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| birth_date = September 28, 1828
| birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]],<br>[[United States]]
| state1 = [[Louisiana]]
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| death_date = March 15, 1872
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| death_place = [[Cannes]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]],<br>[[France]]
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| preceded1 = [[William Dunbar (politician)|William Dunbar]]
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| resting_place = [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)]]
| succeeded1 = [[J. E. Bouligny]]
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| birth_date = September 28, 1828
| residence = New Orleans, [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Paris]]
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| education = Jefferson College, [[Harvard University]]
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| occupation = Lawyer, politician, diplomat
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| parents = [[George Eustis Sr.]]<br>Clarice Allain Eustis
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'''George Eustis, Jr.''' (September 28, 1828 – March 15, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician.
'''George Eustis Jr.''' (September 28, 1828 – March 15, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician.


==Biography==
==Early life==
He was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] on September 28, 1828, the eldest son of [[George Eustis, Sr.]] (1796–1858) and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]]. His brother, [[James B. Eustis|James Biddle Eustis]], was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]. George Jr. married Louise Morris Corcoran (1838–1867), the daughter of [[William Wilson Corcoran]]. They were the parents of two sons, [[William Corcoran Eustis|William Corcoran]] and [[George P. Eustis|George Peabody]], and a daughter, Louise Mary, who married [[steeplechase]] [[horse racing]] trainer, [[Thomas Hitchcock]].
Eustis was born in [[New Orleans]] on September 28, 1828. He was the namesake and eldest son of [[George Eustis Sr.]] and Clarisse Duralde Eustis ([[née]] Allain). His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]]. Among his siblings was brother [[James B. Eustis|James Biddle Eustis]], a [[U.S. Senator]] and [[United States Ambassador to France|Ambassador to France]].<ref name="GEJrbioguide"/>


His paternal grandparents were Jacob Eustis and Elizabeth Saunders (née Gray) Eustis and his maternal grandparents were Valérien Allain and Céleste (née Duralde) Allain.<ref name="Arthur2009">{{cite book|last1=Arthur|first1=Stanley Clisby|last2=Huchet de Kernion|first2=George Campbell|title=Old Families of Louisiana|date=June 1, 2009|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806346885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_ktIUzXwFkC&pg=PA38|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> His mother was the niece of Julie Duralde Clay, a sister-in-law of statesman [[Henry Clay]] through her marriage to Clay's brother John Clay.<ref name="ClayPapers">{{cite book|last1=Clay|first1=Henry|title=The Papers of Henry Clay. Volume 7: Secretary of State, January 1, 1828-March 4, 1829|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=0813130506|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPG15jXbWC4C&pg=PA705|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
George Eustis, Jr. graduated from Jefferson College in [[Convent, Louisiana]] and obtained a law degree from [[Harvard University Law School]]. He was a member of Congress and then later secretary to [[John Slidell]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He became a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] representing Louisiana. He served two terms as a member of the anti-immigration [[Know-Nothing movement|American Party]]. He was later Secretary of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] mission in [[Paris]]. He died in [[Cannes]], [[France]]. His body was brought to the United States and interred in the [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]

Eustis graduated from Jefferson College in [[Convent, Louisiana]], and obtained a law degree from [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name="GEJrbioguide"/>

==Career==
After graduation from law school, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Louisiana before becoming involved in politics.<ref name="1872Obit"/>

He was a member of Congress and then later secretary to [[John Slidell]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He became a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] representing Louisiana. He served two terms, from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1859, as a member of the anti-immigration [[Know-Nothing movement|American Party]].<ref name="GEJrbioguide"/>

During the [[U.S. Civil War]], he was a Confederate Military Aide to Louisiana Senator [[John Slidell]] and was captured along with Slidell and [[James Murray Mason]] aboard the steamer [[RMS Trent|RMS ''Trent'']] by [[Union Navy]] Captain [[Charles Wilkes]] in what became known as the [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]]. Eustis followed Slidell to [[Paris]], where he served as Secretary of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] mission there.<ref name="GEJrbioguide"/>

==Personal life==
In April 1859, Eustis was married to Louise Morris Corcoran (1838–1867), the only surviving daughter of Louise (née Morris) Corcoran and [[William Wilson Corcoran]], a banker and philanthropist who co-founded the [[Riggs Bank]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=A Philanthropist's Death. Mr. Corcoran Passes Quietly Away. The Life And Work Of Washington's Most Prominent Citizen. His Wealth And Benefactions |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E6D9173AE033A25756C2A9649C94699FD7CF |quote=Mr. W.W. Corcoran died at 6:30 this morning. He passed away quietly and peacefully. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 25, 1888 |access-date=2014-08-29 }}</ref> Her grandfathers were mayor [[Thomas Corcoran (mayor)|Thomas Corcoran]] and naval officer [[Charles Morris (naval officer)|Charles Morris]].<ref name="whitehousehistory">{{cite web |title=The Corcoran Mansion |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-corcoran-mansion |website=www.whitehousehistory.org |publisher=[[The White House Historical Association]] |access-date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of two sons and a daughter:

