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Current profile1[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
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Current profile4== Biography ==
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Current profile5'''John Glasco''' headed house 2 at Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly parish, County Londonderry, in the 1831 census. His household contained four males and four females. All eight occupants were Presbyterian.<ref name="Census1831">[https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/Tamlaght/1831census_3.html "Tamlaght O'Crilly Census - 1831"], entry 1019, John Glasco, Innisrush house 2; transcription by Richard John Torrens (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref>
Replacement profile5'''John Glasco''' headed house 2 at Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly parish, County Londonderry, in the 1831 census. His household contained four males and four females. All eight occupants were Presbyterian.<ref name="Census1831">[https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/Tamlaght/1831census_3.html "Tamlaght O'Crilly Census - 1831"], entry 1019, John Glasco, Innisrush house 2; transcription by Richard John Torrens (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref>
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Current profile7The census gives no ages, occupations, names of other household members or relationships. John's birth is estimated only as before about 1813 because he was an adult householder by 1831. His birthplace, wife, children and later history remain unproved.
Replacement profile7The census gives no ages, occupations, names of other household members or relationships. John's birth is estimated only as before about 1813 because he was an adult householder by 1831. His birthplace, wife, children and later history remain unproved.
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Current profile9== Research Notes ==
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Current profile10=== Relationship to Adam Glasgow ===
Replacement profile10=== Relationship to Adam Glasgow ===
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Current profile12John was a separate householder from [[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]], who headed Inishrush house 91 in the same census.<ref name="Census1831" /> Adam was born about 1758. Their shared surname, small townland and Presbyterian religion make them probable close relatives, but the census states no relationship.
Replacement profile12John was a separate householder from [[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]], who headed Inishrush house 91 in the same census.<ref name="Census1831" /> Adam was born about 1758. Their shared surname, small townland and Presbyterian religion make them probable close relatives, but the census states no relationship.
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Current profile14If John was the man born in 1767 who is represented by [[Glasgow-822]], Adam was only about nine years older and cannot have been his father. Brother is the best working placement, with cousin the principal alternative. John is therefore attached uncertainly to Adam's unidentified-father placeholder, [[Glasgow-3905]], so that the probable sibling reconstruction can be represented. No record yet names their shared father or mother.
Replacement profile14If John was the man born in 1767 who is represented by [[Glasgow-822]], Adam was only about nine years older and cannot have been his father. Brother is the best working placement, with cousin the principal alternative. John is therefore attached uncertainly to Adam's unidentified-father placeholder, [[Glasgow-3905]], so that the probable sibling reconstruction can be represented. No record yet names their shared father or mother.
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Current profile16=== Possible church identity ===
Replacement profile16=== Possible church identity ===
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Current profile18A John Glasgow attended a Reformed Presbyterian session at Drumlamph in 1809 and was an elder present at Drimbolg on 19 July 1827.<ref name="Drimbolg">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/drimbolg-reformed-presbyterian-church/ "Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian Church"], congregation history and session extracts (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The locality, denomination and chronology make him the strongest working identity for the 1831 householder, but neither church occurrence supplies an age or family relationship.
Replacement profile18A John Glasgow attended a Reformed Presbyterian session at Drumlamph in 1809 and was an elder present at Drimbolg on 19 July 1827.<ref name="Drimbolg">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/drimbolg-reformed-presbyterian-church/ "Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian Church"], congregation history and session extracts (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The locality, denomination and chronology make him the strongest working identity for the 1831 householder, but neither church occurrence supplies an age or family relationship.
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Current profile20=== Proposed identity with John Glasgow born 1767 ===
Replacement profile20=== Proposed identity with John Glasgow born 1767 ===
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Current profile22[[Glasgow-822|John Glasgow, born 10 April 1767]], is a strong proposed identity match. His family register and surviving 1847 letter connect him personally with Inishrush.<ref name="JohnRegister">[https://hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I368&tree=tree1 John Glasgow family register and descendant page] (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref><ref name="JohnLetter">[https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf John Glasgow to Jane Glasgow Gray, 20 March 1847], scan and transcript (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> His Bible-recorded family also closely fits the 1831 household.
