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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15355
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
306.9 I78
Responsibility
Kenneth V. Iserson.
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Tucson, AZ
Publisher
Galen Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 821 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying to know : introduction -- I'm dead--now what? -- Help for the living : organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The autopsy : my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently : words, sayings, & poetry about the dead.
Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Mortuary Practice.
Attitude to Death.
Funeral Rites.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 I78
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
Content Note: The Ephrata Cloister Collection contains items related to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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This list of deaths is from the ledger of Johannes Bachman, 1769-1829/ List of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7903
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
310.35 B124
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Ellis R. Bachman ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
10 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
"The original ledger is written in German script. The translation and copy has been by Noah G. Good."
Also contains list of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg. The range is fro February 1875 through August 1880.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
310.35 B124
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"Painful leisure" and "awful business": Female death workers in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21170
Author
Weaver, Karol K.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
Responsibility
by Karol K. Weaver
Author
Weaver, Karol K.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
31-55 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 140, no. 1
Summary
Abstract: In late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Pennsylvania, women were the primary caretakers of the dying and dead. Watchers tended to the physical, spiritual, and social needs of the dying. Layers out of the dead washed, groomed, fixed, and dressed dead bodies. Watchers and layers included female relatives and neighbors and women who offered their services for pay. By the second half of the nineteenth century, most Pennsylvania women did not participate in these activities; the care of the dying and dead became the responsibility of formally trained and licensed professionals. The Civil War, industrial tragedies, the rise of undertaking and embalming as professions, and the increasing dependence on medical institutions such as hospitals and homes for the incurable contributed to the changes in the care of the dying and dead.
Subjects
Death care industry - Pennsylvania
Death
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
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Death Index : Sorted by last name

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22331
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
310.5 D671
Barr Barr Robert 1823 Sep 14 infant Lancaster Journal 1823 Sep 19 son of Rev. Joseph of Sondersburg Barr Simon F 1886 Apr 3 53 y New Era Barrack Ann Elizabeth 1882 Feb 15 62 y New Era 1882 Feb 15 �Last name First name Middle name Date of death Age Newspaper name Newspaper date mis info Barret Mrs. Mary
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2019.
Series
LancasterHistory Series of Transcribed Data.
Summary
This resource is a PDF copy of a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet provides a list of death notices found in Lancaster County and City newspapers, primarily from the 19th century. The data is sorted by last name.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
310.5 D671
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Across the river : murder at Accomac

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16911
Author
Maloney, Michael.
Date of Publication
c2012
Call Number
813.54 M257
Responsibility
Michael Maloney.
ISBN
9780985046606
0985046600
Author
Maloney, Michael.
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
M. Maloney,
Date of Publication
c2012
Physical Description
480 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the river."--P. [4] of cover.
2d edition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-480).
Subjects
Myers, Emily - Death.
Coyle, John - Trials, litigation, etc.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Marietta.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - York.
Marietta (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 M257
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Index to marriage and death notices in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1836-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20736
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
929.3 B586
Responsibility
compiled, researched and written by Frank A. Biebel.
ISBN
1877692077
9781877692079
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
viii, 496 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-488).
Subjects
German Americans - New York (State) - Genealogy.
Marriage records - New York (State) - Indexes.
Death notices - New York (State) - Indexes.
New York (State) - Genealogy.
United States, New York - Newspapers - Indexes.
United States, New York, New York (City) - Newspapers - Indexes.
Additional Corporate Author
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Additional Title
New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung (New York, N.Y. : Daily)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 B586
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Obituaries in American culture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15353
Author
Hume, Janice.
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
929.1 H657
Responsibility
Janice Hume.
ISBN
1578062411 (cloth : alk. paper)
157806242X (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Hume, Janice.
Place of Publication
Jackson
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
198 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-190) and index.
Subjects
Obituaries - United States
Death - United States.
Memory - United States.
United States - Civilization - 19th century.
United States - Civilization - 20th century.
United States - Civilization - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 H657
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Collection
Musical Events Programs
Title
Musical Events Programs
Object ID
MG0267
Date Range
1858-2005
Note: This collection of Musical Events Programs contains programs for the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Conservatory of Music, Lancaster Community Concert Association, The American Guild of Organists, Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Musical Arts Society, The Oratorio Society, and Lancaster
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Collection
Musical Events Programs
Title
Musical Events Programs
Description
This collection of Musical Events Programs contains programs for the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Conservatory of Music, Lancaster Community Concert Association, The American Guild of Organists, Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Musical Arts Society, The Oratorio Society, and Lancaster Opera Company. Venues include camp meetings, local schools, churches and the Fulton Opera House. There is also an autographed program for a concert by the Trapp Family Singers in 1949.
Date Range
1858-2005
Year Range From
1858
Year Range To
2005
Date of Accumulation
1858-2005
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 07
People
Adler, Larry
Alexay, Alexander
Algard, Erik
Allan-Allen, Baldwin
Amram, David
Ansara, Edward
Antoine, Josephine
Armstrong, Martha
Aument, Karl B.
