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PENDLETON, Garnett:
Lawyer; born May 24, 1855, at Bowling Green, Ky. He was educated at home until reaching the age of fifteen; received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester, N. Y., June 30, 1875, and the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution in June, 1STS. In the same month he was graduated as Bachelor of Laws by the University of Pennsylvania; was admitted to the Phila- delphia bar, June 15, 1878, and to the Delaware County bar, July 7, 1879. He was married Dec. 30, 1879 to Miss Helena Ward, of Philadelphia. On Sept. 12, 1901. was elected President of the Cambridge Trust Company of Chester. Is a manager of the Chester Hospital: a Director and Chairman of the House Committee of the Penn Club; member of the Delaware County Historical Society, and of the Springhaven Country Club. Author of "Debtor's Exemption in Pennsylvania," and of a thesis on "Christianity and the Law of the Land." He has appeared in the lecture field speaking upon "Unappre- ciated Benefactors," "Three Wise Men of Gotham," "Means-Golden and Other- wise." His principal recent orations are: "The Present, the Child of the Past," de- livered at the unveiling of Benjamin West tablet, Swarthmore, June, 189S, before the Historical Society of Delaware County; "War of 1812," at St. David's. Trainer, June 19, 1901; "William Mckinley Me- morial," at Upland Baptist Church, Sept. 19, 1901; "Landing of William Penn," be- fore Colonial Dames. Library Hall. Ches- ter, Oct. 29, 1901; address at unveiling of Town Hall tablet, Chester. April 20. 1303, delivered before the Delaware County Chapter. Daughters of the Revolution. Address, Chester, Pa.
PENDLETON, Joseph H .:
Major United States Marine Corps; horn in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Second Lieutenant July 1, 1\S1; First Lieutenant June 28, 1891; Captain March 3. 1899; Marine Barracks. Sitka, Alaska, Nov. 3, 1599. to January, 1901; Major March 3, 1903; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., since January, 1904. Address, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal.
PENDLETON. Louis (Beauregard) :
Author; editorial writer; born in Te- beauville (now Wayeross). Ga .. April 21. 1561: son of Philip C. Pendleton: educated in High School at Valdosta, Ga., and Col-
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lege of the New Jerusalem Church, Phil- adelphia, Pa. (now Bryn Athyn, Pa.); studied modern languages in the Berlitz School of Languages, Philadelphia. Mem- ber of the Franklin Inn Club (composed of authors and publishers), Philadelphia. Contributor of serials and short stories to periodicals. Author of "Bewitched" (Cas- sell & Co.), 18SS; "In the Wire-Grass" (Appleton), 1889; "King Tom and the Runaways" (Appleton), 1890; "The Wed- ding Garment" (Roberts Bros.), 1894; "In the Okefinokee" (Roberts Bros.), 1895; "Corona of the Nantahalas" (Sampson Low, Marston & Company), 1995; "The Sons of Ham" (Roberts Bros.), 1895; "Carita, a Cuban Romance" (Lamson Wolffe & Co.), 1898: "Lost Prince Almon," 1898; "In the Camp of the Creeks" (Penn Publishing Company), 1903: "A Forest Drama" (Henry T. Coates & Co.), 1904. Address, Bryn Athyn, Montgomery Coun- ty, Pa.
PENNELL, George:
President of the Duncannon National Bank. Address, Duncannon, Perry Coun- ty, Pa.
PENNIMAN, Josiah Harmar:
Dean of Faculty, Professor of English Literature, University of Pennsylvania; born in Concord, Mass., July 20, 1868; son of James Lanman and Maria Davis (Hos- mer) Penniman; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1890, re- ceiving the degree of Ph. D. in 1894. Member of the American Philosophical Society, the Modern Language Association of America. the American Dialect Society, the University of Pennsylvania Club of New York City, and the University Club of Philadelphia. Author of "The War of the Theatres." 1897, and numerous ar- ticles on literary and educational topics. Address, 4326 Sansom St., Philadelphia.
PENNINGTON, Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Second Maryland Infan- try Oct. 16, 1861: discharged for promo- tion June 7. 1862; Second Lieutenant Sec- ond Maryland Infantry June 7. 1862; First Lieutenant March 1. 1863: honorably mus- tered out Feb. 18, 1865; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Second United States Vol- unteer Infantry Feb. 1S. 1865: honorably mustered out Nov. 7. 1565. Elected May 5. 1586. Address, 652 Philadelphia Bourse. Philadelphia, Pa.
