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but not of the Beverstone branch of the family, so far as is known. If so they did not belong to the main line of this branch, whosc head was John Berkelcy; aforesaid Sir William Berkeley left no male descendants. Edmund Berkeley of "Barn Elms" used the Berkeley coat-of-arms and the crest (a unicorn's head) which was peculiar to the Beverstone branch of the Berkeleys, the Burwells being at that time amongst the most influential and prominent people in Virginia. His appointment on thic Council by the Crown in 1713, and the letters of Governor Alexander Spotswood, relative to same; the fact that he was appointed County Licutenant of Middlesex, and the fact of his high social position, and that of his son, as shown by his son's marriage to Mary Nelson, of Yorktown, sister of General Nelson, and the high position he held-all bear testimony of his lineage. It will also be noted that he was wealthy and well to do in Virginia, and that he used the Beverstone crest and Berkelcy coat-of-arms while Henry William, who was a member of the Virginia Long Parliament, 1660 to 1675, and probably John and Thomas, sons of John Berkeley, and uncles or great-uncles of the said Edmund Berkeley, still lived and while Sir William Berkeley was Governor of Virginia. This would seem to put beyond all question the fact that he was a member of the Bever- stone branch of the Berkeley family, a grandson or grcat-grand- son of the said John Berkeley, and that the only members of the Beverstonc branch of the Berkeley family now live in Virginia, i. e., that belong to the main line of the Beverstone branch of the Berkeley families.
As to the English members of the Berkeley family, these still hold the Earldom of Berkeley, the Barony of Berkeley, and the Barony of Fitzhardinge; and at times have held the Earldom of Flamouth. As there have been from the earliest history of this family in England, there are still, many knights, and officers in the British Army and Navy, in some instances reaching the ranks of Major-General and Admiral. (See Whitaker's Almanac for 1904.)
It was by order of Admiral Berkeley, of the British Navy, that American vessels were searched for British seamen, which caused the War of 1812. (See any History of the United States.)
Some of the most prominent members of the English Berkelcys since 1607 are :
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I. Bishop George Berkeley, the philosopher, who died 1783. George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley, English writer, who was for a time in the army and a member of the British Parliament, 1832-52. Among his many works was "Berkeley Castle," published in 1836. He died 1881.
II. Miles Joseph Berkeley, English botanist. The leading British authority on fungi and plant pathology, and especially well known for his achievements in myeology. He died in 1889.
III. Sir George Berkeley, English engineer, who was made president of the Institute of Engineers in 1892; knighted in 1893. He died in December, 1893.
1 IV. Stanley Berkeley, English artist of note. Constantly exhibited at the Royal Academy in recent years : a national gold medalist, and a member of the Royal Institute of Painter Etchers, amongst his most eelebrated paintings being "The Charge of Scarett's Three Hundred," "Gordons and Grays to the Front," "For God and the King," "The Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo," and "Heroes of the Tugela." He is still living. (See the Encyclopedia Americana or any standard eneyclopædia.)
V. While Sir William Berkeley has been much abused in history for his attitude towards Bacon and his followers, it will be noted that his sueeessful contests and negotiations with the parliamentarians not only gave to Virginia the name of "The Old Dominion," Virginia having been made the fourth dominion of the British Empire on account of her loyalty to the erown, through his efforts and diplomaey, as above stated, but Virginia was also made a harbor of refuge for the cavaliers, who, when deposed by the Cromwell administration, eame to Virginia and were cordially received and were assisted in establishing themselves by Sir William Berkeley-amongst whom it is said were the Washingtons and Lees and many others whose deseendants have made Virginia history illustrious. (See Jones' History of United States and other histories.)
The English family of Berkeleys were concerned in the settle- ment and history of Virginia almost from its inception. "On Saturday, December 30, 1606, the first expedition sent out for the 'First Colony in Virginia' sailed from London, and May 24, 1607, landed and begun the building of James Towne. In the meantime, on March 19, 1607, James, by the grace of God, ete., issuing an
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ordinance and constitution enlarging the number of the King's Council of Virginia, and augmenting their authority, for the better directing and ordering of such things as shall concern the two several colonics." Among thie additional councilors was (3) Sir Morrisc (Maurice) Berkeley.
