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Individual biographical text for Peter Galle III
(Peter
Galley)
Below are copies of some of the documents we have found
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Peter
Galley
Peter Galley Signature
Inventory
Ship Crawford Passenger list
I just received an e-mail from Edward Galle that was from Audrey G. Risser-Snyder
of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
She writes: "I have a photocopy of an unrecorded deed for 134 acres of
land Peter
GALLY purchased before 1784 in Donegal township, Lancaster county
Pennsylvania
(present - day Conroy township, but died before a deed was executed
... in settling
Peter's estate the deed was issued on 4 Dec. 1784 to his son,
Philip GALLY, of
Washington county, Maryland." She also says that she was
doing research in Conroy
township, Lancaster county, when she uncovered numerous
old and unrecorded
deeds of which this is one, and felt the deed to be a very
important document to the
family."
There is the connection to his wife Magdalena Newcomer of Washington county.
I think then that they were probably married in Washington county, Maryland.
There
was a settlement of Mennonite families in that area. HDG 2002
My thoughts on Peter's surname is that in his inventory his surname was GALLY
plus
in this unrecorded deed his son's surname was GALLY. Over the years when
Philip
was in Fayette county, Pennsylvania the "E" was added because
of the many Galley's
in Pennsylvania. The surname "ran" from GALLE to
GALLY to GALLEY, much easier
to spell and pronounce and very English".
Peter must of become a very wealthy farmer
in being able to purchase 134 acres.
That is a lot of land in those days. He died approx-
-imately in September of 1781
and was probably in the process of purchasing the land
in the middle of 1781. He
was only in the country for 10 years 1772 to 1781. He did all
right for himself.
Finally, because of the several records that we have on Peter GALLY,
I now know
that he never served in the Revolutionary War. His name proves that - GALLY.
This is great news to receive about our forefather and I am very happy to pass
this on to all
of you. Harry Galley
We just received copies of the land deed. This information was discovered by
researcher
Audrey G. Risser-Snyder of Elizabeth town Pa. Thanks to her we
have copies of these
documents. Below are two of the documents
associated with it. I will have to scale down
the original copy to get it on
here. Click on the thumbnails below for a larger photo then use
the back button
to return.
This photo shows the land inherited by Philip Gally and the
surrounding lands
 This
photo shows the information that is on the unrecorded land deed
The most likely cemetery that our Peter Galle would be buried in
would be the Risser Mennonite Church located in Mount Joy township,
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The second most likely possible burial
of the Sterne's and maybe Peter Galle would be at the German and
Reformed Donegal Congregation located at Donegal township, now
Mount Joy township. In 1745 the church there was identified as
Calvinist (Reformed); there were
a significant number of Lutherans
and Reformed in the area. Those in control of the church decided to
become Moravians. It remained Moravian into the late 1800s. The
property was conveyed to the
Milton Grove Cemetery Association in
1891.
James, a researcher for Lancaster County, checked and there is no
orphans court record of Peter Galle
that might tell us who his children
were. James also didn't find any Mennonite cemeteries that date
from this period up until this time. The
Donegal township area was
largely a Presbyterian area. By the time Peter arrived in Donegal
township
the area that the township
covered in today's boundaries
are: Conoy township, West Donegal township, Elizabethtown
Borough, East Donegal township, Mount
Joy Borough, and Marietta
Borough. Mount Joy township was formed in 1759 from Donegal
township and Rapho township was formed in 1741
from Donegal
twp. These three townshipsand three boroughs cover an area
of approximately 38 square miles. It is James belief
that because
there are about 70 cemeteries in these townships today that it
would be impossible to find Peter Galle's grave, if it still existed.
But now we know that Peter Galle (Gally) did indeed died in
Donegal township prior to October 27, 1781, probably in September 1781,and that his son
was raised by Peter's brother-in-law Phillip Sterne (actual spelling is: Stern).
Phillip Sterne being from the First Reformed church, originally German Reformed Church, Lancaster,
as well as his half sister Sophia Sterne. I would be willing to bet
that Peter is buried in the Stern family plot located in the Mount Joy township area of Pennsylvania.
