Versa ; Helen ; Florence; and Dorothy.
12. Anna, died young.
13. Mary E., married (first) Joseph Hauck, and (second) Nathan Kleintop, of Saylorsburg.
Joseph Newhard, son of John, married Julia Shaver and had children: John S., Reuben, Sal- lie, and Elizabeth.
George Newhard, son of George, second, mar- ried Mrs. Catharine Graver and had a son, Philip. Philip built a saw-mill in Pocono town- ship and married a Miss Felker. His children are said to have moved to Minnesota.
Daniel Newhard, son of George, second, of Pocono township, married Salome Belles and had seven children, five of whom died of dysen- tery while young. The surviving children were John and Mary.
Philip Newhard, youngest son of the emi- grant, George, was born June 20, 1759, and died Jan. 19, 1827. He was a farmer in Allen town- ship and married Maria Magdalena Rockel, who was born Aug. 6, 1764, and died April 2, 1840. They are buried at Kreidersville church. They had eight children :
I. John Newhard, born Feb. 1I, 1785, died Aug. 24, 1853, unmarried.
2. Daniel Newhard, born May 31, 1788, died Dec. 29, 1874. He married (first) Susanna Hanecker, and (second) Mrs. Catharine Hel- man. He had no children.
3. Elizabeth Newhard, born March 30, 1791, died April 25, 1847, married Jacob Linderman.
4. George Newhard, born Aug. 20, 1793, died May 4, 1866, married Franeca Kiefer, born Sept. 12, 1799, died April 4, 1877. They had eleven children :
(1) Philip, born 1819, died 1851, married Caroline Breder and had a son, Michael.
(2) Daniel, born 1821, died 1904, married Sarah Simon, who died Sept. 10, 1906. They had 15 children, among them: Frank, Jeremiah, and Sylvester G., who had children: Homer G., Mrs. Moses W. Reichard, and Mrs. Milton F. Paff.
(3) Kate, married Samuel Bachman.
(4) Michael, born Sept. 8, 1823, died Oct. 1, 1848.
(5) George Newhard, born Sept. 9, 1825, died Sept. 5, 1909, at Fullerton. He resided at Al- lentown some years and prior to that in Allen township. His children are: Sarah, wife of Frank Bartholomew, of Fullerton; Clara, wife of J. Albert Heffelfinger, of Petersville; and George W., of Emaus, married to Mary Fen- stermacher.
(6) Matilda, married Owen Ohl, of Ne- braska.
(7) Harrison, died aged eight years.
(8) Joshua, married Sarah Fritz.
(9) Thomas, of Bucks county, married, and had children.
(10) Sarah, married (first) Tilghman Zell- ner, and (second) Levi Wenner.
(II) Fianna, married (first) Edward Spang- ler, and (second) John Bartholomew.
5. Margaret Newhard, married Jacob Fogel- man.
6. Salome Newhard, married Joseph Newhard, of Pennsville, and had sons: John, Samuel, George, and Harry.
7. Maria Newhard, born Sept. 14, 1814, died Dec. 19, 1850, married George Kleppinger, born 1813, died 1857.
8. John Jacob Newhard, born May 9, 1811, died Feb. 25, 1871. He married (first) Leah Seem, who was born Oct. 14, 1814, and died March 26, 1852, and (second) Susan Buss, born in 1819, died Jan. 3, 1899. He had seven chil- dren :
(1) Reuben, born July 5, 1833, married, 1858, Susanna Koehler, and (second) Sarah Laubach, and had children : Mrs. Mary C. Ott, and Mrs. Ella G. E. Seyfried.
(2) Joseph, born March 17, 1837, married, 1869, Catharine Edelman, and had children : Elmer F., and W. H.
(3) Mary A., born June 26, 1838, died Feb. 10, 1883, married James Reyer, and had chil- dren: Emma, wife of J. F. Miltonberger; and Ellen A., wife of C. H. Weitknecht.
(4) Sarah, born Aug. 7, 1843, died June 30, 1863, married Frank Sieger.