VI. November 18, 1610, a true Declaration of the Estate of the Colony of Virginia, with confutation of such scandalous reports as have tended to the disgrace of so worthy an enterprise, "was entered at Stationers Hall, for publication, by Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Maurice Berkeley, Sir George Cappin and Master Richard Martin. It was published by advice and direction of the Counsell of Virginia. The first Republic in America by Dr. Alexander Brown, abbreviated T. F. R. A., A. B., page 21 (21-25, 26, 27). (3) 14. Many of these were mere members of Parliament and had seen service in the late war with Spain. They remained in England and there had charge of the affairs of the Virginia colony. (4) Sir Maurice Berkeley had distinguished himself at Cadiz in the war with Spain. January 22, 1619, a fire occurred at White Hall, which destroyed all of the records and minutes of the privy council from January, 1602, to May, 1613, inclusive. As the council had special supervision over Virginia matters, many records of great value to us must have been destroyed by this fire." (T. F. R. A. by A. B., page 226.)
February 13, 1619, Hilary term quarterly court sat, at whichi "the Indenture (patent) to Sir W. Throckmorton, Sir George Yeard- ley, Richard Berkeley, George Thorpe and John Smythe, of Nib- ley, for plantation (Berkeley Hundred) in Virginia," was ratified.
February 28th, joint letter from Sir W. Throckmorton, Richard Berkeley, George Yeardley, Governor of Virginia, offering him a fifth share in the ship they were then sending, at that moment, "kept bound in Ireland." "Since your departure . .
we have procured our patent for plantation in Virginia, a copy where- of we herewith send unto you, written by the Virginia boy of me, George Thorpe."
(2) April 13th Richard Berkeley (and twentieth Sir W. Throckmorton) wrote to John Smith, recommending William Chester (a kinsman of Berkeley's) for their chief or commander of their men in Virginia.
(3) In July, 1619, Sir William Throckmorton, Richard Berke- ley, George Thorpe and John Smith, of Nibley, engaged The:
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Margaret, of Bristol, a ship of eighty tons, belonging to Edward Williams, to carry men for settling on their plantation in Vir- ginia. Late in July, George Thorpe wrote from Bristol to John Smith asking him to hasten Mr. Woodleaf and the mariners. Captain John Woodiffe, who had been eleven years in Virginia, was to have command of the future settlement of Berkeley Town and Hundred. On September 14th, the four adventurers signed the commission to him, and the covenant and agreement with him, and gave him the ordinance, directions and instructions for the government of our men and servants in the Town and Hundred of Berkeley, together with sundry messages to Sir George Yeardley. The ship sailed with him from Bristol. on September 26th. The company records say, "with forty-five persons for Berkeley plantation," but in the certificate of John Swye, Mayor of Bristol, there are only thirty-eight. This was probably the first ship sent to Virginia by them. I have no evi- dence that the wind-bound ship of February, 1619, ever sailed. On September 19th the four associations wrote a letter to Governor Yeardley, requesting him to become a co-adventurer with them, and sent it by this ship. Captain George Thorpe did not go over at this time. October 10th he granted a fourth part of his own share in the Virginia venture to Robert Oldsworth and John Smith, of Nibley.
I. T. R. ind. by A. B., page 297.
II. T. R. ind. by A. B., page 300.
III. T. R. ind. by A. B., page 345.
A servant was not necessarily a menial, but persons employed the word servant, having the legal signification in a general sense. (1) February 12, 1620, the Hilary term quarter court, held at the house of Sir Edwin Sandys, near Aldergate, questions were considered relative to transportation of persons, and other ques- tions relative to Virginia. A letter from an unknown person, signed "Dust and Ashes," directed to Sir Edwin Sandys, was read, promising money for the rearing and education of Indians. A special committee was appointed by the court for the manage- ment of this matter and the money. February 26th the com- mittee reported, and amongst other things recommended that, "it would be best to put such young Indians" in the hands of plantations already settled there, as Smythe's Hundred, Martin's
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Hundred, Berkeley's Hundred and the like. Whereupon “Sir Thomas Roe promised that Berkeley Hundred would take two or three, and Mr. Smythe and himself to be responsible to the com- pany for their well bringing up."
