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ARNOLD, William A .:
Capitalist: born in Reading, Pa., in 1836, and educated in the schools of his native place; succeeded his father in the manufacture of wool hats, in which he was engaged for over twenty years, and amassed a fortune; has since devoted his attention to his investments and operations in real estate; was President of the Reading Fire Insurance Company for a number of years, and a Director in the Farmers' National Bank. When the Reading Savings Bank suspended in 1877, with liabilities of nearly $1.000.000, he was appointed assignee and success- fully wound up the affairs of the institu- tion. He was married to Ellen L. Rick. Address, Reading, Pa.
ARTMAN. Enos Reeser:
Member of Pennsylvania Commandery. Military Order of Loyal Legion: Second Lieutenant 104th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 17, 1861; First Lieutenant Dec. 24,
1861; resigned and honorably discharged to accept appointment under Provost Marshal General May 27, 1863; Captain 213th Pennsylvania Infantry Feb. 28, 1865; Major March 4, 1865; honorably mustered out Nov. 18, 1865; elected Oct. 20, 1886. Residence, 2012 Walnut St .; office address, 714 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ASBURY, T. Henry:
Machine manufacturer; born in Bir- mingham. England, Oct. 19, 1838; ended his schooling at the age of eight and be- came employed by a silversmith, a gun- lock maker, a gun finisher, a machinist, etc .; he came to Philadelphia in 1856 and began work in a machine shop, from which he passed to Sharp's rifle factory and other establishments, entering Henry Disston's works in 1861 to make cavalry bridle bits; here he soon became foreman of the machine department. In 1865 Mr. Asbury began business for himself in an attic room, and soon, with John G. Baker as partner, opened a small jobbing ma- chine shop: this modest venture has grown into the extensive Enterprise Man- ufacturing Company, one of the best known concerns of its kind in the coun- try. since 1870 he has been President of the company, the patented hardware specialties of which are sold throughout the world. Mr. Asbury is connected with other successful concerns, including land, canal and heat and power companies, and is a director of the Manufacturers' Club. Address, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHBRIDGE. Samuel H .:
Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia; born De- cember. 1849. at Philadelphia, Pa .; edu- cated in public schools, he entered mer- cantile life as clerk in coal office; later he was engaged in the coal business for himself; from 1880 to 1886 he held posi- tion as chief clerk in Coroners' Office, and the office of Coroner from 1996 to 1893; he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia Febru- ary, 1899, by 120.000 mapority. the largest ever before given a candidate for that office: he was given the Decorated Order. Third Class. Red Eagle, by Emperor of Germany in 1902. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHBROOK, Joseph:
Insurance manager of the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, Pa .: he was born in Philadelphia, Au- gust 4, 1840. and at the age of fifteen
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entered the office of a firm of stock- brokers. During the Civil War he en- listed in the 118th Pennsylvania Regiment and served throughout the conflict; short- ly after entering the service in 1862 he was severely wounded, and soon there- after received a commission; was brevet- ted Major for gallant services in the Wilderness campaign, subsequently as Ordnance Officer of the Staff of General Griffin, commanding the First Division, Fifth Army Corps; was detailed to re- ceive the arms and ammunition sur- rendered by the Army of Northern Vir- ginia at Appomattox Court House in April, 1865; soon after the close of the war he became superintendent of agen- cies for the Provident Life and Trust Company, and was appointed manager of its insurance department in 1SS1. Ad- dress, 3614 Baring St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHBROOK, William Sinclair:
Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet Major Joseph Ash- brook; elected Feb. 3, 1892. Residence, 3614 Baring St .; office address, 409 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHCRAFT, Leon Thomas, A. M., M. D .:
Born Nov. 4, 1866, Philadelphia, Pa .; he was graduated in 1883 from Rugby Academy, Philadelphia, Pa .; Ph. B. in 1SS7; A. M. in 1890 from Dickinson Col- lege; was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, M. D. in 1890; Lecturer on Genito-Urinary Dis- eases, Hahnemann Medical College. Phil- adelphia; Clinical Chief. Genito-Urinary Section. Residence." University Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHMAN, William N .:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia and edu- cated in its public schools, graduating from the High School in 1850; he began his business career in a mercantile estab- lishment, but left this to study law, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1857. During the Civil War he served as Solicitor for the United States Sani- tary Commission, and at a later date became Assistant City Solicitor of Phila- delphia. his services in which post were so useful and creditable that in INIS he was appointed a Judge of the Orphans' Court: elected to this post the same year. he still occupies it with great credit and ability. An eloquent orator, there are