Replacement profile22[[Glasgow-822|John Glasgow, born 10 April 1767]], is a strong proposed identity match. His family register and surviving 1847 letter connect him personally with Inishrush.<ref name="JohnRegister">[https://hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I368&tree=tree1 John Glasgow family register and descendant page] (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref><ref name="JohnLetter">[https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf John Glasgow to Jane Glasgow Gray, 20 March 1847], scan and transcript (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> His Bible-recorded family also closely fits the 1831 household.
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Current profile24After married daughter Rose and deceased son James are removed, John and sons Adam, John and Arthur account for exactly four males. Mary and daughters Maria, Lavina and Margaret account for the four females. Jane was probably already married and living at Boveedy: the 1831 census records a separate John Gray household there containing exactly one male and one female, both Presbyterian, and John remained a Boveedy landholder in 1833. Descendant evidence identifies Jane’s husband as John Gray and reports that they married in Ireland. Although the census does not name John Gray’s wife, Jane is therefore the strongest explanation for the otherwise missing daughter.
Replacement profile24After married daughter Rose and deceased son James are removed, John and sons Adam, John and Arthur account for exactly four males. Mary and daughters Maria, Lavina and Margaret account for the four females. Jane was probably already married and living at Boveedy: the 1831 census records a separate John Gray household there containing exactly one male and one female, both Presbyterian, and John remained a Boveedy landholder in 1833. Descendant evidence identifies Jane’s husband as John Gray and reports that they married in Ireland. Although the census does not name John Gray’s wife, Jane is therefore the strongest explanation for the otherwise missing daughter.
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Current profile26The Bible records the sons in the order Adam, James, John and Arthur. Traditional Scottish naming commonly placed the first son after the paternal grandfather, the second after the maternal grandfather and the third after the father.<ref name="NamingPattern">[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-support/guides/forenames Scotland's People, "Forenames: traditional naming patterns"] (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The third position correctly reproduces father John, making first-position Adam more significant than an isolated shared name. The daughters begin Rose, Maria and Jane; Maria occupies the conventional paternal-grandmother position, although the third daughter does not reproduce mother Mary's name. This gives substantial indirect support for an older Adam and Maria as the parents of John and his probable brother Adam of Inishrush. Naming patterns were not universal, so those names should not be entered structurally without a relational record.
Replacement profile26The Bible records the sons in the order Adam, James, John and Arthur. Traditional Scottish naming commonly placed the first son after the paternal grandfather, the second after the maternal grandfather and the third after the father.<ref name="NamingPattern">[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-support/guides/forenames Scotland's People, "Forenames: traditional naming patterns"] (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The third position correctly reproduces father John, making first-position Adam more significant than an isolated shared name. The daughters begin Rose, Maria and Jane; Maria occupies the conventional paternal-grandmother position, although the third daughter does not reproduce mother Mary's name. This gives substantial indirect support for an older Adam and Maria as the parents of John and his probable brother Adam of Inishrush. Naming patterns were not universal, so those names should not be entered structurally without a relational record.
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Current profile28The name Adam also persisted among John's descendants. Son Arthur named his first son Adam. Daughter Rose used John Glasgow and Arthur Glasgow as middle-name combinations for sons and later used Adam twice. Son Adam also repeated the name. These descendant pages are derivative evidence, but they show that Adam was a persistent family name rather than a single isolated choice.
Replacement profile28The name Adam also persisted among John's descendants. Son Arthur named his first son Adam. Daughter Rose used John Glasgow and Arthur Glasgow as middle-name combinations for sons and later used Adam twice. Son Adam also repeated the name. These descendant pages are derivative evidence, but they show that Adam was a persistent family name rather than a single isolated choice.
