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Saltonstall, Gurdon, ii., 255.
Sassafras, i,, 90.

Say, Lord, i., 201, 217, 256, 258, 280, 304,
423, 449.

Saybrook, settlement and fort, i., 230, 262,
287, 326.

Schenectady, destruction of, ii., 131.
Schools, Public, in New England, i., 370,
371, 393-394; iii., 386; in Maryland, ii.,
182, 325; iii., 386.

Sobuyler, Peter, ii., 134, 141, 254, 261.
Schuyler, Philip, ii., 469, 546, 553; major
general, iii., 80; commands in the north-
ern department, iii., 91, 102, 115, 143, 173,
198, 199, 204; house burned, iii., 211; ac-
quitted with honor, iii., 215; member of
Congress, iii., 215, 304, 324, 405.
Sears, Isaac, ii., 532; iii., 79, 91, 113, 114.
Sedgwick, Robert, i., 388, 389, 391.
Seminoles, ii., 231.

Senecas, ii., 86, 89, 102, 317; iii., 542.
Sequeen, i., 241, 252.

Sevier, John, at King's Mountain, iii., 326;
governor of Frankland, iii., 469, 539.
Shaftesbury, Lord, i., 567; ii., 25–26, 41.
Shakers, ii., 578.

Shaw anese, ii., 101, 465, 466, 504; iii., 50,
456, 461, 462.

Shawomet or Warwick, i., 291, 297, 317,
323, 377, 379.

Shays, Daniel, iii., 474, 475, 542.

trict between the Ohio and the Tennes-
see, ii., 574; overtures to, by Congress,
iii., 88; join Burgoyne, iii., 197, 201; part
of the confederacy favorable to the Amer-
icans, iii., 205, 261; inroads upon the
frontier, iii., 262, 263, 288; Sullivan's ex-
pedition, iii., 287-289; further inroads,
iii., 329, 359; treaty with the United
States, iii., 456; migration and decline,
iii., 543.

Skene, Colonel, iii., 75, 202.
Slavery, its introduction into America, i.,
44; in England, i., 119–120; ii., 125, 214,
426, 565; in Virginia, i., 119, 518, 521,
561; ii., 177-180, 235, 329, 423, 493-494;
iii., 392-394; in Maryland, i., 519, 565,
568; ii., 323; iii., 392; in Massachusetts,
i., 278, 282; ii., 271, 419, 563; iii., 391;
in Connecticut, i., 372; ii., 419; iii., 392;
in Rhode Island, i., 373; ii., 419; iii., 392;
in New Netherland, i., 441; in New
York, ii., 48, 419; iii., 394; in New Jer-
sey, ii., 419; iii., 394; in North Carolina,
ii., 33, 423; iii., 394; in South Carolina,
ii., 33, 271, 421; iii., 394; in Georgia, ii.,
368, 371, 385, 417, 422; iii., 395; in the
colonies generally, ii., 419-430.

Slave trade, i., 282; ii., 214, 329, 427; iii.,
44, 131, 509-520.

Smallwood, iii., 126, 146; major general,
iii., 325; governor of Maryland, iii., 478.

Shelburne, Lord, ii., 538; iii., 247; prime Smibert, the artist, ii., 350.
minister, iii., 416.

Shepherd, Thomas, i., 233, 455.
Sherman, Roger, iii., 42; speeches and mo-
tions in the Federal Convention, iii., 487,
488, 489, 490, 495, 501, 507, 508, 513, 514,
515, 517, 518, 522, 523, 524.
Ship-building in New England, i., 200, 270,
331; ii., 297; in Virginia, i., 510.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachu-
setts, ii., 381, 395, 401-402, 406; colonel,
ii., 398; boundary commissioner, ii., 406,
446; general, iii., 448, 461; commander-
in-chief, iii., 462, 464, 467.
Silk, attempts to produce it, in Virginia, i.,
122, 124, 128, 364, 515; in Carolina, ii.,
36; in Georgia, ii., 364, 367.
Six Nations (see Five Nations) cede their
country east of the Blue Ridge, ii., 328;
cede the valley, ii., 394; relinquish all
claim to Pennsylvania, ii., 445; treaty of
neutrality with the French, ii., 470; join
the English, ii., 485, 487; cede the dis-

Smith, John, i., 100; in Virginia, i., 101,
103, 104, 106, 109-110; in New England,
i., 151; efforts to promote its settlement,
i., 152, 194.