few more popular speakers in the State, while he has ably contributed to the lit- erature of his profession. In recognition of his standing, the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg conferred on Judge Ash- man the degree of LL. D. Address, 4400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHMEAD, Henry Graham:
Author and playwright; born in Phila- delphia, Pa., June 30. 1838; married, first; Bebecca Francis Warner, daughter of Capt. Richard W. Warner of Alexandria, Va .; second, Emma Campbell, daughter of James and Angelina (Garsed) Camp- bell; was educated at West Chester Acad- emy and Saunder's Institute, Philadel- phia, Pa .; was admitted to the bar of New York Nov. 29. 1859; bar of Dela- ware County, Pa., Feb. 23, 1875. Author: History of Delaware County in Eagle's "History of Pennsylvania," 1874; in 1882 was Corresponding Secretary of Bi-cen- tennial Association of Chester, Pa .; "His- torical Sketches of Chester," 1883; "His- tory of Delaware County, Pa," 1884; "Chester and Its Suburbs." 1SS6; "Art Work of Delaware County." 1897; "Gene- alogical Sketch of the Descendants of Robert and Phoebe (Delany) Wetherill." 1902; "Souvenir History of Chester," 1903; and the same year was associate editor of "Pennsylvania-Colonial and Federal"; "History of the Deiaware County Nation- al Bank," and the "Story of Lapidea Farm." now in course of publication; now editing "Genealogical and Personal Me- moirs of Chester and Delaware Coun- ties," soon to be published. Original plays: "Mistress Nancy," "The Captain's Ward," "Miss De Courcy." "A .. Hallow E'en Tangle." "The Matchmakers." "The Silent Witness," 1903-1904. In 1885 President Cleveland appointed him Post- master of the city of Chester. He was one of the original organizers of the Delaware County Historical Society in 1895. and has been the Secretary since its institution. Address, Chester, Pa.
ASHMEAD. Lehman P .:
Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia; the great-grandson two Revolutionary officers, Cant. John Ashmead and Sur- geon George Lehman, both of whom were taken prisoners and contined in Dartmoor Prison. England. After hokling some youthful positions, Mr. Ashmead was ap- pointed Midshipman in the Navy in 1841 by President Tyler, and served for several years on the North Carolina, Congress,
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Princeton and Cumberland; resigning from the Navy, he settled in New Bed- fond. Mass., where he married and re- «Med about fifteen years, engaged in the whaling and other lines of business and thing a member of the City Council. When the Civil War began he went to West Virginia, where he engaged largely In the coal business; he offered his sery- les to the Navy, and in 1862 took part in organizing a Philadelphia regiment. and marched in the ranks of the Gray Reserves to the battle-ground of Antis .. tam; after the war he organized the Rich - mond Granite Company, introducing Vir- ginia granite to the Philadelphia market; the pedestal of the statue of Washington in front of Independence Hall was cut in his quarries by Virginia stone dressers (ex-Confederate soldiers). President Johnson appointed him Naval Officer at Philadelphia in 1868, but the Senate did not confirm the appointment; he was an active member of the Executive Commit- tee of the first Citizens' Municipal Re- form Association of Philadelphia, and in 1888 took part in establishing a Refuge Station for shipwrecked whalemen at Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean. Address, S Eleventh, corner Walnut St., Philade !- phia, Pa.
ASHMEAD, William Harris:
Son of Capt. Albert S. and Elizabeth (Graham) Ashmead; was born Sept. 19. 1855, at Philadelphia, Pa .; since July, 1897, he has been Assistant Curator of the division of insects at the United States National Museum; he received his edu- cation at private and public schools; in 1901 he received the degree of A. M. at the Florida Agricultural College; in 1903, the degree of D. Sc. from Western Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. In 1878 he married Harriet Holmes, of Philadel- phia; was employed by the Lippincott Publishing Company of Philadelphia. In 1876 lie went to Jacksonville, Fla .. and there, with his brother. established him- self as publisher of agricultural books, an agricultural weekly, and later of a daily paper; he edited the scientific department of his weekly paper, devoting himself chiefly to investigations of injurious in- sects. In 1887 he was special field en- tomologist of United States Department of Agriculture; in 1888 he was entomolo- gist of State Agricultural College at Lake City, Fla; assistant entomologist and in- vestigator of United States Department of Agriculture. During the winter of 1899-
1900 he took up special studies in Ber- lin; then returned to Department of Agri- culture; is Fellow of American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science; Cor- respondent Member of American Entom- ologists' Society of Philadelphia; Vice President of the Washington Biological Society; in 1894 President of the Can- bridge Entomological Society; 1894-1895 President of the Washington Entomolig- ica! Society; in 1898 and 1903 Vice Presi- dent of Washington Academy of Sciences; Vice President of Association of Econom- ic Entomologists. He is author of various works, among which are: "Orange In- sects." which is a treatise on beneficial and injurious insects- of Florida; "Mono- graph of the North American Proctotry- phidæ"; also made 240 contributions to entomological magazines, journals and proceedings of scientific societies. Office, United States National Museum, Wasli- ington, D. C.