* [[William Corcoran Eustis]] (1862–1921),<ref name="NYTObit1921">{{cite news |title=Wm. Corcoran Eustis Dies. Former Diplomat Was a Captain on Gen. Pershing's Staff |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/11/25/103576847.pdf |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 November 1921}}</ref> who married Edith Livingston Morton (1874–1964), daughter of U.S. Vice President [[Levi Parsons Morton]] and a descendant of the [[Livingston family]] of New York, in 1900.<ref name="Barringer1904">{{cite book |last1=Barringer, M.D. |first1=Paul Brandson |last2=Garnett, M.A. LL.D. |first2=James Mercer |title=University of Virginia; Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Vol. II |date=1904 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=New York |page=260 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQM0Hid6ey0C&pg=PA260 |access-date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[George Peabody Eustis]]{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Later in life, George Peabody Eustis took the maiden name of his mother as his surname and became known as George Eustis Corcoran.<ref name="1937Obit">{{cite news |title=GEORGE CORCORAN DIES IN NOGALES, ARIZONA -- Former Summer Resident and Owner Of "The Beeches" Was 73 Years Old |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34167778/george_corcoran_dies_in_nogales_arizona/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[Newport Mercury]] |date=1 Jan 1937 |language=en}}</ref>}} (1864–1936),<ref name="1936ObitStar">{{cite news |title=George Corcoran Dies; Famous In Art Circles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34167607/george_corcoran_dies_famous_in_art/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=25 Dec 1936 |language=en}}</ref> who married his first cousin Marie Eustis (1866–1956), only daughter of [[James B. Eustis]], in 1887. They divorced in 1901,<ref name="1901Divorce">{{cite news |title=DIVORCE KEPT SECRET -- Mr and Mrs George Peabody Eustis Said to Have Parted. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34166461/divorce_kept_secret_mr_and_mrs/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=8 Jul 1901 |language=en}}</ref> and she married pianist [[Josef Hofmann]] in 1905,<ref name="1906Race">{{cite news |title=3,500-MILE RACE FOR BOY. Wife of Pianist Josef Hofmann Pursues Ex-Husband {{!}} George Peabody Eustis, Woman's Former Spouse, "Borrows" Their Child for Visit at Venice and Refuses to Give Him Up--Italian Court's Order Ignored and Father Starts for New York--Met at the Pier with Writ of Habeas Corpus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22042462/chicago_tribune/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=27 Feb 1906 |language=en}}</ref> and he remarried to Rosamund K. Street, daughter of William Street, in 1908.<ref name="1936Obit">{{cite news |title=Old-Time Artist Dies in Nogales |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34167105/oldtime_artist_dies_in_nogales/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=25 Dec 1936 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="1908Wedding">{{cite news |title=EUSTIS-STREET NUPTIALS.; Wedding Takes Place at The Hermitage, the Bride's Summer Home. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/08/21/104749102.pdf |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 August 1908}}</ref>
* Louise Mary Eustis (1867–1934), who married [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] [[horse racing]] trainer [[Thomas Hitchcock]] in 1891.<ref name="1891Wedding">{{cite news|title=LOUISE MARY EUSTIS MARRIED.; THE HAPPY BRIDEGROOM IS THOMAS HITCHCOCK, JR., OF THIS CITY.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/08/28/103331823.pdf |access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 August 1891}}</ref><ref name="THSrObit1941">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New Tobk|title=T. HITCHCOCK SR, SPORTSMAN, DEAD; Head of a Family Long Noted in Polo, Steeplechase and Hunting Circles|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02EED8123BEF3ABC4850DFBF66838A659EDE&legacy=true|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 September 1941}}</ref>

[[File:Grave of George Eustis (1828-1872).jpg|thumb|right|Grave of Eustis in Oak Hill Cemetery]]
He died in of [[tuberculosis]] in [[Cannes]], [[France]], on March 15, 1872.<ref name="1872Obit">{{cite news |title=Death of Distinguished Louisianian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30221742/the_timespicayune/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |work=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=17 Mar 1872 |language=en}}</ref> His body was brought to the United States and interred in the [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="GEJrbioguide">{{cite web |title=EUSTIS, George, Jr. - Biographical Information |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000228 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref>