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Inventory at Peter's Death
There is an inventory and account of Peter Galley (it appears in
Fulton and Milley, "Index to Wills and Intestate
Records of Lancaster County" as GALLY) His inventory of the goods and chattel of Peter
Gally deceased is dated October 27, 1781 and the administrators
are Phillip Stern and John Witwer. The widow isn't
mentioned. He
is
listed in these documents as being a yeoman of Donegal township.
This
inventory gives a detailed account and value of Peter Gally's possessions when he died. The worth was 98L, 1S, and 1D. He had
2 bee haives, 7 piggs, 1 wagon, 1 Bay mair, 1 Black mair, 1 cow,
1 heffer, 3 sheeps, 6
wallnut loggs, 150 feet of Chestnut boards,
Corn,Rye and wheat. "Yeoman: a man possessed of small estate
in land; a
gentleman farmer; a freeholderof a class below the
gentry, who worked his own land."
Land Record for
Peter Gally
An unrecorded deed for 134 acres of land Peter GALLY purchased
before 1784 in Donegal township, Lancaster county Pennsylvania (present - day
Conroy township, but died before a deed was executed ... in settling Peter's
estate the deed was issued on 4 Dec. 1784 to his son, Philip GALLY, of
Washington county, Maryland." This was found by Audrey
G. Risser-Snyder who has a copy of the original deed. See: Recent Research
for more details and comments from Harry Galley.
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In September of 1983 , "The Galle Family Tree" was
compiled by
Lorraine E. Galle, presently of Newton, Kansas, 1997.
The tie
between the Galley's of Pennsylvania is: Peter Galle (1700- 1762),
who married Agnes Kolb, was a miller by trade and
purchased the Geistermuhle in 1734. Geistermuhle means "Haunted Mill" in
German.
Peter Galle had three sons and six daughters. His oldest
son was named Johannes (ae 1725-
ae1757), his second oldest
was Jakob, while
the youngest son was Peter (ae 1736 - 1781).
All the children married Mennonites and settled in the vicinity with
the exception
of Peter, who is said to have emigrated to America.
The family is found chiefly in
the Uffhofen and Weierhof communities
and has produced some important preachers Peter,
d. 1762; Jacob (1734-1801); Johannes (1766-1838); Peter (1758-1825).
Today
(1953) there are about ten Galle families
with about 50
souls living in the Palatinate and Hessen. This source is from:
Muller, Berner Taufer;S.Geiser, Die
Taufgesinnten-Gemeinden
(Karlsruthe, 1932) Page 372. Jakob (1732 - 1801), who was Peter Galle's (ae1736
-1781) brother, was the father of Jakobus (1768
- 1836). Jakobus' son Jakob (1802 -
1852) is the son that moved
to Lee county, Iowa in 1851. The family mill remained in the
family until 1850 when it was sold by
Jakob Galle (1802 - 1852).
He and his family emigrated to America in 1851 to Ashland county,
Ohio. Jakob's (1802 - 1852)children consisted of Susanna,
Christina,
Mary, Barbara, Anna, John, Jacob and Peter.
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The LDS library has Ancestry.
Com files to work with so the last two days I've been working on the Peter
Galle lines April 1, 1831 to June 1 1870 lines that left for the USA and were
never hear from since. The family lived in Otterberg, Germany.
Here is the solution:
Katharina
Haberlein b Dec 31 1834, who married Peter. She came over in 26
July 1882 on the Ship General Werder { I believe settled with her son
Richard in Chicago, Illinois, dying before 1900}
Klara Galle b
May 8 1859 {may have married and come over, because I find no ships records on
her}
Richard Galle b Jan 10,
1863, was the 1st to come over on the Ship W. A. Scholten arriving 29 Jul 1879
in New York.
