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Bridge Street
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Joyce King
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1806
1981
98
98-100 Bridge
Benjamin
Benjamin Webb
Bridge
Federal
Webb
wood
yeoman
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Webb Street
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89 Webb Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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1874, 1982
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Staniewicz/King
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1982
89
F.
Greenleaf
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House
James
Massachusetts
Salem
Street
Webb
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Webb Street
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77 Webb Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for Robert F. Barr, Superintendent, Salem Lead Mills in 1886
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1886, 1985
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King
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1886
1985
77
Barr
F.
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Massachusetts
Robert
Salem
Street
Webb
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Chestnut Street
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46 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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46 Chestnut Street, Salem
Built for Mrs. Martha Luscomb Webb, 1870
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House built 1870
Research completed by Robert Booth, December 4, 2000.
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1870
46
46 Chestnut
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Luscomb
Martha
Martha Luscomb Webb
Second Empire
Webb
wood
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Carpenter Street
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3 Carpenter Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
Description
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Built for John Bertram, merchant, and daughter Annie Webb, landlord. 1882
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1882, 2015
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Kimberly Whitworth
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English
3
3 Carpenter
Annie
Annie Webb
Bertram
Carpenter
Colonial Revival
John
John Bertram
merchant
Webb
wood
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22-24 Pleasant Street
Built for
Benjamin Webb
Yeoman and Innholder
c. 1801-1807
Researched and written by
Isabella Connor
April 2022
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2022
�Chain of Title, 22-24 Pleasant Street, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Date Recorded Grantor(s)
Grantee(s)
Consideration
March 27, 1801 Pelatiah Brown
Benjamin Webb of Salem,
Innholder
Benjamin Webb of
Salem, yeoman, and
Mary, wife of Benjamin John Barton of Salem,
June 18, 1807 Webb
mariner
Mary Worcester of
April 29, 1847 Salem
April 30, 1847 Gardner Barton, et al.
Gardner Barton,
apothecary of Salem
Jonathan F. Worcester of
Salem, teacher
George A. Pollard and
Mary Helen Pollard, his
wife in her right, in
Grand Rapids, in the
June 25, 1892 state of Michigan
John Casey of Salem
May 29, 1902 Mary L. Casey
Mary W. Reeves
Conveyance of
Source
Document
Book : Page
Notes
169 : 19
Reffered to as "a piece of land," no
dwelling is mentioned.
181 : 254
"a certain dwelling house, with land
under and adjoining situate in said
Salem"
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
381 : 138
"the estate of my late father, John
Barton, mariner)
"Easterly on Pleasant Street so
called, sixty four feet, and six
inches, Southerly on land of
Kimball and land of heirs of late
Mary Barton dec. one hundred and
thirty five feet, Westerly on land
now or late of Pelatiah Brown sixty
feet and eight inches, and
northerly on land of Stocker and
Buxton one hundred and fifty four
feet, with all the buildings
$2,784.00 thereon."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
381 : 138
"Easterly by Pleasant Street, sixtyfour feet, six inches, southerly by
land of J. H. Phippen about one
hundred thirty-five feet, westerly
by land of the estate of Ephriam
Brown, sixty feet and eight inches,
and northerly by land of Bowen,
$4,000.00 one hundred and fifty-four feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
1347 : 359
"Easterly by Pleasant Street, sixtyeight feet, eleven inches, southerly
by land of Phippen about one
hundred thirty-six feet, westerly by
land of the estate of Ephriam
Brown, sixty feet eight inches, and
northerly by land of Bowen, one
hundred and fifty-four feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
1672 : 433
"Easterly on Pleasant Street so
called sixty four feet and six inches
- Southerly on Land of John
Gardner one hundred and thirty
five fee. Westerly on land of the
Grantor sixty feet and Eight inches,
and Northerly on Land of Thomas
Buxton one hundred and fifty four
$350.00 feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
"beginning at the Southeasterly
corner of Thomas Buxton's land,
thence Southerly sixty four feet
and six inches, bounded Easterly
on Pleasant Street, thence running
Westerly one hundered and thirty
five feet, bounded Southerly on
land of Pelatiah Brown, thence
running Easterly once hundred
and fifty four feet and bounded
Northerly by land of Thomas
$1,391.00 Buxton"
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
"the estate of my late father John
Barton, Mariner, of said Salem
deceased, said estate consisting
of a track of land with buildings
thereon, situate in Pleasant Street
in said Salem, and occupied and
$360.00 improved by him at his decease"
"one dollar and other
valuable considerations"
�Febuary 18, 1947 Frank W. Waite
Frank W. Waite & Ella
March 26, 1953 L. Waite
December 20, 1957 Apphia Williams
February 23, 1974 Jeanne Munnis
August 23, 1977 John A. Driscoll
Frank W. Waite & Ella L.