Smith, Sir Thomas, i., 87, 112, 118.
Society for Propagating the Gospel, ii,
215, 230, 232, 308, 527-528.
Somers, Lord, ii., 124, 125, 231.
Somers, Sir George, i., 99, 109, 111.
Somersett's case, ii., 565.
Sons of Liberty, ii., 529.
SOUTH CAROLINA. See Carolina-Bound-
aries, iii., 532; counties, ii., 38; consti-
tution, colonial, ii., 30, 34, 42, 211, 337;
state, iii., 129, 275, 375, 376, 377, 378,
379, 381; ecclesiastical establishment,
ii., 32, 212, 230, 232; iii., 383.

Governors:

1670, William Sayle, ii., 33.
1671, Joseph West, ii., 34.
1671, John Yeamans, ib.
1674, Joseph West, ii., 35.

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1683, Joseph Moreton, ii., 36.
1684, Joseph West, ib.
1684, Richard Kyrle, ib.
1684, Joseph West, ib.
1684, Robert Quarry, ib.
1685, Joseph Moreton, ib.
1686, James Colleton, ii., 42.
1690, Seth Sothel, ii., 43.
1692, Philip Ludwell, ii., 210.
1693, Thomas Smith, ib.
1695, John Archdale, ii., 211.
1696, Joseph Blake, ii., 212.
1700, James Moore, ii., 228.
1703, Nathaniel Johnson, ii., 230.
1709, Edward Tynte, ii., 232.
1710, George Gibbs (acting), ib.
1712, Charles Craven, ii., 232, 269.
1716, Robert Daniel (acting), ii., 285.
1717, Robert Johnson, ii., 286-287.
1719, James Moore (acting), ii., 288.
1721, Sir Francis Nicholson, ii., 289-
291.

1725, Arthur Middleton (acting), ii., 291.
1730, Robert Johnson, ii., 337-338.
1735, Thomas Broughton (lieut. gov.),
ii., 338.

1737, William Bull (acting), ib.
1743, James Glen, ii., 383, 439, 472.
1756, William H. Littleton, ii., 473, 492.
1760, William Bull (lieut.gov.), ii., 493.
1762, Thomas Boone, ib., 498.

1763, William Bull (lieut. gov.), ii., 493.
1766, Lord Charles Montague, ib.
1769, William Bull (lieut. gov.), ib.;
iii., 94.

State Department. See Foreign Affairs.
Stephen, Adam, ii., 465; iii., 117, 146, 173.
Sterling, Lord. See Alexander.
Steuben, iii., 243, 323, 325, 340.

Stockbridge Indians, ii., 389, 446; iii., 88.
Stoughton, Israel, i., 221, 248, 251, 334.
Stoughton, William, i., 494, 498, 503; ii.,

109, 144, 156, 163, 166, 185, 249.
Suffrage, right of, iii., 381, 506.
Suits, territorial, iii., 406, 531, 532.
Sullivan, John, iii., 53, 80, 124; commands
the northern army, iii., 126; major gen-
eral, iii., 146; at Long Island, iii., 149;
exchanged, iii,, 151, 160; at Trenton, iii.,
167; leads an expedition to Staten Isl-
and, iii., 195; at Brandywine, iii., 218;
at Germantown, iii., 223; leads an expe
dition against Newport, iii., 252; against
the Six Nations, iii., 287; member of
Congress, iii., 80, 289; governor of New
Hampshire, iii., 473.

Sumter, iii., 314, 315, 317, 327, 350.
Sunday Laws, in Rhode Island, i., 459; in

South Carolina, ii., 37; in New York, ii.,
46, 192; in Pennsylvania, ii., 68; in Mas.
sachusetts, ii., 169; in Virginia, ii., 176;
in Transylvania, iii., 98; in the states
generally, iii., 385.

Superior, Lake, explored, ii., 92, 574.
Susquehanna Company, ii., 445, 571; iii.,

471.

Synods, New England, i., 253, 327, 455,
498; ii., 309; Presbyterian, iii., 55, 481,

Talon, ii., 92.