Austin, Christopher
Badura-Skoda, Paul
Balogh, Erno
Bamboschek, Giuseppe
Baromeo, Chase
Barsumian, Puzant
Bartlett, Ethel
Baughey, H. B.
Bay, Emanuel
Beecham, Thomas
Benner, James
Benoist, Andre
Bentonelli, Joseph
Berberian, Ara
Biggs, E. Power
Birchall, Alice A.
Bjoerling, Jussi
Blair, Abbie
Bogue, Laurence
Borton, Michael
Bos, Coenraad V.
Bower, Jacob
Bowman, Charles L.
Breiner, Scott
Broderick, William
Buccelli, Luigi
Burdino, Andre
Burger, Chris
Burrows, Stanley
Bussotti, Carlo
Campbell, Edna
Campbell, John
Carter, John
Casadesus, Robert
Castor, Doris
Castor, Godwin
Cerny, William
Charnley, Milne
Collins, L. John
Colton, Charles
Connel, Horatio
Conner, Nadine
Cooper, E. Virgil
Cossack, Don
Costello, Marilyn
Cowhick, Fred E.
Crooks, Richard
Cummings, Eva
Darrenkamp, John
Davis, Peter
de Paur, Leonard
Dearborn, Harold
Demidoff, Eugene
Demus, Joerg
Devine, Maude Metzger
Devine, Ned
Diller, Carolyn V.
Dja, Devi
Dosia, Elen
Douglass, Myrtle
Douty, Nicholas
Drake, Victoria
Draper, Paul
Dravonette, Jessica
Duncan, Todd
Eby, Gordon M.
Echternach, Earle
Edson, Edward
Edwards, Thomas
Endich, Sara Mae
Esbenshade, Charles
Faas, Mildred
Farrell, Eileen
Fasano, Renato
Ferrante, Arthur
Ferrier, Kathleen
Fidele, David
Fiedler, Arthur
Fink, Arnold Frederick
Fisher, E. Ruth
Fisher, Violet
Fleisher, Leon
Flock, Allen W.
Forrester, Maureen
Fowler, Frederick C.
Fox, Virgil
Frailey, Minnie
Francescatti, Zino
Frey, Percy
Garner, Adam
Gast, Marie R.
Getz, Russel
Geyer, Gwynne
Gibson, Barbara
Giddings, Hart
Godden, Reginald
Graseck, James
Greco, Jose
Greenhouse, Bernard
Grossman, Ferdinand
Guilet, Daniel
Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Habecker, Dorothy S.
Haglegans, Marguerite
Hall, Ray B.
Harris, Edward
Harris, Roy
Harrison, Guy Fraser
Hay, Phillip Jeffrey
Hayes, Patrick
Heiney, lIene Geller
Helm, Enos
Hemberg, Eskil
Henry, Cora
Hershey, Laura
Hess, Mildred M.
Hilger, Elsa
Hill, Robert
Hollinger, Daryl
Hollister, Carrol
Holt, Dean
Hoover, Annie
Howell, Henry B.
Huss, Mildred M.
Iturbi, Jose
Jamanis, Frances Veri
Jamanis, Micheal
Janis, Byron
Jaroff, Serge
Johannesen, Grant
Johnston, Kathyrn Byers
Joio, Norman Dello
Jollif, Jonas, Marla
Jones, Carol
Kapell, William
Karlsrud, Edmond
Keenen, Margaret
Kent, Arthur
Kindler, Hans
Kirk, Florence
Koo, Katcha
Kooiker, Anthony
Kopleff, Florence
Kreider, Amos
Kreider, Jacob
Kreisler, Fritz
Krsmanovich, Branko
Kullman, Charles
Kunz, Alfred
Lambdin, Thomas
Lamson, Carl
Lang, J. M.
Lau, Daniel
LeFever, Elizabeth
LeFevre, Wayne
LeFevre, Wayne B.
Lehman, Barbara
Leindorf, Erich
Lewis, Jack R.
Liebling, Joseph
Lockwood, Charlotte Matthewson
Long, Emma
Lunt, Reginald F.
Malcolm, Scott
Mann, Bertha
Marsh, Ozan
Martin, Hildreth
Martin, Margaret
Martinelli, Giovanni
May, John
Maynor, Dorothy
McAllister, Gertie
McConnell, Frank A.
McNeal, Lem
Melchior, Lauritz
Melton, James
Mentzer, Edna J.
Messner, Lucile Lane
Mileradoff, Igor
Miller, Harry
Miller, Mitch
Miquel, Pablo
Mittler, Frank
Moeller, Edith
Moffo, Anna
Mohr, Katharine
Mohr, Margaret
Morgana, Nina
Morini, Erika
Mowrey, Helen
Moyer, Karl
Murr, Harry
Newmark, John
Olheim, Helen
Onegin, Sigrid
Oswald, Belinda
Oswald, Mark
Padwa, Vladimir
Pan, Xun
Papavasilion, Ernest
Paray, Paul
Parnova, Lisa
Paulee, Mona
Pavlovsky, Valentin
Piatigorsky, Gregor
Piston, Walter
Pleam, R. R.