Waite, they being husband
and wife
Consideration paid
"Easterly by Pleasant Street, sixtyeight (68) feet eleven (11) inches;
Southerly by land now or formerly
of Phippen about one hundred
thirty-six (136) feet; Westerly by
land now or formerly of the estate
of Ephriam Brown, sixty (60) feet
eight (8) inches; Northerly by land
now or formerly of Bowen, one
hundred fifty-four (154) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
3508 : 160
Frank W. Waite, Ella L.
Waite, & Apphia M.
Williams
Consideration paid
"Easterly by Pleasant Street, sixtyeight (68) feet eleven (11) inches;
Southerly by land now or formerly
of Phippen about one hundred
thirty-six (136) feet; Westerly by
land now or formerly of the estate
of Ephriam Brown, sixty (60) feet
eight (8) inches; Northerly by land
now or formerly of Bowen, one
hundred fifty-four (154) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
3970 : 502
Consideration paid
"EASTERLY by Pleasant Street,
sixty-eight (68) feet eleven (11)
inches; SOUTHERLY by land now
or formerly of Phippen about one
hundred thirty-six (136) feet;
WESTERLY by land now or
formerly of the estate of Ephriam
Brown, sixty (60) feet eight (8)
inches; and NORTHERLY by land
now or formerly of Bowen, one
hundred fifty-four (154) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
4429 : 14
John A. Driscoll
"EASTERLY by Pleasant Street,
sixty-eight (68) feet eleven (11)
inches; SOUTHERLY by land now
or formerly of Phippen about one
hundred thirty-six (136) feet;
WESTERLY by land now or
formerly of the estate of Ephriam
Brown, sixty (60) feet eight (8)
inches; and NORTHERLY by land
now or formerly of Bowen, one
$40,000.00 hundred fifty-four (154) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
6047 : 130
Richard E. Savickey
"EASTERLY by Pleasant Street,
sixty-eight (68) feet eleven (11)
inches; SOUTHERLY by land now
or formerly of Phippen about one
hundred thirty-six (136) feet;
WESTERLY by land now or
formerly of the estate of Ephriam
Brown, sixty (60) feet eight (8)
inches; and NORTHERLY by land
now or formerly of Bowen, one
$60,000.00 hundred fifty-four (154) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
6400 : 193
Jeanne Munnis
"Being the same premises conveyed
to Mary W. Reeves by deeds
recorded with Essex South District
Deeds, Book 1672, Pages 433, 434
and 435. Said Mary W. Reeves, later
Mary R. Chase, devised said
premises to her husband Paran S.
Chase - Essex probates #193100.
Said Paran S. Chase devised said
premises to me - Essex Probates
#196675."
"Being the same premises conveyed
to Frank W. Waite, Ella L. Waite, and
to me as joint tenants"
�Isabella Connor, New England Author & Historian.
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Introduction & Architectural Details:
The house at 22-24 Pleasant Street was constructed sometime between 18011 and 1807 for
Benjamin Webb, yeoman and innholder.2 Benjamin Webb purchased the lot of land from Pelatiah
Brown in 1801 for $350.3 The house is a fine example of the early 19th century’s popular Federal
style. While two-story gable roofed Federal period homes are common in Salem, three-story
examples, such as 22-24 Pleasant Street, are not seen as often.4 Pleasant Street was laid out in 1796,
and extended to Bridge Street, meaning that 22-24 Pleasant Street was likely one of the first houses
constructed on the street.5 Prior to the house being re-numbered as “22-24 Pleasant Street,” it was
considered to be “31 Pleasant Street.”
Common elements of Federal architecture, from “Architecture in Salem: A Guide to Four
Centuries of Design.” National Park Service, Salem Maritime National Historic Site.6
1
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 169, page 19.
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 181, page 254.
3
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 169, page 19.