II. May 17, 1620, Sir William Throckmorton assigned his share (one-fourth part) in Berkeley Hundred to William Tracy.
III. The Margaret, of Bristol, which sailed from "Kingwood," England, September 26th, made land on December 8th, and "landed in a good harbor at Keeketon," in Virginia, on December 10th. Four days thereafter the captain received the following certificate :
To the Treasurer, Counsell and Company of Adventurers and planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia. These are to certify that in good ship of Bristol called the Margaret this present iiiith 14th O. S., 1619 anyold in the port of James City for plantation here in Virginia at the charges of Sir William Throckmorton, Knight and Baronet, Richard Berkeley, George Thorpe and John Smyth, Esquires, under the conduct of John Woodleefe Esq. thess thirty and five persons all in safety and perfect health whose names ensue.
Toby Felgate gent, (pilot). Ferdanando Yale, gent, (who wrote an account of the voyage) John Blanchard gent Henry Pearse gent Richard Godfrey gent Thomas Cooper (or Coopy) gent Rowland Painter, John Cole, Humphry Oshone, Humphry Plant, Thomas Davis, Christopher Nelme, Samuel Cooper, William Cole, Thomas Pearce, Thomas Denton, Christopher Burton, William Parker, John Hind, William Patche, Thomas Patche, Thomas Sanford, William Stone, John Jones.
(I) T. F. R. in A., by A. B., pages 354-355.
(II) T. F. R. in A., by A. B., page 364.
(III) T. F. R. in A., by A. B., pages 370-371.
Richard Sherife the elder, Richard Sherife the Younger, Edward Paynter, Corler Coyer, James Clay, William Clement, Stephen Torphet, Thomas Molton, John Taylor, Waller Tampton, Thomas Thorpe-35.
This Certificate I affirme to be true.
GEORGE YARDLEY, JOIIN PORTER, Secretary.
Charles City, December 14th, 1619.
These were the first settlers of the Town and Hundred of Berkeley, on James River. The landing place for this planta- tion is now known as Harrison's Landing, under the manage- ment of Captain Woodiffe, with regular ordinances, directions and instructions from the four associates aforesaid, for the managing
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the business. They also sent a letter to the Governor affirming him a share in their venture, and from Sir Edwin Sandys.
II. "In compliance with these requests the Governor located the plantation in a very good and convenient place on James River, which still retains the name of Berkeley."
III. Governor Yeardley wrote from Jamestown, on January 20, 1620, to John Smith, of Nibley :
RIGHT WORSHIPFULL :- Yours from Bristol dated September 9th, 1619. I have received from Captain John Woodleefe, whom, aeeording to your desire, I have planted in a very good and convenient plaee. Against which aet of mine it may be Captain Franeis West, brother to ye late right honorable my Lord La Warre (aeeording to some false information from henee) will there in England take some exeeption, as if I had seated your people upon part of that land which he the last summer designed for the right honorable Lord La Warre, now living. Which if he do you may upon mine affirmation boldly reply that Mr. West is misinformed, and that ye land I have made ehoyle of for you lies above (Westover) that which he had appointed for my Lord, more towards west and Sherley Hundred and towards Charles Citty, and also that he had not before his departure obtained any grant from me of that which he did lay out.
For joyning with you presently in adventure, though I give you many thanks for your favor, in admitting me one of your society, and would as gladly partake with you as with any so well in ye company, yet sueh now is partly my publique employment and partly my engagement to bring out of at my own charge twenty-five men this year to furnish Smyth Hundred, as I mueh beseeeh you to exeuse me, if I eannot at this time make use of that speeiall favor of yours. Hereafter it may be when God shall give me ability and leisure, I shall be more forward to accept your courtesy. In ye mean while you shall find me as ready for your sake to assist Captain Woodleefs at all assayer.
