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           ofProuidence-Plantations,LateofSalem.’

           Excitedbeyondmeasurebyhisdiscovery,Wardshowedthebooktothetwocuriousworkmenbesidehim.Theirtestimonyisabsoluteastothenatureandgenuinenessofthefinding,andDr.Willettreliesonthemtohelpestablishhistheorythattheyouthwasnotmadwhenhebeganhismajoreccentricities.AlltheotherpaperswerelikewiseinCurwen’shandwriting,andoneofthemseemedespeciallyportentousbecauseofitsinscription:’ToHimWhoShalComeAfter,&HowHeMayGettBeyondeTime&YeSpheres.’

           Anotherwasinacipher;thesame,Wardhoped,astheHutchinsoncipherwhichhadhithertobaffledhim.Athird,andherethesearcherrejoiced,seemedtobeakeytothecipher;whilstthefourthandfifthwereaddressedrespectivelyto:’Edw:Hutchinson,Armiger’andJedediahOrne,esq.’,’orTheirHeirorHeirs,orThoseRepresent’gThem.’Thesixthandlastwasinscribed:’JosephCurwenhisLifeandTravellsBet’nyeyeares1678and1687:OfWhitherHeVoyag’d,WhereHeStay’d,WhomHeSawe,andWhatHeLearnt.’