(5) Edwin, born March 10, 1843, married Sa- bina Leibensperger, and had one daughter, Em- ma, wife of George Rodenbach.
(6) Elizabeth, born Oct. 23, 1847, married Mifflin Oplinger and had children: Elmer J., Barton P., and Walter M.
(7) James Newhard, born Dec. 22, 1851, mar- ried Mary Smith.
John Newhard, son of George and Magda- lena Newhard, was born in Bethlehem township, Dec. 11, 1767, and died Sept. 19, 1802, of nerve fever, after an illness of two weeks. He mar- ried, in 1787, Anna Maria Heil, who survived
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him many years. He was a member of the Dry- land Reformed congregation, and had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The sons were: John, born June 17, 1788; Casper ; and Daniel.
Casper Newhard, son of John and Anna Maria, was born July 14, 1792, and died July 12, 1848, in Allentown, where he had long re- sided at Union and Locust streets. He was a printer on the Friedensbote, and at one time keeper of the old prison at Fifth and Linden streets. He was married, June 25, 1815, by Rev. Conrad Yeager, to Christina Sophia Nagel, daughter of Leonard and Sophia C. (Finckel) Nagel. She was born April 12, 1795, and died Feb. 6, 1876. They had nine children :
I. Joseph F. Newhard, born June 12, 1816, died Aug. 22, 1893. He was at one time pro- - prietor of the American Hotel, Allentown, city treasurer and sheriff of the county. He married Rebecca Gutekunst and had two children: Al- len and Theodore. Mrs. Newhard died April 9, 1903, aged 88 years. Theodore Newhard's children are: Fred J., of Vladivostok, Siberia, who married, 1902, Miss Vandos; Charles J .; and Daisy.
2. Lucetta, born Sept. 10, 1818, married J. Q. Cole.
3. Charles L., born Dec. 20, 1820.
4. William H. Newhard, born June 20, 1823, and died at Bala, Jan. 1, 1902. While yet a young man he became clerk in the Allentown postoffice for Robert E. Wright, Sr., and also while Mrs. Hornbeck was postmistress. He later entered Pretz, Saeger & Co.'s store, and became a member of the firm in 1848 which then became Pretz, Guth & Co. Hiram Guth retired in 1866 and the firm became Weinsheimer & Newhard, and continued until 1887, when it went out of business. Mr. Newhard later be- came assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and acted as such over four years, during which time he took a deep interest in the young men of the city. He was a staunch member of the Presby- terian Church. He married, in 1846, Eliza Evans, daughter of Justus Evans. They had no children, but adopted a niece, Athena N. New- hard.
5. James J. Newhard, born Jan. 7, 1826, re- moved to Lebanon, where he was a jeweler. He had four children : Robert M .; Thaddeus M., of Orwigsburg; Athena N., who married B. F. Knerr, principal of the Minneapolis, Minn., schools, now deceased, and had a daughter, An- nie, and a son, William, who is purchasing agent for one of the largest glove importing houses in Chicago; Millie, married R. Harry Graeff, of Lebanon, now deceased.
Robert M. Newhard, son of James J., was born in Harrisburg, Dec. 25, 1854, and was educated in the public schools of Allentown and the Palmyra Academy. He entered the drug business in Philadelphia and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1873. He then located at Fernwood, Delaware county, where he was in the drug business 22 years. In 1887, he was appointed by Governor Beaver, quarantine master of the port of Philadelphia, which office he filled four years, during which he spent seven weeks studying the yellow fever situation in Cuba. He was elected to represent the eastern district of Delaware county in the state legislature in 1901-1902, as a Republican. He then served for four years as a special agent of the United States Internal Revenue Depart- ment, after which he was appointed a special agent of the rural free delivery department of the postal service and is now United States Post- office Inspector. He married Emily Brown, who died in 1907. They had six children: Harry B., who served in the Philippines in the United States Marine Corps, and died at Mare Island, Cal., of typhoid fever, Feb. 22, 1900, aged 24 years ; James G. B., and Frank B. R., druggists at Atlantic City, N. J .; Robert M., Jr., a den- tist in West Philadelphia; Anna S., married Dr. T. Morton Sankey, of Wilkinsburg, Pa .; and Virginia F., married Dr. Leedom R. Broadbent, of Llanerch, Pa. Mr. Newhard married (sec- ond), in 1908, Deborah Spayd, and resides in Allentown.