The 1st I find of him
is on the 1888 voting records of Chicago
He died Jun 5 1928, Chicago. He had
his own Butcher Shop in Chicago
He married Emma Unknown b. Dec 1862
born Germany died Apr 3, 1928 Chicago
Their only son was Frederick H. Galle b. June 1885 and he moved to Amarillo,
Texas with his family in about 1913
His wife was
Lena I. Von b. 1886 Chicago died Mar 19, 1971 Amarillo,
Texas
Their Family:
*Richard
Albert Galle b. Nov 8 1905 Chicago (More on him further on*)
Edna F.
Galle b. Mar 4, 1909
" m. Delbert V. Baker
Eugene F.
Galle b. Jan 2, 1913
" d. Jan 18, 1978 in Nocona, Texas
Madeline
Galle b. Mar 6, 1915
"
Emma Galle
b. 1917
"
*Richard Albert
Galle d. Apr 1 1974 Amarillo, Texas
wife: Mattie Howard Hutson Houston (Don't truly know her last name yet)
Their
children:
Emaline Galle b. Sep 27, 1947 Amarillo, Texas
Richard Fred Galle b. Aug 2, 1949 "
" (I'm going to try to make contact with him on
the family)
Rita Sue Galle b. Aug 2 1949 m. April 24, 1970 to E. Simmons
Then Richard's brother:
Eugene David Galle b. Jan 25, 1865, he came over on the Ship Elbe
arriving on 7 Oct 1882 in New York. He went to Cleveland, Cuyahoga county,
Ohio and worked as a pastry maker and baker as shown on the 1900 and 1910
census., He was briefly married to Martha Unknown in 1900 and divorced. This
happened in Cleveland, Ohio. He is shown on the 1920 census living in Peoria,
Illinois and working for a Hotel as a baker. By 1930 he was living in Chicago
and he died there in October 17, 1931.
I did some phone calls this
morning and found where the Galle family is buried. Katharina the mother and
her two sons, Richard and Eugene along with Richards wife Anna. The cemetery
is Montrose Cemetery, located at 5400 North Pulaski Road,, Chicago. This
cemetery is only 2 miles from the Galle's home at 2515 west Foster avenue.
St. Lucas cemetery is attached to Montrose and the Bohemian National
Cemetery is across the street.
Richard ran a
butcher shop located at his home which was located at the same spot 2515
West Foster avenue or also located 5202 North Lincoln avenue. I think his
shop was on the ground floor while they lived above the business. His son
Frederick, helped him until around 1913 when he moved his family to Castro
county, Texas to help his father-in-law on his farm. By 1930 Frederick's
family was living in Amarillo, Texas and operating a gasoline Station.
His family lines are still in Amarillo, Texas. Spelled GALLE
While Eugene worked as a
baker and pastry maker in a fancy hotel in the township of Bratenahl just
west of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Some time he moved to Peoria, Illinois
by the 1920's to work in a Hotel in Peoria, Illinois as a baker. By 1930 he
was living in Chicago and died there. I'm thinking that one of his
sisters lived in Chicago, either Klara or Amalie Elisabeth. That is
going to be hard to find them, especially if Klara married in Germany and
came over that way.
Peter Galle
Apr. 1, 1831 - June 1, 1870 the father to Eugene and Richard, lived in
Otterberg and he was the owner of "Gasthaus zur Krone" he was
a baker. Now you know why Eugene followed the baker's trade in the USA.
Otterberg is located just
above Kaiserslautern.
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LDS Work on Galley Family
LDS Temple work done on Galley family was taken from the "Galley
Family History" The
representative was: Geraldine Galley Cook at
the time lived in Tremonton, Utah, She was the 4th g g daughter,
and she did the Logan Temple work. In 1930 LDS temple work was
done by Edmund Ellsworth in the
Arizona Temple. On this sheet he
claimed that Peter Galley was born 1750 in Germany and his death
was between 1782-1785 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He also
said
that Peter was married in 1773 at Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
On Philip Galley he
has him born 1775 at Lancaster county, Pa
and death 31 Aug 1852 married to Magdalena Newcomer 1797.
In the referenced statement on our Peter Galley (ae 1736 - 1781) in
Lorriane E. Galle's book of 1983 was: "He wandered in 1772 to
Pennsylvania" From
that point on the Galle family of Germany knew
nothing more
on our Peter Galley of Pennsylvania, 225 years worth."