1775, Lord William Campbell, iii., 94, Tarleton, iii., 306, 315, 325, 327, 341, 343,

131.

1775, John Rutledge (pres.), iii., 129.

1778, Rawlins Lowndes, iii., 275.
1779, John Rutledge, iii., 279.
1782, John Matthews, iii., 373.

1783, Benjamin Guerard, iii., 434.
1785, William Moultrie.
1787, Thomas Pinckney.

1789, Charles Pinckney, iii., 484.
Laws, ii., 37, 211, 213, 229, 230, 271, 275,
285, 289, 337, 421; iii., 373, 378, 388, 425.
Spencer, Joseph, iii., 67; major general,
iii., 146, 160, 252.

Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, ii., 240,

267, 276, 277, 326, 327, 378.
Standish, Miles, i., 161, 163, 166, 174, 312.
Stark, John, ii., 487; iii., 71, 76, 83, 167,
203, 208.

345, 355, 357.

Temple, Thomas, i., 389, 447, 449.
TENNESSEE, first settlements in, ii., 575;
iii., 286. See Frankland, state of.
Tests, religious, iii., 385.
Texas, ii., 99, 282.

Theatricals in America, ii., 407.

Thomas, John, iii., 52, 69, 81; takes the
command in Canada, iii., 124, 127, 128.
Thompson, Charles, ii., 472; iii., 42, 76.
Thury, ii., 129, 187.
Tobacco, production and use of, i., 64, 88,
116, 122, 128, 131, 133, 173, 181, 197, 215,
364, 514, 520, 560; ii., 40, 283.
Tonti, ii., 96, 97, 98, 222, 223.
Tories, English, i., 567; ii., 552; Ameri-
can, i, 552; in Massachusetts, iii., 66,
113; in Connecticut, iii., 98; in Rhode

Island, iii., 102; in New York, iii., 114,
115, 140, 150, 156, 175, 195, 202, 264, 288,
329; in New Jersey, iii., 166, 184; in
Pennsylvania, iii., 160, 217, 220, 259; in
Delaware, iii., 161, 196; in Maryland,
iii., 161; in Virginia, iii., 117; in North
Carolina, iii., 74, 93; risings of, iii., 119,
277, 308, 316, 331, 345, 373; in South
Carolina, iii., 94, 329, 373; in Georgia,
iii., 373; in the colonies generally, iii.,
57-58, 137, 196, 228, 419; emigration of,
iii., 439; softening toward, iii., 444; pro-
vision for by the British government, ib.
See Loyalist corps.

iii., 177; reception of Deane, iii., 178;
of the American commissioners, iii., 179;
offers to treat, iii., 246; guarantees a loan
in Holland, iii., 363; dislikes John Adams,
iii., 411; his views as to the diplomatic
policy of the United States, iii., 414; as
to the terms of peace, iii., 417; his con-
duct toward America, iii., 421.
VERMONT (see New Hampshire Grants),
ii., 303; iii., 74, 200, 407-410.
Verrazzani, i., 42.
Villibon, ii., 141, 194, 225.
Vine, attempted cultivation of, in Virginia,
i., 122, 128, 130; in Carolina, ii., 36.

Townshend, Charles, his scheme of Amer- Virginia, discovery, name, and attempted

ican taxation, ii., 538.

Township system in New England, i., 186,

508.

Trade, American: amount of imports and
exports at different periods, ii., 213, 329,
432, 559; iii., 466.
TRANSYLVANIA, iii., 96, 162.
Treasury Department, iii., 89, 123, 265; re-
organized, iii., 295, 361, 403.
Trumbull, Jonathan, iii., 325.
Trumbull, Joseph, iii., 96, 174, 235.
Tryon, Governor of North Carolina, ii., 570;
of New York, ii., 572–573; iii., 90, 92;
major general, iii., 152, 214–215, 282.
Tuscaroras, ii., 228, 268–270.

Uncas, i., 248, 283, 292, 373, 385, 392, 409,
476.

Underhill, Captain, i., 187, 247, 248, 249,
255, 259; his penance, i., 271; removes
to Connecticut, i., 273; serves the Dutch,
i., 424-427; hostility to them, i., 395, 439.
Union of the colonies, proposed by Penn,
ii., 198; by Coxe, ii., 444; by the Albany
Congress, ii., 443. See Congress; also,
Confederation, New England.
Universalists, ii., 578; iii., 481.
Ussellinx, i., 413.

