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He sat as a member of the County Court of Kanawha, from 1839 until 1851 when officers became elective by the people. His decisions were always prompt and gave satisfaction, for
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he gave close attention to the proceedings, the evidence and the discussions, and his good sense and judgment generally brought him to a cor- rect conclusion. He was possessed of a strong will, a quick, intelligent mind, a generous heart and an open hand; he had no fear and fol- lowed his own convictions, always courteous and kind, yet nevertheless was positive and de- cided, and as has been said of him "he was not lavish in his expression of fondness and did not depreciate friendship's currency by the exces- sive employment of its smaller coin." There was not pretences or sham about him; he was always sincere, a true friend and a frank enemy.
He was a communicant of St. John's Epis- copal Church, a vestryman all his life and a warden of the vestry. He usually attended the councils of the diocese as a delegate from Charleston and gave close attention to all mat- ters relating thereto.
It is said that he was a Mason, and from a communication in the papers it appears that his associates whose names were given were all members of the fraternity, to wit: Lewis Sum- mers, Joel Shrewsbury, James Wilson, Peter Scales, J. C. McFarland, J. F. Faure, Andrew Parks. Joseph Lovell. Mathew Dunbar, John Welch, Mason Campbell. A. W. Quarrier, Dr. James Craik, John Laidley, John Samuels, W. S. Summers, Sr., G. W. Summers, H. H. Smith, Jas. A. Lewis, J. P. Turner, R. E. Putney and other prominent men in this part of the state.
Deaths in the family :- Lavinia V. M., born in 1805, married in 1822, died in 1843; James B. Patrick, M. D., born in 1823, died in Mis- souri in 1849; Mrs. Sally Patrick Ruffner, born in 1838, married in 1860, died in 1886; Mrs. Leonora C. Rovers, born in 1790, married in 1818 and died in 1876; Major William Gramm, born in 1834, died in 1888: Dr. A. S. Patrick, born in 1832, died in 1906.
SHREWSBURY FAMILY
Children of Samuel and Polly Dickinson Shrewsbury, married 1785-
John D. Shrewsbury, born 1786; married Nancy T. Morris ; died 1845. Samuel, born 1789; died 1835.
Martha Usher, born 1791; married Jacob Van Meter.
William, born 1794; married Rhoda Shrews- bury 1823; died 1882.
Elizabeth Dabney, born 1796; died 1829.
Joel, born 1798; married Frances Quarrier 1828; died 1849.
Nancy, born 1801;
Charles Lewis, born 1804; married Eleanor Woodburn 1839.
Adam D., born 1807; died 1808.
Juliet, born 1809; married Rev. James Craik 1829.
Children of Joel and Sally Dickinson Shrews- bury-
Julia, born 1800: married M. J. Shrewsbury and J. Turner.
Elizabeth, born 1807; married Lewis Ruff- ner.
William D., born 1808: married Martha Darneal.
Samuel, born 1810; died 1825.
Sallie, born 1812: married John D. Lewis.
Dickinson, born 1816: married Mary Mc- Conihay.
Eliza, born 1817 ; married Benj. D. Smithers. Caroline ; married A. W. Quarrier.
Children of John D. Shrewsbury and Nancy Morris Shrewsbury-
Charles : went to Missouri.
Samuel. married Priscilla Worth: went to Missouri.
Leonard ; went to California : died 1907, aged 81.
Andrew ; never married.
Parthenia ; married Robt. F. Hudson ; parents of Mrs. Emma H. Nye.
Margaret, married Dr. E. H. C. Bailey.