But now this has changed. Thanks to Eleanor Halstead of Huntington
Beach, California and my efforts during the last 3 years. Because of
Peters short time in Lancaster county and no VERBAL RECORDS on
him,
birth and death wise, the line was lost
back to Germany. PETER
STARTED THE GALLE lineage in Pennsylvania in 1772. But because
of a pen stroke, the surname during early 1815's, was changed to
GALLEY in the
court records. Interestingly enough, in March of 1812 Paul
Auckermann's will, Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, Philip, Peter's only
living child, is listed as GALLE
making a definite connection.
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From the information received on the Sterne family of Lancaster
county, it is significant that the Philip Sterne family is MENNONITE, in
the fact that we now know
that our Peter Galley GALLE was also
Mennonite when he married Sophia. All we then have to find out is
which church that he was
married in, but the catch is that the
Mennonite churches in Lancaster county, Pa., didn't record any events
of that nature during that
time frame. The town that Peter Galle
was
from was a Mennonite congregation called Erbes Budesheim
in the Palatinate area of Germany. This town was only a mile from
the Wies-Bach river. Actually, he lived at the family mill just south
of Uffhofen, Rhenish Hesse, Germany and the church
was only
about 1 1/2 miles south, being at Erbes Budesheim. He was the
son of Peter Galley and of Agnes Kolb von Wolfsheim,
meaning she
was from the town of Wolfsheim,
Germany.
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German and American Records
In the German records: He "nach Amerika ausgewandert" to
America
emigrated. "wandert nach Amerika aus"
The journey
originally identified with Peter Galte = Galle,
anchored at
Philadelphia, on 16.10.1772, Peter traveled on the ship
"Crawford"
which docked October 16, 1772 at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. This
is referenced in the Book: Pennsylvania German
Pioneers, Page 860
Ship Crawford, October 16,
1772, List 296 C Philadelphia the 19th October 1772. His written name is "Peter Galle" [List 296 C]
At Mess Willing & Morris's Store at Philadelphia, the 16 of October
1772. Present: Thomas Willing, Esquire. The
Foreigners whose
Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Crawford, Charles
Smith, Master, from Rotterdam but last from Cowes,
did this day
take and subscribe the foregoing Oaths & Qualifications in the
usual
Form. Consigned to Mess Willing &
Morris. (Rec L10.17.6,
the 29th December 1772) 145 in the list They read his name as:
Peter Galte but it should have been GALLE, they thought that the
second "l" was a "t". Original source on the lineage of the Galle's: Christian Galle of
Weierhof,Palatinate Germany; Letter of April 28, 1955, confirming the information on Peter
Galle. Christian Galle
died in 1970, in Weierhof,
Germany.
Another verbal fact is that Peter came over with a man named
Johannes KUNTZI. Mr. Kuntzi, from the town of Weierhof,
being his
best friend while in Germany. It is also reported that Peter "ran
away from home", being the youngest he had no future at the
family mill, because the eldest son, Jacob (1732-1804) was granted the
property and wealth of the family. So Peter (1736 - 1781) journeyed
to America with
his friend Johannes Kuntzi. Kuntzi settled in Manor township, Lancaster county and
died there in the autumn
of 1777.
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Map of Palatinate are in Germany (click on photo
for a larger view and use back button to return) Sorry the
larger view is not available at present!
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Individual biographical text for Maria
Sophia Stern
Maria Sophia Stern was of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania
when she was married but she died in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania. The Galley book says that she moved there
with her second husband. He was Mr. Auckerman "a Hessian".
They had 1 son and 5 daughters. They moved to what was then
called "the West" and settled in Tyrone township Fayette Co.
Pa. She also had a brother Philip.
Lancaster County Church Records of the 18th Century by
F. Edward Wright page 24. --- Maria Sophia, daughter of
Michael Stern (deceased)and Catherine, born September 2,1753,
Bapt. October 7, 1753. Sponsors: William Sauer and wife.