Utrecht, peace of, ii., 275-276.

Van Cuyler, i., 429.

Van der Donck, i., 429, 431, 437.
Vane, Henry, i., 229; governor of Massa-
chusetts, i., 235, 244, 246, 247, 322, 382,
395, 448, 455.

Vasco de Gama, i., 36.

Vassall, William, i., 188, 260, 319, 321, 392.
Vergennes, French Minister of Foreign

Affairs, sends Beaumarchais to London,

colonization of, i., 81-88; North Virginia,
i., 90-94.

Virginia charter, i., 94.
Virginia, London Company of, organiza-
tion of, i., 99; expeditions sent out by, i.,
99, 105, 106, 109, 112, 118, 119; charter of,
i., 108; supplementary charter, i., 113;
dissensions in, i., 122, 126; charter for-
feited, i., 129; restoration of applied for,
i., 335.

Virginia, North, Company of, i., 150. See
New England.

VIRGINIA, colony and state-Boundaries,
i., 94, 206; ii., 28; iii., 286, 406; coun-
ties, i., 135, 523; constitution, colonial, i.,
118, 123, 513, 523, 550; ii., 234, 414; state,
iii., 132, 374, 376, 377, 381, 384; ecclesi-
astical system, i., 123, 126, 132, 336, 363,
512; ii., 182; iii., 384.

Governors:

1611, Lord de War, i., 109, 111.
1611, Sir Thomas Dale (dep. gov.), i.,

112.

1611, Sir Thomas Gates (dep.gov.), ib.
1614, Sir Thomas Dale (dep. gov.), i.,

116.

1616, George Yeardley (dep. gov.), ib.
1617, Samuel Argall (dep. gov.), i., 117.
1619, Sir George Yeardley, i., 117.
1621, Sir Francis Wyatt, i., 123.
1626, Sir George Yeardley, i., 130.
1627, Francis West (acting), ib.
1629, John Potts (acting), i., 131.
1629, John Harvey, ib.
1635, John West (acting), i., 210.
1636, John West, ib.
1639, Sir Francis Wyatt, ib.
1641, Sir William Berkeley, i., 339.
1652, Richard Bennet, i., 357.

1655, Edward Diggs, i., 361.
1656, Samuel Mathews, i., 363.
1660, Sir William Berkeley, i., 366, 511.
1662, Francis Moryson (acting), i., 511.
1663, Sir William Berkeley, i., 517,
521, 522-524, 531-555.

War, department of, iii., 134, 226, 235, 405,
453, 456.

Ward, Artemas, iii., 48; captain general of
Massachusetts Bay, iii., 69; Continental
major general, iii., 80, 122.

Ward, Nathaniel, i., 225, 271, 274, 381.
1677, Herbert Jeffreys (lieut. gov.), i., | Warner, Seth, ii., 573; iii., 75, 198, 200, 203.
Warren, Joseph, ii., 560; iii., 82, 83, 85.

555.

1678, Sir Henry Chicheley (dep.gov.), Wars, Indian. See Indian wars.

i., 557.

1680, Lord Culpepper, i., 558.

1684, Lord Howard of Effingham, i.,

562-564; ii., 173.

1688, Nathaniel Bacon (acting), i., 564.
1690, Francis Nicholson (lieut. gov.),
ii., 173.

1692, Sir Edmund Andros, ii., 181.
1698, Francis Nicholson, ii., 208.
1705, Edward Nott, ii., 235.
1706, Edmund Jennings, ii., 240.
1710, Alexander Spotswood (lieut.
gov.), ii., 240, 268, 326-328.

1722, Hugh Drysdale (lieut. gov.), ii.,

329.

1727, William Gouch (lieut. gov.), ii.,
329, 340.

1749, Thomas Lee (acting), ii., 437.
1750, Lewis Burwell (acting), ib.
1752, Robert Dinwiddie (lieut.gov.), ib.
1758, Francis Fauquier (lieut. gov.),
ii., 508.

1768, Lord Boutetourt, ii., 545.

1770, William Nelson (acting).