I. T. F. R. in A. B., pages 371-372, and note at foot of page 371, which is as follows: See Bulletin of the New York Public Library for March and July, 1897, for reference to Smith, of Nibley, Papers, 1613-1674, relatives to this plantation.
II. T. F. R. in A. by A. B., page 372.
III. The T. F. R. in A. by A. B., pages 373 and 374.
Colonel Edmund Berkeley, of "Barn Elms," was appointed a member of the council in 1713. It seems he was appointed with- out the recommendation of Governor Spotswood, which brought about some trouble between him and the Governor and the Lords Commissioners of Trade. He was appointed County Lieutenant
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of Middlesex in 1715, and died soon after in 1718. By his first wife, Mary Mason, he had no issue. Before 1712 Colonel Berkeley lived in Gloucester County, after which he lived at his famous county seat, "Barn Elms," in Middlesex. He was a man of great wealth and much prominence in Virginia. This issue of his marriage with Lucy Burwell, his second wife, was:
I. Edmund Berkeley, b. Nov. 26, 1704.
II. Lewis Berkeley, b. Jan. 18, 1704, died early.
III. Lucy Berkeley, b. May 10, 1709.
IV. Mary Berkeley, b. May 24, 1711. She married (Nov. 1736) Ralph Wormeley, of "Rosegill."
V. Sarah Berkeley, b. Feb. 9, 1713.
The tomb of Lucy (Burwell) Berkeley is at "Barn Elms," with this inscription :
Here lyeth the body of Lucy Berkeley, who departed this life ye 16th day of Decb., 1716, in ye 33 year of her age, after being married twelve years and 15 days.
She left five children, two boys and three girls. I shall not pretend to give her full eharaeter; it would take too much room for a gravestone. Shall only say she never negleeted her duty to her Creator in publie or private; she was charitable to the poor, a kind mistress and indulgent mother and obedient wife. She never, in all the time she lived with her husband, gave him so mueh as one eause to be displeased with her.
The only son of Colonel Edmund Berkeley I, of "Barn Elms," who had issue, was Colonel Edmund Berkeley II, who sueeeeded to his father's estate. He was appointed Justice of Middlesex, 1725; member of House of Burgesses in 1736 and other ycars. He married Mary Nelson, of Yorktown, May 18, 1728. She was the daughter of Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, and sister of General Nelson. A fine portrait of her is preserved at "Airwell," Hanover County.
Their children were :
I. Luey Berkeley, b. June 15, 1729; d. young.
II. Edmund Berkeley, b. Dec. 5, 1730.
III. Nelson Berkeley, b. May 16, 1733.
IV. Mary Berkeley, b. Jan. 15, 1737. She married Dr. Corbin Griffin, of Yorktown.
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V. Sarah Berkeley, b. Jan. 27, 1741. Never married. VI. Lucy Berkeley, b. June 9, 1744. Never married.
Colonel Edmund Berkeley III, of "Barn Elms" (son of Ed- mund II, son of Edmund I), was also a member of the House of Burgesses from 1772 to 1774, and of the convention of 1775- '76. November 5, 1757, he married Judith Randolph, sister of Thomas Mann Randolph, of "Tuckahoe." On January 23, 1763, he married his second wife, Mary Burwell, daughter - of Charles Burwell, of "The Grove."
By his first wife, Judith (Randolph) Berkeley, they had issue :
I. Edmund, d. in ehildhood.
II. Judith, d. in childhood.
III. Mary Berkeley, who married Joseph Clayton, of Matthews County, had no issue.
By the second wife of Edmund Berkeley III were:
I. Edmund, appointed clerk of King William County, in 1801, and d. young 1802. Never married.
II. William, also d. young.
III. Norborne, who also d. young.
IV. Carter Burwell, appointed Justice of Middlesex, 1808, d. unmarried.
V. Elizabeth, who married Thomas Churchill, of "Wilton," Middlesex County.
VI. Luey Berkeley. Married Rev. Heffernon.
VII. Mary Berkeley. Married Tarleton Fleming, of Roek Castle, Gooehland County.
VIII. Alice Berkeley. Married a Fontaine.
IX. Sarah Berkeley.
X. Lewis Berkeley. This Lewis Berkeley, son of Edmund III, of "Barn Elms," was there left as the representa- tive of the senior branch of the family. He moved to Aldie, Loudoun County, Va., and in 1821 married Franees Calendes Noland, daughter of William No- land, of Loudoun County.