ASHTON, William Easterly:
Physician: son of Samuel Keen and Caroline M. (Smiley) Ashton; born June 5, 1859, at Philadelphia, Pa; he was grad- uated from the University of Pennsyl- vania, where he took his degree of M. A. in 1881; married Alice E. Rosengarten Oct. 5, 1891, at Philadelphia, Pa .; he, is Professor of Gynecology in the Medico- Chirurg. College. Address, 2011 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ASHURST, John:
Librarian; born in Philadelphia Dec. 31, 1865, being the third in succession of his name; preparing for college at the Epis- copal Academy of Philadelphia, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and while there was President of the Sketch Club and a number of other col- lege associations and of the editorial staff of the University Magazine. Leav- ing the University during his senior year, he entered the service of the Philadel- phia and Reading Railroad Company; in 1891 joined the construction department of the Western Maryland Railroad, and afterward entered the works of the Mary- land Steel Company. His service as a librarian began in 1895 in connec- tion with the West Philadelphia branch of the Philadelphia Public Library.
of which institution he was made Assistant Librarian in 1999; in 1900 he was elected Librarian of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia, and quickly did much in the work of restoring this mori-
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bund institution to public favor. He is a member of the University Club and of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and Secretary of the Philobiblion Club. Ad- dress, 2000 De Lancey Place, Philadel- phia, Pa.
ASHHURST, Richard Lewis:
Lawyer; eldest son of John and Harriet Eyre Ashhurst and grandson of Manuel Eyre, all of Philadelphia; was born at Naples, Italy, where his parents were sojourning, Feb. 5, 1838; was graduated with highest honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1856, delivering the Greek salutatory oration; studied law with Hon. W. M. Meredith; was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in June. 1859, and has been engaged in the practice of law in that city since that time (except dur- ing his service in the United States Vol- unteers during the Civil War); married May 30, 1861, Sarah, daughter of Prof. John Fries Frazer of the University of Pennsylvania; entered the Army of the Union as Adjutant of the 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Aug. 11, 1862, and served in the Army of the Potomac until his honorable discharge for wounds received at Gettysburg Sept. 5, 1863; was brevetted Captain for meritorious services at Chancellorsville and Major United States Volunteers for distinguished gal- lantry at Gettysburg. He is the author of a "Biography of William Morris Mere- dith," "Contemporary Evidences of Shakespeare's Identity," and other pamphlets and articles on Shakespearcan and military subjects. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, the American Philosophical Society, Pennsylvania His- torical Society, Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution, Pennsylvania Bar Asso- ciation; he is Vice Dean of the Shake- speare Society of Philadelphia and Vice President of the Philadelphia Law Asso- ciation. He has always been a Republi- can in politics, but has never been a candidate for any office. Residence, 321 S. Eleventh St .; office, 225 S. Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ASHWORTH, Daniel:
Mechanical engineer; was born in Lan- cashire, England, Sept. 28, 1842, and came to this country at an early age: attended the public schools of Pittsburg. and served an apprenticeship as designer of molds in the glass works of J. B. Lyon & Co .; served in the Civil War in Com- pany E, 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteer In-
fantry. For a time he engaged in the manufacture of large guns in the famous Fort Pitt gun works at Pittsburg. In 1864 was commissioned engineer in the United States Navy and served with the Potomac flotilla and with the North At- lantic Squadron; for five years after the Civil War he worked as master mechanic and designer for glass works at Port- land, Me .. and Boston, and in 1873 ac- cepted a position for ten years with the Hemingway Glass Company, of Coving- ton, Ky .; became superintendent of the Lane & Bodley Company's engineering department at Cincinnati, remaining there two years, and then becoming a consult- ing engineer. In 1884 returned to Pitts- burg, where he has done consulting work much of the time with the Carnegie Steel Company. Mr. Ashworth is a mem- ber of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers, Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania and the National Association of Steam Engineers. He was one of the charter members of the Grand Army in Kentucky. He is prominent in Masonic and G. A. R. circles in Pitts- burg. Address, Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
ATHERTON, Thomas Henry:
Lawyer; was born in Wyoming, Lu- zerne County, Pa., July 14, 1853. His original name was Thomas Atherton Henry, but, for family reasons, it was changed in 1871, by act of Legislature, to Thomas Henry Atherton. He obtained his education at Wyoming Institute and Princeton College, graduating from the latter with the class of 1874; on leaving college he began the study of law, his preceptor being Charles E. Rice, now President Judge of the Supreme Court, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. For fourteen years he was in partnership with Allan H. Dickson, but since 1992 has been in practice alone, his legal business being largely in the line of estate and corporation law; he is attorney for the Temple Iron Co., West End Coal Co., Webster Coal and Coke Co., and the Vulcan Iron Works, being a director . of the last-named firm, and also of the People's Bank, the Second National Bank of Wilkesbarre and other organizations. and counsel for the Wilkesbarre Bridge Co. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
ATKINSON, Edward M .:
President of West Alexander National Bank. Address. West Alexander, Wash- ington County, Pa.
