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              <text>Letter was written by the Reverend Jonathan Maltby to his friend, Dr. Jared Linley. The letter was apparently in the possession of Randolph L. Simpson, a longtime member of the Northford Historical Institute (forerunner of the Totoket Historical Society) and a Linley descendant.   </text>
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