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Robert Alexander (c.1740-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., about 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1775-76.
Episcopalian.
When the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, fled
from Maryland to the British Fleet; in 1780, he was adjudged
guilty of high
treason, and his property was confiscated.
Died in London, England,
November
20, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) —
also known as Louis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Angoulême, France,
1766.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1820-28.
French
ancestry.
Fled France in 1789 to escape the
guillotine, presumably over disloyalty
to the revolutionary regime.
Suffered a stroke,
and dropped the gun he was holding, which accidentally
discharged, shooting
him in the head and killing him, in Périgueux, France,
1846
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Fought four duels;
fled Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling.
Exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 20,
1880 (age 76 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
17, 1783.
Son of Abraham Swartwout and Maria (North) Swartwout.
He was participant in Aaron
Burr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to
Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently arrested
in November 1806 for misprision
of treason, but released a few months later; early promoter of railroads;
openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence from
Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he had embezzled
more than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, and
fled to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate
of his as having obtained most of that money; forfeited
his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1856 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, 1811.
Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.
Charged
in 1843 with the murder
of Captain Mark Lewis; at trial,
the jury deadlocked, and he escaped before a second trial
could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on Corpus Christi in 1844
and lost an
eye.
Died, of cholera,
in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., 1849
(age about
38 years).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891) —
also known as Lorenz Brentano —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
November
4, 1813.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 61st District, 1863-65; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1864;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1877-79.
German
ancestry.
Sentenced
to life imprisonment
for his role in a German revolution
in 1849; escaped to the United States.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
18, 1891 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August 6,
1811.
Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1848;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar
note in 1861-64. He fled to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Fell
from a tram car
about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney and
heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May 6,
1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
21, 1821.
Son of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in
England and Canada until 1869.
Died, from lung disease
and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) —
also known as George W. Randolph —
of Virginia.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March 10,
1818.
Son of Thomas
Mann Randolph.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862.
Episcopalian.
After the collapse of the Confederacy,
fled to Europe to avoid
capture; pardoned
in 1866.
Died of pulmonary
pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., April 3,
1867 (age 49 years, 24
days). His portrait appeared on Confederate States $100
notes in 1862-64.
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison at
Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) —
also known as Robert Toombs; Bob Toombs —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., July 2,
1810.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1853-61; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; fled to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union
forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; later returned to Georgia; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
One of the greatest orators of his time.
Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
15, 1885 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April 10,
1804.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1856; Governor of
Louisiana, 1860-64; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861.
Presbyterian.
At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisiana
ordered his arrest as
a Confederate
leader; he fled to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba. Pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson.
Died near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 25,
1876 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped; captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin
County, Vt., March 20,
1838.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.
Caused a scandal
in 1873, when he suddenly vacated
his mayoralty; he fled to San Francisco with a
married woman and $15,000 he had embezzled
from his firm. Later returned to Seattle.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
14, 1906 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Thomas J. Navin —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Adrian, Mich., 1881-82.
Absconded after forging
city bonds; arrested
in El Paso, Texas.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) —
also known as M. T. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876;
Tennessee
state treasurer, 1877-83.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and lost a
leg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was discovered
in the state treasury. Polk fled to Texas, was arrested
there, and brought back to Nashville for trial.
Charged
with embezzlement,
he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of
"default of pay" -- but was convicted,
sentenced
to twenty years in prison,
and fined.
Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal.
Died in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
20, 1884 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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James W. Tate (b. 1831) —
also known as "Honest Dick" —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., January
2, 1831.
Kentucky
state treasurer, 1868-.
Absconded from the state treasurer's office in March, 1888;
Gov. Simon
Buckner said Tate had embezzled
almost $250,000 from the state. Impeached
in absentia by the Kentucky House; convicted
and removed from
office by the Senate.
He never
returned, and his fate is unknown.
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Charles A. Binder (c.1858-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1858.
Son of Margaret Binder.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886.
German
ancestry.
Accused
in 1891 of embezzling
$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled and became a
fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel, and
died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age about 33
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August 2,
1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union
organizer; fled to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
General Secretary, Communist Party, 1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;
arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud and
embezzlement
charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
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Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) —
also known as Charles F. Hemans; "Baron of the
Bathroom"; "Knight of the
Doublecross" —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April 12,
1896.
Son of Lawton
Thomas Hemans and Minnie P. Hemans.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1924;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1926, 1928; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate for
circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate in primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1936.
Implicated
in the Michigan legislative bribery
scandal
in 1944; granted immunity from
prosecution and testified that he had bribed
many legislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery case
against legislators fell apart when he refused to testify and fled to
Washington; arrested
by FBI agents and arraigned
on a federal fugitive witness charge; tried and
convicted,
and sentenced
to four years in prison;
pleaded
guilty to bribery
in 1950 and sentenced
to five years probation
and a $1,000 fine.
Died January
29, 1971 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker;
union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) —
also known as Angela Davis —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944.
Daughter of Sallye E. Davis.
Communist. Following a violent escape attempt at the Marin
County (California) Hall of Justice, August 7, 1970, in which several
people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled; later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university
professor.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Leonard Peltier (b. 1944) —
Born in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., September
12, 1944.
Son of Leo Peltier and Alvina (Robideau) Peltier.
American Indian activist and member of the American Indian Movement;
alleged to have been involved in a shoot-out at the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, in which three died,
including two FBI agents; fled South Dakota, was arrested
in Canada, and extradited
to the U.S.; tried and
convicted
of murder
in 1977, and sentenced
to two life terms in prison;
Peace and Freedom candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
American
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bernard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) —
also known as Bernard H. Goetz; Bernhard Goetz;
"Subway Vigilante" —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
7, 1947.
Fusion candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001.
German
and Jewish
ancestry.
On December 22, 1984, he shot
and wounded four young men who were about to rob him, and
subsequently fled to New England, until he turned
himself in at Concord, N.H.; arraigned
on attempted
murder, assault,
and weapons
charges;
convicted
only for carrying an
unlicensed gun; sentenced
to one year in jail;
served eight months.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert W. Levy (b. 1947) —
also known as Bob Levy —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 16,
1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 2005-07; resigned 2007.
Falsely
claimed to have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Army
Special Forces (Green Berets); admitted
that he used false information in his service record to obtain
benefits; disappeared on September 26, 2007; his lawyer
announced on October 10 that he had resigned;
pleaded
guilty in November to defrauding
the Department of Veterans Affairs, sentenced
to three years probation,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 2008.
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