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ATKINSON, Lawrence M .:
Lawyer; born in Hawley, Pa., May 5, 1,71; educated at the Hawley High School, graduated at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., in 1893, and from the Law School of the University of Pennsyl- vania, Philadelphia, in 1897; admitted to the Philadelphia bar, and bar of Wayne County, 1897; is a successful practitioner in Honesdale; member of Masonic Lodge and Anthony Wayne Chapter, R. A. M .; elected district Attorney of Wayne County. serving from 1900 to 1903. Ad .. dress, Hawley, Pa.
ATKINSON, Lot:
President of First National Bank of Hawley. Address, Hawley, Wayne County, Pa.
ATKINSON, Louis E .:
Surgeon and lawyer; born near Thomp- sontown, Juniata County, Pa., April 16, 1841; educated in the Medical Depart- ment of the University of the City of New York, graduating in 1861; returning to Pennsylvania, he passed an examina- tion for Assistant Surgeon of Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, but was refused a commission as not yet of age; in Septem- ber. 1861, he enlisted in the Army as Hospital Steward and began duty in the General Hospital at Baltimore. In Jan- uary, 1863, he was promoted to Assistant Surgeon and assigned to the First Regi- ment of Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, serving with it until September, 1864, when the term of the regiment expired; he was afterward promoted Hurgeon and assigned to the 1SSth Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, being mustered out in December, 1865; rheumatism, tontracted in Army service, leaving him permanently lame and incapable of attending to medical practice, he studied law, and was admit- ted to the bar of Juniata County in 1870. since which date he has been in active practice; he was elected to Congress in 1882 and served for ten years, being five times re-elected; since 1393 he has been entirely engaged in his profession; he is Director of the Mifflintown and Patterson Water Companies, President of the Juni- ata Valley National Bank, Vice President of the First National Bank of New Bloomfield, and Solicitor of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company for the district; he was appointed Judge of the Forty- first District in 1901 by Governor Stone, his term expiring in 1902; he is a member and was the first commander of the
David H. Wilson Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Address Mifflintown, Pa.