First Reformed Congregation, Lancaster City, Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania. This means that she was not Mennonite
at that time but was German Reformed, but she married a
Mennonite. HDG 1998 Note: Maria Sophia could be Sophia.
Most often in early times the 2nd name was used by the
German people. "When baptized, children were usually given
two or more given names. It was true in these times that it
was the tradition of the English to use the first name as
the "call" name. German tradition was to use the second name
as the "call" name. Lancaster County Church Records of the
18th Century by F. Edward Wright Vol.2 Page 183 First
Reformed Congregation, Lancaster: Paul Ackermann of Washington
Co. married Sophia Gallin of Strasburg on October 12, 1788.
The name of Sophia Gallin instead of Galle came about as
the result of "Grammatical Effects on German Names" Quote:
Gender and grammar can affect German word endings. Feminine
names often end with -in. For example, Barbara Meyer may
appear as Barbara Meyerin. So Sophia Gallin was really GALLE.
It was stated on the marriage certificate that Mr Auckerman
was from Washington county and that is probably the reason
why the family moved out to Fayette county, Pennsylvania.
Another reason was that it was "New Land" to be worked in
the coal and coke fields. The name has to be Galle. There
are no other "Gallin's" in the church records. When her 1st
marriage took place it was probably in the Mennonite Church
and there no records. HDG 1997
From material in our family files in Lancaster county, Pa.
as stated by James the researcher for Lancaster County: The
Stern family were Mennonites who were located in Donegal
township, It said that Philip was the son of Johannes Stern
and also mentions a daughter of Johannes, Barbara, but she
is suppose to have married a man named Noll. Later research
taken from the Stern family history said that Barbara was
indeed from the line of Johannes who emigrated from Switzer-
land in 1736. The way I figure the data, she was born to
Johan and Barbara Stern who had to be the son of ZZ the 1st
Johann that came hear in 1736. That is the only way
that the family ties fits. HDG 1998
In checking the abstract of wills in Lancaster county
there was no will for Phillip Stern. this is because he moved
to Bedford county in the late 1790's with his brother and
other family members HDG 1998.
Mennonite churches didn't keep records until the 1950s,
sometimes you can find the marriage of Mennonites in
Lutheran or Reformed Churches. Mennonite ministers were
chosen from among the congregation, they weren't paid and so
sometimes people were a little concerned about the legality
of the marriage so they would be married by both a Mennonite
minister and a Lutheran or Reformed minister. James checked
the records of the Christ Lutheran Church in Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania and didn't find a marriage there. Also there was
no records recorded in the Reformed church on Peter and
Sophia's marriage.
The following History is taken from the book History of the
Galley Family with Local and Old-Time Sketches in the Yough Region by
Henrietta Galley and J. O. Arnold, M.D., revised by Nancy Ware Galley.
The History of the Galley family
in America begins with Peter Galley, who emigrated to America from Germany about
the year 177 2 and settled in Lancaster County, Pa. Here he met and married
Sophia Sterne about the year 1773 or 1774. To them were born two children
- a son and a daughter. The daughter died in infancy, and the son, named
Philip, was the only child of that marriage.
Peter Galley died soon after, and
his son Philip, was taken charge of by his uncle, Philip Sterne, to whom he was
afterwards bound until he became of age.
Philip Sterne, was a citizen of
Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pa., and was engaged in the farming and nursery
business. He was a successful business man and raised the said Philip
Galley to industry, sobriety and honesty. Sophia, the mother or said
Philip Galley, afterwards married a man named Auckerman - a Hessian - and to
them were born one son and five daughters. They moved to what was then
called "the West" and settled in Tyrone township, Fayette, Co., Pa.
Philip Galley, while living with his uncle. Philip
Sterne, learned the weaving trade and grafting of fruit trees, as well as
farming. After he became of age, he married Magdalena Newcomer, daughter
of Peter and Catherine Newcomer, of Lancaster Co., Pa. After his marriage
Philip Galley and wife moved to Frederick Co., Maryland. In the course of
two or three years, they moved to " the West" and settled in Tyrone
township, Fayette Co., Pa., where numbers of Lancaster County people had
settled, among them the Newcomers, Stricklers, Stauffers, and others.
