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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <embeddedin>
      <ei pageid="946" ns="0" title="John Martin" />
      <ei pageid="953" ns="0" title="Hendly Moore&#039;s Company" />
      <ei pageid="954" ns="0" title="Capt. John Duncan&#039;s Company" />
      <ei pageid="960" ns="0" title="John Dunkin" />
      <ei pageid="962" ns="0" title="Capt. Browning&#039;s Company" />
      <ei pageid="963" ns="0" title="Martha Litton" />
      <ei pageid="966" ns="0" title="Harry Bird" />
      <ei pageid="969" ns="0" title="John Litton" />
      <ei pageid="971" ns="0" title="William Whitsett" />
      <ei pageid="972" ns="0" title="Forts" />
    </embeddedin>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <embeddedin eicontinue="10|Stub|973" />
  </query-continue>
</api>