4
MACRIS SAL.2300
5
MACRIS SAL.2300
6
http://npshistory.com/brochures/sama/salem-architecture.pdf
2
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2
When Benjamin Webb purchased the 22-24 Pleasant Street lot in 1801, primary documents
list him as an “Innholder.” Webb was well known in Salem as an innkeeper, owning the popular Sun
Tavern that was located on Essex Street. Around 1795, Benjamin Webb began purchasing
undeveloped lots of land in Salem and constructing houses on them.7 By the time he sold the 22-24
Pleasant Street property in 1807, his official title in the primary records was listed as “yeoman” (land
owner).8
1807-1818: Captain John Barton
On June 18, 1807, Benjamin Webb sold 22-24 Pleasant Street to his son-in-law, mariner
Captain John Barton, for the sum of $1,391.9 John Barton had married Benjamin Webb’s daughter,
Mary Webb, on October 18, 1802.10 The transaction of the 22-24 Pleasant Street property was just
four days shy of John Barton’s thirty-third birthday, as he was born on June 22, 1774.11 Nine months
later, John and Mary Barton’s son John was born.12 Between 1804 and 1815, Mary and John Barton
had at least nine children, including two sets of twins.13
Samuel, born August 30, 1804.
Betsey, born October 16, 1806
John, born March 18, 1808.
Mary & Lydia, born June 12, 1809.
Benjamin, born July 28, 1811.
William, born January 14, 1813.
Gardner & Margaret, born July 23, 1815.
7
Historic Salem, Inc., “98-100 Bridge Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970,” House Histories of Salem, accessed March 1,
2022, https://hsihousehistory.omeka.net/items/show/99.
8
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 181, page 254.
9
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 181, page 254.
10
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line].
11
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line].
12
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line].
13
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]
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In July of 1800, John Barton was the captain of the brigCruger, which sailed to Naples, Italy
and carried home to Salem a cargo of soap and wine.14 A painting of the Cruger in Naples is
attributed to Michele Felice Cornè.
Brig Cruger of Salem By Michele Felice Corne; Watercolor and gouache on paper.15
An oil portrait of Captain John Barton also attributed to Michele Felice Cornè is located within the
collections of the Peabody Essex Museum. In the portrait, Barton is depicted with blue-gray eyes,
light hair (which may be powdered or graying), sideburns, and a widow's peak. He wears a striking
blue coat with gold buttons, a white shirt, and white cravat.16 One of the fascinating, yet easy to miss,
14
Historical Sketch of Salem. 1626-1879. By Cha(rle)s. S. Osgood and H. M. Batchelder.
https://archive.org/details/marinepaintingsd00peab_0/page/42/mode/2up?q=John+Barton&view=theater
16
“Captain John Barton,” by Michele Felice Corne (1752-1845). Oil on canvas. East India Marine Hall, Peabody Essex
Museum.
15
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details within this portrait is the pair of small gold hoop earrings that Captain Barton sports.
Earrings were a popular accessory amongst seafaring men, particularly well-to-do men in a position
of authority such as Captain John Barton.
“Captain John Barton,” by Michele Felice Corne (1752-1845). Oil on canvas. East India Marine Hall,
Peabody Essex Museum. 17
17
https://web.archive.org/web/20180803184742/http://explore-art.pem.org/object/american-decorative-arts/M5160/
detail.
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Between 1805 and 1807,18 John Barton captained the ship Arab, which made at least two
seperate voyages out of Salem to India. According to crew lists, aboard the Arab’s voyages was a
young Black man by the name of John Mugu19, who was listed as an indentured apprentice to John
Barton.20
Captain John Barton died of consumption (tuberculosis) on February 24, 1818 at the age of
forty-four. 21 He is buried in the Barton family plot at Harmony Grove Cemetery. 22
1818-1892: The Barton Family, et al.
Mary Barton remained in the house following her husband’s death, living at 22-24 Pleasant
Street for twenty-nine more years. As of the 1842 Salem City Directory, her son William, who
worked as a jeweler, was also living in the 22-24 Pleasant Street home.23
On September 9, 1841, Mary Barton Jr. (daughter of Mary Barton and Captain John Barton)
became Mary Worcester when she married Jonathan Fox Worcester,24 and the couple lived in the
22-24 Pleasant Street home alongside Mary’s mother. It is possible that this was the time-frame in
which 22-24 Pleasant Street became a two-family house. Jonathan Worcester had received his M.D.
from Harvard Medical School in 1830, where the subject of his graduating thesis was “Fracture of
Lower Extremities.” 25 According to United States Federal Censuses as well as Massachusetts State
Censuses, Jonathan Worcester worked as a schoolteacher. Jonathan Worcester had a daughter named
Mary, born in 1834, with his first wife, who passed away in 1836.
18
Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S., Crew Lists and Shipping Articles, 1797-1934.
Surname spelling unclear in primary documents.
20
Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S., Crew Lists and Shipping Articles, 1797-1934.
21
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line].
22
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234944224/john-barton : accessed 10
May 2022), memorial page for John Barton (unknown–1818), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234944224, citing Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by K Berry & JGBC (contributor 47557551) .