The Broad Ford and Mt. Pleasant R.R. now runs
through the farm that Philip Galley bought, and Morgan Station is on a part of
the farm.
Philip Galley was born about the year 1775 and died
August 31,1852. His wife Magdalena Newcomer Galley, was born January
26,1774. Died August 24, 1851.
Philip Galley and Magdalena, his wife, after their
marriage, as before stated, lived in Frederick Co., Maryland, and their first
child, Peter was born in that state. They moved across the mountains to
Fayette Co., Pa. about the year 1798 or 1799 and bought a part of the Henry
Newcomer farm in Tyrone township. They remained on that farm 22 years. It
was here that ten of the eleven above named children were born. During these 22
years he carried on the farming and nursery business, was prosperous and soon
had money enough not only to pay for the farm he settled upon, but about the
year 1816 bought the farm on which the writer now lives, from Joseph Huston, who
was, prior to that time, engaged in the iron and banking business. The
farm contained about 300 acres and was bought and paid for with a depreciated
currency then known as Connellsville, Perryopolis, and Muttontown bank papers.
These banks had failed, and as the said Huston
was a stockholder in these banks, he took that kind of money off my father's
hands in exchange for the farm before mentioned, and upon which he moved with
his family in the year 1821. Peter then being married, bought the old
homestead farm in Tyrone township and remained upon it while he lived. My
father continued to carry on the nursery business on the river bottom lands, and
being strong-handed, pushed his farming and grafting business so that money came
into his hands quite rapidly for the time in which he lived. As an
evidence of this fact, it is well known that he bought a farm for each of his
sons, and all of his children were left in good homes. After living some
thirty years on the river bottom, and at the ripe age of 77 years, father and
mother died, and their remains now rest in the cemetery grounds on the
hill. The farm having been divided between Abraham and the writer hereof,
is still in our hands. I have thus written a brief history of Philip
Galley and his descendants from the best information I have been able to gather.
As will be seen, I have no definite data as to the
year Peter Galley emigrated to America, nor do I remember the part from which he
came, but this I do know - that my father learned that his father left a home
and kindred and came to America to join in with a people that were struggling to
extricate themselves from the oppression of Monarchy. Neither have I any
definite data of the marriage of father and mother, but from the best evidence I
could gather, it was about the year 1797. On my mother's side, Peter
Newcomer was married to Catherine Good. The Good's are a numerous family,
and were early settlers in the region of Lancaster Co., Pa., and along the
Janiata River. David Good, who was a cousin to my mother, came out to this
country some time before my father moved from his Tyrone farm. He was a
coverlet weaver by trade. My brother Jacob learned the trade from him and
followed it up to the time he was killed. David Good afterwards settled in
Huntington Co., and carried on an iron furnace. His descendants still live
in that region. Having thus traced the Galley ancestry as best I could, I
will close the history by giving the place and residence of each of my brothers
and sisters: Peter lived and died on the old homestead in Tyrone Township,
Catherine Galley Smith lived and died in Connellsville township, John Galley is
in his eighty-seventh year, and lives o Dickerson Run, Dunbar township, Jacob
Galley lived on a farm adjoining Peter Galley's place, now called Upper Tyrone
township, David Galley lived and died in what is now called Lower Tyrone
township, Elizabeth Galley Oglevee lived and died in the vicinity of
Vanderbilt, Dunbar township, Samuel Galley first located on a farm in North
Union township, afterwards moved to Illinois, and is now living in Nebraska,
Jonathan Galley moved on a farm in German township, and has remained there up to
this time. Barbara Galley Snyder first moved to a farm in what is known as
"Forks", Westmoreland Co., Pa., afterwards to the Rankin farm in
Franklin township, and is now living on a farm, part of which once belonged to
Farrington Oglevee. Abraham Galley lives on the old homestead, and the
writer lives in the old mansion house on the river bottom.
This history is now so far written this eighteenth
day of May, A.D. on thousand eight hundred eighty-seven by Henry Galley.
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