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PENNYPACKER, Charles H .:
Lawyer; born April 16, 1845, at West Chester, Pa .; educated at West Chester Academy and Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter. N. H .; studied law with his father, Uriah V. Pennypacker, who had been a lawyer at West Chester since 1831; admitted to practice in 1870, and has since continued in active practice; same year was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and to the Su- preme Court of the United States in ISSS. Is interested in natural and local history, and is now writing three books of a his- torical character. In 1863 was married to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Passmore. He was elected Chief Burgess of West Chester in February, 1903, for a term of three years. Address, West Chester, Pa.
PENNYPACKER, Galusha:
Brigadier General and Brevet Major General United States Army; is a native of Pennsylvania, belonging to one of its oldest families, whose names are written in the annals of the State and nation. The appointment to West Point from the Sixth Congressional District having been tendered him, he would, but for the war, have probably entered the Military Acad- emy in 1861 or 1862. General Pennypack- er entered the service in April. 1861. De- clining, on account of his youth, the ap- pointment of First Lieutenant in his com- pany, A, of the Ninth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers, he was made a non- commissioned staff officer of that regi- ment, and served with it. during its three months of service in Major General Pat- terson's column, in the Shenandoah Val- ley, Va. He entered "for the war" as Captain of Company A, Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. Aug. 22, 1861, and was promoted Major Oct. 7 following. The Ninety-seventh Regiment joined the Tenth Corps in the Department of the South, and during the years 1962 and 1863 participated in all the various move- ments, engagements and sieges in which that corps took part. on the coasts of South Carolina (Forts Wagner and Gregs, James Island and siege of Charleston). Georgia (capture of Fort Pulaski), and Florida (taking of Fernandina and Jack- sonville). He commanded his regiment and the post of Fernandina, Florida, in April. 1564, when the regiment was or- dered with the Tenth Corps to Virginia, and became part of the Army of the James. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel April 3, 1861, and to Colonel June 23 fol-
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lowing. In action in command of his regiment at Swift Creek, May 9, Drewry's Bluff, May 16, and Chester Station, May 1S. On May 20 he led his regiment in an assault upon the enemy's lines at Green Plains, Bermuda Hunderd, receiving three severe wounds, losing 175 men killed and wounded out of 295 taken into the charge. Assigned to command the Second Brigade, Second Division, Tenth Corps, in Septem- ber, and on the 20th led his brigade in the successful assault upon Fort Harrison, where he was again wounded, and his horse shot under him. In action Oct. 7 at Chaffin's Farm, and on the 29th at Darbytown Road. With the first Fort Fisher expedition under General Butler, Dec. 1 to 31. General Pennypacker's brigade (composed of New York and Pennsylvania regiments) formed a por- tion of the expeditionary corps which, un- der command of Major General Terry, made the successful (and perhaps most brilliant of the war) assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Jan. 15, 1865. For his distinguished personal gallantry in this assault, when he was most severely (and it was thought for a time mortally) wounded, and "for gallant and meritori- ous services during the war," Pennypack- er received six brevets or promotions as follows: Brevet Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Jan. 15, 1865; Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Feb. 18. 1865; Brevet Major General United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865; Col- onel Thirty-fourth (designation changed to Sixteenth) Infantry United States Ar-' my, July 28, 1866; Brevet Brigadier Gen- eral United States Army, March 2, 1867. and Brevet Major General United States Army, March 2, 1867. Commissioned Briga- dier General United States Army in May,
1904. The Congressional medal of honor was awarded General Pennypacker for "bravery at the battle of Fort Fisher." He was one of the youngest (if not the youngest) general officers of the war, and was the youngest man in the history of the regular army to be commissioned a Colonel and Brevet Major General. His commanding general emphasized the dec- laration that Pennypacker and not himself was the real hero of Fort Fisher, and that his "great gallantry was only equalled by his modesty." Since the war (with the exception of two years on leave in Europe), General Pennypacker has served in the Southern. Southwestern and West- ern States, performing the duties inci- dental to a regimental and post com-
mander. He was temporarily in com- mand of the District of Mississippi in 1867, the Fourth Military District in 1868, the Department of Mississippi in 1870, the U. S. troops in New Orleans in 1874, and the Department of the South in 1876. Placed on the retired list of the army in 1883, on account of wounds received, he has since resided in Philadelphia. Ad- dress, 300 South Tenth St., Philadelphia.