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Current profile30The proposed merge target already has profiles corresponding to the Bible register: [[Glasgow-821|Rose Ann Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3373|Adam Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1165|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1617|John Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1608|Arthur Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow-43|Margaret Walkinshaw Glasgow]]. These profiles are identity evidence only. They should not be attached to this record-defined John unless the proposed merge is accepted.
Replacement profile30The proposed merge target already has profiles corresponding to the Bible register: [[Glasgow-821|Rose Ann Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3373|Adam Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1165|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1617|John Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1608|Arthur Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow-43|Margaret Walkinshaw Glasgow]]. These profiles are identity evidence only. They should not be attached to this record-defined John unless the proposed merge is accepted.
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Current profile32The 1847 letter refers to a recent letter from "Adam". That reference is consistent with [[Glasgow-3373]], John's son born in 1804. It cannot refer to [[Glasgow-3902]], who died in 1844.<ref name="JohnLetter" />
Replacement profile32The 1847 letter refers to a recent letter from "Adam". That reference is consistent with [[Glasgow-3373]], John's son born in 1804. It cannot refer to [[Glasgow-3902]], who died in 1844.<ref name="JohnLetter" />
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Current profile34A separate McKeown family-Bible transcription records that John Glasgow McKeown, son of Rosanna Glasgow, was born at Inishrush on 17 April 1821 and baptised by the Rev. Joseph Orr.<ref name="McKeownBible">[https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=tree1 John Glasgow McKeown], family-Bible transcription and descendant page, Hiltner genealogy; the underlying Bible image has not been inspected for this account.</ref> Orr was the Drimbolg minister whose congregational history records John Glasgow in 1809 and as an elder in 1827.<ref name="Drimbolg" /> This independently connects the proposed Glasgow-822 family to the townland and congregation. It strengthens the identity case but does not name Adam as a brother or establish shared parents; the proposed merge remains subject to review.
Replacement profile34A separate McKeown family-Bible transcription records that John Glasgow McKeown, son of Rosanna Glasgow, was born at Inishrush on 17 April 1821 and baptised by the Rev. Joseph Orr.<ref name="McKeownBible">[https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=tree1 John Glasgow McKeown], family-Bible transcription and descendant page, Hiltner genealogy; the underlying Bible image has not been inspected for this account.</ref> Orr was the Drimbolg minister whose congregational history records John Glasgow in 1809 and as an elder in 1827.<ref name="Drimbolg" /> This independently connects the proposed Glasgow-822 family to the townland and congregation. It strengthens the identity case but does not name Adam as a brother or establish shared parents; the proposed merge remains subject to review.
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Current profile36=== Evidence previously used to exclude the proposed identity ===
Replacement profile36=== Evidence previously used to exclude the proposed identity ===
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Current profile38The original 1830 Richland Township, Ohio, census recorded its household head as aged forty to forty-nine.<ref name="Ohio1830">[https://archive.org/details/populationsc18300127unit/page/n484/mode/1up 1830 United States census, Richland Township, Ohio], original census image (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> John Glasgow born in 1767 would have been sixty-three, so that household head cannot have been [[Glasgow-822]]. The entry may instead concern one of his sons or another Glasgow household.
Replacement profile38The original 1830 Richland Township, Ohio, census recorded its household head as aged forty to forty-nine.<ref name="Ohio1830">[https://archive.org/details/populationsc18300127unit/page/n484/mode/1up 1830 United States census, Richland Township, Ohio], original census image (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> John Glasgow born in 1767 would have been sixty-three, so that household head cannot have been [[Glasgow-822]]. The entry may instead concern one of his sons or another Glasgow household.
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Current profile40The Bible entry for son James's death in 1823 gives no place. It therefore cannot be used to establish that John had already left Ireland or to exclude him from the 1831 Inishrush census. These points remove the two main objections previously used against the proposed identity, but they do not prove that the two profiles represent the same man.
Replacement profile40The Bible entry for son James's death in 1823 gives no place. It therefore cannot be used to establish that John had already left Ireland or to exclude him from the 1831 Inishrush census. These points remove the two main objections previously used against the proposed identity, but they do not prove that the two profiles represent the same man.