1772, Lord Dunmore, ii., 562.
1775, 1776, Provincial Convention, iii.,
92, 117, 132.

1776, Patrick Henry, iii., 135.
1779, Thomas Jefferson, iii., 286, 339,
356, 357, 371.

1781, Thomas Nelson, iii., 357, 371.
1781, Benjamin Harrison, iii., 371.
1784, Patrick Henry, iii., 470.
1786, Edmund Randolph, iii., 483.
1788, Beverly Randolph, iii., 538.
Judiciary, i., 118, 123, 127, 337, 513, 523,
557; iii., 378, 379; laws, i., 112, 126, 132,
335, 363, 511; ii., 175–180, 235-240, 414;
iii., 388, 392.

Waldron, Major, i., 490; ii., 128.
Walloons, first settlers on Long Island, i.,

141.

Wampum, i., 269, 384.
Wampanoags, i., 161, 476, 491.

Wars, intercolonial-First, ii., 126-137,
141, 183, 187, 193-196.-Second, ii., 227–
231, 251-254, 258-262, 265-267, 275-276.
-Third, ii., 376-379, 382-383, 394; cap-
ture of Louisburg, ii., 395–398, 399–401,
403, 404.-Fourth, (1754), battle of Great
Meadows, ii., 442; (1755), expatriation of
the French neutrals, ii., 457-459; Brad-
dock's defeat, ii., 460–461; battle of Lake
George, ii, 462-463; Shirley's expedi
tion to Niagara, ii., 461-462, 464; (1756),
capture of Oswego by the French, ii.,
470; (1757), Loudon's expedition against
Louisburg, ii., 474; Fort William Henry
taken by the French, ii., 475; (1758), cap-
ture of Louisburg, ii., 482; battle of Ti-
conderoga, ii., 483; capture of Fort Fron-
tenac, ib.; capture of Fort du Quesne,
ii., 484-485; (1759), capture of Ticonde-
roga and Crown Point, ii., 486; capture
of Fort Niagara, ii., 488; battle of the
Heights of Abraham-capture of Que-
bec, ii., 488-491; (1760), battle of Sillery,
ii., 495; capture of Montreal, ii., 496;
(1761), expedition to the West Indies, ii.,
500; (1762), capture of Havana, ii., 501.
War of the Revolution-(1775), battle of
Lexington, iii., 67; capture of Ticonde
roga and Crown Point, iii., 75; battle of
Bunker Hill, iii., 82; capture of St. John's
and Montreal, iii., 103; assault on Que-
bec, iii., 104; battle of Great Bridge, iii.,
117; (1776), of Moore's Creek Bridge, iii.,
119; British expelled from Boston, iii.,
121; affair of the Cedars, iii., 128; Thomp-
son's defeat, iii., 128; battle of Long Isl-
and, iii., 148; New York abandoned, iii.,
153; battle of White Plains, iii., 154;
Fort Washington stormed, iii., 155; Fort
Lee abandoned, iii., 156; retreat through
the Jerseys, iii., 156-158; Lee taken pris.
oner, iii., 159; Newport occupied by the
British, iii., 159; battle of Trenton, iii.,
167; (1777), battle of Princeton, iii., 168;
British expedition up the Hudson, iii.,