CAPT. SAM CHRISTY AND MR. TRUSLOW
In Mercer's Bottom in 1819, there was born one, Sam Christy, whose training was that of moving boats in the water, and when near grown he made his way to the Kanawha salt works for Ruffner, Donnally & Co., who were engaged in making salt and shipping it in flat boats. Christy knew the Kanawha river as he knew his spelling book-by heart. He had hardly settled down before he married Miss Minerva Montgomery of Malden, which had much to do toward locating this new pilot and steamboat man. They had four boys: Edgar, Lawrence. Millard and Albert. Then the war
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came along and stopped the shipping of salt. There were two men who did not wish to en- list in any army but did want work to do- something that would pay, something to do with a boat. Capt. Sam Christy was one and Mr. William H. Truslow was the other. Truslow did not want a boat without Christy and Christy wanted none without Truslow. The two, to- gether, had figured it out that, with each other, a boat and a river, they could make it. There were other good men they could get. Captain Martin was a pilot, Captain Caruthers was a captain's mate, and with a cook and a bar- tender the eating and drinking matter was fixed. They had some money and they knew what a boat was for. They began by buying the Vic- tor, then the Victress, and then the Leclaire, and soon they took the machinery of the last named and built the Kanawha Belle, a lighter boat than the Leclaire, with all the power they needed, thus making a new boat with a part of the old one-like the boy's shirt. Captain Christy had the boat on the way to the Ohio early in the morning and would reach Gallipolis before dark; early next morning, by breakfast time, they were well on their way up the river and would be at Charleston by dark. They carried both passengers and freight, taking on and putting off all the day. Here were a pair of captains, Christy and Truslow, who were most of the crew. They were making money, doing business, attending to the wants of the people. All was moving like clock-work; the boat had its hours, a schedule like a train ; you would get on, pay your fare and get off where you pleased and no fool questions asked. When you left Gallipolis, you had to have a pass from the provost marshal to go up the Kanawha, but to go down, no questions were propounded.
Once upon a time a young man from Kana- wha found himself wanting a pass to go to
Charleston, and he went to the provost's office and made known his wants. A young lieuten- ant was in charge and comprehended the sit- uation, but he wanted some assurance of the loyalty of the traveler, and with an "all right" said : "You are a good Union man, I suppose ?" The passenger did not feel that he had to make any pledges and submitted that he was not, per- haps, the best in the world, and as a result, was told by the lieutenant he could not have a pass. Then there was an appeal to the cap- tain of the provost, who did not see the mat- ter in the same light and gave the pass, say- ing nearly all the people in the valley were of doubtful loyalty, except the soldiers and they would take care of them all. The passenger then and there decided to be all things to all men, anything you want so let me go along. Captains Christy and Truslow attended strictly to business. Whatever you wanted them to do, they were there to do if there were no military objections. They could not bring whiskey, it was contraband, but they did not open pack- ages to learn the contents and they never fed the passengers too highly. A splendid pair of captains-Christy and Truslow! Kanawha Belle, on schedule time! They were men that could be trusted and took care of what was entrusted to them, but there was no trust- ing on their part; you had to pay as you go or go ashore. Everybody was glad to be with these men; they felt safe. It was many years that this pair of boatmen had the benefit of the Gallipolis trade, but a train can beat a boat. We simply wish to record the fact that the men were trained to their business, they tended to their own business and they knew how to make money in that way. It was a pleasure to travel with them then and it is now a pleasure to tell the fact .- you got what you paid for.
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CHAPTER XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Timber-Kanawha Riflemen-W. Va. Soldiers in the Federal Army-Statue of "Stonewall" Jackson-U. S. Direct Taxation-Derivation of the Name "Kanawha"-The Case of Jack Neal-Early Taverns-Newspapers-Surveyors of Lands-Fraternal Societies- Order of Elks-A Yankee Trick-Dissenting Opinions-Judge Lynch-Some Early Mar- riages-Some Good Old Colored Folks-Condensed Facts about Charleston-Census Sta- tistics-Dates of "First Things."
TIMBER
At first sight of the forest-clad mountains of West Virginia one is inspired with much the same feeling which called forth the dramatic exclamation of that hardy explorer, Champlain, when centuries ago he suddenly came in sight of the wooded mountains of Vermont-"Voila les verts monts !"-"Behold the green moun- tains !"