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Current profile42A merge with [[Glasgow-822]] should remain pending until the identity evidence has been reviewed. His precise birth, marriage, children and Ohio death should not be copied onto this profile before that review is completed.
Replacement profile42A merge with [[Glasgow-822]] should remain pending until the identity evidence has been reviewed. His precise birth, marriage, children and Ohio death should not be copied onto this profile before that review is completed.
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Current profile44=== Inishrush and Tyanee family network ===
Replacement profile44=== Inishrush and Tyanee family network ===
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Current profile46John's 1847 letter relayed Irish news that a James Glasgow reportedly had a child by a servant who was a daughter of Henry Barkly.<ref name="JohnLetter" /> [[Glasgow-3903|James Glasgow]], proved by gravestone to be Adam's son, remained a farmer at Inishrush.<ref name="TamlaghtGraveyard">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ "Tamlaght Graveyard"], Glasgow gravestone transcriptions and photographs (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> Henry Barkly headed a Presbyterian household at nearby Tyanee in 1831.<ref name="Derry1831">[https://www.billmacafee.com/1831census/1831derrycensusnames.pdf 1831 County Londonderry census name index], Henry Barkley, Tyanee (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> A Jane Barklie, daughter of Henry Barklie, was also married in the Kilrea Presbyterian congregation in 1828.<ref name="JaneBarklie">[https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/KilreaP1/Marriages/1828.html Kilrea First Presbyterian Church marriages, 1828], marriage of Jane Barklie, daughter of Henry Barklie (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref>
Replacement profile46John's 1847 letter relayed Irish news that a James Glasgow reportedly had a child by a servant who was a daughter of Henry Barkly.<ref name="JohnLetter" /> [[Glasgow-3903|James Glasgow]], proved by gravestone to be Adam's son, remained a farmer at Inishrush.<ref name="TamlaghtGraveyard">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ "Tamlaght Graveyard"], Glasgow gravestone transcriptions and photographs (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> Henry Barkly headed a Presbyterian household at nearby Tyanee in 1831.<ref name="Derry1831">[https://www.billmacafee.com/1831census/1831derrycensusnames.pdf 1831 County Londonderry census name index], Henry Barkley, Tyanee (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> A Jane Barklie, daughter of Henry Barklie, was also married in the Kilrea Presbyterian congregation in 1828.<ref name="JaneBarklie">[https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/KilreaP1/Marriages/1828.html Kilrea First Presbyterian Church marriages, 1828], marriage of Jane Barklie, daughter of Henry Barklie (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref>
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Current profile48Adam's proved daughter Nancy later married from Inishrush into the adjoining Tyanee community.<ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ marriage notice, 14 January 1842], Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The 1847 letter does not expressly identify its James as Adam's son or establish a Glasgow–Barkly relationship, but it places John inside the immediate Inishrush–Tyanee information network associated with Adam's family.
Replacement profile48Adam's proved daughter Nancy later married from Inishrush into the adjoining Tyanee community.<ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ marriage notice, 14 January 1842], Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> The 1847 letter does not expressly identify its James as Adam's son or establish a Glasgow–Barkly relationship, but it places John inside the immediate Inishrush–Tyanee information network associated with Adam's family.