23
1842 Salem City Directory.
24
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
25
U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924.
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When she was sixty-six years old, Mary Barton died of a heart complication on January 30,
1847.26 Wills and probates for Captain John Barton and Mary Barton were not discovered, but based
on the deed trail, it appears as though shares of the 22-24 Pleasant Street property were divided
between their children. On April 29, 1847, Mary Worcester sold a $360 share of the 22-24 Pleasant
Street property to her younger brother, Gardner Barton.27 The following day, Gardner Barton, along
with Mary and John Barton’s other children Betsy, Lydia, and Margaret, sold the property to
Jonathan Worcester.28
Mary Worcester, daughter of Jonathan Worcester and stepdaughter of Mary Worcester (née
Barton), married George A. Pollard in Salem on Halloween of 1855,29 and afterwards the couple
moved to Michigan.
22-24 Pleasant Street in the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries
Mary and George Pollard sold the 22-24 Pleasant Street estate for a total of $4,000 to John
Casey on June 24, 1892.30 This is the first time the house left the ownership of its original
Webb-Barton-Worcester family line.
Ten years later, Mary L. Casey sold the property to Mary W. Reeves for one dollar and “other
valuable considerations.” 31 According to the 1900 United States Federal Census, Mary W. Reeves’
mother, Mary E. Reeves, rented 24 Pleasant Street, and Mary W. Reeves lived there with her prior to
her purchase of the house in 1902.32
26
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 381, page 138.
28
Ibid.
29
Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
30
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 1347, page 359.
31
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 1672, page 433.
32
Year: 1900; Census Place: Salem Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 647; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0444; FHL
microfilm: 1240647.
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Born in Kentucky in 1870, Mary W. Reeves worked as an assistant clerk33 at the Salem City
Hall.34 She married Paran S. Chase in Salem on Halloween of 1919.35 Mary and Paran Chase moved
to a house on Beacon Street in Salem, while Mary’s mother continued living in the Pleasant Street
home. At some point before the 1930 United States Federal Census, Mary and Paran Chase had
moved back into 22-24 Pleasant Street alongside Mary E. Reeves.36 Paran Chase worked as a stock
bonds salesman.37
The Reeves-Chase family alternated between living in the 22 and 24 portions of the Pleasant
Street house during their years of ownership. Mary Reeves Chase passed away in 1939,38 leaving the
house to her husband. Paran S. Chase died the following year in 1940.39
On February 18, 1947, Frank W. Waite sold 22-24 Pleasant Street to himself and his wife,
Ella L. Waite. In the deed, the property is described as “the same premises conveyed to Mary W.
Reeves by deeds recorded with Essex South District Deeds, Book 1672, Pages 433, 434 and 435.
Said Mary W. Reeves, later Mary R. Chase, devised said premises to her husband Paran S. Chase Essex probates #193100. Said Paran S. Chase devised said premises to me - Essex Probates
#196675." From 1942 until at least 1950, the Chase family lived in the 24 Pleasant Street section of
the house.40 According to the 1950 United States Federal Census, Frank and Ella Waite occupied the
22 Pleasant Street portion of the house at that time alongside their daughter, Eleanor, who worked
33
The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 31/ Oct/ 1919; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Year: 1910; Census Place: Salem Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 647; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0444; FHL
microfilm: 1240647.
35
The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 31/ Oct/ 1919; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
36
Year: 1930; Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0249; FHL microfilm:
2340637.
37
Ibid.
38
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line].
39
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line].
40
Salem City Directories.
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as a salesperson at a department store.41 On March 26, 1953, Frank W. Waite and Ella L. Waite sold
22-24 Pleasant Street to themselves and Apphia Williams of Waltham, as”joint tenants, not tenants
in common.” It is unclear whether Apphia Williams ever resided in the house.
Frank W. Waite died on October 9, 1957,42 following the death of his wife Ella L. Waite the
previous year.43
On December 20, 1957 Apphia Williams sold the 22-24 Pleasant Street property to Jeanne
Munnis.44 Jeanne Munnis lived in 24 Pleasant Street and operated a store first called the “Sleigh Bell
Barn” and later the “Sleigh Bell Shop.” 45 She sold the property on February 23, 1974 to John A.
Driscoll for $40,000.46 Three years later, 22-24 Pleasant Street was sold to Richard E. Savickey for
$60,000.47
41
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950;
Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950;
Home in 1950: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
42
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line].
43
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line].
44
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 4429, page 14.
45
Salem City Directories.
46
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 6047, page 130.
47
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 6400, page 193.
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King
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