===Descendants===
Through his son George,<ref name="1936Obit"/> he was a grandfather of George Morris Eustis (1899–1961) and Lucinda Eustis Corcoran (born Lucinda Morgan Corcoran Eustis).<ref name="Offill2008">{{cite book |last1=Offill |first1=Jenny |last2=Schappell |first2=Elissa |title=Money Changes Everything: Twenty-two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune |date=2008 |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=9780767922838 |pages=21–22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNmqmQsctboC&pg=PA22 |access-date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Through his daughter Louise, he was a grandfather of Celestine Eustis Hitchcock (1892–1935), who married New York City architect [[Julian Peabody|Julian Livingston Peabody]] and died with him aboard the [[SS Mohawk|SS ''Mohawk'']];<ref name="1935PeadbodyFuneral">{{cite news|title=DOUBLE FUNURAL FOR J. L. PEABODYS {{!}} Service Conducted in Church of Resurrection for Ship Disaster Victims. {{!}} NOTABLES ARE MOURNERS {{!}} More Than 500 Crowd Edifice at Final Honors to Memory of Architect and Wife.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/01/29/archives/double-fulqel-for-j-l-peabody-service-conducted-in-church-of.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=29 January 1935}}</ref> [[Tommy Hitchcock Jr.|Thomas Hitchcock Jr.]] (1900–1944), who married Margaret Mellon (daughter of [[William Larimer Mellon Sr.]]);<ref name="1928TommyJRWedding">{{cite news|title=Mrs. Laughlin Wed to T. Hitchcock Jr.; Widow of Pittsburgh Steel Manufacturer Bride of Star Polo Player. {{!}} Quite Ceremony at Plaza {{!}} Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Uncle of the Bride, Among Out of Town Guests. Wedding Trip to Honolulu. A Remarkable War Record.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/12/16/archives/mrs-laughlin-wed-to-t-hitchcock-jr-widow-of-pittsburgh-steel.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 December 1928}}</ref><ref name="1939Gift">{{cite news|title=Gives Woodland to Aiken; Major Thomas Hitchcock Presents 1,200 Acres for Public Park|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/10/archives/gives-woodland-to-aiken-major-thomas-hitchcock-presents-1200-acres.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=10 December 1939}}</ref> [[Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock]], who married, and divorced, Mary Atwell;<ref name="1930Engagement">{{cite news|last1=Studio|first1=Photo By Ira L. Hill|title=MISS MARY ATWELL ENGAGED TO MARRY; Her Betrothal to Francis C.E. Hitchcock Is Announced by Her Parents. Wedding in September: Fiance Is Brother of Thomas Hitchcock Jr., Polo Star--His Mother Is a Noted Horsewoman.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/08/07/archives/miss-mary-atwell-engaged-to-marry-her-betrothal-to-francis-ce.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 August 1930}}</ref><ref name="1934DivorceSuit">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=FRANCIS HITCHCOCK IS SUED FOR DIVORCE; Fifth Avenue Model Accused by Wife in Secret Hearing in Newburgh.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/02/archives/francis-hitchcock-is-sued-for-divorce-fifth-avenue-model-accused-by.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 March 1934}}</ref><ref name="1934Divorce">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Hitchcocks Divorced; Westchester Justice Grants Motion of Referee Finding for Wife.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E7DF153CE23ABC4152DFB366838F629EDE&legacy=true|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 May 1934}}</ref> and Helen Hitchcock (d. 1979), who married James Averell Clark,<ref name="HHCObit1979">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=OBITS -- CLARK|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/22/archives/obituary-2-no-title.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 February 1979}}</ref><ref name="1944Wedding">{{cite news|title=Major Clark to Wed an Earl's Daughter; Long Island Air Pilot and Lady Bridget Elliot Engaged|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/02/15/archives/major-clark-to-wed-an-earls-daughter-long-island-air-pilot-and-lady.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 February 1944}}</ref><ref name="JACJrObit1990">{{cite news|title=James A. Clark Jr., 69, Air Ace and Executive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/16/obituaries/james-a-clark-jr-69-air-ace-and-executive.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 January 1990}}</ref> (son of George Crawford Clark, a founder of [[E. W. Clark & Co.|Clark, Dodge & Co.]])<ref name="JACObit1960">{{cite news|title=J. AVERELL CLARK, 66, A STOCKBROKER HERE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/12/archives/javerellclark66-a-stockbroker-here.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 March 1960}}</ref> in 1919.<ref name="1919Engagement">{{cite news|title=MISS HITCHCOCK ENGAGED.; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock to Wed Ensign Clark.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/10/09/archives/miss-hitchcock-engaged-daughter-of-mr-and-mrs-thomas-hitchcock-to.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 October 1919}}</ref><ref name="1919Wedding">{{cite news|title=Miss H. Hitchcock Weds Jas. A. Clark; Society Equestrienne a Bride at Her Home, Brook Hollow Farm, Westbury, L.I.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/11/30/archives/miss-h-hitchcock-weds-jas-a-clark-society-equestrienne-a-bride-at-h.html|access-date=15 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 November 1919}}</ref>