The clothing of green which covers the mountains and valleys of this state is remark- able for variety and value as well as for beauty, making it of interest equally from the view- points of the dendrologist and the lumberman. In the coves are found the lighter shades of green of the poplar and basswood, a little higher up the oak and beech of a darker hue, all of which are interspersed with the still darker foliage of the hemlock. The artist is greatly enraptured with his first view of this state, for the mountains run into each other at all angles and the different shades of green which appeal to him in summer give way in autumn to yellow, red and russet brown, and are so blended in these rich and diverse shades as to enlist his deepest admiration and baffle his efforts to reproduce them adequately on his canvas.
In that part of West Virginia of which Charleston is the center and which is as near the center of the southern Appalachi-
ans as it is possible to locate is found mer- chantable timber of splendid size and quality which represents the untouched portions of the dense forest growth which originally covered the entire state. The principal kinds of tim- ber constituting this growth are poplar, white oak, red oak, chestnut, basswood, hemlock, hickory, ash, beech, birch, maple, sycamore, buckeye, gum, walnut, cherry, butternut and, in fact, all the species represented among de- ciduous trees. Of the woods which are ex- ploited and which give the greatest value to the forests yellow poplar and oak, which are found in the greatest abundance, are by far the most important, because of their fine quality and the magnificent proportions of their growth, in which respects they are unexcelled anywhere.
The timber growth along the streams, on the miniature plateaus and in the upper coves of the southern Appalachians is exceptionally heavy, isolated stands of timber having been estimated to contain as much as 100,000 feet to the acre. On the steep mountain sides and on the banks of the rivers the growth is usually small and scattered, the good timber, as a gen- eral rule, being found where the soil is richest and where it derives some protection from the neighboring peaks.
In Kanawha and Raleigh counties are heavy stands of poplar and oak, intermixed
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with which are many fine specimens of chest- nut, basswood, hickory, maple and ash.
THE SOUTH SIDE FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS- CHARLESTON
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The South Side Foundry and Machine Works was incorporated in 1899 under its present name with a capital stock of $100,000 paid in. The business was established in Charleston in 1870 by O. A. and William T. Thayer, brothers, who first established the business in Malden in 1867. O. A. and Will- iam T. Thayer conducted the business as part- ners until its incorporation in the year before- mentioned. This is one of the successful manufacturing concerns of Charleston, turning out a long list of useful products such as equipment for coal mines and coke plants, in- cline drums, monitors, stationary and shaker coal screens, chutes, coal larries, mine ventilat- ing fans, mine cars, sheet iron work of all descriptions, smoke stacks, weigh baskets, re- volving screens, dumping chutes, also hoisting and hauling engines, cages for shaft mines and in addition thereto a number of patented spe- cialties, such as "Thayer's" improved ratchet rail benders, and "Acme" sand dryers, and have patents on various other things. The con- cern carries in stock a large line of wire rope, pipe and fittings; also brass goods, bar iron, steel bolts, rivets, etc., and in addition to this carry also in stock boilers, engines, logging trucks, locomotives, logging truck wheels, axles, castings in both iron and brass. The capacity of the plant is such that it can handle a heavier class of work than can be turned out by any concern nearer than Pittsburg or Cincinnati. The present site has been the location of the plant since 1870. It is located on the south bank of the Kanawha river, facing the C. & O. R. R., a short distance west of the C. & O. passenger station. There are 100 employes on the payroll, to whom steady employment has been furnished. This concern, during its existence for a period covering more than 40 years, has added much to the material growth of Charleston and to the reputation of the city as a manufacturing center. The business is of great volume in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. However, the products are shipped
to all parts of the country. This may be classed as one of the oldest manufacturing plants in Charleston. The following are the officers : W. E. Mohler, president, St. Albans, W. Va .; John A. Thayer, secretary, Charleston, W. Va .; G. Todd Thayer, treasurer and general man- ager, Charleston.