PENNYPACKER, Samuel Whitaker:
Governor of Pennsylvania; born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., April 9, 1843. His father having been appointed to a professorship in the Philadelphia Medical College, the family moved to that city, and young Pennypacker was sent to the Northwest Grammar School, from which he was given a scholarship in Saunders Institute, West Philadelphia. On the death of his father, after several years' residence in Philadelphia, he re- turned to Phoenixville, where he attend- ed the Grovemont Seminary. He pre- pared for Yale University, but through circumstances beyond his control was pre- Vented from attending that institution of learning. In 1862 he took an examina- tion for teachers' certificate in Montgom- cry County, and that winter taught school in Mont Clare. In 1863 he enlisted and was sworn in as a United States Volun- teer, joining Company F. of Pottstown, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Emergency
Regiment, which was the first force to meet the rebels at Gettysburg. On his re- turn from military service he began the study of law, entering the Law Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, and at the same time registering as a law student in the office of Hon. Peter McCall. In 1886 he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws and imme- diately engaged in the practice of the legal profession. In the same year he was elected President of the Bancroft Liter- ary Union, and in 1868 was chosen Presi- dent of the Law Academy. In 1886 he was appointed a member of the Philadel- phia Board of Education. He was ad- mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887, and in 1SS9 was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia by Gov- ernor Beaver. In the same year he was elected to the same position for a term of ten years, and in 1599 was re-elected for a similar term. At the time of his nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania
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was President Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia; declined the nomination to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and of the Philobiblon Club; Vice President of the Sons of the Revolution and of the Co- lonial Society; Past Commander of Fred- erick Taylor Post No. 19, Grand Army of the Republic; member of the Society of Colonial Wars and of the Society of the War of 1812. He is also a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. For a num- ber of years he was a member of the Val- ley Forge Commission. He is the author of "Pennsylvania Colonial Cases," "Pen- nypacker's Supreme Court Reports," "A Digest of the Common Law Reports." the "Settlement of Germantown." "Historical and Biographical Sketches," and over fifty books and papers. The University of Pennsylvania has conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. His library of early Pennsylvania publications contains over 8,000 books and manuscripts. He was married Oct. 20, 1870. to Virginia Earl. daughter of Nathan B. Broomall, of Chester County, and their family consists of three daughters and a son. Address, Harrisburg, Pa.
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PENROSE, Boies:
U. S. Senator ( Republican), of Philadel- phia, was born in Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 1860; was prepared for college by private tutors and in the schools of Philadelphia; was graduated from Harvard College in 1881; read law with Wayne MacVeagh and George Tucker Bispham, and admitted to the bar in 1983; practiced his profession in partnership with S. Davis Page and Ed- ward P. Allinson under the firm name of Page, Allinson & Penrose: was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Represent- atives from the Eighth Philadelphia Dis- trict in 1984: in connection with Edward P. Allinson, wrote, at the request of Johns Hopkins University, for the university studies in historical and political science, a History of the City Government of Philadelphia; was elected to the Pennsyl- vania State Senate from the Sixth Phila- delphia District in 1886, re-elected in 1890, and again in 1891; was elected President pro tempore of the Senate in 1889, and re-elected in 1891; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed J. Don- ald Cameron, and took his seat March 4, 1897. Was unanimously re-elected in 1903. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 19
PENROSE. Charles Bingham:
Retired physician: born in Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1562; son of Richard A. F .. and Sarah H. (Boies) Penrose; educated at Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and private tutors until 1877; was graduated at Harvard, 1881 (A. M., Ph. D., 1884) ; University of Pennsylvania, M. D .. 1SS4. Married, New York, Nov. 17, 1892. Katha- rine Drexel. Resident physician Pennsyl- vania Hospital 1885-1836; out-patient sur- geon to same; surgeon to Gynecean Hos- rital from its foundation, 187; surgeon German Hospital, 1890. Professor of Gy- necology, University of Pennsylvania, 1893; resigned position, 1899, and at the same time retired from practice of medi- cine. Member of the College of Physi- cians of Philadelphia, American Gyneco- logical Society; Academy Natural Scien, ces, American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Director Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Member of the Board of Game Commissioners of Penn- sylvania. Member of the Board of Health of Philadelphia. Author of "Text Book of Diseases of Women" (five editions). W. B. Saunders. publisher. Contributor to medical publications and to scientific jour- nals on mathematics and physical sub- jects. Address, 1720 Spruce St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
PENROSE. Clement Biddle:
Jurist; born in Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 27, 1832. He attended several schools in Washington. D. C .; then studied in Franklin College, Lancaster. Pa .. and in 1550 graduated A. B. at the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently read law in the office of his father. then a leading Philadelphia attorney, and was admitted to practice in 1853. He followed his pro- fession with much success till 1578. when he was appointed by Governor Hartranft a Judge of the Philadelphia Orphans' Court to fill a vacancy. He was regularly elected in November of that year, was re- elected in isss, and again in 1898. receiv- ing the votes of both political parties. He was granted the honorary degree of LL. D. by the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. Judge Penrose married Mary Lin- nard in 1857, and has had eight children. He is one of the Vice Presidents of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the St. Elmo Club. Address, 152 West Chelton Ave., Philladel- phia, Pa.