187; battle of Boundbrook, ib.; battle
of Danbury, iii., 188; Meigs's expedition
to Long Island, ib.; capture of Prescott,
iii., 189; expedition to Staten Island, iii.,
195; Ticonderoga abandoned, iii., 197;
battle of Hubbardton, iii., 198; siege and
battle of Fort Schuyler, iii., 201; battle
of Bennington, iii., 203; Fort Schuyler
relieved, iii., 205; first battle of Beh-
mus's Heights, iii., 206-207; Burgoyne's
communications cut off, iii., 208; second
battle of Behmus's Heights, in., 209–210;
retreat of Burgoyne, iii., 211; forts in
the Highlands taken by the British, iii.,
213; Burgoyne's capitulation, iii., 214;
battle of Brandywine, iii., 218-219; Phil-
adelphia abandoned, iii., 221; battle of
Germantown, iii., 223; defense of Red
Bank, iii., 225; the British gain com-
mand of the Delaware, ib.; winter quar-
ters at Valley Forge, iii., 231; (1778),
Philadelphia evacuated by the British,
iii., 249; battle of Monmouth, iii., 250;
expedition against Newport, iii., 253;
battle of Rhode Island, iii., 254; skir
mishes and surprises in New Jersey, iii.,
257; Kaskaskia taken, iii., 260-261;
Wyoming and Cherry Valley, iii., 262-
263; invasion of Florida, iii., 264; inva-
sion of Georgia, ib.; British detachment
from New York enters the Savannah,
iii., 275; (1779), Howe's defeat-Savan-
nah taken and Georgia subdued, iii., 276;
Tory rising in North Carolina, iii., 277 ;
Vincennes taken by Clarke, iii., 284;
battle of Briar Creek, iii., 278; South
Carolina invaded, iii., 279; Charleston
invested, iii.. 280; battle of Stono Ferry,
ib.; Virginia plundered by Matthews,
iii., 281; British expedition up the Hud-
son, ib.; Connecticut plundered, iii., 282;
surprise of Stony Point, ib.; Penobscot
expedition, iii., 283; Natchez and Mo-
bile taken by the Spaniards, iii., 292; sur-
prise of Paulus Hook, ib.; expeditions
against the Six Nations, iii., 287-289;
Newport evacuated, iii., 294; siege and
assault of Savannab, ib. ; (1780), South
Carolina invaded, iii., 305; siege and
capitulation of Charleston, iii., 306; Bu-
ford surprised, iii., 307; Loyalist rising
in North Carolina, iii., 308; battle of
Springfield, iii, 310; French auxiliary
army blockaded in Newport, iii., 311; bat-

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tle of Camden, iii., 313; partisan corps
in the South, iii., 313, 315, 317, 327, 329,
351; Sumter's defeat, iii., 315; treachery
of Arnold, iii., 319; North Carolina invad-
ed, iii., 325; battle of King's Mountain,
iii., 326; (1781), revolt of the Pennsylva-
nia and New Jersey lines, iii., 337, 338;
Virginia plundered by Arnold, iii., 339;
battle of the Cowpens, iii., 342; Mor-
gan's and Greene's retreat, iii., 342–344;
Wilmington occupied by the British, iii.,
344; advance of Greene; Tories cut to
pieces, iii., 344, 345; battle of Guilford, iii.,
346; battle of Hobkirk's Hill, iii., 349,
siege of Ninety-six, iii., 350; Pensacola
taken by the Spaniards, iii., 352; Clarke's
operations in the West, ib.; Virginia
plundered by Phillips, iii., 354; La Fay.
ette in Virginia, ib.; Cornwallis in Vir-
ginia, iii., 355–357; Washington and the
French army march for Virginia, iii.,
362; battle of Eutaw, iii., 364; North
Carolina Tories, iii., 366; attack on New
London, iii., 368; capture of Cornwallis,
iii., 369-370; Wilmington evacuated, iii.,
373; (1782), Wayne enters Georgia, iii.,
424; Savannah evacuated, ib.; Charles-
ton evacuated, iii., 425; (1783), mutiny at
Philadelphia, iii., 436; New York evac-
uated, iii., 441.

Warwick, Earl of (Lord Rich), i., 117, 118,
177, 217, 304, 306.
Warwick. See Shawomet.
Washington, John, i., 527.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, carries a message
to the French on the Allegany, ii., 438;
lieutenant colonel, ii., 441; collision with
a French party, ib.; succeeds to the
chief command; surrenders Fort Ne-
cessity, and retires, ii., 442; quits the
service, ii., 447; aid-de-camp to Brad-
dock, ii., 460, 461; gratuity voted to him,
ii., 465; colonel, ib.; visit to Boston, ii.,
466; his defense of the Virginia frontier,
ii., 468, 474; member of the Continental
Congress, iii., 42; chosen commander-
in-chief, iii., 80; in the camp before Bos-
ton, iii., 85, 107, 121; at New York, iii.,
140, 147-150; at Harlem Heights, iii.,
150-152; evacuates the city, iii., 153;
crosses the Hudson, iii., 155; retreats
through the Jerseys, iii., 157; crosses
the Delaware, iii., 158; his views re-
specting a permanent army, iii., 163;

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