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Joseph Ackroyd (1847-1915) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
23, 1847.
Son of Abram Ackroyd (1809-1886) and Harriet (Robinson) Ackroyd
(1815-1889).
Grocer; undertaker;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1884; postmaster;
member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1907-08.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 15,
1915 (age 67 years, 112
days).
Interment at Glenside
Cemetery, New York Mills, N.Y.
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
grocer; director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Edward T. Backhouse (1806-1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1806.
Fruit merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1851; president,
Kings County Fire
Insurance Company, 1861-84.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
28, 1884 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Bewley (b. 1878) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
21, 1878.
Republican. Express
agent; canning business; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1914-19,
1927-28; member of New York
state senate, 1939-48 (47th District 1939-44, 52nd District
1945-48).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to Helen Margaret Dickson (died 1921); married, November
22, 1922, to Blanche Lovina Clark. |
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Charles Frederick Bishop (1844-1913) —
also known as Charles F. Bishop; Charles Frederick
Bischoff —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1844.
Democrat. Dealer in tea, coffee,
and spices; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1890-94.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of cancer, in
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1913 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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George W. Brown (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenevus, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
14, 1859.
Son of Carlton Brown.
Republican. Produce dealer; produce dealer in Otsego
County; later, employed by a hay, grain, and
produce merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper
and manager for a carriage
painting and sign-making
business; bookkeeper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Buhrmaster (b. 1876) —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Auriesville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March 27,
1876.
Republican. Grocer; coal,
feed,
and building
supply business; director and vice-president, Glenville Bank;
member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Róger Calero (b. 1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicaragua,
1969.
Not U.S. citizen; meat packer; journalist;
convicted
of sale
of marijuana, 1988; arrested
in 2002, at the Houston airport, while returning from Cuba, and jailed,
while deportation
proceedings were started, but released in 2003; Socialist Workers
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008; Socialist Workers candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 2006.
Nicaraguan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert A. Catchpole (b. 1865) —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in London, England,
August
17, 1865.
Son of John G. Catchpole and Elizabeth A. (Walsh) Catchpole.
Republican. Meat merchant; mayor of
Geneva, N.Y., 1922-23; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1925-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen F. McCarthy. |
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 20,
1867.
Son of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel B. Collins (b. 1846) —
of Galion, Crawford
County, Ohio; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Parma, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
18, 1846.
Republican. Traveling
salesman; wholesale grocer; coal
dealer; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou (1802-1882) —
also known as Lawrence H. Cortelyou —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
5, 1802.
Son of Peter Cortelyou (1768-1857) and Emma (Hillier) Cortelyou
(1771-1834).
Whig. Grocer; county judge in New York; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1852; director, and one of
the founders, Richmond County Mutual
Insurance Company.
Died in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
25, 1882 (age 79 years, 324
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) —
also known as Henry S. Dean —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 14,
1830.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Arthur H. Gleason (1865-1935) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1865.
Son of G. Havens Gleason and Susan (Vail) Gleason.
Democrat. Grocer; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1924.
Died, while suffering from acute angina
pectoris, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1935 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Heyman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Butcher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865.
Son of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original
stockholders of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson
(Goodsell) Jennings (1828-1908).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923; director, U.S. Industrial
Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original stockholders
of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings
(1828-1908); married 1896 to Mary
Dows Brewster; uncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings
(1898-1968; president of Socony-Vacuum, which later became Mobil
Oil); granduncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) —
also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1868.
Son of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke.
Republican. Produce merchant; cemetery
monument business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in West Eaton, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1890
to Florence Tayntor. |
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William H. C. Lyon (1814-1891) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
19, 1814.
Son of Wakeman Lyon.
Democrat. Grocer; hardware
business; Genesee
County Register of Deeds, 1859-61.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., February
6, 1891 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther W. Riggs. |
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Robert S. MacCormack (c.1882-1938) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1882.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president of fruit auction company; president, the New York
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exchange; director, Franklin
National Bank of New
York; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1936-38; died in office 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1938 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Emily Florence Waterbury. |
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Son of Thomas Henry Merry and Candida (Xavier) Merry.
Steamship
captain; wholesale grocer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Henry A. Meyer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Grocer; candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1891.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank G. Miller (b. 1863) —
of Apalachin, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 12,
1863.
Republican. Bookkeeper;
grocer; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1930-37; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene R. Norton (b. 1856) —
of Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middle Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., September
23, 1856.
Republican. Grocer; roofing slate
manufacturer; director of two banks;
member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1906-07, 1913, 1919-20;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1895.
Son of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig Preserving
Company; insurance
broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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J. Austin Otto (b. 1890) —
of Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
20, 1890.
Son of William E. Otto and Frances (Wallace) Otto.
Republican. Civil
engineer; railway
yardmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
grocer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1932-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice M. Rowe. |
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Philo Parsons (1817-1865) —
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
7, 1817.
Son of Lewis Baldwin Parsons and Lucine (Hoar) Parsons.
Wholesale grocer; banker;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-63.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1865 (age 47 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jay H. Pratt (b. 1874) —
of Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Verona town, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1874.
Republican. Farmer;
canning business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1904-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) —
also known as William Quinn —
of Hawaii.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 31,
1919.
Son of Charles Quinn and Elizabeth Quinn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of
Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 1960;
president, Dole Pineapple Company, 1965-72; Presidential
Elector for Hawaii, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976.
Catholic.
Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in
Kahala Nui retirement
community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
28, 2006 (age 87 years, 28
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale grocer; newspaper
publisher; farmer;
Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1912;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1925; member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Son of Christopher Steers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
grocer; broom
manufacturer; real estate
business; magistrate; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1948 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Morell E. Tallett —
of DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y.
Republican. Coal
dealer; produce merchant; chair of
Madison County Republican Party, 1910; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1912-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur S. Tompkins (b. 1881) —
of Berne, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1881.
Democrat. Grocer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1919; Albany
County Coroner.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edna M. Willsey. |
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Frederick H. Waldorf (c.1861-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; coal
dealer; real estate
developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912;
mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1912-14, 1918-20.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 3,
1935 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert B. Wallace —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Grocer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1920-21.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Mabbett Warren (1813-1896) —
also known as Joseph M. Warren —
of New York.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
28, 1813.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; banker; mayor of
Troy, N.Y., 1852; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1871-73.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
9, 1896 (age 83 years, 225
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Daniel E. Whitmore (b. 1825) —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
6, 1825.
Son of Luther Whitmore (1792-1869) and Elsie (Perkins) Whitmore.
School commissioner; wholesale produce dealer; fire
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1875.
Presbyterian.
Lost a
limb in an accident at age 10.
Burial
location unknown.
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