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George Eustis Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded byWilliam Dunbar
Succeeded byJ. E. Bouligny
Personal details
BornSeptember 28, 1828
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
DiedMarch 15, 1872(1872-03-15) (aged 43)
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Political partyAmerican Party
Spouse
Louise Morris Corcoran
​
​
(m. 1859; died 1867)​
RelationsJames Biddle Eustis (brother)
Tommy Hitchcock Jr. (grandson)
ChildrenWilliam Corcoran Eustis
George Peabody Eustis
Louise Mary Eustis
Parent(s)George Eustis Sr.
Clarice Allain Eustis
EducationJefferson College
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer, politician, diplomat

George Eustis Jr. (September 28, 1828 – March 15, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life

Eustis was born in New Orleans on September 28, 1828. He was the namesake and eldest son of George Eustis Sr. and Clarisse Duralde Eustis (née Allain). His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Among his siblings was brother James Biddle Eustis, a U.S. Senator and Ambassador to France.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Jacob Eustis and Elizabeth Saunders (née Gray) Eustis and his maternal grandparents were Valérien Allain and Céleste (née Duralde) Allain.[2] His mother was the niece of Julie Duralde Clay, a sister-in-law of statesman Henry Clay through her marriage to Clay's brother John Clay.[3]

Eustis graduated from Jefferson College in Convent, Louisiana, and obtained a law degree from Harvard Law School.[1]

Career

After graduation from law school, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Louisiana before becoming involved in politics.[4]

He was a member of Congress and then later secretary to John Slidell during the Civil War. He became a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Louisiana. He served two terms, from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1859, as a member of the anti-immigration American Party.[1]

During the U.S. Civil War, he was a Confederate Military Aide to Louisiana Senator John Slidell and was captured along with Slidell and James Murray Mason aboard the steamer RMS Trent by Union Navy Captain Charles Wilkes in what became known as the Trent Affair. Eustis followed Slidell to Paris, where he served as Secretary of the Confederate mission there.[1]

Personal life

In April 1859, Eustis was married to Louise Morris Corcoran (1838–1867), the only surviving daughter of Louise (née Morris) Corcoran and William Wilson Corcoran, a banker and philanthropist who co-founded the Riggs Bank.[5] Her grandfathers were mayor Thomas Corcoran and naval officer Charles Morris.[6] Together, they were the parents of two sons and a daughter:

Grave of Eustis in Oak Hill Cemetery

He died in of tuberculosis in Cannes, France, on March 15, 1872.[4] His body was brought to the United States and interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[1]

Descendants

Through his son George,[13] he was a grandfather of George Morris Eustis (1899–1961) and Lucinda Eustis Corcoran (born Lucinda Morgan Corcoran Eustis).[17]

Through his daughter Louise, he was a grandfather of Celestine Eustis Hitchcock (1892–1935), who married New York City architect Julian Livingston Peabody and died with him aboard the SS Mohawk;[18] Thomas Hitchcock Jr. (1900–1944), who married Margaret Mellon (daughter of William Larimer Mellon Sr.);[19][20] Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock, who married, and divorced, Mary Atwell;[21][22][23] and Helen Hitchcock (d. 1979), who married James Averell Clark,[24][25][26] (son of George Crawford Clark, a founder of Clark, Dodge & Co.)[27] in 1919.[28][29]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Later in life, George Peabody Eustis took the maiden name of his mother as his surname and became known as George Eustis Corcoran.[9]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e "EUSTIS, George, Jr. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ Arthur, Stanley Clisby; Huchet de Kernion, George Campbell (June 1, 2009). Old Families of Louisiana. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806346885. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ^ Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay. Volume 7: Secretary of State, January 1, 1828-March 4, 1829. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813130506. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Death of Distinguished Louisianian". The Times-Picayune. 17 Mar 1872. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "A Philanthropist's Death. Mr. Corcoran Passes Quietly Away. The Life And Work Of Washington's Most Prominent Citizen. His Wealth And Benefactions". New York Times. February 25, 1888. Retrieved 2014-08-29. Mr. W.W. Corcoran died at 6:30 this morning. He passed away quietly and peacefully. ...
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