JUDGE JOHN L. WHITTEN
Born in Mason county, Virginia (now West Virginia) on the 5th day of February, 1861, the subject of this sketch attended district schools in winter, and worked on the farm in summer until 17 years of age. He then taught in country schools for four years and during vacation attended select and Normal schools until 1883, when he was elected on the Repub- lican ticket county superintendent of schools of Mason county, being 22 years of age and the youngest superintendent in the state. Re- elected to that office he served altogether for four years. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883, but did not begin active prac- tice until after graduating from the law de- partment of the Georgetown University, Wash- ington, D. C., in 1891. He was elected pros- ecuting attorney of Mason county in 1896, and re-elected in 1900, serving in that office until the death of Judge F. A. Guthrie, and was there- upon commissioned by Gov. White judge of the 7th Judicial circuit, then composed of the counties of Mason, Putnam and Kanawha, to serve the unexpired term of Judge Guthrie of four months and eight days. During this short term many important cases were tried in Judge Whitten's court, five of them being appealed to the Supreme Court, and all of them being affirmed by that court, he thus having the dis- tinction of never being reversed. Since re- tiring from the office of judge he has held no office except that of Mayor of the town of Point Pleasant, to which position he was elected by a majority of five to one over his opponent, and re-elected by the same majority. He was married on the 18th day of April, 1888, to Miss Mary R. Gwinn, daughter of Henry Gwinn of Mason county, to which union five children have been born, viz: Rudolph, now a student at West Point, N. Y .; Ann Eliza, a pupil of the New England Conservatory of
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Music, Boston, Mass .; and Lynda, Lamar, and Othniel, who are attending the High School of Point Pleasant.
Judge Whitten, since finishing the law course at the Georgetown University, has been active in the practice of the law, and has been engaged in many of the important cases of Mason and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme court of Appeals. He is at present the referee in bankruptcy of the district composed of the counties of Putnam, Mason, Jackson and Rhoane, under Judge B. F. Keller of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
KANAWHA RIFLEMEN, ORGANIZED IN 1856 Commissioned Officers
Captain, Geo. S. Patton, killed September 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va.
First Lieut., Andrew Moore. Second Lieut., Nicholas Fitzhugh, deceased. Third Lieut., Henry Daniel Ruffner.
Second Organization of the Company
Captain, David L. Ruffner, deceased.
First Lieut., Richard Q. Laidley, deceased.
Second Lieut., Gay Carr, killed at Dry Creek, West Virginia.
Third Lieut., John P. Donaldson, deceased.
Third Organization of the Company Captain, Richard Q. Laidley, died 1873. First Lieut., John P. Donaldson, deceased. Second Lieut., Henry W. Rand, deceased. Third Lieut., Alanson Arnold, killed at second Cold Harbor.
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates
Arnold, Alanson, deceased.
Arnold, E. S., deceased.
Barton, Norman.
Blaine, Charles, deceased.
Boswell, Martin, deceased.
Brodt, J. T., deceased.
Bradford, Henry, killed at Cotton Hill.
Brooks, W. B.
Broun, Thos. L., wounded.
Broun, Jo. M., deceased. Brown, Siline. Cabell, Robt. (did not go.) Cabell, H. Clay, deceased.
Caldwell, William. Carr, John O.
Carr, Gay, deceased.
Chambers, John, deceased.
Chewning, Charles, killed at Lewisburg in 1862. Clarkson, A. Q., deceased.
Cook, Walton.
Cox, Frank, deceased.
Cushman, William, deceased.
Dean, Bartlett, D. G.
Doddridge J. E. Jr., deceased.
Doddridge, Philip, deceased.
Donaldson, John P., deceased.
deGruyter, M. F., deceased.
Dryden, John, D. G. Feine, Karl. D. G.
Fry, James H. Jr., deceased.
Grant, Thos. T., deceased.
Griffith, N. G. D. G.
Haggerman, James. D. G.
Hale, John P., deceased.
Hansford, Carroll M., deceased.
Hare, Robert.
Hopkins, -. , deceased.
Keifer, Valentine. D. G.
Laidley. Richard Q., deceased.
Lewis, Charles C. D. G.
Lewis, James F., deceased.
Lewis, Joel S., deceased.
Lewis, William S. D. G.
Lewis, John, killed at Winchester, Septem- ber 19. 1864.