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PENROSE, Richard A. F .:
Physician; born in Carlisle, Pa., March 24, 1827; was graduated from Dickinson College, 1846 (LL. D., 1$72); medical de- partment of the University of Pennsyl- vania, 1849. Was appointed consulting surgeon of the Philadelphia Hospital, and gave clinical lectures on diseases of wo- men and children there; Professor of Ob- stetries and Diseases of Women and Chil- dren, University of Pennsylvania, 1863. A founder of The Children's Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania, the Gy- necean Hospital and American Gynecolog- ical Society. Member of many learned societies. Married, 1858, Sarah Hannah Boies. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
PENROSE, Richard A. F., Jr .:
. Geologist, mining engineer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1863; son of Rich- ard Alexander Fullerton and Sarah H. B. Penrose; was graduated from Harvard, with honors, in 1884, and received the de- grees of A. M., Ph. D., 1SS6. Geologist in charge survey of Eastern Texas, for the Texas Geological Survey, 1SSS; appointed, 1889, by Geological Survey of Arkansas to make detailed reports on the manganese and iron ore regions of Ark .; Professor Economic Geology, University of Chicago, 1892; gave course lectures on economics, geology, at Leland Stanford, Jr., Univer- sity, 1893; special geologist United States Geological Survey, 1594, to examine and report on gold districts of Cripple Creek, Colo .; member of Executive Committee Hanover Bessemer Iron Ore Association; meinber Board Managers Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railway Com- pany. Fellow of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, and Geological Society of America; member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers National Geological Society, Colorado Science Society, Geological
Society .of Washington. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Author of "The Nature and Origin of Deposits of Phosphate of Lime," 1SSS; "Geology of the Gulf Tertiary of Texas," 1SS0; "Manga- nese, Its Uses. Ores, Deposits." 1890; "The Iron Deposits of Arkansas," and other reports, papers, and articles, in eco- nomic geology. Address, 460 Bullitt St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PERLEY, Allen P .:
President of the West Branch National Bank. Address, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa.
PEROT, T. Morris, Jr .:
Manufacturer; President of the Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company, which business is now carried on by two direct descendants of its founder, T. Morris Perot, Jr., and Elliston Perot, who rep- resent the eighth succeeding generation. Born in Philadelphia, May 6, 1872; son of T. Morris Perot and Rebecca C. Perot (née Siter); educated at the De Lancey School, and later graduated from a busi- ness college in 1892; Treasurer of the Citizens' Municipal Association (which office he has held for seven years), and a manager of the Northern Soup Socie- ty and the Friends' Charity Fuel Asso- ciation. Address, 314 Vine St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
PERRINE. Enoch:
Educator; born Hightstown, N. J., Nov. 18, 1853; educated in public schools and Peddie Institute; he received the degree of A. B. from Brown University in 1874 and that of A. M. in 1SS1, and of Litt. D. from the Pennsylvania College in 1892; married. Hightstown, N. J., Dec. 25, 1879, Maria A. McMurran, of St John, N. B. Editor Tren- ton (N. J.) True American, 1874-1875; Man- asquan (N. J.) Seaside. 1876; teacher of Latin Peddie Institute, Hightstown, N. J .. 1878-1586; John P. Crozer Professor of Rhetoric, 1886-1902, Professor of English Language and Literature since 1902, Buck- nell University. University extension and Chautauquan lecturer; preacher licentiate of the Baptist Church; contributor to the Baltimore Sun since 1901. Member of the Delta Phi. Contributes to various re- ligious and literary periodicals. Address, Lewisburg, Pa.