Pratt, Charles E.
Quillian, James
Rakestraw, Sue L.
Ralston, Howard
Reiner, Fritz
Rex, Charles
Rich, Thaddeus
Riddle, George
Ringwall, Rudolph
Robertson, Rae
Rodgers, George B.
Rodzinski, Artur
Roland, Robert
Romero, Trini
Ross, Stuart
Round, Carrie
Round, Clara
Salvi, Alberto
Sander, Arpad
Sandoval, Miguel
Sangree, Margaret
Santelmann, William F.
Satcher, Herbert Boyce
Sayao, Bidu
Schauwecker, Frederick
Schick, George
Schmitt, Elvin
Schroeder, Carl E.
Schuller, Gunther
Seigel, Charles
Seiver, Rebecca
Serkin, Rudolf
Sessions, Roger
Seyfert, Otto
Shaw, Robert
Shuk, Lajos
Shuman, William
Sieger, P. George
Silba, Muri
Simons, John
Slenczynska, Ruth
Slichter, Emma
Smith, Brooks
Snavely, Annie E.
Snell, Milford
Snow, Harry
Sokoloff, Vladimir
Somer, Hilde
Sousa, John
Spalding, Albert
Spitalny, Phil
Steinberg, William
Stever, Eleanor
Stewart, Reginald
Stopak, Josef
Svetlova, Marina
Sykes, Harry A.
Szell, George
Taleff, Carol
Tamayo, Ernesto
Tedick, Feodore
Thomas, John Charles
Tochette, Charles
Traubel, Helen
Trees, Sylvia
Trovillo, George
Valente, Benita
Van Vliet, Cornelius
Veri, Francis
Vilee, Gergrud V.
Vyner, Louis
Vyner, Mary
Wager, Karl H.
Walker, Mallory
Warfield, William
Warren, Leonard
Watts, Andre
Weede, Robert
Welsh, Francis
White, Roger
Willhoite, Earl
Williams, Camilla
Williamson, Francis H.
Wisner, Charles E.
Wittel, Ivan
Wittemore, Arthur
Wolf, Andrew
Wolle, J. Fred
Wood, Edna
Zardo, Eric
Zercher, Kathryn M.
Subjects
Advertisements
Broadsides
Choirs (Music)
Choral societies
Glee clubs
Musicians
Orchestra
Programs (Publications)
Symphonies
Search Terms
Advertisements
American Business Club
American Guild of Organists
American Guild of Organists, Lancaster Chapter
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Benefactors
Boston Pops Orchestra
Broad Street Methodist Church
Broadsides
Brochures
Busch Symphony Orchestra
Chicago City Opera Company
Choirs
Cleveland Orchestra
Composers
Concerts
Conductors
Dancers
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Elizabethtown
Ephrata Cloister
Exchange Club of Lancaster
Finding aids
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Franklin and Marshall College Glee Club
Fulton Opera House
Gordonville Gotwald Chapel
J. B. Kevinksi's Music Store
J. P. McCaskey High School
Junior League of Lancaster
Kiwanis Club of Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster Church of the Brethren
Lancaster Community Concert Association
Lancaster Conservatory of Music
Lancaster County Choral Festival
Lancaster County Courthouse
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster Drama Club
Lancaster Mennonite High School
Lancaster MusiComedy Guild
Lancaster Opera Company
Lancaster Stock Company
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Lancaster Trust Building
Landisville Camp Meeting
Leacock Twp.
Manheim Township High School
Manuscript groups
Metropolitan Opera Association
Metropolitan Quartet
Mount Joy
Music Naturally Summer Institute Festival
Musical Art Society of Lancaster
Musical instruments
Musicians
National Association of Organists, Lancaster Chapter
National Symphony Orchestra
Orchestras
Pearsol and Geist
Pennsylvania Academy of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra
Pianists
Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Programs
Recitals
Robert Shaw Chorale and Concert Orchestra
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Rocky Springs Park Theater
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, England
Shindig at Cripple Creek
Six Piano Ensemble of the Musical Art Society
Soloists
Southern District High School Chorus Festival
St. John's Lutheran Church
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Tableaux of the Young Ladies of the Conestoga Collegiate Institute
Trapp Family Singers
Trinity Lutheran Church
Twilight Concert Series
United States Marine Band
Violinists
West Orange Street
Youth Symphony
Zion Lutheran Church
Extent
1 box, 39 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, Pennsylvania German, German
Object ID
MG0267
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Fulton Opera House Collection (MG0103)
Fulton Theatre Archives (MG0942)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Musical Events Programs (MG0267), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-267
Classification
MG0267
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by AN, May 2013. Added to database 31 January 2022.
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