Their issue was as follows :
I. Edmund Berkeley, Lieutenant Colonel, Eighth Virginia Infantry.
II. William N. Berkeley, Major, Eighth Virginia Infantry.
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III. Norborne Berkeley, Colonel, Eighth Virginia Infantry. (This was known as the Berkeley Regiment, ealled "The Old Bloody Eight.")
IV. Charles Berkeley, Captain in the Eighth Virginia regi- ment; d. unmarried.
V. Mary Lewis Berkeley. She married Richard S. Cox, of Washington, D. C., and had :
I. Berkeley Cox.
II. Edmund Berkeley, of Evergreen, son of Lewis Berkeley, of Aldie, was also ealled Colonel, and lived in Prince William County, Va., and now of Alexandria, Va. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the celebrated Eighth Virginia Infantry during the War between the States, and saw hard service. He was wounded several times; the last at the battle of Gettysburg, in Piekett's division. He married a Miss Williams, daughter of Judge Thomas Lornier Williams, of Tennessee.
They had six children. The fifth, Hugh Douglas Berkeley, was Captain in United States Cavalry, and distinguished himself at the battle of San Juan Hill, in the late Spanish-American War, being mentioned by President Theodore Roosevelt in his account of it. Edmund Berkeley, of Atlanta, Ga., was the oldest son of Edmund Berkeley, of Evergreen (son of Lewis, son of Edmund III, son · of Edmund II, son of Edmund I, of "Barn Elms"). He was a eadet at the Virginia Military Institute during the War between the States, and was wounded at the battle of New Market, where the eadets, numbering about 240, all young men, made the eele- brated and historie charge which was so sueeessful, losing about in killed and wounded. He afterwards engaged in railroad business, and is now assistant superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line. Major William W. Berkeley, of Red Hill, son of Lewis Berkeley, of Aldie, and now of the University of Virginia, was Major in the Old Bloody Eight, and was wounded at Gettysburg. He married Miss Cynthia White Smith, daughter of Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Smith, of the United States Army, whose grand- father was of the Essex, Virginia, family.
Colonel Norborne Berkeley, of Stokes, Loudoun County, Va., was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, and was Colonel in the Eighth Virginia, and also wounded in the terrible eharge of Piekett's division. He married Lavinia Berkeley, daughter of
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Dr. Edmund Berkeley, of Staunton, Va., and lived several years in the State of Oregon, but now resides in Prince William County. The children by this marriage were :
I. Spotswood Berkeley.
II. Norborne Berkeley.
III. William N. Berkeley.
IV. Charles C. Berkeley.
Nelson Berkelcy, second son of Edmund Berkeley II, of "Barn Elms," moved to Hanover County previous to the Revolutionary War, and took up there an cstate of some five thousand aeres. He was a member of the Hanover Committee of Safety, an organiza- tion for providing ways and means for the soldiers of the colonies, . and for procuring information as to the movements of the British. On March 11, 1756, he married Elizabeth Wormeley Carter, daughter of Landon Carter, of "Sabine Hall," who was son of Robert King Carter. She it was who heroically saved the silver communion service of the parish church from capture by Colonel Tarleton and his men by standing in the doorway of the church and defying their entrance. The issue of Nelson Berkeley and Elizabeth Carter Berkeley were :