McQueen, Archibald. deceased.
McFarland. Henry D.
McMullen, John.
McClelland, Robert, deceased.
Malone, William. deceased.
Mathews, Lewis. D. G.
Mathews. John, deceased.
Miller, Samuel A. (sent to Confederate Congress), deceased. Miller, H., deceased.
Norman, James. D. G.
Norman, John G. D. G.
Norvell. W. Gaston. D. G.
Noyes, Benjamin, deceased.
Noyes, Frank, deceased.
Noyes, James B., deceased.
Noyes, James B. Jr., deceased.
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Noyes, William, deceased. Noyes, John ( Poca).
Parks, Cecil, killed by railroad. Parks, Bushrod, deceased. Patrick, A. S. Dr., deceased. Patrick, John, deceased. Quarrier, Joel S., deceased.
Quarrier, William A. deceased.
Quarrier, Monroe, deceased. Rand, Henry W., deceased.
Rand, Noyes, deceased.
Read, Fred N., deceased.
Reynolds, Fenton M., deceased. Reynolds, William.
Roberts, Thomas.
Ruby, Edward. Ruby, John C., deceased.
Rundle, John, deceased.
Ruffner, David L., deceased.
Ruffner, Daniel, Jr., deceased.
Ruffner, Joel Jr., deceased.
Ruffner, Meridith P., deceased.
Ruffner, Andrew S.
Shrewsbery, Andrew.
Shrewsberry, Joel, deceased.
Shrewsberry, John. D. G.
Spessard, Jacob, deceased.
Smith, Isaac Noyes, deceased.
Smith, Thomas. Singleton, Albert, deceased. Snyder, W. B.
Smithers, David, deceased.
Smithers, Samuel. D. G.
Summers, William S., deceased.
Summers, George W. Jr., deceased.
Swann, John S., deceased. Swann, Thomas B., deceased.
Teays, Stephen T., deceased. Thompson, Cameron L.
Thompson, Thornton, deceased.
Turner, Benjamin F., deceased.
Watkins, Joseph F., deceased. Wehrle, Mienhart (hung by U. S. troops). Welch, George L.
Welch, Levi, deceased.
Welch, James, killed at Scary, 1861.
Walls, Richards. D. G.
Wilson, Daniel. D. G.
Wilson, Harrison. D. G.
Wilson, W. A., deceased.
William Armstead, colored cook, faithful during the war.
The above were members of this crack com- pany in 1858. When the company offered its services to Virginia in 1861, there were some that did not go, marked D. G .; about twenty that are now living, and those marked "deceased" died after the war. Only about seven were killed in battle.
WEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS IN THE FEDERAL ARMY 1861-1865
In answer to the question, "How many West Virginians served in the Federal Army during the war between the States?" Virgil A. Lewis, state archivist and historian, says in his Third Biennial Report, page 205, "a correct answer to this question has never been made and in all probability never will be," but he gives a statement of West Virginia in account with the United States, viz :
1861-To quota, under calls for that year 8,497 1862-To quota, under calls for July 2 4,650 1862-To quota, under calls for 9 mo. men reduced to 3 year men. 1,162 1864-To quota, under calls for Feb. I, 1864 . 5,127
1864-To quota, under calls for March 4 2,05 I 1864-To quota, under calls for July 19 5,928 1864-To quota, under calls for Dec. 19 4,43I Total requisition on State. 31,846
Contra Credit by Enlistments 1861-Enlistments under call of that year 12,688 1862-Enlistments under call of July 2 3,888 1863-Enlistments under call of May 26 to Dec. 31. 3,28I 1864-Enlistments under call to Jan. 3I I3I 1864-Enlistments and re-enlistments May I 4,712
1864-Enlistments and re-enlistments from Aug. I, to Dec. 31 . 1,956
1865-Enlistments and
re-enlistments
to Aug. 31. 2,509
Total enlistments 29,165
This would show a deficiency of
2,68I
Wilson, Henry. 31,846
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By a statement of provost marshall it was Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Kana- credited with 31,884.