6. Christiana L. Newhard, born Aug. 27, 1828, married (first) Henry Webster, and had a son, Henry S. Webster, of New York, and (second) Rev. Charles Heimberger.
7. Mary A. Newhard, born May 10, 1831, whose sponsor at baptism was her grandmother Newhard, married Charles Crook, of New Hope.
8. Matilda R. Newhard, born July 23, 1834, married Leonard Shick, of Pottstown.
9. Solomon P. Newhard, born March 20, 1837, died March 25, 1898, learned cabinet- making with Isaac Price, and later was a travel- ing salesman for Clark & Bro., of Philadelphia, for many years. He was the first chorister of St. John's Reformed church and later led the singing at the M. E. church. He married Mary A., daughter of Samuel R. Engleman. She was born in 1839 and died Feb. 25, 1903. They had no children.
Charles L. Newhard, son of Casper, was born in Allentown, Dec. 20, 1820. He first was em- ployed as assistant to his father in operating a Washington hand-printing press, and in 1832 entered the employ of Peter Huber, first in his book store, and later in the grain business. In
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1840, he became a clerk for the Lehigh Trans- portation Company, and in 1844 entered George Wenner's grocery store, continuing in the same store under Henry Schnurman until 1852, when he became a partner with the latter in the cloth- ing business at 719 Hamilton street. In 1876, he opened a clothing store at 708 Hamilton street, with his son, Harvey L., and continued there until 1896, when he retired from business. He was a past grand and member of Allen Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., and Unity Encamp- ment for 58 years. He was also a school direc- tor and member of the Board of Control. He married, Feb. 6, 1844, Mary Meyer, daughter of John and Mary (Ruch) Meyer, and had six children :
I. Emma A., married Mahlon H. Beary.
2. Harry, died in infancy.
3. Ida V., married Rev. B. C. Snyder.
4. Jennie M.
5. Harvey L., married Eliza George.
6. Annie M., married Dr. Wilson S. Berlin.
Rev. Beniah C. Snyder, son of Conrad Snyder and his wife, nee Benner, was born Dec. 31, 1840, on the homestead, now a part of the bat- tlefield of Gettysburg. He entered Pennsylvania College, but enlisted on Aug. 22, 1862, as a cavalryman in the 15th Penna. Cavalry. In the campaign of 1862-63, in Kentucky and Ten- nessee, he was prostrated by typhoid fever and honorably discharged for disability, May 12, 1863. He re-entered college and graduated in 1867, taking the Freshman prize and the Hassler Latin medal in his junior year. He had pre- viously taught school and after his graduation was principal of the Catasauqua high school until 1872, when he entered the Lutheran Theo- logical Seminary in Philadelphia. He was or- dained at Norristown, May 26, 1875, and was called to the pastorate of St. Peter's Lutheran church at West Pikeland, Chester county, where he remained until 1881, when failing health com- pelled him to resign. He returned to Allentown, where he died, May 10, 1883. He married, Oct. 7, 1875, Ida V., daughter of Charles L. Newhard, who resides at 29 North Eighth street, Allentown. They had three children: Lewis Newhard Snyder, born Jan. 10, 1877, of Oak- land, Cal., is traveling passenger agent of the Chicago & Great Western Railroad. He mar- ried Emily Maude Littlefield, and has one child, Helen; Mary Gertrude Snyder, married Jesse R. Edmonson, of Wilmington, Del., and has two children: Jesse R., Jr., and Virginia Ben- ner Edmonson; Ruth Ann, married Dr. Walter Oswald, of Syracuse, N. Y., and has one child, Rita Rose Oswald.