PERRY, J. DeWolf, A. M., D. D .:
Rector of Calvary Church; born in 183S at Bristol, R. I., the home of his ances- tors. who were distinguished in the War of the Revolution, in the early United States Congresses, and in the naval bat- tles of 1912; was graduated with high honors at Brown University in 1860: 1861, ordained deacon in St. Michael's Church, Bristol, by Bishop Clark, and became his assistant in Grace Church, Providence, R. I. In the following year he became as- sistant to Rev. M. A. D'W. Howe, D. D .. in St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, and a student of the Philadelphia Divinity School, from (Divinity) which he gradu- ated in 1863. He then returned to Rhode Island to be associate rector of St. Paul's Church, Pawtucket, Where he was or-
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dained to the priesthood by Bishop Clark, in 1864. In 1865 he married Elizabeth Russell Tyson, born in Baltimore. He re- turned to Philadelphia in 1866 to become rector of Calvary Church, Germantown, and still fills that position. He was President of the Convocation of German- town from 1SS6 to 1902. He is and has been for many years President of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and the Warden of "The Church Training and Deaconess House of Philadelphia." He has represented the Diocese in two Gen- eral Conventions, and is an active mem- ber of many charitable and church or- ganizations of the city and of the Dio- cese. Address, 318 Manheim St., Ger- mantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
PETERS, Benjamin S:
President of the Farmers' Bank of Mid- dletown. Address, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa.
PETERS, E. D .:
President of the National Bank of Slat- ington. Address, Slatington, Lehigh County, Pa.
PETERS, George Henry:
Commander United States Navy; born in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, Sept. 22. 1534; entered Naval Academy, June 23, 1870, on nomination of Hon. Geo. W. Woodward; graduated at head of class June 1. 1874; promoted Ensign, July 17, 1875: Master, Jan. 10, 1881; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1853; Lieutenant Dec. 14, 185€; Lieutenant Commander, March 3, 1$99; Richmond, South Pacific Station, 1874-1876; Coast Survey. 1877- --- isso; training ship Constitution. 1881- 1SS2; Despatch, special surveying service 1892; special duty, Bureau of Navigation, 1SS2-1SS4; Powhatan, special duty, 1SS4- 1SS5; Coast Survey Office, and command- ing different Coast Survey vessels, in im- mediate charge of the coast pilot work on the Atlantic Coast of United States. 1SS5-1SS: Squadron of Evolution. 1SSS- 1891; Office of Naval Intelligence, 1801- 1894. Minneapolis, European Station, 1894- 1997; gunnery-ship Amphitrite. 1897; Of- fice of Naval Intelligence, January, 1898; conmmanding Sylvia, blockade duty, north coast of Cuba, 1998; office of Naval In- telligence. 1898-1900; Iowa, Pacific and South Atlantic Stations, 1900 to 1903. in- cluding command of the United States Naval Force landed at Panama in Nov., 1901, to maintain free transit across 1
Isthmus in conjunction with force landed at Colon, during period of active fighting by local troops directly along line of railroad; especially commended in dis- patches by the senior officer present in connection with this service. Promoted Commander Feb. 10, 1903; in charge of compass office, Bureau of Equipment, Navy Department, since March 30, 1903. Address. 1354 Columbia Road, Washing- ton, D. C.
PETERS, James:
President of the First National Bank of Latrobe. Address, Latrobe, West- inoreland County, Pa.
PETERS, Madison C .:
Baptist clergyman; born
in Lehigh County, Pa., Nov. 26, 1859; obtained an education in the public schools, Muhlen- burg College, and Franklin and Marshall College. and studied theology in the Heid- elberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, O. He worked his way through these institu- tions by aid of farm labor, book can- vassing, and occasional lecturing and preaching, his talent for oratory being marked. Mr. Peters was ordained a min- ister of the Reformed Church in June, 1SS0, and began his career as a preacher in Indiana, where he temporarily supplied a pulpit at Terre Haute in 1883, and then became pastor of a church at Ottawa. He received a call to Philadelphia in 1884, and for five years preached in the old First Presbyterian Church of that city to a very large congregation. He was married in that city in 1890 to Sarah H. Hart. In 1889 he accepted a call to the Bloomingdale Church, New York City, where for eleven years he was a highly popular preacher. During this interval there came a change in his theological views, and on Feb. 1. 1900, he resigned his pastorate in the Presbyterian Church to become a Baptist, and was installed as pastor of the Sumner Avenue Baptist Church of Brooklyn. He subsequently accepted a call to the Immanuel Baptist Church of Baltimore, and in 1903 was called to Philadelphia, his new pastorate being the Broad Street Baptist Church of that city, where he preaches to very large congregations. In addition to his two Sunday sermons, Mr. Peters is a popular lecturer, being frequently seen on the lecture platform in many sections of the country. He is also a prolific author on theological and moral subjects, his books numbering twenty-four and includ-
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