ATKINSON, William B .:
Physician: born in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pa., June 21, 1832; was educated in the public schools of Phila- delphia, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1850, from the Central High School, and the degree of A. M. in 1855; was gradu- ated M. D. at Jefferson Medical College in 1853; Secretary and President of the Northern Medical Association, also of the Philadelphia. County Medical Society; Permanent Secretary of the Medical So- ciety of the State of Pennsylvania, and of the American Medical Association, each for over thirty years; lectured on "Dis- cases of Women and Obstetrics" in 1857; assistant professor of these branches in the Pennsylvania College; entered the United States Army as Surgeon, serving till near the close of the war; lectured several years on diseases of children in the auxiliary faculty of the Jefferson Medical College; then elected Professor of Sanitary Science and Diseases of Children in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia; now Honorary Professor of same. Edited the Medical and Surgi- cal Reporter; at present owner and editor of Public Health. Author: "Hints in the Obstetric Procedure," "Therapeutics of Gynecology and Obstetrics"; edited "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States," etc. Address, 1400 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ATKINSON, Wilmer:
Journalist; son of Thomas and Hannah (Quinby) Atkinson; was born June 13, 1840, at Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pa .; he was graduated from the Freeland Seminary, Montgomery County, Pa .; he married Anna Allen, Nov. 2S, 1866, at Philadelphia; with Howard M. Jenkins, he started the first daily paper in the State of Delaware, also the Wilmington Daily Commercial, and continued to pub- lish them for ten years; in 1877 he founded the Farm Journal in Philadelphia, which he still publishes; he is also inter- ested in farming. Address, 4109 Locust St .; office, 1024 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ATWOOD. J. A .:
Chief Engineer of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad; was born in Chatham. Mass., 1851, and in 1978 was graduated from the engineering department of the New York University; entered the railway
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service, and has since had varied and val- uable experience in this work; was first employed by the New York Elevated Rail- way, as transit man, next as rodman and leveler by the Elizabeth City & Norfolk Railroad; then draughtsman in the engin- eering department of the West Shore Rail- road; was Chief Engineer for the Tenth Avenue Cable Railway of New York, and then Assistant Engineer for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; from 1SS9 to 1896 Mr. Atwood was Engineer of Construction for the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, which was then rebuilt and equipped as one of the model railroads of the world; since 1896 Mr. Atwood has been Chief Engineer of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie; member of the A. S. of C. E. and the E. S. of W. Pa. Address, Philadel- phia & Lake Erie Railroad Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.
AUDENRIED, Charles Young:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1863; son of John T. Audenried, a suc- cessful merchant and coal mine operator; educated at Rugby Academy and Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduating from the Department of Arts in 1883 and the Law School in 1SS6, when he was admit- ted to the bar; he served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Macungie Iron Com- pany from 1887 till it dissolved, in 1896; he represented the Eighth Ward of Phila- delphia in the Common Council from 1891 to 1894, and in the Select Council from 1894 to 1896, when he resigned to accept an appointment as Judge in the Common Pleas Court No. 4 of Philadelphia; 1897, he was elected for the full term of ten years; is a member of the Philadelphia Country Club, and one of the Vice Pro- vosts of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. Address, 1827 De Lancy Pl., Philadelphia.
AULTMAN, Dwight Edward:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 17, 1890; Second Lieutenant, Fourth Cavalry, June 12, 1894; transferred to Second Artillery, Sept. 13, 1894; First Lieutenant, March 2, 1899; Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; Captain July 1, 1901. Address, Havana, Cuba.
AUMAN, William .:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; private B, Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania In- fantry, April IS to July 23, 1861; Cor- poral and Sergeant, G, Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 9, 1861, to
July 26. 1864; Second Lieutenant, Forty- eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, July 24, 1884; First Lieutenant, Sept. 12. 1864; Captain, June 4, 1865; Brevet Captain Volunteers. April 2, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service before Petersburg. Va .; honorably mustered out, July 17, 1865; Second Lieutenant, Thirteenth In- fantry, May 11, 1866; First Lieutenant, Oct. 5, 1867; Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 1, 1870. to Aug. 1, 1871; Captain, March 26, 1879; Major, April 26, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel Twenty-first Infantry, Sept. 7, 1900; transferred to Thirteenth In- fantry, March 11, 1901; Colonel Twenty- ninth Infantry, Oct. 16. 1901; Brigadier General, April 16, 1902; retired, May 10. 1902. Address, 115 Bidwell Parkway, Buf- falo, N. Y.
AUSTIN, Howard:
Editor; born Oct. 9, 1851, in Philadel- phia, Pa .; son of Collins and Anna E. Austin; educated at public schools in Philadelphia, also by private tutors; he married Ida R. Gillespie, June 29, 1SS2, at Philadelphia; from early manhood he contributed to magazines and periodicals; he was, from 1877 to 1901. Commercial Editor of the Philadelphia Record; from 1901 to 1902, Assistant Managing Editor of the same paper, and since 1902 has been Managing Editor; since 1878 he has been Secretary of the Philadelphia Pro- duce Exchange. Residence, 1902 North 22nd St .; office, 917 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia.
AVERY, Rachel Foster:
Reformer; daughter of J. Heron Foster; born Dec. 30, 185S, at Pittsburg; she was educated at Philadelphia, also studied in Europe; at the University of Zurich she studied Political Economy; November, 1888, she married Cyrus Miller Avery; from her girlhood she was active in the Woman Suffrage movement, and was given charge of many conventions; also the Nebraska campaign; for more than twenty years she was Corresponding Sec- retary for the National Suffrage Associa- tion. Address, 4069 Powelton Ave., Phila- delphia, Pa.
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