Annie M. Newhard married, March 24, 1881,
Dr. Wilson S. Berlin, who was born at Cherry- ville, Aug. 8, 1853, the son of Daniel Berlin. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1875, after which he read medicine with Dr. D. W. Schoener, of Reading. He then took a course in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and located at Conyngham, Luzerne county, where he practiced about nine months. In 1879, he commenced practice in Allentown and in 1884 was elected coroner. In 1887, he was seized with bronchitis and later took a trip through the West for the benefit of his health, but gradu- ally grew worse, and died April 26, 1889, aged only 35 years. He was a member of Franklin Chamber, No. 9, Knights of Friendship; and of Allentown Castle, No. 55, Knights of the Gol- den Eagle.
Daniel Newhard, son of John, and brother of Casper, was born Aug. 12, 1797, and died Feb. 12, 1875. He resided at Catasauqua, and married Elizabeth Fogelman, born Aug. 21, 1800, died May 6, 1877. They had five chil- dren: Mary, married C. W. Rau; Edward; Daniel ; John, of Sanatoga Springs; and Mrs. Lovina Dougherty.
Mary Newhard was born April 12, 1832, married Charles W. Rau, Nov. 4, 1850, and died Jan. 30, 1907. They had five children : Wilson D., of Hartford, Conn .; Robert A .; Charles W .; and Mrs. George E. Mosser, of Allentown; and Mrs. E. Grant Tice, of West Bethlehem.
WM. J. NEUBAUER.
William John Neubauer, superintendent of Lecha Silk Company, was born July 25, 1889, at Brooklyn, N. Y. His father having died when the son was only three years old, he was taken to Allentown and reared in the home of his uncle, John A. McCollum, who was married to his mother's sister. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1906, having taken the commercial course of instruction. His uncle being prominently identified with the silk business, (president of the Lecha Silk Company) with this preparation, he was naturally placed in the mill where he was started as a cutter-boy and soon promoted to a clerk- ship in the office. In 1908 he was selected to superintend the operation of the plant, and he has filled this responsible position in a successful manner until the present time.
In 1909 Mr. Neubauer was married to Estella M., daughter of Louis and Laura (Resch) Fatzinger, of Allentown, in the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, and they have two children: Theresa Anna and Eleanor Pauline.
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Charles Neubauer, his father, was born in Iowa in 1857, where he was educated and reared, then he located in Brooklyn, N. Y., and followed the trade of silk hatmaker in the employ of Dun- lap & Co., for many years. He died in 1892 and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery. He was married to Theresa Maloney, of Paterson, N. J., and they had an only child, the subject of this sketch. His grandfather, a native of Alsace- Lorraine, emigrated to America and settled in Iowa.
SAMUEL L. NEVINS, JR.
Samuel L. Nevins, Jr., Hockendauqua, fore- man of the outside labor for the Thomas Iron Company, is a grandson of Hugh Nevins, a native of Derry county, Ireland, who, together with his family, migrated to America in 1847. Both Mr. Nevins and his wife, Jane, were born in the year 1795, and were married in 1814. Upon coming to America they located at Sum- mit Hill, but soon moved to Catasauqua. Mr. Nevins died in the latter part of the year of his emigration, aged 52 years. Mrs. Nevins sur- vived her husband many years, departing this life Oct. 18, 1876, in her 83rd year. They were Presbyterians of the old school. They had issue Samuel L., James and Mary Ann.
Samuel L. Nevins was born in Ireland, May 21, 1829, and died June 7, 1889. He came to America in 1849 with his parents. He was em- ployed at the Crane Iron Works, where he for many years had the contract to haul away the cinder. The hauling was then done with teams. He was a faithful, devout and active member of the Presbyterian church. He was married to Mary Smith, a native of Ireland. She was a daughter of Henry Smith, who migrated and settled in Philadelphia. She died May 24, 1898, in her 57th year. They had issue: Mary S., born 1874 and died 1892; Hugh, residing at Buffalo, N. Y .; Jennie D., single and residing at Toronto, Canada; John, also of Buffalo, and Samuel L., Jr.