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Current profile50The letter separately reports R. Mulhollan's western-Canada and potato-rot news, and McCaivey's transatlantic report that James Glasgow had a child by a servant who was a daughter of Henry Barkly. It supplies no kin term for either correspondent. R. Mulhollan was not the stated source of the James/Barkly report; his identification remains unresolved.<ref name="JohnLetter" />
Replacement profile50The letter separately reports R. Mulhollan's western-Canada and potato-rot news, and McCaivey's transatlantic report that James Glasgow had a child by a servant who was a daughter of Henry Barkly. It supplies no kin term for either correspondent. R. Mulhollan was not the stated source of the James/Barkly report; his identification remains unresolved.<ref name="JohnLetter" />
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Current profile52=== Earlier Tamlaght O'Crilly network ===
Replacement profile52=== Earlier Tamlaght O'Crilly network ===
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Current profile54A declaration dated 6 April 1772 listed Hugh Glasgow, Thomas Mulhollan and James Berkley among people described as inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly who surrendered arms to Henry Ellis of Inishrush.<ref name="Declaration1772">[https://arborealis.ca/records/newspapers/kilrea-news/1770-1779/ Belfast News-Letter, 14 April 1772], declaration dated 6 April 1772 concerning inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> This is the clearest known earlier record of Glasgow, Mulhollan and Berkley names occurring together in the district.
Replacement profile54A declaration dated 6 April 1772 listed Hugh Glasgow, Thomas Mulhollan and James Berkley among people described as inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly who surrendered arms to Henry Ellis of Inishrush.<ref name="Declaration1772">[https://arborealis.ca/records/newspapers/kilrea-news/1770-1779/ Belfast News-Letter, 14 April 1772], declaration dated 6 April 1772 concerning inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly (accessed 20 July 2026).</ref> This is the clearest known earlier record of Glasgow, Mulhollan and Berkley names occurring together in the district.
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Current profile56[[Glasgow-540|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1739, is a plausible identity candidate for the Hugh named in 1772. His age fits, later family tradition places him in Ireland until his 1796 emigration, and his 1827 will establishes that the same man survived into the later generation. The identification remains unproved because the declaration supplies no age, occupation, parentage or exact townland. Two Hugh Glasgow householders were already recorded in Tamlaght O'Crilly parish in 1740, so the man named in 1772 could instead have been Hugh's father or another namesake.
Replacement profile56[[Glasgow-540|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1739, is a plausible identity candidate for the Hugh named in 1772. His age fits, later family tradition places him in Ireland until his 1796 emigration, and his 1827 will establishes that the same man survived into the later generation. The identification remains unproved because the declaration supplies no age, occupation, parentage or exact townland. Two Hugh Glasgow householders were already recorded in Tamlaght O'Crilly parish in 1740, so the man named in 1772 could instead have been Hugh's father or another namesake.
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Current profile58The recurrence of Mulhollan and Berkley or Barkly names supports the existence of a long-running local Presbyterian and information network around Inishrush. It does not establish that Mulhollan, Berkley, Barkly, Boggs, McCaivey or Hugh Henry were relatives of John. They should be treated only as locality, religious-community and migration-network leads unless a record states a relationship.
Replacement profile58The recurrence of Mulhollan and Berkley or Barkly names supports the existence of a long-running local Presbyterian and information network around Inishrush. It does not establish that Mulhollan, Berkley, Barkly, Boggs, McCaivey or Hugh Henry were relatives of John. They should be treated only as locality, religious-community and migration-network leads unless a record states a relationship.
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Current profile60=== Desertoghill and Drumcon candidate ===
Replacement profile60=== Desertoghill and Drumcon candidate ===
Current profile61Records place a John Glasgow in Desertoghill in 1796 and at Drumcon in the later freeholder material. The chronology and County Londonderry setting make him a possible occurrence of this John, but no inspected record connects either locality to the Inishrush household.<ref>[https://www.billmacafee.com/1796flaxgrowerslist/1796flaxgrowersderry.pdf Underlying record source: john glasgow 1]; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/freeholders/default.aspx Underlying record source: john glasgow 2].</ref>
Replacement profile61Records place a John Glasgow in Desertoghill in 1796 and at Drumcon in the later freeholder material. The chronology and County Londonderry setting make him a possible occurrence of this John, but no inspected record connects either locality to the Inishrush household.<ref>[https://www.billmacafee.com/1796flaxgrowerslist/1796flaxgrowersderry.pdf Underlying record source: john glasgow 1]; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/freeholders/default.aspx Underlying record source: john glasgow 2].</ref>
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Current profile63== Sources ==
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