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1231:Ronan
1226:Dolan
1081:Soule
1056:Wells
966:Wilde
916:Dawes
911:Paine
853:Paine
820:Brown
810:Ropes
695:Cooke
650:Gants
620:Tauro
524:Adams
174:Salem
1531:stub
1478:stub
1406:Budd
1401:Lowy
1386:Lenk
1266:Kirk
1191:Wait
1161:Rugg
1076:Lord
1051:Ames
1041:Colt
1036:Gray
1026:Hoar
901:Dana
846:Reed
655:Budd
600:Rugg
575:Gray
560:Shaw
540:Dana
184:Died
161:Born
1221:Cox
1216:Qua
610:Qua
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196:,
176:,
1562:e
1555:t
1548:v
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1509:e
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1495:v
1484:.
445:e
438:t
431:v
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