Samuel L. Nevins, Jr., was born at Hoken- dauqua, Oct. 30, 1878. He graduated from the Hokendauqua High School, after which he was engaged, for his mother, in the sand business on the Lehigh River. In 1898 he entered into the employ of the Thomas Iron Co., and in 1906 was promoted to the present position of outside fore- man. In February, 1905, he was married to Mary Shierer, a daughter of Wilson and Aman- da (Rennig) Shierer, of Hokendauqua. They have four children: David, Samuel, Jennie and Hugh. of whom David died in infancy.
Besides those mentioned above the cemetery contains memorials to others by the name Nev-
ins: Mary Ann Nevins, born June 6, 1830 and died Dec. 6, 1882; Joseph Nevins, born June 12, 1832, and died July 13, 1852; Sarah Ann, sister to Joseph and wife of John Huston, born May 13, 1823, died July 16, 1856; John Nevins, born Aug. 10, 1816 and died Dec. 10, 1856; Jane Nevins, wife of John, born 1818 and died 1850; John Nevins, born Sept. 15, 1855 and died April 24, 1884; Joseph Nevins, son of James and Mary Ann, born 1853 and died 1863.
NEYER FAMILY.
The Neyer family was originally settled in Tuscarora Valley, in Schuylkill county, and among the children were two sons, Joseph and Daniel, and a daughter, who was married to Peter Hummel.
Joseph Neyer was born Sept. 18, 1807. He was a blacksmith by trade and also carried on a farm in West Penn township. He died Nev. 14, 1878. He was married to Judith Haeff, a daughter of Daniel Haeff. She was born Oct. 10, 1807, in Weisenberg township, and died in West Penn township on March 21, 1904, at the remarkable age of 96 years, 5 months and II days. They had nine children: Thomas; Moses; Annie; Harriet, married to William Wesley; Elizabeth, married to Eli Dreisbach ; David; Samuel; Louisa; and Joseph. They were members of the St. John's Reformed church.
David Neyer, a son of Joseph, was born Sept. 18, 1844. In his early life he followed farming for a time, then worked in the coal mines for 19 years, and resumed farming for 13 years in the Mahoning Valley, after which he retired to pri- vate life at Slatington for eight years. In 1908 he removed to Allentown and there he has since resided. He was married to Catharine Dreis- bach and they have six children: Elias F .; Te- vilia, married to George Nothstein; Ida, mar- ried to Arthur Wuchter; Mary E., married to Asher Bower; Ella L., married to Paul F. Faust ; and Minnie L.
Moses Neyer, the second son of Joseph, was born in 1835 in Mahoning township. He was brought up on a farm and followed farming until 1861, when he enlisted and served in the Civil War. Upon his discharge from the army, he became superintendent of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, in the Panther Creek Val- ley, and served the company in a faithful manner for thirty years. In 1887 he engaged in business for himself as a coal operator and employed up- wards of 30 men. Mr. Neyer represented his congregation in Lehigh Classis for a number of years.
He was married to Annie Miller, a descend- ant of the Miller family, of Heidelberg township,
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and they have four children: Elmer A .; James D .; Hattie, married to Rev. Marsby J. Roth, a Reformed minister at Hanover, Pa .; and Wal- ter B. They are members of the Reformed church at Summit Hill, Pa.
JAMES D. NEYER, the second son of Moses Neyer, was born in 1870 at Summit Hill. After attending the public schools, he acted as a clerk in stores at Summit Hill and Lansford; then learned the trade of tailor, and followed the business of a merchant tailor at Slatington from 1892 to 1908. Then he purchased a large tract of timberland in the Lizard Creek Valley, and has since followed the lumbering business. In politics he has been a Republican. He served as a school director at Slatington for three years, and since 1908 has been the assessor of the Third ward.
In 1895, he was married to Martha Balliet, a daughter of John and Amanda (Rehrig) Bal- liet, and they have two children: Carl M., and Eleanor B.
BENJAMIN F. NICKUM.