I. Mary Nelson, b. July 8, 1760; d. Oct. 23, 1787. Married John Minor.
II. Elizabeth Wormeley Berkeley, b. June 7, 1762; d. Oct. 1763.
III. Captain Edmund Berkeley, b. Mareh 31, 1764; d. un- married.
IV. Nelson Berkeley, b. Jan. 13, 1766; d. Jan. 14, 1848.
V. Dr. Carter Berkeley, b. Feb. 20, 1768; d. Nov. 3, 1839.
VI. Colonel William Berkeley, b. Dec. 1, 1768; d .-.
VII. Sarah Wormeley Berkeley, b. Dee. 6, 1771 ; d. Aug. 7, 1773.
VIII. Lucy Carter Berkeley, b. June 13, 1773; d. Nov. 1773.
IX. Lewis Berkeley, b. Feb. 18, 1775; d. Nov. 1775. X. Robert Berkeley, b. April 21, 1776; d .-
XI. Elizabeth Landon Berkeley, b. May 5, 1778; d. un- married.
XII. Landon Carter Berkeley, b. Oet. 26, 1780. Married Lucy Sheppard and had one son, Landon. Father, mother and son died in a few years of cach other.
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THE BROOKE FAMILY OF MARYLAND.
Thomas Brooke, of Whitehurel, Hampshire, England, aecord- ing to the Herald's Visitation, in the year 1634, was born in the year 1530 and died 1593. He married Elizabeth Twyne, sister and heiress of Sir John Twyne, of Whitehureh, Hampshire. Their son, Thomas Brooke, married Susan Foster, daughter of Sir Thomas Foster, of Etherstone, Durham County, a famous lawyer of the time of King James I, by whom he was knighted. The old house in which the Brookes lived at Whitchurch is
THIE BROOKE COAT-OF-ARMS.
Arms-Checky and the azure on a bend gules, a lion passant or. Crest-On a wreath azure and or a demi lion erased or.
still standing. Symonds, in his diary, mentions the interesting faet that during the Civil War King Charles I passed two days and nights as the guest of Sir Thomas Brooke. The entries read thus : "Friday 18, 1644. This night the King lay at the White Hart, in Andover ; the whole army in the field. Saturday-as soon as light the army marehed after the enemy. The King lay at Whitehureh at Mr. Brooke's, his house, that night. Monday 21st- His Magesty left Whitehurch."
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That there was close friendship between the Sovereign and the Brooke family is not only evident from the fact that the King honored his home with his presence, but the action of Cecilious Calvert in announcing Robert Brooke's intended adventure a whole year before his coming, his granting a whole county to him, and the fact that he named it Charles County, all indicate that he was near to the royal person. Robert Brooke, the third, of Thomas and Susan Brooke, of Whitchurch, England, matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, April 28th, 1618, aged 16 years. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, July 6th, 1620, and that of Master of Arts four years later. At the age of twenty-five he married Mary Baker of Baute, in Sussex County, England, and had by her four children-two sons and two daughters. At the death of his first wife Robert Brooke married, in 1635, Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Roger Mainwaring, D. D., Dean of Worcester and later Bishop of St. David's, and said to have been of a noble family. By his second wife Robert Brooke had eleven children, seven of whom were sons. Ten of his children came to Maryland from England with Robert Brooke and Mary, his wife. It is, therefore, not surprising that it took a ship of his own to bring his family across the ocean.
So impressed was Cecilious Calvert by the coming of Robert Brooke, that he made it subject of a special message to Governor Stone and to the privy Council, with instructions to them to enroll and register his grant to Robert Brooke in the common registry of the said province, for the better confirmation and manifestation thereof. "The grant confirmed unto our trusty and well-beloved Robert Brooke, Esq., one whole county within our province to be newly set forth, erected, nominated and appointed for that purpose, round about and next adjoining to the place, he shall so settle and plant in, etc., and such a quantity and number of miles as other counties in our said province. And we hereby grant unto him, the said Robert Brooke, all such honors, dignities, privileges, fees, perquisites, profits and immunities as. are belonging to the said place and office of Commander of said county, etc. And we do hereby further empower the said Robert Brooke to appoint and call a Court or Courts to award in our name all manner of process, hold pleas and finally to hear and determine all civil causes and actions whatsoever happening, which
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