This statement had reference to April 30, 1865; as part of these were re-enlistments, the estimate is made that West Virginia furnished to the United States about 28,000 men. To secure these men by volunteering, each county was designated to furnish her share and to offer inducements that would secure the men. A statement is furnished of the local bounties offered by the counties for volunteers, and the amount figures up to $1,965,549, which is close to two millions for 28,000 men, or an average of $70 per man.
Ohio county furnished $334,959.
Harrison county furnished $258,438.
Wood county furnished $187,791.
Marshall county furnished $181,325.
Monongalia county, $154,425.
Preston county, $135.700. Marion county, $103,075.
Kanawha county. $9.400. Putnam county, $12,630. Cabell county, $3.600. Gilmore county, $3.689.
There seems to have been seventeen regi- ments of infantry volunteers and two regiments veteran infantry volunteers; seven regiments cavalry volunteers and one of veteran cavalry, and one regiment of artillery.
Of the men enlisted, total deaths were 3,224. There were fifty-one companies of State guards. Kanawha county had one company under Captain Robt. Brooks.
COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM WEST VIRGINIA
There were accredited to West Virginia, 212 colored soldiers and were assigned to the 45th Reg. U. S. Col.
IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE FROM WEST VIRGINIA
It was in the South Branch valley and Lower Shenandoah and the Greenbrier valley that and southern West Virginia, that fur- nished these. It is said they were a part of a company, a company or companies from the counties of Barbour, Berkely, Boone. Cabell, Clay. Calhoun. Fayette. Gilmer, Greenbrier,
wha, Lewis, Marion, Mason, Mercer, Monon- galia, Monroe, McDowell, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Putnam, Ral- eigh, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, Wayne, Wyoming, Logan, etc.
The difference will be noted, when stated that Mason county sent over one thousand to the Federal army and sixty-one into the Con- federate, while Hampshire sent more than one thousand into the Confederate and seventy- three into the Federal army.
As to the number of soldiers in the C. S. A. from West Virginia, no one can know, as there seems to be no record from which num- bers can be had. It is said that the Stonewall brigade had twelve companies from \\'. Va. The Twenty-secend Reg. Va. was com- posed of men from W. Va. There were nine companies in the Thirty-first Va; six com- panies in the Thirty-sixth Va. Reg. Summers sent 200, Pendleton 700. Gen. Oley reported that he paroled over 5.000 confederates, and V. A. Lewis' estimate is 7.000, were in C. S. A. from W. Va., and of these there were deaths amounting to 800, and in both armies. 4,024 died.
We find no mention of bounties for con- federates, no hospitals, commisions, or any- thing except guns,-most of them had shoot- ers. Thirty-five thousand soldiers from West Virginia, about one-fifth of that in C. S. A. and four-fifths in U. S. A.
STATUE OF "STONEWALL" JACKSON
The statue of General Jackson was erected on the capitol grounds in Charleston, and un- veiled September 27, 1910, by the efforts of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Charleston, West Virginia, and the site of the monument was located under the provisions of Joint Resolution No. 13 of the Legislature of West Virginia, adopted February 25. 1905. It was designed and executed by Sir Moses Ezekiel, of Rome, Italy, shipped from Rome to Baltimore and thence to Charleston, where it arrived August 31, 1910. The granite foun- dation came from Richmond, Virginia, the marble from Genoa and the bronze statue was made in Rome. The board of public works
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of West Virginia marked the location on the capitol grounds April 11, 1910 and approved the inscription to be placed thereon.
On the 3Ist of May, 1910, ground was broken for the monument by Chapter No. 151 U. D. C., shovels full of earth being removed by the president, Mrs. Samuel S. Green, and an address was delivered by Brig .- General Samuel S. Green, commanding the Second Brigade, U. C. V., followed by an oration by Hon. W. E. Glasscock, governor of West Vir- ginia. The sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was edu- cated at the Military Institute of Lexington, Virginia. He went to Italy in 1888 and be- came so eminent as sculptor that he was knighted by the King of Italy.
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