Benjamin F. Nickum, of Allentown, and pro- prietor of the Honest Shoe Manufacturing Co., was born in 1863 at Hellertown, Pa., son of Jacob and Mary (Achey) Nickum. He was first engaged in the manufacture of cigars at Hellertown for eight years before coming to Al- lentown, and in the year 1894, he became asso- ciated with Philip Schneider, his father-in-law, a noted shoe manufacturer. and he continued in the business until the settlement of his father- in-law's estate in 1908. Then he travelled over a great part of the country for nearly two years. and upon his return home he was prevailed upon to buy the Honest Shoe Manufacturing Company, which had been established by John E. Lentz in 1867, on South Sixth street, and this large plant he has since been operating with increasing suc- cess, giving employment to forty people. His two oldest sons, Oliver W. and Raymond C. are associated with him in the business. The Nick- um family are members of the St. Paul's Luther- an church, which he has served as a deacon since 1908. He was married in 1884 to Kate Schneid- er, and they have five children: Oliver W. (married to Helen Baker) ; Raymond C. (mar- ried to Florence Reinhard) ; John S .; William F., and Alta Grace.
SABATO NIGRO.
Sabato Nigro, fruitdealer at Allentown, was born in Italy, May, 8, 1861. His parents were Frank Nigro and Marguerite his wife. His mother dying when he was a small boy, his father married a second wife and went to South
America, where they now reside. He was placed with his grandfather, a farmer, after whom he was named, and under him he was reared, but, owing to defective eyesight he naturally received a very limited education. He remained with his grandfather until he became of age in 1882, when he emigrated to America, landing at New York City. He was employed at railroad labor for six years in that vicinity, and then he removed to Allentown, Pa., where he worked on the rail- road and also in sewer construction for five years. During this time he was frugal in his habits and consequently saved some money, which enabled him to start in business for himself. Accordingly, in 1893 he started a fruit stand at No. 333 Ham- ilton, and this he has since conducted in such a successful manner that he has accumulated a con- siderable property at Allentown. He has re- mained until now a single man, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
AMANDUS C. NOLF.
Amandus C. Nolf, merchant, post master and representative citizen at Emerald, Pa., is a native of Seemsville, Northampton county. He was born December 17, 1852, son of John and Susanna (Heckman) Nolf. He obtained his early education in the common schools and in the Weaversville Academy. Afterward he taught school in Washington township, Lehigh county, for nine terms; the first term at Slatedale, the second at Williamstown and the last seven terms in the school at Franklin, now known as Emerald. The six following years he was a salesman for organs and sewing machines. Then he became the bookkeeper and manager for the Sun Slate Company and in 1891 he was elected one of its directors, and also secretary. He con- tinued with the company for nine years. Later he was selected as an agent, then appointed as- sistant superintendent of the Prudential Insur- ance Company, at Slatington, and he served the company until 1906, when he resigned the posi- tion to engage in the mercantile business at Em- erald, and since then has conducted the leading general store of the town. In 1908 'he was ap- pointed post master, and has filled the position until now.
Mr. Nolf and his family are active and con- sistent church workers in the United Evangeli- cal church. In 1894 he was one of the organ- izers of St. Peter's United Evangelical church at Emerald; and since that time has served the congregation in all its offices, having been a trustee and an exhorter for many years. He has served as superintendent of the Sunday school since 1884. As early as 1874 he was selected as the secretary of the Sunday school and two years
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later he became the superintendent. His ac- tivity in church and Sunday school work for al- most forty years has been an inspiration and a moral uplift to many other people.
Socially Mr. Nolf is a member of Slatington Lodge, No. 624, I. O. O. F., and Slatington En- campment, No. 31, serving as secretary since 1894; Knights of Malta, Commandery No. 92, of Slatington; of Uniform Rank, Co. B, Ist Regiment, also of Slatington. For more than ten consecutive years he was the representative of his lodge of Odd Fellows to the Grand Lodge; and for many years has been one of the active men of the bodies of which he is a mem- ber.
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